US11625717B1
An illustrative fraud deterrent method includes presenting an identity verification option for a first website displayed in a web-browser, the option including offering a login to a third-party website, unrelated to the first website. The method further includes receiving login information for a first user account on the third-party website and verifying the login information through a verification service associated with the third-party website, to verify that the login information is valid for the first user account, identified by the login information. The method additionally includes verifying an identity at the first website, responsive to the verification.
US11625716B2
A device may configure a browser to permit cash payments for online transactions. The device may monitor a browser session of the browser. The device may detect, during the browser session, navigation of the browser to a transaction page of a website. The transaction page may be configured to facilitate an online transaction with the website. The device may determine, based on detecting the navigation of the browser to the transaction page, that a cash payment is to be provided. The device may cause a validation code to be generated. The device may cause, based on the validation code being processed, a virtual transaction card to be generated. The device may facilitate, using virtual card information associated with the virtual transaction card, execution of the online transaction.
US11625703B2
A commodity registration apparatus includes a check-in terminal, a sensor group, and a management terminal. A processor of the management terminal is configured to track movement of a shopper and store items using the sensor group. A first commodity list is updated to include a first item when the tracked movements indicate the known shopper has selected the first item for purchase. The movements of any unidentified shopper are tracked. The processor updates a second commodity list to include a second item when tracked movements indicate the unidentified shopper has selected the second item for purchase. The second commodity list is associated with a provisional identification code. Commodity registration data for settlement processing is generated using the first commodity list unless the unidentified shopper is later identified as the known shopper, in which case, commodity registration data is generated using the first and second commodity lists in combination.
US11625701B2
A system incorporating a fluid dispenser for dispensing chemicals includes at least one sensor for sensing fluid flow and a dispenser management unit. The dispenser management unit includes a processor and corresponding storage memory for storing firmware, at least one input for receiving sensor data from the or each sensor, a data transfer device comprising storage memory for storing the received sensor data, and a power source for powering at least the processor. The system further incorporates a portable terminal configured to receive data from the dispenser, and a remote server configured to receive the data from the portable terminal.
US11625699B1
A system including a network interface and a processing circuit is provided. The processing circuit includes one or more processors coupled to non-transitory memory. The processing circuit is configured to receive a transaction request associated with a payment card. The transaction request includes a transaction amount. The processing circuit is further configured to determine that the transaction amount would cause a violation of a daily spending limit associated with the payment card. The payment card includes a smart chip. The processing circuit is additionally configured to apply an adaptive daily spending limit (ADSL) override of the daily spending limit based at least in part on a determination that the transaction request originated from the payment card having the smart chip, and approve the transaction request based on the ADSL application.
US11625687B1
A method and system for quantifying a lack of parity for a subjective data set and an objective data set within an injury profile report. The method and system analyzes and inspects each subjective and objective data set and compares these data sets to a historical accuracy database to find a lack of agreement or non-parity of the data sets. The method and system quantifies the lack of parity, creates an injury profile report and proscribes any functional limitations for the injured worker. The output can be used to assign safer and more accurate functional limitations and assign safer and more accurate functional limitations to support a safer return to work event for the inured worker after injury.
US11625681B2
A conference support system is for supporting a conference. The conference support system includes one or more information processing apparatuses for implementing various functions of the conference support system. The conference support system includes an inputter configured to input a statement content that is a content of a statement stated by a participant of the conference; a determiner configured to determine a statement type of the statement content, based on the statement content input by the inputter; and an outputter configured to output at least one of the statement content, an evaluation of the conference, and an evaluation of the participant, based on a determination result obtained by the determiner.
US11625679B2
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for an internal private online marketplace are presented. Some embodiments described herein may include a method which may involve (1) identifying one or more items listed in one or more databases, and (2) generating a transfer protocol between the destination entity that desires to possess the one or more items with that of the source entity that possesses or has responsibility over the one or more items. The desired items may be identified by characteristics. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11625670B2
A location-based transportation network for a transportation process is disclosed. The transportation process may be divided into the following stages: identification, communication, agreement, shipment, and payment. With identification, one party to the transport of the good is identified to the other party (e.g., potential carriers to a shipper, or potential shippers to a carrier). In the second stage, the shipper(s) and carrier(s) communicate with one another in order to discuss terms of the shipment. In a third stage, the shipper and carrier come to an agreement. In a fourth stage, the carrier picks up and ships the goods. Finally, payment may be arranged between the shipper and the carrier. An index pricing model is configured to facilitate the identification stage. Further, a graphical user interface can convey information, output search results, plan a route, facilitate communication between the shipper and carrier, and/or enable agreement between the shipper and carrier.
US11625668B2
There is disclosed a method of providing information about a package in transit. The method involves receiving environmental data collected by a sensor associated with the package during transit and identifying contextual data about the package that is associated with the environmental data. The method also involves selectively providing access to the environmental and contextual data together as elements in an information feed to a plurality of parties, wherein the contextual data comprises at least one comment made by a party on an element in the information feed, and wherein one or more elements in the information feed are listed in chronological order beginning at a start time of the transit of the package.
US11625667B2
In some examples, a server may receive a first order to acquire a product. The server may receive a request to cancel the first order and determine that the product has shipped. The server may determine, based on sensor data received from a sensor of a circuit board in the container, that the container is unopened. After receiving a second order to ship the product to a second location, the server may instruct a courier to transport the product to the second location. For example, if the container is located at the first location, the server may instruct the courier to transport the container from the first location to the second location. If the server determines that the courier is currently transporting the container to the first location, the server may instruct the courier to transport the container to the second location instead of to the first location.
US11625655B2
A computational instance may contain queues configured to hold work items. The work items may be representations of user submissions requesting actions from a plurality of agents. The computational instance may also contain computing devices configured to: (a) obtain a set of assignment rules that specify mappings between (i) respective selection criteria for the assignment rules, and (ii) one or more candidate agents from the plurality of agents that can be assigned to address the work items with content that match the respective selection criteria, (b) read, from the queues, a work item corresponding to a user submission, (c) iterate through the assignment rules according to an ordering until a particular assignment rule with associated selection criteria that matches content of the work item is found, and (d) assign the work item to a particular agent from the one or more candidate agents.
US11625650B2
A method includes: a travel planning system, via a user interface, receives requirements for a trip from a user; collects preference information of the user for the trip; searches available travel options based on the requirements and the preference information; builds an itinerary based on the searched travel options by use of a balance combination of relative weights for sources of the preference information; applies external data relevant to the itinerary; obtains a response to the itinerary from the user; either adjusts the itinerary or makes reservations respective to the travel options in the itinerary, depending on types of a response from the user; records at least one change to the itinerary via the user interface in a user device while the user device is off-line; and responsive to the user device getting online, synchronizes the at least one change to the itinerary stored in the travel planning system.
US11625647B2
Disclosed herein is a method for facilitating analysis of a model. Accordingly, the method may include receiving, using a communication device, a model data associated with a model from a user device, assessing, using a processing device, the model data, identifying, using the processing device, a field associated with the model based on the assessing, analyzing, using the processing device, the field based on the identifying of the field, identifying, using the processing device, a related field associated with the field based on the analyzing of the field, analyzing, using the processing device, the related field based on the model, generating, using the processing device, a notification based on the analyzing of the related field, transmitting, using the communication device, the notification to the user device, and storing, using a storage device, the model data and the model.
US11625632B2
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate automated generation of a machine learning pipeline based on a pipeline grammar are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a pipeline structure generator component that generates a machine learning pipeline structure based on a pipeline grammar. The computer executable components can further comprise a pipeline optimizer component that selects one or more machine learning modules that achieve a defined objective to instantiate a machine learning pipeline based on the machine learning pipeline structure.
US11625631B2
An apparatus for implementing a computing system to predict preferences includes at least one processor device operatively coupled to a memory. The at least one processor device is configured to calculate a parameter relating to a density of a prior distribution at each sample of a set of samples associated with the prior distribution. The at least one parameter including a distance from each sample to at least one neighboring sample. The at least one processor device is further configured to estimate, for the plurality of samples, at least one differential entropy of at least one posterior distribution associated with at least one observation based on the parameter relating to the density of the prior distribution at each sample and the likelihood of observation for each sample. The estimation is performed without sampling the at least one posterior distribution to reduce consumption of resources of the computing system.
US11625624B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for performing real-time vehicular incident risk prediction using real-time vehicle-to-everything (V2X) data. A vehicular incident risk prediction machine learning model is trained using historical V2X data such as historical incident data and historical vehicle operator driving pattern behavior data as well as third-party data such as environmental condition data and infrastructure condition data. The trained machine learning model is then used to predict the risk of an incident for a vehicle on a roadway segment based on real-time V2X data relating to the roadway segment and/or vehicle operators on the roadway segment. A notification of a high risk of incident can then be sent to a V2X communication device of the vehicle to inform an operator of the vehicle.
US11625622B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for detecting memorable events of a user, storing those memorable events in a user profile, and leveraging those events to the user. In so doing, memorable events with positive emotional weight may be recalled to encourage delightful experiences. Alternatively or additionally, memorable events with negative emotional weight may be recalled to increase user engagement for conversational systems.
US11625620B2
Techniques disclosed herein relate generally to constructing a customized knowledge graph. In one embodiment, entities and relations among entities are extracted from a user dataset based on certain rules to generate a seed graph. Large-scale knowledge graphs are then traversed using a finite state machine to identify candidate entities and/or relations to add to the seed graph. A priority function is used to select entities and/or relations from the candidate entities and/or relations. The selected entities and/or relations are then added to the seed graph to generate the customized knowledge graph.
US11625615B2
An artificial intelligence system for behavioral pattern matching and language generation includes at least a server. The system includes a behavior modification module operating on the at least a server, wherein the behavior modification module is designed and configured to receive at least a request for a behavior modification and generate a behavior modification model as a function of the at least a request for behavior modification. The system includes an artificial intelligence advisor operating on the at least a server, wherein the artificial intelligence advisor is configured to receive at least a user input from a user client device, generate at least a textual output using the behavior modification model and the at least a user input, and transmit the at least a textual output to the user client device.
US11625600B2
A neural network system for predicting a polling time and a neural network model processing method using the neural network system are provided. The neural network system includes a first resource to generate a first calculation result obtained by performing at least one calculation operation corresponding to a first calculation processing graph and a task manager to calculate a first polling time taken for the first resource to perform the at least one calculation operation and to poll the first calculation result from the first resource based on the calculated first polling time.
US11625597B2
The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus and method for data analysis for use in data classification via training of a recurrent neural network to identify features from limited reference sets. Based on a one-shot learning algorithm, the method includes selecting a subset of reference data and training a classifier with the selected data. This small subset of reference data can be iteratively tuned to enhance classification of the data according to the desired output of the method. The apparatus may be configured to allow a user to interactively select a subset of reference data which is used to train the classifier and to evaluate classifier performance.
US11625593B2
A neural network circuit is provided with which it is possible to significantly reduce the area occupied by the connection unit of a full connection (FC)-type neural network circuit. An analog-type neural network circuit constitute a learning apparatus having a self-learning function and corresponding to a brain function, wherein the neural network comprises: a plurality (n) of input-side neurons; a plurality (m, and including cases when n=m) of output-side neurons; (n×m) connection units each connecting one input-side neuron and one output-side neuron; and a self-learning control unit, the (n×m) connection units being constituted from connection units corresponding to only the positive weighting function as a brain function, and connection units corresponding to only the negative weighting function as the brain function.
US11625590B2
A memristive multi-terminal spiking neuron apparatus, comprising a non-volatile memristor, wherein the non-volatile memristor has a resistance ratio between the high-resistance and low-resistance states exceeding 4 decades of magnitude, wherein the non-volatile memristor retains its resistance states for a time period exceeding 1 second, a volatile memristor, wherein the volatile memristor retains its low-resistance state for a time period of less than 10 nanoseconds, and a capacitor, wherein the volatile memristor is in parallel with the capacitor. A method of making a programmable electrical spiking output from a memristive multi-terminal spiking neuron, comprising providing one or more devices wherein each device comprises a non-volatile memristor, a volatile memristor, wherein the volatile memristor is in parallel with the capacitor, providing a first input spiking signal to a neuron device, providing a second input spiking signal, and creating a programmable spiking output signal which changes.
US11625587B2
An artificial intelligence integrated circuit is provided. The artificial intelligence integrated circuit includes a flash memory, a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), and a memory controller. The flash memory is configured to store a logical-to-physical mapping (L2P) table that is divided into a plurality of group-mapping (G2P) tables. The memory controller includes a first processing core and a second processing core. The first processing core receives a host access command from a host. When a specific G2P table corresponding to a specific logical address in the host access command is not stored in the DRAM, the first processing core determines whether the second processing core has loaded the specific G2P table from the flash memory to the DRAM according to the values in a first column in a first bit map and in a second column of a second bit map.
US11625581B2
A method in a hardware implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), includes receiving a first subset of data having at least a portion of weight data and at least a portion of input data for a CNN layer and performing, using at least one convolution engine, a convolution of the first subset of data to generate a first partial result; receiving a second subset of data comprising at least a portion of weight data and at least a portion of input data for the CNN layer and performing, using the at least one convolution engine, a convolution of the second subset of data to generate a second partial result; and combining the first partial result and the second partial result to generate at least a portion of convolved data for a layer of the CNN.
US11625578B2
A method apparatus and computer readable medium for processing input data using a neural network comprising at least a first layer and a second layer. The method comprising the steps of applying a partitioning scheme to the input data, to partition the input data into a plurality of blocks, each block representing a portion of the input data. At the first layer of the neural network, the blocks of the input data are processed in a first order to generate intermediary data, wherein the intermediary data is partitioned into a plurality of intermediary blocks. At the second layer of the neural network, the intermediary blocks are processed in a second order, wherein the second order differs from the first order.
US11625577B2
According to a method and apparatus for neural network quantization, a quantized neural network is generated by performing learning of a neural network, obtaining weight differences between an initial weight and an updated weight determined by the learning of each cycle for each of layers in the first neural network, analyzing a statistic of the weight differences for each of the layers, determining one or more layers, from among the layers, to be quantized with a lower-bit precision based on the analyzed statistic, and generating a second neural network by quantizing the determined one or more layers with the lower-bit precision.
US11625571B2
Provided are an optical device which is capable of optically implementing an activation function of an artificial neural network and an optical neural network apparatus which includes the optical device. The optical device may include: a beam splitter splitting incident light into first light and second light; an image sensor disposed to sense the first light; an optical shutter configured to transmit or block the second light; and a controller controlling operations of the optical shutter, based on an intensity of the first light measured by the image sensor.
US11625570B2
A determination apparatus generates an interval vector having a plurality of components that are adjacent occurrence intervals between a plurality of events that have occurred in chronological order. The determination apparatus generates a plurality of local variable points each of which includes specific components as one set of coordinates, using a predetermined number of consecutive interval vectors in the chronological order. The determination apparatus generates a Betti sequence by applying persistent homology transform to the plurality of local variable points for which the interval vectors serving as starting points are different. The determination apparatus determines a type of the plurality of events based on the Betti sequence.
US11625569B2
Systems and methods are provided to identify abnormal transaction activity by a participant that is inconsistent with current conditions. Historical participant and external data is identified. A recurrent neural network identifies patterns in the historical participant and external data. A new transaction by the participant is received. The new transaction is compared using the patterns to the historical participant and external data. An abnormality score is generated. An alert is generated if the abnormality score exceeds a threshold.
US11625564B2
An example method comprises setting a mixture of a plurality of print supplies of a print device to use for a process black print based on a plurality of supply levels corresponding to the plurality of print supplies. The example method further comprises initiating execution of the process black print of a print job by the print device using the set mixture of the plurality of print supply as overlapping colorant with the black print supply of the print device.
US11625563B2
An object is to print a high quality image with resistance to print misalignment. To this end, the image processing apparatus generates quantized data for printing a first dot pattern and a second dot pattern in an overlapping manner. The first dot pattern and the second dot pattern are lattice patterns varying in a combination of two basis vectors. In a combined dot pattern obtained by combining the first and second dot patterns, there is a neighboring dot in which a dot in the first dot pattern and a dot in the second dot pattern are arranged at an interval smaller than a lattice spacing. The neighboring dot includes multiple neighboring dots varying in an approach direction.
US11625555B1
Respective labels are generated automatically for a plurality of record pairs, with a label for a given pair indicating a relationship detected between the records of the pair. One or more machine learning models are trained using the labeled record pairs. The trained versions of the models are stored.
US11625553B2
Some embodiments relate to generating three dimensional virtual representations of a building construction structure based on two-dimensional real-world construction plans, such as architectural plans or building plans. Some embodiments further produce autonomous, near real-time, and highly accurate and comprehensive building take-offs, complete construction detailing or estimates, detailed bill of materials, plan analysis (including detection of a number of non-standardized objects, such as doors or windows), as well as transforming 2D drawings into 3D and/or providing Building Information Modeling (BIM). The two dimensional real-world architectural plan can include multivariate non-standardized architectural symbols, which define numerous objects including trees, bathrooms, doors, stairs, windows, and floor finishes, lines, including solid, hollow, dashed and dotted lines, which define features including internal or external walls, windows, doors, stairs, property boundaries, easements, footpaths, rooflines, driveways, rights of way, paving stones, landscaping, water, power, drainage, and dimensions, shading, and patterns which define materials and areas on the two dimensional real-world architectural plan, and text which indicate the purposes of the rooms, dimensions, features, construction methods, and regulatory standards.
US11625550B2
There is provided in one embodiment an apparatus having an image sensor array. In one embodiment, the image sensor array can include monochrome pixels and color sensitive pixels. The monochrome pixels can be pixels without wavelength selective color filter elements. The color sensitive pixels can include wavelength selective color filter elements.
US11625549B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for receiving a confirmation signal to unlock the security tag from being locked to a merchandise, transmitting a RFID signal to the RFID device associated with the security tag to enable a controller to receive a release signal used to unlock the security tag from the merchandise, and transmitting the release signal to the controller to unlock the security tag from the merchandise.
US11625537B2
According to an aspect of an embodiment, operations may include obtaining multiple electronic documents and obtaining a theme text. The method may also include selecting a seed text based on a semantic similarity between the seed text and the theme text. The method may also include changing a seed weight included in a weight vector that is used in identification of topics of the multiple electronic documents. The changed seed weight may bias the identification of topics of the plurality of electronic documents in favor of the seed text as compared to one or more other text strings of the weight vector. The method may also include generating, a representation of a topic model for display to a user, the topic model may be based on the multiple electronic documents and the weight vector.
US11625535B1
At least some embodiments are directed to an entity classification system receives informational data associated with an entity. The informational data includes sentences associated with the entity. The entity classification system utilizes a first machine learning model to determine a first contextual meaning among words of a sentence associated with the entity based on a first word embedding technique, and determines at least one category associated with the entity based at least in part on the first contextual meaning. The entity classification system utilizes a second machine learning model to determine a second contextual meaning shared by a set of sentences based on a second embedding technique, and determines a subcategory of the category associated with the entity based at least in part on the second contextual meaning. The entity classification system generates an output including the category and subcategory associated with the entity.
US11625526B2
Methods and apparatus for examining digital forensic data using a viewer computer. Forensic data collections are provided to the viewer computer, which can format the data artifacts according to a variety of display types and presentation formats, to facilitate review and reporting by a user. The display types and presentation formats also enable the user to easily switch between a source location view and a related artifacts view.
US11625513B2
Techniques for determining a safety metric associated with a vehicle controller are discussed herein. To determine whether a complex system (which may be uninspectable) is able to operate safely, various operating regimes (scenarios) can be identified based on operating data and associated with a scenario parameter to be adjusted. To validate safe operation of such a system, a scenario may be identified for inspection. Error metrics of a subsystem of the system can be quantified. The error metrics, in addition to stochastic errors of other systems/subsystems can be introduced to the scenario. The scenario parameter may also be perturbed. Any multitude of such perturbations can be instantiated in a simulation to test, for example, a vehicle controller. A safety metric associated with the vehicle controller can be determined based on the simulation, as well as causes for any failures.
US11625510B2
Methods and apparatus for interacting with a tag in a radio target area. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods and systems for monitoring temperature and other environmental conditions in a storage area and displaying environmental conditions as digital content in a user interactive interface based upon energy levels received from a radio target area and content from a sensor generating digital content.
US11625507B2
A process for digitally developing a new fabric and for developing a new fabric based on a physical property of the fabric and rather than a fabric construction. The process comprises selecting a desired physical property of the new fabric and selecting a fabric type. The process also includes using a fabric construction calculator to develop fabric construction parameters for the fabric, wherein the fabric has the desired physical property selected. The desired physical property is a selected softness factor of the fabric.
US11625502B2
In particular embodiments, in response a data subject submitting a request to delete their personal data from an organization's systems, the system may: (1) automatically determine where the data subject's personal data is stored; (2) in response to determining the location of the data (which may be on multiple computing systems), automatically facilitate the deletion of the data subject's personal data from the various systems; and (3) determine a cause of the request to identify one or more processing activities or other sources that result in a high number of such requests.
US11625499B1
The technology disclosed relates to streamlined analysis of security posture of a cloud environment. In particular, the disclosed technology relates to a graphical query builder for generating a subject path signature, for example representing a vulnerability path in the cloud environment. A computer-implemented method includes generating a graphical user interface having configurable node elements and edge elements and, in response to user input on the graphical user interface, configuring the node elements to represent entities in a subject path signature in the cloud environment and the edge elements to represent relationships between the entities in the subject path signature. The method also includes generating a query representing the subject path signature, executing the query to qualify a set of network paths in the cloud environment as conforming to the subject path signature, and outputting query results identifying the qualified set of network paths.
US11625489B2
A system and method for securing execution environments by quarantining software containers. A method includes: determining, based on configuration data for an application stored in the application software container, at least one intended behavior of the application when executed by the application software container; monitoring execution of the application software container in a first execution environment, wherein the monitoring further comprises comparing the execution of the application software container to the at least one intended behavior; detecting an unauthorized action by the application software container when the execution of the application software container is anomalous as compared to the at least one intended behavior; and quarantining the application software container by migrating the application software container from the first execution environment to a second execution environment when the unauthorized action is detected.
US11625483B2
A system and method including receiving a set of deep neural networks (DNN) including DNNs trained with an embedded trojan and DNNs trained without any embedded trojan, each of the trained DNNs being represented by a mathematical formulation learned by the DNNs and expressing a relationship between an input of the DNNs and an output of the DNNs; extracting at least one characteristic feature from the mathematical formulation of each of the trained DNNs; statistically analyzing the at least one characteristic feature to determine whether there is a difference between the DNNs trained with the embedded trojan and the DNNs trained without any embedded trojan; generating, in response to the determination indicating there is a difference, a detector model to execute the statistical analyzing on deep neural networks; and storing a file including the generated detector model in a memory device.
US11625475B2
A method and system for automatic device provisioning includes a computer system for authenticating a user using a first device. The computer system receives a request for automatic provisioning of a second device. An authentication token and a request identifier of the request is associated with a provisioning data structure for the user. The request including the authentication token is sent to a third device. The computer system receives a unique identifier for the second device from the third device. Based on a determination that the unique identifier and the authentication token of the second device match the unique identifier and authentication token in the provisioning data structure, authenticate the second device, retrieve a configuration profile for the user, and cause application of the configuration profile to one or more settings of the second device.
US11625474B2
An electronic apparatus includes: a first acceptor that accepts a first login; a second acceptor that accepts a second login; and an execution section. When the first login is a success, the execution section causes the electronic apparatus to perform a predetermined function only once without a user's operation. When the second login is a success, the execution section causes the electronic apparatus to perform a function in accordance with a user's operation.
US11625469B2
Technologies are provided for prevention of organizational data leakage across platforms based on device status. A device management service may include status information for a client device and/or a connection in a token provided to the client device and update the status in response to changes. An applicable data protection policy may be determined based on the detected status and optionally based on data being accessed. An instruction may be transmitted to a client application executed on the client device based on the applicable data protection policy thereby enforcing the data protection policy at the server. The instruction may cause a script executed at the client application to disable one or more user interface controls associated with functionality such as downloading, synchronizing, printing, etc. of the organizational data to prevent leakage of organizational data.
US11625465B2
The present disclosure describes a computer-implemented platform for managing electronic instruments and electronic endorser verification information in order to validate endorser identity. A generated link and a verification information request are sent in one or more messages targeted a phone number of a computing device associated with a target party. The verification information request includes a request for imagery of the target party captured by the computing device. An endorsed electronic instrument and electronic verification information is received from the computing device, including received imagery data and a time stamp indicating when the received imagery data was captured. The received imagery data is validated at least according to whether the time stamp is sufficiently recent, and whether the received imagery data sufficiently matches expected imagery data of the requesting party based on performing a facial recognition on the received imagery data and the expected imagery data.
US11625457B2
An interactive streaming media and application service provider system can securely stream high resolution, multiple formats of video and data. Different data sets can be included in a single stream. A rights management system controls matrix manipulation and other aspects of user control of the data, including one or more of rendering in various different 2D, 3D, or other media formats, reconstruction and modeling, zooming, frame grab, print frame, parental controls, picture in picture, preventing unauthorized copying, adapting to different data transmission formats, adapting to different resolutions and screen sizes, and actively control functionality contained in embedded data, encryption/decryption. Control can be exerted by an external entity through a user-side virtual machine. Control codes can optionally be embedded in the media, embedded in the user's device, and/or sent separately to the device.
US11625456B2
Provided are a group-based community system and managing method thereof. The group-based system comprises a group management module for creating a group and assigning a plurality of members to the group, and a badge management module for creating a badge related to the group and awarding the badge to a first member of the plurality of members, wherein, by using the badge, a right of the first member for a predetermined function in a community platform in which at least some members of the plurality of members participate is managed.
US11625451B2
A method of solving a large scale combinatorial optimization problem including inputting, via at least one processor, an objective function and an initial solution as a mapping from a plurality of n nodes, randomly clustering the plurality of nodes into k clusters of n/k nodes each, for each cluster of the k clusters, assigning binary variables to denote each possible permutation of a label set within the cluster, determining that there are u=k2 variables if k>2, and u=1 variables if k=2, expressing the objective function in terms of the un/k variables, solving the objective function in terms of the un/k variables using a Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) solver to obtain an updated solution, determining whether a convergence criteria is satisfied for the updated solution, and upon a determination that a convergence criteria is satisfied, outputting the updated solution to the objective function.
US11625442B1
A computing system generates, for each of a plurality of sessions, a session representation indicating the order through which a user navigated through a plurality of webpages during the session, and generates for each pair of session representations, a score indicating how similar the session representations in each pair are to each other. The computing system further generates a plurality of clusters by clustering the session representations based on the score for each pair of session representations, determines an optimal number of clusters based on key performance indicators corresponding to each cluster of the plurality of clusters, and generates a natural language description for each cluster of the optimal number of clusters based on the key performance indicators associated with each cluster.
US11625440B2
The present disclosure relates generally to taxonomies. More particularly, techniques are described for receiving a taxonomy as input, automatically generating data structures representing the taxonomy, determining content that is relevant to different concepts of the taxonomy, and generating an interface that enables users to access and navigate through the taxonomy-related content. The taxonomy specification may specify a taxonomy for a domain including various concepts related to the domain and hierarchical relationships between the concepts. Based on the taxonomy specification, a taxonomy structure may be generated for the taxonomy, the taxonomy structure including multiple taxonomy nodes corresponding to the multiple concepts. Content stored by a social networking system (SNS) may be searched to identify content relevant to each taxonomy node. Using relevant content identified, multiple web pages may be built with for the multiple taxonomy nodes in the taxonomy structure.
US11625420B2
The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementations for identifying k nearest neighbors. One or more KNN lists corresponding to one or more source data points are received. Each KNN list includes K neighbors of a source data point and each of the K neighbors is a data point represented by an index. Neighbor pairs and reverse neighbor pairs are generated based on the one or more KNN lists. The neighbor pairs and reverse neighbor pairs having the same source data point are grouped to generate a grouped pairs of neighbors for the source data point. A local join operation is performed based on grouped pairs of neighbors for each source data point to generate a combined neighborhood for the source data point, which is then sent to a KNN server, where combined neighborhoods generated by multiple local join executors are integrated to update a plurality of global KNN lists.
US11625418B2
In an example embodiment, a solution is used to provide container volume replication via a container storage replication log and volume buffer synchronization, which is built on top of a container cloud platform whose container metadata and replication runtime configuration are all managed by a storage manager (a service orchestrated by its job scheduler and service orchestrator). This container volume replication ensures the data security for a long-running service in the container. In the case of any disaster, the in-memory database and application data inside of the container can be recovered via volume replication. This provides container volume replication for long-running containerized applications whose states keep changing.
US11625404B2
The disclosed embodiments include a method performed by a data intake and query system. The method includes receiving a search query by a search head, defining a search process for applying the search query to indexers, delegating a first portion of the search process to indexers and a second portion of the search process to intermediary node(s) communicatively coupled to the search head and the indexers. The first portion can define a search scope for obtaining partial search results of the indexers and the second portion can define operations for combining the partial search results by the intermediary node(s) to produce a combination of the partial search results. The search head then receives the combination of the partial search results, and outputs final search results for the search query, where the final search results are based on the combination of the partial search results.
US11625403B2
In some examples, a database system includes a memory to store a predicate-object name cache, where the predicate-object name cache contains predicates mapped to respective object names. The database system further includes at least one processor to receive a query containing a given predicate, identify, based on accessing the predicate-object name cache, one or more object names indicated by the predicate-object name cache as being relevant for the given predicate, retrieve one or more objects identified by the one or more object names from a remote data store, and process the query with respect to data records of the one or more objects retrieved from the remote data store.
US11625402B2
Systems and methods of voice activated thread management in a voice activated data packet based environment are provided. A natural language processor (“NLP”) component can receive and parse data packets comprising a first input audio signal to identify a first request and a first trigger keyword. A direct action application programming interface (“API”) can generate a first action data structure with a parameter defining a first action. The NLP component can receive and parse a second input audio signal to identify a second request and a second trigger keyword, and can generate a second action data structure with a parameter defining a second action. A pooling component can generate the first and second action data structures into a pooled data structure, and can transmit the pooled data structure to a service provider computing device to cause it device to perform an operation defined by the pooled data structure.
US11625398B1
A cardinality of a query is estimated by creating a join plan for the query. The join plan is converted to a graph representation. A subtree graph kernel matrix is generated for the graph representation of the join plan. The subtree graph kernel matrix is submitted to a trained model for cardinality prediction which produces a predicted cardinality of the query.
US11625396B2
A system and method for managing queries including receiving a new query comprising a first plurality of conjoined terms, accessing a filtered view of a database from memory, the filtered view being filtered by the previously received query according to a filter represented by a second plurality of conjoined terms, at least one of the first plurality of conjoined terms or the second plurality of conjoined terms including at least one NULL value, determining that the filter of the new query implies a filter of the previously received query, and based on the determination that the filter of the new query implies the filter of the previously received query, executing the new query using the filtered view of the previously received query.
US11625391B2
Transaction processing systems in accordance with aspects of the invention may process a variety of transactions. Transaction processing systems may include a transaction processing device and a distributed processing system. The transaction processing device obtains transaction requests from a variety of client devices and process the transaction requests. The distributed processing system may also obtain the transaction requests and maintain a transaction history of the transaction requests obtained and/or processed by the transaction processing device. Both the distributed processing system and the transaction processing device may send a transaction succeeded event based on the transaction being processed successfully. The transaction processing device and distributed ledger may also maintain an indication of if a particular transaction has been processed. When the transaction processing device becomes available after a period of unavailability, the transaction history for both the transaction processing device and distributed ledger may be reconciled.
US11625387B2
Among other things, a machine-based method is described. The method comprises recording object classes of an object model, producing an object representation for data of two or more data sources based on a mapping of data formats of the data sources to the object classes of the object model, and producing mapped data from the data sources. The mapped data is available in objects of the object classes and is comparable in the object representation. At least two of the data sources have different data formats.
US11625385B2
A blockchain based data management method performed by a computing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes recording a deletion event for off-chain data and time information of the deletion event in a blockchain network, and selectively deleting the off-chain data based on a validity verification result calculated for the time information, wherein the validity verification result is calculated using a time-consensus algorithm of the blockchain network.
US11625384B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for performing dynamic partition pruning using data statistic objects as data integrity constraints. An embodiment operates by partitioning a database table into a plurality of partitions based on a partition criterion. The embodiment creates a data statistics object for a partition in the plurality of partitions. The embodiment receives a query for the database table. The embodiment determines the data statistics object is consistent with data in the partition. The embodiment processes the query for the partition based on the data statistics object.
US11625364B2
An embodiment includes receiving, by a processor, an indication that a first device transmitted a file having tracking metadata to a second device. The embodiment also includes receiving, by the processor, an indication of a modification to the file by the second device. The embodiment also includes evaluating, by the processor, the modification to the file using a cognitive process that analyzes the modification as it relates to profile information for a user and generates a significance value associated with the change. The embodiment also includes automatically initiating, by the processor and responsive to the generating of the significance value, a selected responsive action from among a plurality of responsive actions based at least in part on the significance value, where the automatic initiation of the selected responsive action includes automatic transmission of a notification to the first device regarding the modification to the file.
US11625358B1
An indication may be received, by a storage service, from an account, of at least a first object and a first threshold time duration, wherein the first object is to be automatically transferred from a lower-latency storage tier to a higher-latency storage tier based on object access history data and the first threshold time duration. A first determined time duration since a most recent access of the first object may be determined based on the object access history data. The first determined time duration may be compared to the first threshold time duration. It may be determined that the first determined time duration meets or exceeds the first threshold time duration. The first object may be transferred from the lower-latency storage tier to the higher-latency storage tier based on the first determined time duration meeting or exceeding the first threshold time duration.
US11625357B2
A data processing system comprising a plurality of processors, wherein each of the processors is configured to perform data transfer operations to transfer outgoing data to one or more others of the processors during a first of the exchange stages; receive incoming data from the one or more others of the processors during the first of the exchange stages; determine further outgoing data in dependence upon at least part of the incoming data; count an amount of at least part the incoming data received during the first of the exchange stages from the one or more others of the processors; and in response to determining that the amount of the at least part of the incoming data received has reached a predefined amount, perform data transfer operations to transfer the further outgoing data to the one or more others of the processors during a second of the exchange stages.
US11625344B2
A data transmission system has a master circuit, a slave circuit, and a transmission control circuit. The slave circuit stores a plurality of data in a first format. The master circuit processes data in a second format to perform a corresponding function. The transmission control circuit is coupled to the master circuit and the slave circuit. The transmission control circuit accesses a first datum from the slave circuit according to a first access command of the master circuit, converts the first datum in the first format into a first application datum in the second format, and transmits the first application datum to the master circuit.
US11625336B2
The present disclosure is related to encryption of executables in computational memory. Computational memory can traverse an operating system page table in the computational memory for a page marked as executable. In response to finding a page marked as executable, the computational memory can determine whether the page marked as executable has been encrypted. In response to determining that the page marked as executable is not encrypted, the computational memory can generate a key for the page marked as executable. The computational memory can encrypt the page marked as executable using the key.
US11625334B2
A Key-Value (KV) storage device is disclosed. The KV storage device may include storage for objects, each object including data associated with a key. A host interface layer may receive requests to read data associated with a key from the storage, to write data associated with a key to the storage, and a boot request to get boot data from the storage. A boot request processor may process the boot request using the storage.
US11625332B2
In a data processing system comprising a cache system configured to transfer data stored in a memory system to a processor and vice-versa, a processing unit operable to read data from a cache of the cache system can send a read request for data to the cache. The cache system, in response to the read request, determines whether the requested data is present in the cache. When the requested data is present in the cache, the cache system returns the data from the cache to the processing unit and invalidates the entry for the data in the cache. When the requested data is not present in the cache, the cache system returns an indication of that to the processing unit, without the cache system sending a request for the data towards the memory system.
US11625324B2
A storage device includes: a memory device including a map data block including mapping information between a logical address and a physical address; a buffer memory device for storing a block state table including block state information; and a memory controller for determining valid data of a source block among the plurality of memory blocks based on mapping information and block state information corresponding to the source block, and moving the valid data to open memory block. The memory controller may generate a valid page list in which information of the valid data is arranged in a stripe page unit according to an order of logical addresses, and control the memory device to move the valid data to the open memory block, based on the valid page list.
US11625321B2
Apparatuses and methods for adaptive control of memory are disclosed. One example apparatus includes a memory translation unit configured to receive a memory access request including a requested address and to determine a mapping state of a region of a memory associated with the requested address. The memory translation unit further configured to provide a mapped address to the memory. The mapped address is selected from one of the requested address or a translated requested address based on the state of the region of the memory associated with the requested address.
US11625308B2
An apparatus comprises a host device that includes a multi-path input-output (MPIO) driver configured to control delivery of input-output (IO) operations from the host device to first and second storage systems over selected paths through a network. The MPIO driver is further configured to identify a connectivity failure between the host device and a given one of the first and second storage systems, to generate a message comprising one or more details of the connectivity failure, and to send the message to a remaining one of the first and second storage systems over at least one path of a plurality of paths between the host device and the remaining one of the storage systems. The first and second storage systems in some embodiments are arranged in an active-active configuration relative to one another, with one being designated as a non-bias and the other as a bias storage system.
US11625298B2
An apparatus includes a memory sub-system comprising a plurality of memory blocks and a memory block defect detection component. The memory block defect detection component is to set, for a memory block among the plurality of memory blocks, a first block defect detection rate and determine whether the first block defect detection rate is greater than a threshold block defect detection rate for the at least one memory block. In response to a determination that the first block defect detection rate is greater than the threshold block defect detection rate for the memory block, the memory block defect detection component is to assert a program command on the memory block determine whether a program operation associated with assertion of the program command on the at least one memory block is successful. In response to a determination the program operation is unsuccessful, the memory block defect detection component is to determine that a failure involving a plane associated with the memory block and another plane of the memory sub-system has occurred.
US11625295B2
A memory device is set to a performance mode. Data item is received. The data item in a page of a logical unit of the memory device associated with a fault tolerant stripe is stored. A redundancy metadata update for the fault tolerant stripe is delayed until a subsequent media management operation.
US11625284B2
The technology disclosed relates to inter-node execution of configuration files on reconfigurable processors using smart network interface controller (SmartNIC) buffers. In particular, the technology disclosed relates to a runtime logic that is configured to execute configuration files that define applications and process application data for applications using a first reconfigurable processor on a first node, and a second host processor on a second node. The execution includes streaming configuration data in the configuration files and the application data between the first reconfigurable processor and the second host processor using one or more SmartNIC buffers.
US11625282B2
Systems and methods are provided for remote submission and execution of machine learning models. Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure enable an instance of a notebook client running on a user terminal to remotely submit model code entered into the cells of the instance to a selected training cluster. The instance is instantiated without configuring the instance with a specific compute engine. A management system communicatively coupled to the user terminal and the training clusters maintains a data structure including configuration parameters for the training clusters. The instance receives a selection of a training cluster and is provided with the configuration parameters from the management system for the selected training cluster for attaching the training cluster to the instance.
US11625281B2
Routing containerized services requests on a serverless platform can include responding to receiving on the serverless platform a request for a containerized service and detecting a potential request failure. The response to the potential request failure can include searching a database that maps version-specific requests to a plurality of containers that are configured and managed by the serverless platform. The routing can include redirecting the request to a container containing a prior version of the containerized service requested in response to determining that the prior version of the containerized service maps to a version-specific request that matches the request received.
US11625280B2
A cloud-native proxy gateway is reachable from a central server and from an isolated cloud VM. A method allows legacy (non-cloud native) solutions to establish a secure connection to the isolated cloud VM, even when incoming port flows are not enabled. The method involves transforming a TCP/IP network connection request into a cloud API call, ignoring IP addresses, and instead using a unique cloud resource identifier as the primary network routing methodology. In response to a communication connection request by the central server, the isolated VM establishes a reverse tunnel to the cloud-native proxy gateway. Communication flow initiated by the central server proceeds through the reverse tunnel to the isolated VM, avoiding an issue of duplicate IP addresses in the cloud.
US11625276B2
In general, embodiments disclosed herein relate to using high bandwidth memory (HBM) in a booting process. In embodiments disclosed herein, a region of the HBM is set aside as an additional memory pool (also referred to as a pool) for drivers and/or other memory heap requests in the booting process. One or more embodiments maintain the existing memory pool below four GB, but provide an additional resource for drivers and heap requests.
US11625269B1
A technique for scheduling instructions includes obtaining a set of instructions that operate on memory objects, and determining the dependencies of the memory objects. The memory objects are then sorted into a sequence of memory objects based on the dependencies of the memory objects, and the set of instructions are scheduled into a sequence of instructions according to the sequence of memory objects. Sorting memory objects allows instructions that operate on the same memory object to be kept together. This helps minimize spilling conditions because intervening instructions that do not operate on the same memory object can be avoided.
US11625268B2
This invention relates to computer engineering and operating system architecture, in particular, it discloses a new method of interaction among operating system components and tasks by means of an interface bus. It introduces OS' interface bus element being part of kernel and acting in similar way as known standard device interface bus but for all OS' components and tasks. Besides, the invention further expands the bus functions by possibility of simultaneous execution of components created for different generations of OS and its microkernels, providing for applications compatibility with any OS and microkernel versions without recompilation, saving user investments, reducing application developer software maintenance costs, and providing for OS component reuse. This result is conditioned by the use of unique components identifiers taking into account their generations and creation of interface bus access interfaces corresponding to OS components generations. Interaction between a component and a task is performed via Interface bus by referring via a single pointer to a system interface with possibility of choosing any interprocess communication mechanism implemented in components; by using the marshalling mechanism between components and tasks located in various address spaces and by Interface bus expansion with other OS components.
US11625267B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processing unit that performs a series of processes with an external device, and a detection unit that detects an interrupt of a process other than the series of processes after the series of processes is started, in which the processing unit changes contents of a process to be performed after the interrupt is detected on the basis of a detection state of the interrupt.
US11625264B2
Mobility service providers and others can use cloud platforms to meet customer demand. Due to changing demand or changing technology numerous issues arise. For example, server utilization within the cloud platform can become less efficient over time. As another example, virtual machines and virtual network functions processed by the cloud platform typically need to be extensively tested and certified, which can be expensive. Moreover, intra-platform communication can play a significant role in the costs to operate a cloud platform. Techniques detailed herein can address many of these issues, e.g., by providing mechanisms for increasing host or server utilization in response to changing demand, introducing a container technique for virtual machines to mitigate testing costs, and modeling bandwidth resources.
US11625262B1
Virtual computer systems (virtual machines) have become increasingly common with the evolution of virtualization technology, cloud computing, etc. However, as a virtual machine and its associated guest operating system seek to execute and/or access a page of memory through synchronous processes execution of the virtual processor associated with the virtual processing is blocked until the page of memory is locked and available. Accordingly, time is wasted on calls waiting for physical page availability thereby reducing utilization of the host machine and virtual machine respectively. To address this an asynchronous virtual machine environment is established allowing the virtual machine or physical machine to handle additional operations whilst waiting for physical page availability.
US11625257B2
A managed object of a virtualized computing environment, which contains the runtime state of a parent virtual machine (VM) and can be placed in any host of the virtualized computing environment, is used for instantly cloning child VMs off that managed object. The managed object is not an executable object (i.e., the state of the managed object is static) and thus it does not require most of the overhead memory associated with a VM. As a result, this managed object can support instant cloning of VMs with a reduction in memory, storage, and CPU overhead relative to when a parent template VM is used.
US11625244B2
Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for reuse of FMA execution unit hardware logic to provide native support for execution of get exponent, get mantissa, and/or scale instructions within a GPU. These new instructions may be used to implement branch-free emulation algorithms for mathematical functions and analytic functions (e.g., transcendental functions) by detecting and handling various special case inputs within a pre-processing stage of the FMA execution unit, which allows the main dataflow of the FMA execution unit to be bypassed for such special cases. Since special cases are handled by the FMA execution unit, library functions emulating various functions, including, but not limited to logarithm, exponential, and division operations may be implemented with significantly fewer lines of machine-level code, thereby providing improved performance for HPC applications.
US11625242B1
A system and method for automatically routing datasets based on input and output requirements of information is disclosed. The example method includes obtaining a list of modules executing on one or more processing devices, each module to generate an output dataset of a respective output requirement based on an input dataset of a respective input requirement. The method also includes establishing connections between the modules based on the input requirements and output requirements, including a first connection between a first module and a third module and a second connection between a second module and the third module. The method also includes receiving a first output dataset from the first module and receiving a second output dataset from the second module and, responsive to determining that the first module reported an error, routing the second output dataset to the third module without routing the first output dataset to the third module.
US11625240B1
Rules can be generated for migrating dependencies of a software application. For example, a computing device can receive a source version of a dependency of a software application and a target version of the dependency of the software application. The computing device can compare the source version to the target version to determine a difference between the source version and the target version. The computing device can receive a template for a rule indicating a location in the source version to be modified for the software application to support the target version. The template can include a fillable section. The computing device can populate the fillable section of the template with a value based on the difference between the source version and the target version.
US11625238B2
Deployment of a modified service affects the functioning of other services that make use of the service. To address the problems that deployment of modified executable code can cause in other services, a dependency lock is placed on candidate code to prevent deployment until tests on the client services are successfully completed. Developers of client services that rely on a supplier service are enabled to place a dependency lock on the service. As a result, deployment of the supplier service is only allowed when tests of the client services complete successfully. The administrator of the service being deployed may control which other users are able to add dependency locks without giving those users other permissions such as the ability to modify the source code of the service, the ability to deploy the service, and the like.
US11625237B2
A computer generates a profile, where the profile comprises one or more programs to monitor. The computer determines a baseline for each of the one or more programs by collecting one or more values associated with a normal operation for each of the one or more programs. The computer detects an anomaly based on deviation of the one or more values from the normal operation. Based on identifying a playbook for the anomaly, the computer applies the playbook on the program from the one or more programs. The computer organizes chat services based on identifying one or more members associated with the anomaly.
US11625232B2
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to receive, from a given host device in a given data center that utilizes a given piece of software, first configuration information associated with the given host device. The processing device is also configured to identify available software upgrades for the given piece of software and to select issue indicators associated with installation of the available software upgrades on other host devices. The processing device is further configured to provide, to the given host device, a recommendation to install the available software upgrades for the given piece of software on the given host device responsive to determining that (i) the first configuration information associated with the given host device has at least a threshold level of similarity to the second configuration information of the other host devices and (ii) the issue indicators have at least a threshold issue criticality level.
US11625229B1
Technology is described for adding a component in an application. A user interface may be provided for selecting a component for the application. A request may be received to add the component in the application. A component context associated with the component in the application may be identified. The component context may be defined in part by a component context rule for adding the component. A determination whether to add the component in the application may be made based in part on the component context.
US11625221B2
Example systems, apparatus, and methods receive audio information including a plurality of frames from a source device, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames includes one or more audio samples and a time stamp indicating when to play the one or more audio samples of the respective frame. In an example, the time stamp is updated for each of the plurality of frames using a time differential value determined between clock information received from the source device and clock information associated with the device. The updated time stamp is stored for each of the plurality of frames, and the audio information is output based on the plurality of frames and associated updated time stamps. A number of samples per frame to be output is adjusted based on a comparison between the updated time stamp for the frame and a predicted time value for play back of the frame.
US11625218B2
A sound output device includes: first circuitry, connected to a first audio device, that outputs sound based on sound output data via the first audio device according to first sound volume data; and second circuitry connected to a second audio device, including an amplifier that amplifies sound to be output from the second audio device according to second sound volume data. The second circuitry controls a value of the second sound volume data to be a fixed value, receives, from the first circuitry, the sound output data and the first sound volume data, and outputs sound based on the sound output data that is received, via the second audio device, according to the first sound volume data that is received.
US11625216B2
Techniques are provided for implementing multi-track audio analysis. In some instances, a plurality of audio tracks are received and combined into a single audio file. A collection of audio file characteristics are extracted from the single audio file. In some examples, the collection of audio file characteristics are associated with of the plurality of audio tracks and the single audio file. Audio characteristic edits are received for revising the collection of audio file characteristics. Metadata associated with each of the plurality of audio tracks and for the single audio file are updated based at least in part on the audio characteristic edits.
US11625206B2
A method and an apparatus for handling image forming abnormality, and an image forming apparatus are provided. The method is applied to the image forming apparatus and includes acquiring a print job from a control terminal and analyzing the print job to obtain an analysis result. When the analysis result is a failed analysis, whether a control program installed on the control terminal is abnormal is determined accordingly. The control program is a program which enables the control terminal to exchange the print job with the image forming apparatus. If the control program installed on the control terminal is abnormal, an abnormal-driving information page is generated and printed to output. By printing to output the abnormal information page, the user can be effectively and clearly informed of the cause of the printer abnormality, which improves the efficiency and user experience of abnormality resolution.
US11625190B2
A method for generating a reconstructed version of a filesystem entity, the method may include (i) generating fallback retrieval metadata for a reconstructed version segment, when the reconstructed version segment is (a) associated with a corresponding intermediate version segment, and (b) the corresponding intermediate version segment is preceded by a corresponding most updated segment that does not exceed a fallback version of the filesystem entity; wherein the reconstructed version segment, the corresponding intermediate version segment and the corresponding most updated segment that does not exceed a fallback version have a same address range; (ii) generating a non-existing indicator for the reconstructed version segment, when the reconstructed version segment is (a) associated with the corresponding intermediate version segment, and (b) the corresponding intermediate version segment is not preceded by any corresponding most updated segment that does not exceed the fallback version; and (iii) maintaining intermediate metadata for retrieving one or more intermediate versions of the filesystem entity.
US11625186B2
A method for erasing stored data from the memory of the network device and requesting data from the memory after completion of the data erasure procedure or accessing the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure. The method further comprises determining the outcome of the data erasure procedure based on: the results of a comparison between a response received from the network device in reply to the request for data and an expected response which is indicative of a successful erasure of the memory of the network device; or the results of a comparison between any contents of the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure and expected contents of the memory of the network device after completion of the data erasure procedure which are indicative of a successful erasure of the memory of the network device.
US11625184B1
Embodiments are disclosed for a method. The method includes migrating a file to a newer tape. The file is previously recalled by a linear tape file system (LTFS) from an older tape. The method also includes updating a stub for the file with metadata describing the newer tape, the older tape, and the file. Further, the method includes recalling the file using a tape selected from a plurality of potential tapes identified by the metadata.
US11625183B1
Rotating disk drives can be partitioned into performance partitions (PPs) each including slices having similar performance in accordance with an allowable difference or tolerance for any of data throughput, bandwidth and data transfer rate. Each subdrive can correspond to slices of the rotating disk drives included in a single PP. Each PP can have a performance level denoting a relative performance ranking of PPs. Each PP tier can include PPs across multiple rotating disk drives have the same performance level. Resiliency sets (RSs) can be configured from the PP tiers where each RS can include slices of subdrives from only one of the PP tiers. Physical ubers or units (PUs) can be allocated from the RSs. Each PU can denote a mapped RAID group configured from slices of different subdrives of one RS. Spare slices can be reserved in each RS or a lowest performance PP tier.
US11625179B2
A cache storage system indexing method is provided that indexes a data address in a cache storage system based on a data fingerprint of the cached data, wherein the data fingerprint is generated by a deduplication fingerprint function used for referencing deduplication of data in the cache storage system. A computer-implemented method of data operations to a cache storage system is also provided including: obtaining a data fingerprint for the data of the data operation, either by applying a deduplication fingerprinting function to data of a write operation or by accessing deduplication metadata for a read operation to obtain the data fingerprint generated by using a deduplication fingerprinting function used for deduplication of data in the cache storage system; and using an indexing service to the cache storage system having an address schema based on the data fingerprints of the data.
US11625178B2
The present technology relates to an electronic device. According to the present technology, a storage device having improved zone recovery speed may include a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, and a memory controller configured to, in response to the zone open request, allocate memory blocks to store data of a logical address group corresponding to an open-requested zone among the plurality of memory blocks, and control the memory device to store zone recovery information included in a zone open request, and wherein the zone recovery information indicates whether data to be stored in the open-requested zone is to be recovered in a next power cycle.
US11625171B2
A method, system and apparatus for protecting from out of bounds memory references, including establishing a threshold number of active objects for examination for an out of bounds memory reference, determining whether a number of active objects for an application exceeds the threshold, and when the number of active objects exceeds the threshold, storing at least part of information about the active objects in an overflow table in a memory.
US11625168B2
The storage device includes a first memory, a process device that stores data in the first memory and reads the data from the first memory, and an accelerator that includes a second memory different from the first memory. The accelerator stores compressed data stored in one or more storage drives storing data, in the second memory, decompresses the compressed data stored in the second memory to generate plaintext data, extracts data designated in the process device from the plaintext data, and transmits the extracted designated data to the first memory.
US11625166B2
The present disclosure is directed to positioning animated images within a dynamic keyboard interface. In particular, the methods and systems of the present disclosure can: receive, from a user device on which an application is executed, data indicating a context of: the application, and/or a dynamic keyboard interface provided in association with the application; identify, based at least in part on the data indicating the context, a plurality of different animated images, including an animated image comprising an advertisement, for presentation by the dynamic keyboard interface; communicate, to the user device, data indicating the plurality of different animated images; receive, from the user device, data indicating a selection of the animated image comprising the advertisement; and determine, based at least in part on the data indicating the selection and the data indicating the context, a position within the dynamic keyboard interface for presenting the animated image comprising the advertisement.
US11625163B2
A computing device displays a data visualization interface that includes a shelf region and a schema information region. The device receives user input to select a measure data field and a dimension data field from the schema information region. The device generates a custom calculation that groups data values of the dimension data field according to respective distinct data values of the dimension data field and aggregates data values of the measure data field for each of the distinct data values of the dimension data field. The device stores the custom calculation as a new selectable data field and displays the new selectable data field in the schema information region. The device receives user selection of the new selectable data field from the schema information region and placement of the new selectable data field in the shelf region. The device generates and displays a data visualization.
US11625162B2
A method can include rendering a graphical user interface (GUI) to a display where the GUI includes graphical controls that correspond to windows and objects of a computational framework and a windows builder panel; responsive to receipt of instructions via the graphical controls, generating specifications for the windows and the objects; and storing the specifications for the windows and the objects as a template file.
US11625152B1
Within an environment in which users converse at least partly with human agents to accomplish a desired task, a server assists the agents by identifying workflows that are most applicable to the current conversation. Workflow selection functionality identifies one or more candidate workflows based on techniques such as user intent inference, conversation state tracking, or search, according to various embodiments. The identified candidate workflows are either automatically selected on behalf of the agent, or are presented to the agent for manual selection.
US11625128B2
Optical touch sensors may be adversely affected by noise, such as modulated sunlight incident on the touch sensor. An analog optical detector is provided that includes a frequency dependent emitter feedback circuitry that does not substantially reduce the gain for a first modulation frequency range of the photodiode current and provides, for a second modulation frequency range of the photodiode current, a current feedback to reduce the gain of the first transistor. The second modulation frequency may include one or more expected noise modulation frequencies. A touch sensor device including a plurality of such optical detectors is also provided. Also provided is a touch sensor device comprising sampling disable circuitry operable to disable sampling of the output from the optical detectors for a duration of time.
US11625122B2
Provided is a system that includes: a plurality of touch sensors sharing a signal medium, each touch sensor in the plurality being configured to output set of frequencies on the signal medium responsive to being touched, each touch sensor in the plurality being configured to output a different set of frequencies; an analog to digital converter electrically coupled to the signal medium and configured to receive the sets of frequencies from the touch sensors and convert the sets of frequencies to digital representations of the sets of frequencies in the time domain; a processor communicatively coupled to the analog to digital converter and configured to execute a fast Fourier transform of the digital representations from the time domain into digital representations in the frequency domain; and an address decoder operative to transform the digital representations in the frequency domain into identifiers of touch sensors among the plurality of touch sensors.
US11625117B2
A method includes obtaining sensor coordinates corresponding to positions on a sensor pointed to by an electronic pen, and values determined based signals received from the electronic pen; mapping, using a first mapping method, a first set of the sensor coordinates to first display screen coordinates; determining that a first one of the values is greater than or equal to a first threshold value; determining that a second one of the values is less than or equal to a second threshold value, after determining that the first one of the values is greater than or equal to the first threshold value; and in response to determining that the second one of the values is less than or equal to the second threshold value, mapping, using a second mapping method, a second set of the sensor coordinates to a second display screen coordinates.
US11625115B2
A touch display device for preventing the occurrence of a short circuit between routing lines is disclosed. The touch display device includes a dam forming a boundary with an encapsulation unit covering a light-emitting element, and the dam is formed such that the height thereof in a region that overlaps routing lines, which are connected to touch electrodes disposed on the encapsulation unit, and the height thereof in a region that does not overlap the routing lines are different from each other, thereby preventing the occurrence of a short circuit between the routing lines.
US11625109B2
A computer mouse includes a housing. The housing includes a non-metallic base and a shell attached to the non-metallic base. The shell is formed of an electrically conductive material. The computer mouse includes a user input device in the housing. The user input device is manually operable by a user to generate a control signal. The computer mouse includes an antenna within the housing. The antenna is configured to receive the control signal from the user input device. The antenna is configured to emit a wireless signal, based on the control signal, to control operations of a computing device.
US11625105B2
A method for inputting and outputting a text comprising characters is disclosed, wherein the text is input via an input unit and/or output via an output unit in the form of a combination of full text and short text. The short text is input and/or output including at least one abbreviation in the form of characters or combinations of characters, to which predefined full text contents are allocated.
US11625099B2
Systems, methods, and protocols for developing invasive brain computer interface (iBCI) decoders non-invasively by using emulated brain data are provided. A human operator can interact in real-time with control algorithms designed for iBCI. An operator can provide input to one or more computer models (e.g., via body gestures), and this process can generate emulated brain signals that would otherwise require invasive brain electrodes to obtain.
US11625098B2
Contact or movement gestures between a first body part and a second body part can be detected. Sense circuitry can be configured to sense a signal at the sense electrode (e.g., configured to contact the second body part) in response to a drive signal applied to the drive electrode (e.g., configured to contact the first body part). Processing circuitry can be configured to detect contact in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are met (e.g., an amplitude criterion and a non-distortion criterion). Additionally or alternatively, processing circuitry can be configured to detect a movement gesture in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are met (e.g., a contact criterion and a movement criterion).
US11625093B2
Device, method, and system of high-speed eye tracking. A system includes: a set of illumination sources, to selectively generate illumination pulses towards a human eye in accordance with a particular timing scheme per illumination source and in accordance with a particular wavelength per illumination source; a set of optical sensors, to sense changes to one or more properties of reflections of the illumination pulses from the human eye in response to modifications in operational properties of the illumination sources; and a processor to process the sensed changes, and to generate one or more processing results that are based on the sensed changes.
US11625087B2
A system and method for managing energy consumption of one or more processor cores in a multicore processing device. The method includes recording an activity level of one or more processor cores within a multicore processing device and translating each activity level of the one or more processor cores to a respective charge value. The method also includes generating, at least partially subject to each translated charge value, one or more charge replenishment requests associated with the one or more processor cores. The method further includes determining the one or more charge replenishment requests exceeds a power delivery capacity to the multicore processing device. The method also includes regulating the processing activity of the one or more processor cores to decrease a power consumption for the one or more processing cores.
US11625085B2
Disclosed herein is a dynamic backup battery for updating the firmware of a media device. The media device includes a memory device that is electrically coupled to a port. The port of the media device is configured to receive a first power. The media device also includes a battery that is electrically coupled to the port and is configured to supply a second power to the port. The media device includes a processor electrically coupled to the battery and is configured to monitor the power level of the first power received and based on the power level of the first power received falling below a threshold value, the battery supplies a second power to the port of the media device. The processor is further configured to activate a low power mode, detect an event while in low power mode, deactivate low power mode, perform a task, and reactivate low power mode.
US11625084B2
Methods and apparatus for optimizing device power and efficiency based on host-controlled hints prior to low-power entry for PCI Express blocks and components. Data structures containing low-power state capability information mapping one or more fine-grained low-power states for each of at least one of an L0s, L1, L1.1, and L1.2 PCIe-defined low-power state are stored on a PCIe device coupled to a Host via a PCIe link. Messages are exchanged over the PCIe link between the Host and PCIe device to configure, using the low-power state capability information, blocks and/or components on the PCIe device to enter a fine-grained low-power state instead of an associated PCIe-defined low-power state mapped to the fine-grained low-power state when the PCIe device detects a power-change event or receives a command to enter the associated PCIe-defined low-power state. Sequences of power-level changes between multiple fine-grained low-power states may also be implemented.
US11625081B2
Centralized profile-based operational monitoring and control of remote computing devices. A controller device receives, from a first customer-premises device (CPD) associated with a first local area network, at a first time a first temperature value that quantifies a temperature of the first CPD, the first CPD having a plurality of different energy consumption operating modes. The controller device, based on an attribute of the first CPD, accesses a first CPD profile of a plurality of different CPD profiles to determine a preferred CPD temperature range. The controller device determines that the first temperature value is outside of the preferred CPD temperature range, and sends an instruction that instructs the first CPD to transition from a current energy consumption operating mode to a first reduced energy consumption operating mode based at least in part on the first temperature value.
US11625071B2
A foldable display device includes a flexible display panel, a case supporting the flexible display panel, a bonding member fixing the flexible display panel to the case. The case includes a hinge portion, and supports respectively coupled to the hinge portion at opposing sides of the hinge portion. The flexible display panel includes a bendable area corresponding to the hinge portion, and planar areas respectively at opposing sides of the bendable area and corresponding to the supports of the case. The bonding member is between a support of the case and the corresponding planar area of the flexible display panel, and is displaceable with respect to the support along one of a thickness direction and a width direction of the flexible display panel when the flexible display panel is folded.
US11625068B2
A display device includes a window containing a glass substrate, a display panel disposed under the window, and a digitizer disposed under the display panel, wherein the digitizer includes a base film disposed under the display panel, a first conductive layer disposed under the base film, a first insulating layer disposed under the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer disposed under the first insulating layer, a second conductive layer disposed under the second conductive layer, and the second insulating layer disposed under the second conductive layer, and the window, the display panel, and the digitizer may be capable of being folded and unfolded.
US11625058B2
Systems and methods for managing power supplied over an electric power grid by an electric utility and/or other market participants to a multiplicity of grid elements and devices for supply and/or load curtailment as supply, each of which having a supply equivalence value associated with its energy consumption and/or reduction in consumption and/or supply, and wherein messaging is managed through a network by a coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements and devices, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators.
US11625052B2
A pump unit (2) has an electrical drive motor (5) and a control device (4) for controlling the drive motor (5), wherein said control device (4) includes at least one microprocessor (8) and storage means (6) which is able to store at least one control program executable by said microprocessor (8), wherein said control device (4) includes or communicates with a programming module (7) by which at least one user application can be created and/or modified and stored in said storage means, wherein said programming module (7) is designed such that at least one input parameter (13), at least one operator (10) and at least one action (14) can be chosen as program elements and combined to generate at least one user function (18) of said user application which can be executed by said microprocessor.
US11625051B2
A method for dispatching trips to a plurality of autonomous vehicles is disclosed. Operational design domain (ODD) parameters for an autonomous vehicle of a first vehicle type are derived based on vehicle movement data. The vehicle movement data describes a plurality of trips executed by a set of autonomous vehicles of the first vehicle type. A first ODD parameter of the ODD parameters is identified that meets a criterion. A first new trip is generated based on the identified ODD parameter. An autonomous vehicle is selected to execute the first new trip. A request to execute the first new trip is then sent to the selected autonomous vehicle.
US11625049B2
A control apparatus that controls a plurality of vehicles performing platoon travelling is provided. Each of the vehicles is provided with an inter-vehicle communication apparatus that performs an inter-vehicle communication with an other vehicle included in a column of the platoon travelling. At least some of the vehicles is provided with an external communication apparatus that performs an external communication based on own identification information given by a telecommunication company. The control apparatus is configured to control respective vehicles such that the number of vehicles capable of simultaneously performing the external communication is less than the number of vehicles included in the column.
US11625048B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for determining a location of a tow hitch (280) mounted to a vehicle (250), comprising imaging means (260) disposed in relation to the vehicle to output image data corresponding to an image (105), and processing means (200, 210) arranged to receive the image data (270), wherein the processing means is arranged to select image data corresponding to a region (310) of the image and to search within the selected data for image data corresponding to the tow hitch (280) to determine the location of the tow hitch within the image.
US11625041B2
Techniques are disclosed for a combined machine learned (ML) model that may generate a track confidence metric associated with a track and/or a classification of an object. Techniques may include obtaining a track. The track, which may include object detections from one or more sensor data types and/or pipelines, may be input into a machine-learning (ML) model. The model may output a track confidence metric and a classification. In some examples, if the track confidence metric does not satisfy a threshold, the ML model may cause the suppression of the output of the track to a planning component of an autonomous vehicle.
US11625032B2
Industrial plants involve a large amount of equipment, which generate a large amount of data. By analyzing this data, the operator can diagnose anomaly in the plant. Analyzing this data is difficult and time taking task. A method and system for diagnosing anomaly in an industrial system in a time efficient and convenient manner has been provided. The system is configured to diagnose the anomaly by finding out one or more sensors responsible for the anomaly. The present disclosure treats the anomaly detection model as a score generating function. Whenever for a particular instance the score given by the anomaly detection model crosses a pre-determined threshold, anomaly is reported and the diagnosis algorithm is triggered. The system is configured to diagnose the anomaly predicted in case of time series as well as non-time series data.
US11625030B2
A method of deriving autonomous control information involves receiving one or more sets of associated environment sensor information and device control instructions. Each set of associated environment sensor information and device control instructions includes environment sensor information representing an environment associated with an operator controllable device and associated device control instructions configured to cause the operator controllable device to simulate at least one action taken by at least one operator experiencing a representation of the environment generated from the environment sensor information. The method also involves deriving autonomous control information from the one or more sets of associated environment sensor information and device control instructions, the autonomous control information configured to facilitate generating autonomous device control signals from autonomous environment sensor information representing an environment associated with an autonomous device, the autonomous device control signals configured to cause the autonomous device to take at least one autonomous action.
US11625024B2
A lockout tagout auditing and guidance system provides a mobile device that can guide an individual to particular tags either to perform the operations required for lockout procedures or to perform an auditing activity. In both cases, images of the tags are obtained and imaged and tag locations compared to corresponding information in the database to assess the existence and clarity of the tags for auditing purposes.
US11625020B2
There is provided a method of controlling an industrial gas plant complex comprising a plurality of industrial gas plants powered by one or more renewable power sources, the method being executed by at least one hardware processor, the method comprising receiving time-dependent predicted power data for a pre-determined future time period from the one or more renewable power sources; receiving time-dependent predicted operational characteristic data for each industrial gas plant; utilizing the predicted power data and predicted characteristic data in an optimization model to generate a set of state variables for the plurality of industrial gas plants; utilizing the generated state variables to generate a set of control set points for the plurality of industrial gas plants; and sending the control set points to a control system to control the industrial gas plant complex by adjusting one or more control set points of the industrial gas plants.
US11625013B2
A system for automatically learning and adapting to the energy usage of an equipment operating according to a control input including at least one sensor for measuring an energy usage of the equipment an generating a baseline energy usage over time signature that is used to compare active energy usage measurements to so as to determine operational deviations. The system includes software that matches and compares equipment operation to established norms and can modify the functioning of the equipment when threshold deviations are detected. The system includes the ability to learn the functioning of the equipment and can adjust for dynamically changing conditions to avoid generation of false alerts or alarms while at the same time detecting longer term deviations that if left unchecked, could shorten the lifespan of the equipment and increase the costs associated with running the equipment.
US11625009B2
An occupancy grid manager having a non-uniform occupancy which includes a plurality of cells, configurable in a plurality of cell sizes, each cell representing a region of an environment of a vehicle; and one or more processors, configured to determine one or more context factors; select a cell size for a cell of the plurality of cells based on the one or more context factors; process sensor data provided by one or more sensors; and determine a probability that the cell of the plurality of cells is occupied based on the sensor data.
US11625008B2
Methods and systems for managing a premises are disclosed. The premises may comprise a premises system and a gateway in communication with the premises. The gateway may send, to a remote device, premise data received from the premises system.
US11625007B2
A method for fabricating a composite component for horology or jewellery including making a base from a first material, with a first visible apparent surface, and a first support surface; a structure from a second ceramic, or sapphire or at least partially amorphous material, with a second apparent surface and a second support surface, including a through bore machined over the entire thickness thereof; at least one insert made of a third material, for each through bore, and arranged to fit together in a complementary manner with this through bore; bonding this base and each structure to each other, with each first support surface and each second complementary support surface bearing against one another; securing each insert with its respective through bore.
US11625006B2
A case for a timepiece having a middle, a rotating bezel, and a device for blocking the rotating bezel, the device including an end-link, mounted mobile relative to the middle between a first position capable of preventing the rotation of the rotating bezel and a second position capable of allowing the rotation of the rotating bezel, the end-link including an action and/or gripping portion arranged so as to allow the wearer of the timepiece to move the end-link relative to the middle, while wearing the timepiece.
US11624998B2
An image forming apparatus includes a frame having a first metal plate and a second metal plate where the first metal plate has a recess portion. The frame supports an image forming member that forms an image on a sheet. The first metal plate and the second metal plate are positioned to each other and an adhesive is in a space formed between the recess portion and the second metal plate. The space is such that it receives the adhesive by injection.
US11624997B2
A heating device includes a heating unit that heats a member to be heated, which is transported, as a result of a contact portion of the heating unit being in contact with the member to be heated, a heat pipe that is disposed on a portion of the heating unit different from the contact portion in such a manner as to extend in a widthwise direction crossing a transport direction of the member to be heated and that includes a crimped portion formed at a first end of the heat pipe, a rotating body that rotates in such a manner as to press the member to be heated against the contact portion of the heating unit, and a power input unit that is disposed on a second end side of the heat pipe and that inputs a rotational force at least to the rotating body.
US11624991B2
A developing device includes a developing container having a first stirring chamber and a second stirring chamber that are arranged in juxtaposition with each other and a developer carrier that carries toner in the second stirring chamber. The developing container includes a duct, an air suction port, a first filter, and a second filter. The duct is arranged adjacently to the second stirring chamber and allows air in the second stirring chamber to flow out to an exterior. The air suction port is open along a longitudinal direction of the second stirring chamber and allows communication between inside the second stirring chamber and inside the duct. The first filter covers the air suction port. The second filter is arranged on a downstream side of the first filter in an air circulation direction in the duct and covers an air circulation path in the duct.
US11624989B2
An image forming apparatus includes a developer bearing member, a frame having a storage member, and a first temperature detection unit. The storage member is for storing a developer for the developer bearing member to record an image on a recording material. The storage member includes an attachment part in which a supply container enclosing a developer is removably attachable to the attachment part. With reference to a recording material conveyance path having a center in a width direction of the recording material that is orthogonal to a recording material conveyance direction and in a case where an area on one side of the conveyance path center is a first area and the area on the other side of the conveyance path center is a second area, the attachment part is arranged in the first area and the first temperature detection unit is arranged in the second area.
US11624978B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor includes: receiving a photomask substrate including a shielding layer; defining a chip region and a peripheral region adjacent to the chip region; forming a design pattern in the chip region; forming a reference pattern by emitting one first radiation shot and a beta pattern by emitting a plurality of second radiation shots in the peripheral region, wherein a pixel size of the first radiation shot is greater than a pixel size of the second radiation shot; comparing a reference roughness of a boundary of the reference pattern and a beta roughness of a boundary of the beta pattern; transferring the design pattern to the shielding layer if a difference between the reference roughness and the beta roughness is within a tolerance; and transferring the design pattern of the photomask to a semiconductor substrate.
US11624974B2
A projection apparatus and an illumination system that includes an excitation light source, a beam filter module, a wavelength conversion module and a homogenizing element are provided. The beam filter module includes a light effective region and is disposed on a transmission path of an excitation beam. The wavelength conversion module includes a wavelength conversion region and is disposed on a transmission path of the excitation beam reflected by the light effective region. The wavelength conversion region converts the excitation beam into a conversion beam. The conversion beam from the wavelength conversion module passes through the light effective region and then forms at least one color light. An optical axis of the excitation beam incident on the light effective region and a normal line of the light effective region are respectively not parallel to a central axis of the homogenizing element.
US11624956B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device including the same, in which heights of at least some of metal terminals in a flexible circuit board bonding pad increase in a direction away from a driving chip. Therefore, more space is reserved for connecting traces between the metal terminals and the driving chip, thereby avoiding occurrence of a display abnormality caused by short-circuiting between the connecting traces due to limitation of space for setting the connecting traces and avoiding the metal terminals being too close to a fan-out trace area in order to reduce impedance.
US11624946B2
A display apparatus includes: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged so as to face each other; a display region included in each of the first substrate and the second substrate; a transparent region formed inside the display region in a planar view; a frame region formed between the display region and the transparent region so as to surround the transparent region along an outer edge of the transparent region in a planar view; a polarizer formed in either the first substrate or the second substrate and having an opening overlapping the transparent region; a first transparent conductive film formed in a first conductive layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a second transparent conductive film formed in a second conductive layer between the first conductive layer and the second substrate. The second transparent conductive film is in the frame region in a planar view.
US11624944B2
A switchable backlight for a switchable privacy display apparatus comprises a collimated waveguide and an optical turning film comprising first and second arrays of elongate prismatic elements. High image luminance and image visibility is provided for off-axis viewers in a public mode of operation while in a privacy mode of operation visual security level above a perceived privacy threshold may be achieved for off-axis snoopers.
US11624935B2
A multi-axis motor includes a first elongate magnet member disposed in a first orientation and a second elongate magnet member disposed in a second orientation orthogonal to the first orientation and mechanically coupled to the first elongate magnet member. The first elongate magnet member is operable to adjust a first axis of a fine axis structure. The second elongate magnet member is operable to adjust a second axis of the fine axis structure.
US11624931B2
A device utilized for spectrally combining multi lasers or laser emitters into a single high-power beam. Exemplary embodiments of the device consist of a monolithic structure, such as a hollow tube, wherein the input end cap comprises a transform optic and the output end cap comprises a transmission grating.
US11624930B2
A display device includes: a first closed-bottom lens tube including a first display part on the closed bottom for displaying a first image; a second closed-bottom lens tube including a second display part on the closed bottom for displaying a second image; an adjustment mechanism including a first rod that extends from the first lens tube and a second rod that extends from the second lens tube and is rotatably connected to the first rod; and an image outputter that outputs the first and second images to the first and second display parts, respectively. The image outputter, in accordance with the angle of rotation of the first and second rods of the adjustment mechanism, controls and outputs the first and second images to bring the horizontal directions thereof closer to the arrangement direction of the first and second lens tubes.
US11624928B2
A wearable display apparatus is described herein. The wearable display apparatus includes a headset, a left-eye optical system, a right-eye optical system, and an inter-pupil distance (IPD) adjustment system coupled to the headset, the left-eye optical system, and the right-eye optical system for adjusting an inter-pupil spacing between the left-eye optical system and the right-eye optical system.
US11624925B2
Systems and methods for projecting each of a chronology of images as a sequence of images using a shifting element as part of a near-eye display system are provided for use in virtual reality, augmented reality, or mixed reality systems. In some example embodiments, a chronology of images is received by a peripheral sequencing system. The system divides each image into image portions and generates sequences of image portions to recreate the images based on arrangement data. The system then causes a high-speed display of each sequence of images such that they appear simultaneous to a viewer. In some embodiments, the projection is transmitted to a shifting optical element such as a rotating micromirror that propagates a display to a user. In some embodiments, the system further detects and corrects for image and environmental distortions.
US11624923B2
Systems and methods are provided for displaying a first portion of a video, the first portion comprising a subset of the video that fits in a display area of a computing device. The systems and methods further detect movement of the computing device during playback of the first portion of the video, calculate a rotation of the display of the first portion of the video based on a direction of the movement, and cause the display of the first portion of the video to rotate relative to the direction of movement to display a second portion of the video, the second portion comprising a subset of the video that is associated with the direction of movement and that was at least partially not visible in the first portion of the video when displayed in the display area of the computing device.
US11624911B2
A display device for displaying image information including an image generator circuit and a photo-switchable screen is provided. The image generator circuit outputs an output image. The photo-switchable screen operates in a first operation mode or a second operation mode. In response to the photo-switchable screen operating in the first operation mode, the photo-switchable screen has a first light-transmittance, and the photo-switchable screen generates the image information according to the output image. In response to the photo-switchable screen operating in the second operation mode, the photo-switchable screen has a second light-transmittance. The first light-transmittance is less than the second light-transmittance.
US11624908B2
A device can include a display that includes a display area; and an optical assembly that includes an optical element that defines an origin of a view of a camera, where the optical element is positionable directly in front of the display area of the display.
US11624883B2
A gas leak proof corrugated sheath design for reducing friction in an optical fiber cable (100) includes a plurality of ribbons (102) in a plurality of ribbon bundles (104), one or more water swellable yarns (110), a first layer (106), one or more ripcords (108), one or more strength members (112) and a second layer (114). The first layer, surrounding the plurality of ribbon bundles by the second layer having a plurality of ribs (116) and a plurality of grooves (118) to reduce number of contact points between the optical fiber cable and a duct to reduce coefficient of friction between the second layer and an inner surface of the duct.
US11624873B2
A method for making a multimode interference (MMI) coupler with an arbitrary desired splitting ratio includes forming a thin-film of silicon-nitride material overlying a SOI substrate. The method further includes obtaining geometric parameters of a standard MIMI coupler including a rectangular MMI block and one input port and two output ports in taper shape with one of standard splitting ratios under self-imaging principle which is close to the desired splitting ratio. Additionally, the method includes tunning the input port to an off-center position at front edge of the MMI block. The method further includes making a first output port to a first off-center position flushing with a side edge of the MMI block, adjusting a second output port to a second off-center position. The method includes tunning the MMI block to obtain optimized geometric parameters for approaching the selected arbitrary splitting ratio, and etching the thin-film of silicon-nitride material.
US11624863B2
There are provided an excellent diffractive optical element having a small amount of flare coloring and unaffected optical performance with a decrease in diffraction efficiency minimized and an optical system and an optical apparatus using the diffractive optical element. A diffractive optical element GD used in an optical system OL of a camera 1, which is an optical apparatus, and including a diffraction grating so that the diffractive optical element GD serves as a lens is so configured that the grating height h0 of the diffraction grating in a central region Ac around an optical axis Z is smaller than the grating height hmax of the diffraction grating in a peripheral region Ap.
US11624855B2
Systems and methods for determining holdup in a wellbore using a neutron-based downhole tool. In examples, the tool includes nuclear detectors that may measure gammas induced by highly energized pulsed-neutrons emitted by a generator. The characteristic energy and intensity of detected gammas indicate the elemental concentration for that interaction type. A detector response may be correlated to the borehole holdup by using the entire spectrum or the ratios of selected peaks. As a result, measurements taken by the neutron-based downhole tool may allow for a two component (oil and water) or a three component (oil, water, and gas) measurement. The two component or three component measurements may be further processed using machine learning (ML) and/or artificial intelligence (AI) with additional enhancements of semi-analytical physics algorithms performed at the employed network's nodes (or hidden layers).
US11624852B2
A receiver coil assembly for a geophysical survey system comprising: a first receiver coil supported by a first tubular frame that forms a first loop; a second receiver coil supported by a second tubular frame that forms a second loop; releasable connectors connecting the first tubular frame to the second tubular frame with a sensing axis of the first receiver coil having a different orientation than a sensing axis of the second receiver coil.
US11624851B1
Buried utility locator systems, including a locator including an integrated marker device excitation transmitter for generating and sending a marker device excitation signal to one or more marker devices, are disclosed.
US11624848B2
The underwater acoustic test system comprises an underwater acoustic transmitting unit, an underwater acoustic parabolic reflector, an underwater acoustic receiving unit, an orientation control system, and a computer measurement and control system. The underwater acoustic transmitting unit comprises an underwater acoustic signal generator and a transmitting transducer. The underwater acoustic parabolic reflector comprises a central main reflecting area and an edge diffraction processing area, wherein the central main reflecting area is configured for reflecting acoustic wave signals, and the edge diffraction processing area is configured for reducing the influence of the underwater acoustic parabolic reflector on a test area. The underwater acoustic receiving unit comprises a receiving transducer and an underwater acoustic signal receiver. The orientation control system comprises a traveling crane and a test turntable.
US11624845B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for calibrating an X-ray apparatus. The X-ray apparatus may include an X-ray detector and a collimator. To calibrate the X-ray apparatus, the methods and systems may include moving the X-ray detector from a first position to a second position along a first axis of a coordinate system, wherein the first position is under a scanning table, and the second position is outside the scanning table; moving the collimator to align the collimator with the X-ray detector at the second position; determining one or more parameters; and determining a second value of the first encoder when the collimator is aligned with the X-ray detector at the first position based on the one or more parameters.
US11624842B2
An apparatus that performs spoof detection of satellite signals based on clock information derived from the satellite signals. The apparatus may include a position, velocity, time (PVT) component that derives the clock information from the satellite signals and provides the clock information to a spoof detection mechanism. In some embodiments, the clock frequency estimate is modeled as a Wiener process.
US11624839B2
An ephemeris server performs a method that includes (a) (i) obtaining broadcast ephemeris information by accessing a source of broadcast information on a wide area communication network; (ii) extracting, from broadcast ephemeris information, orbital trajectory information of each satellite, and (iii) creating and storing in a real-time database modified orbital trajectory information for each of the satellites from the extracted orbital trajectory information; (b) at each of a plurality of designated time points, updating the modified trajectory information in the real-time database, based upon evaluation of an update criterion; and (c) providing the modified trajectory information to each of a plurality of devices, each device having a GNSS receiver capable of using the modified trajectory information to process broadcast signals of the satellites.
US11624838B2
A system or method for generating or distributing GNSS corrections can include or operate to: generate a set of corrections based on satellite observations, wherein each correction of the set of corrections comprises an area associated with the correction, a tag, and correction data; update a set of stored corrections with the set of received corrections based on a tag associated with each correction of the set of stored corrections and the tag associated with each correction of the set of received corrections; and transmit stored corrections of the set of stored corrections to the GNSS receiver when the area associated with the stored corrections matches the locality of the GNSS receiver.
US11624834B2
An image sensor employed in a time-of-flight (TOF) sensing system includes a pixel array including plural pixels, each pixel including at least one photo diode and each pixel generating an amount of charge corresponding to an incident light, comparing circuitry configured to compare voltage levels, each voltage level individually changed based on the amount of charge outputted from each pixel, with a reference voltage to output a comparison result, and calibration circuitry configured to adjust the voltage levels equally based on the comparison result.
US11624832B2
An illumination device includes a display panel including a first surface on which an image is displayed, a second surface opposite to the first surface, display pixels interposed between the first surface and the second surface, and a transmitting window interposed between the first surface and the second surface. The illumination device further includes a light source disposed on a side of the second surface of the display panel, and emitting light toward the second surface, and a light transmitter interposed between the light source and the display panel, and transmitting the emitted light to the transmitting window, the transmitted light being incident on the second surface of the display panel and being transmitted through the transmitting window toward the first surface of the display panel. The illumination device further includes a diffuser diffusing the light transmitted through the transmitting window.
US11624827B2
A method and an apparatus for generating a high precision map, and a storage medium for generating a high precision map. The method includes: performing a point cloud splicing process on target point cloud data to obtain a lidar pose corresponding to the target point cloud data; projecting the target point cloud data into a preset two-dimensional area based on the lidar pose to generate a map based on a reflection value and a height value; performing a self-positioning verification on the map based on the reflection value and the height value using the target point cloud data; and integrating, if a result of the self-positioning verification satisfies a preset condition, the map based on the reflection value and the height value into a reference map to generate the high precision map.
US11624815B1
The present invention concerns a method and apparatus for the modulation of an acoustic field for providing tactile sensations. A method of creating haptic feedback using ultrasound is provided. The method comprises the steps of generating a plurality of ultrasound waves with a common focal point using a phased array of ultrasound transducers, the common focal point being a haptic feedback point, and modulating the generation of the ultrasound waves using a waveform selected to produce little or no audible sound at the haptic feedback point.
US11624811B2
An apparatus for increasing a lidar sensing distance may include a controller having a signal processor to process a noise signal. In particular, the signal processor includes: an amplifier which amplifies the noise signal, a comparator which is connected to the amplifier and receives the amplified noise signal to compare the amplified noise signal with a threshold, a digital-to-analog converter which inputs the threshold to the comparator, and an analog-to-digital converter which is connected between the amplifier and the comparator and receives the amplified noise signal from the amplifier to input the received amplified noise signal to the controller. The controller may control the digital-to-analog converter on the basis of the amplified noise signal.
US11624808B2
Provided is a lidar sensor having a driving motor of which the entire portion is covered under an inclined surface of a scan mirror having an opened bottom surface and an A-shaped cross-section. A rotating shaft of the driving motor may be connected to the bottom of a backing surface disposed under the inclined surface, a magnet may be disposed at the bottom of one or more of the backing surface and a support surface which are connected to the inclined surface of the scan mirror, and a hall sensor may be disposed at the bottom surface of the lidar sensor corresponding to the position where the magnet is disposed.
US11624797B2
A system and method for correcting phase shift in echo images are provided. The method may include one or more of the following operations. A plurality of echo images may be obtained. Homogeneous pixels in the plurality of echo images may be identified. A vector corresponding to each of at least some of the identified homogeneous pixels may be determined. A vector of a homogenous pixel includes a phase element and an amplitude element. A first complex linear model of phase shift may be determined based at least in part on the determined vectors. Phase shift of at least one of the plurality of echo images may be corrected based on the first complex linear model.
US11624795B2
Methods and systems are provided for improving model robustness and generalizability. The method may comprise: acquiring, using a medical imaging apparatus, a medical image of a subject; reformatting the medical image of the subject in multiple scanning orientations; applying a deep network model to the medical image to improve the quality of the medical image; and outputting an improved quality image of the subject for analysis by a physician.
US11624794B2
An automatic protocolling system and methods involving a processor operable by way of a set of executable instructions storable in relation to a nontransient memory device, the set of executable instructions configuring the processor to: receive information relating to an initial protocol comprising an initial ordering of a plurality of sequences, the information comprising data relating to an interaction extent value of at least one of an imaging system and a patient as a function of time corresponding to each sequence in the plurality of sequences, the data relating to a time-integrated effect of each sequence in the plurality of sequences; and dynamically determine an alternative protocol comprising an alternative ordering of the plurality of sequences based on the time-integrated effect, whereby an alternative protocol is provided.
US11624793B2
In a method for acquiring measurement data using a magnetic resonance (MR) system having a gradient unit, frequency-dependent parameters characterizing the gradient unit of the MR system are accessed (e.g. loaded from a memory), a k-space trajectory of a RESOLVE (Readout Segmentation Of Long Variable Echo trains) sequence planned for a MR measurement is accessed, MR measurement data is acquired based on the planned k-space trajectory and reconstructing image data from the MR measurement data, and an electronic signal is provided that represents the reconstructed image data as an output of the MR system. The k-space trajectory may have a frequency component in at least one direction. The planned k-space trajectory may be corrected based on at least one frequency component of the planned k-space trajectory and the frequency-dependent parameters.
US11624792B2
A radio frequency head coil for a magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The radio frequency head coil includes a body operative to be disposed on a head of a patient, and an extended lip disposed on the body and operative to receive a magnetic resonance signal. At least some of the magnetic resonance signal is emitted by a region of the patient disposed between a brain stem of the patient up to and including a vertebra of the patient.
US11624784B2
A state monitoring circuit is disclosed for monitoring health states of N energy storage capacitors in an energy-storage capacitor device, the energy-storage capacitor device including N channels, and each channel comprising one energy storage capacitor, where the state monitoring circuit is configured to: disconnect first terminals of the N energy storage capacitors from the energy-storage capacitor device one by one; and determine whether each of the N energy storage capacitors is abnormal in accordance with a voltage at the first terminal of a corresponding one of the energy storage capacitors, where N is a positive integer.
US11624782B2
A core partition circuit comprises a first decompression circuit, a second decompression circuit, a first switching circuit, an wrapper scanning circuit, a first compression circuit, a second compression circuit and a second switching circuit. The first and second decompression circuits decompress an input signal. The first switching circuit outputs the output signal of the first decompression circuit or the second decompression circuit according to a first control signal. The wrapper scanning circuit receives the output signal of the first decompression circuit or the second decompression circuit to scan the internal or the port of the core partition circuit. The first and second compression circuits respectively compress the internal logic and the port logic of the core partition circuit. The second switching circuit outputs the compressed internal logic or port logic of the core partition circuit according to the first control signal.
US11624780B2
A method for bit error rate testing a processing unit using a bit error rate tester (BERT) includes transmitting a signal pair to a receiver of the processing unit, the signal pair having jitter levels complying with a jitter threshold, tuning the signal pair to obtain a first stressed eye measurement for the receiver, wherein the first stressed eye measurement complies with a stressed eye mask, placing the processing unit into a loop-back mode, wherein data transmitted to the processing unit by the BERT is transmitted back to the BERT, transmitting a data pattern to the processing unit, receiving a looped back version of the data pattern from the processing unit, and calculating a bit error rate in accordance with the data pattern and the looped back version of the data pattern.
US11624775B2
Systems and methods for semiconductor defect-guided burn-in and system level tests (SLT) are configured to receive a plurality of inline defect part average testing (I-PAT) scores from an inline defect part average testing (I-PAT) subsystem, where the plurality of I-PAT scores is generated by the I-PAT subsystem based on semiconductor die data for a plurality of semiconductor dies, where the semiconductor die data includes characterization measurements for the plurality of semiconductor dies, where each I-PAT score of the plurality of I-PAT scores represents a defectivity determined by the I-PAT subsystem based on a characterization measurement of a corresponding semiconductor die of the plurality of semiconductor dies; apply one or more rules to the plurality of I-PAT scores during a dynamic decision-making process; and generate one or more defect-guided dispositions for at least one semiconductor die of the plurality of semiconductor dies based on the dynamic decision-making process.
US11624772B2
A method for identifying a malfunctioning current sensor in an electrical apparatus, in which an electrical power supply of the electrical apparatus is at least partly supplied by a switched-mode electrical power supply circuit connected to at least one current sensor which samples an electrical current in a phase conductor of an electrical installation, the power supply circuit delivering a regulated electrical voltage, the method including: determining a switching duty cycle of a power switch of the switched-mode electrical power supply; analysing the determined switching duty cycle; and identifying a failure condition if the behaviour of the switching duty cycle is representative of a malfunctioning of at least one of the current sensors.
US11624768B2
A system for testing a subject transistor with constant power. The system may include an amplifier, a measurement voltage source, and a exercise voltage source. The amplifier may have an output connected to a gate of the subject transistor. The amplifier may have a first input and a second input. The measurement voltage source may be connected to the first input of the amplifier for use in measuring characteristics of the subject transistor. The exercise voltage source may be connected to the first input of the amplifier for exercising the subject transistor. The second input of the amplifier may be connected to a source of the subject transistor through a resistor.
US11624767B2
A semiconductor test apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a stage on which a wafer is to be mounted; a pressurizing wall disposed on a surface of a probe card opposing the stage, extending toward the stage, and having an opening; a mark disposed on a lower surface of the pressurizing wall opposing the stage; a probe disposed in the opening; an air tube to force air into the opening; a detector to detect first spacing between a tip of the probe and the mark; and a controller to control second spacing between the wafer and the lower surface of the pressurizing wall based on the first spacing, wherein, when an electrical property of each of chips of the wafer is measured, the second spacing is controlled to be predetermined spacing by the controller, and the air is forced into the opening through the air tube.
US11624765B2
A test device 1 that measures the transmission properties or reception properties of the test object 100 having the test antenna 110, and includes an anechoic box 50, a plurality of test antennas 6 that transmit or receive radio signals to or from the antenna, under tests, a posture changeable mechanism 56 that changes the posture of the test object arranged in the quiet zone QZ, a measurement device 2 that measures the transmission properties or reception properties of the test object with respect to the test object whose posture is changed by the posture changeable mechanism using the test antenna, and the reflector 7 that radio signal is reflected. The plurality of test antennas include a reflection type test antenna 6a and the plurality of direct-type test antennas 6b, 6c, 6d.
US11624756B2
Disclosed is an optical fiber flow velocity measuring apparatus and method integrating high and low ranges. The apparatus includes an integrated optical fiber flow velocity sensor, the integrated optical fiber flow velocity sensor includes a sensor body; a fluid channel, a fluid through hole, a full-pressure channel, a static-pressure channel, a low-pressure chamber and a high-pressure chamber are provided inside the sensor body; a first optical fiber sensing element is provided between the low-pressure chamber and the high-pressure chamber; a second optical fiber sensing element is provided in the fluid through hole and is perpendicular to a flow direction of a fluid to be measured; the first optical fiber sensing element and the second optical fiber sensing element are sequentially connected in series through a single-mode optical fiber; both ends of the single-mode optical fiber are connected into a wavelength division multiplexer; a pump light source is connected with the wavelength division multiplexer through a common optical fiber; an optical fiber grating demodulator is connected with the wavelength division multiplexer through a common optical fiber; and a flow velocity arithmetic unit is electrically connected with a optical fiber grating demodulator. It's an object of the present disclosure to solve the problems that the electric circuit is too complicated and that it is not easy to integrate in one apparatus when flow velocity conversion devices based on different principles are integrated.
US11624752B2
When the automatic analyzer is installed in an environment with a high altitude and different external atmospheric pressures, there is a problem that an amount of vacuum suction decreases due to a decrease in suction performance of a vacuum pump and it is difficult to perform vacuum suction of an analyzed reaction liquid. In view of the above, by newly providing a pressure adjustment mechanism within a flow path connecting a vacuum tank to vacuum pump, it possible to control the pressure difference between a pressure in the vacuum tank and an external atmospheric pressure where the analyzer is installed to be constant regardless of the installation environment. Additionally, by providing a hole in communication with the outside in the vacuum tank or a vacuum bin, it possible to control the pressure difference between the pressure in the vacuum tank and the external atmospheric pressure where the analyzer is installed to be constant regardless of the installation environment.
US11624744B2
A method of recording intracellular action potentials in electrogenic cells through pores in membranes of cells formed by optoporation includes positioning a sample that includes the cells on a multi-electrode array; incubating or perfusing the sample; focusing a laser on the surface of the array electrodes, the surface contacting the sample; applying one or more laser pulses to one or more array electrodes to perform a localized breakdown of the membrane of the cells of the sample; and recording the intracellular action potentials. The surface of the electrodes is porous and has cavities and protrusions at the nanoscale level, and the electric field produced by the laser is localized and amplified to perform the localized breakdown of the membrane of the cells of the sample.
US11624743B2
Apparatuses and methods of measuring a hydrogen diffusivity of a metal structure including during operation of the metal structure, are provided. A hydrogen charging surface is provided at a first location on an external surface of the structure. In addition, a hydrogen oxidation surface is provided at a second location adjacent to the first location on the external surface of the structure. Hydrogen flux is generated and directed into the metal surface at the charging surface. At least a portion of the hydrogen flux generated by the charging surface is diverted back toward the surface. A transient of the diverted hydrogen fluxes measured, and this measurement is used to determine the hydrogen diffusivity of the metal structure in service.
US11624742B2
A gas sensor comprising: a substrate; a grating array disposed on top of the substrate and comprising grates; and voids defined by the grates and configured to confine gas molecules for absorption of light and analysis. A method of gas sensing comprising: generating first light; converting the first light into second light using grates of a grating array; resonating the second light within the grating array; confining gas molecules in voids defined by the grates; and causing the gas molecules to absorb the second light within the voids.
US11624737B2
Provided are methods for determining the amount of lacosamide in a sample using mass spectrometry. The methods generally involve ionizing lacosamide in a sample and detecting and quantifying the amount of the ion to determine the amount of lacosamide in the sample.
US11624731B2
A method for predicting a remaining life of a tool of a computer numerical control machine is provided. In the method, indirect measurement indicators of the tool are selected based on monitoring and analyzing a current state of the tool, a prediction model for the remaining life of the tool is established based on data de-noising, feature extraction and a multi-kernel W-LSSVM algorithm. Thereby, a method for predicting a remaining life of a tool of a computer numerical control machine is provided.
US11624728B2
Method for determining the geometry of multiple defects in a magnetizable object using a reference data record of the object, comprising determining an initial defect geometry as starting defect geometry, determining a first MFL prediction data record as starting prediction data record on the basis of the starting defect geometry, and iteratively adapting the starting defect geometry to the geometry of the real defect(s) by means of the EDP unit and by means of multiple expert routines (11) running in competition and preferably in parallel with one another.
US11624725B2
In various embodiments of the present disclosure, a molecular electronics sensor array chip comprises: (a) an integrated circuit semiconductor chip; and (b) a plurality of molecular electronic sensor devices disposed thereon, each of said sensor devices comprising: (i) a pair of nanoscale source and drain electrodes separated by a nanogap; (ii) a gate electrode; and (iii) a bridge and/or probe molecule spanning the nanogap and connecting the source and drain electrodes, wherein the molecular electronic sensor devices are organized into an electronically addressable, controllable, and readable array of sensor pixels.
US11624721B2
According to one embodiment, a hydrogen sensor is disclosed. The hydrogen sensor includes a capacitor, a gas detector, a heater, and a determiner. The capacitor includes a deformable member that deforms by absorbing or adsorbing hydrogen and varies a capacitance value corresponding to a deformation of the deformable member. The gas detector detects gas based on a capacitance value of the capacitor. The heater heats the deformable member. The determiner determines whether gas detected by the gas detector contains a substance other than hydrogen or not, wherein the gas detector detects the gas during a heating period during which the heater heats the deformable member.
US11624720B2
Disclosed is a salinity detection device. The salinity detection device has a collection plate, a mounting frame, and a sensor portion including a predominantly non-metallic sensor. The device may be mounted in a wheel well of a vehicle via the mounting frame and the collection plate may be attached to the mounting frame and positioned behind a wheel such that water on a road surface may be splashed thereon. The collection plate is fluidically connected to the sensor portion so that water may flow through the sensor portion proximate the sensor to measure a current flowing through the water and determine a salinity thereof.
US11624719B2
This disclosure relates generally to a system and method for real-time non-invasive estimation of food quality within enclosed package. Existing works utilize invasive methods that require direct contact of the food item with the sensors. In the present disclosure, a potential is applied over a plurality of frequencies through the food item contained the enclosed package which includes a plurality of polyethylene layers and a conducting layer arranged between two adjacent polyethylene layers using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Values of electrical voltages and the electrical impedances of the food item are then obtained. A plurality of features is derived from the obtained values of the electrical voltages and the electrical impedances using a trained model. The present disclosure estimates the quality of the food item in real-time by co-relating the plurality of derived features with the quality of the food item contained inside the enclosed package.
US11624715B2
A NEMS readout system includes a sensor array comprising a plurality of sensors. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors including a resonator with frequency characteristics different from the resonator of each other sensor of the plurality of sensors. A readout signal indicative of a plurality of output signals is collected from the sensor array. Each output signal of the plurality of output signals corresponding to one of the plurality of sensors. An analysis of the plurality of output signals is performed to identify a plurality of resonant frequencies and to detect a frequency shift associated with at least one of the plurality of resonant frequencies.
US11624713B2
A flexible inspection system includes a robot with a plurality of scanners and a robot controller. The robot controller is configured to receive a vehicle inspection protocol (VIP) for a vehicle being assembled on an assembly line. The VIP includes checkpoints to be scanned on the vehicle and the checkpoints correspond to components installed on the vehicle and connections between components installed on the vehicle. The robot controller commands the robot to move the plurality of scanners per the VIP such that the checkpoints are scanned. A characteristic of each checkpoint is recorded and compared to a reference characteristic such that a pass or no-pass determination of each checkpoint is provided. A vehicle inspection report with the pass/no-pass determinations is provided to an operator such that operator inspections and/or repairs of the checkpoints are made.
US11624711B2
Method for the optical inspection of containers, where the containers are transported with a conveyor as a container mass flow, where the containers are each captured with an optical inspection unit as first image data, and where the first image data is evaluated with an image processing unit for contamination and/or defects on the respective container, where the first image data of several containers is overlaid to form an overlay image, and where the overlay image is evaluated for the presence of points of contamination in a beam path of the optical inspection unit.
US11624703B2
Techniques for detecting cannabinoid, opioid, and virus aerosols in an exhaled breath are provided. An example method of identifying a virus-containing aerosol in exhaled breath includes capturing a breath input in an aerosol filter cartridge, disposing the aerosol filter cartridge in an optical path in a spectroscopy system, detecting one or more infrared spectral features of the breath input with the spectroscopy system, and identifying the virus-containing aerosol based on the one or more infrared spectral features.
US11624700B2
One example provides a system for reading birefringent data. The system comprises one or more light sources, a first polarization state generator positioned to generate first polarized light from light of a first wavelength band output by the one or more light sources, a second polarization state generator positioned to generate second polarized light from light of a second wavelength band output by the one or light sources, an image sensor configured to acquire an image of the sample region via the first polarized light and the second polarized light, a polarization state analyzer disposed between the sample region and the image sensor, a first bandpass filter configured to pass light of the first wavelength band onto the image sensor, and a second bandpass filter configured to pass light of the second wavelength band onto the image sensor.
US11624694B2
The invention relates to a method for examining a liquid which contains at least one cell and/or at least one particle using a first and a second measurement signal emanating from a liquid region, wherein the method has the following steps: (a) reading the first measurement signal and analysing the first measurement signal; and (b) determining based on the analysed first measurement signal (15) whether a detection of the second measurement signal (20) is carried out and a reading of the detected second measurement signal is completed, or whether a reading of the detected second measurement signal (20) is completed, or whether a reading of the detected second measurement signal (20) is interrupted.
US11624692B2
A viscometer includes a viscosity sensor with a liquid flow channel and at least two pressure sensors positioned along the liquid flow channel and configured to measure a pressure drop of a liquid flowing through the liquid flow channel, and a dispensing mechanism configured to cause dispensing of a liquid from the syringe to the viscosity sensor at a known flow rate. The dispensing mechanism and the viscosity sensor are configured to couple with a syringe configured to contain a liquid. The viscometer further includes an electronic controller configured to control operations of the dispensing mechanism and receive and process data from the viscosity sensor. The viscometer includes a sample loading interface, included in the syringe, through which the viscometer is configured to receive the liquid. The sample loading interface includes a selection valve coupled with, and located between, the viscosity sensor and the syringe.
US11624690B2
A method of performing an automated non-destructive examination of a composite structure includes identifying surface damage on the composite structure, coupling an automated tap tester device to a surface of the composite structure at a location of the surface damage, and performing, with the automated tap tester device, a plurality of tapping impacts on the surface within a testing area that encapsulates the surface damage. The method also includes receiving a plurality of acoustic signals associated with the plurality of tapping impacts, modeling sub-surface damage associated with the surface damage based on an analysis of the plurality of acoustic signals.
US11624680B2
There are provided an optical-fiber connector endface inspection microscope system and a method for inspecting an endface of an optical-fiber connector. The inspection microscope device is releasably connectable to an adapter tip configured to interface with the optical-fiber connector to inspect the endface thereof. The adapter tip is one among a plurality of adapter tip types adapted to inspect respective types of optical-fiber connectors. The optical-fiber connector endface inspection microscope system comprises a tip detection system adapted to recognize the type of the adapter tip among the plurality of adapter tip types; and is configured to analyze inspection images to produce an inspection result for the endface, at least partly based on a fiber type corresponding to the recognized adapter tip and/or other information read by the tip detection system.
US11624678B1
Provided is a tank wave-current generation system with a rear-mounted outlet. The rear-mounted outlet and a rectifying device located below a tank are arranged, the rectifying device comprises a rectifying chamber and a built-in rectifying grid, one end of the rectifying chamber is communicated with a water collection tank, and the other end of the rectifying chamber is communicated with a bottom wall of a tank unit, an outlet in the bottom wall is located at a front end of a wave pushing direction of a wave generator, a current subjected to preliminary energy dissipation in the water collection tank is rectified into a smooth fluid through the rectifying grid and then a steady current is input into the tank, so that the current pushed by a wave pushing plate arranged on the wave generator is a steady current meeting a test requirement.
US11624673B2
To enable easy alignment of a leakage outlet according to known guidelines, a connecting device (1) for connecting a sensor (3) to a unit (2) containing a fluid is provided, comprising a first mounting portion (1a) to which the sensor (3) is mountable, a second mounting portion (1b) which is mountable to the unit (2), a central portion (1c) located between the first and second mounting portions (1a and 1b) and a leakage ring (1e) covering the bore (1d) of the central portion (1c), the leakage ring (1e) being sealed and rotatable relative to the central portion (1c), wherein the leakage ring (1e) has a leakage outlet (1f) on its periphery, the leakage outlet (1f) being provided to be located in the region of a lowest position of the periphery of the leakage ring (1e) in an operating position to allow any fluid present to drain.
US11624672B2
An apparatus for automatic leak detection includes a fixture having a primary seal and a secondary seal. The fixture connects to a workpiece to enclose a test volume defined in the workpiece. The seals are to interface with the workpiece to at least partially enclose a buffer volume. An enclosure is to connect to the fixture to enclose a test portion of the workpiece to form a test chamber. The secondary seal separates the buffer volume from the test chamber. The test volume and the test chamber have a tracer gas pressure differential between them. A port in fluid communication with the buffer volume removes fixture leakage from the buffer volume. A detector detects the tracer gas in the test volume or the test chamber where the tracer gas pressure differential between the test volume and the test chamber urges workpiece leakage of the tracer gas to accumulate.
US11624665B2
The invention relates to a tire comprising an apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises a first, second, third, fourth and fifth layer, the third layer being optional, characterized in that: a) the first layer comprises a first electrode material, b) the second layer comprises a first intermediate material, c) the third layer comprises an insulation material, d) the fourth layer comprises a second intermediate material, and e) the fifth layer comprises a second electrode material, wherein the second or fourth layer has a layer thickness in the range from 10 to 1000 μm, the first intermediate material of the second layer and the second intermediate material of the fourth layer are different, and the four or five layers are arranged one above the other according to the above sequence. The invention also relates to uses of the apparatus.
US11624663B2
This disclosure relates to fluid conduit that incorporates sensors printed on an exterior wall of the fluid conduit configured to sense an operating parameter of the fluid conduit. A wireless communication device communicatively connected to the printed electronic material is configured to wirelessly transmit the operating parameter to a mobile device.
US11624658B2
A near-infrared sensor cover includes a cover body having transmissiveness to near-infrared rays. The cover body includes a base and a heater unit. The heater unit is arranged rearward of the base in a transmission direction of the near-infrared rays and includes a wire-like heating element. The heating element is configured to generate heat when energized. The base includes a rear portion that includes a rear surface of the base in the transmission direction. In the rear portion of the base, at least part of a section that is different from a section in which the heater unit is provided is formed by a reflection suppression structure including asperities. The asperities include a reflection suppression surface that is inclined relative to the transmission direction and reduces reflection of the near-infrared rays.
US11624653B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for multi-application optical sensing are provided. For example, an optical sensing apparatus can include a photodetector array, a first circuitry, and a second circuitry. The photodetector array includes a plurality of photodetectors, wherein a first subset of the plurality of photodetectors are configured as a first region for detecting a first optical signal, and a second subset of the plurality of photodetectors are configured as a second region for detecting a second optical signal. The first circuitry, coupled to the first region, is configured to perform a first function based on the first optical signal to output a first output result. The second circuitry, coupled to the second region, is configured to perform a second function based on the second optical signal to output a second output result.
US11624638B2
A flow measuring device detecting a fluid volume quantity since a start of a measurement includes a processing device determining a current flow rate parameter at measurement times using measurement data of a sensor, to increase a volume quantity based on a current flow rate parameter when operating in a first operating mode, and to keep the volume quantity constant when operating in a second mode. The processing device stores the current flow rate parameter for each measurement time in a data memory, resulting after several measuring times in storing previous flow rate parameters determined at these measuring times. Upon satisfying a switchover condition, depending on the current flow rate parameter, during operation in the second mode, the processing unit switches over to the first mode, and the volume quantity increases as a function of the current flow rate parameter and a predefined number of previous flow rate parameters.
US11624636B2
A turbine wheel used in a turbine flow meter includes a hub configured to be freely rotatably fixed in position inside a fluid pipe section. A first cylindrical rim is centered about the hub and the longitudinal axis and spaced a distance apart from the hub. A first vane set extends outwardly from the hub to the first cylindrical rim, wherein a root of each vane of the first vane set is attached to the hub and a tip of each vane of the first vane set is attached to the first cylindrical rim. The first vane set may consist of one or two individual vanes. An external vane set may extend outwardly from the first cylindrical rim, wherein a root of each vane is attached to the first cylindrical rim and a tip of each vane is not attached to any cylindrical rim.
US11624634B2
A rotary controller for a vehicle apparatus such as an infotainment system has at least two operating elements which are arranged at a spacing from one another in a direction of extent of an axis of rotation of the rotary controller. The rotary controller has a receptacle on which the operating elements are mounted along with a plurality of contact-sensitive sensor elements. Each sensor element associated with a respective operating element to detect a rotational movement about the axis of rotation when a user manually contacts the respective operating element.
US11624627B2
Augmented reality displays for locating vehicles are disclosed herein. An example method includes determining a current location of a mobile device associated with a user, determining a current location of a vehicle, and generating augmented reality view data that includes a first arrow that identifies a path of travel for the ridehail user towards the vehicle. The path of travel is based on the current location of the mobile device and the current location of the vehicle. The first arrow is combined with a view obtained by a camera of the mobile device or a view obtained by a camera of the vehicle.
US11624611B1
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for a self-locating compass for use in navigation are disclosed. The self-locating compass is operable to provide position and/or velocity without information from a global positioning system (GPS) device. The self-locating compass includes a direction finder and a Lorentz force detector. The method includes determining orientation with respect to Earth's magnetic field, measuring a Lorentz force proportional to rate of change of location with respect to the field, determining a change in location, and updating location.
US11624608B2
A system and method of calibrating an ADAS sensor of a vehicle by aligning a target with the sensor, where the vehicle is initially nominally positioned in front of a target adjustment stand that includes a stationary base frame and a movable target mount configured to support a target, with the target adjustment stand including one or more actuators for adjusting the position of the target mount. A computer system is used to determine an orientation of the vehicle relative to the target adjustment stand, with the position of the target mount being adjusted based on the determined orientation of the vehicle relative to the target adjustment stand. Upon properly orienting the target mount, and the target supported thereon, a calibration routine is performed whereby the sensor is calibrated using the target.
US11624602B2
A stepwise adjustable square for use in carpentry, including: a stock; and a blade rotatable relative to the stock around an axis of rotation between a first extreme position at zero degrees, where the blade is parallel to the stock and partly provided in a space of the stock, and a second extreme position at about 270 degrees, where the blade is substantially perpendicular to the stock.
US11624600B2
A tape measure comprises a housing containing a tape, spring, reel, and hub, with first seal(s) to seal between the reel cartridge and the hub and/or to seal between the reel and the housing and/or a part fixed to the housing. An outermost coil of the spring may extend out of an opening in the reel and be attached to an innermost coil of the tape, and a second seal may be provided on the reel, to seal between the spring and the reel where the spring extends from the reel. Alternatively, the spring may be contained within the reel, and an outermost coil of the spring may be attached to an interior of the reel. An exterior of the reel may include an attachment portion to which an innermost coil of the tape is attached. The housing may be openable to enable contaminants to be removed from the housing.
US11624599B2
Hardened target sensors and systems are described herein. An example system includes a projectile defining an ogive, a body, and a base. The body of the projectile is arranged between the ogive and the base. The system includes a sensor assembly including a nose member and a plurality of strain gauges. The nose member defines a nose portion, a shaft, portion, and a threaded portion. The strain gauges are attached to the shaft portion. The system includes a shroud member, which is mechanically coupled with the sensor assembly and the body. The system further includes a smart fuze arranged within the body. The smart fuze is operably coupled to the strain gauges. The strain gauges measure the compression/tension of the shaft portion, which is part of the nose member. The load measured by the strain gauges can be used to detect hardened target layers and/or voids.
US11624595B2
A self-glowing solid material comprises a man-made metal mixture containing at least one rare earth metal and an oxide of iron. The material is inducible by flame initiation to self-glow with yellow-to-red colors (577-to-700 nanometer wavelengths). A stealth tracer ammunition comprises a projectile body having a tip and a base, and a solid pellet disposed in the base. The pellet may be made from the above-mentioned self-glowing solid material or another suitable material. The pellet becomes incandescent as a result of being heated when the ammunition is fired. The incandescent pellet emits a glow observable only from behind when the ammunition travels downrange after being fired. An illuminant comprises a bimodal blend of a man-made metal mixture containing at least one rare earth metal and an oxide of iron. The bimodal blend is a blend of smaller-sized fragments and larger-sized pellets. The illuminant is capable of ignition and dispersion in response to ballistic energy to create illumination. An illumination device comprises a body having an interior cavity, the body configured to be launched as a projectile or configured to contain projectiles. An illuminant is disposed in the cavity, the illuminant comprising a bimodal blend of a suitable illuminant material. The illuminant is capable of ignition and dispersion in response to ballistic energy to create illumination.
US11624591B2
A slat arrangement for redirecting the trajectory of a bullet has a plurality of elongated steel slats, and each elongated steel slat has a longitudinal front edge and a longitudinal back edge stretching between a first end and a second end. The steel slats are positioned in a louver-like fashion for changing the direction of a bullet following a trajectory along the normal of the slat arrangement. A support structure is connected to each steel slat at the back edge of the steel slat, between the first end and the second end of the steel slat.
US11624590B2
A conducted electrical weapon may deploy a single electrode. The single electrode may be deployed in response to a first activation signal of a sequence of activation signals. The conducted electrical weapon may deploy a second electrode in response to a second activation signal of the sequence of activation signals. A signal generator of the conducted electrical weapon may provide a stimulus signal between the single electrode and the second electrode. Deploying the single electrode may include deploying fewer electrodes than a minimum number required by the conducted electrical weapon to provide the stimulus signal at a remote location.
US11624583B2
A stock for a gun is disclosed which includes a butt stock body (12). The butt stock body may include a butt plate receptacle (108). The stock further may include a butt plate assembly (20) positioned in the butt plate receptacle (108), a cheek piece (18) releasably secured to the butt stock body (12) and the butt plate assembly (20), and a clamp (30). The stock may include first and second configurations such that in the first configuration the clamp permits independent movement of the butt plate assembly (20) and the cheek piece (18), and in the second configuration the clamp fixes movement of the butt plate assembly and the cheek piece relative to the butt stock body. The clamp (30) may be assembled within the stock body (12) to provide for variable adjustment of the butt stock with a dominant hand on the firearm grip.
US11624582B2
A toy water gun actuation mechanism for controlling opening of a valve with a base, a trigger, a coupling member being configured to be connected to the valve member and including a movably supported blocking member with an abutment that enables a valve to be opened and closed in a given period if the blocking member is in a blocking position and if the coupling member is in the a first position, the abutment then being positioned in trajectory of the coupling member defined by a movement of the coupling member from the first position into a second. If the blocking member is in its non-blocking position, the abutment is located outside the trajectory. A first elastic member is connected to the trigger and to the coupling member, The trigger has a pusher dog configured to move and/or release a movement of the blocking member into a non-blocking position.
US11624577B2
An interface for coupling a bipod to a sling stud of a firearm forend. The interface can include two pawls that pivot to release or grasp the sling stud. The pawls can be biased upward via a detent that rides within a vertical aperture in a pivot holder. The pivot holder can move up and down within a vertical aperture in a mounting plate of the interface, and via this movement the pawls may be forced open or closed. A bottom surface of one or both pawls can include an irregular surface different portions of which interface with a top of the detent depending on a vertical position of the pivot holder within the aperture in the mounting plate.
US11624573B1
Disclosed herein is a magazine release. The magazine release includes a spring retainer slot and a spring channel. The spring retainer slot is spaced between a first end and a second end of the magazine release. The spring channel is at a bottom side of the magazine release. The spring channel is adjacent the spring retainer slot. The spring channel is spaced from a top side of the magazine release. The spring channel extends between a front side and a back side of the magazine release. The spring retainer slot includes a first depth from the bottom side. The spring channel includes a second depth from the bottom side. The first depth is substantially equal to the second depth.
US11624571B1
A frame assembly for a pistol with a lock lever. The frame assembly includes a lower frame having a grip and an upper frame assembled on the lower frame and to a slide. The lower frame has: a mounting projection projecting upward to face the upper frame; and a lever mounting unit separated from the mounting projection and projecting upward. The upper frame has: a mounting groove into which the mounting projection is inserted to face the lower frame, and a lever hooking hole at one side of the mounting groove. The lever mounting unit has a lock lever having one end locked to be rotatable by a lock pin and the other end elastically supported to project upward. When the upper frame is assembled to the lower frame, the other end of the lock lever is inserted into the lever hooking hole and the upper frame is locked.
US11624568B2
A method of assembling a bolt handle to a bolt assembly of a firearm includes inserting the bolt handle through a handle opening defined by a bolt body. A distal end of the bolt handle is inserted through the handle opening until the distal end extends past an outer perimeter of the bolt body. At least a portion of a bolt shroud is inserted through a first portion of an aperture defined by the bolt handle. A force is applied to the bolt shroud while the bolt handle is retracted within the handle opening of the bolt body so that the bolt shroud is positioned within a second portion of the aperture. The bolt shroud is held in connection with the bolt handle when the bolt shroud is positioned within the second portion of the aperture to secure the bolt handle to the bolt body.
US11624567B2
The device aligned with the axis of the barrel of a firearm is configured to equalize, as well as possible, the momentum generated by the projectile and the burnt gases, by projecting a mass of fluid at a given speed in the opposite direction. The device includes a support to be attached to the weapon, a primary valve mechanism, a secondary valve mechanism and a duct for the gases to flow along. The secondary valve mechanism to seal and fill the tank with a pressurized fluid provided by an external system. The primary valve mechanism to seal and expel the fluid in a discharge zone. The device is particularly intended for military applications in order to improve the grouping of shots and to reduce the costs and limitations of using the barrels.
US11624566B2
Disclosed are methods for cleaning of devices, such as heat exchangers, in particular to methods wherein machine learning systems, such as trained neural networks are used for indicating the fouling status the during the cleaning processes.
US11624561B2
A heating and/or cooling temperature adjusting apparatus disposed proximate a point of use comprising a heat exchange structure, at least one thermal mass unit comprised of a material which changes phase at a predetermined temperature, and a housing which at least partially encloses the heat exchange structure and thermal mass unit. Additionally, a plurality of thermal mass units can be employed, each with equivalent, or differing, temperature threshold points for conversion between solid, liquid or gaseous phases. The presence of the thermal mass unit at the point of use allows for the heating/cooling system to rapidly adjust the temperature of the room while simultaneously decreasing the duty cycle of the heating/cooling generator (e.g. boiler).
US11624558B2
In one aspect, a tubular membrane assembly is provided for a heat exchanger. The tubular membrane assembly includes a header having a header body, a tubular membrane, and a fitting connecting the tubular membrane to the header body. The fitting is configured to form a fluid tight connection between the fitting and the tubular membrane. The tubular membrane assembly further includes potting of the header keeping the tubular membrane connected to the fitting.
US11624557B2
A material drying system, method, and control system therefor that provides for consistent and efficient drying of various materials is disclosed. In certain embodiments, a vacuum kiln can use various temperature measurements to reduce the chance of overheating the materials. In certain embodiments, a vacuum kiln (or a control system therefore) can use sensed information, such as the temperature differential across a platen assembly or the duty cycle of a vacuum pump, to determine when a large group of material has reached a substantially uniform dryness level. In certain embodiments, a vacuum kiln as disclosed herein can reduce checking, splitting, over-drying, and under-drying of material without requiring parameters from a user.
US11624548B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage space, a hinge bracket configured to be installed on an upper wall of the cabinet and having a hinge shaft, a door configured to be connected to the hinge shaft and to open and close the storage space while rotating, and a hinge cover configured to be installed on the upper wall of the cabinet and to cover the hinge bracket, in which the hinge cover includes a first mounting part and a second mounting part disposed to be spaced apart in a horizontal direction, a bracket cover detachably mounted on one mounting part of the first mounting part and the second mounting part disposed at a position corresponding to the hinge bracket and configured to cover the hinge bracket, and a shielding member detachably mounted on another mounting part of the first mounting part and the second mounting part.
US11624547B2
A bin attachment assembly for a vacuum insulated door includes a trim breaker that includes a frame and at least one engagement feature. The frame defines an aperture in which the at least one engagement feature is disposed. The bin attachment assembly further includes at least one locking feature that is selectively coupled to the trim breaker via the at least one engagement feature. The at least one locking feature includes a tapered body and a projection that extends from an end of the tapered body. The bin attachment assembly further includes a bin that is coupled to the trim breaker via the at least one locking feature.
US11624546B2
A cooling device includes a body and at least two storage compartments having at least one insulation wall therebetween. At least one door is associated with a flank part of the body facing the door. Accordingly, the door is configured in such a manner as to close the inlet of the at least two storage compartments.
US11624545B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a cooling module including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator, and attachable to or detachable from the cabinet so that the cooling module is removably mounted to the cabinet, an electronic device arranged in the cabinet, and an electrical box configured to be electrically connected to the electronic device and the compressor, receive power from outside and supply the received power to the electronic device and the compressor.
US11624530B2
A medium-deep non-interference geothermal heating system based on loose siltstone geology includes a water return pipe and a water inlet pipe. The system further includes a differential pressure overflow pipe, a gauge, a differential pressure controller, a first high area water return pipe, a first water return pipe, a third water return pipe, a bypass pipe, a high area water supply pipe, a second high area water return pipe, a geothermal well water return pipe, a geothermal well water supply pipe, a heat pump unit, a second water return pipe, a water supply pipe, a geothermal well water pump, a first geothermal well water supply pipe, a first geothermal well water return pipe, a second geothermal well water return pipe, a second geothermal well water supply pipe, a geothermal wellhead device, and a geothermal well that are combined for use.
US11624528B2
A system and method for configuring a water heater. The method includes capturing, with a mobile device a scannable feature of a rating plate and receiving, with the mobile device, an input indicative of a configuration selection. The method further includes configuring, with the mobile device, the water heater based on the configuration selection.
US11624524B2
A method for calibrating a flow sensor in a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) system. The method includes receiving, at a controller, a request to enter a calibration mode and, in response to receiving the request, automatically commanding a flow control device to achieve a target flow rate. The method further includes generating, by the controller, calibration data for the flow sensor using a reference flow value of the flow rate when the flow control device has achieved the target flow rate and a corresponding flow measurement from the flow sensor.
US11624523B2
A system and method for remote calibration of an air-quality sensor device. The method includes receiving sensor data from at least one sensor device; analyzing the received sensor data to identify at least statistically-significant values indicating on at least drift from initial calibrated values of each of the at least one sensor device; for each identified drifted sensor device, computing re-calibration updates, wherein the re-calibration updates adjust the initial calibrated values such that readings of the respective drifted sensor device fall within a range of expected values; and transmitting the re-calibration updates to the respective drifted sensor device, wherein the respective drifted sensor device upon receiving the re-calibration updates is configured to update its calibration parameters.
US11624520B2
An electronic apparatus includes a housing with a power supply unit that receives external electrical power and supplies it to the apparatus using a power controller. The housing includes a heater; temperature and humidity sensors; and an electronic processor that receives power from the power supply unit and controls functions of the electronic apparatus. Upon startup, the power controller receives data from the temperature and humidity sensors; processes the received temperature and humidity data to indicate a current dew point within the housing; and compares the current dew point with a current location temperature at a location within the housing. If the current location temperature is at or below the current dew point, the heater is activated to raise the temperature within the housing. If the current location temperature is above the current dew point, electrical power supplied from the power supply unit to the electronic processor.
US11624500B2
Proposed is a slim-type LED lighting apparatus with integrated junction box and LED module. The apparatus includes: the junction box having a plurality of first cable inlets that allow circular cables or conduits to be introduced thereinto and are arranged on a circumference of a side surface of a cylindrical body with an open upper side and a recessed lower side, an upper opening into which a wiring cover is coupled to be selectively openable and closable for wiring work, and a lower recess having a first flange protruding from the cylindrical body; the LED module inserted through the lower recess of the junction box and then integrally coupled to a lower surface of the junction box in face-to-face contact therewith; and a plurality of interchangeable trims of different diameters selectively coupled to a lower portion of the junction box and configured to be interchangeable with each other.
US11624496B1
The present invention relates to the field of lamp technologies, and in particular to a lamp with improved lamp socket structure. The lamp includes an inner lamp socket which is connected to the first conducting wire and is made of rubber. A conductive terminal group is set inside the inner lamp socket. An integrally formed outer lamp socket is nested outside the inner lamp socket. A conducting wire hole is set in the outer lamp socket. An opening is set in the outer lamp socket. The lamp features the following advantages: 1, a metal socket is not necessary to be set, so that production cost is effectively reduced; 2, a vertical conducting wire is set, so that the lamp can be freely adjusted, with high flexibility and better decorative effect; and 3, with an indirect structure, the lamp enjoys a pleasant appearance.
US11624493B2
A reflector array includes a support structure, a motor, a shaft operatively coupled to the motor, a free plate, and a drive plate. The free plate includes a free plate first side and a free plate second side axially opposed to the free plate first side. The free plate further may include a latching mechanism disposed on the free plate second side and a drive plate. The drive plate is rotatably coupled to the shaft. The drive plate includes a drive plate first side and a drive plate second side axially opposed to the drive plate first side. The drive plate further includes a drive plate finger coupled to the drive plate second side. The drive plate finger is configured to contact the latching mechanism in response to rotation of the driver plate. The drive plate finger is further configured to couple the drive plate to the free plate.
US11624489B2
A method for manufacturing a blinker module for a rearview device of a motor vehicle includes the steps of providing at least one lighting element comprising at least one light guide and at least one light disk or lens and providing of at least one illuminant unit comprising at least one illuminant, wherein the illuminant unit is designed to couple light emitted by the illuminant into the lighting element. A blinker module, rearview device and motor vehicle, including the blinker module manufactured according to the method, are also described.
US11624483B2
The present invention relates to a decorative lighting panel for mounting to a home exterior via mounting holes, brackets, bolts, etc. The panel has a frame that includes a groove between a front surface and rear surface of the panel. A plurality of illumination sources in the form of LED strips or chips are disposed in the groove, for providing illumination and a retractable plastic cover is designed to reveal the LEDs when pulled down. The plastic cover generally covers the LEDs when illumination is not required. The panel has wireless capabilities allowing a remote control or a handheld electronic device with an installed software application to remotely control the operations of the panel. The panel is designed to be electrically connected to other similar panels to form a series of panels for creating a long segment of illumination.
US11624473B2
A support device includes a slide frame defining a receiving space that has an opening suitable for facing a wall surface, a sliding unit slidable on the slide frame and suitable for connection with at least one of a display screen and a work platform, and a load-adjusting unit disposed in the receiving space, connected to the slide frame and the sliding unit, and switchable between a movable state, in which it is movable and brings the sliding unit to move therealong, and a locked state, in which it generates a supporting force that supports the sliding unit to maintain at a desired fixed point. A control unit is disposed on the sliding unit and includes an operating member for controlling the movement of the load-adjusting unit.
US11624465B2
A one-piece Storz-type fluid coupling and coupling system are disclosed that provide additional strength and a cleanout port that externally ejects debris away from the coupling. The one-piece Storz-type fluid coupling can include a flange portion including a circumferentially and radially extending base wall, an annular hub extending axially away from a radially inward portion of the base wall and having an annular axially-facing sealing surface, a pair of diametrically opposite lugs projecting axially away from the base wall, an outer wall extending circumferentially and axially outwardly from the base wall, coupling flanges extending circumferentially and radially inwardly from the outer wall and having lug retention lips, lug entry/exit pockets located between the lugs and the lug retention lips, lug retention channels located between the lug entry/exit pockets and the lugs, and cleanout ports located circumferentially between the lugs and lug retention pockets.
US11624462B2
A pipe coupling for coupling a first pipe to a second pipe wherein a gap exists between a first pipe end and a second pipe end. The pipe coupling includes a tubular insert configured to fit within the gap and match an inside diameter and outside diameter of the pipes, thereby providing a through-butt joint between the insert and the pipes. The pipe coupling also includes a half-tubular first fitting section and a half-tubular second fitting section, configured to snap-lock and form a tubular shape over the insert, the first pipe end and the second pipe end. In some embodiments, the insert is integral with the fitting sections.
US11624461B2
A pipe coupling has two segments with angularly oriented action surfaces in facing relationship. The action surfaces induce relative rotation between the segments when the segments are drawn together to engage the pipe elements being joined. Attachment elements on each segment, in the form of lugs, accommodate adjustable fasteners which draw the segments together when tightened. Angularly oriented support surfaces on the lugs engage one another and react the fastener force. Stop surfaces are positioned on the lugs adjacent to the support surfaces. Engagement between the stop surfaces limits the relative rotation between the segments.
US11624453B2
The embodiments disclosed herein relate to an apparatus for monitoring a valve having a control element, wherein the control element is actuated by an actuator, having: an adaptor between the control element and the actuator, wherein the adaptor couples a valve stem of the control element to the actuator; and an electronics module contained within the adaptor, wherein the electronics module further comprises one or more sensors.
US11624452B2
The disclosure is directed to an apparatus and system for adjusting rate of spool centering in a pilot-controlled hydraulic spool valve. The apparatus includes a first pilot port and a second pilot port. The apparatus includes a first valve port and a second valve port. The apparatus also includes a first hydraulic circuit connecting the first pilot port and the first valve port, wherein the first hydraulic circuit, based on a hydraulic fluid pressure of the second pilot port, comprises one of a controlled-flow condition and an unrestricted-flow condition. The apparatus further includes a second hydraulic circuit connecting the second pilot port and the second valve port, wherein the second hydraulic circuit, based on a hydraulic fluid pressure of the first pilot port, comprises one of a controlled-flow condition and an unrestricted-flow condition.
US11624450B2
An apparatus comprises a mounting panel including a top plate having multiple vias and multiple orifices. An internal face of the top plate includes a first cut-out region and channels through which to flow a process fluid. The first cut-out region can be a reservoir in which to contain the process fluid. The multiple vias are adapted for passing the process fluid through the top plate. The multiple orifices are adapted for attaching a plurality of process fluid control components to the mounting panel. An inner plate also has multiple additional vias. The apparatus includes a bottom plate, where the inner plate is compacted between the top plate and the bottom plate to form an integral metallic body in which to contain and flow the process fluid.
US11624449B2
An apparatus for directing fluid flow is disclosed, including a valve structure having a chamber, a main port, a first port, and a second port, each of the ports being connected to the chamber. A poppet structure in the chamber is moveable between a first position blocking the first port and a second position blocking the second port. A first compliant member connecting the poppet structure to an inner wall of the chamber, is configured to alternate application of forces to the poppet structure, in opposite directions, between the first and second positions.
US11624442B2
A valve trim assembly configured to be disposed in a fluid flow control valve, including, a valve seat adapted to be disposed in a fluid passageway of the fluid flow control valve. The valve seat includes an annular flange and a seating surface spaced from the annular flange. The valve trim assembly additionally includes a fluid control member movable relative to the valve seat to control fluid flow through the fluid passageway, wherein the fluid control member is movable from a closed position, in which the fluid control member sealingly engages the seating surface of the valve seat, and an open position, in which the fluid control member is spaced from the seating surface, by moving the fluid control member away from the annular flange of the valve seat.
US11624435B2
A Powersports vehicle is disclosed which includes a frame, ground engaging members supporting the frame, comprising at least two front wheel, and a power source for driving the front wheels. A front drive is coupled to the power source and to the front wheels, the front drive being coupled to the frame through isolation mounts to reduce vibration of the front drive through the frame.
US11624434B2
An isolator comprising a pulley having a pulley stop, a plate attached to the pulley, a shaft, the pulley journalled to the shaft, a torsion spring attached to the shaft, a damping member attached to the torsion spring, the damping member disposed between the plate and the pulley, and the damping member compressing a damping fluid against the pulley stop.
US11624432B2
Systems and methods for controlling transmissions having CVTs are disclosed with multiple modes and gearing arrangements for range enhancements, where embodiments include synchronous shifting to allow the transmission to achieve a continuous range of transmission ratios, while minimizing “empty” cycling of the CVT during mode shifts. Embodiments provide for wide ratio range and performance and efficiency flexibility, while maximizing CVT usage through synchronous shifting.
US11624424B2
A rotation driving device includes: a body 10, made of resin, and having an accommodation hole 13 in a cylindrical shape with an axis S as a center; a motor M, comprising a rotor 60 provided in an accommodation hole of the body and rotating around the axis and a rotation shaft 40 integrally rotating around the axis with the rotor and extending in an axial direction; a first bearing B1 fixed to an end side of the body and a second bearing B2 fixed to the other end side of the body in the axial direction, so as to rotatably support the rotation shaft; and a first cover member 110 connected to the one end side of the body and a second cover member 120 connected to the other end side of the body.
US11624422B2
A link connecting structure includes two outer link plates and two inner link plates. An inner side of each outer link plate is formed with a concave portion between two first coupling portions at two ends thereof. A connecting surface is connected between each first coupling portion and the concave portion. The connecting surface is gradually tapered inward from each first coupling portion toward the concave portion. An outer side of each inner link plate is provided with a pair of bent portions each extending from an outermost edge of each second coupling portion toward the connecting surface. A gap is defined between each bent portion and the connecting surface. The gap is less than the minimum thickness of a narrow tooth of a chainring, thereby preventing the tooth from being jammed in the gap.
US11624414B2
Disc brake with a tensioning device arranged therein and supporting roller for the tensioning device
The invention proposes a disc brake having a brake caliper (1) and a tensioning device arranged therein for applying force to the brake linings of the disc brake, wherein part of the tensioning device is a brake lever (10) which can be actuated by a force element and preferably by a compressed air cylinder. The brake lever is composed of a lever arm (14), against which the force element is supported, and a brake application shaft (15), which is supported against a pressure piece (8) acting towards the brake linings, and is also supported from the inside against the brake caliper, wherein the brake caliper (1) and the brake application shaft (15) face each other and are formed as shells (21, 22) in which a supporting roller (20) with a roller axis (A) running transverse to the tensioning direction (Z) is mounted. To keep the mutual movability of the parts involved low by the simplest measures possible and without the need for additional parts, the supporting roller (20) is supported with the lateral surface (20A) thereof directly in one of the two shells (21, 22) and is designed to be non-rotatable or have only limited rotational movement with respect to this shell. The supporting roller (20) also serves as a means to centre the brake lever (10) laterally in the brake caliper. A supporting roller particularly suited to these purposes is also to be created.
US11624413B2
Aspects of the technology relate to a braking assembly for a lateral propulsion system of a high altitude platform (HAP) configured to operate in the stratosphere. Power is supplied to a propeller assembly as needed during lateral propulsion so that the HAP can move to a desired location or remain on station. When lateral propulsion is not needed, power is no longer supplied to the propeller assembly and it may slowly cease rotating. However, in certain situations, it may be necessary to cause the propeller assembly to stop rotating as soon as possible. This can include an unplanned descent. Rapid braking can avoid the propeller blades from entangling in the envelope, parachute or other parts of the HAP. A reusable brake is employed to prevent uncontrolled rotation of the propeller on descent, or otherwise to prevent the propeller from spinning freely when not being used to propel the HAP laterally.
US11624412B2
The present invention is a hydraulic pressure control device for an automatic transmission that performs a gear shift by switching between engagement and disengagement of a plurality of friction engagement elements and includes solenoid valves, provided corresponding to the friction engagement elements, respectively, that switches between engagement and disengagement of the friction engagement elements by switching between supply and non-supply of hydraulic pressures to the friction engagement elements, and a control device that switches between supply and non-supply of the hydraulic pressures to the friction engagement elements by supplying a predetermined control current to the solenoid valves, in which the control device supplies a fixation preventing current lower than the control current to at least one of the solenoid valves corresponding to the friction engagement elements in a disengagement state of the plurality of friction engagement elements.
US11624410B2
A viscous clutch head may be replaced by selecting a viscous clutch head and a mount adapter. The viscous clutch head and the mount adapter may be selected from a group of universal modular fan drives and from a group of mount adapters. The mount adapter of a threaded type or a flange and bolt type may be selected. Depending on the viscous clutch head to be replaced, a fan adapter and/or a pilot adapter may also be selected from a group of fan adapters and from a group of pilot adapters. Accordingly, a range of models of viscous fan clutch systems may be replaced by using a limited number of parts. These parts may be stored on a tool cart. As different models of viscous fan clutch systems may be replaced using a limited number of parts, the in-stock inventory of replacement parts may be reduced.
US11624404B2
A rolling bearing capable of achieving reduction in torque is provided. The rolling bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring disposed coaxially with each other, a rolling element disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, a seal member configured to cover an area between the inner ring and the outer ring from an outside in an axial direction, and filled grease disposed between the rolling element and the seal member. The filled grease includes a first ring-like part which extends to form a circumferential shape centering on a common axis of the inner ring and the outer ring, and which has contact with one of the inner ring and the outer ring, and a second ring-like part which extends to form a circumferential shape centering on the common axis, which is connected to the first ring-like part at an outer side in the axial direction, and which has contact with the seal member.
US11624403B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a rolling bearing ring featuring an improved robustness against the formation of white etching cracks (WEC), wherein the rolling bearing component, which is made of a hypo-eutectoid heat-treated steel containing C in an amount of 0.4-0.55% and Cr in an amount of 0.5-2.0% in order to form a hardened boundary layer, is inductively heated, then quenched and subsequently tempered.
US11624401B2
A linear motion device includes a guiding member extending along a first direction and a slide block assembly slidably disposed on the guiding member. The slide block assembly includes a slide block, two ball race members at two sides of the slide block, two circulation members at two sides of the slide block along the first direction, and two end covers assembled on the circulation members. One or more of the circulation members has two revolve channel members. The revolve channel member has an upper protrusion member and a lower protrusion member protruding out of the upper protrusion member. Since the protruding portion of the lower protrusion member can be served as the bottom surface of the revolve curve, stepped structures caused by assembling or component tolerances are not formed between the bottom surface and nearby portions, and the balls can roll stably in the linear motion device.
US11624397B2
A fastening nut device for fastening one substrate to another includes a cylinder, which is circumferentially larger proximate to a first end thereof, thus defining a first section and a second section of the cylinder. External threading, which is reversed, is positioned on the second section and extends from a second end of the cylinder. The cylinder can be inserted into a first hole positioned in a first substrate by counterclockwise rotation. The first section of the cylinder abuts a first face of the first substrate and the second end of the cylinder is accessible from a second face of the first substrate. A channel, which is internally threaded, extends into the cylinder from the second end. A threaded fastener, which is engaged to a second substrate, can be inserted by clockwise rotation into the channel to engage the second substrate to the second face of the first substrate.
US11624389B2
Fire hose couplings and adapters are configured to receive, by any of various types of interconnections, a wide range of attachments enhancing the utility of the associated fire hose. The attachments are secured to the coupler or adapter by way of an appropriate locking engagement, such as by a dovetail connector, setscrews, chemical attachment, adhesives and the like. The attachments cover a broad range of handles, reflective and directional devices, analog and digital sensors/monitors/indicators, and carabiners, and both threaded and unthreaded studs adapted for appropriate receipt of any of a broad range of attachments or uses.
US11624388B2
Turnbuckle linkages are disclosed herein. A turnbuckle linkage includes an inside rod including a first opening on a first longitudinal end and a second opening on a second longitudinal end of the inside rod, the first opening and the second opening extending at least partially through the inside rod, the inside rod including tabs extending from the first longitudinal end and the second longitudinal end of the inside rod around the first opening and the second opening, an exterior surface of the tabs including conical threads, outside rods to be positioned within the openings of the inside rod, the tabs of the inside rod at least partially surrounding the outside rods, the outside rods including end bearings to couple to a first structure and a second structure, and conical nuts to constrict the tabs around the outside rods and couple the inside rod and the outside rods.
US11624387B2
The system includes a rail mountable to a wall, such as a wall along a hallway in a medical care environment. A cart movable along a floor adjacent to the wall is fitted with an anchor. The anchor is located at the rail, the anchor configured so that it releasably engages the rail, so that the cart can be secured to the rail when not in use. In at least some embodiments, a power source is located within the rail and a power coupler is provided on the cart which is adjacent to the power source in the rail and electrically coupled to the power source, for transmission of power from the power source in the rail to the cart, when of the anchor on the cart is attached to the rail. Thus, the cart is both anchored and recharged simultaneously in such embodiments.
US11624385B2
A tolerance-compensating fastening arrangement for fastening a component to a structure includes a male fastener having a fastening bolt having a serrated outer profile; and a female fastener having a socket base arranged therewithin movable along a horizontal plane and having a conical funnel to receive the bolt such that horizontal tolerances between the male and female fasteners are compensable by movement of the socket base actuated through contact of the bolt with an inner surface of the funnel; and a socket jaw arranged on the socket base and having several jaw segments arranged circumferentially around a vertical axis to form a central jaw opening configured to receive the bolt through the funnel, the jaw segments configured movable radially with respect to the vertical axis to adjust a size of the jaw opening to retain the bolt along the vertical axis via contact of the serrated inner and outer profiles.
US11624383B2
Provided is an assembled body assembled by splicing frames through male joint and female interface. The male joint includes a stopping edge and a locating protrusion, where the stopping edge extends in a first direction and the locating protrusion extends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The female interface includes a first U-shape recess, and an inner surface of the recess is provided with a stopping groove and a locating slot adapted for retaining the stopping edge and the locating protrusion respectively.
US11624380B2
A valve positioner for use on a process control valve or “valve assembly.” The process control valve may include a pneumatic actuator and a valve having a closure member coupled with the pneumatic actuator and moveable relative to a seat. The valve positioner may couple to the pneumatic actuator to provide a pneumatic signal to set a position of the closure member relative to the seat. An accelerometer may couple with the valve positioner. The accelerometer may generate data in response to orientation of the valve positioner. In one implementation, the configurations can use this data to ensure proper visualization of data on a display. The data also permits the device to properly manage operating modes, like tight shut-off or fully-opened mode, that may prevail due to orientation issues that cause defects in a measured position for a closure member that regulates flow of material through the valve assembly.
US11624379B2
The hydraulic braking or steering system of a vehicle driven by a hydraulic motor is provided with a secondary supply of hydraulic pressure in the event of failure of the primary supply to the system. The secondary supply is generated by the hydraulic motor when ground-driven by the momentum of the moving vehicle.
US11624373B2
Systems and methods for reducing the pressure of a first pressurized fluid, thereby reducing the temperature of the pressurized fluid, and utilization of the reduced-pressure and temperature fluid to cool a second fluid. Such an approach can enable a reduction in the size and weight of a hydraulic system, utilize waste energy in a system, and/or minimize electrical power requirements of a system, among other benefits.
US11624369B2
A blower includes a first extension having a first discharge port formed in a first wall, a second extension having a second discharge port formed in a second wall facing and spaced apart from the first wall, a fan provided below the first and second extensions to guide air toward each of the first tower and the second tower, a first gate provided inside the first tower or protruding from the first wall, a second gate provided inside the second tower or protruding from the second wall, a first guide motor to change a position of the first gate, and a second guide motor to change a position of the second gate.
US11624365B2
A fluid delivery device has a primary pump and a main pump fluidically connected to the primary pump. The primary pump can be driven by a primary pump input shaft, the main pump can be driven by a main pump input shaft, and the primary pump input shaft and the main pump input shaft are mechanically coupled to a common drive shaft of the fluid delivery device. The primary pump is in the form of a non-compensated gear pump or a centrifugal pump and the main pump is in the form of a compensated internal gear pump.
US11624351B2
A gearbox repair assembly is disclosed herein. The gearbox repair assembly includes a sleeve having an inner diameter configured to receive a bearing assembly and an outer diameter configured to fit within a bore of a gearbox housing. The gearbox housing can be part of a gearbox of a wind turbine. The gearbox repair assembly further includes a retaining plate configured to be attached to the gearbox housing for preventing an outer race of the bearing assembly from rotating in the bore relative to the gearbox housing. Also provided are methods to repair such a gearbox. The gearbox repair assembly and related methods reduce the time and cost needed to repair the gearboxes.
US11624350B2
A method for providing grid-forming control of an inverter-based resource includes receiving, via a controller, one or more reference commands from an external controller. The method also includes determining, via the controller, one or more control commands for the inverter-based resource based on the one or more reference commands. Further, the method includes determining, via the controller, at least one feedforward signal as a function of the one or more control commands, one or more control signals, and one or more estimated electrical conditions of the inverter-based resource. The method also includes using the feedforward signal(s) to position at least one control angle of the inverter-based resource to an anticipated value needed to achieve the one or more reference commands, thereby enabling rapid response to the one or more reference commands received from the external controller.
US11624347B2
Wind turbine blade made of thermoplastic polymer composite, part of said blade and production method
The invention relates to a wind turbine blade (1) comprising an outer casing formed at least in part of panels (3) of thermoplastic polymer composite, defining a leading edge (4) and a trailing edge (5) of the wind turbine blade, and at least one longitudinal stiffening member (6) made of polymer composite, extending along a longitudinal axis (A) of the wind turbine blade inside said wind turbine blade (1), said stiffening member (6) being arranged between at least one panel defining the leading edge (4) and at least one panel defining the trailing edge (5), characterized in that the thermoplastic polymer composite comprises a fibrous reinforcement and a (meth)acrylic thermoplastic polymer matrix and in that at least one panel (3) of thermoplastic polymer composite is connected to the stiffening member (6) by a weld-type interface (7).
US11624334B2
Methods and systems for calculating a plurality of aging factors in a system operating an engine. The calculated aging factors may include one or more of fuel injector drift, exhaust gas recirculation valve obstruction, and mass air flow sensor bias. Mass flow throughout the system, and pressures and temperatures within the system, are observed in an approach that relies on mass preservation concepts to estimate fuel injector drift, exhaust gas recirculation valve obstruction, and mass air flow sensor bias.
US11624332B2
New and/or alternative approaches to engine performance control that can account for the need to robustly monitor performance and/or operation of the physical plant and actuators thereof, while avoiding or limiting performance degradation. Model predictive control (MPC) or other control configuration such as proportional-integral-derivative control may be used to control the system by identifying a performance optimized control solution. In some examples, a modification to the performance optimized solution analysis is made to weight control solutions in favor of robust monitoring conditions. In other examples, the performance optimized solution is post-processed and modified to favor robust monitoring conditions.
US11624330B2
A method for operating an internal combustion engine having multiple cylinders. A warm-up operation is carried out after the internal combustion engine has been started, during which a speed of the internal combustion engine is limited to a limit value. The limit value is selected during the warm-up operation at least temporarily as a function of a starting temperature of the internal combustion engine.
US11624324B2
An air starter for an engine, such as a turbine engine, that includes a turbine for rotatably extracting mechanical power from a flow of fluid. The turbine includes a drive shaft that can be coupled to an output shaft to provide a rotational output. The interface between the drive shaft and the output shaft can be offset.
US11624323B2
An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. A primary air flow path is defined between a primary inlet and a primary outlet. Air in the primary air flow path can flow into a secondary air flow path or rotate the turbine, that converts energy from the air flow to rotational mechanical energy. Air in the secondary air flow path can pass through at least a first cavity and first passage before rejoining the primary air flow or joining ambient air.
US11624321B2
An exhaust energy recovery system (EERS) and associated methods for an engine are disclosed. An embodiment of an EERS, for example, includes an inlet duct that is configured to divert exhaust gas from an exhaust duct of the engine into the recovery system and an outlet duct configured to return the exhaust gas to the exhaust duct downstream of the inlet duct. The recovery system is configured to heat components or fluids associated with engine to operating temperatures. The recovery system may be part of a mobile power system that is mounted to a single trailer and includes an engine and a power unit such as a high pressure pump or generator mounted to the trailer. Methods of operating and purging recovery systems are also disclosed.
US11624319B2
A reverse-flow gas turbine engine includes a core of the gas turbine engine comprising multiple spools rotatable about a center axis of the gas turbine engine. Each spool is configured to pressurize air and to extract energy from combustion gases. The air and combustion gases are configured to flow through the core in a forward direction from an air inlet at an aft end of the core to an outlet at a forward end of the core. A propeller is disposed forward of the outlet. A reduction gearbox (RGB) is drivingly engaged to the core. An electric motor is drivingly engaged to the propeller and disposed axially between the RGB and the propeller.
US11624318B2
The invention relates to a system and a method for storing electrical energy which are based on a closed thermodynamic cycle. They make it possible to store electrical energy in a very efficient, cost-effective, and safe manner. No environmentally hazardous or expensive materials are required. The system comprises a compressor, a turbine, and two packed-bed storage units which are operated at different temperature levels. In order to load the packed-bed storage units, the cycle is operated as a counterclockwise heat pump process. In this process, the heat generated at the outlet of the compressor is expanded at a high temperature level into a first packed-bed storage unit and stored therein. The “cold” produced during the subsequent expansion of the gaseous working medium in a turbine is stored in a second packed-bed storage unit. This requires mechanical energy which is provided by an electrical machine. In order to discharge the energy storage system, the cycle is operated in reverse (i.e., as a clockwise cycle). Before entering the compressor, the working medium is cooled with the cold stored in the second packed-bed storage unit and, after compression, absorbs the heat from the high-temperature packed-bed storage system. The hot working medium at high pressure is expanded by means of the turbine and thus energy is generated.
US11624306B2
An aftertreatment system for a work vehicle includes: a fluid injector configured to inject a treatment fluid; a selective catalytic reducer (SCR) substrate; and a mixer fluidly coupled to the fluid injector and the SCR substrate and including at least one scroll defining a scroll open area and configured to receive a flow of exhaust gas and the treatment fluid. The mixer has a fixed wall and a plate displaceably coupled to the fixed wall, the plate being associated with the at least one scroll such that a change in a flow rate of exhaust gas into the at least one scroll passively causes displacement of the plate to adjust a size of the scroll open area.
US11624303B1
Systems and methods provide deceleration fuel cutoff regeneration of a gas particulate filter. A powertrain system includes an exhaust system containing the gas particulate filter, which is configured to collect particulate matter from an exhaust gas stream of the powertrain system. A temperature sensor is configured to monitor a temperature of the gas particulate filter. A loading monitor, such as a sensor and/or a model, is configured to provide a loading input of particulate loading of the gas particulate filter. At least one controller is configured to: determine, by comparing the loading input to stored values, whether the gas particulate filter requires the regeneration; effect a warmup of the gas particulate filter when the determination shows the gas particulate filter requires the regeneration; and initiate the regeneration when a value received from the temperature sensor meets a minimum threshold level.
US11624292B2
A blade outer air seal assembly includes a support structure and a blade outer air seal having a plurality of segments extending circumferentially about an axis and mounted to the support structure. At least two segments have a base portion extending from a first circumferential side to a second circumferential side, a first protrusion extending from the first circumferential side and having a first slot, and a second protrusion extending from the second circumferential side and having a second slot. A feather seal is arranged in the first slot and the second slot between the at least two segments such that the feather seal is pivotable between first and second positions in response to relative movement between the first and second protrusions.
US11624291B2
A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a seal arc segment including a sealing portion, and a first rail and a second rail opposed to the first rail. The sealing portion extends in a circumferential direction between opposed mate faces and extends in an axial direction between a leading edge and a trailing edge. Each of the first and second rails extend outwardly in a radial direction from the sealing portion to respective first and second edge faces, and the sealing portion has a sealing face dimensioned to bound a gas path and includes a backside face opposed to the sealing face. The first and second rails include respective first and seconds pairs of hooks dimensioned to mount the seal arc segment to an engine static structure in an installed position. The seal arc segment is radially opposed to the sealing face between the first and second edge faces establishing a first region. The seal arc segment is radially opposed to the sealing face between the leading and trailing edges establishing a second region. A method of sealing for a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US11624284B2
An impingement cooling structure is provided. The impingement cooling structure includes a flow channel formed between a first wall and a second wall facing the first wall, a plurality of impingement cooling holes disposed in the first wall such that the plurality of impingement cooling holes are spaced apart from each other along the flow channel, and a flow diverter convexly protruding from a surface of the second wall in each space between injection axes of the plurality of impingement cooling holes.
US11624278B2
Systems and methods corresponding with improved wellfield management are provided. In some examples, the system may initiate a step drawdown test of well efficiency to determine a cause of a decreased discharge rate of the wellfield site. The system may alter pumping of the wellfield site based on the step drawdown test, wherein a command signal is transmitted via a SCADA system to the wellfield site.
US11624275B2
The disclosed embodiments include a rotating survey tool. The rotating survey tool includes a first sensor array that in operation collects a first set of survey measurements during a downhole drilling operation. Additionally, the rotating survey tool includes a second sensor array directly coupled to the first sensor array that in operation collects a second set of survey measurements while a drill bit drills during the downhole drilling operation. Further, the second set of survey measurements has a greater base accuracy than the first set of survey measurements.
US11624274B2
A method of estimating a directional parameter of a downhole component includes deploying a borehole string in a borehole, the borehole string including the downhole component, the downhole component being rotatable, the downhole component including a gyroscope device and a magnetometer device. The method also includes collecting gyroscope measurement data from the gyroscope device and magnetic field measurement data from the magnetometer device during rotation of the downhole component, and estimating, by a processor, the directional parameter of the downhole component, where the estimating includes correcting the gyroscope measurement data based on the magnetic field measurement data.
US11624268B2
A system for transferring fluid from a pump to a manifold, the manifold having a plurality of fluid inlets. A first pump truck includes a first pump having a first fluid outlet. A first flexible pipe couples the first fluid outlet to a first fluid inlet. The first flexible pipe is self-supporting and forms an arch extending over the first pump truck. The first pump truck may include a second pump having a second fluid outlet and a second flexible pipe may couple the second fluid outlet to a second fluid inlet. A second pump truck may include third and fourth pumps having third and fourth fluid outlets, respectively, that may be coupled to third and fourth fluid inlets by third and fourth self-supporting flexible pipes.
US11624255B1
A rotating control device can include a bearing housing, an inner mandrel rotatably supported in the bearing housing, and a barrier having upper and lower portions, the upper portion being secured against rotation relative to the inner mandrel, the lower portion being secured against rotation relative to the bearing housing, the lower portion including annular recesses, the recesses being progressively deeper in a radially outward direction. Another barrier can include upper and lower portions, the lower portion including multiple annular walls, an upper surface of each wall being inclined downward in a radially outward direction. Another barrier can include upper and lower portions, the upper and lower portions having annular walls, the upper portion walls being interdigitated with the lower portion walls, and the upper and lower portion walls being circumferentially discontinuous, whereby gaps are formed between circumferential ends of the upper and lower portion walls.
US11624249B2
A separation apparatus for separating constituents from effluent. The separation apparatus includes a gas diffuser, a hopper, and a tank. The gas diffuser includes an inlet inner tube for receiving effluent from a well. The hopper is disposed at least partially below the gas diffuser, and the tank is connected to the hopper. The gas diffuser is configured so that gas in the effluent is released from the effluent and into the atmosphere before the effluent enters the hopper. The hopper is configured so that liquid effluent in the hopper spills over a top portion of the hopper and into the tank.
US11624239B1
An apparatus comprises a sub-section of a pulse power drilling assembly including a transformer encircling a center flow tube. The transformer comprises at least one primary winding that encircles the center flow tube and a core that encircles the at least one primary winding. The core comprises an insulative material and an electrically conductive material, wherein the insulative material is positioned relative to the electrically conductive material to create at least one break to prevent an electrical path for current within the electrically conductive material during operation of the transformer. The transformer comprises a secondary winding that encircles the core.
US11624227B2
Garage door opening systems commonly include lighting generated from lower wattage bulbs mounted to an electric operator near a garage ceiling. This lighting is inadequate to fully illuminate a garage space particularly at the floor level. Since vehicles park under the light, the vehicle can become a blocker of light. Disclosed are garage door opening systems including a safety eye light which integrates a light source into the safety eye of a garage door opening system thereby providing additional illumination to poorly lit areas of a garage. This additional source of lighting helps assure users safer home to vehicle ingress and egress. In some forms, the lights in the safety eye light are fixed, in other forms the lights are adjustable in direction. Various methods of integrating a safety eye light into a garage door opening system and use of the safety eye light are disclosed herein.
US11624226B2
A hinge assembly for an aircraft overhead storage bin that includes a housing having a hinge space and a hinge opening defined therein, an arm pivotably connected to the housing within the hinge space, and a dampener. The hinge opening communicates the hinge space with an exterior of the housing. The arm is pivotable between a closed position and an open position and extends through the hinge opening such that the first end of the arm is positioned outside of the housing. The dampener includes first and second ends. The first end is connected to the housing and the second end is connected to the arm. The dampener biases the arm from the closed position to the open position.
US11624215B2
A tilt bed for a multi-utility vehicle that is movable from a flat conveying positon to a tilted dump position. The tilt bed has a lift handle construction that combines a molded thermoplastic portion integral with the tilt bed body and a handle bracket that provides reinforcement in the appropriate location to provide a sturdy handle for ease of lifting. The bracket has at least a yoke shape underlying the bed body and is co-extensive with a neighboring edge of the bed body to provide a comfortable lift area. The bracket is rigidly attached to the bed body, and may also have a more robust shape such as a closed loop. For added stiffness and strength, the bracket may also be rigidly connected to the bed frame.
US11624211B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include a magnetic insertable lock component with a magnet-sensing lock housing. By using a magnet within a pin and a magnetic field sensor within the lock housing, the apparatus may accurately detect the state of the lock. In some embodiments, the apparatus may determine the pin is inserted fully into the lock, the pin is inserted partially into the lock, the pin is not inserted in the lock, and/or that a foreign object that is not the pin is inserted into the lock. By using a magnet within the pin to track the state of the lock, the apparatus may improve both the user experience and the security of the lock. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11624206B2
A lock assembly includes a plug with a keyway, primary pins aligned with the keyway, a sidebar, secondary pins adjacent the keyway, and at least one supplemental sidebar control element for controlling movement of the sidebar. A key blank has a key blade with a primary top edge to receive primary bittings for controlling the primary pins, a rib to receive secondary bittings for controlling the secondary pins, and at least one shuttle pin. The shuttle pin engages a multi-level ridge within the keyway to move the shuttle pin from a retracted position to an extended position in which an end of the shuttle pin actuates the supplemental sidebar control element.
US11624200B2
A ground mounting system for supporting a post includes a sleeve configured to receive the post therein, a plate secured to the sleeve and defining at least one slot therethrough, an auger positioned to extend from the plate to secure the plate to the ground, and at least one stake receivable within the at least one slot to facilitate securement of the plate to the ground.
US11624198B2
A pump unit for a prefabricated swimming pool, the unit having a pump wall panel and a mount connected to or integral with the pump wall panel. There is also a pump located or locatable at the mount. The arrangement is such that when the pump unit is in use the pump is able to drive a current of water through the pump wall panel into a pool sufficient to enable on the spot swimming inside the pool.
US11624186B2
A wall assembly includes tracks structured to be coupled to supports and wall studs coupled to the tracks. The wall studs include a first sidewall, a first web coupled to the first sidewall and a second sidewall coupled to the first web to define a first channel. The wall studs further include a second web coupled to the second sidewall and a third sidewall coupled to the second web to define a second channel as well as a third web coupled to the third sidewall and a fourth sidewall coupled to the third web to define a third channel. The second web is offset from the first web and the third web to isolate each of the channels and attenuate sound waves. Further, the studs may include one or more openings for further isolation and to reduce the amount of steel in the studs, which reduces cost.
US11624172B2
A faucet including a faucet head, a body and a magnetic coupling releasably coupling the faucet head to the faucet body.
US11624160B2
An asphalt paving system comprising a plurality of dispensing shafts and a plurality of rolls of pavement reinforcing membrane. The plurality of dispensing shafts are adapted to be mounted on an asphalt paving machine, where at least a portion of at least one dispensing shaft extends from at least one side of the paving machine, and at least a portion of at least one dispensing shaft extends to a front of the paving machine. Each roll of pavement reinforcing membrane is supported by one of the plurality of dispensing shafts. As the asphalt paving machine moves, the plurality of dispensing shafts dispense the pavement reinforcing membrane continuously beneath the asphalt paving machine and the hot asphalt material is dispensed from the hopper on top of the pavement reinforcing membrane beneath the asphalt paving machine.
US11624156B2
The present disclosure relates to fibrous structures including active agents and having a graphic printed thereon. In some embodiments, a nonwoven web may include a fibrous structure comprising filaments. In turn, the filaments may include filament forming material, and an active agent releasable from the filaments when exposed to conditions of intended use. In addition, a graphic may be printed directly onto the fibrous structure.
US11624150B2
The present disclosure relates to a garment folding machine and a method of controlling the garment folding machine, in which it is possible to effectively prevent damage to a garment by controlling and reducing tension after detecting and determining a situation in which the tension is applied to the garment during a process of conveying or folding the garment, and it is possible to allow the folding machine to smoothly perform vertical folding by disposing the garment at an appropriate position in order to perform the vertical folding.
US11624147B1
A dryer includes a pressure plate and a plurality of heating bulbs configured to emit short wave infrared radiation. A hood of the dryer is coupled to an exhaust vent and a fan. One or more sensors of the dryer measure a drying parameter corresponding to at least a portion of an article to be dried. One or more sensors in the exhaust vent monitor the air being drawn from under the hood and through the exhaust vent. A controller receives data from at least one of the sensors, and uses the data to regulate operation of each heating bulb independently of other heating bulbs of the dryer.
US11624145B2
A laundry system having a first laundry appliance for washing fabric items, a second laundry appliance for drying fabric items horizontally arranged relative to the first laundry appliance, a washing module vertically arranged above one of the first laundry appliance or the second laundry appliance, and a non-tumble drying module vertically arranged above the other of the first laundry appliance or the second laundry appliance for drying fabric items.
US11624140B2
A retrofit auxiliary device for supporting washing operations in various makes and models of multiple household appliances is described wherein the retrofit auxiliary device can monitor appliance health, regulate appliance function, and send the user useful data. Each of the multiple household appliances has a water line and a power line operably coupled to an appliance controller with at least one pre-programmed cycle of operation.
US11624138B2
Disclosed herein are a laundry apparatus for heating a drum by an induction heater and a control method thereof. According to an embodiment, the method of controlling a laundry apparatus including a tub, a drum, an induction heating module mounted on the tub to heat the drum, and a circulation pump configured to pump wash water from the tub to an upper portion of the drum includes supplying wash water into the tub through a water supply valve, circulating the wash water by operating the circulation pump and performing fabrics soaking by driving the drum, performing heating by the induction heating module after termination of the fabrics soaking, and performing washing by driving the drum, wherein a water level of the wash water at the termination of the fabrics soaking is lower than a water level of the wash water at the termination of the water supply.
US11624127B2
Boron nitride layer, apparatus including the same, and method of fabricating the boron nitride layer
A boron nitride layer and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The boron nitride layer includes a boron nitride compound and has a dielectric constant of about 2.5 or less at an operating frequency of 100 kHz.
US11624123B2
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus of monocrystal growth. The method comprises providing an apparatus comprising a crucible, a first lifting device for lifting the crucible, a deflector tube and a second lifting device for lifting the deflector tube; setting a theoretical distance between the deflector tube and the melt surface, determining a theoretical ratio of the crucible lifting rate relative to the monocrystal lifting rate based on sizes of the crucible and the monocrystal, and starting to grow the monocrystal. During the growth, the position of one or more of the crucible, the deflector tube and the monocrystal is adjusted, the actual distance between the deflector tube and the melt surface is real-time detected, the deviation value between the theoretical and the actual distances is calculated, a variation of the ratio is obtained by the deviation value, and the theoretical ratio is adjusted based on the variation. Based on the variation of the ratio of the crucible lifting rate relative to the monocrystal lifting rate, the speeds of the lifting devices are adjusted to maintain the process lifting rate during the crystal growth without change. The process lifting rate is the lifting rate of the monocrystal ingot relative to the melt surface. The present invention can facilitate to produce the monocrystal with high quality.
US11624119B2
A centrifugal molten regolith electrolysis (MRE) reactor that can volatilize and capture volatiles (i.e., 3He or other noble gases) and electrochemically decompose, while under centrifugal action, lunar regolith into oxygen, metals, and semiconductor materials is disclosed. The high-temperature centrifugal MRE reactor comprises four principal components; namely: (1) a rotatable concentric electrolytic cell comprising an outer metallic shell cathode positioned about an inner central drum anode; (2) a motor sized and configured to rapidly spin (rotate) the concentric electrolytic cell reactor about its central longitudinal axis; (3) a stationary (relative to the spinning electrolytic cell) induction coil (connected to an external stationary AC current source) wrapped about, and adjacent to, the rotatable concentric electrolytic cell (for, when selectively energized, melting regolith contained within the concentric electrolytic cell); and (4) a stationary voltage source (for supplying an applied voltage to the concentric electrolytic cell). The centrifugal MRE reactor electrowins metals and oxygen.
US11624114B2
A method and system for producing graphene on a copper substrate by modified chemical vapor deposition (AP-CVD), comprising arranging two copper sheets (40) in a parallel manner and separated by a ceramic material (30, placing said two copper sheets (40) inside an open chamber consisting of a glass chamber (10), heating the two copper sheets (40) to a predetermined temperature by using an electromagnetic induction heater (20), supply a mixture of methane and argon flows to the upper face (18) of said glass cylindrical chamber (10), continually monitoring the temperature of the two copper sheets (40), heating to about 1,000° C. for a predetermined period of time using the electromagnetic induction heater (20), and cooling to room temperature under the same methane and argon flows.
US11624097B2
Evaporator system used for the production of maple syrup. The evaporator system includes at least one receptacle, a combustion chamber, an evacuation port and an air supply system. The evaporator system also includes a door assembly being configured for removably mounting onto a corresponding support frame of the evaporator system, and being operable between an opened configuration for allowing access to the combustion chamber and to be able to selectively feed biomass into the combustion chamber via the inlet thereof, and a closed configuration for preventing access to and closing off the inlet of the combustion chamber, the door assembly being provided with at least one aeration passage extending between an outer portion of the door assembly and an inner portion therefor, for providing a supply of secondary air to the combustion chamber via said at least one aeration passage of the door assembly when operated in the closed configuration.
US11624095B2
A method of determining the latent HIV reservoir level in a subject includes obtaining a blood sample from an HIV+ subject, isolating CD4+ T cells from the biological sample, administering one or more HIV transcription inducing agents to the isolated CD4+ T cells, isolating RNA from the CD4+ T-cells that includes HIV env mRNA, producing a plurality of first amplicons from the from the isolated RNA using a first primer set that corresponds to an HIV genomic region encoding the HIV env protein, producing a plurality of second amplicons from the plurality of first amplicons using a second primer set, the second primer set including one or more adapter sequences and/or uniquely identifiable barcode sequences, and determining the nucleic acid sequences of the second amplicons, wherein the determined nucleic acid sequences in the sample are indicative of the amount of inducible cell-associated HIV env RNA in the sample and indicative of the latent HIV reservoir in the subject.
US11624073B2
Expression vector for the stable production of a protein in plants, in particular a whole recombinant antibody in a cereal endosperm, comprising an expression cassette for the light polypeptide chain (L) of the antibody and an expression cassette for the heavy polypeptide chain (H) of the antibody, having the same orientation and the same control and regulatory elements of gene expression.
US11624071B2
The invention relates to novel plants, seeds and compositions, as well as improvements to plant breeding and methods for creating modifications in plant genomes.
US11624069B2
Provided is an in vitro method for making a recombinant DNA molecule. The method includes combining in vitro a recombination-site-mediated evolution (a SCRaMbLE) ready DNA polynucleotide that contains at least one transcription unit (TU) and an introduced site-specific recombinase recognition sites that can be recognized by a recombinase, with a recombinase that recognizes the site-specific recombinase recognition sites. The method results in a polynucleotide that is recombined to provide a recombined polynucleotide. The method may further include determining the sequence, or determining the expression of the recombined polynucleotide. Polynucleotides made by this process, and modified yeast that contain the modified polynucleotides, are also provided.
US11624067B2
This invention generally relates to a composition and its method of use for inducing adult stem cell (ASC) expansion and/or derivation in vitro, using miR-302-like pre-miRNAs, shRNAs and/or siRNAs, all of which contain a shared sequence of 5′-UAAGUGCUUC CAUGUUU-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 7) in the 5′-end, and further in conjunction with the use of some wound-healing-related defined factors, including but not limited to basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF)/fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2), leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), insulin-like growth factor (IGF), Epidermal growth factor (EGF), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), transforming growth factor (TGF), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), stem cell factor (SCF), homeobox proteins (HOX), Notch, GSK, Wnt/beta-Catenin signals, interleukins, and/or bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs). The principle of the present invention is related to a novel mechanism of inducible symmetric ASC division recently found in a skin wound healing model in vivo. The resulting amplified ASCs are useful for treating a variety of human aging- and cell dysfunction-associated disorders, including but not limited to Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, motor neuron disease, stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis, myocardial infraction, hemophilia, anemia, AIDS, leukemia, lymphoma and many kinds of cancers as well as aging.
US11624065B2
The present disclosure provides compositions with a modulating gene expression and methods for modulating transcription.
US11624063B2
Provided herein are methods of determining a surgical margin and the site and size of a tissue to be resected from a subject, and methods of use thereof.
US11624062B2
Methods, systems and related compositions are provided to perform single-cell marking of a nucleic acid and/or protein in a sample based on in-cell or in-organelle barcoding of nucleic acid and/or protein complexes of the cell or organelle; the methods and systems herein described are configured to provide in-cell or in-organelle single-cell marked nucleic acid and/or protein complexes comprising a single-cell, cell-specific, or a single-cell organelle-specific marker.
US11624061B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions of immobilized enzymes on the surface of achromosomal and/or anucleate cells and uses thereof. In particular, the present disclosure provides genetically engineered minicells with enzymes self-assembled on their surface. The immobilized enzymes on the surface of achromosomal and/or anucleate minicells, has agricultural, industrial, and environmental applications due to their improved stability durability and, reusability. Also, provided are methods for producing and purifying enzyme-immobilized minicells.
US11624059B2
Detergent compositions may include endoglucanase variants and methods of using such detergent compositions. The endoglucanase may have an alteration at one or more positions where the variant has at least 60% but less than 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2.
US11624057B2
The invention relates to a recombinant cell, preferably a yeast cell comprising: a) one or more heterologous genes encoding a glycerol dehydrogenase activity; b) one or more genes encoding a dihydroxyacetone kinase (E.C. 2.7.1.28 and/or E.C. 2.7.1.29); c) one or more heterologous genes encoding a ribulose-1,5-biphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (EC 4.1.1.39, RuBisCO); and d) one or more heterologous genes encoding a phosphoribulokinase (EC 2.7.1.19, PRK); and optionally e) one or more heterologous genes encoding for a glycerol transporter. This cell can be used for the production of ethanol and advantageously produces little or no glycerol.
US11624051B2
A composition or matrix comprising a bacteriophage and nanofibrillar cellulose or a derivative thereof in a wet or dry state is disclosed.
US11624047B2
The invention provides a process for producing a gel network, which gel network comprises a plurality of joined gel objects, which process comprises: forming a plurality of gel objects in one or more microfluidic channels; dispensing the gel objects from the one or more microfluidic channels into a region for producing the network; and contacting each gel object with at least one other gel object in said region to join each gel object to at least one other gel object at a region of contact between the gel objects. The invention also provides a network of joined gel objects, comprising a plurality of gel objects, wherein each gel object is joined to an adjacent gel object at a region of contact between the gel objects. Also provided are various possible uses of the gel network.
US11624029B2
Pitch production systems utilizing coal tar or decant oil for coal or petroleum based pitch are disclosed. Total pitch production yields are increased by heat treating distillate fractions from the pitch production process. A heat treatment system and process are disclosed in embodiments. The heaviest distillates having the highest molecular weights are subjected to heat treatment, though other embodiments contemplate heat treating a variety of combined distillate fractions. The heat treatment systems require heat soaking the distillate(s) at elevated temperatures of 459-535° C. at a near-constant temperature with near-uniform flow. A fraction of the heat-treated distillate may be reintroduced to the pitch production system as part of a continuous process.
US11624028B2
Provided are a method of suppressing dust generation, a soil stabilizer composition including a salt of lysine and citric acid; and a solvent, and a spraying device including the same. The method of suppressing dust generation, the method comprising: preparing a soil stabilizer composition comprising a salt of lysine and citric acid; and a solvent; and spraying the soil stabilizer composition on soil.
US11624027B2
A quantum dot according to an embodiment includes a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, selenium, and tellurium and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including a zinc chalcogenide, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, the zinc chalcogenide includes zinc and selenium, the quantum dot further includes gallium and a primary amine having 5 or more carbon atoms, and the quantum dot is configured to emit light having a maximum emission peak in a range of greater than about 450 nanometers (nm) and less than or equal to about 480 nm by excitation light. A method of producing the quantum dot and an electronic device including the same are also disclosed.
US11624021B2
A method for controlling the permeability of an oil well includes the steps of preparing a polymerizable bicomponent system having at least a fluid with at least an olefinically unsaturated first polymerizable compound; optionally, at least one radical polymerization initiator IA, the initiator IA being activated thermally or in the presence of an accelerating compound and a fluid with a radical polymerization activator, the activator being selected from: a radical polymerization initiator IB for polymerizing the polymerizable compound, the initiator IB having an activation temperature equal to or lower than the temperature of the thief zone, an accelerator of the initiator IA, The method further includes injecting one of the fluids into the well annulus until the thief zone is reached, and injecting the remainder into the tubular element, until it comes into contact with the fluid injected through the annulus to form a blocking polymer at the thief zone.
US11624020B1
A method of reducing lost circulation includes introducing a lost circulation solution comprising Saudi Arabian volcanic ash, a curing agent, and a resin into a subsurface formation through a wellbore, wherein the Saudi Arabian volcanic ash comprises SO3, CaO, SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, MgO, and K2O; and allowing the lost circulation solution to thicken within the subsurface formation, thereby forming a barrier between the subsurface formation and the wellbore to reduce lost circulation.
US11624014B2
A moisture-curable adhesive composition comprises a polymer component selected from a silane-terminated polyalkylene oxide and/or a polyurethane; a plurality of amino-silane modified wollastonite fibers having an average aspect ratio of from about 1.5:1 to about 12:1 and an average fiber length of from about 6 μm to about 825 μm; at least two fillers, wherein one of said fillers is untreated and a second of said fillers is treated with a modifier selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid derivative, a silane, a titanate, and mixtures thereof wherein at least one of said fillers is irregularly shaped; and a rheology modifier. The composition preferably further comprises a plurality of irregularly-shaped crumb rubber particles having an average particle size of between about 0.5 to 1.5 mm. The composition is useful for adhering tiles to surfaces, especially large format tiles to substantially vertically-extending wall surfaces.
US11624013B2
Methods in which toughness improvers based on terminally blocked polyurethane prepolymers are used to increase the maximum linear expansion of single component heat-curing epoxy resin compositions, in particular for joining substrates having different thermal expansion coefficients, in particular in the framework of transport agents or white goods.
US11624011B2
A thermosetting adhesive sheet capable of reducing semiconductor wafer warping and chipping and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a thermosetting adhesive layer formed from a resin composition containing a resin component and a filler, the resin component containing an epoxy compound and a curing agent, a total value obtained by multiplying the reciprocal of epoxy equivalent of the epoxy compound by content of the epoxy compound in the resin component being 1.15E−04 or more, and blending amount of the filler being 50 pts. mass or more with respect to 100 pts. mass of the resin component; the thermosetting adhesive sheet is applied to a ground surface of a semiconductor and cured before dicing.
US11624010B2
A method of producing an adhesive resin includes: a heating and kneading step of kneading a mixture containing a ring structure-containing hydrocarbon resin, an adhesive functional group-containing compound, and a peroxide while heating the mixture to obtain a heated and kneaded product; and a cooling and kneading step, performed in succession to the heating and kneading step, of kneading the heated and kneaded product while cooling the heated and kneaded product to obtain a cooled and kneaded product. The adhesive resin has a yellowness index (Yi) of 3.0 or less when 0.8 parts by mass of 2-(5-chloro-2-benzotriazolyl)-6-tert-butyl-p-cresol is added to 100 parts by mass of the adhesive resin.
US11624008B2
The present invention relates to a composition useful for manufacturing pressure sensitive adhesives, “PSAs”, and the use of said PSAs, especially in the medical field. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing adhesive articles comprising the composition of the invention and to said articles. The invention is further directed to medical articles comprising the composition of the invention.
US11624002B2
A polybenzoxazine sulfide has repeating units including at least one unit corresponding to formula (I) or (II): in which the two oxazine rings are connected together via a central aromatic group, the benzene ring of which bears one, two, three or four groups of formula —Sx—R in which “x” is an integer from 1 to 8 and R represents hydrogen or a hydrocarbon-based group including 1 to 10 carbon atoms and optionally a heteroatom chosen from O, S, N and P. Such a polybenzoxazine can be used as an adhesive layer on metal, in particular for the adhesive bonding of a metallic substrate, in particular made of carbon steel, to rubber.
US11623997B2
A water-based ink comprises an ink raw material, water, a resin, a desiccant, a defoamer, a hardener, a color fixative, and a dispersant. Based on the total volume of the water-based ink, the ink raw material has an amount of from 10 volume percentage (vol %) to 15 vol %, the water has an amount of from 60 vol % to 67 vol %, the resin has an amount of from 6 vol % to 12 vol %, the desiccant has an amount of from 5 vol % to 10 vol %, the defoamer has an amount of from 3 vol % to 8 vol %, the hardener has an amount of from 4 vol % to 9 vol %, the color fixative has an amount of from 2 vol % to 7 vol %, and the dispersant has an amount of from 3 vol % to 9 vol %. The printing film produced by the water-based ink is suitable for plastic flooring.
US11623996B2
The invention relates to a material for use as construction material for energy-pulse-induced transfer printing, which contains (a) at least one polymerizable binder, (b) at least one volume expansion component, (c) at least one initiator for the polymerization and (d) preferably at least one energy transformation component. The invention furthermore relates to a process for producing three-dimensional objects using the material.
US11623993B2
The invention relates to a titanium dioxide particle with high opacity and UV-greying resistance comprising two silica coats and at least one alumina coat, to a method for the obtaining the same, and to the use of said particle in a method for obtaining a decorative paper laminate or a décor foil. The present invention further pertains a decorative paper laminate or a décor foil containing said coated titanium dioxide particle.
US11623983B2
The present invention relates to a composition for high temperature applications. More specifically, the present invention relates to a coated talc, a process for the preparation of such and its use as an additive in the production of polyolefin composite. Polyolefin composites produced according to the process of the present invention are exhibit a high thermal stability and are useful in a broad range of high temperature applications.
US11623981B2
The ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene powder of the present invention is an ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene powder having a viscosity-average molecular weight Mv of 10×104 or higher and 1000×104 or lower, wherein viscosity-average molecular weight Mv(A) of a kneaded product obtained by kneading under specific kneading conditions, and the Mv satisfy the following relationship: “{Mv−Mv(A)}/Mv is 0.20 or less”, and the ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene powder contains an ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene powder having a particle size of 212 μm or larger, wherein the powder having a particle size of 212 μm or larger has an average pore volume of 0.6 ml/g or larger and an average pore size of 0.3 μm or larger.
US11623977B2
The invention relates to a polymer comprising: a) at least one polyether polyester copolymer segment, wherein the polyether polyester copolymer comprises ether units selected from the group consisting of the formula (II) —[CR12]n—O—, wherein n is an integer of 2 to 4, R1 represent independent of each other organic groups having 1 to 30 carbon atoms or hydrogen, and wherein in case n is equal to 2 at least one of the R1 represents an ether group having the formula —R2—O—R3, wherein R2 and R3 independent of each other represent organic groups having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and b) at least one polysiloxane segment linked to the at least one polyether polyester copolymer segment.
US11623968B2
A method for making xanthan gum copolymer nanomicelles comprising: 1) degrading xanthan gum in aqueous solution to obtain degraded xanthan gum; 2) preparing xanthan gum bromide from the degraded xanthan gum; 3) preparing xanthan gum copolymer from the xanthan gum bromide and 4) making the gum copolymer nanomicelles from the xanthan gum copolymer. The xanthan gum copolymer nanomicelles have good morphological regularity, good biocompatibility and stable performance as an anticancer drug carriers.
US11623964B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods of engineered IgG Fc constructs, wherein the Fc constructs include one or more Fc domains.
US11623958B2
Disclosed herein are single chain variable fragment CD3 binding proteins with improved binding affinities, and robust aggregation profiles. Also described are multispecific binding proteins comprising a single chain variable fragment CD3 binding protein according to the instant disclosure. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the binding proteins disclosed herein and methods of using such formulations are provided.
US11623951B2
Isolated antibodies that bind specifically to R-spondin 3 (RSPO3) are described. Also described herein are compositions containing the antibodies and methods of using the antibodies to treat cancer and detect RSPO3.
US11623948B2
A process for synthesizing and separating secretory IgA from a mixture of IgA monmer and IgA dimer is provided. The process includes covalently binding affinity tagged or epitope tagged recombinant secretory component to the IgA dimer in the mixture and binding the affinity tagged or an epitope tagged secretory IgA to immobilized moieties on the solid phase support resin to which the affinity tag or epitope tag binds and then eluting the affinity tagged or an epitope tagged secretory IgA with release buffer. A process for synthesizing and separating secretory IgM from a mixture of IgM and other plasma proteins is also provided. The process includes covalently binding affinity tagged or an epitope tagged recombinant secretory component to the IgM in the mixture and binding the affinity tagged or an epitope tagged secretory IgM to immobilized moieties on the solid phase support resin and then eluting the peptide tagged secretory IgM with a release buffer.
US11623947B2
There is a need to provide a collagen powder having desirable product characteristics, such as high fluid absorption capacity, while also having processing characteristics that allow commercial manufacturing and handling of the collagen powder. The present invention relates to a collagen powder, a method of manufacture thereof, and uses thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to a process for preparing a collagen powder, the process comprising the steps of providing a collagen source; adjusting the concentration of the collagen source; adjusting the pH of the collagen source; freezing the collagen source; dehydrating the frozen collagen; and degrading the dehydrated collagen to a powder.
US11623942B2
The present invention relates to method for purifying proteins using silicates.
US11623941B2
The invention relates to a method of isolating an immunoglobulin, comprising the steps of: a) providing a separation matrix comprising multimers of immunoglobulin-binding alkali-stabilized Protein A domains covalently coupled to a porous support, b) contacting a liquid sample comprising an immunoglobulin with the separation matrix, c) washing said separation matrix with a washing liquid, d) eluting the immunoglobulin from the separation matrix with an elution liquid, and e) cleaning the separation matrix with a cleaning liquid, wherein the alkali-stabilized Protein A domains comprise mutants of a parental Fc-binding domain of Staphylococcus Protein A (SpA), as defined by SEQ ID NO: 51 or SEQ ID NO: 52, wherein the amino acid residues at positions 13 and 44 of SEQ ID NO: 51 or 52 are asparagines and wherein at least the asparagine residue at position 3 of SEQ ID NO: 51 or 52 has been mutated to an amino acid selected from the group consisting of glutamic acid, lysine, tyrosine, threonine, phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, tryptophan, methionine, valine, alanine, histidine and arginine.
US11623940B2
The invention relates to the use of polyphosphate containing species in a method of nucleic acid synthesis, to methods of nucleic acid synthesis, and to the use of kits comprising said polyphosphate containing species. The invention also relates to the use of polyphosphate containing species for the capping of 3′-terminal hydroxyl moieties using terminal transferases.
US11623938B2
The present invention belongs to the field of biomedicine, specifically relates to the field of targeting medicine. More specifically, the present invention relates to a liver-targeting compound having thyroid hormone receptor agonist characteristics and a pharmaceutical composition thereof. The compound is a compound represented by formula (1). The compound can be used for treating and/or preventing diseases caused by thyroid hormone dysregulation, and can also effectively reduce lipids in plasma and liver cells.
US11623937B2
An integrated approach for utilizing waste products of 2G bio-refineries to fractionate the lignin of high purity. The present invention also provides a method of recycling of two waste products (2-G ethanol residue as the substrate (LRBR) and fusel oil/synthetic fusel oil (SFO) as one of the solvent) of the biorefineries in a beneficial manner to fractionate the lignin of high purity. The present method of separating high purity lignin comprises fractioning extractive-free lignin rich residue with a solvent, wherein the solvent is a mixture of SFO/Fusel oil and Formic acid. An optimized ratio of waste fusel oil and formic acid gave more than >85% yields of high purity lignin.
US11623930B2
Disclosed are compounds according to Formula (I) or (II), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. Also disclosed are therapeutic methods, e.g., of treating kidney diseases, using the compounds of Formula (I) or (II).
US11623928B2
Generally, the present invention provides novel quinolone compounds and pharmaceutical composition thereof which may inhibit cell proliferation and/or induce cell apoptosis. The present invention also provides methods of preparing such compounds and compositions, and methods of making and using the same.
US11623919B2
Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to a process for the preparation of the compounds: R1 is independently selected from hydrogen atom, amine group, monocyclic or bicyclic aliphatic, aromatic, heteroaliphatic or heteroaromatic ring. R2 is independently selected from monocyclic or bicylic aliphatic, heteroaliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic ring, C1-C6 alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl chain. n is 1 or 2; preferably n is 1. m is 0, 1 or 2; preferably m is 0. R3 and R4 can be, independently, —H, —F, C1-C4 alkyl, —OH, —OC1-C4 alkyl; preferably they are both —H. X is O or S. R5 is —H or —CH3 optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms; preferably R5 is hydrogen. The compounds can be used in the treatment of conditions or diseases mediated by P2X7 receptor.
US11623918B2
The present disclosure is concerned with thioquinolinone compounds for the treatment of disorders associated with heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) signaling dysfunction such as, for example, kidney diseases (e.g., chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury). This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US11623909B2
The present invention relates to methods of extracting cannabinoid acids from cannabis plant material by combining the plant material with an aqueous solution having a high pH to solubilize cannabinoid acid anions, followed by precipitation of the cannabinoid acids at low pH and filtration. The method provides yields of up to 97%, while high pH purification of ethanol extracted oils yielded purities up to 86%.
US11623908B2
A method for purification of a biphenol tetraacid composition includes contacting the biphenol tetraacid composition with a solvent including a C1-6 alcohol to form a slurry and isolating the purified biphenol tetraacid from the slurry. The biphenol tetraacid composition includes a biphenol tetraacid and a biphenol. A purified biphenol tetraacid composition is also described.
US11623907B2
The present invention discloses a method for directly constructing highly optically active tetrasubstituted allenic acid compounds, i.e., a one-step process for directly constructing highly optically active axially chiral tetrasubstituted allenic acid compounds by using tertiary propargyl alcohol, carbon monoxide and water as reactants in an organic solvent in the presence of palladium catalyst, chiral diphosphine ligand, monophosphine ligand and organic phosphoric acid. The method of the present invention has the following advantages: operations are simple, raw materials and reagents are readily available, the reaction conditions are mild, the substrate has high universality, the functional group has good compatibility, and the reaction has high enantioselectivity (90%˜>99% ee). The highly optically active allenic acid compounds obtained by the present invention can be used as an important intermediate to construct γ-butyrolactone compounds containing tetrasubstituted chiral quaternary carbon centers, tetrasubstituted allenic alcohol and other compounds.
US11623903B2
Provided herein is an alkane dehydrogenation catalyst, a method of manufacturing an alkane dehydrogenation catalyst, and a method of converting alkanes to alkenes.
US11623901B1
Catalyst systems for tetramerizing ethylene to form 1-octene may include a catalyst which may include a chromium compound coordinated with a ligand and a co-catalyst which may include an organoaluminum compound. The ligand may have a chemical structure according to Chemical Structure (I), wherein R5, R6, and R7 are each independently chosen from a (C1-C50) hydrocarbyl group or a (C1-C50) heterohydrocarbyl group, and wherein the (C1-C50) hydrocarbyl or (C1-C50) heterohydrocarbyl groups of R5, R6, and R7 have greater than 10 carbon atoms combined and RA, RB, RC, and RD and R1, R2, R3, and R4, are independently chosen from a hydrogen atom or a (C1-C50) hydrocarbyl group.
US11623899B2
Paraffin compositions including mainly even carbon number paraffins, and a method for manufacturing the same, is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method involves contacting naturally occurring fatty acid/glycerides with hydrogen in a slurry bubble column reactor containing bimetallic catalysts with equivalent particle diameters from about 10 to about 400 micron. The even carbon number compositions are particularly useful as phase change material.
US11623898B2
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a plasma-resistant member including: a base member; and a layer structural component formed at a surface of the base member, the layer structural component including an yttria polycrystalline body and being plasma resistant, the layer structural component including a first uneven structure, and a second uneven structure formed to be superimposed onto the first uneven structure, the second uneven structure having an unevenness finer than an unevenness of the first uneven structure.
US11623896B2
Methods for fabricating protective coating systems for gas turbine engine applications are provided. An exemplary method of applying a protective coating to a substrate includes the steps of providing a substrate formed of a ceramic matrix composite material, forming a first coating layer directly on to the substrate and comprising an oxygen barrier material, a compliance material, or a bonding material and forming a second coating layer directly on to the first coating layer and comprising a thermal barrier material. The method optionally includes forming a third coating layer partially directly on to the second coating layer and partially within at least some of the plurality of pores of the second coating layer.
US11623890B1
An absorbent composition for environmental waste solidification includes a population of superabsorbent polymer particles (SAP) and a second item mixed with the population of SAP. The absorbent composition is configured to absorb moisture from ash waste.
US11623889B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a chemically strengthened glass in which reduction in glass surface strength is effectively suppressed even without performing a polishing treatment after a prolonged chemical strengthening treatment has been conducted at a high temperature. The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a specific glass composition, wherein: the surface roughness (Ra) is a specific value or greater; the compressive stress layer depth of a surface layer is a specific value or greater; by setting the hydrogen concentration in the glass surface layer to be within a specific range, the surface strength of the glass is dramatically improved even without performing an etching treatment using hydrofluoric acid or polishing the glass surface after a prolonged chemical strengthening treatment has been conducted at a high temperature.
US11623885B2
The present disclosure relates to enhancing sludge dewaterability by adding cellulase/hemicellulase enzyme mixture and protease to the sludge prior to conventional conditioning and dewatering operations.
US11623876B2
A scalable phytoremediation system that uses rock medium supporting a Salicaceae (poplar or willow) tree rhizosphere in a basin with controllable volume and water depth that results in tertiary treatment requirements for organic BOD, pathogens, ammonia-nitrogen, nitrate-nitrogen and phosphorous pollutants and PFAS. COC removal is achieved by pollutant sorption, plant uptake and increased microbial mineralization activity. Phyto basin achieves faster pollutant mineralization to achieve regulated water quality standards. The Basin reactor system uses photosynthesis and rhizosphere dynamics to create a predictable reactor into carbon-rich microbial biomass to remove waste water pollutants (COC). The Basin uses <10% of the energy required for alternative tertiary treatment system. The Basin COC treatment functions year-round including through the trees dormant season.
US11623865B2
Described herein are apparatus, systems, and methods for the continuous production of BNNT fibers, BNNT strands and BNNT initial yarns having few defects and good alignment. BNNTs may be formed by thermally exciting a boron feedstock in a chamber in the presence of pressurized nitrogen. BNNTs are encouraged to self-assemble into aligned BNNT fibers in a growth zone, and form BNNT strands and BNNT initial yarns, through various combinations of nitrogen gas flow direction and velocities, heat source distribution, temperature gradients, and chamber geometries.
US11623864B2
A method of production of a solid electrolyte, which comprises: a step of obtaining a mixture comprising a sulfide solid electrolyte and a tertiary alcohol including 9 or less carbon atoms, and a step of removing the tertiary alcohol from the mixture.
US11623859B2
A method and apparatus for deconstructing a mattress of the type having steel coil springs held within fabric pockets. The apparatus includes a frame and an opener mechanism mounted to the frame and operable for opening a plurality of fabric pockets at a first end thereof to create an opening in the first end of the fabric pockets and expose the steel coil springs contained therewithin. A gripper mechanism is provided for gripping the plurality of fabric pockets at a second end thereof, opposite the first end. An extractor mechanism is mounted to the frame for extracting the steel coil springs from the fabric pockets through the openings formed in the first end of the fabric pockets.
US11623858B2
A cover layer of a fleece material for an innerspring unit comprising a plurality of pocketed springs is manufactured by supplying at least two longitudinal fleece webs, which extend substantially parallel in a longitudinal direction and are spaced from one another, and repeatedly attaching a transverse fleece web, which extends between the longitudinal fleece webs in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, to the longitudinal fleece webs. The transverse fleece web segments are attached to the longitudinal fleece webs such that they form together with the longitudinal fleece webs a frame-like structure serving as the cover layer.
US11623853B2
A fluid supply apparatus includes a container supply holder configured to supply a container to a cap separator using a loading box, the container including a detachable nozzle cap, and configured to store a process fluid, a cap separator configured to receive the container from the loading box and separate the nozzle cap from a container body of the container using a cap clamper and a rotation actuator, the cap clamper configured to clamp and hold the nozzle cap, and the rotation actuator configured to rotate the container body, a fluid supplier configured to supply the process fluid contained in the container body through a fluid supply line, and a controller configured to control the container supply holder, the cap separator, and the fluid supplier.
US11623844B2
An elevator suspension member arrangement includes a monitoring arrangement monitoring an integrity status of suspension members having electrically conductive cords. The monitoring arrangement includes: a generator generating phase shifted first and second alternating voltages; input and output connectors each establishing electrical contacts to cords in one of the suspension members; a voltage analyzer measuring and analyzing a neutral point voltage resulting from applying the first and second alternating voltages to first and second cords of the one suspension member; a supply circuitry having supply lines electrically interconnecting the generator with the input connectors; and a measurement circuitry including measurement lines electrically interconnecting the analyzer with at least one of the input connectors and the output connectors. The supply and measurement lines are separated from each other whereby disturbing influences of impedances through the supply circuitry is minimized due to voltage measurements being performed through the separate measurement circuitry.
US11623841B2
An elevator safety system comprises a plurality of door safety units, each door safety unit; a communication bus connecting the plurality of door safety units; a control unit connected to the communication bus for allowing communication between the plurality of door safety units and the control unit; and at least one position sensor configured for providing information about the current position of an elevator car within a hoistway. Each door safety unit is assigned to an elevator hoistway door and configured for monitoring a condition of the assigned elevator hoistway door. The control unit is configured for polling door safety units included in a subset S1, S2) of the door safety units which are located within a predetermined distance (D1, D2) from the current position of the elevator car.
US11623839B1
An apparatus for assembling a securing tape on a trim strip to provide a trim cap structure having a base with an assembly path, a spool assembly to dispense tape from a coil, a guide assembly to guide the strip, and an applicator assembly to guide the securing tape to the portion of the trim strip on the assembly path. A method for assembling a sign component for a sign is also disclosed.
US11623833B2
A conveyance device includes a conveyance roller, a registration roller, a sensor, a mode setting part, a storage, a conveyance state determination part and a drive control part. The mode setting part sets the mode to either a plain paper mode or a tab paper mode. The storage stores threshold information corresponding to the mode. The conveyance state determination part determines, when the plain paper mode is set, whether the conveyance state of the recording medium is a skew conveyance state or a tab paper conveyance state, based on the detection result of the sensor and the plain paper mode threshold information. The conveyance state determination part determines, when the tab paper mode is set, whether the conveyance state of the recording medium is the skew conveyance state or the tab paper conveyance state, based on the detection result of the sensor and the tab paper mode threshold information.
US11623816B2
A needle protector, having a flexible material, a pocket defining an internal volume, a wrapping strap having a plurality of holes, and a main body disposed between the pocket and the wrapping strap; at least one rigid body or cylinder for placement within the internal volume; and; a pin for placement within one of the plurality of holes, wherein the pin is capable of releasably locking the pocket and the main body when the wrapping strap is wrapped around the pocket and the main body.
US11623813B2
There is provided a syringe filled with a resin composition which prevents a barrel cap from being detached due to temperature change during storage or during transportation, a production method thereof, and a storage method thereof. This syringe filled with the resin composition includes a syringe having a syringe barrel, a resin composition filling the syringe barrel, a plunger inserted in the syringe barrel, a barrel cap blocking an opening of the syringe barrel, and a spatial part between the plunger and the barrel cap in the syringe barrel. The pressure of the spatial part in a frozen state is 50 kPa to 92 kPa.
US11623799B2
The present invention is a fluid dispensing apparatus, and method of use, e.g. for mouthwash and medicine, for dispensing a sterile liquid in single doses to prevent bacterial growth from un-used portions pored back into the apparatus. The apparatus has a hollow flexible cap enclosure surrounding a one-way valve inside of a bladder and a push rubber surface for liquid release. When the cap is removed, both the container body and the cap remain sealed from exposure to contaminates. Liquid is first dispensed from the container by inverting the container until a quantity of sterile liquid collects in the cap. The container is then positioned in an upright position and the fluid filled cap is removed from the container. The cap is then inverted again and a pushbutton pressed to dispense sterile liquid from a cap spray nozzle without requiring the user's lips to touch the cap.
US11623776B2
A binding machine that binds objects with a tape, the binding machine includes a staple magazine unit configured to accommodate a plurality of staples, a main handle, a clincher arm configured to approach a leading staple of the plurality of staples and a clincher configured to bend the leading staple. The clincher has, on a surface thereof, a first groove that extends in an acute angle direction with respect to an axial direction of a rotation shaft of the clincher arm and has a first groove length and a first groove width, and a second groove that extends in an acute angle direction with respect to the axial direction of the rotation shaft of the clincher arm and has a second groove length and a second groove width. The second groove is disposed offset with respect to the first groove in a width direction of the first groove.
US11623775B1
A multiple strapping device that provides an uninterrupted ejection cycle for a bale while at the same time strategically placing the straps, or wire ties, onto the bale, through use of a series of corkscrews which hold the straps or wire ties and advance the strap, or wire ties, as the corkscrew is rotated therein releasing the strap, or wire ties, onto the bale.
US11623771B2
A satellite is provided, configured for stacking with another similarly designed satellite and to facilitate separation thereof. The satellite comprises a housing for carrying functional components, having a plurality of pairing arrangements and a separation arrangement. Each of the pairing arrangements comprises a post extending perpendicularly to a horizontal plane of the housing, and first and second guide members. First guide members of the satellite are configured to couple with second guide members of the other satellite when stacked therewith. The separation arrangement comprises a thrust element configured to impart an ejection force to facilitate the separation, and a release assembly configured to selectively facilitate allowing the ejection force to propel one of the satellites, thereby initiating the separation. The first guide member of the satellite cooperates with the second guide member of the other satellite to deflect it from the horizontal plane during separation.
US11623770B2
An assembly includes at least one first collection of a plurality of spacecraft intended to be fastened to a launcher during a launch phase, wherein the spacecraft are arranged about a central axis (Z) in a given transverse plane perpendicular to the central axis, the spacecraft having edges along a longitudinal axis and being moreover arranged in such a way that a spacecraft is linked to a neighboring spacecraft of the collection by one edge by means of at least one fastener (B) positioned on the edge, so as to mechanically hold the spacecraft to one another, and a satellites-launcher adaptor to which the spacecraft are fastened in a transverse plane.
US11623769B2
A self-healing shield panel for protecting a spacecraft against High Velocity Particles (HVPs). The self-healing shield includes an exterior layer and an interior layer connected to define a cavity which contains a dilatant fluid with a plurality of spheroids. The kinetic energy from HVP impact is dispersed by the plurality of spheroids and absorbed by the dilatant fluid. The plurality of spheroids within the cavity move to block a puncture hole in the shield.
US11623766B2
Systems and methods for manufacturing aircraft are disclosed. For example, an aircraft manufacturing system for repetitively manufacturing aircraft comprises a first manufacturing zone configured to repetitively manufacture first aircraft subassemblies, a second manufacturing zone configured to repetitively manufacture second aircraft subassemblies, and a third manufacturing zone configured to receive the first aircraft subassemblies from the first manufacturing zone, to receive the second aircraft subassemblies from the second manufacturing zone, and to repetitively assemble the first aircraft subassemblies and the second aircraft subassemblies into the aircraft. In another example, a method for repetitively manufacturing aircraft assemblies comprises assembling first aircraft subassemblies and second aircraft subassemblies in parallel on separate assembly lines at a common geographic region; and transferring the first aircraft subassemblies and the second aircraft subassemblies to a final assembly facility located in the same common geographic region.
US11623765B2
An information processing device includes an association information acquiring unit, a first position information acquiring unit, and an output control unit. The association information acquiring unit acquires association information in which first identification information used for identifying baggage and second identification information used for identifying an owner of baggage identified by the first identification information are associated with each other. The first position information acquiring unit acquires position information of target baggage that is baggage identified by the first identification information included in the association information. The output control unit causes a mobile terminal held by a target owner who is an owner of the baggage identified by the second identification information associated with the first identification information relating to the target baggage in the association information to output information based on the position information of the target baggage.
US11623755B2
A cushion length adjusting system for use in an ejection seat of an aircraft may include a seat pan and first cushion length adjuster coupled to the seat pan. The cushion length adjuster may be hingedly or slidingly coupled to the seat pan. The cushion length adjuster may be configured to adjust a leg support length for greater ergonomics for a pilot of an aircraft.
US11623752B2
An aircraft installation of a pneumatic system of an aircraft with different compressed air sources for supplying pressurized air to air consumer equipment. Either an air bleed system, electrical compressors, or a combination thereof may perform such supplying of compressed air depending on the aircraft operation condition, for instance the flight altitude or specific flight phases. Also, a turbofan engine, and a method for supplying compressed air to air consumer equipment are disclosed.
US11623750B2
A seat carrier arrangement includes a first screen carrier having a carrier body extending vertically from a vehicle floor and a second screen carrier having a carrier body arranged at a distance and substantially parallel to the first screen carrier. At least one of the first and second screen carriers includes a screen element configured to move between a stowed position within the carrier body and an extended position extending from the carrier body. The screen element is concealed within the carrier body in the stowed position and extending from one of the first or second screen carriers to and detachably attached to the carrier body of the other one of the first or second screen carriers in an extended position.
US11623749B2
A privacy panel assembly for a passenger seat includes a vertically extending panel attached to a lateral surface of the passenger seat such that the vertically extending panel includes a forward edge and an aft edge and at least one sliding mechanism attached to an interior surface of the vertically extending panel. The vertically extending panel includes a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. In the stowed configuration, the aft edge of the vertically extending panel is disposed on an aft side of a rear surface of a seatback of the passenger seat. In the deployed configuration, the aft edge of the vertically extending panel is approximately aligned with a seating surface of the seatback on a forward side of the passenger seat.
US11623738B1
A system for the prioritization of flight controls in an electric aircraft is illustrated. The system includes a plurality of flight components, a sensor, and a computing device. The plurality of flight components are coupled to the electric aircraft. The sensor is coupled to each flight component of the plurality of flight components. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to detect a failure event of a flight component of the plurality of flight components and generate a failure datum associated to the flight component of the plurality of flight components. The computing device is communicatively connected to the sensor and is configured to receive the failure datum associated to the flight component of the plurality of flight component from the sensor, determine a prioritization element as a function of the failure datum, and restrict at least a flight element as a function of the prioritization element.
US11623737B2
Disclosed is a force sensation generation device comprising a frame (10), suitable for attachment to a frame (2) of an aircraft. The device is configured to be joined to an aircraft control mechanism and to provide frictional resistance to the movement of the aircraft control mechanism. The device includes two frictional interfaces defined by two rotatable and two fixed surfaces. Application of sufficient force to the device will overcome the frictional forces at the frictional interfaces.
US11623732B2
To improve the seal between a wing and a ventral fairing of an aircraft, an assembly includes an air seal system arranged in an opening, between the ventral fairing and the wing. The seal system includes a sealing blade, a first end of which presses against the wing, and a connecting device, on the ventral fairing, for a second blade end that is opposite the first end. The connecting device includes at least one first connecting layer, of which a first connecting face is secured to a first surface of the sealing blade, and of which a second face, opposite the first face, is secured to the ventral fairing, the first connecting layer being made of a material including an elastomer.
US11623726B2
An assembly having an aircraft door and auxiliary equipment. The aircraft door and the auxiliary equipment are connected by a flexible deformable bellows having creases. The door comprises a passing through hole and a support joinable to the first end of the bellows. The auxiliary equipment comprises a support joinable to the second end of the bellows and a projecting part. The projecting part is configured to have elevation movement and/or azimuth movement, and the projecting part crosses the interior of the bellows and the hole of the door and protrudes out of the door. At both ends of the bellows a clamp joins and tightens each end of the bellows with the corresponding support. There is a fixed joint between the first end of the bellows and the door and a movable joint between the second end of the bellows and the auxiliary equipment.
US11623722B2
Aerodynamic aquatic weed removal and decontamination devices and decontamination methods are disclosed. In an embodiment, the aerodynamic aquatic weed removal and decontamination device includes a boat body and a shore-based device for remotely controlling the boat body. The boat body includes a power unit, a weed removal and decontamination unit, a positioning system, an environment perception system, and a shipborne controller. The power unit includes an engine, a propeller connected to the engine, and a rudder servo motor configured to control a heading of the boat body. The weed removal and decontamination unit includes a mesh conveyor. The positioning system includes a positioner configured to obtain real-time location information and heading information of the boat body. The environment perception system includes a wind sensor and a visual sensor. The shipborne controller is configured to control a navigation state of the boat body.
US11623718B2
A beanbag comprising a first layer, forming a generally closed container, a layer of cushioning lining an inside of the first layer, a cavity within the closed container, and a resealable access port to access the cavity. In a preferred embodiment, the first layer is marine vinyl, the cushioning is a uniform layer of marine foam, and the resealable access port is a marine-grade zipper. In another embodiment, the cushioning is a layer of beanbag beans. In another embodiment, the resealable access port is an opening at the end of a protrusion, wherein the protrusion can be rolled-up and secured with a fastening mechanism. The beanbag is intended for, but not limited to, use outdoors, such as on the beach, the decks of boats, patios, pool sides, and in water. In a preferred embodiment, the beanbag floats on water and further comprises a reflective band and reflective elements.
US11623716B2
The instant invention describes an anti-biofouling structure for placement onto structures or surfaces that are exposed to aquatic environments. Embedded within the anti-biofouling structure are agents that can diffuse out of the structure and prevent the formation and/or accumulation of plant and animal species build-up that creates biofouling. The instant invention also describes a system for preventing biofouling of an object stored in an aquatic environment which includes the anti-biofouling structure, and a protective cover element constructed and arranged to fit various structures, such as boat propellers.
US11623715B1
A motion damper for structures includes a housing coupled to a structure such that the housing moves in correspondence with the structure. The housing includes a wall with a vent, and has an air chamber therein in fluid communication with the vent. A piston is sealed within the housing for one-dimensional motion therein. A rigid plate is disposed within the housing's air chamber. The plate is disposed between the piston and the vent, and is spaced apart from and fixedly coupled to the piston such that the plate moves in correspondence with the one-dimensional motion of the piston. At least one spring is mounted in the housing and is coupled to the plate for applying a force thereto that is in opposition to the one-dimensional motion of the piston.
US11623710B2
A handlebar apparatus for a bicycle that includes an elongated housing having a proximal end and a distal end configured as handle portions that can be grabbed by hands of a cyclist for steering the bicycle. The apparatus further includes a transparent panel encased by the housing, an electronic device also housed in the housing, and a display coupled to the electronic device and juxtaposed to the transparent panel such that the display is visible from outside through the panel. The electronic device can connect an external computing device through a network.
US11623709B2
An electric vehicle includes a frame, a wheel coupled to the frame, and a battery assembly including a housing supported by the frame. The housing includes a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side. A drive assembly of the electric vehicle is at least partially enclosed within a drive housing unit. The drive assembly includes a motor configured to receive power from the battery assembly and a gear assembly configured to transmit torque from the motor to the wheel. The drive housing unit is positioned below the bottom side of the housing.
US11623706B2
Production system for series production of in particular motor vehicles, includes a container storage area storing containers containing components for production, production shelves, remote from container storage area, from which workers remove components from containers. Transport for transporting containers from container storage area to production shelves. Transport has automated guided vehicle (AGV) on which transport shelf is situated and designed so containers are automatically delivered from transport shelf to production shelves in a conveying direction (delivery direction). Handling device situated on AGV, has a base body and a handling unit situated on base body. Handling unit removes containers from transport shelf in conveying direction and delivering containers to production shelf. Relative to base body, handling unit is linearly adjustable along first linear adjustment axis in conveying direction, along a second linear adjustment axis transverse to conveying direction, height-adjustable along a third adjustment axis, and rotatable about vertical fourth adjustment axis.
US11623700B2
A preferred multi-panel skirt system for a cargo enclosure includes two pair of forward and aft skirt panels with each pair located on an opposite lateral sides of the enclosure. In each pair, the forward skirt panel extends along the bottom wall generally in the lengthwise direction between a leading edge and a trailing edge, which is located adjacent to and aligned with or positioned laterally inboard of a lateral side edge of the enclosure. An aft skirt panel extends along the bottom wall generally in the lengthwise direction between a leading edge and a trailing edge aft of the forward skirt panel, which trailing edge is located adjacent to and aligned with or positioned laterally inboard of the lateral side edge of the enclosure. The leading edge of the aft skirt panel is positioned laterally inboard of the trailing edge of the forward skirt panel.
US11623696B2
A vehicle bonnet structure, having designability, dent resistance and reduced weight, includes an outer panel, an inner panel attached to a back face of this outer panel, and a stiffener disposed between a front portion of the outer panel and a front portion of the inner panel and supported on the inner panel. A first step portion is provided in a vehicle-width-direction inner-side area of the outer panel which extends in the front-rear direction and has a smaller up-down dimension on the front side than on the rear side. The stiffener includes a first sealer which abuts against the outer panel in an extension line vicinity area toward the front side of a boundary portion of the first step portion and suppresses downward displacement of the outer panel, and a first bead portion extending in the front-rear direction at a position in the vicinity of the first sealer.
US11623682B2
A spindle drive (20) for an actuator of a steer-by-wire steering system (10). The spindle drive has a linearly displaceable threaded spindle (27). The spindle drive (20) is in the form of a roller screw drive. The roller screw drive has a first efficiency in the driving direction and a second different efficiency in the reverse-driving direction.
US11623673B2
A method for safely determining a position information of a train on a track includes an on-board system determining appearance characteristics, current distances relative to the train and current angular positions relative to the train of passive trackside structures with a first sensor arrangement of a first localization stage of the on-board system. The on-board system stores a map data base in which georeferenced locations and appearance characteristics of the passive trackside structures are registered. A first position information about the train is derived from a comparison of determined current distances and current angular positions and the registered locations of allocated passive trackside structures by the first localization stage. A second position information about the train is derived from satellite signals determined by a second sensor arrangement of a second localization stage. The first and second position information undergo a data fusion resulting in a consolidated position information.
US11623667B2
The invention concerns a vehicle guided on a railway track comprising a chassis and at least one wheel assembly interconnected to the chassis and a method for steering said vehicle. The wheel assembly comprises a cross-member having a first end to which a first hub is interconnected by a first steering joint and a second end to which a second hub is interconnected by a second steering joint. A first wheel is attached to the first hub rotatable around a first rotation axis and a second wheel is attached to the second hub rotatable around a second rotation axis. A first sensor determines the lateral position of the first sensor with respect to the rail. The first sensor is attached to the first hub and is, with respect to a direction of travel arranged in front of the supporting area of the first wheel in a horizontal direction spaced a distance A1 apart. The first sensor is interconnected to an actuator by a control unit which calculates a steering angle for the at least one interconnected wheel depending on the determined position of the first sensor.
US11623657B2
Methods are provided for remotely starting up one or a plurality of vehicles. These methods involve starting up hardware and/or software modules of the vehicle in a particular order so as to account for dependencies among the various modules. In one form, states of various hardware and/or software modules in the vehicle, and errors observed in starting up various modules and troubleshooting is applied in an automated manner. Moreover, the methods may involve ensure proper startup of modules for performing a localization procedure for the vehicle.
US11623651B2
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically protecting transportable articles in vehicles. A system for dynamically protecting a transportable article in a vehicle may include one or more processors and non-volatile memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to determine at least one of a characteristic or a trait of the transportable article; detect, based on sensed data, an emergency condition; select one or more article protection components based on (i) the at least one of the characteristic or the trait of the transportable article, and (ii) the detected emergency condition; and in response to detecting the emergency condition, deploy the selected one or more article protection components to protect the transportable article.
US11623647B2
A feedback server includes a processing circuitry configured to determine an actual driving performance of a driver in a manual driving mode and a projected driving performance if the vehicle had been operated in an autonomous driving mode, compare the driving performance in the manual driving mode and the autonomous driving mode, and transmit a feedback to the driver based on the comparison. The processing circuitry can be further configured to determine a driver state of the driver in the manual driving mode, determine environmental driving condition of the vehicle, and establish a baseline behavior of the driver as a function of the driver state and the environmental driving condition.
US11623646B2
An autonomous driving system includes a lane change control device that performs lane change control for making a lane change from a first lane to a second lane during autonomous driving of a vehicle. The lane change control device is configured to: determine, from start to completion of the lane change control, whether or not a driver's operation is performed as an abort request operation that requests to abort the lane change control; when the abort request operation is performed, determine whether or not an abort permission condition is satisfied; when the abort permission condition is not satisfied, continue the lane change control; and, when the abort permission condition is satisfied, abort the lane change control and make the vehicle travel in the first lane. The lane change control device changes ease of satisfaction of the abort permission condition depending on the situation.
US11623644B2
A vehicle running control method includes: when a junction section lane is present adjacent to a traveling lane of a host vehicle, collecting, by a processor, vehicle information of at least one vehicle traveling in the junction section lane; determining, by the processor, the possibility of cut-in of junction section lane vehicles based on the collected vehicle information and whether the traveling lane is congested; and controlling, by the processor, at least one of the traveling path or the traveling velocity of the host vehicle based on the result of determination in order to display an intention to yield.
US11623639B2
A controlled intersection employs video analytics to identify incoming vehicles coupled with autonomous driving capabilities in the vehicle to selectively provide intervention for collision avoidance. A camera image of an approaching vehicle is used to identify a range and speed, and to compute whether intervention is appropriate based on a detected distance and speed from the intersection. A vehicle approaching a stop signal (e.g. “red light”) at an unsafe rate of speed triggers an invocation of on-board autonomous systems in the vehicle that provide appropriate warnings and ultimately, forced braking if warnings go unheeded. A registration system maintains a local grouping of vehicles in proximity to an intersection for minimizing latency in vehicle identification for commencing intervention. In this manner, on-board vehicle collision avoidance systems collaborate with complementary traffic control logic at a controlled intersection for preventing inadvertent or intentional disregard of a red signal.
US11623632B2
A vehicle control device includes a control unit. In a state where a first electric motor generates electricity by rotating an internal combustion engine and a target driving force is decided based on an operation for an accelerator pedal, the control unit performs a first driving control in which driving of a vehicle by a first driving force, which is a driving force of a first driving device including the internal combustion engine and the first electric motor, is prioritized. In a state where the first electric motor generates electricity by rotating the internal combustion engine and the target driving force is decided without being based on the operation for the accelerator pedal, the control unit performs a second driving control in which driving of the vehicle by a second driving force, which is a driving force of a second driving device including a second electric motor, is prioritized.
US11623619B2
A parking brake apparatus is provided for a vehicle having components of a parking brake system. The parking brake apparatus comprises a parking brake controller arranged to (i) obtain a first signal indicative of whether a hill start assist system is installed on the vehicle, and (ii) provide one or more control signals to be applied to components of the parking brake system to apply parking brakes when the first signal is indicative of a hill start assist system installed on the vehicle is present and a second signal indicative of the hill start assist system being activated is received.
US11623609B2
A processor-implemented vehicle controlling method includes: determining whether an object in a vehicle is a living object based on radio detection and ranging (radar) information received from a radar sensor; in response to a determination that the object is a living object, determining bioinformation of the object based on the radar information; and adjusting a temperature in the vehicle based on the bioinformation and temperature information received from a temperature sensor.
US11623603B2
An airbag includes a U-shaped chamber, a head-impact chamber, and an uninflatable panel. The U-shaped chamber has a first side leg, a second side leg, and a top extending from the first side leg to the second side leg. The head-impact chamber is disposed between the first side leg and the second side leg. The uninflatable panel extends from the first leg to the second leg adjacent the head-impact chamber.
US11623599B2
An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle seat includes an airbag defining an inflatable volume for receiving inflation fluid from an inflator having first and second ends. The airbag has a first sleeve configured to receive the first end of the inflator and a second end configured to receive the second end of the inflator. The first and second sleeves extend from the airbag.
US11623590B2
A cover for an electrical connector may include an outer wall having a first edge and a second edge, a first side wall connected to a first end of the outer wall, a second side wall connected to a second end of the outer wall, a first clip portion disposed proximate the first edge and configured for rotational connection with a first wire frame portion, and/or a second clip portion disposed proximate the second edge configured for connection with a second wire frame portion.
US11623581B2
Disclosed is a side pack that may be on a utility vehicle. In example embodiments, a top panel of the side pack includes channels that are used to connect an option, for example, mechanical equipment, to the side pack. Disclosed also is a method of moving the side pack.
US11623580B2
The present disclosure relates to a cargo carrier for a vehicle, in particular a rooftop cargo carrier, for stowing goods to be transported therein. The cargo carrier comprises a base and a lid, which are moveable with respect to each other to adjust the cargo carrier between a closed and an open state. Further, the cargo carrier comprises an air channel for purging air from an interface region formed between the base and the lid in the closed state at a front portion of the cargo carrier, preferably to reduce a force caused by a headwind that acts to spread the base and the lid apart in the interface region.
US11623576B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatus, and computer readable medium for securing an object including the steps of determining, dynamically, a first region on a surface, wherein the first region is at least partially covered by the object, identifying a second region different from the first region, and extending, through the surface, one or more securing devices in the second region to secure the object.
US11623574B2
A vehicle module system is disclosed. The system includes a track assembly operably coupled with a body of a vehicle. One or more modules may be removably and slidably coupled with the track assembly. The modules include base structure defining an attachment point. A rail feature is disposed along a bottom portion of the base structure. An attachment feature having a retainer for removably coupling to the attachment point to the base structure.
US11623565B1
An indestructible auto vehicle event recording box comprising a dash-mounted system includes a data storage device coupled to an outward facing camera. The system further includes an interior facing camera, a microphone for recording sound, and a GPS-based locating system. The system automatically records audio and video during vehicle accidents and criminal activity. The features of the system could record collisions and other incidents to provide a clear indication of who was at fault while also protecting the driver against unwarranted accusations and charges. The system further includes an internal tracker to detect a location of the vehicle having the system. An outer portion of the housing also includes a USB slot which receives a USB cable to download the data recorded by the device onto an external device.
US11623535B1
A system for charging an electric aircraft including a horizontal cable arrangement, including a charger base including an energy source and a charging cable electrically connected to the energy source. The system further including a horizontal cable including at least a length of the charging cable and having a first cable arrangement position, wherein the horizontal cable arrangement is located at a first elevation, and a second cable arrangement position, wherein the horizontal cable arrangement is located at a second elevation. The second elevation is greater than the first elevation. The system further including a lift in contact with the horizontal cable arrangement. The lift having a first lift position and a second lift position. In the first lift position, the horizontal cable arrangement is in the first cable arrangement position, and in the second lift position, the horizontal cable arrangement is in the second cable arrangement position.
US11623534B2
Methods and systems for determining an alternator condition in a motor vehicle are provided. The method includes receiving a maximum cranking voltage and a maximum cranking voltage time stamp from the motor vehicle over an asset interface of the telematics device; receiving a maximum device voltage and a maximum device voltage time stamp from the motor vehicle over the asset interface, and determining a potential alternator undercharging condition if a duration between the maximum cranking voltage time stamp and the maximum device voltage time stamp is greater than an undercharging indicator duration threshold. Advantageously, an alternator may be repaired or replaced before it fails thus averting having the motor vehicles inoperable.
US11623519B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable storage media provide dynamic chassis and tire status indications associated with a vehicle. Lift axle status data may be graphically represented by a lift axle indicator dynamically provided in a shared notification/messaging space positioned within the driver's line of sight during a lift axle transition. The lift axle indicator may include a side-view representation of the vehicle including a plurality of axle sections indicating the status of each axle. The lift axle indicator may be suppressed when air pressure is stabilized. Additionally, a graphical representation of data associated with statuses (e.g., air pressure, temperature) of each tire may be provided in a top-down view representation of the vehicle including its associated tire/axle configuration and the tire pressure for each tire. The graphical representation may be configured to reflect the correct number of axles and tires per position, and may further include a tractor versus trailer designation.
US11623518B2
A color display device (D) is provided, including a colored light-transmitting base material (10), a light-blocking base material, and a light source unit (30) that has at least a part located between the colored light-transmitting base material (10) and the light-blocking base material (20), in which the colored light-transmitting base material (10) has a total light transmittance of 18% or less, and in which the light source unit (30) is disposed such that emission light transmits through the colored light-transmitting base material (10), the color display device having excellent designability and high luminance.
US11623513B2
An electric drive axle in a vehicle is provided. The electric drive axle includes, in one example, a housing configured to enclose an electric motor-generator and a gearbox. In the electric drive axle, the housing includes a first section that is removably coupled to a second section, the second section at least partially encloses the gearbox, the first section includes a first axle shaft opening, and the second section includes a second axle shaft opening that is laterally aligned with the first axle shaft opening.
US11623512B2
An electromechanical drive arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an electromechanical main drive motor, a reduction transmission device which comprises a transmission input, a transmission output, at least one reduction stage and a transmission housing which accommodates the reduction stage, an axial differential transmission for splitting the drive power, which is guided by means of the reduction stage, between a first and a second wheel drive train section, and an auxiliary assembly which can be driven by the main drive motor by means of the reduction stage. The auxiliary assembly is arranged outside the transmission housing. A switching element is provided in the transmission housing such that the drive connection from the reduction stage to the axial differential transmission can be closed in a switchable manner and can be disconnected in a switchable manner.
US11623511B2
A longitudinal multi-shift electrically driving power assembly, wherein the longitudinal multi-shift electrically driving power assembly includes an electric motor and a plurality of sets of gearboxes, each of the gearboxes is a single-shift reduction gearbox or a multi-shift reduction gearbox, the gearboxes are connected in series to form a gearbox assembly, and an output shaft of the electric motor and an input shaft of the gearbox assembly are integrally manufactured. The power assembly employs the plurality of sets of gearboxes that are connected in series, which improves the performance of the power assembly without adding a power source.
US11623506B2
A front cover (7) is made of a resin material such as a synthetic resin and is attached to an internal combustion engine body so as to cover the front surface of the internal combustion engine body. The front cover (7) is formed with a mounting part (21) made of a resin material and protruding to the forward side of an internal combustion engine. The mounting part (21) is formed in an elongated hollow shape along the cylinder axial direction of the internal combustion engine. The mounting part (21) is equipped with a vehicle body attachment part (23) for attaching the internal combustion engine to a vehicle body. The vehicle body attachment part (23) is formed integrally with the mounting part (21). It is thereby possible to reduce the weight and number of components of the internal combustion engine.
US11623497B2
An air conditioning unit for a recreational vehicle including a first heater and a second heater, and configured to initiate a heating operation including analyzing an interior temperature and an exterior temperature, determine an operating mode of the air conditioning unit, and controlling the first heater and the second heater according to the determined operation mode.
US11623479B2
A tire having a tread portion that is provided with sipes. Four sipe segments of the sipe include a first sipe segment, a second sipe segment, a third sipe segment, and a fourth sipe segment. At least one of the first sipe segment and the third sipe segment includes, in the cross section orthogonal to the length direction, an oscillated portion which extends in the tire radial direction, while oscillating in the lateral direction orthogonal to the length direction.
US11623472B2
A variable compliance non-pneumatic wheel which comprises a stationary tubular body (32) attached to the vehicle chassis. A tubular member is freely rotatable relative to the stationary tubular body and has a series of peripheral mounting rods (12, 13) on sides of the wheel. A plurality of interconnected and freely rotating caterpillar-like tiles (5), which are in contact with the ground during wheel operation, are coupled to the outer periphery of the wheel. A plurality of connecting spring members, (3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), each connecting a specific mounting rod on a side of the hub (1, 2) are configured to connect the tiles (5) to the hub. The tubular member is split in two parts (1, 2) which are each free to rotate relative to one another. Each part carries approximately half number of mounting rods and connecting springs on a respective side of the wheel.
US11623466B2
A display medium that is able to arbitrarily change the display of recorded optical image information even when viewed from the same field of view, and an image display method that uses that display medium. The display medium includes a diffraction structure section on which optical image information is recorded, a chromic device that controls the reflection and transmission using voltage, and a power supply that is connected to the chromic device.
US11623457B2
The disclosure relates to a rendering apparatus, method and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium for determining a speed of a carriage during rendering of an image. A plurality of swaths of rendering fluid are deposited on a print target using a set of printheads moving across the print target. A temperature of a curing module is measured at a respective time of depositing each respective swath. An arrival time for each deposited swath to respectively arrive at the curing module is predicted. The speed of the carriage during depositing the plurality of swaths is determined based on the measured temperature of the curing module and predicted arrival time for each respective swath.
US11623439B2
A roll forming device for plastic flooring utilizes a printed layer unwinding mechanism, a wear-resisting unwinding mechanism and a calender to laminate a substrate layer formed by an extruder, a printed layer and a wear-resisting layer into a whole. The calender includes a gauging roller group, a pre-bonding roller group and a laminating roller group disposed on a rack. The gauging roller group, which is disposed at one side of the pre-bonding roller group and linearly opposite to a discharge port of the extruder. The pre-bonding roller group includes a large roller and a plurality of guide rollers disposed around the large roller, and at least one first heating unit is disposed in the large roller or a position corresponding to an outer edge of the roller surface. The laminating roller group, which is disposed at the other side of the pre-bonding roller group.
US11623427B2
A method of preparing a cleaning wipe having a high sustainable polymer content is provided. The cleaning wipe includes a fibrous layer having fibers of a melt spinnable sustainable polymer; and an abrasive layer having meltblown fibers of a melt spinnable sustainable polymer. The abrasive layer defining an outer surface of the cleaning wipe, and includes a plurality of abrasive structures formed thereon in which the abrasive structures are formed from conglomerated fibers, meltblown shot, fibers having average diameters greater than 4 micrometers and fibers having a tortuous geometry. The melt spinnable sustainable polymer content of the cleaning wipe is at least 50 weight % by weight of the cleaning wipe. A method of preparing the cleaning wipe is also provided.
US11623423B2
A dunnage system may include a converting station including a converter configured for pulling in a stream of sheet material and converting the material into dunnage, and an inlet guide having an inlet surface that is coiled such that first and second ends of the inlet surface are discontinuous with each other to define a gap therebetween, the inlet surface configured to channel the sheet material into the converter. A cutter for a dunnage system may include a blade with first and second phases of serrations that are coextensive over at least a portion of the blade, the first phase providing cutting serrations for cutting the dunnage, and the second phase comprising ledges for focusing the cutting and preventing or reducing bunching of the dunnage towards a side of the blade. A method of converting dunnage may also be provided.
US11623421B2
A green tyre (2) for bicycles is built, comprising at least one carcass ply (4) having axially opposite end flaps (4a) engaged with respective bead cores (5) and a tread band (6) applied in a radially outer position around the at least one carcass ply (4). The built tyre (2) removed from the building drum, is profiled so as to translate the tread band (6) in a radially outer direction with respect to the bead cores (5), so as to impart a cross-sectional convex profile to the tyre (2) in a radially outer direction. The profiled tyre is engaged by means of a transfer member (31) comprising a gripping device (30) which retains it at the radially outer surface (2b) so as to maintain the cross-sectional convex profile in a radially outer direction.
US11623420B2
The present specification relates to a method for manufacturing a polarizing plate using a mask film used for manufacturing a polarizing plate having a locally bleached area, and a polarizing plate manufactured using the same.
US11623415B2
A resin bath device for wet winding provided herein includes a resin stirring bath and a resin impregnation bath, where a bottom of a side wall of the resin stirring bath is connected to the resin impregnation bath, two ingredient baths are provided at two ends of the resin stirring bath, and a stirring mechanism is arranged inside the resin stirring bath. A resin dipping roller is mounted at a middle of the resin impregnation bath where a pressure roller is mounted at tops of side walls; an electric heating coil is arranged inside a bottom wall of the resin impregnation bath, and an electric heating rod is arranged at an axis of the pressure roller; and wire guide rollers are mounted at two ends of the side wall of the resin impregnation bath.
US11623405B2
A method of infusing, infiltrating or impregnating a three dimensional printed, free-form fabricated or additive manufactured object having pores or voids in or between particles or sheets of material from which the object is manufactured may include infusing the object with a thermoplastic material. The thermoplastic material may be a linear or branched semi-crystalline aliphatic polyester with a melting point of between 40° C. and 65° C. which may have a solidification/crystalisation point between 20° C. and 40° C., and which may be introduced under controlled conditions of temperature and pressure. The thermoplastic material may be caused to penetrate the object by immersing the object in the thermoplastic material and controlling the frequency and amplitude of pressure oscillation to ensure sufficient infusion into the object to penetrate the pores or voids by at least 10% and bond particles or sheets of material from which the object is manufactured.
US11623400B2
A modular light for removably attaching to a bio-printer robot end effector, where the light includes: an annular modular light ring housing with an annular opening for receiving the end effector of the bioprinting robot; the housing substantially surrounding a dispensing tip of the end effector; a power supply interface to receive electrical power from the end effector; a plurality of LEDs positioned annularly around the end effector within the annular modular light ring housing, where the plurality of LEDs are spaced in at least two annular rows, where each of the at least two annular rows are at a unique elevational position within the annular modular light ring housing with respect to a light output plane of the annular modular light ring housing; the LEDs are in electrical communication with the power supply interface; and a controller communicatively coupled with the LEDs and the power supply interface.
US11623396B2
The present disclosure relates to a tensioning system for use in a stereolithography manufacturing application. The system may have a build plate for supporting a three dimensional part being formed using a photo responsive resin, a base plate and a release element extending over the base plate. The release element is configured to receive a quantity of photo responsive resin for forming a new material layer of the three dimensional part. A pair of tensioning components are secured to opposite ends of the release element, and apply a controlled tension force to the release element during peeling of the release element to reduce a separation force required to separate the release element from the new material layer after the new material layer is cured.
US11623392B2
A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional formed object includes cutting a material block so as to fabricate a bottom portion that includes an upwardly projecting underlying layer portion. The method also includes forming a molten material into a single layer or a plurality of layers on a top of the underlying layer portion so as to fabricate a first layer portion in contact with the underlying layer portion.
US11623387B2
The invention relates to a method of forming a 3-dimensional solid object, comprising the steps: a) cold spraying one or more metallic powder to form a solid three dimensional item; b) thermally sintering the item such that a portion of the sprayed powder liquefies and reduces spaces between, and/or non-adhesion of, one or more solid portions of the item; and c) causing or allowing the portion of the sprayed powder that liquefied on heating, to become solid.
US11623382B2
A blow mold high-pressure switching step in a blow molding process of an injection stretch blow molding machine is arranged at the first half portion of the blow molding process, to shorten the injection molding process and improve the moldability. The blow mold high-pressure switching step 61B3 of increasing a mold clamping force for blow molds which have been closed in a blow molding process 61B is configured to be performed at a timing within a time from the start of the upper/lower mold opening step 62A1 for opening upper and lower molds in the injection molding process 62A to release a preform 3P to the completion of the injection mold high-pressure switching step 62A3 for increasing the mold clamping force for the closed injection molding mold.
US11623375B2
The process for forming closed cell expanded low density polyethylene foam includes the steps of: providing a mixture including low density polyethylene pellets and an effective amount of hydrocarbon scavenger additives or degassing agents, such as glycerides; adding a primary blowing agent comprising one of liquid propane, liquid butane, and combinations thereof, to the mixture and gasifying the blowing agent to expand the low density polyethylene; forming the expanded low density polyethylene into sheets, curing the expanded low density polyethylene until 80%, generally at least 99%, of the primary blowing agent is dissipated from cells within the expanded low density polyethylene forming evacuated closed cell low density polyethylene sheets.
US11623369B2
A gripping device (76) is provided for lifting a preform for a wind turbine blade from a preform mould (71). The gripping device (76) comprises a base frame (62), a plurality of arms (78) slidably mounted on the base frame (62), each arm (78) having a proximal end and a distal end, a plurality of gripping members (86) for gripping a top surface (75) of the preform. The vertical position of one or more arms (78) of the gripping device (76) relative to the base frame (62) may change when lowering the gripping device (76) towards a preform to reflect the top surface (75) of the perform.
US11623367B2
A tumbler crystallizer for crystallizing pelleted, tacky, polymeric materials includes a housing for rotatably supporting a removable paneled drum on rollers. The removable panels may be made of a transparent, heat-insulating material. The drum receives a flow of hot pellets through an inlet chute, and a tumbling action of the drum and internal agitators keeps the pellets in motion relative to each other to prevent agglomeration until they reach a desired level of crystallinity and are no longer tacky. Baffle plates are provided at intervals along the length of the drum to slow the flow of pellets therethrough to increase residence time. Damper plates are provided near the exit end of the drum to aid in building a bed of pellets within the drum, and also to control residence time of the pellets within the drum.
US11623366B2
The disclosure describes a system that includes a controller configured to receive a representation of a three-dimensional geometry of a preform, determine a set of dimensions of the preform from the representation of the preform, and determine dimensions of at least one insert for a fixed tooling based on a dimensional tolerance of the preform, the set of dimensions of the preform, and dimensions of the fixed tooling.
US11623362B2
A cutting fluid delivery controller for a sawmill, and methods and systems for controlling delivery of cutting fluid to a saw blade in a sawmill. The saw blade is driven by a motor. The speed of the motor is regulated by a throttle lever having an idle speed position and a cutting speed position. The cutting fluid delivery controller includes a fluid valve configured to automatically turn on a flow of cutting fluid to the saw blade when the throttle lever is set to the cutting speed position, and to automatically turn off the flow of the cutting fluid when the throttle lever is set to the idle speed position. The cutting fluid delivery controller interconnects the fluid valve and the throttle lever to allow the operator to simultaneously control operation of the saw blade, and the flow of the cutting fluid to the saw blade, with a single operator manipulable actuator.
US11623361B2
Automated fiber placement (AFP) cutter blade assemblies, AFP cutter systems including the same, and associated methods. An AFP cutter blade assembly includes a blade base and a reversible blade insert configured to be coupled to the blade base in either of a first cutter blade configuration, in which a first cutting edge is an active cutting edge, and a second cutter blade configuration, in which a second cutting edge is the active cutting edge. In examples, an AFP cutter system includes a plurality of AFP cutter blade assemblies in combination with an actuator assembly. In examples, a method of reconfiguring a reversible blade insert of an AFP cutter blade assembly includes uncoupling the reversible blade insert from a blade base, rotating the reversible blade insert relative to the blade base, and operatively coupling the reversible blade insert to the blade base in a different configuration.
US11623357B2
A shaving device comprising a head assembly including a support member having at least one support member magnet and a blade cartridge having at least one face with at least one razor blade and configured to be rotatably coupled to the support member about a pivot axis. The blade cartridge includes at least one blade cartridge magnet having a pole aligned with a pole of the support member magnet to generate a magnetic force that urges the blade cartridge about the pivot axis towards an initial starting position (ISP), wherein the blade cartridge is further configured to rotate about the pivot axis away from the ISP upon application of an external force sufficient to overcome the magnetic force between the support member magnet and the blade cartridge magnet.
US11623356B2
Systems and methods for determining safe and unsafe zones in a workspace—where safe actions are calculated in real time based on all relevant objects (e.g., some observed by sensors and others computationally generated based on analysis of the sensed workspace) and on the current state of the machinery (e.g., a robot) in the workspace—may utilize a variety of workspace-monitoring approaches as well as dynamic modeling of the robot geometry. The future trajectory of the robot(s) and/or the human(s) may be forecast using, e.g., a model of human movement and other forms of control. Modeling and forecasting of the robot may, in some embodiments, make use of data provided by the robot controller that may or may not include safety guarantees.
US11623354B2
A system comprising an articulated robot arm including assembly of links interconnected with motorized joint units at joints between the links for movements of the links relative to one another, one of the links being a base link. A docking cradle is adapted to be connected to a structure and configured for being releasably connected and for supporting the articulated robot arm. A coupling configuration is between the base link and the docking cradle for powering contact to be made. A clamping system includes one or more clamp members and a clamp lever for locking the base link to the docking cradle at the coupling configuration.
US11623340B2
A robot system includes a robot having an arm pivoting about a pivot axis (first pivot axis), a motor (first motor) pivoting the arm, a shaft (spline shaft) coupled to the arm and moving in an axial direction of a linear motion axis parallel to the pivot axis, and an inertial sensor provided in the arm or shaft, and a control apparatus having a control unit controlling the motor, wherein the inertial sensor detects an angular velocity about a roll axis orthogonal to the pivot axis and the linear motion axis or an acceleration in a tangential direction of a circle around the roll axis, and the control unit controls the motor based on information representing a pivot direction of the arm about the roll axis when the arm stops or decelerates and output from the inertial sensor.
US11623337B2
A power tool includes a housing, a motor, a power output member, a transmission assembly, and a light source device. The power output member extends substantially along an axis and is connected to an operating accessory, and the operating accessory is provided with a working portion. The light source device includes a light guide plate, a light-emitting element, and a circuit board. The light guide plate is formed with a light exit surface for emitting light and a first light incident surface and a second light incident surface for guiding light into the light guide plate. The circuit board is used for installing the light-emitting element. A maximum distance L between the first light incident surface and the second light incident surface along a left-and-right direction is greater than or equal to 0 mm and less than or equal to 7 mm.
US11623334B2
A tool is provided in order to facilitate utilization by users in a wide variety of applications. By way of example, a multipurpose tool may include first and second handles configured for relative movement between a closed position and an open position. At least the first handle includes an axle extending thereacross. The multipurpose tool also includes one or more tool members rotatably mounted upon the axle and foldable into the first handle and first and second jaws rotatably connected to the first and second handles, respectively. At least the first jaw defines an opening through which the axle of the first handle extends. The multipurpose tool further includes a resilient member disposed at least partially within the opening in order to apply a bias force to the first jaw during rotation of the first jaw relative to the first handle.
US11623333B2
A power tool includes a hammer mechanism, a brushless motor and a cooling fan. The brushless motor includes a rotary member having a motor shaft operably coupled to the hammer mechanism for linearly driving a tool accessory. The cooling fan has a first blade part and is configured to be rotated by the rotary member. The cooling fan includes a polymer portion, which forms at least a portion of the first blade part, and a metal portion disposed in or on the polymer portion. When viewed in a direction parallel to a rotational axis of the cooling fan, the metal member at least partially overlaps the first blade part in a radial direction of the cooling fan.
US11623314B2
A magnetic chuck includes a cylinder tube including a workpiece attraction surface to which a workpiece is attracted, a piston assembly including a permanent magnet and being movable in an internal space of the cylinder tube, the piston assembly separating the internal space of the cylinder tube into a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, a first supply/discharge port formed in the cylinder tube and communicating with the first pressure chamber, a second supply/discharge port formed in the cylinder tube and communicating with the second pressure chamber, and a communication passage configured to allow the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber to communicate with each other.
US11623313B2
A machining tool assembly is provided for machining a blank to form a firearm lower receiver. The assembly includes a pair of side plates positionable on opposed sides of the blank to capture the blank therebetween. A template plate having a template aperture is adapted to be removeably attachable to the side plates. The template aperture is aligned with a top surface of the blank and is adapted for machining a cavity within the blank having a peripheral contour complimentary to a peripheral contour of the template aperture. A centering mechanism is adapted to be removeably attachable to the template plate, with the centering mechanism including an opening aligned with a corresponding void formed on the blank to align the blank with the template plate.
US11623311B2
In accordance with embodiments of the invention there is provided an extraction system, and extraction apparatus (30) and method therefore in for removing studs from sockets. The system is particularly advantageous for removing one or more studs (28) from the sockets (24) of bell cranks (16) of steering systems of vehicles such as an Off-highway Truck. In a particular arrangement the apparatus (30) comprises a frame member (32) adapted to be attached to a pivot joint (14) for extraction of the stud (28) from the socket (16). Furthermore, the apparatus 30 comprises actuator means (34) adapted to be selectively displaced between an extended condition and a contracted condition for applying a force to the stud (28) so as extract or at least loosen the stud (28) from the socket (36). In a particular arrangement, the actuator (34) comprises a hydraulic actuator. The system is adapted to remotely operate the extraction apparatus (30).
US11623310B2
An installation apparatus for mounting a garnish on a vehicle can include a jig, a tool and a controller. The jig can be placed on a predetermined portion of the flange and in a predetermined orientation relative to the flange. The jig can orient the tool in a predetermined orientation relative to the garnish when the jig is placed on the vehicle and the garnish is positioned adjacent to the vehicle. The controller can be configured to indicate an install complete condition based on force data and tool proximity data, where the force data is indicative of a force applied by the tool onto the garnish while the tool installs the garnish onto the first portion, and the tool proximity data is indicative of a proximity of the tool relative to a portion of the vehicle after the tool mounts the garnish onto the vehicle.
US11623304B2
Irregularly-shaped display panel and cutting method are provided. The display panel includes a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The non-display region includes at least one irregularly-shaped boundary. The irregularly-shaped display panel further includes a substrate and the substrate includes a base substrate. The non-display region includes laser cutting trajectories. An orthographic projection of each of the laser cutting trajectories to the base substrate at least partially overlaps an orthographic projection of a corresponding irregularly-shaped boundary. Each of the laser cutting trajectories includes a cutting entry point and a cutting exit point at two ends thereof, and at least one of the cutting entry point and the cutting exit point does not overlap the orthographic projection of the corresponding irregularly-shaped boundary. The laser cutting trajectories are used as a laser cutting path.
US11623297B2
An indirect spot welding apparatus includes a welding electrode that is brought into pressure contact with one of surfaces of a plurality of plate-shaped members that are objects to be welded in one side in a stacking direction of the plate-shaped members, a ground electrode that is brought into pressure contact with the one of the surfaces in the one side or another one of the surfaces in the other side in the stacking direction in a position shifted from an axial center of the welding electrode, and an opposed member disposed coaxially with the ground electrode to be opposed to the ground electrode so as to hold at least one of the plate-shaped members between the opposed member and the ground electrode, and the welding electrode is mechanically integrated with the ground electrode to be movable in a direction parallel to an axial direction of the ground electrode.
US11623285B2
A coring unit comprises a clamping arrangement for releasably attaching the coring unit to a structure into which a core is to be cut. A bit is provided comprising an elongated tubular body having a cutting surface at a first circular end of the elongated tubular body for cutting the core. The unit includes a drive system adapted to rotate and linearly translate the bit so that the drive system rotates the bit and moves the bit with respect to the clamping arrangement to advance and retreat the bit through the structure to cut the core from the structure. A method of using the coring unit is also described. The unit and method permit an accurate, reliable, safe, and reproducible cutting of a hole in a structure. The unit and method find particular application in cutting holes in studs of wood frame structures to accommodate services such as wires and piping.
US11623282B2
The present invention relates to a methods, computer program products, program elements, and apparatuses for forming a three-dimensional article through successively depositing individual layers of powder material that are fused together so as to form the article. The method comprising the steps of providing at least one electron beam source emitting an electron beam for at least one of heating or fusing the powder material, where the electron beam source comprises a cathode and an anode, and varying an accelerator voltage between the cathode and the anode between at least a first and second predetermined value during the forming of the three-dimensional article.
US11623280B2
An ink composition for use as a support ink in three dimensional (3D) printing processes comprises a dispersion of solid particles in liquid carder, compatible with an inkjet print head, wherein after removing the liquid carder, the solid particles serve as support material for a Three Dimensional (3D) printed object, wherein the support material is separable from the 3D printed object.
US11623276B2
A method for manufacturing a magnet includes (1) a step of preparing three or more unmagnetized magnet materials of which magnetization easy axes are oriented in predetermined directions, and adhering the unmagnetized magnet materials with each other to make an assembly, and (2) a step of applying a curved pulse magnetic field to the assembly to magnetize the assembly, wherein in the step (2), the unmagnetized magnet materials are magnetized into magnet blocks, and an angle θ (where 0≤θ≤180 degrees holds) formed by magnetization directions of at least a pair of magnet blocks adjacent to each other is in a range of 30 degrees to 120 degrees.
US11623267B2
A determination part determines whether or not a shadow of an upper mold is expanded to a photodiode by laser beam projected to a light receiver side based on a light receiving state of a photodiode positioned in a vicinity of the upper mold. When it is determined that the shadow of the upper mold is expanded to the photodiode positioned in the nearest vicinity of the upper mold, the invalidation unit invalidates the photodiode. A detection unit detects a presence or absence of a foreign body between the upper mold and a lower mold based on light receiving states of the effective plurality of photodiodes during a lowering operation of an upper table.
US11623252B2
A method of using an ultrasonic system includes positioning at least one component to a ultrasonic system, the ultrasonic system including: an ultrasonic device, comprising a plurality of ultrasonic transducers coupled to a flexible body; a power supply coupled to the ultrasonic device; a fluid vessel configured to supply fluid to the at least one component; and a waste vessel configured to collect the fluid supplied to the ultrasonic device from the fluid vessel. The method includes applying, via the power supply, a current to a plurality of ultrasonic transducers to dislodge a plurality of contaminants from the at least one component. The method includes flushing, via fluid from the fluid vessel, the plurality of contaminants dislodged from the at least one component.
US11623245B2
A vibrating piezoelectric atomizer comprising: a piezoelectric tube having a length, a first end defining an opening and a second end, the second end of the piezoelectric transducer tubular body is connected to a horn; the horn is dimensioned to be half wavelength resonator; the horn is folded and located alongside the piezoelectric tube; a metallic disk is connected to the horn near the first end of the piezoelectric tube, whereby by applying an alternating voltage across electrodes of the piezoelectric tube, the piezoelectric tube is excited into a resonant vibration when frequency of excitation equals to half wavelength resonant frequency of the piezoelectric tube's length and vibrates in synchronism and is communicated to the metallic disk to atomize a liquid.
US11623243B2
An ultrasonic device includes a driving circuit to provide drive power, a first transducer array to generate ultrasonic waves, the first transducer array being connected to receive power from the driving circuit, and a second transducer array to detect reflected or elicited ultrasonic waves incident on the device from a target and generate a signal based on those waves, the second transducer array being acoustically transmissive and disposed over the first transducer array such that the generated ultrasonic waves pass through the second transducer array. The second array is tuned to operate on top of the first. The functions of the two arrays may be reversed and the array tuned to operate with the first array receiving and the second array transmitting.
US11623242B2
An ultrasonic device includes a driving circuit to provide drive power, a first transducer array to generate ultrasonic waves, the first transducer array being connected to receive power from the driving circuit, and a second transducer array to detect reflected or elicited ultrasonic waves incident on the device from a target and generate a signal based on those waves, the second transducer array being acoustically transmissive and disposed over the first transducer array such that the generated ultrasonic waves pass through the second transducer array. The second array is tuned to operate on top of the first. The functions of the two arrays may be reversed and the array tuned to operate with the first array receiving and the second array transmitting.
US11623241B2
This invention provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film that is capable of forming a multilayer coating film that has excellent blackness, high reflectance of an infrared laser, and excellent coating film performance. The method for forming a multilayer coating film includes forming a first colored coating film containing a titanium oxide pigment and in which the diffuse reflectance at a wavelength of 905 nm or diffuse reflectance at a wavelength of 1550 nm, or both, is 40% or more; forming a second colored coating film containing a carbon black pigment (A) and one or more pigments (B), which are a perylene black pigment (B1) or two or more pigments (B2) selected from the group consisting of blue pigments, red pigments, yellow pigments, and green pigments, or both (B1) and (B2); and forming a clear coating film; wherein the multilayer coating film has a lightness L*(45°) of 4 or less and a chroma C*(45°) of 2 or less, and wherein the diffuse reflectance at a wavelength of 905 nm or the diffuse reflectance at a wavelength of 1550 nm, or both, is 10% or more.
US11623233B2
A sprayer includes a spray gun and a hopper. An air source provides compressed air to the sprayer to both eject fluid from the spray gun as a spray and to pressurize the hopper. The spray gun includes passages for providing compressed air to the nozzle for spraying and to the hopper for pressurizing the hopper. The spray gun further includes a relief valve for venting pressurized air from the hopper. The hopper receives the compressed air through a port in the hopper, and the compressed air assists the flow of material out of the hopper and into the spray gun.
US11623232B2
The disclosure relates to an applicator (RZ), in particular a rotary atomizer, for the application of a coating agent, in particular a two-component paint, comprising a first coating agent connection (SL) for feeding a first coating agent, in particular a basic resin of a two-component paint, a first coating agent strand (L1-L4), which extends in the applicator (RZ) from the first coating agent connection (SL) and carries the first coating agent, and a first valve (SLV1), which is arranged in the first coating agent strand (L1-L4) and controls the flow of the first coating agent, wherein the first valve (SLV1) can be controlled by a first control signal. It is proposed that a first pressure-relief valve (SLV1), which is actuated by its own medium, is arranged in the first coating agent strand (L1-L4) and, to avoid a problem being caused by excessive pressure, opens automatically when the pressure upstream of the first pressure-relief valve (SLV1) exceeds a certain maximum pressure.
