US11580353B2
Embodiments relate to a neural engine circuit that includes an input buffer circuit, a kernel extract circuit, and a multiply-accumulator (MAC) circuit. The MAC circuit receives input data from the input buffer circuit and a kernel coefficient from the kernel extract circuit. The MAC circuit contains several multiply-add (MAD) circuits and accumulators used to perform neural networking operations on the received input data and kernel coefficients. MAD circuits are configured to support fixed-point precision (e.g., INT8) and floating-point precision (FP16) of operands. In floating-point mode, each MAD circuit multiplies the integer bits of input data and kernel coefficients and adds their exponent bits to determine a binary point for alignment. In fixed-point mode, input data and kernel coefficients are multiplied. In both operation modes, the output data is stored in an accumulator, and may be sent back as accumulated values for further multiply-add operations in subsequent processing cycles.
US11580349B1
Systems and methods allow for the integrated circuit cards (ICCs) to removably couple to each other and transmit information to an access device as a single device. One among the two or more ICCs coupled together may read data from the remaining ICCs and provide the data to an access device via contactless communication. The ICC may include a substrate; an integrated circuit embedded in the substrate; input ports exposed on a first surface of the substrate, and output ports exposed on a second surface of the substrate. The input ports and the output ports are electrically coupled to the integrated circuit. The output ports are configured to be removably coupled to the input ports of a second ICC.
US11580346B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a memory device removably couplable with a mobile device. In some embodiments, the memory device may include a PCB insertable in the mobile device. The PCB may include a first chip (a micro SD device); a second chip (a SIM card); a first contact electrically coupled with the first chip, to provide a first communication interface between the first chip and the mobile device; and a second contact electrically coupled with the second chip, to provide a second communication interface between the second chip and the mobile device. The first and second communication interfaces may provide for respective communications between the micro SD device and the mobile device, and between the SIM card and the mobile device, at the same time, when the PCB is removably coupled with the mobile device.
US11580345B1
A multizone equipment tracking solution includes radio frequency identification (RFID) tags affixed to items of inventoried equipment; a plurality of RFID readers deployed in a plurality of different zones, including a transit zone and a storage zone, wherein an RFID reader in a transit zone comprises a mobile reader and a wireless signal strength measurement component; and a monitoring node. The RFID readers read tag codes from items that are in the different zones, and report the information to the monitoring node, permitting a real-time, end-to-end view of inventoried equipment across different zones. The RFID reader in the transit zone also measures a wireless signal strength (e.g., cellular) along a transit route and reports the measurements, thereby reducing a need for dedicated monitoring efforts by the wireless network operator. Reported data, may be advantageously mined to provide value for inventory management, while also providing cost savings for wireless network management.
US11580338B2
An improvement to automatic classifying of threat level of objects in CT scan images of container content, methods include automatic identification of non-classifiable threat level object images, and displaying on a display of an operator a de-cluttered image, to improve operator efficiency. The de-cluttered image includes, as subject images, the non-classifiable threat level object images. Improvement to resolution of non-classifiable threat objects includes computer-directed prompts for the operator to enter information regarding the subject image and, based on same, identifying the object type. Improvement to automatic classifying of threat levels includes incremental updating the classifying, using the determined object type and the threat level of the object type.
US11580333B2
Methods, systems, an apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for training an image classifier. A method includes receiving an image that includes a depiction of an object; generating a set of poorly localized bounding boxes; and generating a set of accurately localized bounding boxes. The method includes training, at a first learning rate and using the poorly localized bounding boxes, an object classifier to classify the object; and training, at a second learning rate that is lower than the first learning rate, and using the accurately localized bounding boxes, the object classifier to classify the object. The method includes receiving a second image that includes a depiction of an object; and providing, to the trained object classifier, the second image. The method includes receiving an indication that the object classifier classified the object in the second image; and performing one or more actions.
US11580321B2
In another aspect, a system for machine learning using a distributed framework, includes a computing device communicatively connected to a plurality of remote devices, the computing device designed and configured to select at least a remote device of a plurality of remote devices, determine a confidence level of the at least a remote device, and assign at least a machine-learning task to the at least a remote device, wherein assigning further comprises assigning at least a secure data storage task to the at least a remote device and assigning at least a model-generation task to the at least a remote device.
US11580318B2
A tag reading apparatus comprises a passage that is configured to receive an RFID-tagged article that is to be registered in a transaction. The passage has an inlet end and an outlet end separated from each other in a first direction and width in a second direction. An antenna is in the passage at a position between the inlet and outlet ends in the first direction. An RFID reader is provided to read an RFID tag according to a response wave from the RFID tag received via the antenna. A controller is configured to identify the RFID-tagged article as being in the transaction according to a change in the response wave (such as a phase difference or intensity) corresponding to a movement of the RFID-tagged article from the inlet end to the outlet end.
US11580311B2
Techniques are disclosed for determining a target language for a communication session and configuring a language mode of an input method editor (IME) to the target language. An example methodology implementing the techniques includes, by a computing device, detecting a communication to a recipient via a software application running on the computing device, determining a target language for the communication, and configuring a language mode of an input method editor to the target language. The target language may be determined based on an attribute or attributes of the recipient of the communication. In some cases, the target language may be determined based on an attribute or attributes of a contents of a prior communication.
US11580308B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that are configured to express a time in an output text. In some example embodiments, a method is provided that comprises identifying a time period to be described linguistically in an output text. The method of this embodiment may also include identifying a communicative context for the output text. The method of this embodiment may also include determining one or more temporal reference frames that are applicable to the time period and a domain defined by the communicative context. The method of this embodiment may also include generating a phrase specification that linguistically describes the time period based on the descriptor that is defined by a temporal reference frame of the one or more temporal reference frames. In some examples, the descriptor specifies a time window that is inclusive of at least a portion of the time period to be described linguistically.
US11580305B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for automatically assisting conversations using a graph database. In order to minimize misunderstanding of words and phrases used by participants during a conversation, phrases from the conversation may be received by conversation assistance application as the conversation takes place. Entities may be extracted from the phrase based on natural language recognition according to a domain context of the participant being assisted. One or more tags may be looked up from a graph database, and may be provided to the participant as a list of hashtags related to the conversation. Links to documents may be extracted based on the tags for the participant for viewing during the conversation.
US11580295B2
In implementations of systems for generating layouts of text objects, a computing device implements a layout system to receive input data describing a sequence of text and the layout system represents the sequence of the text as a number of text objects. A candidate layout for the text objects is identified from layout data describing a plurality of layouts, the candidate layout identified at least partially based on the number of the text objects. The layout system generates a binary tree having leaf nodes and at least one parent node representing the candidate layout. An arrangement of the text objects in the candidate layout is generated for display in a user interface based on the binary tree.
US11580291B2
A computer-implemented method for resolving date ambiguities in electronic communication documents includes identifying, within the documents, date field values each associated with a different instance of a communication segment. The method also includes resolving a candidate date for each different communication segment instance, with each candidate date being associated with a respective priority level indicative of a level of certainty with which the candidate date was resolved, and determining a final date from among the candidate dates at least by comparing the respective priority levels. The method further includes determining, based on the final date, an ordered relationship between the electronic communication documents, and storing metadata indicating the ordered relationship between the electronic communication documents.
US11580287B1
Isolation of compartments in a layered printed circuit board, and apparatus and methods for the same
In some embodiments, an apparatus can include a printed circuit board (PCB) that has layers and includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion can have a data port and a power port. A first layer is associated with data of the first portion of the PCB, and a second layer is associated with power of the first portion of the PCB. The second portion can have a data port and a power port. A third layer is associated with data of the second portion, and a fourth layer is associated with power of the second portion. The first portion or the second portion can have vias defining an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield. The apparatus can include a power filter and a data filter that can, respectively, isolate power and data of the first portion from the second portion.
US11580281B2
A simulation system for designing a heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system is provided. The system comprises an input interface configured to accept thermal data indicative of a target distribution of thermal state and environmental data, and a memory configured to store a building envelope model (BEM), an airflow dynamics model (ADM), and an HVAC model. The simulation system further comprises a processor configured to process the environmental data with the BEM to estimate thermal state of the air at the walls of the environment, and determine one or more design variables, by minimizing a multi-objective cost function. The simulation system further comprises an output interface configured to output the one or more design variables.
US11580276B2
Methods and systems are provided for generating an interactive simulation representing one or more assets based on one or more asset records. Based on information from asset records stored at a database system of a cloud-based computing system, an asset simulator module, executed at a cloud-based computing system, can generate one or more simulated representations of the assets. A simulator application executed at the cloud-based computing system can augment the simulated representations of the assets with (at least) additional information from the asset records stored in the database system, and generate a user interface that presents an interactive simulation of the assets. The user interface can include the simulated representations of the assets with the additional information from the asset records stored in the database system.
US11580262B2
A method includes retrieving an object from storage and copying the object, generating a list that identifies one or more byte ranges, of the copy of the object, to be masked, providing the list to a masker controller microservice that examines a recipe corresponding to the copy of the object, where the recipe references a slice of the copy of the object, and the slice includes one or more data segments, masking, by the masker controller microservice, a segment of the slice that is in one of the byte ranges, to create a masked segment, and replacing, in the slice, the segment with the masked segment, to create a masked slice and creating a masked object recipe that contains a reference to the masked slice, creating a masked object that includes the masked slice, and that references any unmasked segments of the slice, and deduplicating the masked object.
US11580250B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a request for a particular user identification (ID) to perform a particular operation on a particular data object. An entitlement cache associates each operation that the particular user ID is entitled to perform with a first encoding of a tuple of a plurality of tuples. An object mapping cache associates each tuple of the plurality of tuples with a second encoding of each tuple of the plurality of tuples. An object mapping is used to determine a first tuple. The object mapping cache is used to determine a first vector of one of more left values based on the first tuple. The entitlement cache is used to determine a second vector of one or more value pairs. In response to identifying a match between the first vector and the second vector, the particular user ID is granted access to the particular data object.
US11580249B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for implementing multi-dimensional data obfuscation. The present invention is configured to electronically receive, from a computing device of a user, a request to implement a multi-dimensional data obfuscation on a first database; initiate a data obfuscation engine on the first database based on at least receiving the request, wherein initiating further comprises: determining one or more data types associated with the one or more data artifacts; determining one or more exposure levels of the one or more data artifacts; retrieving, from a data obfuscation repository, one or more data obfuscation algorithms; and implementing the one or more data obfuscation algorithms on the one or more data artifacts based on at least the one or more data types; and generate an obfuscated first database based on at least initiating the data obfuscation engine on the first database.
US11580238B2
A method and system for determining whether a consensus has been achieved for adding a block to a distributed ledger. The system receives a candidate block to add to the distributed ledger and receives block approvals of approving participants for the candidate block. The system calculates a total block approval stake that the approving participants have in the distributed ledger. The system identifies a total stake that participants have in the distributed ledger. When the total block approval stake is at least a threshold fraction of the total skate, the system indicates that the consensus has been achieved for adding the candidate block to the distributed ledger.
US11580231B2
There is provided a cryptographic key determination device for determining one or more cryptographic keys in a cryptographic device, the cryptographic device being configured to execute one or more test programs, the cryptographic device comprising one or more components (11-i), each component (11-i) being configured to generate static and dynamic data, the dynamic data being generated in response to the execution of the one or more test programs, wherein the cryptographic key determination device comprises: a data extraction unit configured to extract at least one part of the static data and at least one part of the dynamic data generated by the one or more components (11-i), and a key generator configured to combine the at least one part of static data and the at least one part of dynamic data, and to determine the one or more cryptographic keys by applying a cryptographic function to the combined data.
US11580226B2
A firmware protection module implements a hybrid firmware protection scheme on a computing device. The firmware protection module intercepts a message from a processor to a memory of the computing device. The message includes a command and an address in the memory corresponding to a firmware module stored in the module. The firmware protection module determines whether the command in the message is prohibited and whether the address in the message is protected. Responsive to a determination that the command is prohibited and the address is protected, the firmware protection module prevents at least a portion of the message from reaching the memory.
US11580223B2
A vehicular control apparatus is used in an onboard system provided with a plurality of information processors mutually connected via a communication bus, and includes a storage section for storing information, and an arithmetic section for executing a process based on the information stored in the storage section. The information contains first management information relating to a security abnormality as a communication data abnormality owing to security attack from outside the onboard system, and second management information relating to a safety abnormality as a communication data abnormality owing to an abnormality in the onboard system. The first management information contains first limit condition information indicating a first limit condition for executing a security coping with the security abnormality. The second management information contains second limit condition information indicating a second limit condition for executing a safety coping with the safety abnormality. Upon detection of the communication data abnormality in the onboard system, the arithmetic section determines a coping content to the detected communication data abnormality based on the first management information and the second management information.
US11580222B2
A system and a method for automatically clustering sandbox analysis reports of similar malware samples. An automated malware analysis process includes receiving from a sandbox server the sandbox analysis reports of the similar malware samples at an application programming interface (API) of the clustering server, clustering similar Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) together and clustering the sandbox analysis reports of events in sandbox reports clusters (1-n) based on the URL clustering, static properties of the malware samples and dynamic properties of the malware samples.
US11580214B2
Apparatuses and methods related to logging failed authentication attempts. Failed authentication attempts can be logged in the circuitry by degrading the circuitry. The degradation can signal a fail authentication attempt while an amount of the degradation can represent a timing of the error.
US11580206B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for data security protection are provided. One of the methods includes: receiving a job associated with a project, wherein the project is associated with one or more data sources; identifying a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs associated with the job; determining a plurality of required permissions associated with the job, wherein each of the required permissions comprises an operation on a required data source, the operation corresponding to at least one of the inputs or the outputs; verifying that the one or more data sources associated with the project comprise the required data source associated with each of the required permissions; and generating a token associated with the job, the token encoding the required permissions associated with the job, wherein the token is required for execution of the job.
US11580193B2
A computation device includes: a list generation unit that generates a list indicating element values of first elements comprised in a plurality of computational matrices having equal numbers of rows and columns, the element values being indicated for the respective positions of the first elements in the computational matrices; and a computation execution unit that carries out computation based on the element values of the first elements indicated in the list and the element values of second elements comprised in a partial matrix belonging to a computation target matrix and having the same number of rows and columns as the computational matrices.
US11580192B2
A processor system comprises a plurality of processing elements. Each processing element includes a corresponding convolution processor unit configured to perform a portion of a groupwise convolution. The corresponding convolution processor unit determines multiplication results by multiplying each data element of a portion of data elements in a convolution data matrix with a corresponding data element in a corresponding groupwise convolution weight matrix. The portion of data elements in the convolution data matrix that are multiplied belong to different channels and different groups. For each specific channel of the different channels, the corresponding convolution processor unit sums together at least some of the multiplication results belonging to the same specific channel to determine a corresponding channel convolution result data element. The processing elements sum together a portion of the channel convolution result data elements from a group of different convolution processor units to determine a groupwise convolution result data element.
US11580186B2
A system including an electronic document inspection device that identifies a set of electronic documents using a search query; a composite page generator that generates a composite page that i) is hosted by a different domain than at least some electronic documents in the set of electronic documents and ii) includes electronic documents from the set of electronic documents; an asset package generator that generates digital content asset packages, each digital content asset package including i) digital content assets and ii) instructions that specify a configuration of the digital content assets for the respective digital content asset package; and an asset package list generator that generates a digital content asset package list specifying an order of presentation of the digital content asset packages, wherein the composite page, the digital content asset packages, and the digital content asset package list are transmitted to a user device that provides the search query.
US11580184B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for electronically providing each of a plurality of content distributors with access to a library of content items, facilitating the selection of a combination of the content items, creating a unique set of links for each recipient-distributor combination, and distributing the selected content and unique links via one or more distribution channels to a plurality of recipients. As each link is associated with both a recipient and a distributor, conversion actions stemming from the selection of a link by a recipient are attributed to the proper distributor. Distributors can create content distribution approaches that can be shared with other distributors.
US11580179B2
A method and system for recommending articles including: receiving a customer request from the customer during the session; generating case data for a case, by an article recommender app; configuring a training set based on the subject and description data of the customer request; identifying, by an artificial intelligence (AI) app, a first pool of articles from a knowledge database; identifying by at least one query, a second pool of articles from a case article database to into a merged pool of articles; assigning, by the AI app, an implicit label to one of the first pool and the second pool of the articles; applying a model derived by the AI app based on customer behavior and a set of features related to the case to classify each article of the merged pool of articles based at least in part on the predicted relevance of the article.
US11580175B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for transcoding and providing resources. A query is received. A resource is generated, and the resource, when processed by a client device, causes the client device to perform various operations. The operations include displaying a search result having an associated landing page and detecting user interaction with the search result. The operations include, in response to detecting user interaction with the search result, displaying a first portion of the landing page that is embedded within the resource and requesting, over a network, a second portion of the landing page. The operations include receiving the second portion of the landing page, and loading the second portion of the landing page. The generated resource is provided in response to the query.
US11580162B2
Software that may be implemented using a circuit is disclosed. The software may include an Application Programming Interface (API) to receive a request from an application relating to a key-value pair for a Key-Value Solid State Drive (KV-SSD). The key-value pair may include a key and a value; the application may be executed by a processor. The software may also include combiner software to combine the key with an index to produce an indexed key, and execution software to execute an operation on the KV-SSD using the indexed key and the value.
US11580157B2
Implementations are described herein for leveraging digital media files retrieved and/or created by users to predict/determine topics of potential relevance to the users. In various implementations, digital media file(s) created and/or retrieved by a user with a client device may be applied as input across trained machine learning model(s), which in some cases are local to the client device, to generate output that indicates object(s) detected in the digital media file(s). Data indicative of the indicated object(s) may be provided to a remote computing system without providing the digital media file(s) themselves. In some implementations, information associated with the indicated object(s) may be retrieved and proactively output to the user. In some implementations, a frequency at which objects occur across a corpus of digital media files may be considered when determining a likelihood that a detected object is potentially relevant to a user.
US11580148B2
Techniques are disclosed for content storage in a way that facilitates consistent and concurrent read/write processing of stored documents. An example methodology implementing the techniques includes segmenting the contents of a document into a plurality of content segments and storing the plurality of content segments within a data structure, the data structure including storage blocks having storage portions and buffer portions. The storage of the plurality of content segments includes storage of content segments within a storage portions of the storage blocks of the data structure. The method also includes receiving at least one change to the content and utilizing a buffer portion of at least one storage block to store the at least one change to the content.
US11580139B1
A computer generates and displays a data visualization in a data visualization user interface according to placement of data fields, from a data source. The data visualization includes visual data marks representing data from the data source. The computer detects a user input to select a visual data mark. In response to detecting the user input, the computer obtains a data model encoding the data source as a tree of logical tables. The computer identifies one or more aggregated data values for the visual data mark, each of the aggregated data values corresponding to a respective data field in the data model. For each of the aggregated data values, the computer retrieves a respective disaggregated set of data rows from a respective logical table containing the respective data field. The computer displays a summary grid, with a respective tab corresponding to each of the retrieved disaggregated sets of data rows.
US11580137B2
Systems and techniques for indexing and/or querying a database are described herein. Multiple, large disparate data sources may be processed to cleanse and/or combine item data and/or item metadata. Further, attributes may be extracted from the item data sources. The interactive user interfaces allow a user to select one or more attributes and/or other parameters to present visualizations based on the processed data.
US11580132B2
A cloud computing system, which works in cooperation with a plurality of relay devices, is configured to receive measurement data transmitted from each of the relay devices arranged in respective bases and perform accumulation processing in a hierarchical structure of a logical tree form in a measurement database, and perform aggregation analysis processing on the measurement data subjected to the accumulation processing in the respective bases and for each integration target between the bases. The aggregation analysis processing is performed on the measurement data for the each integration target between the bases by recognizing a relationship between the bases under the same starting point on the basis of a measurement unit of a measurement value or a type of a measurement source as for the value in the source accumulated in the database as an ending point of the hierarchical structure.
US11580128B2
A DBMS receives a database-access request that includes an instruction to non-destructively read a database table row. The DBMS assigns the request a TSN identifier and creates a TSN image that identifies all TSNs assigned to transactions that are not yet committed. The DBMS traverses a linked list of log entries that identifies a chronological history of transactions performed on the same row. The DBMS infers that the table row currently contains data stored by the most recently logged transaction that is not contained in the TSN image and that has thus been committed. The DBMS then continues to process statements of the transaction based on the assumption that the row contains the inferred value. The DBMS performs this procedure without acquiring a shared lock on the data page or on the index leaf page that points to the table row.
US11580115B2
Methods and systems for improved categorization of queries are disclosed. In one aspect, first queries having query results limited to a particular category are identified. Second queries including a first query are also identified. For identified second queries, a pattern is generated based on the second query and the included first query, and a rank of the first query's particular category in results for the second query and a percentage of the second query's results having a category equivalent to the included first query's particular category are determined. The ranks and percentages are aggregated for matching patterns, and second patterns with aggregated ranks and percentages meeting a criterion are determined. Results for a third query are limited to a category equivalent to a particular category for a first query included in the third query, and then transmitted over a computer network to a client device.
US11580113B2
Methods and systems for presenting a proactive audiovisual query using a virtual assistant software application. The methods correspond to retrieving user experience data associated with a user profile for the virtual assistant software application, wherein the user experience data define one or more user experience events for the user profile. The methods further include retrieving subject matter domain data associated with the one or more user experience events, wherein the subject matter domain data define one or more probabilistic event effects for the one or more user experience events and determining, based on the user experience data and the subject matter domain data, one or more optimal query items, wherein the one or more optimal query items are associated with at least one of the one or more probabilistic event effects. The methods further include generating the proactive audiovisual query in accordance with the one or more optimal query items.
US11580111B2
Distributed pseudo-random subset generation includes obtaining a data-query indicating a first table having a first column including unique values, a second table having a second column including unique values, a join clause joining the first table and the second table on the first column and the second column, and a limit value, pseudo-random filtering the first table to obtain left intermediate data and left filtering criteria, pseudo-random filtering the second table to obtain right intermediate data and right filtering criteria, obtaining intermediate results data by full outer joining the left intermediate data and the right intermediate data, obtaining results data by filtering the intermediate results data using most-restrictive filtering criteria among the left filtering criteria and the right filtering criteria, and outputting the results data, wherein outputting the results data includes limiting the cardinality of rows of the results data to be at most the limit value.
US11580110B2
Methods and apparatuses in a cloud-based database management system are described. Data in a database are stored in a plurality of pages in a page store of the database. A plurality of redo log records are received to be applied to the database. The redo log records within a predefined boundary are parsed to determine, for each given redo log record, a corresponding page to which the given log record is to be applied. The redo log records are reordered by corresponding page. The reordered redo log records are stored to be applied to the page store of the database.
US11580108B2
Herein are techniques for dynamic aggregation of results of a database request, including concurrent grouping of result items in memory based on quasi-dense keys. Each of many computational threads concurrently performs as follows. A hash code is calculated that represents a particular natural grouping key (NGK) for an aggregate result of a database request. Based on the hash code, the thread detects that a set of distinct NGKs that are already stored in the aggregate result does not contain the particular NGK. A distinct dense grouping key for the particular NGK is statefully generated. The dense grouping key is bound to the particular NGK. Based on said binding, the particular NGK is added to the set of distinct NGKs in the aggregate result.
US11580103B2
Joining data using a disjunctive operator using a lookup table is described. An example computer-implemented method can include receiving a query with a set of conjunctive predicates and a set of disjunctive predicates. The method may also include generating a lookup table for each predicate in the sets of conjunctive predicates and disjunctive predicates. The method, for each row in a probe-side table, may also further include looking up a value associated with that row in each of the lookup tables and adding the row to a results set when there is a match. Additionally, the method may also include returning the results set.
US11580102B2
A method for execution by a query processing system includes determining a query request that indicates a plurality of operators, where the plurality of operators includes at least one relational algebra operator and further includes at least one non-relational operator. A query operator execution flow is generated from the query request that indicates a serialized ordering of the plurality of operators. A query resultant of the query is generated by facilitating execution of the query via a set of nodes of a database system that each perform a plurality of operator executions in accordance with the query operator execution flow, where a subset of the set of nodes each execute at least one operator execution corresponding to the at least one non-relational operator in accordance with the execution of the query.
US11580092B2
A method for automatically detecting errors in at least one data entry in a database, the at least one data entry including an input string of characters that do not match at least one predefined string of characters. The method includes generating a first image map; generating at least one classification parameter by comparing the first image map to a second image map, the second image map based at least partially on the predefined string of characters; determining that the input string of characters correlates to the predefined string of characters; and modifying the at least one data entry to match the predefined string of characters in response to determining that the input string of characters correlates to the predefined string of characters. Various other methods and systems for automatically detecting errors in at least one data entry in a database are also disclosed.
US11580087B2
A blockchain generation system included in each of servers forming a blockchain network includes a blockchain condition setting device that sets a blockchain configuration condition statement based on an operator's input to a screen of a user interface. A data detector detects result data stored in a memory of a programmable logic controller according to an operation of a process equipment based on the blockchain configuration condition statement. A blockchain generator generates blockchain data based on the result data detected from the memory of the programmable logic controller and transmits the blockchain data to a plurality of client servers connected via the blockchain network. A storage device stores the blockchain data and store blockchain data received from the client servers.
US11580086B2
The Tactic Tracking, Evaluation and Identification Engine Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“TTEIE”) transforms subscription request, tick notification request inputs via TTEIE components into subscription response, identified tactic store request, user interface update notification outputs. A subscription request datastructure from a client is obtained. A set of tactic definition datastructures is retrieved. A tick notification comprising tick data for a tick associated with a target is obtained. A contact datastructure corresponding to each retrieved tactic definition datastructure is added to a tracking list of contact datastructures for the target. The tick data for the tick is appended for each contact datastructure in the tracking list. A contact datastructure's time series of ticks is evaluated with regard to the respective contact datastructure's corresponding time series of rules to classify the respective contact datastructure, for each contact datastructure in the tracking list. The client is notified regarding identified tactic contact datastructures.
US11580085B2
Provided are methods, systems, and computer readable media for user interaction with database methods and systems. In an aspect, a user interface can be generated to permit dynamic display generation to view data. The system can comprise a visualization component to dynamically generate one or more visual representations of the data to present in the state space.
US11580083B2
A software voting or prediction system iteratively solicits participant preferences between members of a set, with a binary tree built used to minimize the number of iterations required. As each member of the set is considered, it is pairwise-compared with select members represented by nodes already in the binary tree, with iterations beginning at a root node of the tree and continuing to a leaf node. The newly considered member is placed as a new leaf node, and the tree is height-rebalanced as appropriate. Red-black tree coloring and tree rotation rules are optionally used for this purpose. Yes/no preference tallies are kept for each member of the set throughout the tree-building process and are ultimately used for scoring. Height-rebalancing of the tree helps minimize the number of iterations needed to precisely score each member of the set relative to its alternatives.
US11580082B2
Example object storage systems, bookkeeping engines, and methods provide quota usage monitoring for control entities, such as accounts, users, and buckets. An object data store is configured to enable control entities to access data objects associated with each control entity. Data objects are mapped to the control entities and the data objects are processed to identify object usage values corresponding to each combination of data object and control entity. Total usage values are calculated for each control entity and used to determine a data object access response for a target data object and associated control entities.
US11580081B1
A system and method for detecting anomalies in very large datasets is disclosed. The method includes calculating statistics for data elements in a data set over a range of time periods. These statistics are arranged into a 2D array and analyzed using a machine learning algorithm to detect anomalous regions. The method also includes steps of analyzing time series of the data based on detected anomalous regions, correcting any errors in the datasets, and storing the corrected values in a separate database to maintain data integrity.
US11580078B2
A method of enhancing security in object based datastores is provided. The method mounts first and second datastores identified, respectively, by first and second datastore identifiers. The first and second datastores include, respectively, first and second namespace objects that are mapped to first and second subfolders in the first and second datastores. A first file within the first subfolder references a first object via a first object identifier, while a second file within the second subfolder references a second object via a second object identifier. The first and second objects are tagged with the first and second datastores' identifiers. The first and second datastores share an underlying storage and may be configured to have separate access permissions. The method receives a command to access the first object via a datastore identifier, compares the datastore identifier with the first datastore identifier, and if they match, allows access to the first object.
US11580077B2
In some embodiments, a computer system may buffer, in a local storage buffer, data to be stored at the cloud and upload the data to the cloud storage from the local storage buffer. Upon receipt of an acknowledgement, from the cloud storage, that the data was successfully uploaded, the computer system may delete the data from the local storage buffer. The computer system may provide a ghost file representation of the uploaded data through the computer system, through which the data uploaded to the cloud storage may be accessed. In some embodiments, the computer system may access multiple cloud storage accounts, each corresponding to a file folder on the computer system, allowing the user to easily access different cloud storage accounts. The computer system may recover data that was deleted from either local persistent storage or the cloud storage.
US11580073B2
In embodiments, application data is received from multiple application platforms. Once received, an object mapping is used to determine a synchronization data object that is mapped to data objects from the application data. A function mapping is used to determine one or more functions to apply to the application data. Data objects from the application data that are mapped to the synchronization data object are compared to detect conflicts between fields. In response to detecting a conflict, the conflict is resolved based on configuration rules that indicate priority between fields of different data objects. Once the conflict is resolved, the data objects are merged into a modified synchronization data object that represents an updated version of the synchronization data object. Changes between the synchronization data object and the modified synchronization data object are identified and propagated to application platforms to perform updates to application data managed by the application platforms.
US11580060B2
A system includes a real-time partitioning separation kernel installed on a multi-core processor. Guest operating systems are hosted with in hardware virtualized machines in the cores. Another hardware virtualized machine performs a real-time USB-CAN interface communicatively coupled to distributed electronic control units which acquire data and command actuators. A plurality of hardware virtualized machines support processes of various criticality. A secure shared memory serves as the communication means between processes performing different levels of functionality at suitable latency ranges. a policy to distinguish, allocate, and distribute clock, memory, and input/output resources to meet focused latency ranges to the Observation, Decision, and Execution processes. Remaining resources have diffuse latency ranges made available to the Observation, Decision, and Execution processes in an as available but guarded minimum and maximum buffet. A latency policy ensures that each process receives its minimum tranche before queueing for up to the maximum at the resource buffet.
US11580056B2
A processing system comprises a control bus and a plurality of logic units. The control bus is configurable by configuration data to form signal routes in a control barrier network coupled to processing units in an array of processing units. The plurality of logic units has inputs and outputs connected to the control bus and to the array of processing units. A logic unit in the plurality of logic units is operatively coupled to a processing unit in the array of processing units and is configurable by the configuration data to consume source tokens and a status signal from the processing unit on the inputs and to produce barrier tokens and an enable signal on the outputs based on the source tokens and the status signal on the inputs.
US11580047B2
A low voltage drive circuit includes a transmit digital to analog circuit that converts transmit digital data into analog outbound data by: generating a DC component; generating a first oscillation at a first frequency; generating a second oscillation at the first frequency; and outputting the first oscillation or the second oscillation on a bit-by-bit basis in accordance with the transmit digital data to produce an oscillating component, wherein the DC component is combined with the oscillating component to produce the analog outbound data, and wherein the oscillating component and the DC component are combined to produce the analog outbound data. A drive sense circuit drives an analog transmit signal onto a bus, wherein the analog outbound data is represented within the analog transmit signal as variances in loading of the bus at the first frequency and wherein analog inbound data is represented within an analog receive signal as variances in loading of the bus at a second frequency.
US11580040B2
A data bus subscriber and a method for processing data, wherein the data bus subscriber can be connected to a local bus, particularly a ring bus, and the data bus subscriber has an input interface, which can be connected to the local bus, for receiving first local bus data, an output interface, which can be connected to the local bus, for transmitting second local bus data, a processing component for synchronous processing of the first local bus data and/or data stored in a memory and for output of at least one control signal, a logic unit, which is adapted in order to modify a quantity of received first local bus data based on the control signal in order to generate the second local bus data to be transmitted, wherein the logic unit is further adapted for synchronous, delayed transmitting of the second local bus data via the output interface.
US11580035B2
A processor includes a register to store an encoded pointer to a variable in stack memory. The encoded pointer includes an encrypted portion and a fixed plaintext portion of a memory address corresponding to the variable. The processor further includes circuitry to, in response to a memory access request for associated with the variable, decrypt the encrypted portion of the encoded pointer to obtain first upper address bits of the memory address and a memory allocation size for a variable, decode the encoded pointer to obtain the memory address, verify the memory address is valid based, at least in part on the memory allocation size, and in response to determining that the memory address is valid, allow the memory access request.
US11580032B2
A technique is provided for training a prediction apparatus. The apparatus has an input interface for receiving a sequence of training events indicative of program instructions, and identifier value generation circuitry for performing an identifier value generation function to generate, for a given training event received at the input interface, an identifier value for that given training event. The identifier value generation function is arranged such that the generated identifier value is dependent on at least one register referenced by a program instruction indicated by that given training event. Prediction storage is provided with a plurality of training entries, where each training entry is allocated an identifier value as generated by the identifier value generation function, and is used to maintain training data derived from training events having that allocated identifier value. Matching circuitry is then responsive to the given training event to detect whether the prediction storage has a matching training entry (i.e. an entry whose allocated identifier value matches the identifier value for the given training event). If so, it causes the training data in the matching training entry to be updated in dependence on the given training event.
US11580028B2
The present technology relates to an electronic device. A memory device having improved memory block management performance according to the present technology includes a memory block, a peripheral circuit, and a control logic. The peripheral circuit performs a read operation and a program operation on a selected physical page among a plurality of physical pages. The control logic controls the peripheral circuit to read first logical page data stored in a first physical page and second logical page data stored in a second physical page among the plurality of physical pages, and additionally program the second logical page data into the first physical page using the read first and second logical page data.
US11580021B2
This disclosure relates to a method for situation-dependent storage of data of a system, in which data of the system is detected, is amalgamated in at least one data block and is stored in a volatile memory, and in which, in response to the occurrence of at least one predefined trigger event in the at least one data block, amalgamated data are transferred from the volatile memory into a read-only memory, and in which a time window, in which the data for the at least one data block is captured, is selected automatically and dynamically according to the at least one trigger event.
US11580015B2
Systems and methods for performing data protection operations including garbage collection operations and copy forward operations. For deduplicated data stored in a cloud-based storage or in a cloud tier that stores containers containing dead and live segments or dead and live regions such as compression regions, the dead compression regions are deleted by copying the live compression regions into new containers and then deleting the old containers. The copy forward is based on a recipe from a data protection system and is performed using a serverless approach.
US11580007B2
In overview, methods, computer programs products and devices for securing software are provided. In accordance with the disclosure, a method may comprise attaching a debugger process to a software process. During execution of the software process, operations relevant to the functionality of the code process are carried out within the debugger process. As a result, the debugger process cannot be replaced or subverted without impinging on the functionality of the software process. The software process can therefore be protected from inspection by modified or malicious debugging techniques.
US11580004B2
An information processor includes an operation history obtaining unit configured to obtain operation histories created user operations at a terminal device; a function identifying unit configured to, based on the obtained operation histories, identify a function performed by the user operations as an operation target function; an operation extracting unit configured to, based on information about the operation target function identified by the function identifying unit, extract predetermined operation histories from the obtained operation histories; an index calculating unit configured to calculate an index which indicates a level of efficiency of the operations for the operation histories extracted by the operation extracting unit; an operation selecting unit configured to, based on the index, select the operation histories having a predetermined efficiency; and an output controller configured to output a guide information based on the operation histories selected by the operation selecting unit.
US11580003B2
Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for identifying and executing one or more interactive condition evaluation tests to generate an output are provided. In some examples, user information may be received by a system and one or more interactive condition evaluation tests may be identified. An instruction may be transmitted to a computing device of a user and executed on the computing device to enable functionality of one or more sensors that may be used in the identified tests. A user interface may be generated including instructions for executing the identified tests. Upon initiating a test, data may be collected from one or more sensors in the computing device. The data collected may be transmitted to the system and may be processed using one or more machine learning datasets to generate an output.
US11579994B2
A system and method of detecting defects in an analog circuit is provided. A method includes identifying a channel connected block (CCB) from a netlist, creating defect for the CCB to be injected during a simulation, obtaining a first measurement of an output node of the CCB by performing a first analog circuit simulation for the CCB based on providing excitations as inputs to the CCB and obtaining a second measurement of the output node of the CCB by performing a second analog circuit simulation for the CCB based on providing the excitations as the inputs to the CCB and injecting the defect. The method can further include determining a defect type based on the first measurement and the second measurement.
US11579992B2
Methods and systems are provided for rapid failure recovery for a distributed storage system for failures by one or more nodes.
US11579987B1
Data recovery systems and methods utilize object-based storage for providing a data protection and recovery methodology with low recovery point objectives, and for enabling both full recovery and point-in-time based recovery. Data generated at a protected site (e.g., via one or more virtual machines) is intercepted during write procedures to primary storage. The intercepted data is replicated via a replication log, provided as data objects, and transmitted to an object based storage system. During recovery, data objects may be retrieved through point-in-time based recovery directly by the systems of the protected site, and/or data objects may be provided via full recovery, for example, within a runtime environment of a recovery site, with minimal data loss and operation interruption by rehydrating data objects within the runtime environment via low-latency data transfer and rehydration systems.
US11579980B2
System and techniques for performing snapshot and backup copy operations for individual virtual machines in a shared storage. The system can also include one or more shared physical computer storage devices communicatively coupled to the hypervisor to store the plurality of virtual machines. A plurality of storage volumes can be provided in the one or more shared physical computer storage devices where each storage volume uniquely corresponding to one of the virtual machines. The system can issue a command to a hypervisor to perform a snapshot or backup copy operation with a particular information management policy.
US11579978B2
In one approach, filesets to be backed up are divided into partitions and snapshots are pulled for each partition. In one architecture, a data management and storage (DMS) cluster includes a plurality of peer DMS nodes and a distributed data store implemented across the peer DMS nodes. One of the peer DMS nodes receives fileset metadata for the fileset and defines a plurality of partitions for the fileset based on the fileset metadata. The peer DMS nodes operate autonomously to execute jobs to pull snapshots for each of the partitions and to store the snapshots of the partitions in the distributed data store.
US11579973B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for implementing redundancy in memory controllers. The disclosed systems and methods utilize a row of memory blocks, such that each memory block in the row is associated with an independent media unit. Failures of the media units are not correlated, and therefore, a failure in one unit does not affect the data stored in the other units. Parity information associated with the data stored in the memory blocks is stored in a separate memory block. If the data in a single memory block has been corrupted, the data stored in the remaining memory blocks and the parity information is used to retrieve the corrupted data.
US11579968B2
Disclosed is a system including a memory device having a plurality of physical memory segments and a processing device to perform operations that include, responsive to detecting a failure of a memory operation associated with a physical memory segment of the plurality of physical memory segments, quarantining the physical memory segment, responsive to quarantining the physical memory segment, performing one or more scanning operations on the physical memory segment, and determining, based on results of the one or more scanning operations, a viability status of the physical memory segment, wherein the viability status indicates an ability of the physical memory segment to store data.
US11579966B1
A semiconductor system includes a process control circuit configured to determine whether to perform a patrol training operation, generate a voltage code signal for adjusting a level of a reference voltage which determines a logic level of data in a target memory circuit, and adjust the voltage code signal on the basis of a fail information signal corresponding to the target memory circuit, an operation control circuit configured to receive a command and an address from a host, generate, from the command, a write signal and a read signal for performing a normal operation, and generate, from the address, an internal address for performing the normal operation and an error detection circuit configured to detect an error in the data by receiving the data from the target memory circuit, and generate the fail information signal depending on whether the error has occurred in the data.
US11579955B1
Techniques for database and file management herein include a processor and a memory device storing instructions that cause the processor to perform operations comprising creating a request based on an extensible markup language (XML) or an interpreted scripting language object, wherein the request comprises unauthenticated data for validation. The operations can also include transmitting the request to a remote device), updating metadata corresponding to the request to indicate the successful validation by the remote device, validating a response file, and detecting a discrepancy between the unauthenticated data and the authenticated data accessible by the remote device. Additionally, the operations include obtaining correction data to resolve the discrepancy, and executing a transaction based on the request and the correction data.
US11579951B2
Techniques are described herein for predicting disk drive failure using a machine learning model. The framework involves receiving disk drive sensor attributes as training data, preprocessing the training data to select a set of enhanced feature sequences, and using the enhanced feature sequences to train a machine learning model to predict disk drive failures from disk drive sensor monitoring data. Prior to the training phase, the RNN LSTM model is tuned using a set of predefined hyper-parameters. The preprocessing, which is performed during the training and evaluation phase as well as later during the prediction phase, involves using predefined values for a set of parameters to generate the set of enhanced sequences from raw sensor reading. The enhanced feature sequences are generated to maintain a desired healthy/failed disk ratio, and only use samples leading up to a last-valid-time sample in order to honor a pre-specified heads-up-period alert requirement.
US11579949B2
Various example embodiments for providing device application support are presented. In at least some example embodiments, device application support may be configured to support device programmability. In at least some example embodiments, device application support may be configured to support device programmability for enabling a customer that operates a device to develop a customer application for the device and to run the customer application on the device. In at least some example embodiments, device application support may be provided in a manner for enabling a customer to develop and run a customer application for a device without a need for the customer to use a software development kit (SDK) to develop the customer application.
US11579945B2
One example method includes receiving, from a microservice, a service request that identifies a service needed by the microservice, and an API of an endpoint that provides the service, evaluating the service request to determine whether the service request conforms to a policy, when the service request has been determined to conform with the policy, evaluating the endpoint to determine if endpoint performance meets established guidelines, and when it is determined that the endpoint performance does not meet the established guidelines, identifying an alternative endpoint that meets the established guidelines and that provides the requested service. Next, the method includes transforming the API of the service identified in the service request to an alternative API of the service provided by the alternative endpoint, and sending the service request and the alternative API to the alternative endpoint.
US11579944B2
In one embodiment, a processor includes: a plurality of cores each comprising a multi-threaded core to concurrently execute a plurality of threads; and a control circuit to concurrently enable at least one of the plurality of cores to operate in a single-threaded mode and at least one other of the plurality of cores to operate in a multi-threaded mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11579939B2
Systems described herein may allow for the intelligent configuration of containers onto virtualized resources. As described, systems described herein may generate configurations based on received parameters for utilization to configure (e.g., install, instantiate, etc.) virtualized resources. Once generated, a configuration may be selected according to determined selection parameters and/or intelligent selection techniques.
US11579935B2
A system for container migration includes containers running instances of an application running on a cluster, an orchestrator with a controller, a memory, and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor executes to monitor a vitality metric of the application. The vitality metric indicates that the application is in either a live state or a dead state. Additionally, horizontal scaling for the application is disabled and the application is scaled-down until the vitality metric indicates that the application is in the dead state. Responsive to the vitality metric indicating that the application is in the dead state, the application is scaled-up until the vitality metric indicates that the application is in the live state. Also, responsive to the vitality metric indication transitioning from the dead state to the live state, the application is migrated to a different cluster while the horizontal scaling of the application is disabled.
US11579928B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to configuring a watermark unit with watermark algorithms for artificial intelligence (AI) models for a data processing (DP) accelerator. In one embodiment, in response to a request received by a DP accelerator, the request, sent by an application, to apply a watermark algorithm to an AI model by the DP accelerator, a system determines that the watermark algorithm is not available at a watermark unit of the DP accelerator. The system sends a request for the watermark algorithm. The system receives the watermark algorithm by the DP accelerator. The system configures the watermark unit at runtime with the watermark algorithm for the watermark algorithm to be used by the DP accelerator.
US11579924B2
Techniques are disclosed for scheduling artificial intelligence model partitions for execution in an information processing system. For example, a method comprises the following steps. An intermediate representation of an artificial intelligence model is obtained. A reversed computation graph corresponding to a computation graph generated based on the intermediate representation is obtained. Nodes in the reversed computation graph represent functions related to the artificial intelligence model, and one or more directed edges in the reversed computation graph represent one or more dependencies between the functions. The reversed computation graph is partitioned into sequential partitions, such that the partitions are executed sequentially and functions corresponding to nodes in each partition are executed in parallel.
US11579917B2
A method for creating a virtual machine includes: receiving a virtual machine creation request to create a plurality of virtual machines; dividing the plurality of virtual machines into a plurality of virtual machine groups; determining a home physical rack for each virtual machine group, where one virtual machine group corresponds to one home physical rack; and creating each virtual machine group on the home physical rack of each virtual machine group. Because each virtual machine group is created on a home physical rack to which each virtual machine group belongs, each virtual machine group is equivalent to one physical rack.
US11579916B2
A virtualized computing system includes: a host cluster including hosts executing a virtualization layer on hardware platforms thereof, the virtualization layer configured to support execution of virtual machines (VMs), the VMs including a pod VM, the pod VM including a container engine configured to support execution of containers in the pod VM, the pod VM including a first virtual disk attached thereto; and an orchestration control plane integrated with the virtualization layer, the orchestration control plane including a master server in communication with a pod VM controller, the pod VM controller configured to execute in the virtualization layer external to the VMs and cooperate with a pod VM agent in the pod VM, the pod VM agent generating root directories for the containers in the pod VM, each of the root directories comprising a union a read/write ephemeral layer stored on the first virtual disk and a read-only layer.
US11579910B2
Techniques are provided for enforcing policies at a sub-logical unit number (LUN) granularity, such as at a virtual disk or virtual machine granularity. A block range of a virtual disk of a virtual machine stored within a LUN is identified. A quality of service policy object is assigned to the block range to create a quality of service workload object. A target block range targeted by an operation is identified. A quality of service policy of the quality of service policy object is enforced upon the operation using the quality of service workload object based upon the target block range being within the block range of the virtual disk.
US11579909B2
The present disclosure describes a technique for honoring virtual machine placement constraints established on a first host implemented on a virtualized computing environment by receiving a request to migrate one or more virtual machines from the first host to a second host and without violating the virtual machine placement constraints, identifying an architecture of the first host, provisioning a second host with an architecture compatible with that of the first host, adding the second host to the cluster of hosts, and migrating the one or more virtual machines from the first host to the second host.
US11579908B2
A method for containerized workload scheduling can include determining a network state for a first hypervisor in a virtual computing cluster (VCC). The method can further include determining a network state for a second hypervisor. Containerized workload scheduling can further include deploying a container to run a containerized workload on a virtual computing instance (VCI) deployed on the first hypervisor or the second hypervisor based, at least in part, on the determined network state for the first hypervisor and the second hypervisor.
US11579900B2
A method and control unit for configuring an add-on interface of a vehicle are presented. The vehicle comprises at least one vehicle internal system, at least one add-on system, the add-on system being arranged in the vehicle after the vehicle is produced by a manufacturer, and at least one internal communication unit arranged for communication with at least one vehicle external communication unit. The method comprises: receiving, using the at least one internal communication unit, configuration information related to at least one sensor of the vehicle from the at least one vehicle external communication unit; and configuring, based on the configuration information, how at least one sensor signal Ssensor from the at least one sensor is to be processed by an add-on interface, the add-on interface being arranged in the vehicle as an interface between the at least one vehicle internal system and the at least one add-on system.
US11579888B2
Representative apparatus, method, and system embodiments are disclosed for a self-scheduling processor which also provides additional functionality. Representative embodiments include a self-scheduling processor, comprising: a processor core adapted to execute instructions; and a core control circuit adapted to automatically schedule an instruction for execution by the processor core in response to a received work descriptor data packet. In a representative embodiment, the processor core is further adapted to execute a non-cached load instruction to designate a general purpose register rather than a data cache for storage of data received from a memory circuit. The core control circuit is also adapted to schedule a fiber create instruction for execution by the processor core, and to generate one or more work descriptor data packets to another circuit for execution of corresponding execution threads. Event processing, data path management, system calls, memory requests, and other new instructions are also disclosed.
US11579872B2
A vector processor is disclosed including a variety of variable-length instructions. Computer-implemented methods are disclosed for efficiently carrying out a variety of operations in a time-conscious, memory-efficient, and power-efficient manner. Methods for more efficiently managing a buffer by controlling the threshold based on the length of delay line instructions are disclosed. Methods for disposing multi-type and multi-size operations in hardware are disclosed. Methods for condensing look-up tables are disclosed. Methods for in-line alteration of variables are disclosed.
US11579863B2
Provided is an optical transceiver including: a controller configured to output firmware update data for updating firmware of another optical transceiver connected to the optical transceiver through an optical cable; and a transmitter configured to generate an optical signal by superposing input payload data and the firmware update data, and to transmit the optical signal to the other optical transceiver. According to embodiments, the firmware of a remote optical transceiver at a remote location is automatically updated without affecting payload data, which is information to be transmitted.
US11579853B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: for each of a plurality of loops, acquire loop information including a number of variables, a number of registers, a number of memory commands for inputting and outputting a value of the variable between the register and a main storage device, and a number of arithmetic commands for the value of the variable stored in the register, which are used in the loop; calculate the number of variables, the number of registers, the number of memory commands, and the number of arithmetic commands, which correspond to a combination of the loops that are candidates for loop fusion, for each of the combinations of the loops; determine a combination to which the loop fusion is to be applied among the combinations which are calculated for each of the combinations; and execute the loop fusion on the determined combination.
US11579836B2
In various embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a wireless communication module; a memory storing a priority of a plurality of external electronic devices; an output module; and a processor operatively connected to the wireless communication module, the memory, and the output module, wherein the processor is configured to: control the wireless communication module to establish a first wireless communication channel with a first external electronic device; control the wireless communication module to establish a second wireless communication channel with a second external electronic device; control the output module to output first audio data received through the first wireless communication channel; identify a priority of the first external electronic device and a priority of the second external electronic device when receiving second audio data through the second wireless communication channel while outputting the first audio data; identify a type of the first audio data and a type of the second audio data; adjust an output parameter of the first audio data and an output parameter of the second audio data based on the priority of the first external electronic device, the priority of the second external electronic device, the type of the first audio data, and the type of the second audio data; and output the first audio data using the adjusted output parameter of the first audio data and the second audio data using the adjusted output parameter of the second audio data through the output module. Various other embodiments are possible.
US11579826B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores instructions executable by a controller of an information processing apparatus. The instructions cause the controller to perform operations. The operations include: displaying an edit screen, the edit screen being configured to receive a translation instruction, the edit screen including a text area and a print area, the print area being configured to place therein a target text string to be printed; upon receiving on the edit screen an operation for inputting the target text string, displaying the target text string in a first language in the text area; upon receiving on the edit screen the translation instruction for translating the target text string displayed in the text area from the first language into a second language, translating the target text string to obtain a translation data piece representing a translated text string in the second language.
US11579822B2
A control method of an information processing apparatus including a predetermined application program that cannot acquire predetermined information regarding a communication apparatus using a predetermined method, includes acquiring, in a case where the predetermined information is stored by a different application program that is different from the predetermined application program and can acquire the predetermined information using the predetermined method, the predetermined information stored by the different application program, using the predetermined application program, executing, in a case where the predetermined information stored by the different application program is acquired, processing that is based on the predetermined information stored by the different application program, using the predetermined application program, and displaying a predetermined region for prompting a user to install the different application program, using the predetermined application program.
US11579821B2
A printing apparatus includes: a printing section including a plurality of printing elements that performs printing on a medium; a power supply circuit supplying power to the printing section; a control circuit controlling the printing section and the power supply circuit; and a USB-Type-C interface configured to couple an external device and including a data transmission/reception terminal, a power input/output terminal, and a state identification terminal. When the state identification terminal detects that the external device that receives the power via the power input/output terminal is coupled, and the printing section performs printing, an amount of power supplied to the external device is large in a case in which a drive rate of the plurality of printing elements is low as compared with a case in which the drive rate of the plurality of printing elements is high.
US11579819B2
An information processing apparatus acquires printing setting information including at least information on a sheet type relating to mounted sheets and information on a sheet width, which correspond to each sheet feed unit in a printing apparatus capable of feeding sheets from a plurality of sheet feed units, creates a first item for designating a plurality of sheet feed units whose both sheet type and sheet width are the same among sheet feed units of the printing apparatus, and a second item for designating a sheet feed port for which there does not exist another sheet feed unit whose both sheet type and sheet width are the same, and creates a print job in a case where a user designates the first item, the print job including a command for the printing apparatus to automatically select a sheet feed unit from among the plurality of sheet feed units included in the first item.
US11579814B2
An information processing apparatus capable of reducing the labor and time expended by a user for an instruction in reservation printing is provided. The information processing apparatus performs communication with a server for storing files and an image forming apparatus for printing files. The information processing apparatus includes a file obtaining unit configured to obtain files shown in a print candidate file list generated based on a priority setting indicating priorities of files stored in the server among a plurality of files stored in the server, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the obtained files to the image forming apparatus.
US11579813B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an image forming apparatus configured to print files stored in a plurality of servers. The image forming apparatus comprises a retaining unit configured to retain files transmitted according to an instruction issued by a user, a display control unit configured to control a display of a print instruction screen that includes a first list generated based on a storage file list showing files, which are files stored in any one of the plurality of servers and correspond to user authentication information inputted when logging into the image forming apparatus, and a second list showing the retained files, and a printing unit configured to print files selected by the user on the print instruction screen. The first list is a list obtained by synthesizing a plurality of the storage file lists that are transmitted from the plurality of servers, respectively.
US11579800B2
The described technology is generally directed towards an input/output (I/O) load balancer of a data storage system that detects an I/O overloaded (“hot”) storage unit and logically moves its hot data to a non-overloaded (“cold”) storage unit. Threshold load levels can be used to determine hot and cold storage units. In one implementation, new writes to the hot storage unit are prevented while its hot data is logically moved to a cold storage unit. To avoid reads from the hot storage unit, the hot data can be recreated from redundant data obtained via a recovery path. To avoid a capacity imbalance, once enough hot data has been moved so that the (formerly) hot storage device is no longer considered hot, cold data from the cold storage device can be written to the formerly hot storage device. New data writes to the formerly hot storage device can then resume.
US11579795B2
A control method for a solid state drive is provided. The solid state drive includes a non-volatile memory with plural blocks. In a step (a1), a block is opened. In a step (a2), a program action is performed to store a valid write data into the open block. Then, a step (a3) is performed to judge whether an amount of the valid write data in the open block reaches a predetermined capacity. In a step (a4), if the amount of the valid write data in the open block does not reach the predetermined capacity, the step (a2) is performed again. In a step (a5), if the amount of the valid write data in the open block reaches the predetermined capacity, the open block is closed and the step (a1) is performed again. The predetermined capacity is lower than a capacity of one block.
US11579792B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile memory array with a plurality of memory cells. Each memory cell is a multilevel cell to which multibit data can be written. The non-volatile memory array includes a first storage region in which the multibit data of a first bit level is written and a second storage region in which data of a second bit level less than the first bit level is written. A memory controller is configured to move pieces of data from the first storage region to the second storage region based on the number of data read requests for the pieces of data received over a period of time or on external information received from a host device that sends read requests.
US11579789B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for managing context information for data stored within a non-volatile memory of a computing device. According to some embodiments, the method can include (1) loading, into a volatile memory of the computing device, the context information from the non-volatile memory, where the context information is separated into a plurality of silos, (2) writing transactions into a log stored within the non-volatile memory, and (3) each time a condition is satisfied: (i) identifying a next silo of the plurality of silos to be written into the non-volatile memory, (ii) updating the next silo to reflect the transactions that apply to the next silo, and (iii) writing the next silo into the non-volatile memory. In turn, when an inadvertent shutdown of the computing device occurs, the silos of which the context information is comprised can be sequentially accessed and restored in an efficient manner.
US11579780B1
Example implementations described herein involve systems and methods which automatically determine volumes to be replicated for disaster recovery based on the execution priority of an application which uses the volumes. Such example implementations can involve systems and methods involving creating a volume in a first storage system for each of one or more containers newly launched on one or more servers managing a container orchestrator; and establishing replication of the volume for the each of the newly launched one or more containers to a second storage system in order from highest container priority to lowest container priority.
US11579773B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory, a block management unit, and a transcription unit. The semiconductor memory includes a plurality of blocks to which data can be written in both the first mode and the second mode. The block management unit manages a block that stores therein no valid data as a free block. When the number of free blocks managed by the block management unit is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, the transcription unit selects one or more used blocks that stores therein valid data as transcription source blocks and transcribes valid data stored in the transcription source blocks to free blocks in the second mode.
US11579771B2
A composite layout to store one or more extents of a data object in a first storage system and one or more extents of the data object in a second, different storage system. The first storage system may be configured for the efficient storage of small chunks of data such as, e.g., chunks of data small than the addressable block size of the storage devices used by the storage systems.
US11579770B2
A Memory Device (MD) for storing temporary data designated for volatile storage by a processor and persistent data designated for non-volatile storage by the processor. An address is associated with a first location in a volatile memory array and with a second location in a Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) array of the MD. Data is written in the first location, and flushed from the first location to the second location. A refresh rate for the first location is reduced after flushing the data from the first location until after data is written again to the first location. In another aspect, a processor designates a memory page in a virtual memory space as volatile or non-volatile based on data allocated to the memory page, and defines the volatility mode for the MD based on whether the memory page is designated as volatile or non-volatile.
US11579768B2
Provided herein are method, apparatus, and computer program products for facilitating capture and play back of interface event data. One exemplary method may comprise providing, as a function of at least profile data, environmental data, transaction data, relevance data, and implicit data derived therefrom, a dynamic application environment, displaying the dynamic application environment on an dynamic application interface, capturing interface event data, the interface event data being based on user interaction with the dynamic application interface, and comprising of one or more interface events and a particular time at which each of the one or more interface events occurred, providing data to the play back device configured for initializing a play back environment, such that the play back environment receives the interface event data and performs play back, and outputting the one or more interface events in a relative time to the particular time.
US11579762B2
Methods and systems for presenting time series for analysis. A method includes presenting a first visualization of summary information for an initial data set of a plurality of batches, presenting a filtered data set of the initial data set having a first batch identifier associated with a first batch and the second batch identifier associated with a second batch, executing a time series connector including transmitting a request to a time series application, the request comprising the first batch identifier, the second batch identifier, and the time series configuration data. The method further includes causing presentation of a user interface comprising a chart including a first plot for first time series data for the first batch identifier and a second plot for second time series data for the second batch identifier, the chart configured to the time series configuration data, and the first plot is aligned to the second plot.
US11579760B2
Embodiments are directed to managing data visualizations. Candidate data fields from a data source may be determined based on a search expression. The candidate data fields may be displayed in the model panel. A working data model may be generated based on a portion of the candidate data fields such that the portion of the candidate data fields may be included in the working data model. Visualizations may be determined based on recommendation models and the working data model such that a portion of the visualizations may be determined based on shared data fields that may be included in the working data model and the visualizations. A working visualization may be determined based on a visualization listed in the display panel and the working data model such that data fields included in the working data model may be associated with the working visualization.
US11579757B2
Usage metrics for augmented reality content may be identified and analyzed to determine measures of fitness for respective usage metrics. The measures of fitness may indicate a level of correlation with an outcome specified by an augmented reality content creator and an amount of interaction with an augmented reality content item by users of a client application. Recommendations may be provided to augmented reality content creators indicating modifications to augmented reality content items that have at least a threshold probability of increasing the level of interaction between users of the client application and the augmented reality content item.
US11579751B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for intelligently managing a playlist of digital media provide an intelligent dynamic queue that is configured to manage the playback of digital media. The queue can transition between passive playback mode, active playback mode, and mixed playback mode. The queue can handle the playback of the songs in the queue according to the playback mode and/or a queue status field that is associated with each song in the queue.
US11579750B2
A press and hold function for conducting online surveys with a respondent in order to obtain genuine responses to the online surveys is presented herein. A user interface associated with an online survey is presented to the respondent on a screen of a computing device. The online survey can include a set of questions. Each question of the online survey can include a set of response elements. Each of these response elements can be associated with one or more response duration. In order to select a response to a question, the respondent can press a response button that is associated with one or more response elements to that question. The respondent then holds the response button for the response duration associated with the response element. After the response duration is complete, the response associated with the response element is deemed to be the response of the respondent.
US11579745B2
A system and method for facilitating a user defined virtual space is disclosed. One or more virtual space locations and/or activities may be correlated with user specified geolocations. In some implementations, the user specified geolocations may be verified against one or more spatial requirements prior to recording the user selected space-geolocation correlations. A user request to initiate an action or activity in the virtual space may be received. Prior to executing the requested action or activity in the virtual space, the user current geolocation may be verified against that specified in a space-geolocation correlation corresponding to a virtual space location or activity indicated in the user request.
US11579740B2
An input device includes: an input member that includes a first surface on which an operation is performed by an operation body and a second surface that is a back surface of the first surface; a first electrode that is disposed on the second surface; a second electrode that faces the first electrode and is disposed spaced apart from the first electrode; and a controller that detects a pressing force applied to the input member by an operation performed by the operation body, based on the electrostatic capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, and calculates a pressure-sensitivity value that is a value indicating the pressing force detected. Here, the first electrode is electrically connected to the ground.
US11579733B2
Disclosed is a touch sensitive display apparatus which decreases a load of each of a plurality of touch electrodes and reduces a load deviation between the plurality of touch electrodes, thereby enhancing image quality. The touch sensitive display apparatus comprises a touch sensitive panel. The touch panel comprises a plurality of touch electrodes comprising at least a first touch electrode. The first touch electrode comprises a plurality of first touch electrode lines that are parallel to each other. A first touch signal line is connected to the plurality of first touch electrode lines of the first touch electrode, and the first touch electrode is driven for image display and touch sensing via the first touch signal line. A first connecting line is in a different layer than the first touch electrode lines, and the first connecting line is connected to the plurality of first touch electrode lines.
US11579728B2
A touch display device of the present disclosure may include a display panel on which a plurality of touch electrodes are electrically connected to a plurality of touch lines; a gate driving circuit for supplying scan signals to the display panel through a plurality of gate lines; a touch driving circuit for sensing a touch by detecting a touch signal from the plurality of touch electrodes and supplying a common voltage to the touch electrodes through the touch lines; a common voltage feedback line electrically connected to the plurality of touch lines or disposed to overlap with the plurality of gate lines in a non-display area of the display panel; and a common voltage compensation circuit for supplying a compensated common voltage based on a distortion in the common voltage.
US11579727B2
An input device is described which comprises a touch-sensitive surface and a force sensor, wherein the force sensor is adapted to detect a force applied to the touch-sensitive surface. The input device further comprises a vibration sensor and a control unit, wherein the control unit is coupled with the force sensor, the touch-sensitive surface and the vibration sensor. The control unit is adapted to validate a force detected by the force sensor as an input in dependence on a touch of the touch-sensitive surface and in dependence on a vibration detected by the vibration sensor. There is further described a motor vehicle which comprises such an input device. A method of detecting an input at an input device is further described.
US11579722B2
Display layers and touch sensor layers may be overlapped by enclosure walls in an electronic device. The electronic device may have a front wall and opposing rear wall and curved sidewalls. The front wall and the curved sidewalls may be formed from a glass layer or other transparent member. A touch sensor layer and display layer may extend under the glass layer with curved sidewalls. A touch sensor layer may also extend under the opposing rear wall. A foldable electronic device may have a flexible transparent wall portion that joins planar transparent walls. Components may be interposed between the transparent planar walls and opaque walls. Display and touch layers may be overlapped by the transparent walls and the transparent flexible wall portion. Touch sensor structures may also be overlapped by the opaque walls.
US11579712B2
There is provided a pointing device including a mode switching apparatus that switches the pointing device between a two-dimensional (2D) operational mode and a three-dimensional (3D) operational mode and a sensor configured to determine a pointing direction of the pointing device and locations of a plurality of computing devices. When in the 2D operational mode, the pointing device is paired with a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices and controls the first computing device and when in the 3D operational mode, the pointing device is configured to select a second computing device of the plurality of computing devices additionally to control, the selection based on one or more of the pointing direction of the pointing device and the location of the second computing device.
US11579711B2
A hand-held controller and a positional reference device for determining the position and orientation of the hand-held controller within a three-dimensional volume relative to the location of the positional reference device. An input/output subsystem in conjunction with processing and memory subsystems can receive a reference image data captured by a beacon sensing device combined with inertial measurement information from inertial measurement units within the hand-held controller. The position and orientation of the hand-held controller can be computed based on the linear distance between a pair of beacons on the positional reference device and the reference image data and the inertial measurement information.
US11579708B2
Examples associated with keyboard emulation are described. One example system includes an input/output controller. The system also includes a remote signal receiver. A control module receives a first signal via the remote signal receiver. Based on the first signal, the control module communicates with the input/output controller to emulate a keyboard input.
US11579706B2
A free space input standard is instantiated on a processor. Free space input is sensed and communicated to the processor. If the free space input satisfies the free space input standard, a touch screen input response is invoked in an operating system. The free space input may be sensed using continuous implicit, discrete implicit, active explicit, or passive explicit approaches. The touch screen input response may be invoked through communicating virtual touch screen input, a virtual input event, or a virtual command to or within the operating system. In this manner free space gestures may control existing touch screen interfaces and devices, without modifying those interfaces and devices directly to accept free space gestures.
US11579704B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include detecting, by a computing system, a gesture that appears to be intended to trigger a response by the computing system, identifying, by the computing system, a context in which the gesture was performed, and adjusting, based at least on the context in which the gesture was performed, a threshold for determining whether to trigger the response to the gesture in a manner that causes the computing system to perform an action that is based on the detected gesture.
US11579694B2
Systems and methods for eye image set selection, eye image collection, and eye image combination are described. Embodiments of the systems and methods for eye image set selection can include comparing a determined image quality metric with an image quality threshold to identify an eye image passing an image quality threshold, and selecting, from a plurality of eye images, a set of eye images that passes the image quality threshold.
US11579691B2
A wearable computing device generates a volumetric visualization at a first position that is located in a three-dimensional space. The wearable computing device includes a volumetric source configured to create the volumetric visualization. The wearable computing device includes one or more sensors configured to determine movement of the wearable computing device. A movement of the wearable computing device is identified by the wearable computing device. Based on the movement the wearable computing device adjusts the volumetric source.
US11579688B2
An imaging display device includes an imaging unit, a processing unit, a display unit, and a pupil detection unit. The imaging unit includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and is configured to acquire first image information. The processing unit is configured to process a signal from the imaging unit and generate second image information. The display unit is configured to display an image that is based on the signal from the processing unit. The pupil detection unit is configured to detect vector information of a pupil. The processing unit generates the second image information by processing the first image information based on the vector information on the pupil.
US11579681B2
As the volume of data under management expands rapidly, so do the costs associated with storing and that data on secondary storage devices. The illustrative approach provides an improvement to the information management system by delaying certain tasks that meet a set of criteria until a specified threshold is met. The system receives a request to be performed on a set of data stored on secondary devices. Power management module determines whether the task satisfies a set of criteria for delayed execution, queues the task, and when a specified threshold of the queued tasks is met powers up the necessary components to execute the tasks.
US11579677B2
In one example, a device to process analog sensor data is described. For example, a device may include at least one analog sensor to generate a first set of analog voltage signals and a crossbar array including a plurality of memristors. In one example, the crossbar array is to receive an input vector of the first set of analog voltage signals, generate an output vector comprising a second set of analog voltage signals that is based upon a dot product of the input vector and a matrix comprising resistance values of the plurality of memristors, detect a pattern of the output vector, and activate a processor upon a detection of the pattern.
US11579674B2
A system is described that turns off a high power, power supply when a device no longer needs high power. A low power, power supply or a rechargeable battery provides power to determine when the device again needs high power. The low power supply consumes a minimum possible power when the device does not need high power and the power rechargeable battery is not charged. That is, the high power and low power, power supplies are turned on or off based on the real time power consumption need of the device and the charged state of the battery. The power need of the device is monitored by a current shunt monitoring circuit and a control signal monitoring circuit.
US11579667B2
An electrostatic discharge protection circuit, a display substrate and a display apparatus are disclosed. The electrostatic discharge protection circuit includes: a first conductive portion, having an end portion; and at least one electrostatic discharge portion, arranged on a same layer as the first conductive portion and spaced from the end portion of the first conductive portion, the at least one electrostatic discharge portion being configured to discharge electrostatic charges generated at the end portion of the first conductive portion.
US11579665B2
Knob on display (KoD) devices and related systems, methods, and devices are disclosed. A KoD device includes a touch surface including a conductive material. The touch surface is configured to be positioned in a released position and in a depressed position. The touch surface is configured to be positioned in the depressed position responsive to pressure applied to the touch surface. The KoD device also includes a push electrode pad configured to be positioned in engagement proximity to a touch sensor of a touch screen device in both the released position and the depressed position. The push electrode pad is electrically connected to the conductive material of the touch surface responsive to the depressed position and electrically isolated from the conductive material of the touch surface in the released position.
US11579659B2
An electronic device is provided, including at least one body, at least one functional assembly, and at least one elastic positioning assembly. The functional assembly is slidably disposed on the body along a sliding direction. The elastic positioning assembly is disposed on the body and adapted to prop the functional assembly along a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction, so that a gap is formed between the functional assembly and the body. When the functional assembly slides to a predetermined position with respect to the body, the elastic positioning assembly provides a positioning force to the functional assembly along a direction parallel to the sliding direction.
US11579654B2
A portable information device capable of supporting a display is described. The portable information device includes a first chassis member and a second chassis member connected mutually rotatable, a first support plate that supports a display on the side of the first chassis member, a second support plate that supports the display on the side of the second chassis member, a first locking member including a first fixing portion to be fixed to the rear face of the first support plate with adhesive, and a first locking piece projecting from one end face of the first support plate, the first locking piece being configured to come in contact with and separate from the rear face of the second support plate. The first support plate includes a first contact face with which the first locking member comes in contact and a first adhesive face that fixes the first locking member with the adhesive. The first adhesive face is recessed from the first contact face by a thickness of the adhesive.
US11579646B2
A power management circuit for fast average power tracking (APT) voltage switching is provided. The power management circuit includes a primary voltage circuit configured to generate an APT voltage based on an APT target voltage. However, the primary voltage circuit may be inherently slow in ramping up the APT voltage to the APT target voltage. As such, a secondary voltage circuit is provided in the power management circuit to help drive the APT voltage to a desired level by a defined temporal limit. Once the APT voltage reaches the desired level, the secondary voltage circuit will automatically shut off, while the primary voltage circuit continues operating at a selected duty cycle to maintain the APT voltage at the APT target voltage. By utilizing the secondary voltage circuit to quickly drive up the APT voltage, the power management circuit is capable of supporting dynamic power control under stringent switching delay budget.
US11579645B2
A transistor semiconductor die includes a first current terminal, a second current terminal, and a control terminal. A semiconductor structure is between the first current terminal, the second current terminal, and the control terminal and configured such that a resistance between the first current terminal and the second current terminal is based on a control signal provided at the control terminal. Short circuit protection circuitry is coupled between the control terminal and the second current terminal. In a normal mode of operation, the short circuit protection circuitry is configured to provide a voltage drop that is greater than a voltage of the control signal. In a short circuit protection mode of operation, the short circuit protection circuitry is configured to provide a voltage drop that is less than a voltage of the control signal.
US11579643B2
The present invention discloses an AVS scanning method, wherein the AVS scanning method includes the steps of: mounting a system on chip (SoC) on a printed circuit board (PCB), and connecting the SoC to a storage unit; enabling the SoC to read a boot code from the storage unit, and executing the boot code to perform an AVS scanning operation on the SoC to determine a plurality of target supply voltages respectively corresponding to a plurality of operating frequencies of the SoC to establish an AVS look-up table; and storing the AVS look-up table into the SoC or the storage unit.
US11579625B2
Described herein are methods of generating learning data to facilitate de-biasing the labeled location of an object of interest within an image. Methods may include: receiving sensor data, where the sensor data is a first image; determining reference corner locations of an object in the first image using image processing; generating observed corner locations of the object in the first image from the determined reference corner locations; generating a bias transformation based, at least in part, on a difference between the reference corner locations and the observed corner locations of the object in the first image; receiving sensor data from another image sensor of a second image; receiving observed corner locations of an object in the second image from a user; and applying the bias transformation to the observed corner locations of the object in the second image to generate de-biased corners for the object in the second image.
US11579623B2
A mobile robot is configured to navigate on a sidewalk and deliver a delivery to a predetermined location. The robot has a body and an enclosed space within the body for storing the delivery during transit. At least two cameras are mounted on the robot body and are adapted to take visual images of an operating area. A processing component is adapted to extract straight lines from the visual images taken by the cameras and generate map data based at least partially on the images. A communication component is adapted to send and receive image and/or map data. A mapping system includes at least two such mobile robots, with the communication component of each robot adapted to send and receive image data and/or map data to the other robot. A method involves operating such a mobile robot in an area of interest in which deliveries are to be made.
US11579622B2
Described are systems and methods to utilize images to determine the position and/or orientation of a vehicle (e.g., an autonomous ground vehicle) operating in an unstructured environment (e.g., environments such as sidewalks which are typically absent lane markings, road markings, etc.). The described systems and methods can determine the vehicle's position and orientation based on an alignment of annotated images captured during operation of the vehicle with a known annotated reference map. The translation and rotation applied to obtain alignment of the annotated images with the known annotated reference map can provide the position and the orientation of the vehicle.
US11579608B2
Autonomous carriers or totes that include vacuum units are provided. As the totes move or are moved through a warehouse carrying products, they collect debris. The debris can be analyzed at the tote, and actions can be performed based upon the analysis.
US11579607B2
The present teaching relates to method, system, and medium, for switching a mode of a vehicle. Real-time data related to the vehicle are received, which include intrinsic/extrinsic capability parameters, based on which a set of tasks to switch from a current mode to a different mode is determined. A first duration of time required for the switch is determined based on a first risk evaluated with respect to the current mode and the real-time data. A task duration time needed by a driver to complete the task is estimated for each of the set of tasks. A second risk for the switching is estimated based on the required first duration of time and a total task duration times needed to complete the set of tasks. The switch is carried out when the second risk satisfying a criterion.
US11579601B2
A building monitoring system, wherein the system comprises an HVAC monitor, which comprised a condensing unit connector, an air handler connector, a thermostat connector and a control module, a wetness detector; and a communicator. The communicator accesses a location of the building monitoring system and selectively communicates with a technician based at least in part on the location. A monitor system for use with an existing HVAC unit, wherein the HVAC unit has a condenser or furnace, an air handler, and a thermostat, the HVAC monitor system comprising at least one condenser or furnace sensor, at least one air handler sensor and at least one control module. A wetness monitor system, comprising at least one wetness detector connected to a control, wherein the control is also connected to a network and the network is connected to a flow shutoff valve. A method of monitoring a location for wetness comprising detecting wetness through at least one wetness detector, monitoring the state of a shutoff valve.
US11579596B2
In order to monitor the operational status of a plant, a plant monitoring apparatus 10 includes: a control program acquisition unit 11 configured to acquire a control program for controlling the plant on the basis of sensor data from a sensor installed in the plant; a causal relationship extraction unit 12 configured to extract, from the control program, causal relationships between a plurality of signals that are used in the plant; a causal relationship specification unit 13 configured to specify the current state of the plurality of signals and compare the specified state and the extracted causal relationships to specify a causal relationship corresponding to the specified state; and a display unit 14 configured to display the specified causal relationship on a screen.
US11579591B2
A feedforward control method comprising steps of: acquiring kinematic parameters of each joint of a robot based on inverse kinematics according to a pre-planned robot motion trajectory, and setting a center of a body of the robot as a floating base; determining a six-dimensional acceleration of a center of mass of each joint of the robot in a base coordinate system using a forward kinematics algorithm, based on the kinematic parameters of each joint of the robot, and converting the six-dimensional acceleration of the center of mass of each joint of the robot in the base coordinate system to a six-dimensional acceleration in a world coordinate system; and calculating a torque required by a motor of each joint of the robot using an inverse dynamic algorithm, and controlling the motors of corresponding joints of the robot.
US11579584B2
Disclosed herein is a method of repairing a component. The method includes scanning a damaged area of the component, and preparing a repair plan in response to the scanning. The method may also include providing the repair plan to a guided tool having a position correcting controller, and removing damaged material from the component in preparation for a repair operation. An apparatus is also disclosed that includes a computing device configured for performing actions. The computing device includes a processor and a local memory. The actions include detecting damage to the component, recording position information of the detected damage, and incorporating the position information in the repair plan.
US11579580B2
The present invention provides a technology for invoking a non-periodic-execution function module from a periodic-execution control program. A control system that comprises first and second control parts (C1, C2) and a storage device that stores control programs (210, 211) for a controller. The control programs (210, 211) include a periodic-execution function module (55B) that invokes a non-periodic-execution function module (55A). The first control part (C1) reflects the value of an input variable for the periodic-execution function module (55B) in an argument for the non-periodic-execution function module (55A) and outputs an execution start command for the function modules to the second control part (C2). The second control part (C2) outputs a return value for the non-periodic-execution function module (55A) to the first control part (C1). The first control part (C1) reflects the return value in an output variable for the periodic-execution function module (55B).
US11579579B2
A system is disclosed for use in additively manufacturing a structure. The system may include an additive manufacturing machine, a memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, and a processor. The processor may be configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to determine a plurality of tension vectors to be generated within the structure, and to generate a plan for manufacturing the structure. The plan may include tool paths that arrange continuous fibers within the structure to generate the plurality of tension vectors. The processor may also be configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the additive manufacturing machine to follow the plan and manufacture the structure.
US11579574B2
A control customization system 80 customizes a plant control. A profiler 81 predicts actions of a user depending on situations of the plant or the user. A planner 82 determines an appropriate set of objectives which represent tasks desired by the user, and objective terms representing elements for controlling the plant so as to realize the objectives, and tunes the objective terms based on predictions of the profiler 81.
US11579569B2
A system control apparatus includes a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller configured to control a behavior of a system and having a gain, and a gain determiner configured to apply, to a set adaptive load model, a variable associated with an error that varies based on a load change of the system and adaptively vary the gain using the adaptive load model to which the variable associated with the error is applied.
US11579565B2
Disclosed is a cartridge attachable to an image forming apparatus body, the cartridge including: a memory member storing information relating to the cartridge; and a supporting body having a memory mounting portion on which the memory member is mounted, the memory member having a first surface, a second surface, and a lateral surface, the first surface is provided with a contact portion connected to a body electrode portion of the body of the image forming apparatus when the cartridge is installed in the body of the image forming apparatus, the memory mounting portion has a first opposing portion opposing the second surface and a second opposing portion opposing the lateral surface when the memory member is mounted, the memory member is mounted by adhesive between the second surface and the first opposing portion and between the lateral surface and the second opposing portion.
US11579554B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a main casing; a drum cartridge; a toner cartridge; a display; and a controller. The drum cartridge is attachable to and detachable from the main casing. The drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum and a drum memory. The toner cartridge is attachable to and detachable from the drum cartridge. The toner cartridge includes a toner memory. The controller is configured to: determine whether an error occurs in the drum cartridge through a communication with the drum memory; determine whether an error occurs in the toner cartridge through a communication with the toner memory; and when determining that an error occurs in the drum cartridge and determining that an error occurs in the toner cartridge, display on the display an error relating to the drum cartridge in preference to displaying on the display an error relating to the toner cartridge.
US11579553B2
A photo-interruptor unit includes a photo-interruptor and a supporting portion to detachably support the photo-interruptor. The supporting portion includes a hole which is formed on an attaching surface and through which a hook portion is inserted, and a guide portion to protrude from the attaching surface and guide the hook portion so that it deforms in a deformation direction when the photo-interruptor is moved in a movement direction intersecting an insertion direction. A regulating portion protrudes from the attaching surface and forms continuously with the guide portion to regulate a position in the movement direction of the photo-interruptor. The guide portion includes a first rib portion and a second rib portion that oppose one another in the deformation direction, and a distance between the first rib portion and the second rib portion in the deformation direction narrows toward a downstream direction of the movement direction.
US11579550B2
A fixing device includes a heater, a first rotatable member, a second rotatable member, and a heat equalizing member. In a case that a region including a center of the heat equalizing member with respect to a longitudinal direction is a first region, a region closer to an end of the heat equalizing member than the first region is with respect to the longitudinal direction is a second region, and a region closer to the end of the heat equalizing member than the second region is with respect to the longitudinal direction is a third region. When the heat equalizing member has thermal capacities per unit length in the first region, the second region, and the third region are Cα, Cβ and Cγ, respectively, Cα, Cβ and Cγ satisfy the following relationship: Cα>Cβ, and Cγ>Cβ.
US11579549B2
According to one embodiment, a heating device includes a cylindrical belt, a heat generating member, and a support member. The heat generating member is disposed in an interior region surrounded by the belt and in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the belt. The support member is provided in the interior region surrounded by the belt and contacts and supports the heat generating member.
US11579547B2
A sheet conveyance guide includes a door provided to be pivotable between an open state and a close state and permitting access to an operation portion, a releasing portion provided on the door, configured to abut with the operation portion on a guide plate positioned at a second position along with movement of the door and release a guide plate held by a holding portion, and a pressing portion provided on the door and configured to press the operation portion such that the guide plate is positioned at the first position. In addition, a retraction portion is provided on the door and configured to retract the pressing portion from a moving locus of the operation portion in moving the guide plate from the first position to the second position by abutting with the operation portion of the guide plate moving from the second position to the first position and swinging.
US11579545B2
A toner container includes a toner discharge port and a shutter to open and close the toner discharge port. The shutter includes a shutter main portion and shutter deforming portions. Each of the shutter deforming portions includes a stopper and a stopper releaser. The stopper contacts a contact portion of the toner container to restrict a movement of the shutter in an opening direction. The stopper releaser receives an external force from below to displace the stopper upward to release a contact state of the stopper with the contact portion. The stopper releaser of one of the shutter deforming portions releases the contact state with the contact portion independently of another of the shutter deforming portions. When the contact state of the stopper with the contact portion is released in all of the shutter deforming portions, restriction of the movement of the shutter in the opening direction is released.
US11579544B2
A drum cartridge includes a drum cover movable relative to a photosensitive drum between a first position at which the drum cover covers a part of a circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum and a second position at which the drum cover does not cover the part of the circumferential surface. The drum cover is located at an opposite side of a toner cartridge with respect to the photosensitive drum in a state where the toner cartridge is attached to the drum cartridge and the drum cover is located at the second position. The drum cover is located at the first position in a state where the drum cartridge is attached to a drawer and the drawer is located at a pulled-out position and located at the second position in a state where the drum cartridge is attached to the drawer and the drawer is located at an accommodated position.
US11579539B2
A method is described. The method includes obtaining a relationship between a thickness of a contamination layer formed on a mask and an amount of compensation energy to remove the contamination layer, obtaining a first thickness of a first contamination layer formed on the mask from a thickness measuring device, and applying first compensation energy calculated from the relationship to a light directed to the mask.
US11579533B2
A substrate holder for use in a lithographic apparatus and configured to support a substrate, the substrate holder including a main body having a main body surface; a plurality of burls projecting from the main body surface to support the substrate spaced apart from the main body surface; and a liquid control structure provided in a peripheral region of the main body surface and configured to cause liquid to preferentially flow toward the periphery of the main body surface.
US11579525B2
Disclosed are a photoresist composition, a pixel definition structure and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel. The photoresist composition includes an organic film-forming resin, a superhydrophobic polymerizable monomer, a polyfunctional crosslinkable polymerizable monomer, a photoinitiator, an additive and a solvent.
US11579520B2
An angular image of a scene may be displayed using a light field display. The light field display may comprise a plurality of projection units. Each of the projections units may comprise an imaging system and an optical system. The imaging system may illuminate pixels of a planar image of the scene. Light corresponding to each of the pixels may be directed towards the optical system. The optical system may comprise first and second lenses for redirecting each light beam corresponding to a pixel in different directions. In some embodiments the first and second lenses form a globe lens. A diffusion system may conceal the optical systems. Additionally, or alternatively, the diffusion system may produce a uniform distribution of light at a plurality of different viewing angles.
US11579517B2
An optical module in the present disclosure includes a first image display panel including a first display part and a first coupling part, a second image display panel including a second display part and a second coupling part, a third image display panel including a third display part and a third coupling part, and a cross dichroic prism configured to synthesize first, second, and third image light. The cross dichroic prism has a cross axis at which a two of photosynthesis surfaces cross each other. The first, second, and third image display panel are respectively bonded to different surfaces of the cross dichroic prism in a state where a long side of each of the first, second, and third display part extends along the cross axis and where the first, second, and third coupling part are each positioned on an outer side of the cross dichroic prism.
US11579514B2
A system and method for controlling characteristics of collected image data are disclosed. The system and method include performing pre-processing of an image using GPUs, configuring an optic based on the pre-processing, the configuring being designed to account for features of the pre-processed image, acquiring an image using the configured optic, processing the acquired image using GPUs, and determining if the processed acquired image accounts for feature of the pre-processed image, and the determination is affirmative, outputting the image, wherein if the determination is negative repeating the configuring of the optic and re-acquiring the image.
US11579513B2
An information device has a camera cover unit that is fixed to an upper edge in the outside of a display device in a back cover. The camera cover unit includes a cover case that is fixed to the upper edge and a cover body that is housed in the cover case and is slidable between a first position and a second position. The cover body includes an end that is placed in the first position to cover the front of the camera and placed in the second position to avoid the front of the camera, and a leaf spring that is elastically deformable inward and outward of the frame of the upper edge.
US11579512B2
A device for generating laser pulses is provided, the device having an optical parametric oscillator converts the laser pulses of a pump laser to laser pulses at a signal wavelength and at an idler wavelength. The optical parametric oscillator has an optical resonator with a non-linear wavelength converter. It is an object of the invention to provide a device that makes efficient generation of synchronous laser pulse trains with two different central wavelengths possible. To this end, the invention proposes that the pump laser is tunable with respect to the pump wavelength and the repetition frequency, wherein the resonator has an optical fibre with a dispersion in the range of 10-100 ps/nm and a length of 10-1000 m. The invention furthermore relates to a method for generating laser pulses using such a device.
US11579503B2
To minimize the width of a non-light-emitting border region around an opening in the active area, data lines may be stacked in the border region. Data line portions may be formed using three metal layers in three different planes within the border region. A metal layer that forms a positive power signal distribution path in the active area may serve as a data line portion in the border region. A metal layer may be added in the border region to serve as a data line portion in the border region. Data line signals may also be provided to pixels on both sides of an opening in the active area using supplemental data line paths. A supplemental data line path may be routed through the active area of the display to electrically connect data line segments on opposing sides of an opening within the display.
US11579497B2
A substrate for a display includes a substrate section on which a flexible substrate and a driver are mounted, a flexible substrate side terminal area, disposed in a mounting area on the substrate section for the flexible substrate, to which a signal is inputted from the flexible substrate, a driver side terminal area, disposed in a mounting area on the substrate section for the driver, through which at least a part of the signal is inputted and outputted to the driver, a wire, disposed to extend from the mounting area on the substrate section for the flexible substrate to the mounting area for the driver and connected to the flexible substrate side terminal area and the driver side terminal area, through which the signal is transmitted, and a shield section, disposed to overlap the wire via an insulating film on the substrate section, that is kept at a constant potential.
US11579491B2
A reflective display includes a display, a thin-diaphragm transistor backplate, a front-light guiding module, and a front-light unit. The thin-diaphragm transistor backplate is arranged to reflect light, the front-light guiding module is located between the display and the thin-diaphragm transistor backplate, and the front-light unit is provided on the side of the front-light guiding module to irradiate the front-light guiding module. The front-light guiding module includes reflective diaphragms arranged in order along the irradiation direction of the front-light unit. The angle between a reflective diaphragm and the display is between 0 and 90 degrees. By using an array of reflective coating structures for the front-light guiding module, the present invention can better reflect the light from the front-light source to the thin-diaphragm transistor backplate, thereby increasing self-illumination of the reflective display. Therefore, the present application can significantly improve existing reflective displays without significantly increasing costs.
US11579487B2
A display device includes a display panel; a frame at a rear of the display panel; a light source between the display panel and the frame, the light source providing light for the display panel; and a reflecting sheet between the display panel and the frame, the reflecting sheet having a rectangular shape with a first long side, a second long side opposite the first long side, a first short side adjacent to the first long side and the second long side, and a second short side opposite the first short side.
US11579483B2
A near-to-eye display device, includes: a display screen configured to display different images in a first time division mode, a polarization converter at a light-emitting side of the display screen and configured to convert emitted light of the different images displayed by the display screen into first circularly polarized light rays and second circularly polarized light rays in a second time division mode. Here the first circularly polarized light rays and the second circularly polarized light rays are opposite in rotation direction. The device further includes a polarization lens at a side facing away from the display screen of the polarization converter, and a focusing lens at a side facing away from the display screen of the polarization converter. The polarization lens and the focusing lens are configured to focus the first circularly polarized light rays and the second circularly polarized light rays at positions of different focal lengths.
US11579479B2
A liquid crystal display device includes: first and second liquid crystal cells; first and second circuit boards connected to the first and second liquid crystal cells through first and second flexible wiring boards, respectively; a frame disposed on an opposite side to the first liquid crystal cell with respect to the second liquid crystal cell; and a holder that holds the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The first circuit board and the second circuit board are disposed on an opposite side to the second liquid crystal cell with respect to the frame. The second circuit board is located closer to the frame than the first circuit board, and the holder sandwiches the first circuit board, and stores the second circuit board between the frame and the holder.
US11579468B2
Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and processes for constructing a contact lens. In one embodiment, a contact lens assembly is provided, comprising: a curved polymer polarizer with an aperture; a lenslet disposed inside the aperture wherein the lenslet enables imaging near objects; and a filter attached to the lenslet. In further embodiments, a method for fabricating a flexible contact lens is provided, comprising: fabricating an element having an extrusion; providing a front concave mold, wherein the front mold has an intrusion to accommodate the extrusion of the optical element; affixing the extrusion of the optical element to the intrusion of the front mold; attaching a back convex mold to the front concave mold, thereby forming a mold cavity; and filling the mold cavity with a pre-polymerized liquid, whereby upon polymerization, the pre-polymerized liquid forms the flexible contact lens and the optical element is partially encapsulated within the lens.
US11579459B2
A polychromator system comprising: an optical element defining an aperture; a collimation mirror for receiving light via the aperture and reflecting substantially collimated light; at least a first dispersive optical component and a second dispersive optical component, each configured to disperse the substantially collimated light received from the collimation mirror by different amounts for different wavelengths and to provide cross-dispersed light having different wavelengths of light spaced along a first and second axis; and a focus mirror positioned to focus the cross-dispersed light onto a 2-D array detector to provide a plurality of aperture images of the aperture at a respective plurality of regions of the detector, each of the plurality of aperture images associated with a respective wavelength of the cross-dispersed light. Either one or both of the collimation mirror and the focus mirror is a freeform mirror having a reflective surface configured to mitigate effects of optical aberrations of the polychromator system over a plurality of the wavelengths of the cross-dispersed light along the first axis and the second axis and thereby optimise the resolution of the plurality of aperture images associated with the plurality of the wavelengths along the first axis and the second axis.
US11579458B2
A luminaire including: at least one light source (2), and an optical system (10, 11, 12a, 12b) for directing and/or distributing the light (5) emitted by the source(s) (2) into a desired output light distribution pattern (7); wherein the optical system comprises one or more optical elements (10, 11, 12a, 12b), the or each said optical element (10, 11, 12a, 12b) comprising a thin foil or sheet substrate having at least one optically functional surface or surface layer thereon or on a portion thereof, and wherein: (i) at least a portion of the at least one optically functional surface or surface layer on the substrate of at least one of the one or more optical elements (10, 11, 12a, 12b) has an at least partially diffractive optical function, and/or (ii) at least a portion of the at least one of the one or more optical elements (10, 11, 12a, 12b) is shaped such that its substrate is configured so as to have a non-flat or non-planar shape in three dimensions.
US11579452B2
Projection systems and components thereof are described that are well suited to miniaturization. These systems and components may use one or more of the following features: a folded optical path, as in a reflective cavity or a beamsplitter; an illumination beam that is converging at the place where it impinges upon the spatial light modulator; a beamsplitter that uses opposed prisms of substantially different sizes; a beamsplitter whose obliquely disposed partial reflector defines a first rectangular reference space, and where at least a portion of the light source or at least a portion of the projector lens is disposed within such first rectangular reference space; a system in which a ratio of areas of the first rectangular reference space and a second rectangular reference space is within a specified range, where the second rectangular reference space is just large enough to encompass the optical components of the projector; a system in which the projector lens is small compared to the spatial light modulator.
US11579448B2
A method and device for refraction adjustment in an augmented reality apparatus, and an augmented reality apparatus. The method for refraction adjustment includes: receiving light rays reflected from eyes of a user wearing an augmented reality apparatus; determining a pupil distance of the user according to the reflected light rays; and generating a refraction correction signal according to the pupil distance of the user and a desired diopter(s) for correcting diopters of the user's eyes by means of a refraction adjustment element.
US11579446B2
Provided are an augmented reality optical module, including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens group, a first polarization modulation unit provided on a side of the third lens group and configured to modulate the light emitted by the image source into first circularly polarized light, an angle selection film provided on a first surface of one side of the first lens and configured to reflect light having an incidence angle greater than or equal to a first angle and transmit light having an incidence angle smaller than or equal to a second angle, and a second polarization modulation unit provided on the other side of the first lens and configured to modulate incident circularly polarized light into linearly polarized light.
US11579443B2
Eyewear including a support structure defining a region for receiving a head of a user. The support structure supports optical elements, electronic components, and a use detector. The use detector is coupled to the electronic components and is positioned to identify when the head of the user is within the region defined by the support structure. The electronic components monitor the use detector and transition from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation when the use detector senses the head of the user in the region.
US11579439B2
A system and method are provided for spectral shaping of light from a broadband source using a linear spatial light modulator (SLM). The system includes an illumination source generating light including a plurality of wavelengths, a lens to collimate the light and an aperture to define its angular spread, a diffraction grating to disperse the beam by wavelength, and a focusing element to focus the dispersed beams from the diffraction grating onto a plurality of pixels of the SLM. The SLM is configured to individually modulate the dispersed beams by diffracting light output therefrom into higher orders, where a diffraction angle of output light is greater than an input cone angle of incoming light from the illumination source.
US11579438B2
An optical module includes a support layer, a device layer which is provided on the support layer, and a movable mirror which is mounted in the device layer. The device layer has a mounting region in which the movable mirror is mounted, and a driving region which is connected to the mounting region. A space corresponding to at least the mounting region and the driving region is formed between the support layer and the device layer. The mounting region is disposed between a pair of elastic support regions included in the driving region and is supported by the pair of elastic support regions.
US11579434B1
The present invention relates to a reflective eyepiece optical system and a head-mounted near-to-eye display apparatus. The system includes: a first lens group, and a first optical element and a second lens group for transmitting and reflecting a light from a miniature image displayer. The second lens group includes an optical reflection surface, and the optical reflection surface is an optical surface farthest from a human eye viewing side in the second lens group. The optical reflection surface is concave to a human eye viewing direction. The first optical element reflects the light refracted by the first lens group to the second lens group, and then transmits the light refracted, reflected, and refracted by the second lens group to the human eyes.
US11579430B2
An all-reflective or reflective and cata-dioptric optical system includes a concave primary mirror having a central aperture and a radius, the primary mirror having one of a parabolic, non-parabolic conical, or aspherical surface, a convex secondary mirror facing the primary mirror, the secondary mirror having an aspherical surface, where an optical axis extends from a vertex of the primary mirror to a vertex of the secondary mirror, a concave tertiary mirror arranged behind the primary mirror, the tertiary mirror having one of a parabolic, non-parabolic conical or aspherical surface, a concave quaternary mirror arranged in the central aperture of the primary mirror or behind the primary mirror, the quaternary mirror having one of a spherical, parabolic, non-parabolic conical or aspherical surface, and/or at least one image plane having one or more aggregated sensors. Additional multispectral imaging may utilize beam splitter(s), folding mirror(s), focal length optimizer(s) and/or additional image planes.
US11579429B2
In a method for processing microscope images, at least one microscope image is provided as input image for an image processing algorithm. An output image is created from the input image by means of the image processing algorithm. The creation of the output image comprises adding low-frequency components for representing solidity of image structures of the input image to the input image, wherein the low-frequency components at least depend on high-frequency components of these image structures and wherein high-frequency components are defined by a higher spatial frequency than low-frequency components. A corresponding computer program and microscope system are likewise described.
US11579424B2
A projection system includes a first and second optical system including an optical element. The optical element has a first transmissive surface, a reflection surface, and a second transmissive surface. The second transmissive surface has a convex shape an aspheric shape. An effective light ray range of the second transmissive surface has a first end close to an optical axis of the reflection surface in a first axis direction along a first axis perpendicular to the optical axis and a second end far from the optical axis. A first radius of curvature at the first end is greater than a second radius of curvature at the second end, and a first center of curvature of the first radius of curvature is farther than a second center of curvature of the second radius of curvature from the first end.
US11579419B2
An optical imaging lens includes a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, a seventh and an eighth lens elements from an object side to an image side in order along an optical axis. The eight lens elements are the only lens elements having refracting power in the optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens satisfies: (T1+T2+T3)/(G23+G34)≥2.700, wherein T1 is a thickness of the first lens element along the optical axis, T2 is a thickness of the second lens element along the optical axis, T3 is a thickness of the third lens element along the optical axis, G23 is an air gap from the second lens element to the third lens element along the optical axis, and G34 is an air gap from the third lens element to the fourth lens element along the optical axis.
US11579416B2
An optical image capturing lenses includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a front lens group, a stop, and a rear lens group. The front lens group includes, in order from the object side to the image side, at least a first lens element and a second lens element. The first lens element has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The rear lens group includes, in order from the object side to the image side, at least a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The sixth lens element is made of plastic material. The object-side surface and the image-side surface of the sixth lens are aspheric. The sixth lens element has at least one inflection point formed on at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof.
US11579414B2
A photographing optical lens system includes seven lens elements, the seven lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. At least one lens surface of the seven lens elements has at least one inflection point thereon.
US11579402B2
One embodiment of a lens driving apparatus may comprise: a bobbin having a first coil disposed on the outer circumferential surface thereof; a position detection sensor which is disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the bobbin and which moves together with the bobbin; a first magnet disposed opposite to the first coil; a housing for supporting the first magnet; upper and lower elastic members which are coupled to the bobbin and the housing; and a plurality of wirings which are disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the bobbin so as to electrically connect at least one of the upper or lower elastic members with the position detection sensor.
US11579400B2
A vehicular camera for a vehicular vision system includes a PCB having an imager disposed thereat, a lens barrel accommodating a lens, and a lens barrel support structure that protrudes from the PCB and at least partially circumscribes the imager. The lens barrel has an outer surface that extends between the ends of the lens barrel. The outer surface of the lens barrel is adhesively bonded to an inner surface of the lens barrel support structure via adhesive. The outer surface of the lens barrel radially opposes the inner surface of the lens barrel support structure where the adhesive is disposed. With the adhesive in its uncured state and contacting the opposed surfaces, the imager is optically aligned with the lens accommodated at the lens barrel. With the imager optically aligned with the lens, the adhesive is cured to adhesively attach the lens barrel at the lens barrel support structure.
US11579396B2
An optical fiber protective unit includes: a reticulated tube having openings that are reticulately formed, the reticulated tube being configured to accommodate a plurality of optical fibers inserted through the reticulated tube; a tubular member disposed inside the reticulated tube, the tubular member being configured to accommodate the plurality of optical fibers through the tubular member; and a cylindrical member attached to an end part of the reticulated tube. The cylindrical member has an inner diameter that is larger than an outer diameter of the tubular member.
US11579395B2
A cable mount for fixing a strength member of a fiber optic cable to a fixture includes a front end, a rear end, and a longitudinal channel therebetween, the channel defined by upper and lower transverse walls and a vertical divider wall. The channel receives a portion of the cable. A strength member pocket receives the strength member of the cable, the pocket located on an opposite side of the divider wall from the longitudinal channel, the pocket communicating with the longitudinal channel through an opening on the divider wall. A strength member clamp fixes the strength member of the cable against axial pull. Cable management structures in the form of spools define at least one notch that communicates with the longitudinal channel for guiding optical fibers extending from a jacket either upwardly or downwardly therethrough. The cable mount also allows routing of the optical fibers through the longitudinal channel all the way from the rear end to the front end.
US11579389B2
An optical fiber pedestal box comprises a pedestal having a rail and an optical fiber box configured to mount to the pedestal. The optical fiber box is restricted in movement by at least one cable and the pedestal is configured to slide relative to the optical fiber box to accommodate cables moving because of ground heaving during freezing and thawing. The optical fiber pedestal box may be configured to receive different sizes and types of optical fiber cables.
US11579384B2
A light source device includes an optical fiber; a beam light source configured to coaxially combine laser beams of different peak wavelengths to generate and emit a wavelength-combined beam; and an optical coupling device configured to allow the wavelength-combined beam emitted from the beam light source to be incident on the optical fiber. The optical coupling device includes a first cylindrical lens configured to focus the wavelength-combined beam in a first plane and having a first focal length, a second cylindrical lens configured to focus the wavelength-combined beam in a second plane and having a second focal length, and a third cylindrical lens having a third focal length greater than the first focal length and configured to focus the wavelength-combined beam in the first plane to be incident on the first cylindrical lens.
US11579369B2
There is provided an optical communication connector, an optical communication cable, and an electronic device that can curb occurrence of a transmission error. The optical communication connector includes a collimating lens that collimates light from multiple optical transmission lines transmitting optical signals, and a refracting portion that refracts and emits light emitted from the collimating lens, in which in the collimating lens, at least some of transmission channels and reception channels corresponding to the multiple optical transmission lines are thinned out. The optical communication connector can be applied to an optical communication system, for example.
US11579367B2
An integrated waveguide polarizer comprising: a plurality of silicon layers and a plurality of silicon-nitride layers; each of the plurality of silicon layers and each of the plurality of silicon-nitride layers having a first end and an opposite second end, the first end having a wide width and the second end having a narrow width, such that each silicon layer and each silicon-nitride layer have tapered shapes; wherein the pluralities of silicon and silicon-nitride layers are overlapped, such that at least a portion of each silicon-nitride layer overlaps at least a portion of each silicon layer; and a plurality of oxide layers disposed between the pluralities of silicon-nitride and silicon layers, each oxide layer creating a separation spacing between each silicon-nitride and each silicon layers; wherein, when an optical signal is launched through the integrated waveguide polarizer, the optical signal is transitioned between each silicon-nitride layer and each silicon layer.
US11579366B2
A photonic antenna array includes: a plurality of tapered fiber ends; and a support plate. Each tapered fiber end of the plurality of tapered fiber ends corresponds to a respective fiber of a plurality of fibers. A portion of each of the plurality of fibers is run through the support plate. A fiber core diameter at a tapered end point of a respective tapered fiber end of the plurality of tapered fiber ends has a first diameter. A fiber core diameter at a non-tapered portion of the respective fiber corresponding to the respective tapered fiber end has a second diameter. The first diameter is smaller than the second diameter. The respective tapered fiber end is configured to provide a mode field diameter larger than a diameter of the non-tapered portion of the respective fiber corresponding to the respective tapered fiber end.
US11579350B2
Provided is a wire grid polarization plate that has heat resistance and excellent polarization properties, and has durability even in a thin wire structure with a small pitch, and an optical apparatus and a manufacturing method of a polarization plate. A periodic lamellar structure is formed with a material forming arrangement by self-assembling performance, and then, is metallized, and thus, metal wires arranged at a small pitch are prepared, and the obtained wires are fixed by a dielectric material.
US11579345B2
The present disclosure relates to a reflective device and a display apparatus. In one embodiment, a reflective device includes: a resonant cavity configured to reflect a light of a first wavelength range; and a light conversion structure disposed within the resonant cavity and configured to convert an incident light of a second wavelength range into the light of the first wavelength range.
US11579339B2
Implementations described herein generally relate to flexible display devices and cover lens assemblies with flexible cover lens. In one or more embodiments, a cover lens assembly is provided and includes a first flexible cover lens, a second flexible cover lens, and a sacrificial adhesion disposed between the first flexible cover lens and the second flexible cover lens. The first flexible cover lens includes a first hard coat layer having a hardness in a range from about 4H to about 9H and a first substrate. The second flexible cover lens includes a second hard coat layer having a hardness in a range from about 2H to about 9H. The first substrate is disposed between the first hard coat layer and the sacrificial adhesion layer.
US11579333B2
Embodiments provide techniques for using data from a select set of wells to develop correlations between surface-measured properties, downhole coring parameters, and properties typically determined from subsurface measurements (e.g., from logging tool responses, core analysis, or other subsurface measurements). When new wells are drilled, the surface data acquired while drilling and coring parameters used downhole may be used as an input to these correlations in order to predict properties associated with subsurface measurements.
US11579330B2
Embodiments of a method for examining shipments are disclosed herein. In the method, at least one shipment is arranged in an examination area. Radiation is emitted into the examination area for examining the at least one shipment by means of a radiation source. Radiation from the examination area is captured by means of a sensor device. The radiation source emits terahertz radiation, and the radiation source covers substantially the entire terahertz frequency spectrum from 1 terahertz to 6 terahertz.
US11579326B2
A method for analyzing unconventional rock samples using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), tracking fluid change in the rock sample over a time period, calculating transverse relaxation time (T2) generating fluid distribution profiles by the computer processor and based on a NMR imaging, where the fluid distribution profiles representing a movement of the fluid, and obtaining, quantification of fracture volume by the computer processor and based on the NMR imaging.
US11579325B2
A method for mapping underground sensors onto a network map may include obtaining a plurality of magnetic measurements from a plurality of sensors. The method may include using the plurality of magnetic measurements for determining a plurality of sensor locations in an initial network map. The method may include generating updated network maps from the perspective of each localized sensor. The method may include merging the updated network maps into a final network map, the final network map comprising a most accurate location for each sensor. The method may include determining inner localized sensors out of the plurality of sensors in the final network map. The method may include identifying the inner localized sensors as new base station anchors. The method may include mapping the inner localized sensors onto the final network map as new base station anchors.
US11579311B2
Methods, devices, systems, media, and receivers for processing GNSS signals are described. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for processing satellite signals of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), the method comprising: receiving a first GNSS signal transmitted in a first GNSS operational band by a satellite of the GNSS and a second GNSS signal transmitted in a second GNSS operational band by the satellite; tracking the first GNSS signal; generating, from the tracking of the first GNSS signal, tracking parameters for the first GNSS signal; and decoding, at least based on the tracking parameters for the first GNSS signal, the second GNSS signal, wherein the first GNSS operational band is one of L1 band, L2 band or L5 band, and the second GNSS operational band is L6 band.
US11579310B2
A system of architecture, apparatus and calibration method is invented for high-power flexible-polarization payload for satellite communications. The system comprises onboard phase-tracked apparatus, flexible polarization mechanism, and in-orbit calibration method. The power combining and polarization performance of the phase-tracked payload is monitored on ground by measuring the cross-polarization discrimination (XPD) and/or axial ratio (AR). The high performance over the life is achieved by optimization of the XPD or AR on ground and adjusting complex gain of the transponders. The high-power flexible-polarization in-orbit-calibration payload may be applied but not limited to UHF, L, S, C, X, Ku and Ka-band high power satellite systems.
US11579309B2
A tracking loop and associated method for tracking a satellite signal in a GNSS receiver and for determining a line-of-sight (LOS) signal from a plurality of satellite signals received by the GNSS receiver from a satellite. One or more first correlators perform a correlation between a code signal derived from one of the received satellite signals and a plurality of corresponding replica code signals to determine a plurality of code correlation sums comprising a prompt code correlation sum, one or more early code correlation sums and one or more late code correlation sums. One or more second correlators correlate the plurality of code correlation sums with a plurality of replica carrier signals, each having a different Doppler frequency offset, to determine, for each of the plurality of code correlation sums, a set of correlation magnitudes at frequencies of the plurality of replica carrier signals. An LOS identification module identifies the LOS signal based on a signal propagation delay corresponding to one or more local maxima within the sets of correlation magnitudes.
US11579300B1
A dual lens assembly positioned along an optical receive path within a LiDAR system is provided. The dual lens assembly is constructed to reduce a numerical aperture of a returned light pulse and reduce a walk-off error associated with one or more mirrors of the LiDAR system.
US11579280B2
A radar monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) includes a first transmission channel configured to output a first continuous-wave transmit signal based on a local oscillator signal having a first frequency; a first phase shifter provided on the first transmission channel and configured to apply a first phase setting to the first continuous-wave transmit signal to generate a first transmit signal having the first frequency; a first transmit monitoring signal path configured to couple out a portion of the first transmit signal from the first transmission channel as a first transmit monitoring signal; a frequency multiplier configured to receive a test signal and convert it into a multiplied test signal having a second frequency, where the first and the second frequencies are separated by a frequency offset; and a down-conversion mixer configured to mix the multiplied test signal and the first transmit monitoring signal to generate a first mixer output signal.
US11579279B2
A method for encoding and storing digital data, which include a plurality of real values, in a signal processing unit of a radar sensor. In the method, at least one real value r in an exponential representation in the form r=m·b−k is stored, where m is a digital mantissa having a length p, b is a base, and k is a positive number that is encoded as a digital number having a length q. The values r for the compressed storage are transformed into an exponential representation in the form r=m*·b−f(k), where m* is the mantissa and f is a function of k that is selected from multiple functions, and the selection of function f takes place based on a value distribution of the values to be stored.
US11579278B2
A subsurface imaging technique using distributed sensors is introduced. Instead of monostatic transceivers employed in conventional ground penetrating radars, the proposed technique utilizes bi-static transceivers to sample the reflected signals from the ground at different positions and create a large two-dimensional aperture for high resolution subsurface imaging. The coherent processing of the samples in the proposed imaging method eliminates the need for large antenna arrays for obtaining high lateral resolution images. In addition, it eliminates the need for sampling on a grid which is a time-consuming task in imaging using ground penetration radar. Imaging results show that the method can provide high-resolution images of the buried targets using only samples of the reflected signals on a circle with the center at the transmitter location.
US11579273B2
A method of operating electro-acoustical transducers such as PMUTs involves applying to the transducer an excitation signal over an excitation interval, acquiring at the transducer a ring-down signal indicative of the ring-down behavior of the transducer after the end of the excitation interval, and calculating, as a function of said ring-down signal, a resonance frequency of the electro-acoustical transducer. A bias voltage of the electro-acoustical transducer can be controlled as a function of the resonance frequency. An acoustical signal received can be transduced into an electrical reception signal and a damping parameter of the electro-acoustical transducer can be calculated as a function of the ring-down signal so that a cross-correlation reference signal can be synthesized as a function of the resonance frequency and the damping ratio of the electro-acoustical transducer. Such a cross-correlation reference signal can be used for cross-correlation with the electrical reception signal to improve the reception quality.
US11579270B2
It is intended to promote enhancement of performance of acquiring a depth image. A depth image acquiring apparatus includes a light emitting diode, a TOF sensor, and a filter. The light emitting diode irradiates modulated light toward a detection area becoming an area in which a depth image is to be acquired to detect a distance. The TOF sensor receives incident light into which the light irradiated from the light emitting diode is reflected by an object lying in the detection area to become, thereby outputting a signal used to produce the depth image. The filter passes more light having a wavelength in a predetermined pass bandwidth than light having a wavelength in a pass bandwidth other than the predetermined pass bandwidth of the light made incident toward the TOF sensor. In this case, at least one of the light emitting diode, the TOF sensor, or arrangement of the filter is controlled in accordance with a temperature of the light emitting diode or the TOF sensor. The present technique, for example, can be applied to a system for with international search report acquiring a depth image by using a TOF system.
US11579267B2
An apparatus including a semiconductor substrate; an absorption layer coupled to the semiconductor substrate, the absorption layer including a photodiode region configured to absorb photons and to generate photo-carriers from the absorbed photons; one or more first switches controlled by a first control signal, the one or more first switches configured to collect at least a portion of the photo-carriers based on the first control signal; and one or more second switches controlled by a second control signal, the one or more second switches configured to collect at least a portion of the photo-carriers based on the second control signal, where the second control signal is different from the first control signal.
US11579261B2
A transmitter unit for emitting radiation into the surrounding area, including at least one semiconductor laser, which has at least one first emitter possessing a first section and a second section; and at least one control unit for controlling the semiconductor laser. The control unit is configured to apply a first supply variable to the first section of the at least one emitter, and to apply a second supply variable differing from the first supply variable, to the second section of the at least one emitter.
US11579248B2
The present application provides a method, apparatus and electronic equipment for recognizing a posture of a target, a first receiving signal and a second receiving signal upon scattering of a transmitting signal from a target to be recognized are acquired, a first baseband signal is determined according to the first receiving signal and the transmitting signal, and a second baseband signal is determined according to the second receiving signal and the transmitting signal; and a category of the posture of the target to be recognized is finally determined according to the first baseband signal and the second baseband signal. The first baseband signal and the second baseband signal carry various feature values related to the posture of the target, including but not limited to transversal velocity information and radial velocity information, etc.
US11579246B2
A radar apparatus includes an antenna device including a first transmitting antenna, a second transmitting antenna, and a receiving antenna, a transceiver configured to transmit a transmission signal through one of the first transmitting antenna and the second transmitting antenna and receive a reflection signal reflected on an object through the receiving antenna, and a controller configured to process the reflection signal received through the receiving antenna to obtain information on the object, wherein the controller controls the transceiver to receive the reflection signal through the second transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna when the transmission signal is transmitted through the first transmitting antenna.
US11579228B2
A proposal is provided for setting scan parameters comprising at least one value range scan parameter and at least two state scan parameters of a scan sequence of a magnetic resonance protocol for a magnetic resonance examination. A user is supported in the selection of the state scan parameters to be set by a computing unit that checks whether the selection of state scan parameters to be set made by the user comprises a permissible combination of settings and/or states. If an impermissible combination of settings and/or states is present, the computing unit ascertains at least one proposal with a permissible combination of settings and/or states for the state scan parameters to be set.
US11579224B2
In a magnet system: —a superconducting main field magnet (7) generates a magnetic field in a first sample volume (16), —a superconducting additional field magnet (22) generates another field in a second sample volume (24), —a cryostat (2) has a cooled main coil container (6), an evacuated RT (room temperature) covering (4), and an RT bore (14) which extends through the main and the additional field magnets, and —a cooled additional coil container (21) in a vacuum. The RT covering has a flange connection (17) with an opening (19) through which the RT bore extends, a front end of the additional coil container protrudes through the opening into the RT covering such that the additional field magnet also protrudes through the opening into the RT covering, and a closure structure (20) seals the RT covering between the flange connection and the RT bore.
US11579222B2
To operate a magnetic resonance tomography system, first analysis signals are received by a main receive antenna and an auxiliary receive antenna. Based thereon, a first interference source and first weighting factors are determined. Second analysis signals are received by the main receive antenna and the auxiliary receive antenna and in accordance with the first weighting factors, a combination of the second analysis signals is created. Based thereon, a second interference source is determined. Second weighting factors are determined in order to suppress the influence of the first interference source and an influence of the second interference source. A magnetic resonance signal is received during an examination phase by the main receive antenna and an interference signal by the auxiliary receive antenna. An interference-suppressed magnetic resonance signal is created as a combination of the magnetic resonance signal and the interference signals depending on the second weighting factors.
US11579211B2
A magnetic detection module is provided so as to be selectively mountable in any of housings having a plurality of specifications having different shapes or sizes of mounting portions, and detects magnetic flux generated in the housing. The magnetic detection module includes one or more magnetic sensors that detect magnetic flux, a case in which the magnetic sensors are housed, and a cap that can be attached to an end of the case and is provided with a sealing member. The magnetic detection module can be attached to the housing of the first specification with the cap not attached to the case, and can be attached to the housing of the second specification through a sealing member with the cap attached to the case.
US11579203B1
A current detection circuit includes a current sampling branch, a switch branch, a first current mirror branch, a capacitor branch, a feedback branch and a control branch. The control branch receives the second current and outputs the first current and the first voltage signal. The current sampling branch outputs a first discharging current. The switch branch establishes and disconnects the connection between the first current mirror branch and the capacitor branch. The capacitor branch is charged in response to the first charging current and discharged in response to the first discharging current. The first current mirror branch outputs the first charging current. The feedback branch adjusts the second charging current to adjust the first charging current, so that the total charge of the capacitor branch is balanced with the total charge of discharge within one switching cycle, so that the first current is represented by the first charging current.
US11579202B2
An electric current measuring arrangement includes: a first control unit including a first microcontroller; a second control unit including: a second microcontroller; an amplifier electrically interconnected between the second microcontroller and terminals of a shunt resistor for current measurement; and a node interconnected between one of the terminals of the shunt resistor and the amplifier; a communication line communicatively connecting the first control unit and the second control unit. The first microcontroller is configured to generate a test pattern signal, and to transmit the test pattern signal to the second control unit through the communication line, the second control unit is configured to transmit the test pattern signal to the node, the second microcontroller is configured to receive a measuring signal through the amplifier, and the first microcontroller is configured to receive the measuring signal, compare the measuring signal with the test pattern signal, and verify the current measurement.
US11579199B2
An apparatus for verifying electrical connectivity between a first device and a second device includes: a signal generator configured to generate a first signal having a voltage waveform. under control of a processor; a second device connector configured to transmit the first signal to the second device and acquire a second signal output from the second device in response to the first signal; a processor connector configured to transmit the first and second signals to the processor; a current controller configured to control a magnitude of current such that the first signal has a given current value; and the processor configured to verify the electrical connectivity between the first and second devices based on the first and second signals received through the processor connector.
US11579189B2
An electronic component handling apparatus handles a device under test (DUT). The electronic component handling apparatus includes: contact units that adjust a temperature of the DUT independently from one another and press the DUT against a socket independently from one another. The socket is disposed on a test head that is mounted to each of the contact units and that is connected to a tester. At least one of the contact units is removably disposed on the electronic component handling apparatus.
US11579183B2
A test board configured to test a device under test includes: a connection region including first and second connection terminals for contacting the device under test; and a first surface mount device located adjacent to the connection region, wherein the first connection terminal is configured to be electrically connected to a first voltage regulator of the device under test, wherein the second connection terminal is configured to be electrically connected to a second voltage regulator of the device under test, and wherein the first surface mount device is configured to be electrically connected to each of the first and second connection terminals.
US11579181B2
With a method and a device for detecting a partial discharge at a winding of an electrical machine, electromagnetic first measuring signals are detected in a partial discharge frequency range and electromagnetic second measuring signals are detected in an interference frequency range. A time window around a first measuring signal is predefined, and an identification criterion is defined for a partial discharge signal and an interference signal criterion is defined for a second measuring signal. A determination is made as to a partial discharge when a first measuring signal is detected that meets the identification criterion and when, in the time window around the first measuring signal, no second measuring signal that meets the interference signal criterion is detected. A quality of the detected partial discharge is assessed based on a characteristic value of the second measuring signal.
US11579167B2
A near-field detection system includes include an electric field generator configured to apply an electric field to an analysis sample, a probe configured to detect a near field that has passed through the analysis sample, a current detector connected to the probe, and a laser system irradiating a laser to each of the electric field generator and the probe. The probe includes a cantilever substrate, an antenna electrode on the cantilever substrate, an electromagnetic wave blocking layer exposing a sensing region of the cantilever substrate, the electromagnetic wave blocking layer including a conductive material, and an insulating layer interposed between the cantilever substrate and the electromagnetic wave blocking layer such that the insulating layer is between the antenna electrode and the electromagnetic wave blocking layer.
US11579156B2
A method to provide control samples for validating a diagnostic test within a laboratory system is presented. The laboratory system comprises an aliquoting device, a storage, a transport system, at least two analyzers, and a control unit. A total number of control sample aliquots and an aliquot volume for each control sample aliquot is determined based on a validation time schedule. A provided total control sample volume is aliquoted into the determined total number of control sample aliquots with the determined aliquot volumes. The generated control sample aliquots are transported to one or more of the at least two analyzers according to the validation time schedule.
US11579146B2
The invention provides gastroenterological cancer determination methods that involve contacting a specimen, an antibody 1 that recognizes an α chain of human haptoglobin, and an antibody 2 that recognizes a β chain of human haptoglobin and does not recognize human haptoglobin in which an S—S bond is cleaved to form a complex 1, or contacting the specimen and two antibodies selected from the antibodies 2 that recognize a β chain of human haptoglobin and do not recognize human haptoglobin in which an S—S bond is cleaved to form a complex 2. A determination is made based on the measurement of complex 1 or 2. Alternatively, the specimen and two antibodies selected from the antibodies 1 that recognize an α chain of human haptoglobin are contacted to form a complex 3, and a determination is made by comparing the measurement results of complex 1 or 2 with complex 3.
US11579142B2
A method for assessing the risk of potential adverse effects for a human patient receiving is provided. The method comprises determining the total B count in the patient, and identifying a B cell number indicative of a patient at risk of potential adverse effects from the antibody. The method further provides a dosing schedule for administering the antibody to the patient identified as at risk of potential adverse effects. Also provided is a pharmaceutical package or kit comprising a first dose and a second dose, and optionally a third dose, the CD19×CD3 bispecific antibody as defined in the methods/dosage regimen of the disclosure.
US11579138B2
A method for assessing polymeric additive content A in a polymeric particle mixture may comprise determining a concentration B of a metal cation in a polymeric particle mixture comprising parent polymeric particles and polymeric additive particles, wherein the metal cation is selected from alkali earth metals and alkali metals, other than sodium (Na), and the metal cation is capable of forming a water-soluble base; determining a concentration C of the metal cation in the parent polymeric particles; determining a concentration D of the metal cation in the polymeric additive particles; and calculating a polymeric additive content A using formula A=(B−C)/D.
US11579137B2
Disclosed is a system and method for extraction of information of within sample distribution of fiber quality from high-volume instrument (HVI) fibrogram to better predict yarn quality than the standard HVI output. The present invention allows for information on fiber quality to be obtained while avoiding testing samples with more expensive techniques. The disclosed system and method extracts HVI data for collecting a respective set of initial fibrograms from a set of fiber samples and representing them as a distance matrix to form a matrix of transformed fibrogram data, said matrix of transformed fibrogram data comprising a vector of scores to represent each sample and thereafter explaining variation in yarn quality by extracting all of the information available from the fibrogram.
US11579136B2
Methods are provided for determining the residence age of petroleum fluids in subsurface reservoirs. The methods facilitate the determination of the geological timing of the emplacement of a petroleum fluid in a porous reservoir, as distinct from the timing of petroleum generation in, and expulsion from, a source rock.
US11579124B2
Disclosed sensors can include at least one resonator (in some embodiments, at least two resonators) and various other structures that may be formed in association with the resonators. The at least one resonator in embodiments can include a bottom electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a top electrode, wherein the piezoelectric layer is positioned between the bottom electrode and the top electrode.
US11579119B1
A set of radial springs to bias the sensor arms of an inline pipeline inspection tool radially outward towards the pipe wall. The springs are resilient clips typically made of metal which bias adjacent sensor arms away from one another and radially outward. There are two sets of springs, a forward set and a rearward set which operate independent of each other. Each set of springs operates on a plane which is perpendicular to the axis of the body of the tool and perpendicular to the planes upon which the sensor arms extend.
US11579113B2
A sensor element includes: an element base made of an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte; an internal space provided inside the element base; an electrochemical pump cell configured to pump oxygen in and out between the internal space and outside; a porous thermal shock resistant layer provided to an outermost peripheral part in a predetermined range at one end part of the element base, at which a gas inlet is provided; and a buffer layer adjacent to the thermal shock resistant layer on a pump surface and a heater surface. A thermal diffusion time in a thickness direction of the thermal shock resistant layer is 0.4 sec to 1.0 sec inclusive, and a total thermal diffusion time in a stacking direction of the thermal shock resistant layer and the buffer layer is 0.2 sec to 1.0 sec inclusive.
US11579111B2
A biosensor pixel for measuring current that flows through the electrode surface in response to electrochemical interactions and a biosensor array architecture that includes such biosensor pixels. The biosensor pixel includes an electrode transducer configured to measure a current generated by electrochemical interactions occurring at a recognition layer placed directly on top of it in response to an electrical voltage placed across an electrode transducer-electrolyte interface. The biosensor pixel further includes a trans-impedance amplifier connected to the electrode transducer, where the trans-impedance amplifier is configured to convert the current into a voltage signal as the electrochemical interactions occur. Additionally, the biosensor pixel includes a 1-bit comparator coupled to the trans-impedance amplifier and a 1-bit digital-to-analog converter coupled to the 1-bit comparator, where the 1-bit digital-to-analog converter injects different levels of charge into an input of the trans-impedance amplifier at each cycle based on an output of the 1-bit comparator.
US11579110B2
The subject invention provides materials and methods for single-step fluorescence and electrochemical detection of small molecules, e.g., fentanyl and its analogs, in a sample. The subjection invention provides nucleic acids materials, e.g., aptamers (nucleic acid oligonucleotides) that can bind to fentanyl and its analogs with nanomolar affinity and high specificity against illicit drugs, adulterants, and cutting agents commonly existing in seized samples. The method for detecting fentanyl and/or its analogs in a sample comprises contacting the sample with an aptamer-based sensor selective for fentanyl and its analogs, and sensitively, specifically, and rapidly detecting fentanyl and/or its analogs in the sample.
US11579094B2
A moisture sensing system for a refrigerant flow of a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a moisture sensor including a color change material sample located in a refrigerant flow of the HVAC system. The color change material sample configured to change color as an indication of a moisture level of the refrigerant flow. A color sensor is in optical communication with the moisture sensor and is configured to sense a color of the color change material and communicate the sensed color to an HVAC system controller. A method of operating an HVAC system includes exposing a condensing a color change material sample to a flow of refrigerant and sensing a color of the color change material via a color sensor. The color is indicative of a moisture level of the flow of refrigerant. The sensed color is communicated to an HVAC system controller.
US11579093B2
The invention is concerned with methods for producing a useful and highly uniform optical component which is useful in the construction of an optical sensor. Also discussed are the optical component itself, an optical sensor comprising the optical component, a process for producing the optical sensor and a process for detecting and/or quantifying the amount of an analyte in a sample using the optical sensor.
US11579092B2
The sample introduction device includes a nebulizer that atomizes a sample liquid; a spray chamber that has one end into which a spray port part of the nebulizer is inserted and the other end from which at least a part of liquid droplets of the sample liquid sprayed from the spray port part is discharged to an outside; and a heating electromagnetic wave radiation unit that is arranged outside the spray chamber, wherein the heating electromagnetic wave radiation unit performs radiation of heating electromagnetic waves from the outside of the spray chamber toward at least a part of the spray chamber other than a part into which the spray port part of the nebulizer is inserted.
US11579089B2
A filter unit for a Raman microscope mounted with a dark-field objective lens unit includes a frame body, a plurality of UV-LED elements that is disposed around a window part of the frame body to emit UV light, and a long-pass filter that is supported to the frame body to cover the window part of the frame body and transmits a light having a wavelength longer than the wavelength of the UV light. The filter unit has a dark-field UV irradiation function, and is able to impart a fluorescence observation function to the Raman microscope.
US11579086B2
Provided is a fluorescence reader that uses two excitation channels and can read up to seven different fluorescent dyes in a single run. Each excitation channel has one light source and one single excitation filter and one dichroic mirror. One excitation channel is capable of exciting multiple fluorescent dyes and can be used to distinguish multiple dyes in combination with multiple emission filters. The excitation channels are driven by a motor that can automatically switch the two excitation channels for taking images of up to seven different fluorescent dyes. An algorithm to calibrate the crosstalk between different fluorescent dyes is also provided. Also provided is a method for analyzing digital PCR data using a ratio of two fluorescence emission readings.
US11579085B2
A sensing device includes a first sensor configured to capture a first analyte in a fluid medium and to generate a first signal in response to capturing the first analyte. The sensing device also includes a second sensor configured to capture a second analyte in the fluid medium and to generate a second signal in response to capturing the second analyte, where the second analyte is different from the first analyte. The sensing device further includes a detector configured to collect the first and second signals to provide a total signal and to calculate a total concentration of the first and the second analyte in the fluid medium based on the total signal.
US11579076B2
Provided is a method of correcting an error of an optical sensor including a light source and an image sensor, the method including emitting light to a material by driving the light source, acquiring an image of the material by the image sensor, and correcting an error of a distance between the light source and the image sensor of the optical sensor based on a gradation of the acquired image of the material.
US11579072B2
An airborne, gas, or liquid particle sensor with multiple particle sensor blocks in a single particle counter. Each sensor would sample a portion of the incoming airstream, or possibly a separate airstream. The various counters could be used separately or in concert.
US11579071B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for characterizing particles of a sample in a flow stream. Methods according to certain embodiments include generating frequency-encoded fluorescence data from a particle of a sample in a flow stream; and calculating phase-corrected spatial data of the particle by performing a transform of the frequency-encoded fluorescence data with a phase correction component. In certain embodiments, methods include generating an image of the particle in the flow stream based on the phase-corrected spatial data. Systems having a processor with memory operably coupled to the processor having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to calculate phase-corrected spatial data from frequency-encoded fluorescence data of a particle a flow stream are also described. Integrated circuit devices (e.g., field programmable gate arrays) having programming for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
US11579061B2
Systems and method determine a fluid efficiency of a fluid that flows through a fluid power system. Characteristics of the fluid is monitored in real-time as the fluid flows through the fluid monitoring device that is coupled to the fluid power system as the fluid flows through the fluid power system. A fluid status is determined in real-time that is associated with fluid parameters of the fluid that is determined from the fluid parameters detected by the fluid monitoring device. The fluid status of the fluid is determined in real-time when the fluid status indicates that a corrective action is to be executed to increase a quality of the fluid and an assessment of the corrective action that is to be executed is generated based on the fluid parameters. Degradation of the components of the fluid power system increases without the corrective action being executed to the fluid.
US11579059B2
Whether an internal defect is present in an inspection target is readily judged. Provided is an inspection method for an inspection target that is a layered structure including an FRP material and/or a structure made of resin, the method including the steps of: tapping, with a tapping tool, an inspection target area on a surface of the inspection target; detecting, by an accelerometer mounted to the tapping tool, an acceleration signal corresponding to acceleration of the tapping tool due to reaction force against the tapping; recording waveform data about the detected acceleration signal; creating a contour map corresponding to the inspection target area, based on the recorded waveform data; displaying the contour map on a display unit; and judging whether an internal defect is present in the inspection target, based on the contour map displayed on the display unit.
US11579036B2
Multiple calibration results for calibrating a barometric pressure sensor based on data received from a device containing the sensor are determined and stored in a table. The table is updated based on rules regarding a relationship between each calibration result and a current calibration value. The calibration results are weighted and combined to determine a combined calibration result. The calibration value for calibrating the sensor is selected from the calibration results, the combined calibration results, or the current calibration value based on a selection criteria.
US11579035B2
An electronic pressure and temperature sensor includes a chamber disposed within a housing. The pressure and temperature sensor are disposed at a chamber first end. An opening is disposed at a chamber second end, wherein the opening is configured to be in fluidic communication with the fluid media. A viscous gel is disposed within a portion of the chamber and encloses the pressure and temperature sensor apart from the fluid media. A second temperature sensor is at least partially disposed within the housing and is not disposed within the chamber. The first temperature sensor is configured to measure a temperature of the viscous gel, where the temperature of the viscous gel configured for use in temperature compensation calculations used to determine the pressure of the fluid media. The second temperature sensor is configured to measure a temperature of the flow of the fluid media.
US11579027B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies, and discloses a display panel, a preparing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel has a bending area, and the display panel includes a sensing component; the sensing component includes a differential bridge connection circuit composed of a first strain sensor, a second strain sensor, a third strain sensor, and a fourth strain sensor; the first strain sensor, the second strain sensor, the third strain sensor, and the fourth strain sensor are resistance transducers, and are located in the bending area; the first strain sensor and the fourth strain sensor constitute first opposite bridge arms; the second strain sensor and the third strain sensor constitute second opposite bridge arms, and the first opposite bridge arms and the second opposite bridge arms are separately located on two sides of a neutral layer of the display panel.
US11579021B2
A charging device for charging a mobile device using a charging component includes a power connector and a thermal monitoring device. The power connector includes a housing having an end wall between a front and a rear. The housing includes power contact channels with power contacts received therein. The thermal monitoring device is coupled to the end wall of the housing. The thermal monitoring device includes a substrate, a mating connector mounted to the substrate, and a temperature sensor mounted to the substrate. The temperature sensor is electrically connected to the mating connector being positioned in close proximity with at least one of the power contacts such that the temperature sensor is in thermal communication with the power contact for monitoring the temperature of the power contact.
US11579020B2
A temperature monitoring system for monitoring a temperature status of an item from a location different than a location at which the item is located is disclosed. The temperature monitoring system includes a base having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a first unit removably engageable with the top surface of the base in at least a first orientation and a second orientation. The first unit is configured to monitor a measured temperature, to display information regarding the measured temperature, and/or to transmit temperature information to a user device. The temperature monitoring system may also include at least one thermal or temperature probe configured to measure the temperature of the item, including a probe tip, probe wire, and probe plug. The temperature monitoring system may also include one or more probe supports configured to releasably attach to the base and configured to releasably retain a thermal probe thereon.
US11579018B1
In an example, a thermal imaging test article comprises a block configured to be attached to a blackbody on a back side of the block, the block having a variable thickness to represent facial features of a human face, the block including a cutout to allow a thermal imaging device to see the blackbody behind the block through the cutout, and one or more heaters thermally coupled to the block to produce heat to heat the block. The variable thickness of the block and the heat produced by the one or more heaters are selected to simulate thermally the human face on a front side of the block.
US11579015B2
A system for monitoring ultraviolet (UV) exposure of a wearer. The system comprises a wearable device operable to sense UV radiation levels to which the wearer is exposed, and to transmit UV radiation information. The system further comprises an external computing device in remote communication with the wearable device, operable to receive the UV radiation information from the wearable device and configured to determine the wearer's real-time UV index value and the wearer's daily cumulative percentage of minimal erythema dose based upon the UV radiation information.
US11579013B2
An integrated computing element for an optical computing device includes a flexible optical substrate. The integrated computing element also includes at least one optical thin film deposited on a first surface of the flexible optical substrate. The at least one optical thin film is configured to selectively pass fractions of electromagnetic radiation at different wavelengths.
US11579003B2
A pressure sensor assembly and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The pressure sensor assembly includes a contoured sensing insert. The contoured sensing insert includes an outer sensing insert having an open interior through-hole and a top contoured surface configured to be secured at least partially within the fluid flow container. The top contoured surface has a surface contour corresponding with an interior wall contour of the fluid flow container. The contoured sensing insert also includes an inner sensing medium defined within the through-hole of the outer sensing insert. The inner sensing medium defines a conforming contoured surface at least substantially matching the surface contour of the top contoured surface. A corresponding method of manufacturing is also provided.
US11579002B2
A safety system for residential and commercial use includes a plurality of sensor modules that may be distributed about the environment, and that are in communication with a remote server environment and with other devices over a wireless communication network (e.g., cellular, Wi-Fi). Each sensor module includes a plurality of sensors that are capable of measuring or detecting characteristics of the environment such as smoke, small particulate, large particulate, chemicals, gasses, temperature, humidity, pressure, geolocation, and other characteristics. Analysis of sensor data is performed locally on the sensor module, as well as remotely on a server, in order to fuse and consider multiple sensor data points to identify emergency and non-emergency scenarios. By fusing and analyzing sensor data emergencies can be detected more quickly, and false alarms can be filtered out and avoided.
US11578995B2
A sensor arrangement detects an angle of an actuator which is rotationally arranged on a support. The arrangement includes a first sensor element and a second sensor element. The first sensor element can be coupled to the actuator in order carry out a movement with respect to the support in accordance with a rotation of the actuator. The second sensor element can be rotationally fixed on the support and can be coupled to the first sensor element in order to produce, when rotating the actuator and a thus resulting movement between the first sensor element and the second sensor element, a sensor signal which is dependent on the rotation carried out by the actuator.
US11578987B2
A user terminal, a transportation vehicle, a server, a computer program product, a signal sequence and a method for sending for a first transportation vehicle. The method includes actuating an actuating device of a first user terminal; sending a wireless message from the user terminal to a server in response thereto; assigning a first transportation vehicle to the user terminal; assigning a first color information to the first user terminal and the assigned first transportation vehicle; and emitting a light by the first transportation vehicle and the first user terminal, the identical color of which is defined based on the first color information.
US11578986B2
Current data for a geographic area is accessed. The current data comprises at least one of (a) current traffic data for the geographic area, (b) current incident data for the geographic area, or (c) current weather data for the geographic area. Based on the current data, autonomous driving instructions are determined for the geographic area. A notification comprising the autonomous driving instructions is provided such that the notification is received by a vehicle apparatus located within the geographic area or expected to enter the geographic area based on a route being traversed by a vehicle corresponding to the vehicle apparatus. The vehicle apparatus is onboard the vehicle and is configured to control the vehicle in accordance with the autonomous driving instructions.
US11578985B2
An information processing apparatus acquires a route score including a travel cost and a coefficient for each of a plurality of driving route candidates. The information processing apparatus acquires a user score including an individual rate that is a time-cost conversion rate particular to a mobile user and a weight application rate particular to the mobile user. Based on the respective route scores of the plurality of driving route candidates and the user score of the mobile user, the information processing apparatus converts the travel cost of each of the plurality of driving route candidates into a corresponding cost that is a cost obtained by reflection of the time-cost conversion rate and the weight application rate of the mobile user in the travel cost. The information processing apparatus determines a recommendation order of the plurality of driving route candidates based on the corresponding costs of the plurality of driving route candidates.
US11578981B1
A method includes determining a first route from a first location to a second location using a first map that includes first map elements, wherein the first route includes a series of the first map elements from the first map. The method also includes matching the series of the first map elements from the first route to second map elements from a second map to define a subset of the second map elements, and determining a second route from the first location to the second location using the subset of the second map elements. The second route is constrained to the subset of the second map elements and the second route includes a series of the second map elements from the subset of the second map elements. The method also includes outputting information describing the second route for at least one of storage or display.
US11578977B1
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to acquiring aligned geographic coordinates of a vertical position. In one aspect, a vertical navigation system includes a light source to generate a source beam; a beam splitter to generate a first and a second source references derived from the source beam; a hollow retroreflector to produce a first and a second vertical references derived from the first and the second source references; an attitude sensor to capture a plurality of reference stars and to measure a first set of angles for the first vertical reference and a second set of angles for the second vertical reference, the first set of angles and the second set of angles are relative to the plurality of reference stars; and a processor to produce the aligned geographical coordinates using the first set of angles, the second set of angles, a gravity vector measurement and a time signal.
US11578965B2
An implementation cost of a line-scan optical coherence tomography (OCT) apparatus is reduced by miniaturizing a scanning mirror and using a light source with relaxed requirement in intensity uniformity. The mirror reflects a probe light beam to different parts of a sample for line-scanning the sample. A line-compressing lens compresses the probe light beam's cross-sectional length before the beam reaches the mirror, allowing the mirror to be miniaturized to reflect only the compressed beam. In generating a linear light beam that gives the probe light beam, a cascade of collimating lens, Powell lens and focusing lens generates the linear light beam from a raw light beam of a point source. A slit further filters the linear light beam to remove a peripheral portion thereof such that the linear light beam is substantially uniform in intensity even if an asymmetrical divergent light source is used.
US11578963B2
A first light source outputs measurement light having a wavelength in infrared range. A second light source outputs guide light having a wavelength in visible range. A fiber coupler includes a first port into which the measurement light is input, a second port into which the guide light is input, and a third port outputting combined light formed by combining the measurement light and the guide light with each other. A measurement unit emits the combined light to a measurement object and receives return light reflected therefrom. A processing unit obtains information relating to a distance, a speed, or an oscillation of the measurement object, based on an interference signal of the return light and the reference light. The fiber coupler is formed by a single mode fiber that has a cutoff wavelength that is shorter than that of the measurement light and longer than that of the guide light.
US11578962B2
An inductive position measuring device includes a scanning element and a scale element. The position measuring device is able to determine positions of the scanning element relative to the scale element in a first direction and in a second direction. The scale element includes graduation structures arranged next to one another along the first direction, and the graduation structures have a periodic characteristic with a second period length along the second direction. The scanning element has a first receiver track, a second receiver track, a third receiver track, and an excitation lead. Each of the three receiver tracks has two receiver circuit traces. The receiver circuit traces have a periodic characteristic with a first period length along the first direction, and the receiver tracks are arranged at an offset from one another in the second direction.
US11578959B2
The present invention discloses a bullet with a negative Poisson's ratio effect and a method of designing thereof. The bullet includes a cylindrical section of the bullet having a negative Poisson's ratio design, and a conical tail of the bullet and a tip of the bullet each with a matching design; the cylindrical section of the bullet is a tubular structure having periodically alternating transverse and vertical holes; the tubular structure includes a plurality of holes, with a center axis of one hole being axially perpendicular to a center axis of another adjacent hole, that is, the axis of each hole being structurally orthogonal to an adjacent hole; and the holes in rows and columns are periodically arranged into the tubular structure, which is a tubular structure having the negative Poisson's ratio effect.
US11578942B2
A firing system using a gas piston instead of a trigger spring provides firing by air that is released after contacting an air outlet valve needle in pre-charged pneumatic (PCP) rifles. This system results in a high outlet speed as well as rapid fire by use of a lever that limits the single release of air into the tube.
US11578940B2
Firearm trigger mechanisms with rotatable linkage members and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A firearm trigger assembly configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a trigger, first and second linkage members, and a sear. The first linkage member, second linkage member, and sear are arranged in an over-center configuration that securely locks the sear in a first position. Pulling on the trigger causes the trigger to rotate about a fixed pivot point and push on one of the two linkage members, forcing the linkage members and the sear out of the over-center configuration. The force from a striking mechanism forces the sear and the linkage members into a collapsed configuration, releasing the striking mechanism and firing the firearm. This two toggle configuration of the trigger assembly provides crisp and reliable release of the firearm.
US11578935B2
A modular firearm grip assembly has a frame defined by a front grip strap and a rear grip strap. The front grip strap defines a front lateral attachment point and rear lateral attachment point, and the rear grip strap has a first attachment coupling interface. A grip extension defined by a front extension strap and a rear extension strap is coupled to the frame at the respective one of the front lateral attachment point and the rear lateral attachment point thereof. The grip extension includes a second attachment coupling interface engaged to the first attachment coupling interface of the frame.
US11578934B1
A receiver for use in the manufacture of a lightweight and strong machine-gun comprising a left shell that includes a milled, single-piece metal flat body of a predefined peripheral shape that is substantially rectangular, and a right shell including a milled, single-piece metal flat body, including said right shell formed in size and shape to be joined together symmetrically with said left shell, to form a compartment, said left shell and said right shell including the same size and shape dovetail interlocking joints, milled in said left shell and said right shell at the same locations, said left shell joined to said right shell solely by dovetail fasteners, without welding, without rivets, and without nuts and bolts, forming a rigid, strong, lightweight machine-gun receiver. First and second takedown pins are also used to fasten the left shell to the right shell after the left and right shells have been interlocked together by the dovetail interlocking joints to prevent vertical movement between the left shell and the right shell.
US11578933B2
A receiver and a method for manufacturing it are disclosed. The receiver contains a first material at least partially surrounded by a second material, wherein the first material has a first melting and the second material has a second melting point, wherein the first melting point is lower than the second melting point. The method disclosed teaches how to manufacture the receiver.
US11578932B2
A firearm with a lower receiver and bolt catch. The lower receiver may include a first external wall portion that is on the left side of the firearm and a second external wall portion on the right side of the firearm when a front of the lower receiver is facing forward, the rear of lower receiver is facing rearward, the bottom of the lower receiver is facing downward, and the firearm is in a firing position. The firearm may further include a bolt catch for preventing forward movement of the bolt. The bolt catch may include a first external bolt catch portion that exits the first external wall portion of the receiver on the left side of the firearm and a second external bolt catch portion that exits the second external wall portion of the receiver on the right side of the firearm. The bolt catch may further include an internal bolt catch portion within the lower receiver that connects the first external bolt catch portion and the second external bolt catch portion, wherein at least a first portion of the internal bolt catch portion extends in at least one of a rearward direction towards the rear of the receiver, or a downward direction towards the bottom of the lower receiver.
US11578931B2
A firearm with a lower receiver and bolt catch. The lower receiver may include a first external wall portion that is on the left side of the firearm and a second external wall portion on the right side of the firearm when a front of the lower receiver is facing forward, the rear of lower receiver is facing rearward, the bottom of the lower receiver is facing downward, and the firearm is in a firing position. The firearm may further include a bolt catch for preventing forward movement of the bolt. The bolt catch may include a first external bolt catch portion that exits the first external wall portion of the receiver on the left side of the firearm and a second external bolt catch portion that exits the second external wall portion of the receiver on the right side of the firearm. The bolt catch may further include an internal bolt catch portion within the lower receiver that connects the first external bolt catch portion and the second external bolt catch portion, wherein at least a first portion of the internal bolt catch portion extends in at least one of a rearward direction towards the rear of the receiver, or a downward direction towards the bottom of the lower receiver.
US11578924B2
A heat exchanger (1) for thermally coupling a first fluid to a second fluid so as to transfer heat and in a fluidically separate manner includes a securing assembly (8) of two cover parts (9) and at least one, preferably a plurality of guide parts (11), through which duct tubes (5) of the heat exchanger (1) pass. The duct tubes (5) extend inside a housing tube (2) along the longitudinal axis of the housing tube (2). The first fluid passes through the housing tube (2) outside of the duct tubes (5), and the second fluid passes through the duct tubes (5). The duct tubes (5) may have circular or flattened cross-sections.
US11578921B2
The present invention relates to a continuous furnace system for heat treating a metal component, in particular an aluminium strip. The continuous furnace system has a first heating unit, in which the metal component is heatable for solution annealing up to a first temperature in the range of from 350° C. to 700° C., a cooling unit, in which the metal component is coolable from 300° C. to 750° C. down to 70° C. to 250° C., and a second heating unit, in which the metal component is heatable up to from 150° C. to 290° C. The first heating unit, the cooling unit, and the second heating unit both have a common support structure, on which the first heating unit, the cooling unit, and the second heating unit are fixed together. Furthermore, the continuous furnace system has a common conveyor track, which extends through the first heating unit, the cooling unit, and the second heating unit, wherein the conveyor track is configured in such a way that the metal component is passable along the conveyor track in the conveying direction through the first heating unit, the cooling unit, and the second heating unit for heat treatment.
US11578920B2
An arrangement for supporting a rotary drum, the rotary drum having at least three riding rings distributedly arranged along the axial direction of the rotary drum, the arrangement including a pair of relatively spaced rollers for supporting a riding ring, at least one bearing for each roller, a support for each bearing mounted for movement of the roller toward and away from the shell of the rotary drum and a spring system exerting a spring force acting on the support to counteract the weight of the rotary drum resting on the rollers, wherein the spring system includes a pressure vessel charged with a compressed gas that exerts the spring force and the rotary drum includes at least three riding rings and only at least one middle ring arranged between two outer rings is supported by a pair of relatively spaced rollers that are equipped with the spring system.
US11578906B2
A thermally insulated structure for shipping goods, the structure including an insulated box having a goods receptacle and a phase change material module receptacle. The structure further including a phase change material module, and a set of vacuum panels configured to form an encapsulating layer around the insulated box.
US11578905B2
An ice maker includes a prefabricated cabinet with a base that defines a bottom of an ice maker housing. An access side of the cabinet defines a doorway for accessing an ice making device in the housing. A prefabricated door for opening and closing the doorway has a bottom spaced apart above the bottom of the housing. The ice maker can be mounted on a prefabricated receptacle so that the bottom of the housing is flush with a top of the receptacle and the door can clear a protruding dispenser unit as it swings on its hinge. The prefabricated cabinet may include a door mount that couples the door to the cabinet so that the bottom of the door is spaced above the bottom of the ice maker.
US11578903B2
A refrigerator includes a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant, a condenser configured to condense the refrigerant compressed in the compressor, an expander configured to depressurize the refrigerant condensed in the condenser, a plurality of evaporators configured to evaporate the refrigerant depressurized in the expander, a first valve configured to be operated to introduce the refrigerant into at least one of the plurality of evaporators, a hot gas valve device disposed at an inlet side of the first valve and configured to guide the refrigerant passed through the compressor or the condenser to the plurality of evaporators, and a hot gas path configured to extend from the hot gas valve device to the plurality of evaporators.
US11578900B2
The present invention relates to an electrothermal converter, which has at least one cold side and one warm side. Provision is made that all the components of the converter cope with the thermal loads appearing when the converter is operated and/or in particular maintains its mechanical stability.
US11578895B2
Thermoregulated multilayer material characterized in that it comprises at least one substrate and one thermoregulated layer, said thermoregulated multilayer material having: for λ radiation of between 0.25 and 2 μm, an absorption coefficient αm≥0.8; and, for incident λ radiation of between 7.5 and 10 μm, a reflection coefficient ρm: ρm≥0.85, when the temperature T of said multilayer material 1 is ≤100° C.; ρm between 0.3 and 0.85, when the temperature T of said multilayer material is between 0 and 400° C.
US11578893B2
The invention relates to a heating device (1) for an air-conditioning housing, said heating device (1) comprising a heating body (2) supplied with current for heating an air flow passing through said heating body (2), said heating body (2) comprising heating elements through which said current passes and which are arranged in electrically insulated tubes (4) of the heating elements, said heating elements being controlled via a distribution unit (3), said heating device (1) comprising means for earthing a plurality of metal elements distributed in the heating body (2) and the distribution unit (3). Said heating device (1) is characterised in that said earthing means consist of a single earthing circuit which passes through the heating body (2) and the distribution unit (3) and is formed by arranging said metal elements in series with direct contact between said metal elements.
US11578892B2
In an air conditioner, a drain extraction unit and a refrigerant pipe connecting unit may be disposed in a blocking region in which a discharge port is not provided so that a size of the discharge port may be secured and the discharge port may be uniformly disposed, thereby generating uniform airflow in a room. In a lower housing formed in a circular shape, some of components inside an indoor unit of the air conditioner may be disposed in a protrusion portion that protrudes from the circular housing, thereby facilitating the installation of the air conditioner. A condensate water collecting space disposed outside the housing may be provided in a drain tray, thereby efficiently preventing a leakage due to condensate water generated outside the housing. The housing, the drain tray, and the cover member of the air conditioner may be coupled by a coupling member coupled outside.
US11578887B2
An HVAC system includes a high-pressure subsystem and a low-pressure subsystem. After determining that refrigerant leak diagnostics should be performed, a controllable valve is closed between a condenser and compressor of the HVAC system. The compressor then operates until a predetermined input refrigerant pressure is reached. After the predetermined input refrigerant pressure is reached, operation of the compressor is stopped. After stopping operation of the compressor and waiting at least a predetermined wait time, the pressure in the low-pressure subsystem of the HVAC system is monitored. A rate of change of the pressure in the low-pressure subsystem is determined. If the rate of change is negative and a magnitude of the rate of change is greater than a threshold value, a leak location is determined to be in the low-pressure subsystem.
US11578886B2
A thermostat device may use one or two temperature sensors inside the housing of the thermostat device to perform temperature compensation to determine the ambient temperature outside the housing of the thermostat device. Processing circuitry of the thermostat device may determine a current operating mode of the thermostat device out of a plurality of operating modes. The processing circuitry may also use machine learning to estimate the current and voltage of the thermostat device based on temperature differences between the two temperature sensors. The processing circuitry may determine, based at least in part on the estimated current and voltage of the thermostat device and the current operating mode of the thermostat device, an ambient temperature outside the housing of the thermostat device.
US11578883B2
A plurality of air-releasing openings with inclined sidewalls are arranged at the periphery of the water tank of an aroma diffuser product, each air-release opening disposed in a position that is set at a certain angle along the inclined direction of the sidewalls. The certain angle being formed by the center longitudinal axis of the exit side of the opening relative to the radius of the water tank. A plurality of mist-releasing openings is arranged non-horizontally at the upper part of the water tank or the periphery of the water tank cover. An aroma diffuser or ultrasonic atomizer configured with the plurality of air-releasing openings and/or the plurality of mist-releasing openings.
US11578879B2
A window type air conditioner includes an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger and a motor disposed in the shell. Rotating shafts at two ends of the motor are provided with an indoor fan and an outdoor fan. A thermal insulation partition is disposed on a bottom plate of the shell and divides the shell into an indoor side and an outdoor side. The thermal insulation partition includes a front clapboard fixed on the bottom plate of the shell and a thermal insulation volute disposed on the front clapboard. The indoor heat exchanger and the indoor fan are located in the thermal insulation volute. An integrated bracket is provided with a first mounting part for mounting and fixing the outdoor heat exchanger, a second mounting part for mounting and fixing the motor, and third mounting parts for connecting and fixing the front clapboard.
US11578876B2
The present invention relates to a dual-purpose circulating purifier, including a housing, an oil fume purification device, a fresh air supply device, and a double-wing baffle device, where the oil fume purification device includes a fume suction opening, a first air outlet, a grease separator, a fume suction cavity, a first fan, a fume purification chamber, and a fume purification filter layer; the fresh air supply device includes an air suction opening, a second air outlet, a dust blocker, an air suction cavity, a second fan, a gas purification chamber, and a gas purification filter layer; and the double-wing baffle device includes a first baffle and a second baffle. The dual-purpose circulating purifier can purify indoor oil fumes, and also provide purified fresh air to the indoors, greatly improving air quality.
US11578874B2
A household appliance is provided having a cooktop with a control housing disposed at an outer peripheral edge of the cooktop. A control panel of the control housing is configured to allow a user to control the cooktop and is least partially housed within the control housing. A support member is interposed at least partially between the cooktop and the control housing and includes a gutter adapted to direct fluids from the cooktop away from electrical or electronic elements housed within the control housing, such as the control panel. The support member can be coupled to or otherwise support the control housing, such as to assure appropriate alignment thereof, such as for automated assembly. The support member further can be hidden from view of a user beneath respective upper surfaces of the control housing and the cooktop, allowing these upper surfaces to lie co-planarly, providing a desirable aesthetic.
US11578869B2
A combustor for a turbine engine is provided, the combustor includes an outer liner, an inner liner and a dome that together define a combustion chamber; a diffuser positioned upstream of the combustion chamber, the diffuser being configured to receive air flow from a compressor section and to provide a flow of compressed air to the combustion chamber; and an outer cowl and an inner cowl located upstream of the combustion chamber, the outer cowl and the inner cowl being configured to direct a portion of air flow from the diffuser to the combustion chamber. The diffuser is configured to output air flow having an amount of air pressure maximized at a center of the air flow so as to optimize total air pressure fed to the combustion chamber through the dome.
US11578865B2
A plugging resistant, highly stable free-jet burner and method which provide Ultra-Low NOx emissions using (a) large free-jet ejection ports, (b) a wide tip-to-tip spacing, and (c) auxiliary stabilization tips in the throat of the burner which are highly resistant to plugging and also produce very low levels of NOx emissions.
US11578857B2
Lighting systems that include an LED and a silicone module designed to contain a lens are described herein.
US11578855B2
Disclosed herewith is a night lamp having a flexible upper cover, a base ring, a bottom cover, and a light-emitting assembly. The base ring is configured to be in engagement with the upper cover and the bottom cover at the same time, forming a complete sphere.
US11578854B1
The invention herein relates to a device and system for creating a consistent three-dimensional visual aid for traversing poorly lit or dark spaces by utilizing a device that creates multi-dimensional marking with an intuitive and consistent communicative pattern of marking design. The device further containing either self-illuminating material, light reflective material, or a combination of both.
US11578851B2
Provided is a light-emitting device with reduced in-plane luminance variation. The light-emitting device includes a main substrate, a plurality of light sources, a plurality of lenses, and one or more light reflection members. The main substrate includes a central part and a peripheral part that surrounds the central part. The plurality of light sources are each disposed on the central part of the main substrate. The plurality of lenses are disposed to correspond to the plurality of light sources respectively. The plurality of lenses apply optical effects to beams of light from the plurality of light sources respectively. One or more light reflection members are each disposed on the peripheral part. The light reflection members each have reflectance that is higher than the reflectance of the main substrate.
US11578848B2
An indoor-outdoor novelty device which simulates moving open flame from the upper end of a standing torch. The device provides a realistic illusion of a bright flame changing its shape and brightness pseudorandomly thru a unique combination of lighting, motion, and airflow under microcontroller control. The device can be viewed from a vantage point in a 360-degree perimeter around the device without compromise to the effect.
US11578843B2
An LED flexible strip lamp has a strip lamp holder, a conductive flexible strip, an LED flexible strip and a lamp cap, the LED flexible strip includes a first bonding pad disposed at its end, the conductive flexible strip includes a flexible insulating sheet, a conductive metal foil, a second bonding pad; the lamp cap includes an internal connector, and the internal connector includes an elastic conductive member abutting against the conductive metal foil. a conductive member with the bonding pad is arranged to be welded to the LED flexible strip so as to be matched with the lamp holder in an inserted mode, automation can be achieved conveniently, and the problem that an original LED flexible strip lamp is low in production efficiency due to the fact that the lamp holder needs to be installed manually is solved.
US11578841B2
Lighting apparatuses include an enclosure around first and second light engines. The enclosure has a diffuser over first, second and third regions. The first and second regions are separated by the third region; a first light spectrum is emitted from the first region; a second light spectrum is emitted from the second region; and a mixture of the spectrums is emitted from the third region. In some embodiments, the first spectrum has a CCT≥7000K; the second spectrum has a CCT≤6500K. In some embodiments, the first spectrum has a first CCT≥3500K; the second spectrum has a second CCT≤6500K; the second CCT
US11578838B2
This disclosure discloses a light-emitting bulb. The light-emitting bulb includes a cover, an electrical associated with the cover, a board arranged between the cover and the electrical connector, and a first light-emitting device disposed on the board. The first light-emitting device includes a carrier having a first side and a second side, a first electrode part disposed near the first side and extending to the second side, a bended part disposed near to the second side and spaced apart from the first electrode part, and a second electrode part extending from the bended part to the first side. No light-emitting diode unit is arranged on the second electrode part.
US11578829B2
A fitting for forming a double-walled tube includes an inner fitting having a first inner weld lip, a second inner weld lip, and an inner body extending from the first inner weld lip to the second inner weld lip and having an outer surface with a first threading. The fitting also includes an outer fitting having a first outer weld lip, a second outer weld lip, and an outer body extending from the first outer weld lip to the second outer weld lip and having an inner surface with a second threading that is configured to mate with the first threading.
US11578826B1
A push fit connector system utilizes a locking sleeve which is inserted within an internal tapered section of a cylindrical housing. A pipe end inserted into the cylindrical housing is received within the locking sleeve. Withdrawal of the pipe from the cylindrical housing is prevented as the locking sleeve radially collapses as it is received within a smaller diameter of the internal tapered section.
US11578823B1
A casing spacer that fits around a carrier pipe at various intervals along the length of the carrier pipe for the purpose of positioning the carrier pipe within a casing pipe. The casing spacer is equipped with roller assemblies on the outside surface of the casing spacer. The roller assemblies are protected by guards to help the roller assemblies avoid obstacles that may exist on the inner surface of the casing pipe.
US11578822B2
The invention relates to a device for passing pipes or cables through an opening in a building. Said device comprises a sleeve-like housing that has an axial passage channel that is open at its opposite ends; bristles that are mounted on the walls of the passage channel in such a way that they are opposite each other and that are extended inwards in such a way that they mesh with one another in order to close the passage channel; and flexible strips of material that are mounted in the passage channel and that are coated with an intumescent material.
US11578815B2
A handwashing valve structure includes a mounting structure, a dispensing structure, and a control structure. The mounting structure is configured to attach to a liquid vessel. The dispensing structure is configured to dispense a liquid from the liquid vessel and is movable between a closed position and an open position. The control structure is configured to move the dispensing structure between the closed position and the open position. The control structure is configured to be moved by pressure from a portion of a user's body to move the dispensing structure from the closed position to the open position. The dispensing structure is configured to automatically move from the open position to the closed position in the absence of any pressure from the portion of the user's body onto the control structure.
US11578813B2
An overfill-prevention valve system includes a testing mechanism, operable by a user from the inlet end of the drop tube, which can be used to verify proper valve function without actually filling the storage tank. The testing mechanism allows the user to actuate the valve manually using a test probe, such as by elevating a float to simulate a full storage tank. The testing mechanism may be located upstream of the valve to facilitate the testing operation without interfering with the valve body. The mechanism may further provide non-contact functionality, such as with magnetic actuators on either side of the drop tube wall, to eliminate a potential test mechanism leak points. The test probe used to actuate the test mechanism may be shaped to define a desired rotational position at the test location within the drop tube, ensuring proper rotational alignment of the magnetic actuators.
US11578806B2
The present disclosure discloses a seal and a regulating valve having the seal. The seal is used for sealing a flow channel between a pipe orifice of a housing and a valve body in the regulating valve. The seal includes an elastic member and an embedded member. The elastic member is ring-shaped, the embedded member is at least partially embedded in the elastic member, and the hardness of the embedded member is greater than that of the elastic member. The seal of the present disclosure has a simple structure, which not only enables miniaturization of the structure of the regulating valve, but also can simplify assembly steps of the regulating valve, thus facilitating assembly automation of the regulating valve.
US11578802B2
Sealing unit for a wheel hub group for vehicles that is provided with a roller bearing interposed between a rotary hub for a wheel of the vehicle, and a stationary pin of an upright of said vehicle, the sealing unit in turn comprising an annular pre-cavity arranged in an axially frontal position of the roller bearing, a dynamic portion in rotation about an axis when in use, and a static portion cooperating with the dynamic portion to protect the roller bearing from external contaminants, the dynamic portion having a centrifuging surface formed on a free end of the hub and the static portion in turn having a stationary screen that is fitted onto the support pin inside the pre-cavity and that has a centrifuging section facing the centrifuging surface to facilitate expulsion and drainage of contaminants out of the annular pre-cavity.
US11578800B2
A sealing plug (100) for a panel opening, the plug having an axis (132) and including a head portion (110) having a first diameter larger than of the panel opening and a leg portion (120) concentric to the head portion (110) and having a second diameter shorter than the first diameter, the leg includes at least two latches (130) extending radially towards the head portion (110), and wherein the passing of the leg portion (120) and the at least two latches (130) through the panel opening causes resilient deformation of each latch (130), such that each latch (130) deforms and recovers thereby causing the panel to be retained by the at least two latches (130) and between the at least two latches (130) and the head portion (110) of the plug (100).
US11578797B2
A device (1) for cooling and lubricating components of a vehicle (2) includes at least one housing (3), a coolant sump (4), a first coolant pump (5.1) configured for delivering coolant (6) from a first housing section (A) for accommodating a transmission (12) into the coolant sump (4), a second coolant pump (5.2) configured for delivering coolant (6) from the coolant sump (4) into a coolant line system (8), and a heat exchanger (7) configured for cooling the coolant (6) delivered by the second coolant pump (5.2). The coolant line system (8) fluidically connects at least the second coolant pump (5.2) to the heat exchanger (7) and, at least indirectly, fluidically connects the heat exchanger (7) to multiple coolant outlets (11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5) for spraying coolant (6) onto components in the housing (3) that require cooling and lubrication.
US11578788B2
A power transmission mechanism includes a first pinion gear meshed with a first sun gear coupled to a first output shaft; a second pinion gear meshed with a second sun gear coupled to a second output shaft and meshed with the first pinion gear; a differential case coupled to an input shaft and supporting the first and second pinion gears; an internal gear rotatable about the axes of the first and second output shafts; a motor generator coupled to the internal gear; a first one-way clutch including a first inner ring member configured to move in conjunction with the first pinion gear and a first outer ring member meshed with the internal gear; and a second one-way clutch including a second inner ring member configured to move in conjunction with the second pinion gear and a second outer ring member meshed with the internal gear.
US11578787B2
A tensioning bar assembly for a tensioning assembly of a drive system of an agricultural machine includes a longitudinal bar having a top end, a bottom end, and a threaded portion. An attachment device is coupled to the top end to attach to a tensioning arm. A compression spring is located around a portion of the longitudinal bar. A first spring retainer engages with and retains a first end of the spring. A first locking nut fits to the threaded portion of the bar and retains the first spring retainer longitudinally in place relative to the bar. The longitudinal bar is rotationally freely coupled to the attachment device to permit free axial rotation of the bar about its longitudinal axis relative to the attachment device, and an engagement head is attached to and located at or proximate the bottom end of the longitudinal bar for engagement with a tool.
US11578786B2
A hybrid power transmission apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The transmission includes an engine and first and second motor-generators as power sources. The transmission may include: a planetary gear set configured to include a first rotation element that is operatively connected to the first motor-generator, a second rotating element that is operatively connected to the engine and operatively connected to a first intermediate shaft, and a third rotation element to which a second intermediate shaft is operatively connected; a synchronizer configured to optionally operatively connect the second motor-generator to the first intermediate shaft, the second intermediate shaft, or both the first and second intermediate shafts; and an output shaft operatively connected to the second intermediate shaft to output power.
US11578785B2
A structure includes a transmission axle rotatably mounted at a center of a housing. The transmission axle includes a sun gear mounted thereon. An internally-toothed ring track is fixed to an inner circumference of the housing. A planetary gear set is arranged between the sun gear and the internally-toothed ring track. The planetary gear set includes a plurality of stepped planetary gears arranged around the sun gear for self-spinning and orbiting around the sun gear. Each stepped planetary gear includes a first toothed portion meshing with both the sun gear and the internally-toothed ring track and a second toothed portion rotatable in unison with the first toothed portion. An output member is fit over the planetary gear set and includes an inner circumference formed with an internal toothed circumference meshing with the second toothed portion of each stepped planetary gear.
US11578775B2
There is provided a brake lining for a railway vehicle that can reduce brake squeal in braking. A brake lining for a railway vehicle is used for a disc brake system of a railway vehicle. This brake lining includes a base plate, a sintered friction material, and a friction material supporting mechanism. The friction material supporting mechanism is disposed between the base plate and the sintered friction material and supports the sintered friction material in such a manner that the sintered friction material can move with respect to the base plate. The sintered friction material has a Young's modulus of 35.0 GPa or more.
US11578772B2
The abutment of a drum brake is formed from a solid material which deforms under load, wherein measurement devices are provided which detect this deformation. The abutment has two limbs, on which the brake shoes are supported. The changing distance between the two brake shoes under load is determined by detecting the distance between extension rods on the limbs by a measurement device comprising magnets and Hall sensors or AMR sensors.
US11578771B2
A braking system is presented that comprises a brake sphere rotor that is mounted to the wheel hub of an axle. The braking system incorporates a caliper arm assembly that comprises at least one caliper arm. Each caliper arm further comprises hemispherical friction material located between the caliper arm and the brake sphere rotor.
US11578758B2
A bearing unit having a radially outer ring provided with at least one raceway, a radially inner ring provided with at least one raceway, at least one row of rolling elements interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring, at least one containment cage for keeping the rolling elements of the rolling element row in position, and a seal interposed between the radially inner ring and the radially outer ring. An anchoring element mechanically locks the seal in a first seat of the radially inner ring, and the anchoring element is housed in a second seat of the radially outer ring.
US11578757B2
A sealing apparatus includes: an annular reinforcement ring around an axis; and an annular elastic body part around the axis, which is attached to the reinforcement ring and is formed of an elastic body. The elastic body part has: a side lip, an intermediate lip, and a grease lip. A grease as a lubricant is applied to respective inner peripheral side surfaces of the side lip, the intermediate lip, and the grease lip. A thickener of the grease includes no urea-based thickener. In a usage state of the sealing apparatus, a cross sectional area of an inter-lip space enclosed by the side lip, the intermediate lip, and a hub ring is equal to or greater than 3.5 mm2.
US11578751B2
A component assembly is described which consists of a component and an element attached to the component and formed as an alignment element. The element has a head part, a component contact surface provided at an end face of the head part and a collar arranged inside the component contact surface and projecting away from it. The collar has a cross-sectional shape which is non-circular. The collar is inserted with clearance into an aperture of the component formed complimentary to the cross-sectional shape of the collar and has outer surfaces which converge in the direction of the said end face of the head part and with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the element and form an acute angle with the latter. The marginal region of the aperture of the component adjacent to the component contact surface extends into recesses formed between the collar and the end face of the head part but does not reach the base of the recesses, with a free space arising which ensures a lateral alignment movement of the element relative to the component. An axial separation of the element from the component is prevented as a result of material overlap of the component material with the collar within the recesses. Elements and methods for manufacture of the component assembly are also claimed.
US11578749B2
A self-tapping screw for use in securing at least two materials together. The self-tapping screw may include a screw cap that receives a screw body to reinforce the strength of the screw head. The screw cap is composed of a zinc-aluminum alloy that may be die casted and provides additional strength and hardness to the attached screw body. The screw cap has a rolled flange that helps to securely retain the flat rim of the attached screw body.
US11578741B2
A fastener, includes a first clip member having a first base portion and two first arm portions that extend upwardly from two sides of the first base portion, a second clip member locked with the first clip member and having a second base portion and two second arm portions that extend upwardly from two sides of the second base portion, and at least one hook portion extending from a distal end of one of the first and second arm portions, wherein the first and second clip members are arranged horizontally along two different directions, the second base portion is positioned on the first base portion.
US11578738B1
A vortex water flow accelerator comprises a joint pipe with a water inlet and a water outlet, a water outlet barrel connected to one end of the joint pipe, and a plurality of spiral blades arranged in the water outlet barrel and connected with the joint pipe, wherein the size of the water outlet is smaller than that of the water inlet, and the inner wall of the joint pipe sequentially forms an annular surface and a first conical surface along a direction from the water inlet to the water outlet, and the outer wall of the joint pipe is formed with a second conical surface, on which a plurality of splitter plates uniformly distributed at the circumference are formed; the splitter plate protrudes from the water outlet end face of the joint pipe, the water outlet barrel has a small diameter end and a large diameter end, and the small diameter end is connected to the splitter plate, so that a secondary water inlet is formed between the second conical surface, the water outlet barrel and two adjacent splitter plates; the water outlet is smaller than the water inlet, the cross-section decreases to increase the flow velocity of the water flow passing through; the first conical surface can well reduce the resistance to the water flow, maximizing the increase of the flow velocity, while the secondary water inlet simultaneously feeds water to further increase the water volume, and the second conical surface also gives the minimum resistance to the water flow.
US11578737B2
A milling machine may have a frame, ground engaging tracks that support the frame, and an actuator that adjusts a height of the frame relative to the track. The milling machine may have a control valve that selectively controls a flow of fluid into or out of the actuator based on the current supplied to the control valve. The milling machine may have a controller that determines the amount of current required to operate the actuator at a nominal actuator velocity and supplies that current to the control valve. The controller determines a measured actuator velocity based on a time required to extend or retract the actuator by a predetermined length, and adjusts the amount of current based on the measured and nominal actuator velocities. The controller also supplies the adjusted amount of current to the control valve to adjust the height of the frame relative to the track.
US11578734B2
A ceiling fan assembly or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. The ceiling fan assembly can further include a hanger ball with an indexing pin. The ball hanger can be received by a mounting bracket so that, via an alignment guide, the indexing pin of the hanger ball aligns with an indexing groove on the mounting bracket.
US11578733B2
The disclosure relates to a centrifugal compressor and a diffuser; the diffuser includes a pressure drive mechanism, a first diffuser part, a second diffuser part and a movable diffuser part movable diffuser part being connected with the pressure drive mechanism and movably arranged on one of the first diffuser part and the second diffuser part; moreover, the movable diffuser part gets close to or leaves away from the other one of the first diffuser part and the second diffuser parts under the action of a pressure medium in the pressure drive mechanism so as to adjust a width of a pressure diffusion flow channel and prevent adverse phenomena such as gas flow stall and surging.
US11578723B2
A screw compressor for a utility vehicle has at least one female screw, at least one male screw that meshes with the female screw, and at least one screw compressor drive which drives the female screw.
US11578721B2
An oil-free scroll air compressor, includes two fixed scrolls and a movable scroll with scroll wraps on both sides. The fixed scrolls each are provided on an end surface thereof with scroll wraps. The movable scroll with scroll wraps on both sides is provided on both end surfaces thereof with scroll wraps. The two fixed scrolls and the movable scroll with scroll wraps on both sides together form two gas compression channels located on two sides. The scroll warps on a same end surface are configured as a double-parallel-groove structure, which further divides the gas compression channel on the same side into two gas compression channels, thereby increasing displacement of the scroll air compressor. After a gas is introduced through a gas inlet on a circumferential surface of the fixed scroll, the gas is compressed in multiple compression channels and then discharged from a center of the scroll air compressor.
US11578716B2
A tubing assembly is provided that can comprise a plurality of tubes or lumens that can be disposed within a head of a peristaltic pump. The tubing assembly can provide a flow rate or volume capacity that is generally equal to or greater than that achieved with a comparable prior art tube while operating at higher pressures than that possible using the prior art tube. Further, in accordance with some embodiments, the tubing assembly can achieve a longer working life than a comparable prior art tube, and the load on the pump motor can be reduced such that the pump life is increased and/or a larger pump motor is not required to achieve such advantageous results.
US11578715B2
A pump is provided with a pump housing, a vibrating portion, a driving portion, and a displacement regulating portion. The pump housing internally has a pump chamber. The vibrating portion is supported against the pump housing in the pump chamber and divides the pump chamber into a first pump chamber and a second pump chamber. The driving portion drives the vibrating portion so as to bend and vibrate the vibrating portion in a predetermined direction. The displacement regulating portion is positioned to prevent displacement of the vibrating portion that results in plastic deformation.
US11578711B2
A fluid routing plug for use with a fluid end section. The fluid end section being one of a plurality of fluid end sections making up a fluid end side of a high pressure pump. The fluid routing plug is installed within a horizontal bore formed in a fluid end section and is configured to route fluid between an intake and discharge bore. The fluid routing plug comprises a plurality of first and second fluid passages. The first and second passages do not intersect and are offset from one another. The first fluid passages are configured to direct fluid delivered to the horizontal bore from intake bores towards a reciprocating plunger. The second fluid passages are configured to direct fluid pressurized by the plunger towards a discharge bore.
US11578698B2
A foundation for a windmill with a base ring composed of prefabricated concrete elements and divided into several ring sections and support elements extending radially outward from the base ring, wherein the base ring is supported on the support elements by primary strut ribs and wherein a mounting ring, which is divided into several ring sections and composed of prefabricated concrete elements, is placed on the base ring and connected to the base ring, wherein the construction ring is supported by secondary strut ribs on the primary strut ribs.
US11578691B2
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for wave power generation. In one aspect, a wave power generator device includes a stator assembly and a rotor assembly encased within a tube frame. The stator assembly includes an array of inductor coils in a fixed position within a cavity of the tube frame and a plurality of bearings coupled to the tube frame. The rotor assembly includes a turbine rotor having a central hub and peripheral blades coupled to a high inertia annular flywheel that is moveably engaged with the bearings of the stator assembly, and an array of magnets arranged to be evenly spaced and of alternating axial polarity from one another extending from the annular flywheel into the cavity between the array of inductor coils, such that electric currents are produced based on magnetic field interaction of the magnets with the inductor coils during the rotation of the annular flywheel.
US11578681B2
A pulse combustor system for operating pulse combustors in anti-phase. The pulse combustor system includes two pulse combustors connected at their combustion chambers by a connecting tube. Each of the pulse combustors has a fundamental oscillation mode and one or more additional oscillation modes when operated in isolation. The connecting tube has a length corresponding to ¼ of the fundamental oscillation mode wavelength.
US11578674B2
The invention relates to a method of controlling operation of an ICE arrangement (1), comprising acquiring (100) a first signal indicative of a required torque; acquiring (102) a second signal indicative of a temperature (T) of an EATS (23); and when the second signal indicates that the temperature (T) of the EATS (23) is lower than a predefined first threshold temperature (T1): determining (108; 118) an amount of second fuel (17) needed to deliver the required torque; supplying the amount of second fuel (17); controlling (112; 122) an inlet valve (19) to allow flow of a second fuel-air mix into the cylinder (3); injecting first fuel (13) into the cylinder (3) when the second fuel-air mix is compressed by the piston (9), resulting in flame propagation ignition of the second fuel-air mix; and controlling (116; 126) and outlet valve (21) to allow flow of exhaust from the cylinder (3) during an exhaust stroke (ES) of the piston (9).
US11578669B2
A system has: a combustor; a plenum surrounding the combustor; a transfer tube having an inlet fluidly connected to the plenum and at least two outlets, a first flow passageway defined between the inlet and a first outlet, a second flow passageway defined between the inlet and a second outlet, the second flow passageway connected to a discharge region outside of the plenum; a flow valve disposed within the second flow passageway and operable between an open position and a closed position, in the open position the flow valve fluidly connects the plenum with the discharge region, in the closed position the flow valve blocking fluid communication between the plenum and the discharge region; and a controller communicatively coupled to the flow valve to control operation thereof by: causing the flow valve to open for a time period; and subsequent to the time period, causing the flow valve to close.
US11578668B2
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section. The turbine section includes a high pressure turbine comprising a plurality of turbine blades. The gas turbine engine includes a tap for tapping air that is compressed by the compressor, to be passed through a heat exchanger to cool the air, the cooled air to be passed to the plurality of turbine blades. A sensor is located downstream of a leading edge of the combustor, and is configured to measure a characteristic of the cooled air. A controller is configured to compare the measured characteristic to a threshold and control an operating condition of the gas turbine engine based on the comparison.
US11578651B2
A propulsor section includes a propulsor having a plurality of blades rotatable about an engine longitudinal axis. A compressor section includes a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor. A turbine section includes a low pressure turbine that drives the propulsor through an epicyclic gear arrangement, and includes a second turbine that drives the high pressure compressor. A power ratio is provided by the combination of a first power input of the low pressure compressor and a second power input of the high pressure compressor. The power ratio is defined by the second power input divided by the first power input. The power ratio is equal to, or greater than, 1.0 and less than, or equal to, 1.4.
US11578645B2
A valve system comprising a valve chamber at a junction of an inlet port, an outlet port and a bypass port, the inlet port configured for fluid communication with exhaust gas, the outlet port configured for fluid communication with an inlet of a turbine, and the bypass port configured for fluid communication with an exhaust aftertreatment device; a rotary valve comprising a valve rotor which rotates about a valve axis within the valve chamber between a first position to permit gas flow through the bypass port and a second position to block gas flow. At least one of the valve rotor and the valve chamber comprises a protrusion and the other comprises a recess, wherein, in the first position, the protrusion and recess are spaced from one another, and, in the second position the recess receives the protrusion such that gas flow between the protrusion and recess is substantially prevented.
US11578641B2
A thermostat device (8) for a cooling system in a vehicle. The device (8) includes a thermostat housing (15) enclosing a movably arranged valve body (16, 20, 34, 44). The valve body is configured to distribute coolant from a thermostat chamber (15a) to a radiator bypass line (9) and/or a radiator (11) in dependence on the position of the valve body. The device (8) has a first thermal expansion element (31) providing a first stroke of a valve body (16, 20, 34, 44) in response to the temperature of the coolant in a the pilot chamber (14a), and a second thermal expansion element (32) providing a second stroke of the valve body (16, 20, 34, 44) in response to the temperature of the coolant in the thermostat chamber (15a) such that the valve body (16, 20, 34, 44) is moved to a position defined by the strokes from the thermal expansion elements (31, 32). The pilot chamber (14a) has an outlet passage (14b) for directing coolant from the pilot chamber (14a) to the thermostat chamber (15a).
US11578635B2
A post-treatment system includes two SCRs, a second SCR is connected to a booster in parallel, and a three-way valve is arranged before the second SCR and the booster, such that whether an exhaust gas flows through the second SCR or the booster is controlled by means of controlling the three-way valve. In the case of a low temperature, the three-way valve is controlled to close a branch of the booster, such that the exhaust gas flows through the second SCR and a first SCR that are connected in series, thereby reducing the energy loss caused by the exhaust gas flowing through the booster, and improving the NOx conversion efficiency in the case of a low temperature. In a case of a high temperature, the three-way valve is controlled to close a by-pass line, such that the exhaust gas flows through the booster and the first SCR.
US11578632B2
An exhaust gas heater for an exhaust gas system of a combustion engine includes a carrier and at least one heating conductor through which a current flows. The heating conductor is mounted on the carrier. The heating conductor is provided via separation from a metal flat material blank. A method of making an exhaust gas heater includes a step of separating the heating conductor from the metal flat material blank.
US11578627B2
A device for controlling an exhaust sound of a vehicle includes a sound tunnel mounted near a muffler and an exhaust pipe so as to transmit exhaust sound to an interior of a vehicle, a sound introduction hole formed in the sound tunnel, and a catalytic assembly mounted in the sound tunnel so as to clog the sound introduction hole, the catalytic assembly functioning to reduce high-frequency noise and to filter exhaust gas, thereby reducing high-frequency noise included in the exhaust sound transmitted to the interior of the vehicle and thereby filtering the exhaust gas so as to prevent introduction of the exhaust gas into the interior of the vehicle.
US11578624B2
The present invention is related to a multiple-inlet turbine casing (16) for a turbine rotor (60) which comprises a first fluid supply channel (70) configured to direct a first working fluid onto the turbine rotor (60) and a second fluid supply channel (74) configured to direct a second working fluid to impart torque on the turbine rotor (60) in the same direction as the direction in which torque is imparted on the turbine rotor (60) by the first working fluid. The first working fluid is an exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine and the second fluid may be steam and the turbine may be an inverted-Brayton-cycle turbine for recovery of waste energy from the exhaust gas of said internal combustion engine. Thus, the number of turbine rotors is reduced in comparison to a system comprising a single turbine for each distinct working fluid.
US11578603B2
A turbine blade includes: a platform; an airfoil portion extending from the platform in a blade height direction and having a pressure surface and a suction surface extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge; a blade root portion positioned opposite to the airfoil portion across the platform in the blade height direction and having a bearing surface; and a shank positioned between the platform and the blade root portion. The shank has a cross-section which is perpendicular to the blade height direction of the airfoil portion, and in which a line segment connecting a widthwise center position of a leading-edge-side end portion of the shank and a widthwise center position of a trailing-edge-side end portion of the shank is sloped to a center line between a pressure-surface-side contour of the blade root portion and a suction-surface-side contour of the blade root portion.
US11578590B2
An untethered apparatus for measuring properties along a subterranean well includes a housing, and one or more sensors configured to measure data along the subterranean well. The data includes one or more physical, chemical, geological or structural properties in the subterranean well. The untethered apparatus further includes a processor configured to control the one or more sensors measuring the data and to store the measured data, and a transmitter configured to transmit the measured data to a receiver arranged external to the subterranean well. Further, the untethered apparatus includes a controller configured to control the buoyancy or the drag of the untethered apparatus to control a position of the untethered apparatus in the subterranean well. The processor includes instructions defining measurement parameters for the one or more sensors of the untethered apparatus within the subterranean well.
US11578587B2
Sensors may be located remotely from a rig of a well. The sensors may operate independently of the rig, and generate remote sensor information that characterizes operating characteristics of the well independent of the rig. The operation of the well may be analyzed based on the remote sensor information.
US11578581B2
A method for enhanced depth penetration of energy into a formation may include mechanically stimulating proppant in proppant-containing fractures in the formation at a first frequency to induce mechanical stress in the proppant and directing electromagnetic radiation at a second frequency into the proppant-containing fractures of the formation while mechanically stimulating the proppant, wherein the first frequency and the second frequency are the same or different and wherein the proppant includes silica.
US11578580B2
A hydraulic fracturing system for fracturing a subterranean formation includes a support structure that includes an electric powered pump, arranged in a first area, the electric powered pump powered by at least one electric motor, also arranged in the first area. The system further includes a variable frequency drive (VFD), arranged in a second area proximate the first area, connected to the at least one electric motor to control the speed of the at least one electric motor. The system includes a transformer, arranged in a third area proximate the second area. The system also includes a slide out platform integrated into the first area, the slide out platform being driven between a retracted position and a deployed position.
US11578579B2
A frac system includes power generation equipment and a power storage device used to provide electric power to one or more pieces of frac equipment. The frac system includes a power controller used to control the source of the power to the frac equipment. The power controller may measure the charge status for the power storage device and the electrical power load being used by the frac equipment. The power controller may engage or disengage the power generation equipment based on the measured charge status and electrical power load, may control the source of the power provided to the frac equipment, and may control whether the power storage device is being charged.
US11578573B2
The invention relates to a method for recovery of hydrocarbons present in an underground formation by injection of a saline aqueous solution comprising at least one surfactant, by means of a numerical flow simulator including a model of the evolution of the interfacial tension between the saline aqueous solution and the hydrocarbons as a function at least of salinity, wherein the interfacial tension evolution model is calibrated as follows: i) carrying out interfacial tension measurements for a plurality of emulsions having distinct salinity values corresponding at least to the optimum salinity, to two salinities bounding the optimum salinity in a 5-10% limit, to the zero salinity and to the solubility limit of the salts; ii) determining the constants of the interfacial tension evolution model by minimizing a difference between the model and the interfacial tension measurements.
US11578571B2
Systems and methods include a system for controlling a downhole multi-circuit switch using a downhole actuator mechanism. A command is sent, by a surface controller coupled to downhole electrically-powered equipment in a wellbore of a well, to change electrical power flow in a multi-circuit switch to a specified position of multiple positions. A connection between the surface controller and the downhole electrically-powered equipment includes at least two separate input electrical connections for supplying electrical power to the downhole electrically-powered equipment. The command is received by a downhole actuator mechanism from the surface controller. The command indicates to switch from a first electrical connection of the at least two separate input electrical connections to a second electrical connection of the at least two separate input electrical connections. The multi-circuit switch is switched by the downhole actuator mechanism based on the command to change a power source of the downhole electrically-powered equipment, including isolating a first input electrical connection.
US11578564B2
Systems and methods for determining shear failure of a rock formation are disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a processor, a plurality of parameters related to physical properties of the rock formation, applying the plurality of parameters to a predetermined failure criterion, and determining shear failure of the rock formation based on the failure criterion. In some embodiments the failure criterion is a modified Hoek-Brown failure criterion that takes into consideration an intermediate principal stress, and the difference between normal stresses and an average confining stress.
US11578562B2
A valve assembly for integration within a wellbore string disposed within a subterranean reservoir is provided. The valve assembly includes a valve housing having one or more injection ports for establishing fluid communication between a central passage and the reservoir. The valve assembly includes a valve sleeve operatively mounted within the valve housing and comprising a fluid channel adapted to establish fluid communication between the central passage and the injection ports, and configured to create a fluid flowrate restriction. The valve assembly has a flow adjuster connectable to the valve sleeve, and is selectively arranged to align an opening with the fluid channel and allow fluid to flow from the fluid channel through the opening to the injection port, wherein connecting the flow adjuster to the valve sleeve defines a flow length of the fluid channel to adjust the fluid restriction created by the fluid channel.
US11578560B2
A liner string includes a liner hanger assembly and a liner hanger deployment assembly. The liner hanger assembly includes a liner hanger. The liner hanger includes a plurality of slips and a liner hanger actuation assembly configured to set the plurality of slips. The liner hanger deployment assembly is disposed within the liner hanger assembly. The liner hanger deployment assembly includes a setting tool configured to selectively allow fluid communication between a central bore of the setting tool and the liner hanger actuation assembly.
US11578554B2
A packer for wells can include a body having a tubular shape, a sealing element having an upward end and a downward end and disposed around the body. The packer also includes a first prop upward of the sealing element, and a second prop downward of the sealing element. The first prop is configured to wedge under the upward end of the sealing element and the second prop is configured to wedge under the downward end of the sealing element to push the sealing element outward at both the upward end and the downward end.
US11578553B2
A tubing hanger assembly is provided which includes an annular tubing hanger body, a lockdown feature, an annular load member positioned on the body below the lockdown feature and rotatable relative to the body, and an annular load shoulder axially displaceable relative to the body. The load shoulder is associated with the load member such that in a first rotational position of the load member the load shoulder is spaced a first axial distance from the lockdown feature, and in a second rotational position of the load member the load shoulder is spaced a second axial distance from the lockdown feature, the second distance being greater than the first distance.
US11578541B2
A horizontal directional drilling machine having a modular pipe loader system. The system comprises a first and second pipe loader assembly supported on a drill frame. Each assembly supports a shuttle arm. The shuttle arms are configured to move independently of one another along a shuttle path that is traverse to a longitudinal axis of the drill frame. Movement of each shuttle arm is powered by an actuator supported on each pipe loader assembly. Each pipe loader assembly includes a sensor used to measure parameters related to the position of each shuttle arm relative to the drill frame. A controller analyzes the measured parameters and directs operation of each actuator in order to keep the shuttle arms moving in unison during operation.
US11578539B2
A dissolvable connector allows a wireline or similar conveyance to be detached from a downhole tool or device based on conditions in a downhole environment instead of an external action, such as application of tension or an electrical pulse. The dissolvable connector can be strategically positioned to allow retrieval of expensive tools and equipment that are located above the connector. A protective sheath may be provided around the dissolvable connector that opens or unsheathes based on conditions in the downhole environment (e.g., pressure, temperature), a telemetry signal (e.g., from the surface or from a tool string), or tension, to provide greater control over the timing of the release of the dissolvable connector. Such a dissolvable connector allows the device to be detached from the conveyance without the need for wire-cutting operations or weak-point breaking operations.
US11578534B2
A drive fluid inlet is at an uphole end of the submersible pump top drive. A removable hydraulic motor is driven by drive fluid received by the drive fluid inlet. The removable hydraulic motor is separable from a downhole pump. A receiver is at a downhole end of the hydraulic motor. The receiver is configured to mate with the downhole pump. A drive fluid outlet is configured to expel the drive fluid after the drive fluid has flowed through the hydraulic motor. The drive fluid outlet is downhole of the drive fluid inlet.
US11578529B1
The present lift lock includes a slide having feet and a slot between the feet, where such slide further includes an interior generally full length wall for acting as a stop, and where such slide further includes gripping ribs that increase in width from the front end of the slide to the rear end of the slide.
US11578521B2
An opening and closing body drive mechanism that drives an opening and closing body between an open position and a closed position; a drive unit to drive the opening and closing body; a detecting unit to detect movement of the opening and closing body; and a control unit to control driving of the opening and closing body. The control unit carries out a feedback control to control driving of the opening and closing body such that the movement of the opening and closing body, detected with the detecting unit, matches a predetermined target value when no abnormality occurs in the detecting unit or in wiring connecting the detecting unit and the control unit.
US11578517B2
A system for improved window fall prevention provides removable attachment of a window screen frame to a window frame. Systems according to the disclosure provide removable attachment of a window screen frame to an anchor positioned in the window frame by means of a plurality of cables. The cables attach to the screen frame or rest against an exterior portion of the screen frame at an exterior end, are threaded through the screen frame, and include on an interior end, opposite the exterior end, a releasable attachment to the window frame anchor. The releasable attachment may be between a loop of cable formed at the interior end and the window frame anchor, where the window frame anchor may be a T-screw.
US11578510B2
Actuator apparatus and related methods for use with vehicle locks are disclosed. A disclosed locking system for a vehicle includes a movable component of the vehicle and a lock operatively coupled to the movable component. The locking system also includes an actuator assembly. The actuator assembly includes a housing coupled to a vehicle body, an actuator supported by the housing, and a linkage mechanism connecting the actuator to the lock. The locking system also includes an input device supported by the housing. Activation of the input device causes the actuator to change a state of the lock.
US11578501B2
A mosquito repellent and antibacterial tent includes a tent body, a first support bar and a second support bar. The tent body is formed by a base fabric entirely provided with a mosquito repellent agent and a waterproofing agent. An adhesive coating layer is provided on the base cloth. The tent body includes a plurality of first positioning parts. A side surface of the tent body has at least one opening. The first support bar and the second support bar are connected to the plurality of first positioning parts so as to be crossed to support the tent body. Thus, the mosquito repellent and antibacterial tent achieves mosquito repellent and antibacterial effects as well as being waterproof and sturdy.
US11578480B2
A grease interceptor and method of use thereof is provided for separating solids, fats, oils, and grease waste (“F.O.G.”), and other particulate matter. The grease interceptor receives waste water in a liquid storage area where solids in the waste water have residence time long enough to gravitationally separate towards the bottom of the liquid storage area and waste that is less dense than water floats to the top of the liquid storage area. A series of features including channels, interrupter plates, and walls can increase the residence time or otherwise improve the separation of waste from the water. In addition, embodiments of the grease interceptor can have tapered access holes that improve visual inspection of the liquid storage area of the grease interceptor.
US11578478B2
An example water center appliance configured to incorporate various features associated with a sink is provided. An example water center appliance includes a top section and a bottom section. In one example embodiment, the top section includes a sink basin, a faucet, a water filter assembly, a water inlet connection, and an electricity connection. In one example embodiment, the bottom section includes a first sliding drawer, and a second sliding drawer, wherein the first sliding drawer and the second sliding drawer are shaped to accommodate one or more components of the top section.
US11578477B2
An off-counter tableware, cookware or utensils drying/storage space includes a mix of drawers and/or shelves distributed in upper and/or lower locations. The drawers and shelves allow water to evaporate off tableware, cookware or utensil which have been cleaned and placed in the drawer/shelf wet and also direct any water which does not evaporate to a collection point. In addition, a communal washing and/or rinsing station includes a primary washing and rinsing device with a default-spray nozzle. The station can include a high flow filling device and a filtered water faucet.
US11578473B2
At least a portion of a first target design topography is positioned below an actual topography. At least a portion of a second target design topography is positioned below the actual topography and is inclined with respect to the first target design topography. A controller generates a command signal to operate a work implement according to the first target design topography in an area where the first target design topography is positioned above the second target design topography. The controller generates a command signal to operate the work implement according to the second target design topography in an area where the second target design topography is positioned above the first target design topography.
US11578470B2
A control system for the work vehicle includes a display, an input device, and a controller. The controller displays a current position of a work vehicle on a screen of a display. The controller receives a first input signal indicating an input operation by an operator from a input device. The controller determines, as a first position, the position of the work vehicle when the first input signal is received. The controller displays the first position on the screen of the display. The controller receives a second input signal indicating an input operation by an operator from the input device. The controller determines, as the second position, the position of the work vehicle when the second input signal is received. The controller determines a target design surface indicating a target trajectory of a work implement based on reference position information including at least the first position and the second position.
US11578450B2
A washing machine includes a water tub arranged in a case and a damper installed between the case and the water tub for damping vibrations of the water tub. The damper includes a plunger having one end supported on the case; a rod having one end supported on the water tub and the other end movably inserted to the plunger; a housing arranged to wrap around some of the plunger and the rod and including a friction member arranged between the housing and the plunger to contact an outer circumferential surface of the plunger; and a switching device configured to be in a first state in which the rod is coupled to the housing and able to move within the plunger along with the housing and a second state in which the rod is decoupled from the housing and able to move solely within the plunger.
US11578445B2
Provided are a washing machine in which an auxiliary door can be safely and conveniently used and a method of controlling the same. The auxiliary door through which laundry can be additionally put into the washing machine, and the auxiliary door can be safely locked/unlocked. Because an open/closed state of the auxiliary door can be indirectly determined through a locking/unlocking operation of the auxiliary door, even when a door opening/closing detecting device has broken down, the auxiliary door can be safely used. The auxiliary door is unlocked by default and conditions on which the auxiliary door is locked for safety if necessary, are minimized during an operation of the washing machine so that use convenience of the auxiliary door can be enhanced, and a locked state of the auxiliary door is maintained according to the amount of laundry so that the laundry can be safely put into the washing machine.
US11578441B2
Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for quilting webs without compressing the webs. A quilting machine includes a needle bar to which needles are attached, needle thread passing through each needle, a looper shaft to which loopers are attached, a looper corresponding to each needle and from which looper thread is provided to form stitches, and a retainer bar to which spreaders are attached to facilitate stitching. A drive pulley powered by a first servo motor rotates cranks to move the needles through a cycle and rotates a belt which rotates an indexer pulley. Rotation of the indexer pulley oscillates the looper shaft and reciprocates the retainer bar. Another drive pulley powered by a second servo motor operates to move an input web through the machine between chain stiches.
US11578440B2
A sewing machine for sewing a stitch into an article is provided. The sewing machine includes a support structure, a first head and a second head. The first head is coupled to the support structure and includes a coupler contained within a second actuator assembly and 360° rotatable relative to the support structure and a first stitching element rotatable with the coupler and translatable via a first actuator assembly relative to the coupler. The second head is coupled to the support structure and includes a coupler contained within the second actuator assembly and 360° degree rotatable relative to the support structure and a second stitching element rotatable with the coupler via the first actuator assembly.
US11578437B2
A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
US11578436B2
A knitting machine part comprises a plurality of tool guides, each for one knitting tool. Each tool guide has a hardened region. The majority of the hardened regions are formed to be integral without seams or joints which transition integrally into adjacent, non-hardened regions. At least one hardened region of the knitting machine part is formed by a non-integral region, in that a hardened, separate component is arranged there, which forms the non-integral hardened region. The component can be designed as an insert part and inserted in a receptacle recess. The integral regions are preferably formed by induction hardening of a knitting machine part which is not yet hardened, wherein a separate hardened component can be arranged in each insufficiently hardened region in order to provide a hardened, non-integral region.
US11578433B2
The invention concerns a method for producing a carbon fibre, that comprises a step of preparing a continuous fibre made of cellulose from cotton fabrics, by extracting, from these fabrics, cotton in the form of short, discontinuous fibres, and implementing a solvent spinning process; this step being followed by a step of carbonising said obtained continuous fibre made from cellulose, in order to form a carbon fibre. This carbon fibre can be used, in particular, for producing articles made from composite material made from carbon fibres and polymer organic resin.
US11578432B2
Systems and methods are provided for fabrication of enhanced carbon fiber laminates that utilize encapsulated catalyst. One embodiment is a method that includes acquiring a batch of dry fibers, and acquiring a batch of catalyst capsules that each comprise catalyst that accelerates polymerization of monomers of a resin, and a shell that encapsulates the catalyst and liquefies at a curing temperature. The method further includes interspersing the catalyst capsules among the dry fibers, and impregnating the fibers with the resin after interspersing the catalyst capsules with the fibers.
US11578431B2
The present disclosure provides a unique method of making a fine fiber that is formed from a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. The present disclosure also provides a unique method of coating a fine fiber with a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. The present disclosure further provides fine fibers wherein the entirety of the fiber is formed from a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. Also provided are filter media and filter substrates including the fine fibers.
US11578426B2
Provided herein are libraries containing polynucleotides, where one of the polynucleotides encodes an antibody heavy chain with specific hypervariable regions HVR-H1 and HVR-H2. Further provided herein are libraries containing polynucleotides encoding a plurality of unique antibodies, wherein each antibody comprises a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region. Also provided are antibodies, polypeptide libraries, vector libraries, cells, non-human animals, antibody heavy chains, methods of making an antibody library, kits, and methods of generating a bispecific antibody related thereto.
US11578423B2
A magnet coil for magnetic Czochralski single crystal growth includes: a first coil, a second coil, and an auxiliary coil arranged between the first coil and the second coil. A distance between the first coil and a first edge of the auxiliary coil close to the first coil is equal to a distance between the second coil and a second edge of the auxiliary coil close to the second coil. The auxiliary coil, the first coil and the second coil have a common central axis. When being energized, a direction of a current in the first coil is opposite to a direction of a current in the second coil, and a magnetic field generated by a current in the auxiliary coil is used for enhancing a cusp magnetic field between the first coil and the second coil.
US11578421B2
A method of fabricating and using a zinc negative electrode and systems thereof are described. A zinc electroplated electrode including a layer of zinc metal bonded to a surface of an electrically conductive current collector is fabricated by an electroplating process using a zinc electroplating system. The zinc electroplating system includes: a zinc metal anode, a cathode including the current collector for plating zinc thereon, and an electrolyte bath comprising zinc ions. The electroplating process bonds the zinc metal to the surface of the current collector to create the electroplated zinc electrode. The electroplated zinc electrode is used as a negative electrode in a zinc metal cell. The zinc metal cell may be a primary cell or a secondary cell.
US11578416B2
The plant control method includes the following. Calculating a first reference amount to be supplied for an amount of hydrogen to be supplied to a second production device (40). Making a decision on whether or not the amount of remaining hydrogen in a storage device (20) at the beginning of a subject term falls within a reference range.
US11578401B2
An ARC evaporator comprising: a cathode assembly comprising a cooling plate (11), a target (1) as cathode element, an electrode arranged for enabling that an arc between the electrode and the front surface (1A) of the target (1) can be established—a magnetic guidance system placed in front of the back surface (1 B) of the target (i) comprising means for generating one or more magnetic whereas: —the borders of the cathode assembly comprise a surrounding shield (15) made of ferromagnetic material, wherein the surrounding shield (15) has a total height (H) in the transversal direction, said total height (H) including a component (C) for causing a shielding effect of magnetic field lines extending in any longitudinal directions, establishing in this manner the borders of the cathode assembly as limit of the extension of the magnetic field lines in any longitudinal direction.
US11578396B2
Provided is Mg-based alloy wrought material having improved ductility, formality, and resistance against fracture. Intermetallic compounds may be formed by mutual bonding of added elements to be a fracture origin. While maintaining microstructure for activating non-basal dislocation movement of Mg-based alloy wrought material, added elements to create no fracture origin, but to promote grain boundary sliding were found from among inexpensive and versatile elements. Provided is Mg-based alloy wrought material including at least one element from Zr, Bi, and Sn and at least one element from Al, Zn, Ca, Li, Y, and Gd wherein remainder comprises Mg and unavoidable impurities; an average grain size in a parent phase is 20 μm or smaller; a value of (σmax−σbk)/σmax (maximum load stress (σmax), breaking stress (σbk)) in a stress-strain curve obtained by tension-compression tests of the wrought material is 0.2 or higher; and resistance against breakage shows 100 kJ or higher.
US11578385B2
Provided is a device for continuously decomposing a rare earth concentrate ore. The device includes a body, a bidirectional propeller and a driving assembly. The body has a material inlet, two liquid inlets and two exhaust gas outlets disposed at the top of the body, two material outlets disposed at the bottom of the body and a heat preservation chamber provided inside a side wall of the body. The bidirectional propeller is provided in the body and extends along a length direction of the body. The driving assembly is connected to the rotating shaft.
US11578382B2
The present invention relates to a hot stamped component, a precoated steel sheet used for hot stamping, and a hot stamping process. The hot stamped component of the present invention is provided with a coating of aluminium or an aluminium alloy on at least one surface of the base steel, the coating is produced by interdiffusion between the base steel and a precoating of aluminium or aluminium alloy, and the coating has a thickness of 6 to 26 μm.
US11578363B2
Described herein are methods for determining a sequence of a region of interest from an mRNA molecule. Sequenced polynucleotides can include a barcode region, a homopolymer region (e.g., a poly-A region), and a target region associated with the mRNA molecule. According to some methods, the barcode region omits the same base present in the homopolymer region. According to some methods, extension of the primer used for sequencing is stalled within the homopolymer region. According to some methods, sequencing flow cycles and the different barcode regions of the polynucleotides configured are such that the primer is extended to the end of the barcode region across the plurality of polynucleotides before being extended into the homopolymer region. According to some methods, two primers or a cleavable primer is used to separately sequence the barcode region and the target region.
US11578346B2
The present disclosure relates to a transformant for producing 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid. The transformant for producing 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid includes a Pseudomonas putida and at least one exogenous gene. The exogenous gene is an HmfH gene or an HMFO gene, and the exogenous gene is integrated into the chromosome of the Pseudomonas putida.
US11578344B2
The present invention is related to a novel enzymatic process for production of retinoids via a multi-step process, which process includes the use of heterologous enzymes having activity in a carotene-producing host cell, particularly wherein such process results in high percentage of retinoids, in trans-isoform.
US11578342B2
The disclosure discloses recombinant Bacillus subtilis for synthesizing guanosine diphosphate fucose and a construction method and application thereof. The recombinant Bacillus subtilis is obtained by intensively expressing guanylate kinase and nucleotide diphosphokinase genes and expressing exogenous fucokinase and phosphate guanylyltransferase genes in a genome of Bacillus subtilis 168. According to the disclosure, a bacterial strain for synthesizing the guanosine diphosphate fucose is obtained by reconstructing the Bacillus subtilis 168, with a volume of intracellular accumulation up to 196.15 g/L. According to the disclosure, by intensively expressing the guanylate kinase and nucleotide diphosphokinase genes, and enhancing the supply of intracellular GDP-L-fucose composition cofactors, the synthesis of the guanosine diphosphate fucose is promoted. The construction method for the recombinant Bacillus subtilis of the disclosure is simple and convenient to use, thus having good application prospects.
US11578338B2
This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for novel pesticidal proteins, polynucleotides encoding such proteins, use of such novel pesticidal proteins to control Hemipteran/Lepidopteran plant pests, and transgenic plants that produce, and are protected, by these novel pesticidal proteins are described.
US11578312B2
The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for altering expression of target gene sequences and related gene products. Provided are structural information on the Cas protein of the CRISPR-Cas system, use of this information in generating modified components of the CRISPR complex, vectors and vector systems which encode one or more components or modified components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors and components. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for utilizing the CRISPR-Cas system. In particular the present invention comprehends optimized functional CRISPR-Cas enzyme systems. In particular the present invention comprehends engineered new guide architectures and enzymes to be used in optimized Staphylococcus aureus CRISPR-Cas enzyme systems.
US11578297B2
A conjugation device includes at least one flow reactor having an inlet and an outlet, the flow reactor(s) being completely filled with a support such as a matrix including 1) chromatography beads, fibers or membranes, and 2) a biologic catalyzer, namely the enzyme ligase, which is immobilized onto this support; a fluid delivery unit in fluid communication with the inlet of the flow reactor(s) and configured to continuously provide the flow reactor(s) with at least one kind of reaction fluid such as antibody and linker-payload according to stages of the conjugation process, the at least one kind of process fluid including a first moiety and a second moiety of a conjugate to be produced; and a fluid collection unit in fluid communication with the outlet of the flow reactor(s) and configured to control collection of fluid flowing out of the outlet of the flow reactor(s) according to the stages of the conjugation process. In a period of enabling the at least one kind of reaction fluid to continuously flow through the flow reactor(s), a conjugation reaction is conducted between the first moiety and the second moiety under catalysis of the ligase to produce the conjugate.
US11578291B2
An improved cleaning composition in block form is described. The composition addresses the consumer issues of having a clear product that remains clear through the life of the product and also has favorable handling properties such as a high melting point and increased hardness. The improvements are the result of three essential ingredients of particular block copolymer nonionic surfactants, alkanecarboxylic salts, and particular solvents at restricted proportions in the overall composition that are molded into a cleaning composition in block form that exhibits a high melting point, hardness and high optical transmittance.
US11578277B2
The present invention discloses an integrated process scheme for producing (i) high-octane gasoline blending stream (ii) high aromatic heavy naphtha stream which is a suitable feedstock for benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX) production and (iii) high cetane ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD) stream suitable for blending in refinery diesel pool.
US11578276B2
A method for upgrading pyrolysis oil includes contacting a pyrolysis oil feed with hydrogen in the presence of a mixed metal oxide catalyst in a first slurry reactor, where: the pyrolysis oil feed comprises multi-ring aromatic compounds comprising greater than or equal to sixteen carbon atoms, and contacting the pyrolysis oil feed with hydrogen in the presence of the mixed metal oxide catalyst in the first slurry reactor to convert at least a portion of the multi-ring aromatic compounds in the pyrolysis oil feed to light aromatic compounds comprising di-aromatic compounds, tri-aromatic compounds, or both, passing an intermediate stream comprising the light aromatic compounds to a second slurry reactor downstream of the first slurry reactor; and contacting the intermediate stream with hydrogen in the presence of a mesoporous zeolite supported metal catalyst in a second slurry reactor.
US11578268B1
An improved surface material is particularly suited for non-turf baseball field applications such as the pitcher's mound and base paths. The material generally comprises clay, wax, Foots oil and sand and has a putty-like consistency. Cleats can penetrate the material but are not likely to pull it out in clumps upon removal of the cleats. Method for forming the surface includes pre-coating the soil with Foots oil and then spraying an emulsified wax on a surface and mixing it with the surface material.
US11578267B2
An object is to provide a new type of near-infrared ray-emitting phosphor which exhibits excellent emission intensity. A near-infrared ray-emitting phosphor is represented by a general formula, (Y, Lu, Gd)3-x-y (Ga,Al,Sc)5O12:(Crx,(Yb,Nd)y) (0.05
US11578266B2
The silyl phosphine compound of the present invention is represented by the formula (1) and has an arsenic content of not more than 1 ppm. The process for producing a silyl phosphine compound of the present invention is a process comprising mixing a basic compound, a silylating agent and phosphine to obtain a solution containing a silyl phosphine compound, removing a solvent from the solution to obtain a concentrated solution of a silyl phosphine compound, and distilling the concentrated solution, wherein an arsenic content in the phosphine is adjusted to not more than 1 ppm by volume in terms of arsine. The process for producing InP quantum dots of the present invention uses, as a phosphorus source, a silyl phosphine compound represented by the formula (1) and having an arsenic content of not more than 1 ppm by mass. (For definition of R, see the specification.)
US11578264B2
A light conversion device is disclosed. The light conversion device includes a substrate and a wavelength conversion element (111). The wavelength conversion element (111) includes an inorganic binder, such as sodium silicate. Also disclosed are phosphor wheels and light engines including such phosphor wheels. Further disclosed are high-power laser projection display systems comprising a laser having a power of from about 60 W and about 300 W and a light conversion device. The use of an inorganic binder permits high thermal stability at reasonable cost.
US11578258B2
An omniphobic emulsion comprising an aqueous continuous phase having dispersed therein a plurality of non-aqueous discontinuous phase droplets; wherein the non-aqueous discontinuous phase droplets are characterized by a droplet size of less than about 100 micrometers (μm); wherein each of the plurality of non-aqueous discontinuous phase droplets comprises a plurality of surfactant molecules and an omniphobic agent, wherein each surfactant molecule has a hydrophilic head portion and a hydrophobic tail portion; wherein each of the plurality of non-aqueous discontinuous phase droplets comprises the plurality surfactant molecules having the hydrophilic head portions disposed into a droplet outer layer with the hydrophobic tail portions extending inward from the droplet outer layer toward the omniphobic agent; and wherein the droplet outer layer encloses the omniphobic agent.
US11578256B2
Formulations for fracturing fluids that include (i) a fluid (D) including an oil phase in which the fluid (D) is an inverse emulsion including a water-soluble polymer (B) and said oil phase; and (ii) particles of a water-soluble polymer (C), which are different than water-soluble polymer (B), wherein the particles of polymer (C) are dispersed in said oil phase as solid discrete particles. The fluid (D) includes at least 15wt % polymer (B).
US11578252B2
Methods and compositions for introducing a treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation wherein the treatment fluid comprises: a base fluid; and composite diverting particulates, wherein the composite diverting particulates each comprise a degradable polymer and an oil-soluble material, wherein the composite diverting particulate at least partially plugs a zone in the subterranean formation; and diverting at least a portion of the treatment fluid and/or a subsequently introduced fluid away from the zone.
US11578251B2
The invention relates to the technical field of oil and gas drilling, and discloses an amphiphilic block polymer ultralow-permeability agent and an intelligent temporary plugging type water-based drilling fluid. The ultralow-permeability agent contains a structural unit provided by styryl hydrophobic monomer, maleic anhydride and acrylamide; the drilling fluid contains two or more of water, sodium bentonite, Pac-Lv, the ultralow-permeability agent, calcium carbonate, one-way plugging agent, white asphalt and barite which are stored in a mixed manner or independently stored. When the amphiphilic block polymer provided by the invention is used as the ultralow-permeability agent of the intelligent temporary plugging type water-based drilling fluid, the self-adaptive characteristic is realized; according to the amphiphilic block polymer, temporary plugging layer gaps formed in pore and throats by plugging materials in drilling fluid can be fully filled under the condition that the sizes and the distribution of the pore and throats of reservoirs are not required to be clear, so that the permeability of temporary plugging layer is greatly reduced, ultralow-permeability is realized, and the amphiphilic block polymer is weak in tackifying effect, has gel-improving effect and can improve the rheological property of the drilling fluid.
US11578247B2
A process is provided for producing a biomass-derived rheology modifier, comprising: providing a pretreated feedstock comprising cellulose-rich solids; refining the cellulose-rich solids in a first high-intensity refining unit, generating refined cellulose solids; gelling the refined cellulose solids in a second high-intensity refining unit, thereby generating gelled cellulose solids; and homogenizing the gelled cellulose solids in a high-shear homogenizer, thereby generating a biomass-derived rheology modifier. The pretreated feedstock may include kraft pulp, sulfite pulp, AVAP® pulp, soda pulp, mechanical pulp, thermomechanical pulp, and/or chemimechanical pulp, derived from wood or lignocellulosic biomass. The pretreated feedstock may be GP3+® pulp, obtained from steam or hot-water extraction of lignocellulosic biomass. These rheology modifiers may be utilized in a wide variety of applications, including water-based or oil-based hydraulic fracturing fluid formulations, as gelling agents. These rheology modifiers are biodegradable, and their production does not directly involve chemicals other than biomass and water.
US11578242B2
The embodiments described herein generally relate to methods and chemical compositions for coating substrates with a composition. In one embodiment, an adhesive composition is provided comprising a reaction product of a polyacid selected from the group consisting of an aromatic polyacid, an aliphatic polyacid, an aliphatic polyacid with an aromatic group, and combinations thereof, or a diglycidyl ether; and a polyamine; and one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a branched aliphatic acid, a cyclic aliphatic acid with a cyclic aliphatic group, a linear aliphatic, and combinations thereof. The adhesive composition may be used to cover a substrate.
US11578238B2
Materials and methods for mitigating passive intermodulation. A membrane for reducing passive intermodulation includes a first polymeric layer, a second polymeric layer, and a continuous metal layer encapsulated between the first and second polymeric layers. A self-adhesive radio frequency barrier tape includes a waterproof polymeric top layer, a metal-containing layer adhered by an adhesive layer to the polymeric top layer, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adhered to the metal-containing layer, and a release liner on a bottom surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer. A method of mitigating passive intermodulation includes passing a probe over an area of interest, the probe being sensitive to an intermodulation frequency of interest, and identifying a suspected source of passive intermodulation when the amplitude of the probe output exceeds a threshold at the frequency of interest. The method further includes covering the suspected passive intermodulation source with a radio frequency barrier material.
US11578230B2
A method of producing a substrate includes: applying a composition on a metal basal plate to form a coating film; and forming a metal-containing layer on at least a part of the coating film. The composition contains a solvent, and a polymer having a first terminal structure and a second terminal structure in a single molecule. Each of the first terminal structure and the second terminal structure is at least one selected from the group consisting of a structure represented by formula (1) and a structure represented by formula (2). A1 and A2 each independently represent a monovalent group having a functional group capable of forming a chemical bond with a metal atom. L2 represents —S—, —NR—, or —NA22-, wherein A22 represents a monovalent group having a functional group capable of forming a chemical bond with a metal atom.
US11578225B2
A color conversion film is provided. The film includes at least one narrow band emission phosphor dispersed within a binder matrix, wherein the narrow band emission phosphor has a D50 particle size from about 0.1 μm to about 15 μm and is selected from the group consisting of a green-emitting U6+-containing phosphor, a green-emitting Mn2+-containing phosphor, a red-emitting phosphor based on complex fluoride materials activated by Mn4+, and a mixture thereof. A device is also provided.
US11578224B2
An ink set includes a first ink containing the compound represented by formula (y-1) or its salt, a second ink containing one or two or more of the compound represented by formula (m-1) or its salt, the compound represented by formula (m-2) or its salt, a compound represented by formula (m-3) or its salt, and the compound represented by formula (m-4) or its salt, and a third ink containing one or two or more of a compound represented by formula (c-1) or its salt, the compound represented by formula (c-2) or its salt, the compound represented by formula (c-3) or its salt, a compound represented by formula (c-4) or its salt, and the compound represented by formula (c-5) or its salt.
US11578223B2
An actinic radiation-curable inkjet ink according to the present invention contains an actinic radiation polymerizable compound and a linear styrene (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer dissolved therein. The styrene (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer has a softening point of 30 to 120° C., and a content of the styrene (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer is 1 to 50 wt % based on a total mass of the actinic radiation-curable inkjet ink.
US11578222B2
A thermal ink jet ink composition includes one or more volatile organic solvents, wherein the one or more volatile organic solvents comprise a solvent selected from C1-C4 alcohols, C3-C6 ketones, C3-C6 esters, C4-C8 ethers, and mixtures thereof. The one or more volatile organic solvents are present in an amount at least 60% by weight of the ink composition. The ink composition includes one or more binder resins present in an amount from 1% to 10% by weight of the ink composition, and one or more dyes. If water is present, it is present in amount less than 5% by weight of the ink composition. The ink composition includes less than 2% by weight of any humectant and/or wetting agent with a relative evaporation rate less than 0.3. The ink composition is suitable for use in a thermal ink jet printer.
US11578213B2
According to the invention there is provided an electrothermic composition comprising: a carbon component; a graphite component having a crystallinity of 99.9% and wherein the graphite is heat treated at a temperature of 2500° C. to 3000° C., and a binder, whereby the composition has a thermal coefficient of electrical resistance (TCR) of ±0.0001 to 0.0010 per ° C. over a temperature range of from about 20° C. to 60° C. in an airborne environment, wherein the ratio of the first conductive component and the second resistor component is selected between 10:1 to 1:10.
US11578207B2
The present application discloses interlayers comprising novel polyesteramides comprising diols with tunable properties based on the monomers and monomer ratios used to prepare the polyesteramides and varying the reaction conditions. The interlayers have improved properties and can be used in many different applications.
US11578195B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition for an odor-adsorbing molded article that is excellent in manufacturability, eliminates odor by exerting a high adsorbing effect on odorous organic matter originally contained in packaging materials and odor generated by the decomposition, etc. of resins constituting packages during disinfection/sterilization treatment such as UV irradiation, hot packing, boiling, γ ray irradiation, or EB irradiation, is less likely to desorb the odor once adsorbed and capable of efficiently adsorbing odor and therefore exerts a high adsorbing effect over a long period without reducing the ability to adsorb odor, and is excellent in resistance to change in taste and odor of contents, and an odor-adsorbing molded article prepared from the resin composition for an odor-adsorbing molded article. The present invention provides a resin composition for an odor-adsorbing molded article comprising at least thermoplastic resin A and an odor adsorbent material, wherein the odor adsorbent material comprises hydrophobic zeolite having a SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio of 30/1 to 8000/1, and a melt flow rate of the thermoplastic resin A is 5 g/min or more and 100 g/min or less, and an odor-adsorbing molded article prepared from the resin composition for an odor-adsorbing molded article.
US11578190B2
Disclosed are a resin composite having excellent soundproofing and mechanical properties, and a molded product including the same. The resin composite may include a resin composition, porous particles and a reinforcing material, and the molded product including the same include no volatile organic compounds (VOCs). As consequence, displeasure caused by generation of the VOCs and exhaust of toxic gas during combustion may be reduced thereby being environmentally friendly. Further, the resin composite and the molded product including the same demonstrate sufficient mechanical strength and may thus be directly applied to a housing or the like of an apparatus which generates noise without introduction of any additional soundproofing material. For example, the resin composite and the molded product may include a specific content of the porous particles having pores having a specific size to secure an appropriate volume fraction and may thus efficiently and economically block noise transmission.
US11578189B2
The present invention relates to an optical film exhibiting excellent optical properties such as low gloss value and reflectance, and an appropriate level of haze properties, and to an image display device including the same. The optical film comprises: a light-transmitting substrate film; an antiglare layer including a binder containing a (meth)acrylate-based crosslinked polymer, and organic fine particles of a micron (μm) scale dispersed on the binder and inorganic fine particles of a nanometer (nm) scale dispersed on the binder; and a low refractive index layer which is formed on the antiglare layer and includes a binder resin containing a (co)polymer of a photopolymerizable compound, and hollow silica particles dispersed in the binder resin, wherein the organic and inorganic fine particles exhibit a predetermined particle size distribution, refractive index difference, and content range.
US11578187B2
A crystalline pigment or colorant composition having high color intensity and/or low sugar content, and methods and processes of preparation. The composition may comprise purified fruit and/or vegetable color juices.
US11578185B2
A composite molded article obtained by laser welding molded article composed of a polyester resin composition having a crystallinity of 15% or more as calculated with fast scanning calorimetry by a calculation method, wherein the calculation method includes using fast scanning calorimetry, the polyester resin composition is heated from 30° C. to 260° C. at 10000° C./second, then maintained at 260° C. for 0.1 second, then cooled to 80° C. at 5000° C./second, maintained at 80° C. for 0.1 second, then cooled to −70° C. at 5000° C./second, and then heated to 260° C. at 1000° C./second, after which the curve obtained is used to calculate the crystallinity.
US11578181B2
The present invention relates to a thermally expandable composition comprising at least one peroxidically crosslinking polymer which does not contain glycidyl (meth) acrylate as a monomer in copolymerized form; at least one polymer, which is polymerized with glycidyl (meth) acrylate as a monomer present in a proportion of from 2 to 20% by weight, based on the respective polymer; at least one peroxide; and at least one endothermic chemical propellant, moldings containing this composition, and a method for sealing and filling cavities in components, for reinforcing or stiffening components, in particular hollow components, and for bonding movable components using such molded bodies.
US11578180B2
Disclosed herein are finished products, methods, compositions and kits for derivatizing plastic (e.g., “polymer”) surfaces in a manner that renders the surfaces appropriate for various downstream applications. For example, flow cells incorporating modified plastic surfaces provide greatly enhanced stability for retention of attached chemical species such as polypeptides and nucleic acids.
US11578173B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a hydrogel nanomembrane comprising: a) formation of a non-cross-linked hydrogel nanofilm on a first substrate; b) cross-linking the non-cross-linked hydrogel with a cross-linking agent to obtain a cross-linked hydrogen nanomembrane; and c) transferring the cross-linked hydrogel nanomembrane to a second substrate, a respective cross-linked hydrogel nanomembrane, a TEM grid comprising the same and use thereof.
US11578171B2
The invention relates to a thermoplastic composition comprising (A) a semi-aromatic copolyamide comprising repeat units derived from diamine consisting primarily of tetramethylene diamine and hexamethylene diamine, or pentamethylene diamine and hexamethylene diamine, and dicarboxylic acid consisting primarily of terephthalic acid, having a VN of at least 100 ml/g; and (B) a reinforcing agent. The invention also relates to a plastic part made of the thermoplastic composition. The invention further relates to an automotive vehicle comprising a structural part made of the thermoplastic composition and to an electrical assembly comprising a plastic component made of the thermoplastic composition.
US11578170B2
A composition including at least one polyamide polymer obtained from at least one reactive polyamide prepolymer including at least one chain extender (PA1-All1-PA1), the polyamide polymer being prepared at a temperature T1 no lower than the temperature melting temperature or glass transition temperature of the polymer and having a mean molecular weight Mn1. The composition has a melt viscosity which can be modulated according to the temperature to which the composition is exposed, wherein the temperature is between T2 and T3, T2 and T3 being higher than T1, and the melt viscosity η2 or η′3 observed at the temperature T2 or T3, respectively, being lower than the melt viscosity η2 or η3 of the polyamide polymer, which does not include a chain extender and has the same mean molecular weight Mn1(PA1) observed at the same temperature T2 or T3. The composition includes one or more polyamides.
US11578167B2
The present invention relates to sulfur-containing polyester polyols and to the preparation and use thereof.
US11578161B2
Provided is a resin composition including at least one (meth)acrylate monomer, a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, and at least one photo initiator. The urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer includes a phosphate ester group and is represented by Formula 1. Accordingly, the resin composition may exhibit satisfactory compatibility before curing and may exhibit excellent adhesion after curing.
US11578151B2
Compression blow formed articles having improved barrier properties and methods of making the same are provided herein.
US11578143B2
A crosslinked rubber composition contains ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer rubber crosslinked with a rotaxane compound having a cyclic molecule and an axial molecule penetrating through the cyclic molecule. In the crosslinked rubber composition, the ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer rubber contains vinylnorbornene, dicyclopentadiene, or tetrahydroindene as a diene component, and the rotaxane compound has a nitrile oxide group on the cyclic molecule and one end of the axial molecule, and the cyclic molecule is crown ether.
US11578137B2
This invention relates to inhibition of the complement signaling using an anti-C5 antibody. Specifically, the invention relates to methods of treating a complement-mediated disease or complement-mediated disorder in an individual by contacting the individual with an anti-C5 antibody.
US11578134B2
A novel human bladder cancer marker AG-CD71 and a monoclonal antibody ABC71 for preventing AG-CD71 are provided. The human bladder cancer marker AG-CD71 is an abnormal glycosylated transferrin receptor TFRC; the abnormal glycosylated transferrin receptor TFRC refers to the TFRC carrying a saccharide structure Fucal-4(GlcNAcbl-3)[6OSO3]GlcNAc as an epitope. Also provided is an antibody for the human bladder cancer marker AG-CD71; the antibody is the monoclonal antibody ABC71 specific for the human bladder cancer AG-CD71; the monoclonal antibody is secreted from the hybridoma cell strain the preservation number of which is CGMCC No. 14312.
US11578128B2
An anti-CTLA4 (cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen 4) and anti-PD-1 (programmed cell death 1) bifunctional antibody. a pharmaceutical composition thereof and use thereof. Particularly, the anti-CLTA4 and anti-PD-1 bifunctional antibody comprises a first protein functional domain that targets PD-1 and a second protein functional domain that targets CTLA-4. The bifunctional antibody can bind to CTLA-4 and PD-1 specifically, relieve immunosuppression of CTLA4 and PD-1 on an organism specifically, activate T lymphocytes, and thus has good application prospects.
US11578095B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for synthesizing 5′Capped RNAs wherein the initiating capped oligonucleotide primers have the general form m7Gppp[N2′Ome]n[N]m wherein m7G is N7-methylated guanosine or any guanosine analog, N is any natural, modified or unnatural nucleoside, “n” can be any integer from 0 to 4 and “m” can be an integer from 1 to 9.
US11578090B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and pharmaceutical formulations that comprise a binding moiety conjugated to a modified polynucleic acid molecule and a polymer. Also described herein include methods for treating a cancer which utilize a composition or a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a binding moiety conjugated to a polynucleic acid molecule and a polymer.
US11578087B2
The present invention provides oxaborole ester compounds and compositions thereof which are useful to treat diseases associated with parasites, such as Chagas Disease and African Animal Trypanosomosis.
US11578078B2
Disclosed herein are kinase inhibitory compounds, such as a receptor-interacting protein-1 (RIP1) kinase inhibitor compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising such inhibitory compounds. The compounds may have a structure according to Formula I The disclosed compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and/or combinations may be used to treat or prevent a kinase-associated disease or condition, particularly a RIP1-associated disease or condition.
US11578072B2
Disclosed are compounds having potency in the modulation of NMDA receptor activity. Such compounds can be used in the treatment of conditions such as depression and related disorders as well as other disorders.
US11578063B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (1) which are suitable for use in electronic devices:
US11578060B2
The present invention relates to a compound of Formula (I)/(II) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In Formula (I), Rh, Rg, Rf, m, Re, Rd, Ra, Rb, and Rc are as defined in the description. The present invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of Formula (I)/(II) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and use of the compound of Formula (I)/(II) or the pharmaceutical composition in the manufacture of a medicament for treating inflammations such as rheumatoid arthritis.
US11578056B2
Provided herein are formulations, processes, solid forms and methods of use relating to salts of and solid forms comprising free base or salts of (S)-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-4-((2-fluoro-4-((3-morpholinoazetidin-1-yl)methyl)benzyl)amino)isoindoline-1,3-dione.
US11578055B2
Provided herein are triazacyclododecansulfonamide (“TCD”)-based protein secretion inhibitors, such as inhibitors of Sec61, methods for their preparation, related pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for using the same. For example, provided herein are compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions including the same. The compounds disclosed herein may be used, for example, in the treatment of diseases including inflammation and/or cancer.
US11578050B2
Polymeric materials are described which have a bioflavonoid coating, the bioflavonoid content of the coating comprising at least naringin and neohesperidin. The use of such coated polymeric materials is also described as well as the process for making the coated polymeric materials.
US11578045B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of preparing a furan monomer having a bifunctional hydroxymethyl group (2, 5-bis(hydroxymethyl) furan (BHMF)). The method includes converting furfuryl alcohol to a low-molecular weight furan mixture extracting and purifying the furan monomer having a bifunctional hydroxymethyl group from the low-molecular weight furan mixture.
US11578036B2
There is disclosed a process for recovering monoethanolamine from an aqueous mother liquor solution comprising the steps of: (a) adding excess ammonia or alkali hydroxide and a solvent to the aqueous solution comprised of monoethanolamine sulfate and at least one component selected from the group of inorganic salts consisting of ammonium sulfate, ammonium sulfite, alkali sulfite, and alkali sulfate, to precipitate the inorganic salts, wherein the alkali is lithium, sodium, or potassium; (b) separating the inorganic salts by means of a solid-liquid separation to yield an aqueous solution comprised of the monoethanolamine; and (c) distilling the solvent to yield an aqueous solution comprised of the monoethanolamine and optionally purifying the MEA by distillation. The recovered MEA is recycled to produce taurine.
US11578029B2
Methods for the production of 2,4-dihydroxybutyrate (2,4-DHB) from erythrose and other four-carbon sugars are disclosed. The improved methods facilitate the production of 2,4-DHB that is a precursor for biorenewable and animal nutrition chemicals among others.
US11578019B2
Systems and processes for dehydrogenating one or more alkanes using electrically heated dehydrogenation reactors. The source of electric energy or power can be a power grid, solar panel, windmill, hydropower, nuclear power, fuel cell, gas turbines, steam turbines, portable generator or the like. The systems and processes provided herein result in a simpler dehydrogenation process which is particularly beneficial at a small scale and at remote locations, including the well site.
US11578018B1
An integrated process is provided for producing benzene, toluene, and/or xylene and hydrogen from shale gas under the feeding of carbon dioxide. The integrated process for producing an aromatic compound and hydrogen can efficiently and continuously produce high value-added aromatic compounds and hydrogen without the need to separate methane from shale gas through cryogenic distillation.
US11578016B1
A system and method for producing olefin via dry reforming and olefin synthesis in the same vessel, including providing feed including methane and carbon dioxide to the vessel, converting methane and carbon dioxide in the vessel into syngas (that includes hydrogen and carbon monoxide) via dry reforming in the vessel, and cooling the syngas via a heat exchanger in the vessel. The method includes synthesizing olefin from the syngas in the vessel, wherein the olefin includes ethylene, propylene, or butene, or any combinations thereof.
US11578014B1
The present invention is directed to preparing pyrophoric foam granules having a specific infrared signature comprising the steps of (a) mixing a composition comprising a metal salt, carbohydrate, and wetting agent into a homogenous paste, (b) extruding the composition into strands, (c) cutting or spheronizing the strands into a predetermined size or length based on a specific thermal or infrared response to produce pyrophoric foam granules and (d) activating the granules by heating the composition at elevated temperatures under an inert or reducing atmosphere until the matrix is carbonized and the metal salt is reduced.
US11578004B2
Methods and apparatus for depositing material on a continuous substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for processing a continuous substrate includes: a first chamber having a first volume; a second chamber having a second volume fluidly coupled to the first volume; and a plurality of process chambers, each having a process volume defining a processing path between the first chamber and the second chamber, wherein the process volume of each process chamber is fluidly coupled to each other, to the first volume, and to the second volume, and wherein the first chamber, the second chamber, and the plurality of process chambers are configured to process a continuous substrate that extends from the first chamber, through the plurality of process chambers, and to the second chamber.
US11577995B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fiber-sizing agent which when applied to an inorganic reinforcement material contained in a resin composition, can provide a molded article having excellent impact resistance and high surface gloss properties. The fiber-sizing agent according to the present invention contains a modified olefin wax (A), a polyolefin resin (B), and a silane-coupling agent (C), wherein the mass ratio (A)/(B) of the modified olefin wax (A) to the polyolefin resin (B) is in the range of 0.2-10.
US11577982B2
The present disclosure provides optical fiber preforms formed from core canes having large core-clad ratio, intermediate core-cladding assemblies, and methods for making the preforms and core cladding assemblies. The preforms are made with capped core canes. The capping material has a coefficient of thermal expansion less than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the core cane and more closely matched to or lower than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the surrounding cladding monolith in a cane-in-soot process. Presence of the cap reduces stresses that arise from differential thermal expansion of the core cane and cladding materials and leads to preforms having low defect concentration and low probability of failure during subsequent thermal processing steps.
US11577972B2
Methods and systems are provided for desalting wash water treatment and recycling processes and control of those processes. More specifically, treatment of wash water and wastewater streams using forward osmosis are provided. Additional methods and systems for desalting processes are provided, including recycling wash water. Methods for controlling operations of desalting systems and processes are provided.
US11577966B2
An apparatus and a method for continuous solvothermal synthesis of nanoparticles, are provided. The apparatus includes an inlet section, a reactor section, a flexible quenching unit, and an outlet section. The inlet section separately receives reactants including the solvent and a precursor solution that are allowed to flow into the reactor section. The reactor section includes multiple spiral turns such that each of the spiral turns includes a helical channel followed by a counter-helical channel for enabling mixing of the reactants to cause solvothermal reactions between them. The counter-helical channel changes the direction of flow of reactants upon flow of said reactants from the helical channel to the counter-helical channel. The flexible quenching section enclosing a portion of the reactor section quenches a slurry formed as a result of the solvothermal reactions, wherein the slurry includes the nanoparticles of targeted characteristics. The outlet section facilitates withdrawal of the slurry.
US11577958B2
A zirconium nitride powder which has a specific surface area of 20 to 90 m2/g as measured by a BET method, has a peak corresponding to zirconium nitride but does not have a peak corresponding to zirconium dioxide, a peak for lower zirconium oxide or a peak corresponding to lower zirconium oxynitride in an X-ray diffraction profile, and the light transmittance X at 370 nm is at least 18%, the light transmittance Y at 550 nm is 12% or less and the ratio (X/Y) of the light transmittance X at 370 nm to the light transmittance Y at 550 nm is 2.5 or more in the transmission spectra of a dispersion that contains the powder at a concentration of 50 ppm.
US11577955B2
Systems and methods for molten media pyrolysis for the conversion of methane into hydrogen and carbon-containing particles are disclosed. The systems and methods include the introduction of seed particles into the molten media to facilitate the growth of larger, more manageable carbon-containing particles. Additionally or alternatively, the systems and methods can include increasing the residence time of carbon-containing particles within the molten media to facilitate the growth of larger carbon-containing particles.
US11577952B2
A cup holder assembly includes a plurality of contacts that are configured to contact a cup so that a majority of an opening into the cup is uncovered by the cup holder, and the plurality of contacts are connectable to one or more cup holder guide rods of an assembly that dispenses and mixes or blends beverages.
US11577949B2
The package opening device generally comprises a body portion, neck portion, and cutting member. In a preferred embodiment, the body portion comprises an elongated ovular configuration. The body portion comprises an upper surface and a lower surface. The neck portion is narrower than the body portion and extends from the proximal end of the body portion. The cutting member is fixed to the body portion and comprises an elongated configuration and is aligned along a central longitudinal axis of the body portion. The cutting member extends downward from the neck portion and body portion and comprises a cutting edge adapted to penetrate a portion of a package.
US11577948B2
A device for treating container closures, for example for disinfecting container closures in a beverage bottling plant, includes a transport disk, rotatable about a vertical rotational axis, for transporting the container closures, and a helical closure guide, arranged above the transport disk, for laterally guiding the container closures, wherein the closure guide has a ceiling guide for guiding the container closures from above.
US11577946B2
Apparatus and methods for lifting loads are described. The load lift includes a support frame and a lift assembly with main cylinder and at least one standby cylinder connecting a rotatable cross beam with a clamp plate. A rotary actuator assembly is connected to the lift beam to move the lift assembly out of the way while not in use by rotating the lift assembly from a lift position to a standby position.
US11577945B2
A fuse link that having a body including a rigid member, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end. A reduced material portion of the body is positioned between the first and second ends, the reduced material portion is configured to fail in response to a predetermined load.
US11577944B2
A small-footprint level wind system enabling a winch to accept and operate tension members of differing sizes, simplifying the system, and reducing the system weight. Comprising an elongate support, a leadscrew, a guide substantially supported by the support, the guide adapted to accept a tension member. The guide designed to move along the support and to transfer tension member forces onto the support. Further comprising a motor, adapted to apply a motive onto the leadscrew, a shuttle connected the guide and leadscrew and adapted to transfer the motive force to the guide, moving the guide along the support. In many embodiments more than one component share the same longitudinal axis. Another aspect is providing direct tension member metering and load sensing within the guide. Another embodiment provides a load-bearing leadscrew without an additional support, instead having a direct connection between guide and leadscrew.
US11577941B2
The present invention relates to a crane comprising a main boom and a rearwardly directed derrick boom for bracing the main boom, wherein a suspended ballast is directly or indirectly attached to the derrick head via connecting means, wherein at least one luffable, rearwardly aligned ballast adjusting boom is provided, which acts on the connecting means and influences the suspended ballast radius by its luffing angle.
US11577937B2
This application relates to a method and an apparatus for monitoring a state of a passenger transport system such as, for example, an escalator. The method includes monitoring the state of the passenger transport system using an updated digital double data record that reflects characterizing properties of components of the passenger transport system in an actual configuration of the passenger transport system in a machine-processable manner after the assembly and installation thereof in a building. The updated digital double data record can be obtained, for example, by accurately surveying the passenger transport system and using signal values from sensors housed in the passenger transport system, and allows conclusions as to the present or future state of the passenger transport system, based on which maintenance measures can be planned efficiently and adequately.
US11577935B2
There is provided an ascension aid for a wind turbine comprising a cabin, a catch unit which co-operates with a securing cable as a securing means and a testing unit for testing the functionality of the catch unit. The testing unit has a base plate, a closure counterpart holder, a closing member and an actuating element coupled to the closing member. By actuation of the actuating element the closing member and the closure counterpart holder clamp the securing cable and the closing member and the closure counterpart holder move upwardly along the base plate. Upon release or de-activation of the actuating element the closing member releases the securing cable and the catch unit trips.
US11577925B2
A document feeding device includes a document placement unit at which a document is placed, a feeding roller for feeding the document, and a ranging sensor for measuring a distance to the document located most upward on the document placement unit. A control unit stops feeding the document by the feeding roller based on post-processing distance data obtained by statistically processing time series data of the distance measured by the ranging sensor.
US11577922B2
A method and apparatus to facilitate the loading of a grain bin such that the level in the grain bin increases generally uniformly and the distribution of grain size in the grain bin is generally uniform as well. The method includes redirecting the flow of the grain from the conveyer as it flows into the grain bin. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an adjustable leveling band for redirecting the grain uniformly to a plurality of radially extending chutes. In one embodiment, the angle of the chutes can also be easily adjusted.
US11577920B2
An object processing system is disclosed that includes a plurality of track sections, and a plurality of remotely actuatable carriers for controlled movement along at least portions of the plurality of track sections, wherein each of the remotely controllable carriers is adapted to support and transport an object processing bin.
US11577919B2
A system for handling sheets of flexible material. The system comprises a first roller (5.2) which comprises a plurality of first releasable connectors (3.2) and a second roller (5.3) which comprises a plurality of second releasable connectors. The system further comprises an array of third releasable connectors (2.1) which is displaceable between at least the first and second rollers (5.2, 5.3). The first, second and third releasable connectors releasably attach to a sheet of flexible material in use.
US11577914B2
A method and device for treating containers with at least two container treatment machines, between which a transport device for transporting the containers is arranged, where the transport device is divided into several transport sections, where the flow of containers is changed from containers of type A to containers of type B, where a separating device is activated once the first transport section has run empty of containers of type A, where containers of the type B are transported into the first transport section and backed up at the separating device, while containers of type A are transported from the second transport section to the second container treatment machine, and where the separating device is deactivated once the second transport section has run empty of containers of the type A, so that the containers of type B are transported through the second transport section to the second container treatment machine.
US11577910B2
A container support for holding and closing a container includes a base assembly, a connector, a handle assembly, and a plurality of arms. The base assembly has a first side and a second side. The connector connects the container support to a frame, and the connector is attached to the first side of the base assembly. The handle assembly has a first side and a second side. The arms are attached to the second side of the base assembly and to the first side of the handle assembly. The arms, the base assembly, and the handle assembly are movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The container is unsealed and open when the arms, the base assembly, and the handle assembly are in the open configuration, and the container is closed when the arms, the base assembly, and the handle assembly are in the closed configuration.
US11577909B2
An example system for deployment of a compacting head in a waste compartment includes an eutectic alloy fusible link positioned within a waste compartment that breaks at or above a predetermined temperature, a spring tensioned deploy lever that is deployed based on a break of the eutectic alloy fusible link, a pivotal joint assembly that collapses based on deployment of the deploy lever, and a compacting head of a trash compactor that is deployed to compact contents of the waste compartment based on collapse of the pivotal joint assembly.
US11577904B2
An airtight bag is provided for preserving a first substance and at least one second substance. A first opening device is provided for providing a first opening and an access by a user to the first substance in the bag, and at least one second opening device is provided for, subsequent to accessing the first substance via said first opening, providing at least one second opening and an access by the user to the at least one second substance in the bag. The first opening device is positioned such that first opening facilitates the access by the user to the first substance. The at least one second opening device is positioned such that the at least one second opening facilitates the access by the user to the at least one second substance.
US11577900B2
A packaging system for microarrays, such as microarrays of microneedles, comprising inner and outer pouches (500, 5000).
US11577899B2
A tetrahedral-shaped pouch can be opened by tearing from a cut in a first lateral sealing edge and along a longitudinal sealing substantially perpendicular to the first lateral sealing edge to conveniently access non-liquid food contents, such as seeds or nuts. A short longitudinal cut can be made into but not all the way through the first lateral sealing edge, adjacent where the longitudinal sealing is positioned on the first lateral sealing edge. When opening the pouch, by initiating a tear starting at the cut, the packaging material will tear along, but not cross the longitudinal sealing, since the longitudinal sealing is formed from an overlapped and doubly thick section of packaging material. The pouch will therefore open, on at least one side of the tetrahedron, along a predictable tear line following the longitudinal sealing, to form a bowl-shaped receptacle from which the contained food product can be conveniently accessed.
US11577892B2
The present invention provides a lid assembly with a rotary trigger mechanism in combination with a seal assembly useful for actuating to open or close drink orifices and/or gas vent and is also able to selectively open the type of drink orifice as desirable. The invention also relates to a beverage container comprising such a lid assembly.
US11577883B2
The invention is directed to a latch for a sleeve pack assembly.
US11577868B2
A packaging machine for producing packs containing a group of cigarettes, having in a manufacturing flow direction: a forming unit for forming cigarette groups; a first folding unit at which an inner blank composed of a material suitable for forming a dimensionally stable inner pack is folded around a cigarette group to form an inner pack with the cigarette group as pack content; adjoining said first folding unit, a sealing inner pack unit in which a sealing inner pack is manufactured from the inner pack, the sealing inner pack is folded into a final state, or one sealing inner pack comprising the inner pack is manufactured; and adjoining the sealing inner pack unit, a second folding unit at which an outer blank composed of a material suitable for forming a dimensionally stable outer pack is folded around the sealing inner pack to form an outer pack.
US11577860B2
A method for determining, by reanalysis, a vibratory environment of a coupled vehicle/passenger system. A vehicle is subjected to external forces Fext and is coupled to a new passenger including multiple payloads (e.g., x=I, . . . N payload(s)). At the level of vehicle/passenger interfaces Ix, the method comprising a step DET1) for determining, based on reference interfacial acceleration γx_ref of a reference passenger, the interfacial acceleration γx′ relative to the new passenger.
US11577847B2
The disclosure relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein a fuel cell system component provides a structural component of the vehicle. In some instances propulsion modules affixed to wings are oriented so as to provide airflow to plates of a fuel cell via air inlets for each fuel cell provided at the forward surface of each wing, a fuel cell system component forming a portion of the body and wherein the air inlets are unblocked during flight, each propulsion module is configured to provide air as an oxidant to a fuel cell via the air inlets.
US11577844B2
A piccolo tube for an anti-icing system may comprise an annular tube and a plurality of openings formed along a circumference of the annular tube. The annular tube may comprise a first cross-sectional diameter at an inlet point and a second cross-sectional diameter at a distal point. The second cross-sectional diameter is less than first cross-sectional diameter. The distal point may be 180° from the inlet point.
US11577841B2
A method and system for controlling fresh air flow into a controlled environment are disclosed herein. The method comprises: measuring, using a sensor, a predetermined property in the controlled environment; estimating, by a controller, a number of people inside the controlled environment based on the measured property, and setting, by the controller, a rate of fresh air flow to the controlled environment based at least in part on the estimated number of people inside the controlled environment.
US11577837B1
An actuatable tray assembly for an aircraft passenger compartment may include a tray configured to stow underneath a monument positioned a select distance from an aircraft seat in the aircraft passenger compartment. The actuatable tray assembly may include an actuation assembly. The actuation assembly may include at least one linear rail coupled to an ottoman assembly positioned proximate to the aircraft seat in the aircraft passenger compartment. The ottoman assembly may include a frame assembly and an ottoman. The ottoman may be coupled to the frame assembly. The actuation assembly may include a carriage configured to actuate along the at least one linear rail. The carriage may be coupled to the tray. The carriage may be configured to actuate the tray from a stowed position to an extended position.
US11577824B2
The present invention concerns a landing gear (1) for a light aircraft, i.e. weighing less than 5.7 tonnes, the landing gear consisting of at least one wheel (3) attached to a chassis or to a fuselage of the aircraft by means of a connecting element (2). According to the invention, the wheel (3) is connected to the connecting element (2) via a system (4) of two damping cylinders arranged between the wheel (3) and the connecting element (2).
US11577820B2
A propeller blade arrangement comprising a propeller blade attached to and rotatable with a hub, via a retention bearing, the blade being rotatable about a center line of the blade, the retention bearing configured to tilt the blade such that its center line is tilted with respect to the hub.
US11577816B2
A composite laminate for an airframe lifting surface including: at least two sides and one ramp area defined by a decreasing staggered laminate extended along a ramp direction, wherein the composite laminate includes: first plies formed by tapes arranged parallel to the ramp direction, second plies formed by tapes arranged orthogonal to the ramp direction, third plies formed by tapes arranged in a first laying up direction, being the first laying up direction different from the ramp direction and the direction orthogonal to the ramp direction, and fourth plies formed by tapes arranged in a second laying up direction, being the second laying up direction different from the ramp direction, the direction orthogonal to the ramp direction and the first laying up direction; wherein in the ramp area, the tapes forming the third and/or fourth plies are extended from one laminate side to another laminate side.
US11577814B2
A composite structure including a multi-layer laminate having a plurality of regions each oriented out of plane relative to an adjacent region, and each extending in a longitudinal dimension of the multi-layer laminate, wherein the multi-layer laminate includes at least one ply layer having an oblique fiber orientation relative to the longitudinal dimension, and wherein the at least one ply layer includes a first section and a second section each having a side edge, the first and second sections aligned side-by-side such that a first interface defined between the respective side edges is oriented to extend in the longitudinal dimension.
US11577812B2
A ballast water treatment apparatus and a ballast water treatment system having a ballast water treatment apparatus are provided. The ballast water treatment apparatus includes a ballast water transport line configured to transport ballast water between a first location and a second location, the transported ballast water being passed through at least one injector, and a plasma generation device configured to be fed with a feed gas optionally comprising oxygen, and configured to generate a feed gas plasma by a streamer type discharge in a discharge area to provide a treated gas at a treated-gas outlet. The injector includes a liquid passage having an area constructed such as to increase a velocity of the passed-through water in a region of increased velocity, and an injector gas inlet provided in the region of increased velocity. The treated-gas outlet is in gaseous connection with the injector gas inlet.
US11577797B2
A utility vehicle includes: a seat arranged in a vehicle interior; a seat mounting frame to which the seat is mounted; a vehicle body frame to which the seat mounting frame is mounted; and a seat cover that is arranged below the seat, and defines a lower side of the vehicle interior and covers the seat from below. The seat mounting frame and the vehicle body frame are arranged above and below the seat cover and are mounted so as to sandwich the seat cover. The seat of one of multiple seat types is mounted to the vehicle body frame via the seat mounting frame above the seat cover common to the multiple seat types.
US11577789B2
The invention relates to a vehicle component, comprising a thermoplastic part; a metal insert having an anchoring portion, a peripheral portion, and a first insert surface and an opposite second insert surface, wherein the first surface is overmolded by the thermoplastic part, a thermoplastic rib overmolded on a second surface of the metal insert the rib extending from the second surface and being at least partly adjacent to the thermoplastic part; and a strut component attached to the metal insert at the anchoring portion on the first surface of tire metal insert. The invention further relates to a vehicle comprising such a vehicle component, wherein the vehicle is one of a railway vehicle, a marine vehicle, a road vehicle, or an aircraft.
US11577785B2
A vehicle front structure includes: a front side member; a fender apron member having a front end portion connected to a front end portion of the front side member; a subframe mounting bracket assembly mounted to the front end portion of the front side member and the front end portion of the fender apron member; and a first subframe disposed under the front side member. In particular, the front end portion of the front side member and the front end portion of the fender apron member are connected side-by-side in a width direction of a vehicle.
US11577782B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for performing an assisted driving trailer reversing operation including a camera operative to capture an image, an interactive user interface operative to display a graphical user interface and to receive a user input, a processor operative to generate the graphical user interface in response to the user input, the user input being indicative of a trailer destination, to generate a left maneuverability margin and a right maneuverability margin in response to a trailer dimension and a hitch angle, and a projected trailer path in response to the trailer destination, wherein the graphical user interface includes the image and a plurality of graphics overlaid on the image indicative of the left maneuverability margin, the right maneuverability margin, the projected trailer path and the trailer destination, and a vehicle controller operative to perform a trailer reversing operation in response to the control signal.
US11577771B2
Embodiments include strollers having removable seats. An example stroller may include rear wheels, front wheels, and a frame including a handle portion, a rear wheel support portion, a front wheel support portion and a folding mechanism connecting the front wheel support portion and the handle portion in both an unfolded configuration and in a folded configuration. The frame may include a stroller seat support portion positioned at a first vertical position adjacent the handle portion, and a front seat attachment configured for attachment to the front wheel support portion at a second vertical position substantially lower than the first vertical position. The front seat attachment may be configured to support the front stroller seat substantially over the front wheels so that a center of gravity of the stroller system is between the front wheels and the rear wheels.
US11577769B2
Mobile battery powered workstation carts for order fulfillment are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a battery powered workstation cart may comprise a wheeled cart having a frame, a rechargeable lithium battery, a computer, a barcode reader/scanner, a RFID reader/scanner, a printer, an artificial intelligence hub, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), and/or GPS. The frame may also comprise two side bracket arms and/or shelves, which may be modular to receive various different sized baskets, bins, or totes therein to expedite retail order fulfillment.
