US11631052B2
An ad hoc supply chain collaborative computing environment management method includes selecting a collaboration model from amongst several models and establishing the environment in accordance with the selected model including defining a knowledge graph, a set of expected events to be received in an event log, and one or more predictive functions operating upon the different events in the event log to produce predictive values. The method also includes, registering actors in a supply chain as authenticated publishers or subscribers to the event log of different events published by different authenticated computing systems of the actors, authenticating different ones of the registered different actors prior the different actors publishing events to the event log, triggering predictive functions for newly published ones of the events in order to produce predictive values and providing read-only access to different states of the entities of the knowledge graph to authenticated subscribers.
US11631045B2
A computer device implements a method of scheduling production of packaged dairy products in a production plant by simulation. The method obtains a production target for dairy products to be produced and packaged in the production plant, recipes for production of the packaged dairy products, where each recipe defines ingredients and recipe activities, and production unit data that specifies existing production units and available fluid paths in the production plant and associates the existing production units with unit activities and production capacities. The method further performs the simulation by generating, as a function of the recipes and the production unit data, time schedules of recipe activities performed at least partly by one or more combinations of the existing production units to achieve the production target data, and evaluating the time schedules for selection of at least one time schedule for the production plant.
US11631043B2
Methods and system for securing delivery of a parcel when an intended recipient is unavailable, comprising at least one storage receptacle having an electronically controlled locking mechanism, the storage receptacle comprising an interface for receiving an access code for facilitating unlocking of the storage receptacle, a wireless communication radio, and a processor. The system further comprises a remote service manager comprising an access code generator and a wireless communication radio for transmitting an access code to a mobile computing device operated by a delivery carrier. The mobile computing device includes a wireless communication radio, one or more processors, and a memory comprising instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive, via the wireless communication radio, from the remote service manager, a single use access code for facilitating unlocking of the storage receptacle, and transmit the access code to the storage receptacle interface. The storage receptacle processor confirms the validity of the access code and causes the storage receptacle to first unlock and then lock after detection of the parcel within the storage receptacle.
US11631025B2
A learning apparatus includes: an update unit which updates a dictionary used by a classifier; a calculation unit which calculates, by using a dictionary updated and one or more samples with labeling being samples assigned with labels, a ratio to a number of the samples with labeling as a loss with respect to all the samples with labeling; and a determination unit which determines whether to update the dictionary, by using the loss, wherein, when the determination unit determines to update the dictionary, the update unit updates the dictionary by using the samples with labeling added with a new sample with labeling, and wherein the determination unit determines whether to update the dictionary, by using a loss calculated by using the updated dictionary and a loss calculated by using the dictionary before updating with respect to all the samples with labeling before adding the new sample with labeling.
US11631023B2
A quantum-mechanics station (Ψ-station) and a cloud-based server cooperate to provide quantum mechanics as a service (ΨaaS) including real-time, exclusive, interactive sessions. The Ψ-station serves as a system for implementing “recipes” for producing, manipulating, and/or using quantum-state carriers, e.g., rubidium 87 atoms. The cloud-based server acts as an interface between the station (or stations) and authorized users of account holders. To this end, the server hosts an account manager and a session manager. The account manager manages accounts and associated account-based and user-specific permissions that define what actions any given authorized user for an account may perform with respect to a Ψ-station. The session manager controls (e.g., in real-time) interactions between a user and a Ψ-station, some interactions allowing a user to select a recipe based on wavefunction characterizations returned earlier in the same session.
US11631015B2
An IP-to-Domain (IP2D) resolution system predicts which domain is most likely associated with an IP address. The resolution system generates unique source vote features (FSV) from (IP, domain, source) data. The FSV features are used to train a computer learning model that predicts which domain is most likely associated with an IP address. The domain predictions can then be used to more efficiently process events, more accurately calculate consumption scores, and more accurately detect associated company surges.
US11631006B2
An optimization device includes: a plurality of search parts; and a controller that controls the plurality of search parts, wherein, each of the plurality of search parts includes a state holding part configured to hold each of values of a plurality of state variables included in an evaluation function representing an energy value, an energy calculation part configured to calculate a change value of the energy value generated in a case where any one of the values of the plurality of state variables is changed, and a transition controller configured to stochastically determine whether or not to accept a state transition by a relative relation between the change value of the energy value and thermal excitation energy, based on a set temperature value, the change value, and a random number value.
US11631003B2
Techniques for predicting states may include: receiving data sets of counter values, wherein each counter values denotes a number of times a particular code flow point associated with the counter value is executed at runtime during a specified time period; receiving images generated from the data sets; labeling each of the images with state information, wherein first state information associated with a first image indicates that the first image is associated with a first error state of a system or an application; training a neural network using the images to recognize the first state; receiving a next image generated from another data set; and predicting, by the neural network and in accordance with the next image, whether the system or the application is expected to transition into the first state. In at least one embodiment, the foregoing processing may optionally use matrices generated from the data sets rather than images.
US11630999B2
A method and system for voice emotion identification contained in audio in a call providing customer support between a customer and a service agent by implementing an emotion identification application to identify emotions captured in a voice of the customer from audio received by a media streaming device; receiving, by the emotion identification application, an audio stream of a series of voice samples contained in consecutive frames from audio received; extracting, by the emotion identification application, a set of voice emotion features from each frame in each voice sample of the audio by applying a trained machine learning (ML) model for identifying emotions utilizing a neural networks to determine one or more voice emotions by a configured set of voice emotion features captured in each voice sample; and classifying, by the emotion identification application, each emotion determined by the trained ML model based on a set of classifying features to label one or more types of emotions captured in each voice sample.
US11630997B2
A processor-implemented data processing method includes encoding a plurality of weights of a filter of a neural network using an inverted two's complement fixed-point format; generating weight data based on values of the encoded weights corresponding to same filter positions of a plurality of filters; and performing an operation on the weight data and input activation data using a bit-serial scheme to control when to perform an activation function with respect to the weight data and input activation data.
US11630990B2
The present disclosure provides systems, methods and computer-readable media for optimizing the neural architecture search for the automated machine learning process. In one aspect, neural architecture search method including selecting a neural architecture for training as part of an automated machine learning process; collecting statistical parameters on individual nodes of the neural architecture during the training; determining, based on the statistical parameters, active nodes of the neural architecture to form a candidate neural architecture; and validating the candidate neural architecture to produce a trained neural architecture to be used in implemented an application or a service.
US11630988B2
A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for multi-sample dropout in deep neural network training. A computer creates multiple dropout samples in a minibatch, starting from a dropout layer and ending at a loss function layer in a deep neural network. At the dropout layer in the deep neural network, the computer applies multiple random masks for respective ones of the multiple dropout samples. At a fully connected layer in the deep neural network, the computer applies a shared parameter for all of the multiple dropout samples. After the loss function layer in the deep neural network, the computer calculates a final loss value, by averaging loss values of the respective ones of the multiple dropout samples.
US11630987B2
Technologies for a neural belief reasoner model generative models that specifies belief functions are described. Aspects include receiving, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a request for a belief function, and processing, by the device, the request for the belief function in the generative model based on trained probability parameters and a minimization function to determine a generalized belief function defined by fuzzy sets. Data corresponding to the generalized belief function is output, e.g., as a belief value and plausibility value.
US11630986B2
A method for generating an executable program to run on a system of one or more processor chips each comprising a plurality of tiles. The method comprises: receiving a graph comprising a plurality of data nodes, compute vertices and directional edges, wherein the graph is received in a first graph format that does not specify which data nodes and vertices are allocated to which of the tiles; and generating an application programming interface, API, for converting the graph, to determine a tile-mapping allocating the data nodes and vertices amongst the tiles. The generating of the API comprises searching the graph to identify compute vertices which match any of a predetermined set of one or more compute vertex types. The API is then called to convert the graph to a second graph format that includes the tile-mapping, including the allocation by the assigned memory allocation functions.
US11630982B1
Aspects of the present disclosure address systems and methods for fixed-point quantization using a dynamic quantization level adjustment scheme. Consistent with some embodiments, a method comprises accessing a neural network comprising floating-point representations of filter weights corresponding to one or more convolution layers. The method further includes determining a peak value of interest from the filter weights and determining a quantization level for the filter weights based on a number of bits in a quantization scheme. The method further includes dynamically adjusting the quantization level based on one or more constraints. The method further includes determining a quantization scale of the filter weights based on the peak value of interest and the adjusted quantization level. The method further includes quantizing the floating-point representations of the filter weights using the quantization scale to generate fixed-point representations of the filter weights.
US11630977B2
Instruction data is configured to include mode information indicating a print mode in download printing. The print mode includes a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode. The download printing includes: in response to extracting the mode information indicating the first mode, performing the download printing by the first mode, the first mode being a mode of, after completing reception of an entirety of a document, starting printing based on the entirety of the document; and in response to extracting the mode information indicating the second mode, performing the download printing by the second mode, the second mode being a mode of, before completing reception of the entirety of the document, starting printing based on a received portion of the document. The second mode is a mode in which reception of the document and printing based on the document are performed in parallel.
US11630970B2
The present invention relates to a method of reading out information from a data carrier and to a data carrier utilizing the concept of structured-illumination microscopy or saturated structured-illumination microscopy.
US11630969B2
A method for identity (ID) verification, including: acquiring one or more ID indications of at least one item using a hand held verifying device; automatically verifying by the verifying device a desired relation between the one or more acquired ID indications and stored verification data associated with the verifying device; physically marking the item using the verifying device with a verifying marking if the desired relation is automatically verified.
US11630968B2
An article of manufacture may include a matrix barcode on a physical medium and associated with an environment. The matrix barcode may include a plurality of colors, where at least one of the plurality of colors is a least prevalent color, of a plurality of prevalent colors in the environment.
US11630967B2
A bioptic scanner optical arrangement with a single sensor split four ways is disclosed herein. An example bioptic scanner optical arrangement includes a housing, an imaging assembly having a primary FOV, a decode module, a generally horizontal window supported by the housing, a generally upright window supported by the housing, and a mirror arrangement positioned within the interior region. The mirror arrangement is configured to divide the primary FOV into a plurality of subfields, to redirect at least two of the plurality of subfields through the generally horizontal window, and to redirect at least another two of the plurality of subfields through the generally upright window. The bioptic barcode reader has no other imaging assembly communicatively coupled to the decode module and used to process images for decoding indicia.
US11630965B2
A reader system for reading information on at least one identification tag associated with a syringe connected to a fluid injector has a detector and a background screen spaced apart from the detector such that at least one of the at least one identification tags is positioned in an optical path between the detector and the background screen when the syringe is connected to the fluid injector. The reader system further has an illumination system configured for illuminating at least a portion of the background screen. The detector is configured for detecting and decoding the at least one identification tag. Methods for reading information on at least one identification tag associated with a syringe are also described.
US11630957B2
A natural language processing method includes obtaining a to-be-processed phrase, where the to-be-processed phrase includes M words, determining polarity characteristic information of m to-be-processed words in the M words, where polarity characteristic information of an ith word in the m to-be-processed words includes n polarity characteristic values, and each polarity characteristic value corresponds to one sentiment polarity, determining a polarity characteristic vector of the to-be-processed phrase based on the polarity characteristic information of the m to-be-processed words, where the polarity characteristic vector includes n groups of components in a one-to-one correspondence with n sentiment polarities, and determining a sentiment polarity of the to-be-processed phrase based on the polarity characteristic vector of the to-be-processed phrase using a preset classifier, and outputting the sentiment polarity.
US11630955B2
A framework for enhanced search is provided to enable the user to contextually search documents, based on specified events. A management framework provides systems for obtaining a user's contextual data and the user's interaction data for which a Context Graph and an Interaction Graph are created, respectively. The user's context data include the various events associated with the user. The user's interaction data include times and locations the user interacted with a particular document, which device was used, the type of interaction, etc. The data from the two graphs are correlated and joined into an event graph. Upon receiving a natural language query from a user, one or more contextual query elements are identified, and the event graph is spanned to identify matching results which are then provided to the requesting user device.
US11630952B2
This disclosure relates to methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that can classify term sequences within a source text based on textual features analyzed by both an implicit-class-recognition model and an explicit-class-recognition model. For example, by applying machine-learning models for both implicit and explicit class recognition, the disclosed systems can determine a class corresponding to a particular term sequence within a source text and identify the particular term sequence reflecting the class. The dual-model architecture can equip the disclosed systems to apply (i) the implicit-class-recognition model to recognize implicit references to a class in source texts and (ii) the explicit-class-recognition model to recognize explicit references to the same class in source texts.
US11630949B2
A request for a page is received. A processor is used to provide an optimized version of the page at least in part by determining dynamically an optimized content element for the page based at least in part on a user attribute associated with the request and content performance data generated based at least in part on testing of alternative versions of the page with respect to other users having the user attribute. The provided optimized version of the page is selected from the alternative versions of the page based on the content performance data indicating that the selected version of the page is optimized for the other users having the user attribute.
US11630947B2
The present disclosure describes a value referred to as a compound object that stores multiple values in a single cell, wherein those multiple values are organized according to a defined structure. The compound object may store multiple values according to a known defined data structure such as, for example, a record, vector, matrix, table, or array. In other embodiments, the compound object may store multiple values as any nested combination of any one of the known or user-defined data structures. Each of the values stored in the compound object are individually referenceable and can fully participate with spreadsheet functionality including calculations, referencing, and formatting.
US11630945B2
A method, system and computer program product for improving understanding of comments on collections of data. A social media stream is monitored for comments to a container (e.g., photo album) and elements within the container (e.g., photographs). These comments are stored in a data structure along with an identification of the container or element of the container upon which the comments are directed. In response to a user selecting to view comments to an element within the container or the container itself, the data structure is searched for the comments to the selected element or container. Images of the container are then displayed in a fliptych manner, where the selected element or container is displayed in the center section of the fliptych. A list of comments is displayed in a comments section below the fliptych, where the list of comments includes highlighted comments directed to the selected element or container.
US11630943B2
Systems and methods to briefly deviate from and resume back to amending a section of a note are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain audio information representing sound captured by an audio section of a client computing platform, such sound including speech from a user associated with the client computing platform; effectuate presentation of a graphical user interface that includes sections of the note; analyze the audio information to determine which individual ones of the spoken inputs are the primary spoken input or the deviant spoken input; determine, based on analysis, which section of the note to which the deviant spoken input is related; alternately amend, based on the determination, sections of the note by deviating from one section to another section and returning back to the one section for continued population; and effectuate, via the user interface, presentation of the alternating amendments to the sections of the note.
US11630931B2
A computer-implemented method of generating an operation procedure for a simulation of a system, in particular a mechatronic system is disclosed. A source node has at least one source parameter (Ps) and a first simulation system with at least one first simulation node is determined, wherein the first simulation node includes at least one input parameter (Pi) and at least one output parameter (Pa). The first simulation node includes a simulation function for determining the output parameter (Pa) based on the input parameter (Pi) of the first node. When the input parameter (Pi) is available based on the source parameter (Ps), a global operation graph is built describing a link between the source node and the first simulation node for describing an operating procedure of the simulation of the system.
US11630930B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for to generation of dynamic design flows for integrated circuits. For example, a method may include accessing a design flow configuration data structure, wherein the design flow configuration data structure is encoded in a tool control language; based on the design flow configuration data structure, selecting multiple flowmodules from a set of flowmodules, wherein each flowmodule provides an application programming interface, in the tool control language, to a respective electronic design automation tool; based on the design flow configuration data structure, generating a design flow as a directed acyclic graph including the selected flowmodules as vertices; and generating an output integrated circuit design data structure, based on one or more input integrated circuit design data structures, using the design flow to control the respective electronic design automation tools of the selected flowmodules.
US11630921B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer storage media and hardware security modules, for performing batch cryptography on hardware security modules. A hardware security module can receive a request to perform one or more cryptographic operations. The request can include a batch data structure storing a plurality of data elements. The hardware security module can unbatch the plurality of data elements, perform one or more cryptographic operations on the plurality of data elements to generate a plurality of outputs, generate an output batch data structure storing the plurality of outputs, and transmit the output batch data structure in response to the request. The request and the batch data structure can be formed in accordance with a batch hardware security module application program interface (API) implemented by the hardware security module.
US11630918B2
A compromised data exchange system extracts data from websites using a crawler, detects portions within the extracted data that resemble personally identifying information (PII) data based on PII data patterns using a risk assessment module, and compares a detected portion to data within a database of disassociated compromised PII data to determine a match using the risk assessment module. A risk score may be assigned to a data item within the database in response to determining the match. In some embodiments, URL data may also be detected in the extracted data. The detected URL data represents further web sites that can be automatically crawled by the system to detect further PII data.
US11630917B2
Embodiments for providing demographic reach with anonymity by a processor. User data access may be managed via a data access agent by generating a unique user privacy profile having a selected level of anonymity for each relationship between a user and an application service.
US11630915B2
Methods, systems, and devices for leveraging data already collected on a user in a secure and private manner, in particular to verify user credentials for third parties. The methods, systems, and devices innovate beyond traditional security and privacy platforms in computer systems by processing the data to create a useable metric for the purposes of the third parties, in which the useable metric preserves the security and privacy of the underlying data.
US11630912B2
Provided are a system and a method for controlling transaction data access. A system for controlling transaction data access comprising: a transaction management module configured to determine a plurality of security levels for transaction data; a data encryption module configured to perform multiple level encrypting the transaction data according to the plurality of security levels; and a data storage module configured to store the encrypted data as a block, and provide the block to a peer-to-peer (P2P) network.
US11630911B2
A breach detection engine detects and mitigates the effects of breaches across one or more data sources. An index is generated based on one or more data sources and the index is queried using keywords indicative of potential breaches. A database of potential breaches is populated based on the query of the index. The potential breach database is queried using keywords associated with a system identity (e.g., a third party). A likelihood of a candidate breach is identified based on a set of breach criteria weights. A network node associated with a candidate breach determined to be an actual breach is identified for isolation or for the performance of one or more additional security actions.
US11630910B2
A block chain defining authority and access to confidential data may not be encrypted, and the access to the block chain can be regulated by the block chain itself and an access control server operating in an enterprise information technology (IT) environment. To incorporate authority defined in multiple sources, such as the block chain and the access control server, a token can be created containing multiple layers of permissions, i.e. constraints, coming from multiple sources. Each additional permission attenuates the authority granted by the token. When a processor controlling the access to the block chain receives the token, the processor can check the validity of the token and the authority granted by the token to determine whether the requester is authorized to access at least a portion of the block chain.
US11630904B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a channel filter and a security processor. The security processor is to: receive a plurality of device access control policies from a protected non-volatile storage of a platform; determine whether the plurality of device access control policies are verified; program the channel filter with a plurality of filter entries each associated with one of the plurality of device access control policies based on the determination; and remove a security attribute of the security processor from a policy register of the channel filter, to lock the channel filter for a boot cycle of the platform. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11630895B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for changing a password of an account record under a threat of unlawful access to user data. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises generating, by an account records generator, a set of known user account records and sending the generated set of known user account records to a determination module, identifying, by the determination module, a use of at least one user account record from the generated set, and sending, to a verification module, data about the at least one user account record, performing, by the verification module, a verification of a presence of a threat of unlawful access to user data, the unlawful access being performed using the at least one user account record and performing, by a change module, the changing of a password of the at least one user account record the use of which has been identified.
US11630877B1
A user can create a customizable visual code that is associated with a network address of a page. The customizable visual data can be integrated with one or more user selected images and data marks. When the customizable visual code is scanned, one or more pages may be displayed on the scanning device.
US11630876B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for indexing actions for resources. In an aspect, a method receiving, for each resource a plurality of resources that are each accessible by a user device, action data describing actions supported by each resource, each action being an action that can be performed by the user device processing the resource; for each resource: determining, from the action data, an action type for each action supported by the resource, determining, from the action data, action parameters for each action supported by the resource, and indexing the action data, action types and action parameters for the resource in an index that is searchable by a search engine.
US11630870B2
An apparatus and method for academic search and analytics insights have been provided. The apparatus includes an ingestion component, obtaining data from external heterogeneous sources, to produce ingested data; a processing component for processing the ingested data; a search and analytics component for executing search queries on the ingested data and generating analytics insights on returned search result; and a storage component for storing the ingested data, the storage component acting as a communication data bus for the ingestion component, the processing component and the search and analytics component. Corresponding server and network system are have been provided.
US11630868B2
A tracking integration method includes acquiring at least one generalized object, extracting position characteristics of the generalized object and establishing the extracted position characteristics as a standard position model, receiving and storing tracking information of the at least one generalized object to complete integration of the tracking information, and querying and displaying the tracking information of the generalized object. The generalized object includes one or more of a person, an item, a digital asset, and a virtual object.
US11630865B2
A method, a computer program product, and a computer system determine, based on reactions exhibited by a user while consuming information, options for further information. The method includes determining a user reaction while the user is consuming the information. The user reaction is indicative of the user implicitly requesting the further information. The information is presented based on the user selecting from original search results according to an original search string submitted by the user. The method includes determining a portion of the information corresponding to the user reaction being exhibited. The method includes determining a further search string corresponding to the portion of the information. The method includes receiving further search results based on the further search string. Each of the further search results configured to present the further information to the user. The method includes modifying the original search results to include the further search results.
US11630859B2
A computing system includes an interface configured to interface and communicate with an external media resource, a memory that stores operational instructions and a processing module operably coupled to the interface and to the memory, such that the processing module, when operable within the computing system based on the operational instructions, is configured to is configured to perform various operations. The computing system receives an audio fingerprint from the external medial resource, compares the received audio fingerprint with a stored audio fingerprint and in response to determining that a portion of a stored audio fingerprint substantially matches a portion of the received audio fingerprint, compares a first set of consecutive portions of of the received audio fingerprint to each of a plurality of consecutive portions of the stored audio fingerprint to generate corresponding match scores. The computing system identifies a longest unordered match as a number of consecutive portions of the first set that each have a corresponding highest match score satisfying a similarity threshold and when the longest unordered match compares favorably to a length criterion, determines a match between the received audio fingerprint and the stored audio fingerprint.
US11630858B2
The overall architecture and details of a scalable video fingerprinting and identification system that is robust with respect to many classes of video distortions is described. In this system, a fingerprint for a piece of multimedia content is composed of a number of compact signatures, along with traversal hash signatures and associated metadata. Numerical descriptors are generated for features found in a multimedia clip, signatures are generated from these descriptors, and a reference signature database is constructed from these signatures. Query signatures are also generated for a query multimedia clip. These query signatures are searched against the reference database using a fast similarity search procedure, to produce a candidate list of matching signatures. This candidate list is further analyzed to find the most likely reference matches. Signature correlation is performed between the likely reference matches and the query clip to improve detection accuracy.
US11630850B2
A method for a multi-cluster warehouse includes allocating a plurality of compute clusters as part of a virtual warehouse. The compute clusters are used to access and perform queries against one or more databases in one or more cloud storage resources. The method includes providing queries for the virtual warehouse to each of the plurality of compute clusters. Each of the plurality of compute clusters of the virtual warehouse receives a plurality of queries so that the computing load is spread across the different clusters. The method also includes dynamically adding compute clusters to and removing compute clusters from the virtual warehouse as needed based on a workload of the plurality of compute clusters.
US11630843B2
Methods and systems are described herein for synchronizing communication records in computer networks. For example, the methods and systems may determine whether or not a first communication relates to a second and generate a recommendation that the communications relate to a single communication. In particular, the methods and systems described herein describe synchronizing communication records in computer networks based on detecting patterns in categories of metadata. For example, the methods and systems retrieve specific types of metadata and compare this metadata between communications in order to synchronize and/or deduplicate them.
US11630842B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for the performing of a replication task in a multi-database system, by a replication agent, for replicating a location range of columns in a table in a source repository data object, to a location range of columns in a target table in a target repository data object. An embodiment operates by using a data provisioning agent, remote source connection, and replication task controller in sequence to set up a replication task for execution.
US11630841B2
The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency.
US11630838B1
Techniques for implementing conflict-free replicated data types in a database are described. A first database replica of a database hosted by a provider network receives an identifier of a first operation to perform on an element stored in the database, the element being of a conflict-free replicated data type. A second database replica of the database receives an identifier of a second operation to perform on the element. The second operation is determined to not conflict with the first operation. The first operation and the second operation are performed on the element stored by the first database replica. The first operation and the second operation are performed on the element stored by the second database replica.
US11630831B2
Aspects described herein may relate to methods, systems, and apparatuses that partitions searchable content and distributes the segments across a plurality of processing nodes, which in turn further sub-partitions the partitions for processing by local search actor in order to increase the speed with which a search request from a user is processed. Processing nodes available to receive partitioned searchable content are registered with an external storage device. The external storage device also maintains a global results collector that compiles results from the partitions of searchable content. Respective local collector actors receive compiled results from local search actors for a processing node and the compiled results are sent to the global results collector for compiling for the plurality of processing nodes. Results of the user search request are then provided to the user.
US11630817B2
The present teaching relates to system, method, and programming for indexing user records. A plurality of user records are obtained, wherein each user record is associated with a user identifier and one or more data-segments. For each data-segment, one or more user identifiers associated with the data-segment are determined, a relative distance of each user identifier with respect to a previous user identifier associated with the data-segment is computed, and a variable number of bits to be used to store the relative distance of each user identifier in a bit stream are determined based on a criterion associated with the relative distance. Offset values are generated for the one or more data-segments, wherein an offset value of a data-segment indicates an index of the bit stream where information of a first user identifier associated with the data-segment is stored.
US11630815B2
Disclosed methods and systems describe an analytics server that generates an inter-related nodal data structure. The analytics server receives an electronic template having a set of input fields, the electronic template identifying at least a portion of data stored within a database and its corresponding domain data table and a display attribute, the electronic template further identifying a database storing the data; retrieves the data from the database; parses the data into a set of unique domain data tables having a first criterion and a set of unique dimension tables having a second criterion; generates a nodal network comprising a set of nodes where each node represents at least a portion of the retrieved data, each node having metadata comprising a unique identifier corresponding to a unique domain table and a unique dimension table corresponding to data associated with each node; links one or more nodes based their respective metadata.
US11630811B2
A network system for providing long haul network connection between endpoint devices is disclosed. The network system includes a first and a second endpoint devices, a first and a second exchange servers, a first access point server coupled between the first endpoint device and the first exchange server, a second access point server coupled between the second endpoint device and the second exchange server, a first storage node coupled between the first exchange server and the second exchange server, and a second storage node coupled between the first exchange server and the second exchange server. The first exchange server is configured to convert first packetized traffic into a carrier file and write the carrier file to the second storage node. The second exchange server is configured to read the carrier file from the second storage node and convert the carrier file into second packetized traffic.
US11630805B2
Methods, devices and computer program products are provided that, under control of one or more processors, perform resource theme identification (RTI) automatically by; accessing an active resource that includes a path designator (PD) element that includes at least a portion of a path designator for a resource; analyzing the active resource to identify a text element, an audio element and/or an image element; analyzing the text/image element utilizing an RTI algorithm, that applies at least one of natural language understanding (NLU) or image recognition (IR), to identify the one or more themes; deriving proxy indicia based on the theme(s); substituting, into the active resource, the proxy indicia for the path designator to present the proxy indicia in place of the path designator, the proxy indicia linked to the path designator; and displaying the active resource including the proxy indicia.
US11630804B1
In an approach for classifying and storing multiple layers of a file system as platform-dependent and platform-independent layers, a processor generates an initial layer of a file system. The initial layer is a platform-dependent base layer. A processor assigns one or more files associated with the initial layer with a first group identification as a first same group in a file registry for a plurality of platforms. A processor generates a new layer based on the initial layer into the file system. A processor, in response to the new layer being platform-independent, marks the new layer as platform-independent in the file registry. A processor pushes the new layer into the file registry for one of the plurality of platforms. A processor distributes one or more corresponding files from the file registry per a client request to access the file system.
US11630801B2
Systems and methods permit gloveless filling containers with a product. A filling arm is disposed within the chamber. An optical sensor is configured to locate and target openings of the containers within the chamber. Locations of the openings are used to guide the filling arm to fill the containers with a product.
US11630793B2
A control device including a USB port of a first interface capable of transmitting an image signal serving as a basis of an image to be displayed by the control device and capable of receiving power, and a port of a second interface capable of receiving power, is provided. The control device is accommodated in a housing, the USB port is disposed at a bottom surface which, given a surface of the housing where the touch panel is disposed as a front surface, is a side surface positioned in a longitudinal direction of the front surface, and the port is disposed at a rear surface opposite the front surface.
US11630790B1
An integrated circuit is provided, which includes: a processor, a general interrupt controller, and a bus master. The bus master includes: a bus-control circuit and a polling circuit, which is configured to detect whether an interrupt signal of the sensing device is asserted. In response to the polling circuit detecting that the interrupt signal is asserted, the bus-control circuits fetches each task stored in a task queue of a memory in sequence, and performs one or more data-transfer operations corresponding to each task to obtain sensor data from the sensing device. In response to a task-completion signal of the tasks generated by the bus-control circuit, the general interrupt controller generates an interrupt request signal. In response to the interrupt request signal, the processor reports a sensor event using the sensor data obtained by the data-transfer operations corresponding to each task.
US11630783B2
Provided are a computer product, method, and system to virtualize target system storage resources as virtual target storage resources. Target storage resources available at a target system are discovered over a network. A configuration is determined of virtual target storage resources mapping to the target storage resources for a host node. The configuration is registered with a virtual target. The configuration maps the virtual target storage resources to the target storage resources at the target system and an access control list of the host node allowed to access the virtual target storage resources. A query is received from the host node for the target storage resources the host node is permitted to access according to the access control list. Host discovery information is returned to the requesting host node indicating the virtual target storage resources the requesting host node is provisioned to access from the virtual target.
US11630778B2
A write command is received, for example, from a host system, which operates on a first logical address range. A read command is received that specifies a second logical address range that matches the first logical address range. Responsive to determining that a deallocate command has been received after the write command, zero-filled data is returned in response to the read command.
US11630776B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods and system for fast allocation of memory from fragmented memory. In one example, at a processor receives a request for an address to a buffer stored in a magazine associated with the processor. Upon determining that the magazine associated with the processor is empty, a request is made to a depot layer for additional memory. Upon determining that the depot layer cannot satisfy the request for the additional memory, executing a call to a slab layer for the additional memory. The slab layer identifies one or more partially-allocated slabs and generates a new magazine. A set of addresses correspond to buffers may be stored in the new magazine. A reference to the new magazine may be transferred from the slab layer to the depot layer. The reference to the new magazine may then be transferred from the depot layer to the processor.
US11630773B1
A storage control system receives a first write request and a second write request following the first write request. The first and second write requests comprise respective first and second data items for storage to a primary storage. First and second cache write operations are performed in parallel to write the first and second data items a persistent write cache. The first cache write operation comprises a split write operation which comprises writing a parsing header for the first data item to the write cache, and writing a payload of the first data item to the write cache. The second cache write operation comprises storing the second data item and associated metadata in the write cache, and waiting for an acknowledgment that the parsing header for the first data item has been successfully stored in the write cache before returning an acknowledgment indicating successful storage of the second data item.
US11630762B2
A method and apparatus for testing a map service are provided. The method may include: determining a to-be-screened service request based on a service request of an electronic map recorded in advance at a preset sampling frequency; screening the to-be-screened service request by using a static rule, to obtain a first valid service request set; screening the to-be-screened service request by using a dynamic test step, to obtain a second valid service request set; and testing a service of the electronic map based on the first valid service request set and the second valid service request set.
US11630758B2
A method for testing software applications in a system under test (SUT) includes building a reference model of the SUT that defines a computer-based neural network. The method includes training the reference model using input data and corresponding output data generated by the SUT, selecting an output value within a domain of possible output values of the SUT representing an output that is not represented in the output data used to train the reference model, applying the selected output value to the reference model, and tracing the selected output through the reference model to identify test input values that when input to the reference model, produce the selected output value. The method can further include using the identified test input values to test the system under test.
US11630754B1
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to initiate, in response to a designated event, monitoring of memory allocation and de-allocation operations associated with a given application, to maintain a memory allocation operation data structure comprising entries each corresponding to a memory allocation operation not having an associated memory de-allocation operation, and to determine whether memory usage of the given application corresponds to any of a set of anomalous memory usage pattern rules based on the memory allocation operation data structure. The processing device is also configured to identify the given application as being a cause of a memory leak responsive to determining that the memory usage of the given application corresponds to one or more of the anomalous memory usage pattern rules, and to perform remedial action for preventing or resolving the memory leak responsive to identifying the given application as being the cause of the memory leak.
US11630753B2
Techniques described herein relate to a method for deploying workflows. The method may include receiving, by a global orchestrator of a device ecosystem, a request to execute a workflow; decomposing, by the global orchestrator, the workflow into a plurality of workflow portions; executing, by the global orchestrator, a metaheuristic algorithm to generate a result comprising a plurality of domains of the device ecosystem in which to execute the plurality of workflow portions; and providing, by the global orchestrator, the plurality of workflow portions to respective local orchestrators of the plurality of domains based on the result of executing the metaheuristic algorithm.
US11630747B1
Techniques are disclosed to provide automated remediation of services within a distributed computing system. A remediation module may be executed in the distributed computing system to monitor one or more services. Each service can have a corresponding monitor plugin that is loaded into the remediation module and configured to allow the remediation module to interface with the services. The monitor plugin may specify the dependencies of its corresponding service and remediation tasks to be performed on the service if it fails. The remediation module may generate a dependency tree for the services using the specified dependencies from each monitor plugin. The remediation module may query a service to obtain the service's health status, and then use the dependency tree to determine whether upstream services on which the unhealthy service depends are also unhealthy. If the upstream services are healthy, the remediation module may automatically perform remediation tasks on the service.
US11630742B2
Disclosed herein are systems and method for performing recovery using a backup image. In one exemplary aspect, a method comprises scanning a plurality of files on one or more storage devices of a computing device. The method may determine a first set of files from the plurality of files that will be used during recovery of the one or more storage devices, and tag a second set of files that will not be used during recovery. The method may copy the second set of files that have been tagged to an external storage device, and may store the first set of files in a backup image for the computing device (excluding the tagged second set of files from the backup image). The method may add, to the backup image, a respective link to each of the tagged second set of files in the external storage device.
US11630737B2
A data management system includes: a transceiver; a memory; and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory and configured to: receive, via the transceiver, a copy data request for unstructured data; access, via the transceiver in response to the copy data request, a plurality of backed-up files of unstructured data stored in a first data storage device; send, in response to the copy data request, a plurality of Virtual Data Files (VDFs) to a second data storage device, the processor being configured to respond to receipt of information from each of the plurality of VDFs to retrieve a respective backed-up file of unstructured data of the plurality of backed-up files of unstructured data stored in the first data storage device.
US11630736B2
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to identify a snapshot lineage comprising snapshots of a given storage volume, the snapshot lineage comprising (i) a local snapshot lineage stored on a storage system and (ii) a cloud snapshot lineage stored on cloud storage of at least one cloud external to the storage system, the cloud snapshot lineage comprising at least a subset of the snapshots of the given storage volume. The processing device is also configured to determine whether the local snapshot lineage is associated with any current local storage volume of the storage system corresponding to the given storage volume and, responsive to determining that the storage system is not associated with any current local storage volume corresponding to the given storage volume, to select a snapshot from the cloud snapshot lineage and recover the selected snapshot to a new local storage volume on the storage system.
US11630730B1
Techniques are disclosed for executing a data processing pipeline. The techniques may include receiving a job at a data pipeline queue, setting up one or more distributed processing environments, and allocating the job to one of the distributed processing environments. The techniques may further include receiving the allocated job at a job queue within the distributed processing environment, increasing a priority level of the job, and executing the job within the distributed processing environment. The techniques can further include providing a retry pipeline at the data processing pipeline, and re-executing the job at a stage following a failure of at least one of its components. The techniques may decrement the retry budget as the job is re-executed.
US11630719B1
Methods and systems for managing deployments are disclosed. A deployment may include one or more devices. The devices may include hardware and/or software components. The operation of the deployment may depend on the operation of these devices and components. For example, improper operation of any of these devices and/or components may impair (e.g., reduce performance, reduce functionality, etc.) the operation of the deployment. To manage the operation of the deployment, the system may include a deployment manager. The deployment manager may obtain logs for components of the deployment reflecting the historical operation of these components and use the logs to predict the future operation of the deployment. If it is determined that a deployment is likely to become impaired in the future, then the deployment manager may take proactive action to reduce the likelihood of the deployment entering the impairment state.
US11630717B2
An embodiment may involve storage containing incident logs and mappings between incident logs and vector representations generated by a machine learning (ML) model. The embodiment may further involve one or more processors configured to: receive, from a client device, a request corresponding to an additional incident log; transmit, to the ML model, additional values as appearing in the additional incident log, wherein reception of the additional values causes the ML model to generate an additional vector representation of the additional incident log; obtain confidence measurements respectively representing similarities between the additional vector representation and each of the vector representations corresponding to the incident logs; determine, based on the confidence measurements, a set of one or more incident logs that are semantically relevant to the additional incident log; and transmit, to the client device, representations of the one or more incident logs and their corresponding confidence measurements.
US11630709B2
A method includes receiving, by a first computer from a second computer, a stateless API request message comprising update value data, a consensus token, and a user identifier. The first computer determines whether or not the consensus token matches a previously stored consensus token. If the consensus token matches the previously stored consensus token, the first computer retrieves stored value data from a value data database based on the user identifier. The first computer then updates the stored value data with the update value data. The first computer generates an API response message comprising an indication of the update. The first computer transmits, to the second computer, the API response message.
US11630697B2
A system for dynamic context automation workflow including a data center which includes an infrastructure and a configuration platform. The infrastructure includes physical resources for implementing at least one machine, and the configuration platform includes a configuration processor that coordinates automatic sequential execution of multiple tasks of a workflow by different agents each running on a different one of multiple contexts for updating a machine state controlled by the configuration processor.
US11630696B2
The present disclosure relates to a messaging method for a hardware acceleration system. The method includes determining exchange message types to be exchanged with a hardware accelerator in accordance with an application performed by the hardware acceleration system. The exchange message types indicate a number of variables, and a type of the variables, of the messages. The method also includes selecting schemas from a schema database. The message type schemas indicates a precision representation of variables of messages associated with the schema. The selected schemas correspond to the determined exchange message types. Further, the method includes configuring a serial interface of the hardware accelerator in accordance with the selected schemas, to enable a message exchange including the messages.
US11630691B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to an improved memory system architecture for multi-threaded processors. In one example, a system includes a system comprising a multi-threaded processor core (MTPC), the MTPC comprising: P pipelines, each to concurrently process T threads; a crossbar to communicatively couple the P pipelines; a memory for use by the P pipelines, a scheduler to optimize reduction operations by assigning multiple threads to generate results of commutative arithmetic operations, and then accumulate the generated results, and a memory controller (MC) to connect with external storage and other MTPCs, the MC further comprising at least one optimization selected from: an instruction set architecture including a dual-memory operation; a direct memory access (DMA) engine; a buffer to store multiple pending instruction cache requests; multiple channels across which to stripe memory requests; and a shadow-tag coherency management unit.
US11630690B2
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, user input defining a workflow; receiving, by the computing device, information defining schemas at convergence points in the workflow; determining, by the computing device, a set of mapping parameters at outputs of nodes of the workflow based on the schemas; receiving, by the computing device, input values to the mapping parameters; storing, by the computing device, the input values to the mapping parameters in a structure corresponding to the schemas; and executing, by the computing device, the workflow based on the input values to the mapping parameters, wherein the executing includes invoking one or more applications residing on one or more application servers through application programming interface (API) calls.
US11630688B2
The present disclosure provides a method and electronic device for managing content across applications and a terminal using the method and including the electronic device. The method includes receiving, by a content manager processor of the electronic device in a first application, at least one query requesting a data item, determining at least one second application including the requested data item based on the at least one query, and displaying on a graphical user interface of the first application a graphical element that includes indicia indicating the at least one second application and at least one interactive component to interact with the data item within the graphical user interface of the first application.
US11630685B2
According to some embodiments, an automated provisioning system may receive a customer demand associated with an application to be executed in a cloud-based computing environment. The automated provisioning system may include a process allocator to communicate with Virtual Machine (“VM”) and container provisioners and determine cluster data. A machine learning based microservice setup platform, coupled to the automated provisioning system, may receive the cluster data and information about the customer demand. The machine learning based microservice setup platform may then execute policy rules based on the cluster data (and information about the customer demand) and generate a recommendation for the customer demand. The automated provisioning system may then assign the customer demand to one of a VM-based infrastructure and a container-based infrastructure in accordance with the recommendation generated by the machine learning based microservice setup platform.
US11630684B2
A secure investigation platform in a sovereign cloud includes a request processing system that receives requests to investigate an incident. A control message processing system creates a workspace, within the sovereign cloud, so that an investigation can be conducted within that workspace. An investigation pack, which includes investigative resources used in the investigation, is identified and the workspace is pre-configured with the identified investigation pack. The control message processing system performs investigation tasks within the workspace using the investigation pack.
US11630677B2
A data aggregation implementation includes self-configuring drivers. From the viewpoint of a Network Operation Center (NOC), a plurality of heterogenous content sources provide content that may be of a variety of different types and formats. All of this content must be ingested and stored for retrieval and reporting, analysis, and/or presentation despite many differences in their collection, format, transmission, and quality. In some embodiments, the NOC includes or cooperates with one or more servers to, among other functions, receive content from content sources, request object reflection by the driver of each content source, receive driver attributes in response, and map the metadata of the content for each content source to a universal schema, thereby self-configuring the driver.
US11630666B2
The present disclosure provides a computation device. The computation device is configured to perform a machine learning computation, and includes an operation unit, a controller unit, and a conversion unit. The storage unit is configured to obtain input data and a computation instruction. The controller unit is configured to extract and parse the computation instruction from the storage unit to obtain one or more operation instructions, and to send the one or more operation instructions and the input data to the operation unit. The operation unit is configured to perform operations on the input data according to one or more operation instructions to obtain a computation result of the computation instruction. In the examples of the present disclosure, the input data involved in machine learning computations is represented by fixed-point data, thereby improving the processing speed and efficiency of training operations.
US11630660B2
Disclosed are various examples for enforcing firmware profiles. First, it is determined that a device record associated with a client device fails to specify a firmware profile. A firmware profile is then generated for the client device. Subsequently, a command is generated that causes a firmware of the client device to be configured based at least in part on the firmware profile. The firmware profile is then stored in the device record.
US11630658B2
Methods and systems for provable, auditable and secure software updates for resource-constrained IoT devices are provided via a security framework and a protocol for owner-controlled software updates for IoT devices through blockchain.
US11630656B2
A communication apparatus includes: a memory that stores, first data on firmware before update, second data on firmware after the update, and a table in which the first data or the second data is associated with an address where the first data or the second data is positioned; and a processor that executes processing based on the first data or the second data positioned at the address defined in the table.
US11630645B2
Disclosed is a system and method for defining data structures for client-server system. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a compiler-enforced data model across distributed systems for providing system stability and the ability to identify and fix violations of the data model contract in a more efficient manner.
US11630644B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to design as a service for configuring custom software. A computing platform may receive natural language input from a user specifying a software customization request. The computing platform may convert the natural language input into a visual output corresponding to the software customization request. The computing platform may send the visual output to a user interface. The computing platform may receive a modification request from the user specifying, using natural language, one or more modifications to the visual output. The computing platform may modify, using natural language processing, the visual output based on the modification request. The computing platform may log the one or more modifications to the visual output in a tracking log. The computing platform may send the modified visual output to the user interface.
US11630629B2
A multi-screen display control device is shown, which is linked to a host through a universal serial bus (USB) port to receive image data from the host, and uses a plurality of high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) ports to output a plurality of HDMI sub-images to a plurality of screens. The multi-screen display control device has a USB hub that couples the USB port to a plurality of graphics processing units (GPUs), so that the GPUs generate the HDMI sub-images based on the image data transferred from the host via USB communication technology.
US11630627B2
An electronic device includes a first display unit, a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device including a second display unit, and a control unit configured to rotate an image to be displayed on the first display unit, in accordance with a rotational angle in a plane parallel to a screen of the first display unit, and rotate an image to be output to the external device, in accordance with the rotational angle of the first display unit and a rotational angle in a plane parallel to a screen of the second display unit.
US11630620B2
A printing system including a server connected to a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus via a network includes a reception unit configured to receive a request to print a file from the second information processing apparatus and a determination unit configured to determine whether a user associated with the second information processing apparatus has a right to print the file, wherein the printing system transmits a first notification for requesting a confirmation about whether to grant the right to the first information processing apparatus in a case where the determination unit determines that the user does not have the right, and wherein the printing system permits the file to be printed from a printing apparatus connected to the server in a case where a confirmation to grant the right is received from the first information processing apparatus as a response to the first notification.
US11630619B2
A terminal device (e.g., a smartphone) may use a private key to generate a first configuration object used for establishing a first wireless connection between the terminal device and an access point. The terminal device may also use the private key to generate a second configuration object used for establishing a second wireless connection between a communication device (e.g., a printer) and the access point. The terminal device may then transmit specific data (e.g., print data) to the communication device via the access point.
US11630611B2
A method of processing print jobs on a printing substrate processing machine by using a computer, includes creating a data model for the computer with parameters for an unusable print/set-up time prediction on the basis of global print jobs and printing machine data, training the data model on the basis of global and/or local print jobs and printing machine data by using the computer, and defining ease-of-use criteria by an operator. The trained data model for the computer is used to predict the number of unusable prints during set up and set-up time of the printing substrate processing machine. The order of the processing of the print jobs is optimized on the basis of the predicted number of unusable prints during set-up and the predicted set-up time by using the computer.
US11630608B2
Various embodiments set forth techniques for managing metadata associated with a vblock, In some embodiments, one or more computer-readable media store instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps including receiving a request to write data to a live vblock, wherein the request to write data is a first write request for the live vblock; accessing a merged metadata record associated with the live vblock, wherein the merged metadata record comprises metadata corresponding to metadata in metadata records for all but a last snapshot included in a set of snapshots having a metadata record; adding metadata associated with the request to write data to a metadata record for the live vblock; merging a metadata record for the last snapshot into the merged metadata record; and updating a first identifier of the merged metadata record to identify the live vblock.
US11630607B2
Memory devices and a memory controller that controls such memory devices. Multiple memory devices receive commands and addresses on a command/address (C/A) bus that is relayed point-to-point by each memory device. Data is received and sent from these devices to/from a memory controller in a point-to-point configuration by adjusting the width of each individual data bus coupled between the individual memory devices and the memory controller. Along with the C/A bus are clock signals that are regenerated by each memory device and relayed. The memory controller and memory devices may be packaged on a single substrate using package-on-package technology. Using package-on-package technology allows the relayed C/A signals to connect from memory device to memory device using wire bonding. Wirebond connections provide a short, high-performance signaling environment for the chip-to-chip relaying of the C/A signals and clocks from one memory device to the next in the daisy-chain.
US11630605B1
A memory system comprises a plurality of memory sub-systems, each with a memory bank and other circuit components. For each of the memory sub-systems, a first buffer receives and stores a read-modify-write request (with a read address, a write address and a first operand), a second operand is read from the memory bank at the location specified by the read address, a combiner circuit combines the first operand with the second operand, an activation circuit transforms the output of the combiner circuit, and the output of the activation circuit is stored in the memory bank at the location specified by the write address. The first operand and the write address may be stored in a second buffer while the second operand is read from the memory bank. Further, the output of the activation circuit may be first stored in the first buffer before being stored in the memory bank.
US11630603B1
A process includes, responsive to a first epoch of a sequence of epochs, a plurality of processors accessing first entries of a first buffer that is shared among the plurality of processors. The first entries identify a first subset of hardware devices to be polled of a plurality of hardware devices. Responsive to the accessing, the plurality of processors poll the first subset of hardware devices. Responsive to the first epoch, the process includes, responsive to results of the polling, the plurality of processors updating delay orders that are associated with the first subset of hardware devices; and the plurality of processors adding second entries identifying the first subset of hardware devices to a plurality of second buffers based on the delay orders, where each second buffer of the plurality of second buffers corresponds to a different delay order of the delay orders. The process includes, responsive to a condition that represents an end of the first epoch, preparing the first buffer for a second epoch of the sequence of epochs. The preparation includes, responsive to a position of the second epoch in the sequence of epochs, selecting a second subset of hardware devices of the plurality of hardware devices for the second epoch. The selection includes selecting, from the plurality of second buffers, third entries that identify the second subset of hardware devices and adding the third entries to the first buffer.
US11630602B2
A method and associated apparatus for performing access management of a memory device with aid of dedicated bit information are provided. The method includes: transmitting a compact hybrid table comprising multiple compressed tables to a host device, for being stored in the host device, to allow the host device to send one of multiple compact hybrid table entries of the compact hybrid table to the memory device as reading reference; determining a starting logical address and a data length according to a read command packet from the host device, and determining a first mapping relationship and the dedicated bit information according to the read command packet; determining second mapping relationship(s) according to the first mapping relationship and the dedicated bit information; and reading the data from the NV memory for the host device at least according to the first mapping relationship and the second mapping relationship(s).
US11630600B2
Disclosed is a register data checking device including: an original parity-bit generator generating an original parity bit according to register data to be inputted into a register, and then writing the original parity bit to the register; and a detecting circuit. The detecting circuit includes: a scanning circuit reading the register data and the original parity-bit from the register; an arbitrator enabling the scanning circuit when an access status of the register is free, and thereby forwarding the register data and the original parity bit from the scanning circuit; at least one controlled parity-bit generator generating a controlled parity bit according to the register data from the arbitrator when the access status of the register is free; and at least one parity-bit checking circuit comparing the original parity bit from the arbitrator with the controlled parity bit when the access status is free, and thereby outputting a check result.
US11630587B2
A data backup method of a storage device which includes a storage controller, a buffer memory, and a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices, the method including: detecting a power-off event of an external power provided to the storage device; deactivating a host interface of the storage controller in response to the detection of the power-off event; moving data stored in the buffer memory to a static random access memory (SRAM) in the storage controller; blocking or deactivating a power of the buffer memory; setting an interleaving mode of the plurality of nonvolatile memory devices to a minimum power mode; and programming the data moved to the SRAM to at least one of the plurality of nonvolatile memory devices.
US11630582B2
A storage system and an access control method thereof are provided. The storage system receives a first I/O request from at least one hypervisor. The first I/O request is used for accessing a first disk file of disk files. The storage system then operates a first I/O operation of a first virtual disk of virtual disks according to the first I/O request since the disk files correspond to the virtual disks. The storage system reads a QoS data of the first disk file and determines a first delay period according to the QoS data. The storage system transmits a first I/O response to the at least one hypervisor after the first delay period.
US11630576B2
A method for processing a letter input in an electronic device is provided. The method includes, if at least one letter is input, determining at least one input behavior related to the input and if a predetermined delimiter is input, determining whether to disable a function of automatically recommending at least one word similar to an input word, based on the determined input behavior.
US11630569B2
Internet of Things (“IoT”) appliances are gaining consumer traction, from smart thermostats to smart speakers. These devices generally have limited user interfaces, most often small buttons and touchscreens, or rely on voice control. Further, these devices know little about their surroundings—unaware of objects, people and activities around them. Consequently, interactions with these “smart” devices can be cumbersome and limited. The present invention presents an approach that enriches IoT experiences with rich touch and object sensing, offering a complementary input channel and increased contextual awareness. The present invention incorporates a range sensing technology into the computing devices, providing an expansive ad hoc plane of sensing just above the surface with which a device is associated. Additionally, the present invention can recognize and track a wide array of objects, including finger touches and hand gestures. The present invention can also track people and estimate which way they are facing.
US11630564B2
The information processing device includes: an operation detecting unit that determines that a first touch operation has been detected, calculates the length of a virtual line segment connecting the plurality of touched positions detected or the rotation angle with respect to a reference direction for the virtual line segment, and determines whether or not there has been a change in the length or rotation angle of a virtual line segment when coordinate information has been inputted, the touch panel displaying a second screen, and determines that a second touch operation has been detected when it has been determined that there has been a change in the length or rotation angle of the virtual line segment; and an execution instruction issuing unit that issues an instruction to execute the process associated with the change in the length of the virtual line segment or the rotation direction of the virtual line segment.
US11630559B2
The present disclosure generally relates to managing weather information. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing weather information are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for displaying daily weather information are described.
US11630557B2
Example implementations relate to alerts for virtual meetings. In some examples, a computing device can include a processor, where the processor is to in response to a virtual meeting having been initiated, determine whether a graphical user interface of the virtual meeting is minimized in a desktop environment and whether communication has occurred in the virtual meeting, and in response to communication having occurred and the graphical user interface being minimized, cause an alert to be displayed on a display panel.
US11630549B2
Detection of typed and/or pasted text, caret tracking, and active element detection for a computing system are disclosed. The location on the screen associated with a computing system where the user has been typing or pasting text, potentially including hot keys or other keys that do not cause visible characters to appear, can be identified and the physical position on the screen where typing or pasting occurred can be provided based on the current resolution of where one or more characters appeared, where the cursor was blinking, or both. This can be done by identifying locations on the screen where changes occurred and performing text recognition and/or caret detection on these locations. The physical position of the typing or pasting activity allows determination of an active or focused element in an application displayed on the screen.
US11630536B2
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.
US11630534B2
A wiring structure includes a plurality of first connection lines disposed in a first wiring layer and extending respectively from first ones of the plurality of first electrical contacts to first ones of the plurality of second electrical contacts, the first connection lines not intersecting each other; and a plurality of second connection lines disposed in a second wiring layer and extending respectively from second ones of the plurality of first electrical contacts to second ones of the plurality of second electrical contacts, the second connection lines not intersecting each other. An orthographic projection of any one of the first connection lines onto a plane parallel to the first and second wiring layers does not intersect an orthographic projection of any one of the second connection lines onto the plane.
US11630529B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a base, a display unit containing pixels, a power supply circuit, a touch controller and a switching circuit disposed between the display unit, the power supply circuit and the touch controller. The pixels each includes a pixel circuit and a display element including a lower electrode connected to the pixel circuit, an upper electrode disposed to oppose the lower electrode and an organic layer including a light-emitting layer disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode. The upper electrode is connected to the switching circuit, and the switching circuit selectively switches between connecting the upper electrode to the power supply circuit and connecting the upper electrode to the touch controller.
US11630513B2
In one aspect of the present disclosure, method includes: receiving neural data responsive to a listener's auditory attention; receiving an acoustic signal responsive to a plurality of acoustic sources; for each of the plurality of acoustic sources: generating, from the received acoustic signal, audio data comprising one or more features of the acoustic source, forming combined data representative of the neural data and the audio data, and providing the combined data to a classification network configured to calculate a similarity score between the neural data and the acoustic source using one or more similarity metrics; and using the similarity scores calculated for each of the acoustic sources to identify, from the plurality of acoustic sources, an acoustic source associated with the listener's auditory attention.
US11630507B2
The invention provides a viewing system including an augmented reality system that generates a visual presentation to a user based at least in part on an IPD of the user, and an IPD compensator that adjusts the visual presentation based on an IPD compensation factor.
US11630504B2
The disclosure provides a handheld input device and an electronic system. The handheld input device includes a pen-shaped body, a flexible displacement sensor, and a processor. The flexible displacement sensor is disposed on the pen-shaped body, wherein the flexible displacement sensor deforms in response to a pressing force applied onto the flexible displacement sensor. The processor is coupled to the flexible pressure sensor and disposed in the pen-shaped body, wherein the processor is configured to perform: obtaining a specific displacement of the flexible displacement sensor; determining a stroke size of a representative object in a virtual environment based on the specific displacement of the flexible displacement sensor, wherein the representative object corresponds to the handheld device.
US11630492B2
A mother board with a central processing unit and two riser slots configured to cooperate with one riser card for connecting two expansion cards to the mother board. The first riser slot and the second riser slot may be connected by metal traces to the central processing unit, and the two riser slots may be spaced apart by a distance greater than 8 cm.
US11630488B2
A display module is disclosed. The display module includes a planar display area and a curved display area bending and extending from an edge of the planar display area. The display module includes a curved cover plate, a flexible display panel attached to the curved cover plate, and a backplate. The backplate includes a thinning part, and a thickness of the thinning part is gradually reduced from an edge area of the planar display area to the curved display area. The present disclosure can reduce forces undergone by the flexible display panel in the curved display area and prevent curved sides of the flexible display panel from having a cracking risk.
US11630483B2
A display apparatus includes a base, a stand, a head having a display and pivotable between a landscape mode and a portrait mode, a penetration groove, an inner bracket disposed inside the head and having a slit formed therein to face the penetration groove, a shaft including a first extension connected to the stand and extending to an inside of the head through the penetration groove and a second extension extending from an end of the first extension to pass through the slit, a long hole formed in the second extension and extending in a longitudinal direction of the second extension, a guide pin fixed to an inside of the head to pass through the long hole, a slider sliding along the second extension, and a spring disposed on an outer circumference of the second extension and configured to pressurize the slider to maintain contact between the slider and the inner bracket.
US11630479B2
An apparatus for adjusting skew of circuit signal and an adjusting method thereof are provided. The adjusting method includes: providing a controller for executing: based on each of a plurality of clock signals, dividing a circuit to generate a plurality of circuit partitions according to a netlist of the circuit; grouping the circuit partitions to respectively generate a plurality of circuit groups; identifying adjacent states of layout areas of the circuit groups; and, adjusting a skew value of each of the circuit groups according to the adjacent states.
US11630478B1
The present disclosure discloses a foldable pedal apparatus for a vehicle in which a pedal pad 210 protrudes to be exposed to the interior of a vehicle and pop up toward a driver in a manual driving mode in which the driver is actively involved in driving, in which the pedal pad 210 is inserted into a footrest panel 10 such that exposure toward the driver is blocked in a hide state in an autonomous driving mode, and which may generate a signal relating to a pedal function by operating the pedal pad 210 by pressure through the pressure-operated pedal assembly 200 in a pop-up state.
US11630477B2
A foldable pedal apparatus for a vehicle includes pedal assemblies including pedal arms and pedal pads that are rotated rearwards and are thus popped up to a driver so as to be operated by the driver in a manual driving mode in which the driver directly drives a vehicle. Also, the pedal assemblies including the pedal arms and the pedal pads may be rotated forwards and upwards, so as to be located close to a front surface of a footrest panel and thus enter a hidden state in which exposure of the pedal assemblies to the driver is interrupted so as not to be operated by the driver in an autonomous driving situation.
US11630474B2
A split calibration knob can include a lower knob with a lower-knob attachment interface and an upper knob with an upper-knob attachment interface configured to be engaged with the lower-knob attachment interface. One of the lower-knob attachment interface and the upper-knob attachment interface can include a tube with a first press-fit feature and a first positioning feature positioned on the tube. The other of the lower-knob attachment interface and the upper-knob attachment interface can include a hub having an outward facing surface, a second press-fit feature configured to be engaged with the first press-fit feature to secure the upper knob to the lower knob, and a second positioning feature configured to be engaged with the first positioning feature to fix an orientation of the upper knob relative to the lower knob, thereby linking rotation of the lower knob to the rotation of the upper knob.
US11630470B2
In one embodiment, a remote monitoring system for a fluid applicator system is disclosed. The fluid applicator system is disposed to heat and pump spray fluid, and to transmit reports including sensed temperatures, pressures, and other operational parameters of the fluid applicator system via a wireless network. The remote monitoring system comprises a data storage server, and an end user interface. The data storage server is configured to receive and archive the reports. The end user interface is configured to provide a graphical user interface based on the reports. The graphical user interface illustrates a status of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded temperatures of the fluid handling system, sensed and commanded pressures of the fluid handling system, and usage statistics of the fluid handling system.
US11630465B2
A method includes determining that an autonomous vehicle is in a zone associated with one or more zone rules; causing, in response to determining that the autonomous vehicle is in the zone, the autonomous vehicle to operate in a controlled mode of operation associated with the zone rules; determining that the autonomous vehicle has exited the zone; and releasing, in response to determining that the autonomous vehicle has exited the zone, the autonomous vehicle from the controlled mode of operation.
US11630464B2
A vehicle control system includes a controller that detects a communication loss between a first vehicle and a second vehicle and/or a monitoring device in a vehicle system. The controller operationally restricts movement of the vehicle system based on the communication loss. The controller obtains or generates a transitional plan that designates operational settings for the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle based at least in part on a location of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle. The controller selectively changes movement of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle via the transitional plan to reduce a speed of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle responsive to the communication loss being detected.
US11630463B2
Provided is a mobile robot that moves autonomously over a floor covered by a carpet, the mobile robot including an acceleration sensor that measures a translational acceleration of the mobile robot, an estimation unit that estimates an inclination of a pile of the carpet on a basis of the translational acceleration measured by the acceleration sensor while the mobile robot is accelerating or decelerating, and a movement control unit that controls a movement velocity and a movement direction of the mobile robot on a basis of the inclination of the pile estimated by the estimation unit.
US11630462B2
The present disclosure provides a moving robot including a body which forms an appearance, a traveler which moves the body, a boundary signal detector which detects a boundary signal generated in a boundary area of a traveling area, and a controller which controls a traveler so that the traveler performs pattern traveling a plurality of times in the traveling area, and controls the traveler so that a traveling angle during first pattern traveling and a traveling angle during second pattern traveling are different from each other. Accordingly, when the pattern traveling is performed a plurality of times, the pattern traveling is performed at angles different from each other based on a reference axis, and it is possible to minimize an area which cannot be mowed and improve efficiency.
US11630461B2
Systems and methods for utilizing interactive Gaussian processes for crowd navigation are provided. In one embodiment, a system for a crowd navigation of a host is provided. The system includes a processor, a statistical module, and a model module. The processor receives sensor data. The statistical module identifies a number of agents in a physical environment based on the sensor data. The statistical module further calculates a set of Gaussian processes. The set of Gaussian processes includes a Gaussian Process for each agent of the number of agents. The statistical module further determines an objective function based on an intent and a flexibility. The model module generates a model of the number of agents by applying the objective function to the set of Gaussian processes. The model includes a convex configuration of the number of agents in the physical environment.
US11630455B2
An autonomous vehicle system includes a body and a plurality of sensors coupled to the body and configured to generate a plurality of sensor measurements corresponding to the plurality of sensors. The system also includes a control unit configured to: receive inputs from a plurality of sources wherein the plurality sources comprise the plurality of sensors, the inputs comprise the plurality of sensor measurements; determine a confidence level of each input based on other inputs; prioritize, based on the confidence level associated with each input, the inputs; generate, based on the prioritization of the inputs and the confidence level, a combined input with a combined confidence level; and determine, based on the combined input and the combined confidence level, a mission task to be performed.
US11630443B2
Provided is a production system including: a first industrial machine; and a second industrial machine configured to periodically communicate to and from the first industrial machine. The second industrial machine is configured to transmit its data to the first industrial machine through use of each of a plurality of periodic regions included in one period.
US11630442B2
To effectively utilize work information acquired by maintenance of an instrument in a plant, an apparatus is provided, which includes an acquisition unit that acquires work information about at least one of a calibration or an adjustment performed on the instrument in a plant; an extraction unit that extracts a plurality of data elements to be included in output information having a predetermined output format from the work information; and a generation unit that generates the output information from the plurality of data elements.
US11630436B2
The present invention provides a measurement program selection assisting apparatus capable of visually confirming whether a selected measurement program is suitable for an object to be measured. One aspect of the present invention is a measurement program selection assisting apparatus comprising: a measurement program database storing a measurement program related to measurement of an object and superimposed display information corresponding to a three-dimensional shape of the object in association with each other; a display unit capable of displaying information defined in a virtual space superimposed on the real space; and a display control unit for acquiring the superimposed display information corresponding to a selected measurement program from the measurement program database and displaying the acquired superimposed display information in a mixed reality on the display unit.
US11630433B1
A geometric model fitting based calibration process determines offsets between the actual tool center point and theoretical tool center point of a numerically controlled machining system, thereby enabling the system to apply compensation to the offsets in order to align the actual and theoretical tool positions.
US11630413B2
An image forming apparatus includes a first body, an image forming portion, a first conveying passage provided inside of the first body and to convey toner discharged from the image forming portion, a second body detachably connected to the first body, and a second conveying passage to convey the toner received from the first conveying passage. The second conveying passage receives the toner from the first conveying passage in the first body. The second conveying passage is projected from the first body into the second body when the second body is connected to the first body, and is detachable from the first body while leaving the first conveying passage in the first body.
US11630412B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a charging roller, a development device, a transfer roller, a first electricity eliminator and a controller. The photosensitive drum is provided on a conveyance path along which a sheet is conveyed. The charging roller charges the photosensitive drum. The development device develops an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive drum charged by the charging roller. The transfer roller faces the photosensitive drum across the conveyance path and generates a transfer bias. The first electricity eliminator irradiates the photosensitive drum with light on a downstream side of the development device in a rotational direction of the photosensitive drum and on an upstream side of the transfer roller in the rotational direction. The controller which controls the first electricity eliminator so as to irradiate only a non-sheet passing area of the photosensitive drum with the light.
US11630406B2
A fixing device includes a heating roller, a pressing roller, a heating part, a heat insulating member and a bearing. The pressing roller holds a sheet with the heating roller. The heating part heats the heating roller. The heat insulating member is fitted on an end portion in an axial direction of the heating roller, has a heat-resistance to heat applied from the heating roller and has an inclined shape in which an outer diameter becomes small toward an inside in the axial direction of the heating roller. The bearing supports the heating roller through the heat insulating member.
US11630399B2
A lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a substrate table configured to support a substrate on a substrate supporting area and a heater and/or temperature sensor on a surface adjacent the substrate supporting area.
US11630393B2
An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation includes a droplet generator configured to generate target droplets. An excitation laser is configured to heat the target droplets using excitation pulses to convert the target droplets to plasma. An energy detector is configured to measure a variation in EUV energy generated when the target droplets are converted to plasma. A feedback controller is configured to adjust parameters of the droplet generator and/or the excitation laser based on the variation in EUV energy.
US11630385B2
Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask blanks, methods for their manufacture and production systems therefor are disclosed. The EUV mask blanks comprise a substrate; a multilayer stack of reflective layers on the substrate; a capping layer on the multilayer stack of reflecting layers; and an absorber layer on the capping layer, the absorber layer made from tantalum and ruthenium.
US11630383B2
A light source apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first light source section, a second light source section, a first polarization separator, a second polarization separator that reflects part of second light and transmits the other part of the second light, a first phase retarder which is disposed between the first polarization separator and the second polarization separator and on which the part of the second light reflected off the second polarization separator is incident, a wavelength conversion layer that converts the first light and the part of the second light into third light having a second wavelength band and outputs the third light toward the first polarization separator, and a first light focusing optical system disposed between the wavelength conversion layer and the first polarization separator. The wavelength conversion layer has a first surface via which the third light exits and a second surface that intersects with the first surface. The first light is focused by the first light focusing optical system and enters the wavelength conversion layer at least via the second surface thereof, and the second light enters the wavelength conversion layer via the first surface thereof.
US11630378B2
A laser projection apparatus includes a laser source, an optical engine and a projection lens. The optical engine includes a light pipe, a lens assembly, a reflector, a prism assembly and a digital micromirror device. An optical axis of the illumination beam transmitted by the light pipe and the lens assembly is a first optical axis. An optical axis of an illumination beam reflected by the reflector to the prism assembly is a second optical axis. The first optical axis is perpendicular to the second optical axis, and both the first optical axis and the second optical axis are parallel to the beam receiving face of the digital micromirror device.
US11630377B2
A lens assembly includes a lens having an inner surface and an outer surface. A lens barrel supports the lens and has outer and inner lens barrel ends separated by a longitudinal axis. The lens is arranged along the longitudinal axis to span the outer lens barrel end such that the inner surface of the lens is within the lens barrel and the outer surface of the lens is outside the lens barrel. A heater element is located within the lens barrel. The heater element has a heater element electrical lead extending radially and longitudinally therefrom to provide power to the heater element. A carrier ring extends circumferentially around at least a portion of an outside lens barrel surface adjacent the inner lens barrel end. The carrier ring includes at least one lead station radially aligned with the heater element electrical lead.
US11630376B2
An image capture device is described that includes a body; a mounting structure that is connected to the body; an integrated sensor-lens assembly (ISLA) that defines an optical axis and extends through the body and the mounting structure; and an accessory that is releasably connectable to the mounting structure via rotation through a range of motion less than approximately 90 degrees. The mounting structure and the accessory include corresponding angled bearing surfaces that are configured for engagement such that rotation of the accessory relative to the mounting structure creates a bearing effect that displaces the accessory along the optical axis to thereby reduce any axial force required during connection and disconnection of the accessory.
US11630355B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, and a printed circuit board electrically connected to the display panel and disposed at a back surface of the display panel. The printed circuit board includes an insulating layer, a first metal layer disposed at one surface of the insulating layer, pads including a first pad disposed on the first metal layer while being disposed inside a mounting area where an integrated circuit is mounted, and second pads disposed around the first pad, and a groove provided to extend from an inside of the mounting area to an outside of the mounting area.
US11630351B2
A liquid crystal panel according to one embodiment includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, a sealing member bonding the first substrate and the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate by the sealing member. The sealing member includes a ten-hour half-life temperature of 95° C. or lower and an acrylic resin. The liquid crystal layer includes a macromolecular compound.
US11630349B1
A backlight module and a display having the same are provided. The backlight module includes a front bezel, a back cover, and a light source. The back cover is disposed opposite to the front bezel. The back cover includes a body and one or more heat dissipation elements. The body has one or more openings corresponding to one or more heat sources. The one or more heat dissipation elements are disposed in the one or more openings, respectively. The light source is disposed between the front bezel and the back cover.
US11630345B2
Provided are a light guide film, a backlight unit, and a display device. Light guide portions are disposed in holes of a reflection plate on which light sources are disposed, and a light guide film is directly disposed on the reflection plate and the light guide portions to provide a light guiding function and a light shielding function. Therefore, a method of facilitating implementation of a backlight unit with a small thickness, which satisfies image quality is provided. Further, each of the light shielding patterns has different reflectances in different areas, thereby increasing the amount of light supplied to an area between light sources. Therefore, a backlight unit with a reduced number of light sources and improved image quality may be provided.
US11630342B2
An image display device which suppresses destruction of an image display panel due to static electricity carried by a phase difference film, and has excellent adhesiveness between the phase difference film and the image display panel even in a moisture-heat environment, and a circularly polarizing plate with a photosensitive adhesive. The image display device includes a circularly polarizing plate having a linear polarizer and a phase difference film, and an image display panel in this order from a viewing side, in which the phase difference film and the image display panel are bonded by a pressure-sensitive adhesive, the phase difference film has an optically anisotropic layer obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing at least one kind of polymerizable liquid crystal compound having a predetermined structure, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive contains a polymer having an acid value of 1 to 30 mgKOH/g and an antistatic agent.
US11630336B2
A privacy display comprises a polarised output spatial light modulator, reflective polariser, plural polar control retarders and a polariser. In a privacy mode of operation, on-axis light from the spatial light modulator is directed without loss, whereas off-axis light has reduced luminance. Further, display reflectivity is reduced for on-axis reflections of ambient light, while reflectivity is increased for off-axis light. The visibility of the display to off-axis snoopers is reduced by means of luminance reduction and increased frontal reflectivity to ambient light. In a public mode of operation, the liquid crystal retardance is adjusted so that off-axis luminance and reflectivity are unmodified.
US11630334B2
Examples described herein relate to an optical coupler. The optical coupler may include a first optical waveguide base layer, a second optical waveguide base layer, an insulating layer disposed over at least a portion of both the first optical waveguide base layer and the second optical waveguide base layer, and a semiconductor material layer disposed over the insulating layer. Overlapping portions of the first optical waveguide base layer, the insulating layer, and the semiconductor material layer form a first optical waveguide, and overlapping portions of the second optical waveguide base layer, the insulating layer, and the semiconductor material layer form a second optical waveguide. Moreover, the optical coupler may include a plurality of metal contacts to receive one or more first biasing voltages to operate one of the first optical waveguide base layer and the second optical waveguide base layer in an accumulation mode.
US11630326B2
Disclosed are lenses and methods for verifying a lens with an induced aperture. The lenses can have a geometry that, among other things, maintains a centered position about a wearer's eye to prevent more than a permissible amount of movement of the lens relative to the eye. Further disclosed is a method for verifying the power profiles used with the lens, and a lens that can have a single power profile for a wide range of presbyopia.
US11630321B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a camera module and a terminal device, and belongs to the field of optical image stabilization technologies. The camera module includes a lens optical device and an actuating part. The actuating part includes two movable blocks, fastening brackets located on two sides of each movable block, and a plurality of electrically controlled flexible members. The lens optical device is located between the two movable blocks, and is fastened on the two movable blocks. Each movable block is suspended on the fastening brackets by using elastic members. Each movable block and the fastening brackets on the two sides are connected by the electrically controlled flexible members. The present disclosure can improve an image stabilization effect of a terminal device in a photographing process.
US11630313B2
A display device includes: a display unit including a plurality of display panels which displays images of different colors, a lens unit on the display unit, an optical path controller on the lens unit, where the optical path controller generates a composite image by superimposing the images displayed by the plurality of display panels with each other, and an output unit through which the composite image is displayed. The optical path controller controls optical paths of light incident on a first surface of the optical path controller facing the lens unit and light incident on a second surface of the optical path controller, which is opposite to the first surface, and provides the composite image to the output unit.
US11630312B2
An augmented reality display system includes a first beam path for a foveal inset image on a holographic optical element, a second beam path for a peripheral display image on the holographic optical element, and pupil position tracking logic that generates control signals to set a position of the foveal inset as perceived through the holographic optical element, to determine the peripheral display image, and to control a moveable stage.
US11630295B2
The present invention relates to an illumination module for a microscope apparatus, comprising a plurality of monochromatic sources and a control device, wherein the control device is configured to control states of the plurality of the monochromatic sources, and the control device includes a selecting and switching module which realizes a switch among the plurality of monochromatic sources in response to an operation of the user. The design of the illumination module makes the microscope apparatus compact in structure, highly reliable, convenient in use, and extremely enhancing the work efficiency of the user. The present invention also relates to a method for controlling the illumination module, and a microscope apparatus comprising the illumination module.
US11630290B2
An optical system for displaying an image to a viewer includes a partial reflector, a reflective polarizer, and a first retarder layer. A light ray propagates along the optical axis and passes through the plurality of optical lenses, the partial reflector, the reflective polarizer, and the first retarder layer without being substantially refracted. For a cone of light incident on the optical system from an object comprising a spatial frequency of about 70, 60, 50, 40, or 30 line pairs per millimeter and filling the exit pupil with a chief ray of the cone of light passing through a center of the opening of the exit pupil of the optical system and making an angle of about 20 degrees with the optical axis, a modulation transfer function of the optical system is greater than about 0.2.
US11630282B2
An optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed portion, a movable portion, a driving assembly, and a circuit assembly. The movable portion is connected to the optical element and is movable relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly drives the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The circuit assembly is connected to the driving assembly. The driving assembly is electrically connected to an external circuit via the circuit assembly.
US11630281B2
A lens module includes a carrier having an internal space, a lens unit including lens groups and installed in the carrier so that at least two of the lens groups are independently movable in a length direction of the carrier, a guide unit including guide members arranged on both side surfaces of the lens groups to guide movement of the movable lens groups, and driving wires connected to each of the guide members and formed of a shape memory alloy, wherein each of the movable lens groups is connected to a pair of guide members disposed on both sides of the carrier.
US11630268B2
An optically traceable patch cord includes a cable extending from a first connector at a first end to a second connector at a second end. A trace assembly in the cable is located between the first end of the cable and the second end of the cable. An optical tracing fiber extends from the trace assembly to one of the first connector and the second connector.
US11630264B2
An optical element including a plurality of first circuits, the optical element includes a first cascade circuit in which one or more of first circuits are connected in cascade, a second cascade circuit in which one or more of first circuits are connected in cascade, and a combiner circuit configured to connect the first cascade circuit and the second cascade circuit. A first circuit included in the plurality of first circuits includes a first cascade structure in which N (N is an integer of 1 or larger) of 2-input and 2-output phase shifters and (N+1) of 2-input and 2-output couplers are alternately connected in cascade, and a first controller configured to control the N phase shifters in a direction in which optical input power decreases, the first controller being connected to one of two outputs of the first cascade structure.
US11630262B2
Provided is an optical isolator including a semiconductor substrate, an optical attenuator and an optical amplifier aligned with each other on the semiconductor substrate, an input optical waveguide connected to the optical attenuator, and an output optical waveguide connected to the optical amplifier, wherein a gain of the optical amplifier decreases based on an intensity of light incident on the optical amplifier increasing, wherein a first input light incident on the optical attenuator through the input optical waveguide is output as a first output light through the output optical waveguide, and a second input light incident on the optical amplifier through the output optical waveguide is output as a second output light through the input optical waveguide, and wherein when an intensity of the first input light and an intensity of the second input light are equal, an intensity of the first output light is greater than an intensity of the second output light.
US11630259B1
A light-emitting device includes a main body, a light guide plate, and a flexible circuit board. The main body includes a light exit wall and a side wall connected and bent relative to each other. The light exit wall and the side wall together form a groove. The light guide plate has a light exit region and a light mixing region. Microstructures are disposed on the light exit region. At least a part of the light exit region is engaged in the groove. The flexible circuit board has a light-emitting unit. The light-emitting unit is configured to emit light toward a side surface of the light mixing region. The light enters the light guide plate from the side surface of the light mixing region and is totally reflected in the light mixing region, and then is guided to the light exit wall through the microstructures.
US11630254B2
To provide a polarizing plate capable of excellently controlling reflectance characteristics, a polarizing plate manufacturing method, and an optical apparatus including the polarizing plate. Provided is a polarizing plate 10 with a wire grid structure, including: a transparent substrate 1 and a grid-shaped convex portion 6 arranged on the transparent substrate at a pitch shorter than a wavelength of light of a use band and extending in a predetermined direction, wherein the grid-shaped convex portion 6 includes a reflection layer 2, a first dielectric layer 3, and an absorption layer 4 in order from the transparent substrate 1, and wherein the reflection layer and the first dielectric layer have substantially the same width and a minimum width of the absorption layer is smaller than a minimum width of the reflection layer and the first dielectric layer as viewed from a predetermined direction.
US11630248B2
A laminate used under an environment irradiated with external light includes a light diffusion control film having an internal structure in the film. The internal structure includes a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index. The laminate further includes an ultraviolet absorbing layer located further on the external light incident side than the light diffusion control film. The light diffusion control film contains a hindered amine-based compound.
US11630247B2
A focus tunable optical system includes a lens assembly. The lens assembly includes: focus tunable lenses (FTLs) coaxially disposed along an optical axis, each FTL contributing to an optical power of the lens assembly; and a controller configured to control the optical power of the lens assembly by applying to each FTL a respective control signal, thereby generating a periodic optical response of the respective FTL. The optical response of each FTL is substantially different from the optical response of any other FTL of the plurality of FTLs.
US11630246B2
A diffusion lens includes a concave first lens surface, a convex second lens surface such that part of light incident on the first lens surface is output from the second lens surface, a side surface extending from a periphery of the second lens surface in a vertical direction of the diffusion lens such that part of the rest of the light incident on the first lens surface is output from the side surface, and a bottom surface extending from a periphery of the first lens surface in a horizontal direction of the diffusion lens to meet a periphery of the side surface. Rates of change of the first and second lens surfaces have the same sign. A pattern is formed on the side surface and the bottom surface to diffuse the light through the side surface and diffuse the light reflected by the bottom surface.
US11630243B2
Durable and scratch resistant articles including low-reflectance optical coating with gradient portion. In some embodiments, an article comprises: a substrate comprising a first major surface; and an optical coating disposed over the first major surface. The optical coating comprises: a second major surface; a thickness; and a first gradient portion. A refractive index of the optical coating varies along a thickness of the optical coating. The difference between the maximum refractive index of the first gradient portion and the minimum refractive index of the first gradient portion is 0.05 or greater. The absolute value of the slope of the refractive index of the first gradient portion is 0.1/nm or less everywhere along the thickness of the first gradient portion. The article exhibits a single side photopic average light reflectance of 3% or less, and a maximum hardness from 10 GPa to 30 GPa.
US11630228B1
The present invention discloses a physical embedded deep learning formation pressure prediction method, device, medium and equipment, the present invention characterizes seismic attenuation by logging impedance quality factor Q, based on the Q value and rock physics model of formation pressure, the physical mechanism of this kind of certainty replace Caianiello convolution neurons of the nonlinear activation function, using the convolution neurons, build deep learning convolution neural networks (CCNNs), can greatly increase the stress inversion precision and learning efficiency, get accurate formation pressure prediction results. Compared with the prior art, the present invention uses acoustic attenuation instead of the traditional acoustic velocity to characterize formation pressure, and solves the problem that the traditional pressure prediction method based on velocity has strong multiple solutions due to high gas content and complex structure.
US11630227B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for recognizing a mine microseismic event, and belong to the field of mine data processing. The method includes: converting historical microseismic data monitored by a mine microseismic monitoring system into a microseismic waveform image, and then, converting the microseismic waveform image into a four-neighborhood microseismic waveform graph structure; performing area defining on the microseismic waveform graph structure, and extracting a similar feature layer of any node in the microseismic waveform graph structure based on the defined area; and taking the microseismic waveform image as an input layer of an improved convolutional neural network model, and sequentially connecting the input layer with the similar feature layer as well as a convolutional layer, a pooling layer, a fully connected layer and an output layer which are pre-configured for the improved convolutional neural network model to form a recognition model for recognizing the mine microseismic event. By using the recognition model designed in the present disclosure, the similar feature layer can be extracted, so that the mine microseismic event is effectively recognized.
US11630225B2
A data seismic sensing system and method for obtaining seismic refraction data and tomography data. The system may comprise a subsurface sensor array, wherein the subsurface sensor array is a fiber optic cable disposed near a wellbore, a seismic source, wherein the seismic source is a truck-mounted seismic vibrator comprising a base plate, and a surface sensor array, wherein the surface sensor array is coupled to the seismic source. The method may comprise disposing a surface sensor array on a surface, disposing a subsurface sensor array into a wellbore, activating a seismic source, wherein the seismic source is configured to create a seismic wave, recording a reflected seismic wave with the surface sensor array and the subsurface sensor array, and creating a seismic refraction data and a seismic tomography data from the reflected seismic wave.
US11630224B2
A system is described for determining a likelihood of a type of fluid in a subterranean reservoir. The system may include a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that includes instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to perform various operations. The processor may receive pre-stack seismic data having seismically-acquired data elements for geometric locations in a subterranean reservoir. The processor may determine, using the pre-stack seismic data, input features for each geometric location and may execute a trained model on the input features for determining a likelihood of a type of fluid in the subterranean reservoir and for determining a list of features affecting the likelihood. The processor may subsequently output the likelihood and the list of features.
US11630220B2
A radiation imaging apparatus includes pixels arranged to form pixel rows and pixel columns. The pixels include first pixels and second pixels whose sensitivity to radiation is lower than the first pixels. The apparatus further includes a signal lines arranged to correspond to the pixel columns, a readout circuit configured to read out a signal from the pixels via the signal lines, and a processing unit configured to decide a correction value using signals read out from the second pixels and correct signals read out from the first pixels using the correction value. An internal structure of the readout circuit has a period. The second pixels are arranged such that there are two or more types of remainders of column numbers of pixel columns that include the second pixels divided by the period.
US11630216B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to determining an effective size, quantity, shape, and type of water particles in a cloud atmosphere based on differences in amplitudes of optical signals backscattered at different backscattering angles. Off-axis backscattering—backscattering at angles other than 180 degrees—is affected by the effective size, quantity, shape, and type of water droplets. Detected amplitudes of optical signals that are backscattered at different angles are used to indicate the effective size, quantity, shape, and type of water particles in the cloud atmosphere. In some embodiments, optical emitters and detectors are configured to measure amplitudes of optical signals backscattered at backscattering angles of both on-axis—180 degrees—and off-axis varieties.
US11630213B1
A pixel circuit of a time-of-flight sensor is disclosed, in the pixel cell in the Mth row and the Nth column, the photoelectric conversion element receives a modulated light wave to generate charges; the first charge storage and transfer circuit, the second charge storage and transfer circuit, the third charge storage and transfer circuit and the fourth charge storage and transfer circuit selectively modulates charges corresponding to four phases of the modulated light wave to generate four integrated charge signals according to four charge modulation signals, and outputs four integrated charge signals according to four control signals; the charge readout circuit outputs a third photoelectric signal and a second photoelectric signal according to the third integrated charge signal and the second integrated charge signal. Thus, the left and right pixel cells which are adjacent to each other share the charge readout circuit, the size of the pixel circuit is reduced.
US11630212B2
A photo-detecting apparatus is provided. The photo-detecting apparatus includes: a substrate made by a first material or a first material-composite; an absorption layer made by a second material or a second material-composite, the absorption layer being supported by the substrate and the absorption layer including: a first surface; a second surface arranged between the first surface and the substrate; and a channel region having a dopant profile with a peak dopant concentration equal to or more than 1×1015 cm−3, wherein a distance between the first surface and a location of the channel region having the peak dopant concentration is less than a distance between the second surface and the location of the channel region having the peak dopant concentration, and wherein the distance between the first surface and the location of the channel region having the peak dopant concentration is not less than 30 nm.
US11630208B2
A measurement system includes: a storage configured to store design information including at least a dimension and a designed position of each of building components at a construction site; a component identifier configured to identify at least one of the building components constructed at the construction site as an identified building component, based on the designed position stored in the storage; a scanner configured to measure a distance and/or angle from the identified building component identified by the component identifier; a point cloud data generator configured to generate three-dimensional point cloud data, based on a result of the distance and/or angle measured by the scanner; and an actually measured position calculator configured to calculate an actually measured position of the identified building component, based on the three-dimensional point cloud data.
US11630204B2
An acoustic transponder provides information related to the transponder when the transponder is receiving an acoustic interrogating signal. The transponder includes a power supply, an electronic circuit connected to the power supply, and one or more transducers receiving and emitting the acoustic signal. The electronic circuit includes a sequence generator. The transponder further includes an amplification and modulation unit, an extraction filter, and a suppression filter. The extraction filter is adapted to extract the received acoustic interrogating signal and suppress other signals prior to being input to the amplification and modulation unit which are configured to modulate the received acoustic signal according to a sequence generated by the sequence generator and to amplify the modulated signal. The suppression filter is adapted to suppress the received acoustic interrogating signal from the amplified and modulated signal. The amplified modulated signal is transferred through the one or more transducers of the transponder and/or through other transducer(s).
US11630194B2
A position determination system a determines whether a mobile terminal is present outside a vehicle compartment based on a reception strength of a radio signal transmitted from the mobile terminal through a vehicle interior antenna and a reception strength of a radio signal transmitted from the mobile terminal through a vehicle exterior antenna, and the vehicle exterior antenna is configured to be disposed in a predetermined region in a vicinity of a window of a vehicle in an outer surface portion of a vehicle.
US11630192B2
An ultrasound imaging system includes a thermally conductive frame and a number of electronic components and a display that are sealed within the frame. The frame further includes a plenum extending through the frame with surfaces that are thermally coupled to the electronic components and the display. An active cooling mechanism, such as one or more fans, moves air through the plenum to remove heat generated by the electronic components and display. The plenum is environmentally sealed so that moisture, dust, air or other contaminants drawn into the plenum do not contact the sealed electronic components and display in the frame.
US11630172B2
An NMR magnet system uses a Stirling cooler having a cold head that extends into a housing of the system to cool a cold shield surrounding a cryogen vessel. The system may have a damper located between the cooler and the cold shield to reduce a transmission of vibration from the cooler to a magnet coil immersed in the cryogen. The damper may be passive, or may be part of an active damping system that uses an acceleration sensor to drive an active damper that compensates for cooler vibration. A compensation apparatus may use a stored characteristic of a signal distortion caused by the vibration and, in response to a trigger signal from the cooler, apply compensation to an excitation signal provided to a sample by an NMR probe in a bore of the magnet coil, or to an FID signal from the sample that is detected by the probe.
US11630170B2
An Optically Pumped Magnetometer (OPM) system is configured to characterize a magnetic field. The OPM system comprises an OPM sensor that is coupled to an OPM cable that is coupled to an OPM connector that is detachably coupled to an OPM controller. The OPM connector stores OPM operational data. The OPM controller reads the OPM operational data when the OPM connector is coupled to an OPM controller. The OPM controller generates sensor control signals based on the OPM operational data and transfers the control signals to the OPM sensor. The OPM sensors characterize the magnetic field in response to the sensor control signals and transfer output signals that characterize the magnetic field to the OPM controller. The OPM controller models the magnetic field based on the output signals and transfers new OPM operational data to OPM connector. The OPM connector stores the new OPM operational data in the memory.
US11630151B2
The disclosure describes a process and apparatus for accessing devices on a substrate. The substrate may include only full pin JTAG devices (504), only reduced pin JTAG devices (506), or a mixture of both full pin and reduced pin JTAG devices. The access is accomplished using a single interface (502) between the substrate (408) and a JTAG controller (404). The access interface may be a wired interface or a wireless interface and may be used for JTAG based device testing, debugging, programming, or other type of JTAG based operation.
US11630137B2
A baseboard management controller (BMC) installed in a server or other hardware device may perform operations to monitor and safeguard metering data for one or more hardware component of a server that includes the BMC. The BMC may periodically transmit a metering data message over a network to an event destination, where the metering data message includes the utilization levels of the hardware component during a period of operation. In response to detecting a loss of communication with the event destination, the BMC may perform lossy compression of the monitored utilization levels for the hardware component, wherein the lossy compression produces a utilization value that is representative of the monitored utilization levels, but uses less data storage capacity. The utilization value may be transmitted to the event destination instead of the monitored utilization levels in response to determining that communication with the event destination has been reestablished.
US11630135B2
Systems and methods for non-intrusive program tracing of a device are disclosed. The methods involve generating a program trace signal from at least one of power consumption and electromagnetic emission of the device; digitizing and decomposing the program trace signal into at least two digital program trace component signals including a low frequency program trace component and one or more high frequency program trace component signals; classifying fragments of the at least two digital program trace component signals of the program trace signal as at least one of a known portion of program code and an observed behavior of the device. Each of the at least two digital program trace component signals have different frequency bands and the bandwidth of each program trace component signal is smaller than the bandwidth of the program trace signal. Each of the high frequency program trace component signals include an envelope.
US11630134B2
A rapid sensing value estimation circuit and a method thereof are provided. The circuit includes a first sensing unit, an integration sensing circuit and a rapid estimation circuit. The rapid estimation circuit includes a clock generator, a second counter, a first digital comparator, an arithmetic module and a remainder calculation module. The clock generator generates a clock signal with a first frequency. The second counter counts the clock signal within the integration time to generate a second count value. The first digital comparator determines whether the second count value exceeds a first predetermined count value when the first count value increases. The arithmetic module calculates an estimated count value result and a remainder, and the remainder calculation module can further calculate and estimate values of decimal places of this signal based on the remainder.
US11630126B2
The present invention is related to a clipped testing device, comprising a first clamping member, a second clamping member, a shaft, and a conducting member. The first clamping member has a first pin joint member and a first substrate, the second clamping member has a second pin joint member and a second substrate. The shaft detachably pivoted to a first pin joint member and a second pin joint member. The conducting member is disposed on the first clamping member and is located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The conducting member has an upper surface and a lower surface. The lower surface of the conducting member faces toward the first substrate, and at least a part of the conducting member is wavy-shaped and has a first scraping structure on the upper surface thereof.
US11630125B2
Adapter device, holding clamp, and method for positioning a conductor pair of a cable to be measured
The invention relates to an adapter device (10, 110, 210) for positioning at least one conductor (68), such as a conductor pair, for example, of a cable (70) to be measured, which adapter device comprises a receiving device (12) and a holding clamp (14) which can be attached to the receiving device (12). Attaching the holding clamp (14) to the receiving device (12) fixes the holding clamp (14) in position and alignment relative to the receiving device (12). The holding clamp (14) is designed to receive and clamp the at least one conductor (68) of the cable (70) to be measured in sections in order to fix said cable in the position and alignment thereof relative to the holding clamp (14), such that an end section of the at least one conductor (68) extends beyond the holding clamp (14).
US11630114B2
The present invention relates to a method for quantitative measurement of catechol estrogen bound protein in blood sample. By detecting adduction levels of binding sites of the catechol estrogen on the protein in blood sample, the catechol estrogen bound protein in the blood sample can be detected quantitatively and a limit of quantitation can be decreased.
US11630112B2
Systems and methods for automated sample preparation and processing of protein corona are described herein, as well as its application in the discovery of advanced diagnostic tools as well as therapeutic agents.
US11630108B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising magnetic particles, the methods of using these compositions in processing animal sperm, the resulting sperm and embryo products, and the methods of use of these compositions to increase the efficiency, efficacy and/or speed of cell processing and artificial insemination techniques.
US11630101B2
The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing anomalies in the coagulation of blood, comprising the following successive steps: a) placing a sample of total blood in a holder containing two pairs of electrodes connected to an apparatus generating an electrical current; b) incubating this sample for 60 to 180 seconds in the presence of calcium; c) adding to this sample tissue factor in a concentration high enough to trigger the coagulation of the blood; d) measuring the impedance variation between the electrodes as a function of time, for a period comprised between 10 and 30 minutes from step (c), and generating a curve of the impedance values as a function of time; e) comparing the value of the area under the curve generated in step (d) with the value of an area under a reference curve.
US11630095B2
A cabinet x-ray device for imaging seeds includes an x-ray source configured to transmit an x-ray beam along a beam path. A seed holder is configured to hold seeds and be selectively positioned in the x-ray device such that the beam path crosses the seed holder and the x-ray beam passes through at least some of the seeds. An x-ray detector is configured to detect the x-ray beam after passing through the seeds such that one or more x-ray images of the seeds can be formed. Self-supporting x-ray shielding can extend circumferentially around the x-ray beam to mitigate x-ray transmission outside the device. A drive mechanism can automatically move the seed holder so that discrete x-ray images of subsets of seeds are taken in an automatic seed imaging operation. Various seed evaluations and seed process evaluations can be made using the device.
US11630091B2
An on-line system that performs concentration and solvent exchange in order to improve a detection level of analytes by a liquid chromatograph (LC) is provided. The on-line system comprises: a first pump and a second pump for supplying a solvent; a liquid chromatograph (LC) including a separation column (SC) connected to the first pump; a trapping column (TC) for collecting the analytes separated from the separation column; a concentration column (CC) for concentrating the analytes collected in the trapping column (TC); a detector; and first to third switching valves that communicate fluid with at least one of the first or second pumps. An analysis method using the same is also provided.
US11630079B2
A method for diagnosing COVID-19 infection of a person. The method includes acquiring a sputum sample of the person, measuring a level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the sputum sample, and detecting a COVID-19 infection status of the person based on the measured level of ROS. Measuring the level of ROS in the sputum sample includes recording a cyclic voltammetry (CV) pattern from the sputum sample and measuring a current peak of the recorded CV pattern. Detecting the COVID-19 infection status of the person based on the measured level of ROS includes detecting the person is infected with COVID-19 if the measured current peak is in a first range of current peaks and detecting the person is not infected with COVID-19 if the measured current peak is in a second range of current peaks.
US11630075B2
A biosensor component is provided that provides enhanced characteristics for use in biosensors, such as blood glucose sensors. The biosensor component comprises a substrate, a conductive layer deposited on the substrate, and a resistive material layer deposited on the conductive layer. The conductive layer includes nickel, chromium, and iron, such that a combined weight percent of the nickel and chromium in the conductive layer is in the range of 25 to less than 95 weight percent, the weight percent of nickel in the conductive layer is at least 4 weight percent, the weight percent of chromium in the conductive layer is at least 10 weight percent, the weight percent of iron in the conductive layer at least 2 weight percent, and such that the conductive layer comprises 0 to 20 weight percent molybdenum.
US11630066B2
Optical device for optical fluorescence microscopy, comprising a spatial modulator (1), a microscope objective (2), a beamsplitter (3) and a camera (4), wherein the beamsplitter (3) is placed between the spatial modulator (1) and the microscope objective (2), wherein the beamsplitter (3) is placed between the camera (4) and the microscope objective (2), and wherein a prism (5) is placed between the beamsplitter (3) and the camera (4).
US11630053B2
An imaging flow cytometry apparatus and method which allows registering multiple locations across a cell, and/or across multiple flow channels, in parallel using radio-frequency-tagged emission (FIRE) coupled with a parallel optical detection scheme toward increasing analysis throughput. An optical source is modulated by multiple RF frequencies to produce an optical interrogation beam having a spatially distributed beat frequency. This beam is directed to one or more focused streams of cells whose responsive fluorescence, in different frequencies, is registered in parallel by an optical detector.
US11630051B2
A method for inverting aerosol components using a LiDAR ratio and a depolarization ratio, includes: S1. identifying sand dust, a spherical aerosol and a mixture of the sand dust and the spherical aerosol based on a depolarization ratio; S2. calculating a proportion of the sand dust in the mixture of the sand dust and the spherical aerosol; and S3. identifying soot and a water-soluble aerosol in the spherical aerosol based on a LiDAR ratio. In the present disclosure, only a wavelength with a polarization channel is needed, to identify the aerosol components, achieving high accuracy with low detection costs.
US11630049B1
A test piece holder for coalbed fracturing comprises a pressure chamber, first sliding rods, second sliding rods, third sliding rods, fourth sliding rods, fifth sliding rods, oil cylinders and a sealing ring, upper and lower ends of a test piece are both provided with an electrode needle and a gas-guide and liquid-guide conducting bolt, the gas-guide and liquid-guide conducting bolt has a hollow rod structure, an inside end of the gas-guide and liquid-guide conducting bolt located above is communicated with a water-gas channel and an outside end of the gas-guide and liquid-guide conducting bolt located above is a water-gas outlet, an inside end of the gas-guide and liquid-guide conducting bolt located below is communicated with the water-gas channel and an outside end of the gas-guide and liquid-guide conducting bolt located below is respectively provided with a gas inlet and a water inlet.
US11630044B2
An oscillator for density measurement of a liquid, including a counter mass and a container for the liquid. The oscillator is made of metal and the container has two identical resonator tubes, which are clamped into the counter mass in parallel to each other, and a connecting tube connecting the resonator tubes. The resonator tubes can be set into a resonance oscillation in which a common centre of gravity of the resonator tubes remains at rest during the resonance oscillation. The oscillator also includes a web located between the counter mass and the connecting tube, which web spaces the resonator tubes from each other in such a way that the lengths (L) of the resonator tubes enclosed between the counter mass and the web can be set into a diametrically opposite oscillation on the basis of which the density of the liquid located in the oscillator can be determined.
US11630042B2
A horizontal jet-mechanical combined rock breaking test device and method. The device includes a horizontal base. One end of the horizontal base is provided with a multi-mode cutter head. A jet-mechanical combined cutter is provided on the multi-mode cutter head. The other end of the horizontal base is provided with a surrounding rock stress simulation bin for loading a rock sample. The multi-mode cutter head is connected to a driving mechanism, and the multi-mode cutter head is configured to advance and rotate horizontally along the horizontal base under the action of the driving mechanism, so that the jet-mechanical combined cutter is capable of acting on the rock sample.
US11630041B2
The invention discloses a method for obtaining the geometrical and mechanical parameters of rock samples and a holographic scanning system thereof, wherein the system includes an observation mechanism, a multi-scale penetration mechanism, a grinding mechanism, a rock sample installation mechanism arranged on a three-axis precision motion platform, and an industrial computer controlling the operation mode of each mechanism of the platform Indentation/rotary penetration test, pulse echo signal acquisition, three-dimensional surface topography reconstruction, layer by layer grinding and repeated experiments are carried out. The geometric parameters and corresponding mechanical field parameters are obtained by spatial interpolation of the three-dimensional parameter lattice accumulated by several layers of single-layer rock parameters. The holographic scanning system and method can obtain the real spatial distribution of various media in rock samples. Combined with high performance numerical calculation method, it provides a more scientific method for the analysis of rock mechanical properties, failure and instability.
US11630038B2
A method and system are described for processing tissues according to particular processing protocols that are established based on time-of-flight measurements as a processing fluid is diffused into a tissue sample. In one embodiment, measurement of the time it takes about 70% ethanol to diffuse into a tissue sample is used to predict the time it will take to diffuse other processing fluids into the same or similar tissue samples. Advantageously, the disclosed method and system can reduce overall processing times and help ensure that only samples that require similar processing conditions are batched together.
US11630028B2
There is provided mechanisms for deciding whether a bearing is faulty or not. A method is performed by a controller. The method comprises obtaining, as a measurement signal, metal particles counting data, where the metal particles counting data indicates number of metal particles present in lubrication oil of the bearing per time unit. The method comprises differentiating the measurement signal, resulting in a differentiated measurement signal. The method comprises deciding, depending on how large share of a probability density estimate of the differentiated measurement signal is above a threshold value, whether the bearing is faulty or not.
US11630023B2
The invention relates to detection technology field and provides a tool-less tray that is detachably mounted on a casing inner wall. The tray has a plate body and a side wall; at least 3 shaped holes are disposed on the side wall; at least one screw pillar is fixed to the plate body and is configured to be firmly connected to an additional function board. The technical solution provided by the invention is tool-less, realizes fast installation and detachment of tray, realizes fast addition and removal of additional function board in limited space and is convenient to be used.
US11630020B2
A pressure sensor with calibration device includes a casing, a diaphragm, a sensing element, a medium, and at least one calibration element. The diaphragm is disposed on the casing, wherein the casing and the diaphragm define an accommodating space. The sensing element is disposed in the casing. The medium is filled in the accommodating space and in contact with the sensing element. The at least one calibration element is adjustably disposed at the casing and extended into the accommodating space to be in contact with the medium, wherein when the at least one calibration element is moved relative to the casing in a direction toward the accommodating space or in a direction away from the accommodating space, the at least one calibration element changes the pressure applied to the medium. The pressure sensor with calibration device adjusts the pressure value sensed by the sensing element via the calibration element.
US11630012B2
A pressure sensor includes a micromechanical sensor element including a pressure-sensitive diaphragm, which spans a cavity in a base material and includes a diaphragm electrode. A fixed counter electrode is situated inside the cavity and, with the diaphragm electrode, forms a first measuring capacitor for detecting a first measuring pressure. A reference capacitor is situated inside the cavity and includes a first and a second fixed reference electrode. The pressure sensor is operable in a first operating mode, in which the first measuring capacitor and the first reference capacitor are interconnected in a first bridge circuit. The pressure sensor is operable in a second operating mode, in which the diaphragm electrode, the counter electrode and the reference electrodes are interconnected in such a way that the diaphragm electrode, together with the at least one first reference electrode, forms a second measuring capacitor for detecting a second measuring pressure.
US11630008B2
A system and method for detecting dynamic strain of a housing. The system includes an optical fiber linearly affixed along a surface of a length of the housing and an interrogator comprising a laser source and a photodetector. The optical fiber comprises at least one pair of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) tuned to reflect substantially identical wavelengths with a segment of the optical fiber extending between the FBGs. The segment of the optical fiber is linearly affixed along the surface of the housing. The interrogator is configured to perform interferometry by shining laser light along the optical fiber and detecting light reflected by the FBGs. The interrogator outputs dynamic strain measurements based on interferometry performed on the reflected light.
US11630004B2
Low-cost techniques for sensing ambient temperatures in a container or package using phase change materials are provided. In one aspect, a temperature sensor is provided. The temperature sensor includes: at least one phase change material configured to transition from an amorphous state to a crystalline state upon exposure to temperatures above a predetermined threshold temperature for a given duration. A method of monitoring temperature exposure of a consumer good using the temperature sensor is also provided.
US11630003B2
A temperature control system, adapted to a central processing unit powered by a power supply module of an electronic device, is provided. The temperature control system includes a setting module, a first temperature detecting module, a second temperature detecting module, and a power adjusting module. The setting module is configured to set a target temperature of the CPU and a target temperature of the power supply module. The first temperature detecting module is configured to obtain a detected temperature of the CPU. The second temperature detecting module is electrically connected to the power supply module, to obtain a detected temperature of the power supply module. The power adjusting module is configured to adjust a control parameter of the CPU or the power supply module based on a first temperature difference between the target temperature of the CPU and the detected temperature of the CPU or a second temperature difference between the target temperature of the power supply module and the detected temperature of the power supply module.
US11629997B2
A dual-comb spectrometer comprising two lasers outputting respective frequency combs having a frequency offset between their intermode beat frequencies. One laser acts as a master and the other as a follower. Although the master laser is driven nominally with a DC drive signal, the current on its drive input line nevertheless oscillates with an AC component that follows the beating of the intermode comb lines lasing in the driven master laser. This effect is exploited by tapping off this AC component and mixing it with a reference frequency to provide the required frequency offset, the mixed signal then being supplied to the follower laser as the AC component of its drive signal. The respective frequency combs in the optical domain are thus phase-locked relative to each other in one degree of freedom, so that the electrical signals obtained by multi-heterodyning the two optical signals are frequency stabilized.
US11629994B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for detecting ambient light sensing value, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: collecting a light sensing value when a display screen is in an on state, to obtain a first light sensing value; collecting a light sensing value when the display screen is in an off state, to obtain a second light sensing value; calculating a difference between the first light sensing value and the second light sensing value, to obtain a light sensing value drop depth; acquiring a first calibration coefficient or a second calibration coefficient; calculating the ambient light sensing value based on the first light sensing value, the light sensing value drop depth and the first calibration coefficient; or calculating the ambient light sensing value based on the second light sensing value, the light sensing value drop depth and the second calibration coefficient.
US11629989B1
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing level sensing of a fluid in a dispenser canister. The sensor includes a housing having a fluid cavity configured to receive a fluid therein, with the housing having an open end and an opening in a wall opposite the open end. The sensor has a diaphragm coupled to and closing the open end of the housing and a sensing device having a sensing end. The sensing device is coupled to the housing with the sensing end extending into the opening of the wall of the housing, thereby not making direct contact with the fluid.
US11629979B2
A sensor includes at least one optical waveguide and an optical reflector optically coupled to the at least one optical waveguide. The optical reflector includes a first substrate portion configured to reflect a first portion of a light beam back to the at least one optical waveguide and a diaphragm configured to reflect a second portion of the light beam back to the at least one optical waveguide. The diaphragm is responsive to a perturbation by moving relative to the first substrate portion. The light beam is centered on a region between the first substrate portion and the diaphragm.
US11629972B2
The invention relates to a method for calculating an AR overlay of additional information for display on an AR display unit, in particular a head-up display of a vehicle or smart glasses. The AR overlay is used to display a navigation route on the AR display unit. The navigation route is recalculated from time to time by a navigation system. The method is characterized in that the AR overlay is calculated in such a way that the recalculated route is displayed at least at a certain first distance before a branch-off point, and the driver is given an operating option of switching back and forth between the overview of the recalculated route and the previously calculated route.
US11629971B2
An example approach for navigation is provided with an apparatus comprising: a navigation processor configured to generate at least one navigation command; and an audio processor configured to determine at least one directional audio parameter so as to provide a direction, the at least one directional audio parameter being based on the navigation command and further configured to process at least one audio signal based on the at least one directional audio parameter such that a virtual sound image of a navigation routing is generated based on the processed at least one audio signal.
US11629965B2
A method includes acquiring an image through a visual sensor during a movement of a mobile device. The method includes matching the image with key frames stored in a key frame database. The key frames are created based on two-dimensional coordinates of feature points included in a plurality of images previously acquired through the visual sensor. The method also includes computing a visual relative pose based on two-dimensional coordinates of matching feature points included in both of the image and the one or more key frames that have been matched with the image. The method also includes computing relevant information of the visual relative pose based on the two-dimensional coordinates of the matching feature points. The method further includes updating an absolute pose of the mobile device and a map based on the relevant information of the visual relative pose and relevant information of a dead reckoning based relative pose.
US11629963B2
A map matching method for autonomous driving includes extracting a first statistical map from 3D points contained in 3D map data; extracting a second statistical map from 3D points of surroundings which are obtained by a detection sensor simultaneously or after the previous extracting of the statistical map; dividing the second statistical map into a vertical-object part and a horizontal-object part; and performing map matching using the horizontal-object part and/or the vertical-object part and the first statistical map.
US11629952B2
Systems and methods for unwrapping a phase map are disclosed. Such systems and methods may include receiving a wrapped phase map associated with an interferometric measurement of a sample including patterned features; removing a tilt from the wrapped phase map; generating a background; detecting features in the wrapped phase, the features in the wrapped phase map corresponding to least some of the patterned features of the sample; replacing phases of the features with the background at corresponding locations in the wrapped phase map; unwrapping the modified wrapped phase map using a global phase-unwrapping; applying local phase-unwrapping to restore the phases of the features; and reapplying the tilt to generate an output unwrapped phase map.
US11629947B2
In an optical device, a base and a movable unit are constituted by a semiconductor substrate including a first semiconductor layer, an insulating layer, and a second semiconductor layer in this order from one side in a predetermined direction. The base is constituted by the first semiconductor layer, the insulating layer, and the second semiconductor layer. The movable unit includes an arrangement portion that is constituted by the second semiconductor layer. The optical function unit is disposed on a surface of the arrangement portion on the one side. The first semiconductor layer that constitutes the base is thicker than the second semiconductor layer that constitutes the base. A surface of the base on the one side is located more to the one side than the optical function unit.
US11629944B1
A damage matrix generating device proposed. The damage matrix may include a memory and a processor configured to control the memory. The processor may acquire warhead fragment data obtained by classifying mass and number of fragments scattering in given directions as a warhead is detonated, and target vulnerable area data obtained by classifying a vulnerable area according to an encounter relationship between a fragment and a target. The processor may also generate a virtual target based on an approach direction of the fragment to each of the grids, the grids dividing a ground plane. The processor may further generate a damage matrix by extracting encounter information of fragments to meet the virtual target as the fragments scatter in the given directions based on the warhead fragment data and calculating a damage probability for each ground location according to the encounter information based on the target vulnerable area data.
US11629932B2
A long-range optical device (1), in particular a telescopic sight, comprising a reticle (6), the position of which is adjustable, and an associated reticle adjustment device (7) for adjusting the position of the reticle (6), a magnetic device (16) comprising a plurality of magnetic elements (16a, 16b), a detection device (18) associated with the magnetic device (16), wherein the magnetic device (16) is mounted so as to be movable relative to the detection device (18) and/or the detection device (18) is mounted so as to be movable relative to the magnetic device (16), wherein the detection device (18) is configured to detect the relative movements between the magnetic device (16) and the detection device (18) and, based on detected relative movements between the magnetic device (16) and the detection device (18), to generate reticle position information describing the position of the reticle (6).
US11629931B2
This invention herein described is a firearm mountable, illumination and projection system for projecting, detecting and/or receiving electromagnetic radiation (waves) from across the electromagnetic spectrum by utilizing a variety of technologies such as LED's, Infrared Illuminators, Laser Emitters, and FLIR sensors (examples not limitations). This invention, herein described, is unique in that the embodiment(s) for Illumination and Projection are separate, unique, and isolated (distally) from the embodiment providing the necessary power (Current, Voltage, Electromotive Force) for the illumination and/or projection of electromagnetic radiation.
US11629930B2
Example implementations relating to a deep concealment holster assembly are disclosed herein. In one particular implementation, a holster specifically designed and/or structured for a waist belt concealment may be adapted for a deep concealment.
US11629929B2
A device for illuminating BBs emanating from an airsoft gun has a lighting element positioned proximate a breech area of the airsoft gun to illuminate the breech area. A switching device is coupled to the lighting element. A power source is coupled to the switching device and the lighting element.
US11629927B2
A recoil assembly for a rifle includes a barrel assembly, a bolt, bolt actuator, and a buffer assembly. The barrel assembly includes a barrel secured to a barrel extension. The barrel assembly is configured to be movably received through the fore end of a receiver and to move axially relative to the upper receiver when the rifle is fired. The barrel extension is coupled to a hydraulic buffer assembly located below the barrel extension and counteracts recoil forces acting on the barrel extension when the rifle is fired. An op-rod spring is coupled to an op rod extending from a gas piston assembly on the barrel. The op-rod spring counteracts recoil forces acting the bolt actuator when the rifle is fired.
US11629926B2
Trigger assembly for use in a weapon. Components of the trigger assembly include a spring, a hammer, a disconnector, a trigger and other components related to a trigger assembly.
US11629918B2
The invention relates to a heat exchanger for vaporizing a coolant fluid by heat exchange with a calorigenic fluid, said exchanger comprising several parallel plates defining a plurality of passages between them which are suitable for the coolant fluid or calorigenic fluid to flow, a first wave and a second wave extending between two successive plates so as to define a plurality of channels within the same passage, said first and second waves comprising two adjacent edges, at least one assembly member extending from one edge to the other so as to connect the waves to one another. According to the invention, the assembly member is forcibly engaged in at least one part of a channel of the first wave on one hand, and in at least one part of a channel of the second wave on the other hand.
US11629917B2
Methods and systems are provided for heat exchangers including a first outer plate, a second outer plate, and an intermediate plate. The intermediate plate is positioned between the outer plates. Fluid flow passages are formed between the intermediate plate and each of the outer plates.
US11629914B2
The present disclosure provides an energy-efficient process for preparing nitrogen and oxygen for a glass melting furnace. A device required by the process includes a filter, a turbine air compressor, an air pre-cooling unit, alternately used molecular sieve adsorbers, an electric heater, a main heat exchanger, a rectifying tower I, a main condenser-evaporator I, a rectifying tower II, a main condenser-evaporator II, a rectifying tower III, a main condenser-evaporator III, a supercooler, an expander I and an expander II. The three rectifying towers are used to prepare a low-pressure nitrogen product and an oxygen product with a certain pressure at the same time. The oxygen product with a certain pressure is used for oxygen-enriched combustion for the glass melting furnace, and the low-pressure nitrogen product is used as shielding gas of a tin bath.
US11629909B2
An artificial intelligent refrigerator is disclosed. The artificial intelligent refrigerator includes: one or more first temperature sensor that senses refrigerating compartment-internal temperature in a refrigerating compartment of the refrigerator; one or more second temperature sensor that senses freezing compartment-internal temperature in a freezing compartment of the refrigerator; and a refrigerator processor that calculates a load accumulation amount for food put in the refrigerator on the basis of the refrigerating compartment-internal temperature or the freezing compartment-internal temperature, and performs a load correspondence operation using the calculated load accumulation amount. According to the artificial intelligent refrigerator of the present disclosure, one or more of a user terminal, and a server of the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a drone ((Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV), a robot, an AR (Augmented Reality) device, a VR (Virtual Reality) device, a device associated with 5G services, etc.
US11629889B2
A geothermal heat utilization system (10) includes a pumping well (20), a water injection well (30), a pipe (13) having two ends which are immersed in water stored in the pumping well (20) and the water injection well (30) so as to connect the pumping well (20) and the water injection well (30) to each other, a pump (21) and a pump (31) which are respectively provided inside the pumping well (20) and the water injection well (30) and pump up stored water through the pipe (13), a valve (25) and a valve (35) which are respectively provided on a pressurization side of the pump (21) inside the pumping well (20) and a pressurization side of the pump (31) inside the water injection well (30), and a heat exchanger (14) which is configured to exchange heat with the pipe (13).
US11629883B2
A gas furnace is provided. The gas furnace includes a combustion part in which a fuel gas is burnt to generate a combustion gas, a heat exchanger having a gas flow path through which the combustion gas flows, a blower configured to blow air around the heat exchanger, and an inducer configured to discharge the combustion gas from the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes at least one single path in which a single gas flow path is formed a single-multiple return bend configured to communicate with the single path and convert a flow direction of the combustion gas, and at least one multiple path having a plurality of paths that communicate with the single-multiple return bend and form multiple gas flow paths.
US11629880B2
The present invention relates to a damper door (1) having an axis of rotation (3), a first face (5), and a second face opposite the first face (5), said first (5) and second faces of the damper door (1) defining a plane, said damper door (1) comprising: •a rotation shaft (9) projecting from each side of the plane defined by the first (5) and second faces of the damper door (1), and •at least one side wall (11) having a flat surface arranged radially with respect to the rotation shaft (9), characterised in that the rotation shaft (9) has, in the plane of the at least one side wall (11), a semi-elliptical shape (13) extending over the side wall (11) and comprising a large diameter (G1) coinciding with the axis of rotation (3) of the damper door (1) and a small radius (P1) parallel to the plane of the at least one side wall (11).
US11629878B2
An HVAC system for enhanced source-to-load matching without sacrificing airflow delivery in low load structures. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for an HVAC system for enhanced source-to-load matching in a low load environment, i.e. dwellings with a BTU/hour capacity of less than 18,000. Prior art HVAC equipment is oversized for dwellings with a BTU/hour capacity of less than 18,000 that are insulated to minimum code requirements. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for an HVAC system that separates the delivery of airflow (CFM) output from that of the BTU capacity output, thereby enabling a distributed delivery system for optimal source-to-load matching without sacrificing airflow delivery in low load environments. The source-to-load matching enabled by the present disclosure ensures optimal indoor air quality, enhanced comfort for occupants of the dwelling, and approximately a 60% reduction in heating and cooling costs when compared to prior art HVAC systems.
US11629876B2
An operating system includes an air conditioner and an infrared output device. The air conditioner includes an indoor unit. The infrared output device is configured to receive first information on an instruction to a first-type apparatus other than the air conditioner and operable by an infrared signal and transmit an infrared signal corresponding to the first information to the first-type apparatus. The air conditioner further includes a management device configured to manage the first-type apparatus. The management device includes a command information receiving unit configured to receive second information on a command content, and a determination unit configured to determine whether there is a deviation between a behavior of the first-type apparatus and the command content, based on the behavior of the first-type apparatus and the second information.
US11629866B2
A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a cooling circuit, a reheat circuit, a recovery circuit, and a control system. The cooling circuit includes a condenser, a compressor, an evaporator, and a three-way valve, and the HVAC system is configured to circulate refrigerant through the cooling circuit in a cooling operating mode. The reheat circuit includes a reheat heat exchanger, the compressor, the evaporator, and the three-way valve, and the HVAC system is configured to circulate refrigerant through the reheat circuit in a reheat operating mode. The recovery circuit extends between the condenser and the compressor and includes a recovery valve. The control system is configured to send a first signal to the three-way valve to switch the HVAC system between the cooling operating mode and the reheat operating mode and a second signal to the recovery valve to recover refrigerant from the cooling circuit at a subsequent time based on the first signal.
US11629863B2
A district energy distributing system comprising a geothermal power plant comprising a first and a second circuit. The first circuit comprises a feed conduit for an incoming flow of geothermally heated water from a geothermal heat source; a boiler comprising a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat from the incoming flow of geothermally heated water to superheat a working medium of a second circuit of the geothermal power plant; and a return conduit for a return flow of cooled water from the boiler to the geothermal heat source. The second circuit comprises the boiler configured to superheat the working medium of the second circuit; an expander configured to allow the superheated working medium to expand and to transform the expansion to mechanical work; and a condenser configured to transform the expanded working medium to liquid phase and to heat a heat transfer fluid of a district thermal energy circuit.
US11629856B2
An apparatus for managing combustion optimization is provided. The apparatus for managing combustion optimization includes a data collector configured to collect real-time data that is measured in real time from a boiler system including a boiler and a combustion controller configured to control combustion of the boiler, a management configured to determine whether to perform combustion optimization of the boiler based on the real-time data, and an executor configured to generate a control command and transmit the control command to the combustion controller to perform the combustion optimization of the boiler in response to determining that the combustion optimization of the boiler is possible.
US11629855B2
A steam generator system configured to burn hydrogen and oxygen at stoichiometry along with a increased-pressure water and steam. Said steam generator system comprise a hydrogen source, an oxygen source, a nitrogen source, a water source, a steam source, a hydrogen-oxygen handling unit, a cooling unit, a one or more H2-O2 steam generators and a control unit. Said steam generator system is configured to provide said hydrogen source to said hydrogen-oxygen handling unit through an oxygen passage, said oxygen source to said hydrogen-oxygen handling unit through a hydrogen passage, and said nitrogen source to selectively purge said oxygen passage and said hydrogen passage. Said water source provide water to said cooling unit. Said cooling unit is configured to receive said water source and said steam source.
US11629841B1
A system and method are disclosed for a lamp that includes a unit having a slit. The slit receives various inserts that allow the lamp to adapt in appearance for changing the décor of a room and/or provide information to a user in proximity to the lamp.
US11629838B2
A lamp device suppresses attenuation and reflection of a radar wave attributable to a light guide body, does not change an electromagnetic wave radiation pattern, and does not impair a radar function. The lamp device includes: a light guide body covering a part of an electromagnetic wave radiation surface of a radar device; and a light source, wherein, when the thickness of the light guide body is denoted by TG, and the wavelength of a radiated electromagnetic wave from the radar device in the light guide body is denoted by λd, TG is set such that TG<λd/2 is satisfied when the reflection loss of the light guide body with respect to the radiated electromagnetic wave is below a transmission loss, and a reflection loss is −10 dB or less when the reflection loss is equal to or more than a transmission loss.
US11629836B2
A headlamp control system includes: a headlamp that emits light toward a forward direction of a vehicle; a tilt detection part; and a control part. The headlamp includes: high beam emitting parts that respectively illuminate plural high beam areas arrayed in a left-right direction; and a low beam emitting part that illuminates a low beam area located at a lower position than the plural high beam areas. The control part, in a state where the low beam emitting part is on, when the tilt detection part detects that the vehicle has tilted such that one of left and right sides of the vehicle is lowered than the other one of the left and right sides, controls the high beam emitting parts so as to illuminate at least one of the plural high beam areas, the at least one being on the one of the left and right sides.
US11629835B2
A system for automatically calibrating sensors of a vehicle includes an electronic control unit, a projector communicatively coupled to the electronic control unit, a first sensor communicatively coupled to the electronic control unit, and a second sensor communicatively coupled to the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to project, with the projector, a calibration pattern onto a surface, capture, with the first sensor, a first portion of the calibration pattern, capture, with the second sensor, a second portion of the calibration pattern, and calibrate the first sensor and the second sensor based on at least one feature sensed within the first portion of the calibration pattern and the second portion of the calibration pattern.
US11629834B2
A projection module (10) for a motor vehicle headlamp, comprising a first light source (110) and a second light source (120), a beam stop (200), which is horizontally arranged, and which comprises an optically relevant stop edge (210) for creating an asymmetric light-dark boundary, wherein the first light source (110) is arranged on a top side of the beam stop (200) and, in combination with the stop edge (210), contributes to the creation of a low beam distribution, and wherein the second light source (120) is arranged on a bottom side of the beam stop (200) and contributes to the creation of a high beam distribution, and a projection lens (300), wherein the projection module (10) comprises an auxiliary stop (400), which is vertically arranged below the beam stop (200), and which has a vertically extending first optically relevant stop edge (410), which is configured to partially shade light from the second light source (120), so that a partial high beam distribution can be created, and wherein the auxiliary stop (400) has a fastening section (430), wherein, in the vertical extension in the direction of the beam stop (200), the first stop edge (410) has an end (411), which end (411) has a distance from the beam stop (200), and wherein the auxiliary stop (400) has a second optically relevant stop edge (420), which, starting at the end (411) of the first stop edge (410), extends all the way to the fastening section (430), wherein, in a projection onto the beam stop (200), the second stop edge (420) defines a gap, which gap, in combination with the second light source (120), is configured to create a segment (500) in the partial high beam distribution.
US11629833B1
A vehicle lamp includes a lamp housing, a carrier board, LEDs, and an optical unit. The lamp housing includes an accommodating space and an opening connecting the accommodating space. The carrier board is disposed in the accommodating space, and a front surface of the carrier board facing the opening. The LEDs are disposed on the front surface of the carrier board. The optical unit includes a light guide plate, light guide members and beam pattern adjusting structures. The light guide plate includes an upper surface and a lower surface, and the light guide plate covers the opening with the lower surface facing the carrier board. The light guide member protrudes on the lower surface, and each light guide member extends towards one LED. The beam pattern adjusting structures protrude on the upper surface, and each beam pattern adjusting structure is arranged to correspond at least one light guide member.
US11629831B2
A vehicle lamp, a vehicle, and a vehicle lamp illumination module. The vehicle lamp illumination module comprises light sources, a low-beam primary optical element, a high-beam primary optical element, and a secondary optical element. The low-beam primary optical element can guide light to be sequentially emitted via the low-beam primary optical element and the secondary optical element to form a low-beam shape. The high-beam primary optical element comprises multiple collimation units, wherein the surfaces of light emitting ends of the collimation units are connected together or integrally formed to form a high-beam light emitting surface. Light incident ends of the collimation units have one-to-one correspondence to the light sources, so that the light can be sequentially emitted via the high-beam primary optical element and the secondary optical element to form a lightless shape. The module has accurate light shape control, is precise in assembly, and high in light energy utilization.
US11629830B2
A projection lamp with a dual projection function, including a base. The base is provided with a first light-emitting element and a first projection film. Emitted light of the first light-emitting element can pass through the first projection film to be projected outward. The base is provided with a slide projection unit, which includes a light-emitting assembly and a second projection film. Emitted light of the light-emitting assembly can pass through the second projection film to be projected outward. The emitted light of the first light-emitting element passes through the first projection film to be projected outward to form a projection pattern corresponding to the first projection film, and at the same time, the emitted light of the light-emitting assembly passes through the second projection film to form the projection of the slide.
US11629824B2
An LED lighting device or LED lamp comprising one or more LED packages; and a switch control unit is provided. The switch control unit is configured to operate the one or more LED packages. The switch control unit is in communication with a sensor located in a space, the LED lighting device or LED lamp also being located in the space. The switch control unit is configured to (i) receive a sensor signal from the sensor, (ii) process the sensor signal, (iii) determine an adjustment to the operating light qualities of the LED lighting device or LED lamp based on the processing of the sensor signal and one or more goal light qualities corresponding to the space, and (iv) adjust the operation of the one or more LED packages in accordance with the adjustment.
US11629821B1
A gas dosing apparatus is provided that includes an inlet configured to receive gas, and a directional control valve connected to the inlet and having a first position and a second position. The gas dosing apparatus also includes a fixed volume reservoir connected to the directional control valve and receiving gas from the inlet, via the directional control valve, while the directional control valve is in the first position. The gas dosing apparatus further includes an outlet connected to the directional control valve and outputting a gas dose received from the fixed volume reservoir, via the directional control valve, while the directional control valve is in the second position.
US11629818B2
A safety system for a machine having a danger zone includes an induction coil having one or more turns extending along the periphery of a part of a worker's body as, for example, extending alone the fingers of a glove worn by the worker. A drive circuit applies a time-varying current having an identifiable characteristic such as the frequency of an alternating current. A magnetic field having the characteristic of the time-varying current is induced in an omnidirectional magnetic field sensor mounted adjacent the danger zone. The magnitude of this field is monitored. When the magnitude exceeds a threshold, a warning signal is issued and protective action may be taken, such as stopping or reversing the machine.
US11629814B2
An angle-adjustable supporting mechanism that includes a knob-type locking mechanism and a rotatable holder is provided. The knob-type locking mechanism has a base, a knob, and a latch member. The base has a receiving space and a supporting portion. The knob is rotatably received in the receiving space. The latch member is movably received in the supporting portion in a linear direction. The latch member has a bolt, a first stressed part, and a second stressed part. The bolt is disposed at one side of the first stressed part. The first stressed part is disposed between the bolt and the second stressed part. When the knob is rotated in different directions, the bolt of the latch member is drove to lock or release.
US11629810B2
A tilting device includes: an upper movable plate arranged on a side on which an object T to be tilted is arranged; an intermediate movable plate connected to the upper movable plate in a rotatable manner via an upper rotation shaft; a first actuator; a first lower movable plate connected to the intermediate movable plate in a rotatable manner via a first lower rotation shaft; a second actuator; and a first connecting member that is connected to the upper movable plate in a rotatable manner via a first connecting rotation shaft at an end portion on a side of a first direction, and that is connected to the first lower movable plate in a rotatable manner via a second connecting rotation shaft at an end portion on a side of a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US11629802B2
A cutting ring fitting for a thin-walled pipe, includes: a connecting body having a tapered cone; a cutting ring; a union nut which can be screwed onto the connecting body; and a reinforcing sleeve for insertion into the pipe, the reinforcing sleeve having an axial slot. A pipe includes such a cutting ring fitting, and a method mounts such a cutting ring fitting on a thin-walled pipe.
US11629798B2
Example aspects of a pipe clamp assembly can comprise a pipe clamp comprising a first clamp segment and a second clamp segment, the first clamp segment defining an inner surface, a first end, and a second end, the second clamp segment defining an inner surface, a first end, and a second end; a projection extending from the inner surface of the first clamp segment, the projection defining a linear top edge configured to engage a pipe, the linear top edge oriented distal to the inner surface of the first clamp segment; and a support flange coupled to the pipe clamp proximate to the first end of the first clamp segment and the first end of the second clamp segment, the support flange configured to support the pipe clamp assembly on a support surface.
US11629795B2
A pump assembly is disclosed. The pump assembly including a pump having an outer casing having a first end, an opposing second end, and a cavity therein and a multi-function valve connected to the first end of the pump. The pump further including a discharge tube positioned in the cavity and exiting the first end of the outer casing; a check valve positioned in the cavity and operably connected to the discharge tube by a coupling; and a multi-float control assembly positioned in the cavity, the multi float control assembly including a bottom float check valve operably connected to the discharge tube by the coupling and an upper float check valve connected to a vent exiting the first end of the outer casing.
US11629793B2
The invention relates to a valve (1) for mounting to a surface (2) and for use in a flow path, which flows through said surface (2), for permitting flow in said flow path in a first direction and for preventing flow in said flow path in a second direction being opposite to the first direction. The valve (1) comprises: one or more ports (21) defined by a plurality of lips (22), wherein each lip (22) is resiliently deformable from a first position, in which the lips (22) are in contact with one another in order to close the respective port (21), to a second position, in which the respective port (21) is opened in order to permit flow in the first direction, and one or more contacting structures (30) arranged to mechanically contact the surface (2), when the valve is mounted to the surface (2), such that the one or more contacting structures (30) bias the lips (22) into the first position.
US11629789B1
A valve assembly is adjustable in three independent ways allowing it to provide a variable input volume. The valve assembly has a base and an entrance plate. An outer guide, an inner guide and a shaft, each with a passage, are held together and the shaft is rotatable between the guides. The valve is open when the passages of the inner guide plate and shaft are aligned and closed when the passages are not aligned. The shaft RPM determines how many times per minute the valve opens. The open/closed ratio of the valve assembly determines how long the valve is open during each half revolution. The location of the shaft up or down in relationship to the inner guide determines what percentage of possible flow passes through the valve during each half revolution. The valve assembly can be used with either a gas or liquid medium.
US11629788B2
An adjustable cage assembly for a flow control device can include a first cage body and a second cage body. The first cage body can be rotationally fixed relative to the second cage body at a plurality of alignments to provide a flow opening of variable size for adjustable control of fluid flow areas through the adjustable cage assembly.
US11629786B2
A fuel system having a fuel tank, a filler pipe for adding liquid fuel, a carbon canister for collecting fuel vapors from the fuel tank during a refueling operation, a stepper motor and a stepper driven valve for controlling fluid communication between the fuel tank and the canister, where the valve is configured to be positionable in a closed position, an open position creating a passageway with a first size, and one or more intermediate positions each creating a passageway with a size which is smaller than the first size and having a moving element, movable relative to a valve opening between a closed position and an opened position, the moving element having: a sealing means for making a leak tight seal and, a deflecting means for controlling the fluid flow, where the deflecting means protrudes inside the valve opening and is adapted to be located upstream relative to sealing means.
US11629784B2
A sealing ring includes: a first axial leg; and a sealing leg with a sealing lip. When viewed in cross section, the sealing ring is in a shape of a seven. The sealing leg is connected to a first end face of the first axial leg by a first joint. The sealing leg has, on a side facing axially toward the first end face, a dirt lip with at least one sealing edge and a radially internal first boundary surface and a radially external second boundary surface.
US11629783B2
A seal ring is an annular seal ring which is configured to be interposed between first and second members, and seals a gap between the first and second members. The second member is inserted into the first member, and reciprocates in its axial direction with respect to the first member. The seal ring includes an annular base part, an annular innermost end part, and a widening protrusion part. The annular base part has a radially exterior end to contact the first member. The annular innermost end part is integrally formed with a radially interior end of the base part to contact the second member. The widening protrusion part is integrally formed with the innermost end part, and protrudes with respect to the base part in the axial direction of the second member.
US11629776B2
A device for holding onto a rope to form a loop that can be tighten about two objects. The device including a base portion having at least one hole for securing one end of the rope. A clamping portion slidably engages a plurality of posts enabling the clamping portion to slide between a clamp position and release position for securing a portion of the rope therebetween. A clamp/release mechanism provides a means to clamp and release the clamping portion onto from the posts. The clamp/release mechanism includes a plurality of levers to selectively engage a respective post to clamp the clamping portion onto the posts when in a clamp position and disengage the at least one post to release the clamping portion from the posts when in a release position.
US11629775B2
A parameter setting method includes a parameter value changing step of, when the magnitude of a deviation that is a difference between a command position and an actual position of a movable portion is greater than or equal to a prescribed value during operation of an active damper, selecting an unselected set of candidate values from among a plurality of sets of candidate values and changing the values of respective types of parameters of the active damper to the selected set of candidate values, and when the magnitude of the deviation is less than the prescribed value, not changing the values of the respective types of the parameters. After the parameter value changing step is finished, the parameter value changing step is repeated until the magnitude of the deviation becomes less than the prescribed value.
US11629771B2
A damper valve with an adjustable effective stiffness of a shim. The damper valve includes a piston. The piston has a fluid path formed therethrough. A shim is disposed proximate the fluid path formed through the piston. A stiffness adjustment feature is coupled to the shim, and the shim is disposed between the piston and the stiffness adjustment feature. The stiffness adjustment feature is configured to adjust the effective stiffness of the shim without affecting a preload applied to the shim.
US11629768B2
The reverse input cutoff clutch includes: a pressed member having a pressed surface around the inner peripheral surface; an input member coaxially arranged with the pressed surface and having an input-side engaging portion arranged on the radially inner side of the pressed surface; an output member coaxially arranged with the pressed surface and having an output-side engaging portion arranged further on the radially inner side than the input-side engaging portion; and an engaging element arranged so as to be movable in a first direction as a direction toward or away from the pressed surface on the radially inner side of the pressed surface. The engaging element has a main engaging element body having a pressing surface and a pivot-support shaft, and a link member. The link member has a first end portion pivotally linked to the pivot-support shaft, and a second end portion pivotally linked to the input-side engaging portion.
US11629767B2
A system, and associated method, for reducing oxidation of a friction disk may include a braking assembly comprising the friction disk and a coolant loop coupled to the braking assembly, with the coolant loop being configured to circulate liquid coolant from the braking assembly. That is, the coolant loop may be configured to reduce the temperature of the braking assembly, thus reducing the rate/extent of oxidation of the friction disks and potentially enabling the concentration of oxygen around the braking assembly to be reduced.
US11629756B2
The method provides for the manufacturing a sensor bearing unit including a bearing having a first ring and a second ring capable of rotating concentrically relative to one another, and an impulse ring provided with a target holder secured to the first ring and with a magnetic target mounted on the target holder. The method further includes securing the target holder to the first ring and magnetizing the magnetic material of the magnetic target after the step of securing the target holder to the first ring.
US11629754B2
A rotation induction device for a vehicle includes an upper case member, a lower case member, a center plate, and a lubricant storage part. The upper case member has a piston rod disposed therethrough. The lower case member, disposed under the upper case member, has the piston rod disposed therethrough. The center plate, disposed between the upper and lower case members such that the piston rod passes through the center plate, is configured to induce either one or both of the upper and lower case members to rotate. The lubricant storage part is formed in the center plate and configured to store lubricant therein. Each of the upper case member, the lower case member, and the center plate is composed of a synthetic resin material.
US11629748B2
Wall anchors and positioning aids disclosed herein grant a user the ability to temporary hang or otherwise mount heavyweight objects, while also allowing for adjustment of at least one of the location and orientation of the assembly via the direct manipulation of the object.
US11629741B2
In order to provide a connecting device for connecting two components, which is simple to manufacture and enables a stable and reliable connection of the two components, it is proposed that the connecting device comprises a main body which comprises a receiving channel extending through the main body for accommodating a fixing element, wherein the receiving channel is preferably accessible at one end by way of an insertion opening of the main body and/or preferably at a (further) end by way of a fixing opening of the main body, wherein the main body preferably further comprises an actuating opening that is different from the insertion opening and/or the fixing opening, by way of which in particular the fixing element arranged in the receiving channel is preferably accessible for the actuation thereof.
US11629739B2
A fastener structure includes a fastener having a stem portion and at least one movement portion. The stem portion has a fastening section. The movement portion is formed on the stem portion and has a retaining section. With these arrangements, the retaining section of the movement portion can be detachably assembled to a first object and the fastening section can be then detachably assembled or fastened to a second object. In this way, at least two objects can be connected to and disconnected from one another in a quick and repeatable manner.
US11629735B2
A milling machine may have a frame, a milling drum attached to the frame, and ground engaging tracks that support the frame and propel the milling machine in a forward or rearward direction. The milling machine may have a tank that stores hydraulic fluid. The milling machine may also have at least one actuator connecting the frame to the tracks. The actuator may adjust a height of the frame relative to a ground surface. A fluid conduit may connect the tank to the actuator. The milling machine may have a flow sensor in the fluid conduit. The flow sensor may determine a flow parameter associated with a flow of the hydraulic fluid into or out of the actuator. The milling machine may also have a controller that determines a height of the frame relative to the ground surface based on the flow parameter.
US11629734B2
A turbine section of a turbomachine includes a housing that houses and supports the rotating group for rotation about an axis. The housing defines a circumferential inlet passage that extends about the axis. The housing defines a turbine wheel upstream area that is disposed downstream of the circumferential inlet passage and upstream of the turbine wheel. The housing defines an outlet that is downstream of the turbine wheel. Furthermore, the turbine section includes a first flow path that extends from the circumferential inlet passage, through the turbine wheel upstream area, across the turbine wheel, to the outlet. Moreover, the turbine section includes a recirculation flow path that extends from the circumferential inlet passage, through the turbine wheel upstream area, and back to the circumferential inlet passage.
US11629732B1
A fan with an easy-to-assemble clamping device includes a fan main body, a supporting framework, and a clamping device. The clamping device includes a first clamp body rotatably connected to the supporting framework; a second clamp body rotatably connected to the first clamp body, a torsional spring and a main body. One side of the second clamp body facing to the first clamp body is provided with a limiting slot. The torsional spring is plugged between the first clamp body and the second clamp body. A first free end of the torsional spring is abutted against a pressing end of the first clamp body, and a second free end of the torsional spring is abutted against a pressing end of the second clamp body. The main body of the torsional spring is abutted against a side wall of the limiting slot.
US11629731B2
A thermo-electric cooler pump system includes a liquid pump comprising a chiller/heater component and a case component. The case component seals a liquid so that the liquid does not enter the thermo-electric cooler pump system except by an inlet port and escape the thermo-electric cooler pump system except by an exit port. The system includes a motor component situated outside of the case component and not wetted by the liquid. A shaft of the motor component enters the case through a sealed hole. An impeller component is contained within the case component and attached to the shaft such that motion of motor component is transferred to the impeller component causing liquid to enter the inlet port and flow toward the exit port.
US11629726B2
A centrifugal or diagonal impeller has impeller blades (4) that are curved in the circumferential direction about an axis of rotation and are formed from a single-layer sheet metal. Each blade (4) has a suction side (11) and a pressure side (12) as well as a blade leading edge (5) and a blade trailing edge (6). At least the blade leading edge (5) of the impeller blades (4) adjacent to their suction side (11) have a geometric edge modification in the form of a rounding (7) over a predetermined partial length of a blade thickness (SD) of the impeller blades (4).
US11629716B2
A compressor provided with a compressor element with a driven shaft, a motor with a drive shaft to drive the compressor element, and a transmission between the drive shaft and the driven shaft. The transmission includes a housing and at least a driven gearwheel that is mounted on the driven shaft and a drive gearwheel that is mounted on a drive shaft. The housing includes two separated chambers, a first chamber that is connected to the driven shaft and a second chamber which is separate from the first chamber. The first chamber is connected via a channel with the second chamber, whereby around the drive gearwheel or driven gearwheel, the second chamber is formed. The form of the second chamber is such that when the gearwheel in question rotates, a gas flow is created around this gearwheel which causes a negative pressure in the channel by the venturi effect.
US11629712B2
The present disclosure describes a rotary pulsation generator having a simple structure capable of transferring fluid while implementing low noise and low vibration and having high flow of fluid and high pressure suction and discharge functions. According to the present disclosure, fluid is transferred by adjusting a width and interval of pulsation while reducing vibration caused by eccentric rotation of a rotor.
US11629711B2
Provided is a rotor structure of a screw compressor and an inverter screw compressor with the same. The rotor structure includes: a female rotor including a female rotor body, wherein the female rotor body includes a plurality of female teeth, and a tooth profile is formed between tooth crests of two adjacent female teeth of the female rotor body, and the tooth profile is formed by sequentially connecting an arc segment a1b an envelope bc, an arc segment cd, an arc segment de, an arc segment ea2, an arc segment a2a3 from front to rear along a counterclockwise direction, wherein centers of the arc segment cd and the arc segment de are respectively located on both sides of the tooth profile.
US11629691B2
A vertical axis turbine includes a rotatable hub assembly that is configured to be connected to an energy sink and rotatable about an axis of rotation. At least two blades are mounted on the hub assembly, each blade including a leading edge and a trailing edge, the blades being oriented so that the respective leading edges face in a common rotational direction. Each blade further includes a straight section that is substantially parallel to the axis of rotation and two helical sections, the straight section being interposed between the helical sections, and the helical sections extending at least partially around the axis of rotation.
US11629689B2
The polyurethane material is prepared from a polyol, butanediol, and an isocyanate. The protective cover is adapted to be attached along at least a part of a longitudinal edge of the wind turbine blade by adhesion of an inside of the protective cover to a surface of the longitudinal edge of the wind turbine blade. The protective cover is elongated in a longitudinal direction and has an at least substantially U-formed cross-section. The protective cover includes a central cover section extending in the longitudinal direction and two peripheral cover sections extending in the longitudinal direction at either side of the central cover section, respectively. The central cover section has a minimum thickness of at least 1 millimetre, and each peripheral cover section has a thickness decreasing from a maximum thickness of at least 1 millimetre to a minimum thickness of less than ½ millimetre.
US11629686B2
A system for generating power is disclosed. The system comprises a first storage reservoir for a first liquid fluid and a second storage reservoir for a second higher density fluid located at a lower elevation. Power is generated using a pump, a generator, and fluid displacement.
US11629685B2
An electromagnetic turbine system includes a circulation system for recirculating fluid that drives turbine impellers for electromagnetic turbine modules. The circulation system includes a fluid separator module which separates gas from liquid and circulates the liquid back to a pressure chamber. The liquid in the pressure chamber is propel by compressed gas. Multiple pressure chambers may be controlled to release pressurized fluid to drive their respective shafts on a staggered timing sequence. The turbine modules may be levitated from a supporting surface to reduce friction.
US11629682B2
A vehicle controlling apparatus includes an engine processor, an electric motor, an electric power storage, an SOC detector, an internal resistance detector, and a resistance threshold setting unit. The engine processor is configured to stop an engine of a vehicle on the basis of a stop condition, and start the engine on the basis of a start condition. The engine processor is configured to prohibit a stop of the engine based on the stop condition based on determining that an internal resistance of the electric power storage detected by the internal resistance detector is equal to or greater than a resistance threshold set by the resistance threshold setting unit on the basis of a state of charge of the electric power storage, and permit the stop of the engine based on determining that the internal resistance is less than the resistance threshold.
US11629675B2
A cooling system for a motor vehicle may include a first circuit, a second circuit, a first heat exchanger incorporated in the first circuit, and a second heat exchanger incorporated in the second circuit. The first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger may be flowed through by ambient air and a coolant. The first heat exchanger may be arranged, relative to an airflow direction, in front of and directly adjacent to the second heat exchanger. The first circuit and the second circuit may be fluidically connected to one another at an upstream distribution point and at a downstream collection point such that a part mass flow of the coolant is flowable from the second circuit into the first circuit at the distribution point, from the first circuit into the first heat exchanger, and out of the first heat exchanger back into the second circuit at the collection point.
US11629661B1
A combustion system including a combustion mechanism that injects oxygenated fuel into a combustion chamber. The oxygenated fuel mixes with the intake air in the combustion chamber where the air-fuel ratio in a portion of the combustion chamber is stoichiometric. The combustion mechanism includes an ignition mechanism that ignites the air-fuel mixture that generates a threshold number of particulates during combustion of the air-fuel mixture. The combustion system further includes an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device that recirculates a portion of the exhaust gases back into the combustion chamber. The EGR device recirculates the portion of the exhaust to lower combustion temperature resulting in reduced amount of nitrogen oxide in the exhaust. The combustion system further includes a three-way catalytic converter in line with the exhaust channel to convert a second portion of the exhaust gases, leading to lower pollutant emissions than conventional combustion systems.
US11629656B2
A method for detecting a cylinder-specific combustion profile parameter value for an internal combustion engine is described. The method includes the following: (a) detecting a toothed encoder signal, (b) determining a cylinder-specific tooth time interval on the basis of the toothed encoder signal, (c) determining a cylinder-specific phase value on the basis of a Fourier transformation of a part of the toothed encoder signal corresponding to the cylinder-specific tooth time interval, (d) determining the combustion profile parameter value on the basis of the cylinder-specific phase value and a stored transfer function which represents a relationship between the combustion profile parameter and the phase value.
US11629654B2
An engine includes at least one cylinder, a first intake valve and a second intake valve associated with the cylinder, to control a flow of intake air from a first intake duct and a second intake duct, respectively. The two intake ducts communicate with a common intake manifold, so as to receive air at the same pressure. During the intake stage, in each cylinder operating cycle, initially an opening and closing movement of only the first intake valve is activated, while the second intake valve remains closed and, subsequently, an opening and closing movement of only said second intake valve is activated, while the first intake valve remains closed. In this way, the two air flows at the same pressure entering the cylinder give rise to a high turbulent kinetic energy, to the advantage of combustion efficiency and reduction of harmful exhaust emissions.
US11629651B2
A gas turbine engine including: a turbomachine coupled to a propeller of the gas turbine engine, the turbomachine being in fluid communication with an external environment through an air inlet; and an electric motor coupled to the propeller, wherein the air inlet is in fluid communication with a bypass duct having a selectively variable geometry.
US11629633B2
An intake system of an engine mounted on a vehicle where a cabin is air-conditioned by an air conditioner, is provided. A heat exchanger of an evaporator of the air conditioner is divided into a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger that are mutually independent, and an air passage includes a first division passage and a second division passage. The intake system cools intake air utilizing a part of the air conditioner, and includes a connecting passage that guides first air cooled by passing through the first heat exchanger, a passage switch, and a controller. When the controller determines that a cooling demand for the intake air exists, it controls the first air to flow into an intake passage through the connecting passage, and when the controller determines that there is no cooling demand, it controls the first air to flow into the first division passage.
US11629632B2
An engine cooling system is provided, which includes a water jacket through which coolant flows, a heat exchanger that cools the coolant, a first bypass passage that bypasses the heat exchanger and recirculates the coolant to the water jacket, a radiator passage that recirculates the coolant to the water jacket via the heat exchanger, and a flow control device that is installed at a location where a coolant passage branches into the first bypass passage and the radiator passage and performs a water flow control to adjust a coolant amount flowing into the water jacket by adjusting a coolant amount flowing through the first bypass passage. A thermally-actuated valve connected with the radiator passage via a second bypass passage is provided to the first bypass passage, and when this valve opens, the coolant flowing through the first bypass passage flows into the radiator passage through the second bypass passage.
US11629612B2
A system for feeding operating gas to a drive (1) of a motor vehicle, including an atmosphere-side suction inlet (2a) for air under atmospheric pressure, and a feed line (2) for the operating gas to the drive (1) under an operating pressure, the operating gas which is conducted to the drive comprising at least part of the air which is sucked in, at least part of the operating gas being conducted through a turbomachine (3) upstream of the drive (1) in a first operating type, the turbomachine (3) comprising an electric generator (4), and the turbomachine (3) being operated in a second operating type as a compressor for the operating gas, an actuable valve arrangement (5) being provided, at least part of the air which is sucked in being conducted in a turbine direction (T) through the turbomachine (3) in a first position of the valve arrangement (5), and at least part of the air which is sucked in being conducted in a reversed compressor direction (V) through the turbomachine (3) in a second position of the valve arrangement (5).
US11629611B2
A discharge grille of an intermediate casing of a turbomachine includes a peripheral edge and a seal mounted on the peripheral edge via an attachment system, the seal ensuring the sealing between a first turbomachine member and a second member of the turbomachine, and surrounding the discharge grille of the intermediate casing, the seal having a U-shaped cross section and includes a base plate configured to bear against the first member, a sealing lip configured to bear against the second member through deformation of the sealing lip to ensure air tightness and fire proofing through contact.
US11629604B2
A structure for assembling turbine blade seals, a gas turbine including the same, and a method of assembling turbine blade seals are provided. The structure for assembling turbine blade seals includes a turbine blade including an airfoil, a platform, and a root, a turbine rotor disk to which the root of the turbine blade is mounted, a seal plate mounted between the platform and one side of the turbine rotor disk to seal a cooling channel defined within the root and the platform, an insertion pin inserted through the turbine rotor disk and the seal plate to fix the seal plate to the turbine rotor disk, and a retainer configured to fix the insertion pin and to prevent the insertion pin from falling out.
US11629589B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a ferromagnetic object detection device and a method for detecting a tubing coupling. The ferromagnetic object detection device includes a support tube, a magnetic field generating device and a magnetic detection device. The support tube includes a space penetrating in a first direction; the magnetic field generating device is located on an outer sidewall of the support tube and configured to generate a magnetic field; the magnetic field detection device includes a first magnetic field detection element, a second magnetic field detection element and a third magnetic field detection element.
US11629588B2
A depth positioning method to position a production logging tool (1) and a measurement log in a hydrocarbon well (3) in production obtained by means of the tool, the depth positioning method comprises: generating (S1, S2, S3, S1′, S2′, S3′, S11, S12, S13) a set of magnetic measurements (MAG1, MAG) of a depth portion of the hydrocarbon well from a first passive magnetic sensor along the depth portion of the hydrocarbon well, the set of magnetic measurements comprising magnitude and/or direction measurements of the magnetic field that forms a characteristic magnetic field pattern representative of a surrounding magnetic environment of the hydrocarbon well all along the depth portion; comparing (S4, S4′, S14) the set of magnetic measurements (MAG1, MAG) to another set of magnetic measurements (MAG_R, MAG2), the other set of magnetic measurements being a reference set of magnetic measurements generated either by a same or similar passive magnetic sensor deployed and run in the hydrocarbon well earlier, or by a second passive magnetic sensor spaced from the first passive magnetic sensor from a defined distance (DS) deployed and run in the hydrocarbon well simultaneously; and determining (S4, S4′, S14) the maximum of correlation between the set of magnetic measurements (MAG1, MAG) and the reference set of magnetic measurements (MAG_R, MAG2), the maximum being related to identifiable characteristic magnetic field pattern over a part of the depth portion.
US11629586B2
A method of separating fluid phases in a well or riser. The method comprises: locating an inlet device of a flexible tubing at a substantially horizontal portion of the well or riser, wherein a portion of the flexible tubing extends into the well or riser and the flexible tubing terminates at the inlet device; biasing the inlet device against a wall of the well or riser; and extracting a stratified fluid phase from the well or riser through the inlet device and flexible tubing, wherein a shape of the inlet device is configured to match a shape of the wall.
US11629584B2
Embodiments of systems and methods disclosed provide a hydraulic fracturing unit that includes a reciprocating plunger pump configured to pump a fracturing fluid and a powertrain configured to power the reciprocating plunger pump. The powertrain includes a prime mover and a drivetrain, the prime mover including a gas turbine engine. The hydraulic fracturing unit also includes auxiliary equipment configured to support operation of the hydraulic fracturing unit including the reciprocating plunger pump and the powertrain. A power system is configured to power the auxiliary equipment. The power system includes a power source and a power network. The power source is configured to generate power for the auxiliary equipment. The power network is coupled to the power source and the auxiliary equipment, and configured to deliver the power generated by the power source to the auxiliary equipment. Associated systems including a plurality of hydraulic fracturing units are also provided.
US11629581B2
A system, composition and method for controlling vertical growth direction (up and down) of one or more fractures and/or rate of growth of one or more fractures by varying the specific gravity of one or more slurries or fluids being pumped into a well during a tracking operation.
US11629578B2
A method for shutting off a wet interval of a wellbore includes producing hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon bearing subterranean formation through a production string installed in the wellbore, identifying the wet interval of the wellbore, perforating the production string in the wet interval using an explosive-free punch tool to produce a plurality of openings in the production string, isolating the production string in the wet interval, treating the wet interval with a sealing composition injected through the plurality of openings into an annulus of the wellbore in the wet interval, and restoring a fluid flow path through the production string in the wet interval. The restored fluid flow path through the wet interval enables continued production of hydrocarbons from downhole intervals, while the sealing composition cured in the annulus provides a barrier to prevent fluid flow from the wet interval into the production string.
US11629577B2
Systems and methods of greenhouse gas removal and subsea sequestration are described herein. Disclosed systems and methods include a direct air capture device capturing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, a transport apparatus fluidly connected to the at least one direct air capture device, an underwater disposal well fluidly connected to the transport apparatus, and an underwater work apparatus operatively connected to the underwater disposal well. The transport apparatus transfers the greenhouse gases to the underwater disposal well, and the underwater disposal well injects the greenhouse gases into an underwater geologic formation. The greenhouse gases may be solidified as mineral deposits and permanently stored in the underwater geologic formation. Disclosed systems may include a loading system configured to be periodically connected to the transport apparatus. The loading system has a plurality of rotatable joint modules connected by independently actuatable joints.
US11629567B2
A frac dart includes a body having an outer surface and an end including at least one opening. A cutter support is mounted at the end adjacent the at least one opening. A cutter is moveably mounted at the cutter support. A counter support is slideably mounted on the outer surface, and a counter is arranged between the counter support and the cutter support. The cutter is operable to sever a portion of the counter.
US11629562B1
A system can provide for determining characteristics loss in a wellbore. The system can include a processor and a non-transitory memory with instructions that are executable by the processor for causing the processor to execute operations. The operations can include receiving, from sensors in a wellbore, data corresponding to loss indicators. The operations can include determining a loss probability for each loss indicator. The operations can include determining a total loss probability of fluid loss in the wellbore based on the loss probabilities. The operations can include outputting the total loss probability to be used in a drilling operation in the wellbore.
US11629555B2
A cam system for use with a rotary steerable system, the cam system includes a housing, a cam positioned at least partially within the housing, and a solid cam shaft engaged with the cam and positioned at least partially within the housing, wherein the cam is operable to adjust an azimuthal orientation of the solid cam shaft.
US11629553B2
A gate made from light weight tubular material with creates a framework upon which slats are attached. Slats are capable of being attached on the front of the gate or being passed through slots in the tubular material. The framework is capable of being reinforced with the use of additional tubular material or braces in the corners, as well as additional horizontal, vertical, or diagonal supports.
US11629548B2
A pet door apparatus (10) discloses a pet door frame (12), an opening (34), and closure flap (36) which is rotatable for at least partly closing the opening or extending away from the opening. A magnet (102) and magnetically attractable element are respectively on one or the other of the flap and frame, and an actuator can move the magnet or magnetically attractable element to change the distance, and magnetic attraction force, between them. A blocking member (176) attached to a side part (28) of the frame is movable under gravitational force and due to engaging cam surfaces (196, 198), from an extended, raised position for partially closing a gap (160) between the flap and frame, to a retracted, lowered position, and back to the raised, extended position by magnetic attraction between a magnet (164) on the flap and another magnet (190) on the frame.
US11629546B2
Movement system for a closure structure with folding movement, comprising a transmission hinge which connects a first panel to a second panel of the closure structure. The transmission hinge has a first wing fixed to the first panel, a movement lever hinged to the first wing around a first axis, and a second wing which is hinged to the movement lever around a second axis and is fixed to the second panel. The movement system comprises a transmission mechanism which, following the rotation of the first panel, drives the movement lever to rotate around the first axis. The transmission hinge comprises a gear connecting the first wing to the second wing so that, following the rotation of the movement lever, the second wing is actuated by such gear to rotate around the second axis in order to make the second panel rotate with respect to the first panel.
US11629543B2
A buffer with a self-adjustable stopper including a buffer head, a base having a guide profile, and a central body having a groove cooperating with the profile, the central body being mounted on the base by a translation movement, in a first direction (X) in a plane of movement, the central body at least partially receiving the buffer head. The buffer head includes a locking member inserted into the central body in a second direction (Y) and blocks in a third direction (Z) the buffer head in the central body and blocking in the first direction the central body on the base. The locking element and the buffer head include, respectively, at least one thrust ramp and at least one housing adapted to receive said at least one ramp adapted to, when the locking member is translationally actuated, produce a camming effect and to allow raising of the buffer head.
US11629541B2
A versatile door system for a vehicle having a frame with an opening. The door system includes a door assembly including a hingeable door and a slidable door. The hingeable door is hingeably coupled to the frame proximate the opening. The slidable door is slidably coupled to the hingeable door. A rail system includes a segmented upper rail having a first portion coupled to the frame and a second portion formed on an exterior side of the hingeable door. The slidable door includes a slider bearing configured to sequentially engage the first and second portions of the segmented upper rail along a path of travel of the slidable door. In a closed configuration, the hingeable door and the slidable door are securably disposed within the opening. The hingeable door and the slidable door are configured to collectively provide access to selectable portions of the opening.
US11629537B2
A hinge locking device for a door includes a mounting plate defining an upper plate end and a lower plate end, a plate slot extending into the mounting plate at the lower plate end, the plate slot configured to receive a hinge plate of a door hinge assembly therethrough; a reinforcement gusset affixed to the mounting plate and defining a gusset recess aligned with the plate slot; and a barrel channel defined between the gusset recess and the mounting plate, the plate slot allowing lateral access to the barrel channel, the barrel channel configured to receive a hinge barrel of the door hinge assembly.
US11629533B2
The invention is a sliding latch with a bolt sliding in and out of a primary housing from a closed condition to an open condition on a sled that also slides in the housing. A spring biases the bolt to extend out of the housing to the closed condition. The bolt can be moved to an open condition by an electric motor mounted on the sled that rotates a threaded member to move a nut in a cavity in the bolt that pulls the bolt against the spring bias. The bolt can also be moved to an open condition by a force directly on the bolt against the spring bias. The bolt can also be moved to an open condition by a force pulling on the sled to move the sled and nut so the nut pulls the bolt against the spring bias to an open condition.
US11629524B2
A collar assembly for retrofitting a barrier to one or more bollards comprises a barrier and at least one collar adapted to fit around each of bollard. Each collar comprises two or more openings. Each opening is configured to receive a barrier mounting device or a securing element. Each collar has at least one securing element configured to affix the collar to the one or more bollards. Each collar has at least one barrier mounting device configured to attach the barrier to the one or more bollards. The barrier is mounted to each barrier mounting device.
US11629518B2
A tuned liquid damper, including a first outer housing having two ends, the first end being open to the atmosphere and the second end being connected by a conduit to a gas-filled second outer housing. The conduit may be adapted to allow gas flow between the second end and the second outer housing. The tuned liquid damper may also include first and second membranes, each attached to the inside of the first outer housing, and a sealed compartment within the first outer housing defined by the first and second membranes. The sealed compartment may be at least partially filled with a liquid, which prevents gas flow through the first outer housing from the first end to the second end.
US11629517B2
A sliding seismic isolation device includes a structure fixation plate having a first sliding surface and a metallic slider having a second sliding surface contacting the first sliding surface. A friction member composed of a single-layer fabric is attached to the first sliding surface, the second sliding surface, or both of the first sliding surface and the second sliding surface. One of a warp and a weft is formed of multiple plied yarns into which high-strength fibers and PTFE fibers are twisted together and the other of the warp and the weft is formed of multiple high-strength fibers in the single-layer fabric. The single-layer fabric has a twill weave and is woven such that the plied yarns of the one forming the single-layer fabric are exposed at a surface opposite from the attachment side of the friction member more than the high-strength fibers of the other forming the single-layer fabric.
US11629516B2
The invention relates to a swimming pool cleaning system comprising a cleaning apparatus to be immersed in the pool, the system further comprising at least one moving image acquisition means secured to a float via a flexible tie.
US11629513B2
A method of treating PVC plates as well as plates and panels manufactured by this method. The plates and panels, in particular wall, ceiling or floor panels, comprise a heat-treated carrier plate based on polyvinyl chloride with a density of, for example, 900 to 2,500 kg/m3 and a film applied thereon. The film is a thin PVC-film and comprises a decorative pattern directly printed thereon.
US11629504B2
A support assembly supports external veneer such as face-brick. A bracket mounts to a load bearing wall support structure. A shelf angle includes a horizontal leg that defines a surface upon which to mount the veneer. The mounting bracket may be a channel having a seat that includes an outwardly protruding toe, an accommodation for the shelf angle, and an overhanging finger. The back of the shelf angle may have apertures to admit the toes of the mounting bracket. The seat includes an oversized slot having a relief angle to permit the shelf angle web to be rotated angularly during assembly. The mounting bracket has an overhanging arm for engaging the part of a cross-wise running beam, such as an I-beam upper flange. The mounting bracket has an abutment for contacting a lower part of the beam, such as a lower flange of an I-beam. There is a fitting to secure the bracket to the beam.
US11629501B1
A system for securing modular building units to each other and a method for assembling structures using said method is disclosed. The disclosed system allows for modules to be connected to each other from an external position, without a person having to enter the modules to fasten components internally. The system and method may be used to build structures using prefabricated modules, avoiding significant amounts of onsite labor and drastically reducing the time required to erect structures.
US11629496B2
A shingle including a substrate having a first surface defining an upper side of the shingle and an opposing second surface defining a lower side of the shingle; asphalt infiltrating the substrate to form a first asphalt coating on the first surface of the substrate and a second asphalt coating on the second surface of the substrate; a plurality of granules embedded in the first asphalt coating; a first hydrophobic material; and a second hydrophobic material that is a different composition than the first hydrophobic material and the second hydrophobic material comprises a metal stearate, wherein the lower side of the shingle includes a lower surface and the first and the second hydrophobic material are disposed on the lower surface.
US11629494B2
Structural truss panels include first, second, third, and fourth horizontal elongated members and first and second vertical elongated members fastened to the first, second, third, and fourth horizontal elongated members. The first and fourth horizontal elongated members form respectively a top and a bottom of the structural truss panel. The first and second vertical elongated members forming respective sides of the structural truss panel. The structural truss panel further includes and an angled webbing fastened between the first and second vertical elongated members and the first and second horizontal elongated members thereby creating an integrated web truss within the structural truss panel. The structural truss panel includes first, second, and third brace members forming a V-braced truss panel.
US11629493B2
This invention relates to prefabricated, lightweight, multi-component structural modular building panels and modular building systems. The said panels are framed with edge members that have a unique connecting shape, making them modular. The multi-component panel allows for design flexibility and the mass manufacturing of its components. Connectors serve as a link to assemble the panels together, and to connect them to corners, floors or foundations, roof panels and the roof apex member, and or other conventional construction elements. Connectors and members, all with unique connecting shapes, coupled with the said panels, create a structural wall, roof, similar structure or building system. Assembled panels and members incorporate the primary building structure and the building envelope. The assembled panels, members and other components of the building system, in part or whole, can be flat packed for easy transport and shipping, and can be assembled quickly and easily with semi-skilled labor.
US11629492B2
An installation tool and method for spherical latticed shell structure is provided. The spherical latticed shell structure includes a plurality of latticed shell units. The installation tool includes a support frame, a hoisting system, a fixing frame and stay rope assemblies. The support frame is arranged on one side of a to-be-installed spherical latticed shell structure. The fixing frame is connected with the hoisting system. The hoisting system is arranged on the support frame for hoisting the fixing frame. The stay rope assemblies are connected with the fixing frame and the latticed shell units.
US11629491B1
A modular building at a job site comprises one or more volumes templates, each comprising two or more core locations and a corridor all bounded within a volume footprint. A core for each core location is selected from a core catalog. Each core includes a base, at least three walls projecting upward from a floor of the base, a ceiling closing off an interior space, and an interior kit of internal walls, appliances, fixtures, and the like. Each volume template, the selected cores, and internal kits are constructed concurrently at a manufacturing facility along with external walls to complete each volume, which is transported to the job site. Adjacent volumes are connected together, with service lines of each core being connected with supply lines at the job site.
US11629488B2
An apparatus and methods for the separation of macroscopic solid body particles (SBPs) from a fluid stream contained in a conduit, such as a hose or pipe. The method involves utilizing a particle separator having a fluid inlet port connected to a fluid inlet conduit and a fluid outlet port connected to a fluid outlet conduit to change the direction (and optionally the velocity) of the fluid stream within a lumen of an enclosed vessel component of the particle separator sufficiently to permit SBPs to fall by gravity (and/or to descend due to inertia) into a removable receptacle within a bottom portion of the vessel component while directing the flow of cleansed fluid to the fluid outlet port of the particle separator.
US11629486B2
A waste system is disclosed. In some embodiments, the waste system includes a vacuum cell, a flexible waste container, and a vacuum source. The flexible waste container may have at least one flexible membrane at an interface between the flexible waste container and the vacuum cell. The vacuum source may be configured to suction air out of the vacuum cell to generate a negative pressure in the vacuum cell. The vacuum source discharge is generally odorless as it is separated from the waste. This odorless discharge can enter occupied aircraft compartments. The negative pressure in the vacuum cell acts on the flexible waste container to generate a (second) negative pressure in the flexible waste container. The negative pressure in the flexible waste container acts on an interface between a toilet and the flexible waste container to pull waste from the toilet into the flexible waste container.
US11629462B2
A textured mask comprising a film. The film can have a first substantially continuously flat surface lying in a first plane and a second surface opposite the first surface lying in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. The second surface is interrupted by a plurality of cavities, each of the cavities having a first depth defined by a third surface lying in a third plane substantially parallel to the first and second planes. The depth of the cavities can be at a distance of from about 0.1 mm to about 5 mm from the second plane. The textured mask is at least partially coated with an opaque masking agent. The textured mask can make a correspondingly structured three-dimensional papermaking belt, which can make correspondingly structured three-dimensional fibrous structure.
US11629458B2
Disclosed herein is a customized garment a method of forming the customized garment. The method involves first forming a garment having an integrated gaiter coupled to a neckline of the customized garment. The integrated gaiter has a customizable insert coupled to a front portion of the integrated gaiter. The integrated gaiter is stretched over a platen so that an entirety of the customizable insert is flat. Heat transfer sublimation is used to transfer imagery from sublimation paper to the customizable insert.
US11629454B2
Provided is a method for producing a chemically modified cellulose fiber with which fibrillation can be performed along with sulfation reaction. The method for producing a chemically modified cellulose fiber includes a step (a) of treating a cellulose fiber with sulfamic acid to allow a cellulose fine fiber which is a constituent of the cellulose fiber to react with the sulfamic acid, thereby substituting some of hydroxyl groups of cellulose with a substituent represented by a structural formula (1) below (where M represents a monovalent to trivalent cation), and a step (b) of performing fibrillation simultaneously with the step (a).
US11629436B2
A lightweight heat-preserving fiber and a preparation method thereof are provided, wherein the fiber is prepared by measuring, composite spinneret's extruding, cooling, oiling, drawing, heat setting and winding a polyester melt. The composite spinneret has a hollow spinning hole and a circular spinning hole. The ratio of the micropore length of hollow spinning hole to circular spinning hole equals to the ratio of the equivalent diameter of hollow spinning hole to circular spinning hole multiplies the coefficient K, and the equivalent diameter is the ratio of the cross-sectional area to the circumference of the cross-section, the coefficient K ranges from 0.97 to 1.03. The oil agent contains a crown ether, and the content of the crown ether ranges from 67.30 to 85.58 wt %. The thermal conductivity of a knitted fabric having a basis weight of 100 g/m2 prepared by lightweight heat-preserving fiber is no larger than 0.150 W/m·K.
US11629434B2
Provided are methods and compositions for the production of novel antibodies that bind specifically to a target antigen. These methods and compositions are particularly useful for producing antibodies having the antigen binding specificity of a reference antibody but with improved properties (e.g., binding affinity, immunogenicity, and thermodynamic stability) relative to the reference antibody.
US11629420B2
Provided is a metal matrix nanocomposite comprising: (a) a metal or metal alloy as a matrix material; and (b) multiple graphene sheets that are dispersed in said matrix material, wherein said multiple graphene sheets are substantially aligned to be parallel to one another and are in an amount from 0.1% to 95% by volume based on the total nanocomposite volume; wherein the multiple graphene sheets contain single-layer or few-layer graphene sheets selected from pristine graphene, graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, graphene fluoride, graphene chloride, graphene bromide, graphene iodide, hydrogenated graphene, nitrogenated graphene, doped graphene, chemically functionalized graphene, or a combination thereof and wherein the chemically functionalized graphene is not graphene oxide. The metal matrix exhibits a combination of exceptional tensile strength, modulus, thermal conductivity, and/or electrical conductivity.
US11629417B2
A method for generating hydrogen including contacting a catalyst with a proton source, the catalyst having a catalytic component with a first surface comprising a plurality of catalytic sites and a carbon component provided as a layer on the first surface, wherein the carbon component comprises a plurality of pores. Also provided are catalysts for catalyzing the hydrogen evolution reaction and methods of making the same.
US11629416B2
A fluid electrolysis apparatus includes: a body part which includes an inlet port and an outlet port formed thereon and is provided with an inner space through which a fluid introduced through the inlet port passes to be discharged through the outlet port; an electrode part mounted in the inner space and including a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate, to which external powers of opposite polarity are applied, respectively, wherein the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate are alternately arranged while being spaced apart from each other, to form a plurality of fluid channels between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; and a conductive connection terminal part integrally formed with the body part so that at least a portion of a body thereof is embedded in the body part to apply external power to the electrode.
US11629412B2
A method may include cold spraying a masking material on selected locations of a component to form a masking layer, wherein the masking material comprises a metal or alloy; additively manufacturing an additively manufactured portion of the component at locations at which the masking layer is not present; and removing the masking layer from the component. The masking layer may be configured to protect portions of the component by covering or otherwise providing a physical barrier that reduces or prevents material from adhering to unwanted portions of the component during a subsequent manufacturing and/or repair technique. Additionally, the masking layer may be reflective to infrared radiation and/or intimately contact the component and function as a heat sink or thermally conductive layer to transfer heat from the component.
US11629410B2
Preparation containing: (A) 30 to 90% by weight of at least one organic solvent; (B) 10 to 70% by weight of at least one platinum complex of the type [L1L2Pt[O(CO)R1]X]n, wherein L1 and L2 represent the same or different monoolefin ligands, or together represent a compound L1L2 acting as a diolefin ligand, wherein X is selected from bromide, chloride, iodide, and —O(CO)R2, wherein —O(CO)R1 and —O(CO)R2 represent the same or different C6-C18 non-aromatic monocarboxylic acid groups, or together represent a C8-C18 non-aromatic dicarboxylic acid group —O(CO)R1 R2(CO)O—, wherein they are mononuclear platinum complexes with n=1, or wherein, if L1L2 and/or —O(CO)R1 R2(CO)O— are present, they may be polynuclear platinum complexes with a whole number n>1, and (C) 0 to 10% by weight of at least one additive.
US11629404B2
A method of forming a tungsten film in a penetration portion provided in a film formed on a surface of a base so as to expose the surface of the base includes: forming a barrier metal film made of a nitride of a transition metal in the penetration portion such that the barrier metal film formed on the exposed surface of the base is thicker than the barrier metal film formed on a side wall of the penetration portion; and selectively forming the tungsten film on the exposed surface of the base by supplying a tungsten chloride gas and a reducing gas for reducing the tungsten chloride gas to the penetration portion.
US11629398B2
An arc ignition device for cathodic arc deposition of a target material onto a substrate, comprising a trigger finger arranged moveable between a contacting position and a resting position, wherein in the contacting position a side surface of an adjacent target can be physically contacted by the trigger finger, and in the resting position the adjacent target cannot be contacted by the trigger finger, wherein during cathodic arc deposition of a target material, the trigger finger is arranged movable between the contacting position and the resting position in such a way that the contamination of the trigger finger with deposited target material during the cathodic arc deposition of the target material can be minimized.
US11629394B2
In a method for preparing a gradient hardened titanium alloy. A steel momentum block and a cleaned titanium alloy plate are sequentially placed into a steel base with a through hole from bottom to top, a cross sectional size of the through hole is matched with cross sectional sizes of the steel momentum block and the titanium alloy plate, and a height of the through hole is matched with a total thickness of the steel momentum block and the titanium alloy plate. An explosive frame is fixed on a top edge of the steel base, a high explosion velocity explosive with an explosion velocity of 7000 m/s or more pressed into a plate-shaped structure is placed in the explosive frame, and detonation is caused at one end of a top surface of the explosive to perform impact treatment on the titanium alloy plate, thereby obtaining the gradient hardened titanium alloy.
US11629393B2
In various embodiments, a metal alloy resistant to aqueous corrosion consists essentially of or consists of niobium with additions of tungsten, molybdenum, and one or both of ruthenium and palladium.
US11629392B2
The present disclosure provides a TiCB—Al seed alloy, a manufacturing method thereof and a heritable aluminum alloy. The TiCB—Al seed alloy includes an Al matrix and TiCB@TiBC seed crystals dispersed on the Al matrix, wherein the TiCB@TiBC seed crystal comprises a core part and a shell part, the core part contains B-doped TiCB, and the shell part covers at least a part of the core part and contains a TiBC ternary phase, wherein the B-doped TiCB refers to a TiCB phase formed by B atoms occupying C vacancies in a TiCx crystal, and the TiBC ternary phase refers to a ternary phase composed of Ti, B and C, wherein x<1.
US11629377B2
A series of hybridisations is performed for forming a target double-stranded nucleic acid from initial fragments, where each further hybridisation step hybridises the direct products of a pair of earlier hybridisation steps. For at least one further hybridisation step HF, both of the corresponding pair of earlier hybridisation steps HE comprise an error-detecting type of hybridisation step, which includes an error detecting operation to detect whether the hybridised fragments formed in the error-detecting type of hybridisation step HE comprise at least one erroneous hybridised fragment, and discarding at least part of the erroneous fragment to exclude it from a subsequent further hybridisation step. By detecting and removing erroneous fragments throughout a staged and controlled hybridisation process, erroneous fragments are prevented from diluting the pool of error-free fragments at each hybridisation step, to improve yield.
US11629346B2
The present disclosure relates, in general, to oligonucleotides that stimulate STING (STimulator of INterferon Genes) activity and increase activity of immune cells. The disclosed STING activators (STAVs) are useful in the treatment of cancer and other immune-mediated conditions.
US11629343B2
Variants of chymosin with improved milk-clotting properties are disclosed.
US11629334B2
Disclosed are methods of isolating T cells and TCRs having antigenic specificity for a mutated amino acid sequence encoded by a cancer-specific mutation. Also disclosed are related methods of preparing a population of cells, populations of cells, TCRs, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treating or preventing cancer.
US11629329B2
Described herein are bioink compositions, which may have an elastic modulus similar to a natural tissue and/or tunable mechanical properties, along with methods of preparing and using the compositions. The compositions described herein may be useful as a medium for cell and/or tissue culture and/or for bioprinting, but are not limited thereto.
US11629325B2
A platform for testing cell response to biochemical agents. The TrophoWell™ includes a well which contains a gel, and a plurality of capillaries that open into it. Cells and various biochemical agents such as drugs and growth factors are flown through those capillaries. The platform allows for the evaluation of cell response by imaging. The platform is a cost effective testing platform and can be used in the fields for drug discovery and personalized medicine.
US11629308B2
This disclosure relates to a lubricating oil (e.g., gear oil) for use in an electric or hybrid vehicle. The lubricating oil has a composition including one or more lubricating oil base stocks as a major component, and one or more lubricating oil additives, as a minor component. The one or more lubricating oil base stocks include at least one Group IV base oil, or at least one Group V base oil. The lubricating oil has a kinematic viscosity (KV100) from 1 cSt to 7 cSt at 100° C. as determined by ASTM D-445, and an electrical conductivity at room temperature of less than 15,000 pS/m as determined by ASTM D-2624. This disclosure also relates to methods for producing a lubricating oil for a transmission, gear train, gear set, gear box, or gears of an electric vehicle powertrain and methods for improving energy efficiency, while maintaining or improving wear control.
US11629302B2
A fuel production plant includes an electrolysis apparatus; an ethanol generation apparatus that decomposes sugars to generate ethanol and carbon dioxide; and a hydrocarbon generation apparatus that generates hydrocarbons by reacting carbon dioxide with hydrogen. The fuel production plant further includes a hydrogen supply part that supplies hydrogen generated in the electrolysis apparatus to the hydrocarbon generation apparatus by coupling the electrolysis apparatus to the hydrocarbon generation apparatus, an oxygen supply part that supplies oxygen generated in the electrolysis apparatus to the ethanol generation apparatus by coupling the electrolysis apparatus to the ethanol generation apparatus, and a carbon dioxide supply part that supplies carbon dioxide generated in the ethanol generation apparatus to the hydrocarbon generation apparatus by coupling the ethanol generation apparatus to the hydrocarbon generation apparatus.
US11629298B2
A method for processing a hydrocarbon feed to produce olefins may comprise introducing the hydrocarbon feed to a first fluid catalytic cracking system, which may cause at least a portion of the hydrocarbon feed to undergo catalytic cracking and produce a spent first cracking catalyst and a first cracked effluent comprising one or more olefins. The method may further comprise passing the first cracked effluent to a separation system downstream of the first fluid catalytic cracking system, which may separate the first cracked effluent to produce at least a naphtha effluent comprising one or more olefins. Additionally, the method may comprise passing the naphtha effluent to a second fluid catalytic cracking system downstream of the separation system, which may cause at least a portion of the naphtha effluent to undergo catalytic cracking and produce a spent cracking catalyst mixture and a second cracked effluent comprising one or more olefins.
US11629297B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and compositions for providing catalysts for tail gas clean up in sulfur recovery operations. Aspects of the disclosure involve obtaining catalyst that was used in a first process, which is not a tailgas treating process and then using the so-obtained catalyst in a tailgas treating process. For example, the catalyst may originally be a hydroprocessing catalyst. A beneficial aspect of the disclosed methods and systems is that the re-use of spent hydroprocessing catalyst reduces hazardous waste generation by operators from spent catalyst disposal. Ultimately, this helps reduce the environmental impact of the catalyst life cycle. The disclosed methods and systems also provide an economically attractive source of high-performance catalyst for tailgas treatment, which benefits the spent catalyst generator, the catalyst provider, and the catalyst consumer.
US11629290B2
A chelate and associated security feature including a lanthanide metal and a ligand of formula (1), formula (2), or formula (3), where each of R1-R7 in formula (1) is independently selected from the group consisting of H, OH, NH2, Cl, F, OMe, OAr, OCF3, CF3, alkyl, aryl, phenyl, OPh, and heteroaromatic, where each of R1-R5 in formula (2) is independently selected from the group consisting of H, OH, NH2, Cl, F, OMe, OAr, OCF3, CF3, NMe2, CN, alkyl, aryl, phenyl, OPh, and heteroaromatic, and where R6 in formula (2) is selected from the group consisting of H, NH2, Cl, F, OMe, OAr, OCF3, CF3, NMe2, CN, alkyl, aryl, phenyl, OPh, and heteroaromatic, and where each of R1-R5 in formula (3) is independently selected from the group consisting of H, OH, NH2, Cl, F, OMe, OAr, OCF3, CF3, alkyl, aryl, phenyl, OPh, and heteroaromatic.
US11629287B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel electrochromic device (ECD). Disclosed is an electrochromic device (ECD) comprising two metal-complex-based electrochromic thin films individually acting as a working electrode and a counter electrode; (i) one of the two metal-complex-based electrochromic thin films being a film of a cathodically coloring metallo-supramolecular polymer comprising at least one organic ligand having a plurality of metal coordination positions and a metal ion of at least one transition metal and/or lanthanoid metal with the at least one organic ligand and the metal ion being arranged alternately, and the other of the two metal-complex-based electrochromic thin films being a film of an anodically coloring metal hexacyanoferrate (MHCF) represented by the formula: M(II)3[Fe(III)CN6]2 (where M=Fe, Ni or Zn), and (ii) the electrochromic device having a first conducting substrate; the film of the cathodically coloring metallo-supramolecular polymer; an electrolyte; the film of the anodically coloring metal hexacyanoferrate (MHCF); and a second conducting substrate being arranged in this order.
US11629277B2
This invention relates to moisture curable polyurethane adhesive compositions and more particularly to moisture curable polyurethane adhesive compositions having improved initial tack and moisture permeability when cured. In one embodiment the disclosed moisture curable polyurethane adhesive compositions are suited for use as hot melt adhesives for use in manufacturing textile, clothing and/or footwear articles.
US11629274B2
The present invention relates to an adhesive sheet. As the adhesive sheet of one embodiment of the present invention retains the properties of conventional adhesive sheet, such as excellent adhesion and durability in high temperature and humidity environment, it can be utilized for manufacturing large-scale electrodes at low prices, and the electrodes manufactured above can be used for various applications such as solar cell, display, and touch panel.
US11629254B2
A curable composition including a fluorine-containing silane compound having two or more Si atoms each bonding to at least one group selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group and a hydrolyzable group, an organosilicon compound having at least two —O—Rg3(s) each bonding to a Si atom, wherein each Rg3, at each occurrence, independently represents a hydrogen atom or monovalent organic group, and a metal-based catalyst represented by M(-O—Rh)η, wherein: M represents a metal atom; each Rh, at each occurrence, independently represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and η is the coordination number of M.
US11629237B2
A solvent composition includes an organic solvent including one or more organic solvents (A) and one or more organic solvents (B), and one or more types of core-shell polymer particles each comprising a core layer and a shell layer. The organic sol vents (A) have a polar teen δp of a Hansen solubility parameter of less than 11 and a hydrogen bond term δh of less than 10, and the organic solvents (B) satisfy at least one of 11 or more of the polar term δp or 10 or more of the hydrogen bond term δh. A weight ratio of (A) to (B) ranges from 15:85 to 95:5. Based on a total weight of the solvent composition, a content of the core-shell polymer particles is 20 to 40% by weight and a water content is 1% by weight or less.
US11629234B2
A polymeric polymerization initiator represented by the following formula (I). M1aM2bD1cD2dT1eT2fQg (I) M1=R13SiO1/2 M2=R12R2SiO1/2 D1=R12SiO2/2 D2=R1R2SiO2/2 T1=R1SiO3/2 T2=R2SiO3/2 Q=SiO4/2 [R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group. R2 represents a group having a ketene silyl acetal structure represented by the following formula (II). (A represents a single bond or a divalent organic group, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, and R4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group.) “a”, “b”, “c”, “d”, “e”, “f”, and “g” represent 0 or a positive integer where b+d+f≥1. An order of bonding of siloxane units is optionally determined.]
US11629212B2
The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and at least one flame-retardant substance (FD1) chosen from a phosphorus-based additive. In particular the present invention it relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and at least one flame-retardant substance (FD1) chosen from a phosphorus-based additive that can be used as a syrup and especially as a syrup for impregnation and for the preparation for improving the fire resistance of a thermoplastic polymer or matrix obtained after polymerization of the syrup. Also concerned is a thermoplastic material obtained after polymerization of the liquid composition or syrup. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such a liquid composition or syrup. The invention also relates to a process for impregnating a fibrous substrate of long fibers with said liquid composition or syrup. The invention also relates to a fibrous substrate preimpregnated with said liquid composition or syrup which is useful for manufacturing composite parts. The present invention also relates to a process for manufacturing mechanical parts or structural elements made of composite material and to mechanical parts or structural elements made of composite material obtained via a process using such a liquid composition.
US11629210B2
There is provided a maintenance liquid, which is used in maintenance of a device equipped with a discharge head for discharging an ultraviolet ray curable-type composition containing the acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator toward an attachment object, including a polymerizable compound in which a saturation solubility of an acyl phosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator at 20° C. is equal to or greater than 5.0% by mass.
US11629208B2
An olefin-based copolymer and a method of making the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an olefin-based copolymer has a density (d) of 0.85 to 0.89 g/cc, a melt index (MI), measured at 190° C. and 2.16 kg load, of 15 g/10 min to 100 g/10 min, a number of unsaturated functional groups (total V) per 1,000 carbon atoms of 0.8 or less, a vinylene content, and a vinyl content, wherein the vinylene content, the vinyl content and the total V satisfy (a) vinylene content/total V=0.1 to 0.7 and (b) vinylene content/vinyl content=0.8 to 1.6. The olefin-based copolymer has controlled content and kind of an unsaturated functional group in the olefin-based copolymer and thus, has high flowability, and may show improved physical properties of hardness, flexural strength and tensile strength.
US11629200B2
The invention provides human AML-specific binding compounds that are able to bind a cell surface component of AML cells. Therapeutic uses of binding compounds against AML are also provided.
US11629199B2
The present application relates to specific binding members that bind carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX). In particular, the present application relates to the treatment, diagnosis and detection of tumours, e.g. solid tumours, using specific binding members that bind CAIX. The specific binding member may be conjugated to a biocidal or cytotoxic molecule, or to a detectable label.
US11629184B2
This application provides isolated antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind Calcitonin Gene Related Peptide (CGRP). These anti-CGRP antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, have a high affinity for CGRP, function to inhibit CGRP, are less immunogenic compared to their unmodified parent antibodies in a given species (e.g., a human) and can be used to treat CGRP-associated disorders, while avoiding the adverse side effects associated with the current CGRP antagonist therapies.
US11629171B2
Beta-hairpin peptidomimetics of the general formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, with P, X, Q., and optionally L being elements as defined in the description and the claims, have Gram-negative antimicrobial activity to e.g. inhibit the growth or to kill microorganisms such as Klebsiella pneumoniae and/or Acinetobacter baumannii and/or Escherichia coli and/or Pseudomonas aeruginosa and/or Enterobacter cloacae. They can be used as medicaments to treat or prevent infections or as disinfectants for foodstuffs, cosmetics, medicaments or other nutrient-containing materials. These peptidomimetics can be manufactured by a process which is based on a mixed solid- and solution phase synthetic strategy.
US11629169B2
The present invention relates to use of peptides as a therapeutic agent, wherein it has been confirmed that the peptides of the present invention significantly inhibit the activity of T cells and the differentiation of T helper 17 cells (Th17 cells), which are associated with autoimmune disease, and have remarkable effects of treating and improving arthritis in an animal model of arthritis. Therefore, the peptides may be used as an active ingredient in therapeutic agents for various autoimmune diseases such as bone disease, inflammatory disease or rheumatoid arthritis.
US11629161B2
Intermediate compounds are described herein and which are used to manufacture a crystalline compound 1-cyano-2-(4-cyclopropyl-benzyl)-4-(β-D-glucopyranos-1-yl)-benzene L-proline monohydrate.
US11629159B2
This invention relates to the large-scale production of psilocybin for use in medicine. More particularly, it relates to a method of obtaining high purity crystalline psilocybin, particularly, in the form of Polymorph A. It further relates to a method for the manufacture of psilocybin and intermediates in the production thereof and formulations containing psilocybin.
US11629154B2
The present invention provides a compound which has an effect of inhibiting amyloid ßproduction, especially an effect of inhibiting BACE1, and which is useful as a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for diseases induced by production, secretion and/or deposition of amyloid ßproteins. A compound of Formula (I) wherein R3 is each independently alkyl optionally substituted with halogen, cyano, alkyloxy, haloalkyloxy or non-aromatic carbocyclyl, or the like; t is integer from 0 to 3; R5 is a hydrogen atom or halogen; R6 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, halogen, and substituted or unsubstituted alkyl; ring B is a substituted or unsubstituted pyrazine or the like; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11629152B2
A compound having anticancer activity, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is provided. Used is a compound represented by the following formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: (wherein, L1 and L2 are the same or different and each represents a group represented by one formula selected from the group consisting of formulas (A) to (F), and S represents a group represented by one formula selected from the group consisting of formulas (S1) to (S18)).
US11629143B2
Provided herein are protein kinase inhibitors, which, in one aspect are selective inhibitors of HipK4. Pharmaceutical compositions and medical uses for the disclosed inhibitors are also provided.
US11629140B2
An organic compound is described. An organic electroluminescence device comprises the organic compound, as a host of an emissive layer, or as a hole blocking layer. The organic compound may increase a half-life or current efficiency of the organic electroluminescence device. The organic compound may lower a driving voltage of the organic electroluminescence device. The mentioned organic compound may have the following formula: The same definition as described in the present invention.
US11629125B2
The present invention is directed to compounds, compositions and methods for preventing, treating or curing Hepatitis B (HBV) infection in human subjects or other animal hosts. The compounds are as also pharmaceutically acceptable, salts, prodrugs, and other derivatives thereof as pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment, prevention or eradication of HBV infection.
US11629121B2
The present invention relates to novel benzylideneacetone derivatives or uses thereof, more specifically, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating, or food composition for ameliorating a cancer or a bone disease comprising a compound defined by Formula 1 or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.
US11629115B2
Process for the alkoxycarbonylation of trivinylcyclohexane.
US11629112B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for preparation of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol. According to the present disclosure, two step reduction reactions are conducted using terephthalic acid as starting material, and an isomerization process for increasing the rate of trans isomers of CHDA is introduced therebetween, thereby providing a method capable of stably preparing CHDM with high rate of trans isomers.
US11629107B2
Disclosed herein are processes and reaction systems for controlling a temperature of an oligomerization reaction zone using a heat exchange system.
US11629102B2
A Li3Mg2SbO6-based microwave dielectric ceramic material easy to sinter and with high Q value, and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. A chemical formula of the material is Li3(Mg1-xZnx)2SbO6, wherein 0.02≤x≤0.08. The preparation method includes: 1) mixing and ball-milling Sb2O3 and Li2CO3 according to a chemical ratio and then drying, and conducting pre-sintering to obtain a Li3SbO4 phase; and 2) mixing and ball-milling MgO, ZnO and Li3SbO4 powder according a chemical ratio of Li3(Mg1-xZnx)2SbO6 and then drying, conducting granulation and sieving after adding an adhesive, pressing into a cylindrical body, and sintering the cylindrical body into ceramic in the air at 1325° C. and under normal pressure, wherein a dielectric constant is 7.2-8.5, a quality factor is 51844-97719 GHz, and a temperature coefficient of resonance frequency is −14-1 ppm/° C.
US11629095B2
A method of etching a substrate comprises: contacting a substrate having a thickness with an etchant disposed in a vessel for a period of time until the thickness has reduced by at least 2 μm and at an average rate of 1 μm per minute to 6.7 μm per minute, the etchant having a temperature of 170° C. to 300° C. and comprising a molten mixture of two or more alkali hydroxides; and ceasing contacting the substrate with the etchant. The etchant in some instances comprises a molten mixture of NaOH and KOH. For example, the etchant in some instances includes a molten mixture of 24 wt. % to 72 wt. % NaOH, and 76 wt. % to 28 wt. % KOH. In some instances, the method alters the weight percentage of Na+, K+ and Li+ in the composition of the surface of the substrate by less than 1%.
US11629094B2
Bulk paint and ceramic powder systems, methods of forming same, and methods of forming a flexible ceramic coating on a metal substrate are disclosed. The systems may include a ceramic composition having between 2 to 30 weight percent of an alkali metal oxide, such as K2O, Na2O, and Li2O or mixtures thereof, between 10 to 74 weight percent SiO2, and between 23 to 79 weight percent B2O3. Additives that are nonwetting with molten metals, such as boron nitride, provide durable coatings for metal processing operations. The ceramic composition may include less than 5 weight percent additional metal oxides. The bulk paint system further may include water and a cellulosic suspension agent to form a bulk paint. The ceramic powder system may be processed to form a uniform powder. The bulk paint or uniform powder may be applied to a metal substrate, such as a ferrous metal substrate, dried, and heated to form a flexible coating on the metal substrate.
US11629091B2
Optically transparent glass ceramic materials comprising a glass phase containing and a crystalline tungsten bronze phase comprising nanoparticles and having the formula MxWO3, where M includes at least one H, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn, Cu, Ag, Sn, Cd, In, Tl, Pb, Bi, Th, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and U, and where 0
US11629088B2
A method for processing a transparent workpiece includes forming a contour of defect in the transparent workpiece and separating the transparent workpiece along the contour using an infrared laser beam. During separation, the method also includes detecting a position and propagation direction of a crack tip relative to a reference location and propagation direction of an infrared beam spot, determining a detected distance and angular offset between the crack tip and the reference location of the infrared beam spot, comparing the detected distance to a preset distance, comparing the detected angular offset to a preset angular offset, and modifying at least one of a power of the infrared laser beam or a speed of relative translation between the infrared laser beam and the transparent workpiece in response to a difference between the detected distance and the preset distance and between the detected angular offset and the preset angular offset.
US11629085B1
A stormwater collection, treatment, and aquifer replenishment installation includes a stormwater drain for receiving surface stormwater, a dry well downwardly extending underground to an outlet proximate to a water table over an aquifer, a tank structure at least partially disposed underground and coupled with the stormwater drain and the dry well in stormwater communication, a stormwater treatment system enclosed within the tank structure between the stormwater drain and the dry well for converting surface stormwater into treated stormwater, the tank structure for conducting surface stormwater to the stormwater treatment system between the stormwater drain and the dry well, and the dry well for receiving and gravity feeding treated stormwater from stormwater treatment system to the outlet.
US11629078B1
A method of maintaining a safe free chlorine level in a body of water for recreational use where the free chlorine level at a harmful level comprises determining if the free chlorine level in the body of water is above a safe level and adding sufficient DMH to the body of water to bring the free chlorine down to a safe level.
US11629062B2
A method is provided for producing an article which is transparent to near-wave IR, mid-wave and Long-wave multi-spectral and IR wavelength in the region of 0.4 μm to 16 μm. The method includes the steps of (a) Producing ultra-fine powder of CaLa2S4 via SPLTS process, (b) followed by pretreatment of the ultra-fine powder under inert and reducing gas conditions including H2 or Argon or N2 or H2/H2S, H2S, and mixtures there of (c) followed by sieving the powder in 140 mesh screen and cold pressing the powder at 7000 psi for 7 min. into a disk shaped green body (d) then Cold-Isostatic Pressing (CIP) at 40,000 psi for 5 min in a rubber mold (e) finally sintered article of CaLa2S4 disk of 25.4 mm diameter with ultra-high density containing cubic phase of CaLa2S4 to yield IR transmission of a peak value of 57% within the IR wavelength range of 2 μm to 16 μm, either by using microwave sintering followed by hot isostatic press or spark plasma sintering followed by hot isostatic press or vacuum sintering at (3×10−6 torr) followed by hot isostatic press or hot press sintering followed by hot isostatic press and finally followed by mirror polished IR article, is obtained.
US11629061B1
A method of making copper sulfide electrode material comprising steps of: 1) stirring and dissolving copper(ii) nitrate hydrate (Cu(NO3)2.3H2O) and Thiourea (CH4N2S) in a mixed solution consisting of ethylene glycol and deionized water; 2) adding hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (C19H42N.Br) to mixture A; 3) placing the mixture B into a roaster, raising a temperature of the roaster to 100° C. to 180° C. for 10 hours to 18 hours; 4) washing the crude CuS by using a mixed fluid of ethanol absolute (C2H6O) and deionized water to be cooled in a room temperature, placing the crude CuS in the roaster and raising a temperature of the roaster to 50° C. to 80° C.; 5) producing cathode electrode of asymmetric capacitive deionization module by using the copper sulfide electrode material; 6) producing anode electrode of asymmetric capacitive deionization module by using activated carbon electrode material.
US11629056B2
Systems and methods are provided for production of carbon nanotubes and H2 using a reaction system configuration that is suitable for large scale production. In the reaction system, a substantial portion of the heat for the reaction can be provided by using a heated gas stream. Optionally, the heated gas stream can correspond to a heated H2 gas stream. By using a heated gas stream, when the catalyst precursors for the floating catalyst-chemical vapor deposition (FC-CVD) type catalyst are added to the gas stream, the gas stream can be at a temperature of 1000° C. or more. This can reduce or minimize loss of catalyst precursor material and/or deposition of coke on sidewalls of the reactor. Additionally, a downstream portion of the reactor can include a plurality of flow channels of reduced size that are passed through a heat exchanger environment, such as a shell and tube heat exchanger. This can provide cooling of the gas flow after catalyst formation to allow for carbon nanotube formation, while also reducing the Reynolds number of the flow sufficiently to provide laminar flow within the region where carbon nanotubes are formed.
US11629051B2
A method for decreasing the SFFC of a steam reforming plant, including establishing a base operating mode. Then modifying the base operating mode by introducing the shift gas stream into a solvent based, non-cryogenic separator prior to introduction into the pressure swing adsorption and introducing the compressed hydrogen depleted off-gas stream in a membrane separation unit, wherein the membrane is configured to produce the hydrogen enriched permeate stream at a suitable pressure to allow the hydrogen enriched permeate stream to be combined with carbon dioxide lean shift gas stream, prior to introduction into the pressure swing adsorption unit without requiring additional compression. Thereby establishing a modified operating mode. Wherein said pressure swing adsorption unit has a modified overall hydrogen recovery. Wherein said modified operating mode has a modified hydrogen production, a modified hydrogen production unit firing duty, a modified SCO2e, and a modified SFFC.
US11629041B2
Devices, systems, and solutions for cleaning tap lines are described herein. One tap line cleaning system, includes a beverage dispensing tap, a beverage storage container, a tap line allowing fluid communication of a beverage between the beverage storage container connected at a first end of the tap line and the beverage dispensing tap connected at a second end of the tap line, a cleaning solution reservoir, a cleaning solution line allowing fluid communication of a cleaning solution into the first end of the tap line such that the cleaning solution can pass into the first end of the tap line, out of the second end of the tap line and exit the system via the beverage dispensing tap, and a valve to switch a valve position between closed and open to allow fluid communication of the cleaning solution to the tap line.
US11629040B1
The disclosure described herein relates to a beverage dispensing system mixing nozzle and a process for making or repairing the same. Particular examples of the present disclosure include a manifold comprising multiple tubes where the manifold is inserted into and secured within a seat of the mixing nozzle. In some examples, multiple manifolds are inserted into and secured within a seat of the mixing nozzle. The tubes extend into the body of the manifold to form a leak proof connection.
US11629008B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of vertical automatic storage cabinets and provides a vertical automatic storage cabinet that comprises: a cabinet body; storage racks; a grasping structure and a conveying structure. In the present vertical automatic storage cabinet, at least two storage racks are provided to be spaced apart in the height direction of the cabinet body, and the grasping structure is located in the area between the two storage racks. When in use, the storage boxes on both the upper and lower sides can be taken off the mounting rack, then can be transferred to the conveying structure, and the storage boxes can be conveyed to the outside of the cabinet body.
US11629000B2
A buffer packaging is provided. The buffer packaging includes a main body and at least one support plate. The main body is stretchable in a stretching direction and includes at least one receiving hole. The at least one support plate is connected with the main body and is swingable between a first position and a second position.
US11628996B2
The present invention relates to a shipping container for rolled goods, particularly relatively heavy and rigid rolled products such as high count rolls of trash bags. In at least one embodiment, the shipping container may be used for shipping a product enclosure containing a pair of rolled trash bags. The shipping container can include a pair of opposing side reinforcing trays to prevent damage to the shipping container when in transit. The invention can conserve the amount of materials used and reduce the shipping weight of the container. The shipping container can further include a flexible overwrap to maintain the reinforcement trays on the opposing side ends of the product enclosure and to provide for additional reinforcement to the shipping container.
US11628992B2
Many embodiments described herein prevent an aged spirit from degrading due to the oxygen trapped in the headspace without the use of a pump. The aged spirit preservation system may have a cork with an open top, an open bottom, and a channel extending from the open top to the open bottom. The cork may be sized couple to an internal portion of a bottle. The system may even include a sealing device coupled to an outer portion of the cork between the open top and the open bottom. Additionally, the system may include a replaceable cartridge containing an adsorbent media, iron, a salt, and a color-changing indicator. Oxygen from the bottle may be allowed to enter the cartridge and react with the iron via a non-reversible reaction, thereby preventing the degradation of the spirit.
US11628991B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a venting system that includes a wall of a lid or a container, the lid or container defining a central longitudinal axis, and a line segment that is measured from the longitudinal axis to an outermost surface of the lid or container, and a pressure relief feature that is disposed along the lid or container. The pressure relief feature includes a thinned region of the lid or container that defines a minimum thickness that is less than 40% of a maximum thickness of the respective lid or container. The pressure relief feature extends at least 180 degrees about the longitudinal axis, and the pressure relief feature is located at a distance from the longitudinal axis of more than 80% of the line segment.
US11628988B2
An airtight lid for a jar includes a sealing gasket that forms an airtight seal with the jar for the storage of aromatic or otherwise odoriferous contents within the jar. The airtight lid also includes and a child resistant opening mechanism that requires a simultaneous combination of a directed force and a torque to remove the lid from the jar.
US11628986B2
A device for discharging a flowable substance, in particular for applying a medical substance, a pharmaceutical substance, a food supplement or a cosmetics, includes_an activation mechanism and a body which has a discharge opening at a first end and forms a containing space in which a frangible capsule is disposed. The capsule has two ends each having a first and a second tip and at least one of the two tips can be snapped off by actuating the activation mechanism so that the flowable substance is discharged.
US11628985B2
A lid is disclosed having a spring mechanism that pushes up an activator lever while also lifting up a flow stopper that keeps fluid from the mug and out through the lid. A button in the side of the lid activates the lever. This button can be locked in either the open or closed position. The open architecture allows for easy disassembly and deep cleaning of all of the parts of the lid. Due to the design of the lid, a mug can be filled without having to remove the lid. Similarly, the user does not have to touch any part of the lid from which water flows. This makes the use of this lid more sanitary.
US11628984B2
The present application relates to a closure assembly for connection to a spout in fluid communication with a container. The closure assembly includes a housing configured to be secured to the spout and including a fluid passageway and a piercable membrane in the fluid passageway. The closure assembly includes a retention member configured to be secured to the housing and a flexible valve that is positioned in the fluid passageway of the housing and that is secured to the housing by the retention member. The closure assembly is configured to receive a piercing element that extends into the housing such that the piercing member can pierce the valve and the membrane, and the retention member has locking elements that engage the piercing element to lock the piercing element in place with respect to the assembly.
US11628983B2
A lid assembly for a beverage container is provided. The lid assembly has a lid base, a mouthpiece and a lid dome. The mouthpiece is connected to the lid base and has an extended annular member with a first end and a drink aperture extending through a center of the annular member. The lid dome is pivotally connected to the lid base and pivots between an open position and a closed position. The lid dome has a protrusion that extends from an inner surface of the lid dome, and a seal surface that operates to seal against the first end of the annular member of the mouthpiece to close the drink aperture when the lid dome is in the closed position. The protrusion is generally seated within the drink aperture when the lid dome is in the closed position.
US11628973B2
A device for protecting against shocks for a glass bottle is presented, having a body, a bottom and a distal portion successively comprising from the body, a shoulder, a collar and a neck, said device comprising a first cup engaging with the bottom and a second cup engaging with the shoulder, each of the cups having a projecting portion for damping shocks, along a transversal plane, beyond a zone of a larger diameter of the bottle. The projecting portion of at least one from among the first and the second cups includes a plurality of damping pads spaced apart from one another.
US11628969B2
A container assembly includes a container body having a side wall encircling an axis, and a metal end for attachment to an upper edge of the side wall via heat-sealing. The outer peripheral region is shaped prior to application to the container body such that an annular channel is defined between an inner chuck wall and an outer chuck wall of the metal end. The metal end is pushed straight onto the side wall such that the upper edge of the side wall is received into the channel. The surfaces of the side wall and the opposing surfaces of the chuck walls have heat-sealable material thereon. The metal end is heated to melt and fuse the heat-sealable layers, thereby sealing the metal end onto the side wall. The metal end is shaped such that the free edge of the outer chuck wall is not exposed.
US11628968B2
A packaging tray for holding a tube-type container having a tube body with a cap for sealing contents in the tube body on one end and a crimped tube portion on another end. The packaging tray including: a folded body formed of paper board, the folded body having a top surface having a first aperture configured to accommodate and retain the tube-type container therein. The folded body having a tube crimp support at a first end of the first aperture, the tube crimp support being configured to secure the crimped tube portion in the first aperture, the tube crimp support comprising first, second and third layers, the first layer having the top surface, the second layer being sandwiched between the first and third layers, and the second layer having a first end comprising a first stop for preventing the crimped tube portion disposed between the first and third layers from moving longitudinally in a first direction within the first aperture.
US11628966B2
A freezable reusable bottle having a body and a cap engaged with the body. The body includes a container portion and a neck portion extending from the container portion. The container portion includes a plurality of ribs extending along a longitudinal axis of the reusable bottle. The cap removably engages with the neck portion of the body. The body includes a polymer composition of about 85 to 90 percent of polypropylene (PP) and about 10 to 15 percent of an SEBS additive. The bottle may be frozen when filled with a liquid, with the ribs accommodating expansion of the contents during freezing, and the additive providing impact resistance accommodating the rigid frozen contents.
US11628964B2
An appliance is provided that is able to vacuum and heat seal plastic bag members containing liquids such as sauces and soups. The appliance may take on a uniquely shaped profile to allow the liquid to sit upright within a bag during the vacuuming process. The appliance also preferably includes a pressure sensor to constantly monitor pressure inside of the bag during the vacuum and sealing process. This may help to prevent liquid from being sucked up and into the appliance.
US11628963B2
This box assembling and packing system is provided: a first jig which is fixed at a predetermined position and against which a side part of a body of a packing box is thrust; a second jig which is fixed at a predetermined position and against which a flap part and a tuck part of the packing box are thrust; and a robot having two articulated arms. A first articulated arm of the two articulated arms holds and moves the packing box in a flatly collapsed form by a packing box holding mechanism, folds and raises the body of the flatly collapsed packing box into a rectangular tubular shape in cooperation with the first jig, and maintains the folded and raised body of the packing box in the rectangular tubular shape by a packing box rectangular tubular shape maintaining mechanism. The second articulated arm moves a folding member into contact with the flap part and the tuck part of the packing box being held by the packing box holding mechanism of the first articulated arm, forms each of a bottom and a lid of the packing box in cooperation with the second jig, and moves an object-to-be-packed being grasped by an object-to-be-packed grasping mechanism and inserts it into the body from an end portion at a timing between forming the bottom and forming the lid.
US11628953B2
A trolley system for transferring cargo in relation to a cargo compartment of a vehicle includes a frame defining a cargo-retaining platform. The cargo-retaining platform is configured to receive and retain the cargo. At least a portion of a lower surface of the frame is formed of a low friction material. One or more handles are moveably coupled to the frame. The handle(s) are configured to be moved between a retracted position and an extended position. One or more attachments are configured to secure the cargo on the cargo-retaining platform.
US11628942B2
A method includes providing thrust to an aircraft through a power train from a heat engine connected to the power train. The method includes controlling an electric motor connected to the power train to counter torque ripple in the power train from the heat engine. A system includes a power train for providing thrust to an aircraft. A heat engine is connected to the power train. An electric motor is operatively connected to the power train. A controller is operatively connected to control the electric motor. The controller includes machine readable instructions configured to cause the controller to control the electric motor to counter torque ripple in the power train from the heat engine.
US11628939B2
An environmental control system of a vehicle includes a ram air circuit including a ram air shell having a ram air heat exchanger positioned therein, a dehumidification system arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit, a first compression device arranged in fluid communication with the dehumidification system, the first compression device including a first compressor, and a second compression device arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit. The second compression device includes a second compressor. A first medium is provided to the first compressor and to the second compressor in series.
US11628938B2
Described are consoles for use in a passenger seat row. The console may include a base of a support material. The base may include a top surface, a first side wall, and a second side wall opposite the first side wall. A tray may be configured to be releasably affixed to the top surface of the base. The tray be manufactured as a piece of molded plastic. The molded plastic may be molded to include one or more storage compartments. A bottom of the molded plastic may be configured to fittingly mate with the top surface of the base. The base may further include one or more straps configured to secure the base to a passenger seat cushion, passenger seat support structure, or a passenger seat restrain system. The one or more storage compartments may be a cupholder.
US11628937B2
An electronic module assembly (EMA) for use in controlling one or more personal restraint systems. A programmed processor within the EMA is configured to determine when a personal restraint system associated with each seat in a vehicle should be deployed. In addition, the programmed processor is configured to perform a diagnostic self-test to determine if the EMA and the personal restraint systems are operational. In one embodiment, results of the diagnostic self-test routine are displayed on a display included on the electronic module assembly. In an alternative embodiment, the results of the diagnostic self-test routine are transmitted via a wireless transceiver to a remote device. The remote device can include a wireless interrogator or can be a remote computer system such as a cabin management computer system.
US11628935B2
A power recharging system may include an electrical conductor connected to a first aircraft and configured to connect to a second aircraft while the aircrafts are in flight. An AC signal may be induced in the electrical conductor it is in proximity to a changing magnetic field. The system may include a first rectifier circuit at the first aircraft that converts the AC signal into a DC signal for charging the first aircraft and a second rectifier circuit at the second aircraft that converts the AC signal into a second DC signal for charging the second aircraft. The electrical conductor may be part of a communication line. A communication system at the first aircraft may send and receive data communications via the communication line.
US11628932B2
A multicopter is provided. The multicopter may include a main body part, a wing part having one end connected to the main body part, and the other end connected to a propeller assembly, and a foldable part disposed on the wing part to fold the wing part, wherein the wing part is located above the main body part with respect to a Z-axis.
US11628931B2
An aircraft landing gear comprising: a shock-absorbing main leg having a sprung part for attachment to an aircraft and an un-sprung part including a slider and an axle carrying at least one wheel, the wheel having a toothed ring gear; a drive transmission mounted externally on the sprung part, or on the un-sprung part, of the main leg, the drive transmission having at least one motor and a drive pinion for meshing with the toothed ring of the wheel; and an actuator for lifting the drive transmission into and out of driving engagement with the toothed ring and for maintaining the driving engagement as the landing gear deflects during a ground taxiing operation. Also, a method of operating the aircraft landing gear.
US11628930B2
A lift control device actively controls the lift force on a lifting surface. The device has a protuberance near a trailing edge of its lifting surface, which causes flow to separate from the lifting surface, generating regions of low pressure and high pressure which combine to increase the lift force on the lifting surface. The device further includes a means to keep the flow attached around the protuberance or to modify the position of the protuberance in response to a command from a central controller, so as to provide an active control of the lift between a maximum value and a minimum value.
US11628915B1
The instant invention describes devices and methods of measuring the differential air pressure at numerous representative points across the surface of the sail and providing visual feedback of areas of ideal laminar flow and areas of less than optimal airflow with an indication of how the sail must be adjusted to create the maximal differential in airflow. The invention utilizes an array of sensors that detect minute variations in barometric pressure and other data on each side of the sail surface. These sensors are connected together to form a network or net across the sail. This connection can be physical, using wires, or it may be wireless, using for example, but certainly not being limited to, Bluetooth LE 5.0 or other wireless topologies or technologies. Finally it may utilize a combination of wired and wireless connections to fit individual situations and may couple with existing terrestrial and satellite ship networks.
US11628903B2
A snowmobile having enhanced steering control has driving control system including an electrically actuated device coupled to a steering system having a user operated steering element with the device applying torque to the steering system, a throttle, a plurality of sensors including a torque sensor and at least one additional sensor to generate terrain condition data and operational data, and at least one controller coupled to the device and the sensors. The at least one controller selects a terrain condition mode using the generated terrain condition and generated operational data, determines the torque to apply responsive to the angle and speed of rotation of user operated steering element, and operates the electrically actuated device to apply the torque to the steering system, with the torque being applied only by the electrically actuated device.
US11628896B2
The invention relates to a composite motion robot based on springtail movement mechanism, which includes a body, a jumping mechanism, a balance wheel and a control module. The body includes a right pallet, a U-shaped frame, a curved slide, a casing, a fixing plate, a left pallet and a pin block; the control module is installed on the body. Based on springtail jumping motion mechanism and by setting the jumping mechanism and the balance wheel, the invention enables the robot to have capability of movement, such as jumping over obstacles, balance wheeled translation, flipping posture reset, and self-balance resetting which is otherwise difficult to be achieved by traditional balancing carts, etc.
US11628884B2
A front vehicle body structure includes a front side member that is connected to a front mounting bracket, and a front side upper member that is spaced apart from the front side member in the vehicle body width direction. The front side upper member is also connected to the front mounting bracket.
US11628883B2
A vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a vehicle bumper and a load transfer assembly. The vehicle bumper is coupled to a front end of the vehicle frame and includes a center beam and a bumper beam extension that extends laterally from an end of the center beam. The load transfer assembly includes first and second pivot pins and a load beam. The first pivot pin is fixed to the bumper beam extension and the second pivot pin is fixed to the vehicle frame. The load beam has a first end pivotably coupled to the first pivot pin and a second end pivotably coupled to the second pivot pin. The load beam is configured to load the vehicle frame in a lateral direction upon a vehicle impact event.
US11628868B2
A car control device includes a driving force calculating unit that calculates driving force necessary for a train to travel; an operating number calculating unit that determines the number of M cars to be operated on the basis of the driving force; and a driving force command calculating unit that calculates driving force commands to be given to the M cars that operate depending on the number of M cars to be operated, wherein the driving force command calculating unit continuously changes the driving force commands when the number of M cars to be operated changes.
US11628866B2
In one embodiment, a method of controlling adaptive window transparency includes calculating a buffer period having a start time and an end time. The method also includes adjusting transparency on a set of windows based on the start time of the buffer period and transferring control of the vehicle to the vehicle or driver based on the end time. In response to detecting an emergency, the method further includes removing all tinting on the set of windows. In another embodiment, a method of controlling adaptive window transparency includes calculating a buffer period based on a navigation route.
US11628865B2
A method for behavior cloned vehicle trajectory planning is described. The method includes perceiving vehicles proximate an ego vehicle in a driving environment, including a scalar confidence value of each perceived vehicle. The method also includes generating a bird's-eye-view (BEV) grid showing the ego vehicle and each perceived vehicle based on each of the scalar confidence values. The method further includes ignoring at least one of the perceived vehicles when the scalar confidence value of the at least one of the perceived vehicles is less than a predetermined value. The method also includes selecting an ego vehicle trajectory based on a cloned expert vehicle behavior policy according to remaining perceived vehicles.
US11628864B2
A vehicle driving assist apparatus includes a first unit to set a degree of acceleration suppression to suppress acceleration of a vehicle, a controller to suppress target acceleration of the own vehicle based on the degree of acceleration suppression, a storage to store road map information, an estimator to estimate a vehicle position, a detector to map-match the estimated vehicle position to the road map information and detect whether there is a crossing road ahead of the vehicle, a second setting unit to set, when the detector detects the crossing road, a traveling-prohibited region on an opposite side of the vehicle on the road map information, and a calculator to calculate a reaching distance from the vehicle to the region. The degree of acceleration suppression is set to a higher value as the reaching distance becomes shorter.
US11628858B2
In one embodiment, a system/method generates a driving trajectory for an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). The system perceives an environment of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). The system determines one or more bounding conditions based on the perceived environment. The system generates a first trajectory using a neural network model, wherein the neural network model is trained to generate a driving trajectory. The system evaluates/determines if the first trajectory satisfies the one or more bounding conditions. If the first trajectory satisfies the one or more bounding conditions, the system controls the ADV autonomously according to the first trajectory. Otherwise, the system controls the ADV autonomously according to a second trajectory, where the second trajectory is generated based on an objective function, where the objective function is determined based on at least the one or more bounding conditions.
US11628855B1
Ground truth data may be too sparse to supervise training of a machine-learned (ML) model enough to achieve an ML model with sufficient accuracy/recall. For example, in some cases, ground truth data may only be available for every third, tenth, or hundredth frame of raw data. Training an ML model to detect a velocity of an object when ground truth data for training is sparse may comprise training the ML model to predict a future position of the object based at least in part on image, radar, and/or lidar data (e.g., for which no ground truth may be available). The ML model may be altered based at least in part on a difference between ground truth data associated with a future time and the future position.
US11628851B2
Disclosed herein is a control apparatus included in a vehicle in automated vehicle and highway systems, the control apparatus including: a steering wheel having at least one touch screen on which a screen for manipulating at least one of the functions of the vehicle is output In addition, a control unit determines an intention of the user related to a selection of any one of the functions of the vehicle and controls a screen for manipulating a function according to the determined intention of the user to be output.
US11628849B2
A lift system for an automated storage system of the type where storage containers are stacked in storage columns arranged in a grid, and where automated container handling vehicles retrieve and replace containers from a top level of the grid. The lift system has a platform vertically movable adjacent to a face of the grid, arranged for receiving and transporting one or more containers. A dedicated mechanical device is arranged for grabbing, lifting and moving the storage containers from a staging area at the top of the grid and placing containers on the platform and vice versa.
US11628846B2
A mobile access device includes a memory, a user interface, a transceiver, and a control module. The memory stores a service application. The user interface receives an input from a user to execute the service application. The transceiver signals a vehicle to establish a connection and initiate a location determining process to determine a location of the mobile access device within the vehicle. The control module: determines whether the service application is permitted to be executed based on the location of the mobile access device; based on the location of the mobile access device, performs an identity verification process to verify identity of at least one of the user or the mobile access device; and tracks driving behavior of the user based on (i) whether the service application is permitted to be executed, and (ii) a result of the identity verification process.
US11628845B2
A method and a device for driver state evaluation are provided. In a detection step, in a sensor-aided manner, a driver's viewing direction in a field of view defined relative to the vehicle is detected and a solid angle oriented to the viewing direction is determined depending on at least one parameter that influences the field of view. In an evaluation step, at least one object point of the three-dimensional surroundings of the driver is evaluated on the basis of the latter's position with respect to the solid angle determined and an attentiveness-related driver state is ascertained depending on this evaluation and is output.
US11628834B2
A hybrid electric vehicle and a method of controlling the same are provided to avoid a collision thereof attributable to erroneous operation of an accelerator pedal. The method includes determining whether an accelerator pedal is erroneously operated in the situation in which an obstacle is detected to be present in the traveling path. In response to determining that the accelerator pedal is erroneously operated, the method includes switching the driving mode to a mode in which an engine is disconnected from a driving shaft and a motor generates driving force. The number of revolutions per minute (RPM) of the engine is then adjusted based on the extent to which the accelerator pedal is operated and the torque of the motor is adjusted based on a first vehicle speed and the distance to the obstacle.
US11628833B2
An automated parking movement path is generated such that a vehicle speed and a steering angle are set so as to enable a full steering axial force to be applied within a range of being less than a maximum driving force which depends on the temperature of a steering motor. Consequently, a load on the steering motor is suppressed, and thus a rise in the temperature of a steering motor is suppressed within the movement path from a movement starting position to a movement ending position.
US11628830B2
An automated valet parking system acquires a first vehicle location based on a detection result of an in-vehicle sensor of an autonomous vehicle and object information in a parking place, acquires a second vehicle location based on a detection result of a facility sensor provided in the parking place, and determines, based on the first and the second vehicle locations, presence or absence of location fail of the autonomous vehicle with respect to the first vehicle location. The location fail determiner determines that the location fail is present at least in one case out of a case where difference between a first longitudinal location and a second longitudinal location is equal to or greater than a longitudinal threshold or a case where difference between the first and the second lateral locations is equal to or greater than a lateral threshold. The lateral threshold is smaller than the longitudinal threshold.
US11628826B2
A method to control, while driving along a curve, a road vehicle with a variable stiffness and with rear steering wheels. The method comprises the steps of: determining an actual attitude angle of the road vehicle; establishing a desired attitude angle; determining an actual yaw rate of the road vehicle; establishing a desired yaw rate; and changing, in a simultaneous and coordinated manner, the steering angle of the rear wheels and the distribution of the stiffness of the connection of the four wheels to the frame depending on a difference between the actual attitude angle and the desired attitude angle and depending on a difference between the actual yaw rate and the desired yaw rate.
US11628824B2
A controller for a vehicle includes a controlling unit. In a case in which the target engine torque is less than or equal to a threshold, the controlling unit controls the engine such that the torque of the engine becomes equal to the target engine torque, and controls a motor-generator such that the torque of the motor-generator becomes equal to the target motor torque. Also, in a case in which the target engine torque is greater than the threshold, the controlling unit controls the engine such that the torque of the engine becomes less than or equal to the threshold, and controls the motor-generator such that the torque of the motor-generator increases.
US11628817B2
A vehicle includes a drive wheel, an engine, an accelerator pedal, a torque converter, a clutch, and a controller. The drive wheel is configured to propel the vehicle. The engine is configured to generate power and to deliver power to the drive wheel to accelerate the vehicle. The accelerator pedal is configured to generate an acceleration request based on a pedal position. The torque converter is disposed between the engine and the drive wheel. The clutch is disposed between the engine and the drive wheel and is configured to bypass the torque converter. The controller is programmed to, in response to depressing the accelerator pedal to a position that corresponds with accelerating the vehicle at a desired magnitude, adjust the torque of the engine to accelerate the vehicle at the desired magnitude, regardless of the state of the clutch.
US11628812B2
A parked freight trailer stabilizer and restraint comprising: (a) a kingpin receiver configured to lock onto a kingpin of a parked freight trailer; (b) a jack operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the jack repositionable between a retracted position and an extended position; (c) a tail hold operatively coupled to the kingpin receiver, the tail hold repositionable between a stowed position and a restraining position, the tail hold configured to engage a ground mount; and, (d) a transport receiver configured to engage a transport vehicle.
US11628804B2
A steering lock device includes a motor configured to rotate a motor shaft, a worm attached to the motor shaft of the motor, a main gear configured to rotate along with rotation of the worm, a cam member integrally provided with the main gear, and a rod including an insertion and extraction portion. The insertion and extraction portion is configured to be inserted into and extracted from an opening provided on a steering shaft side in accordance with an operation of the cam member along with rotation of the main gear. At least a part of at least one member of the worm and the insertion and extraction portion is configured to be accommodated in a circumferential region of the main gear when the main gear is viewed in a plan view along a rotation axis direction of the main gear.
US11628796B2
A deployment ramp for helping to direct a curtain airbag to deploy inboard of a trim piece on a side structure of a vehicle includes a deployment flap for directing the curtain airbag to deploy inboard of the trim piece and a mounting portion configured to receive a fastener for connecting the deployment ramp and the curtain airbag to the vehicle. The mounting portion includes a pair of mounting tabs. Each mounting tab is configured to be installed in a corresponding sleeve in the curtain airbag to connect the deployment ramp to the curtain airbag. The mounting portion is configured so that installing both mounting tabs in their corresponding sleeves requires the application of external manipulating forces to the mounting portion in order to bend and/or deflect in order to overcome an interference between the mounting portion and the curtain airbag.
US11628792B2
A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion including a cover, a frame and a pad, a plurality of parts of the cover being restrained to the frame and the pad; a cushion airbag device mounted in a front portion in the seat cushion and configured to inflate and deploy an airbag at a time of a frontal collision of a vehicle; and a restraint release part provided in a part of the cover positioned at at least one side in a seat front-rear direction with respect to the cushion airbag device among the plurality of parts of the cover. The restraint release part is configured to release the restraint of the part of the cover with an inflation pressure of the airbag.
US11628790B2
A column cover unit may include: a column cover configured to cover a steering column of a vehicle and comprising a first cover portion and a second cover portion, wherein a boundary between the first cover portion and the second cover portion extends from a front end of the column cover at a front portion of the vehicle toward a rear portion of the vehicle; and a contact member configured to separate the first cover portion and the second cover portion from each other at the boundary by contacting the column cover when the column cover is moved toward the front portion of the vehicle with the steering column.
US11628788B2
Computing nodes in a peer-to-peer network that can receive data about an accident in response to a vehicle having an accident. A computing device in the peer-to-peer network can generate a record of the data and store, in persistent storage, a copy of the record. The computing device can also transmit the record, via peer-to-peer connections, to other computing nodes in the network. The nodes in the network, when receiving the record, can each store a copy of the record and broadcast the record to one or more additional computing nodes in the network to cause the one or more additional computing nodes to store one or more additional copies of the record. Also, in response to an inquiry about the accident, the node can provide the record. And the node can participate in a determination of a network consensus in the network about validity of the record.
US11628787B2
A front bumper assembly including a vehicle camera relocation mount disposed within a front wall in a manner that leaves no visible sign of a mounting bracket configuration for the vehicle camera. Another front bumper assembly includes a central opening with a removable metal grill insert. The removable metal grill insert configured to connected with the front bumper in a manner that leaves no visible sign of its mounting configuration.
US11628785B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for providing a retreat space for the periodic recuperation of a person. In this case, the interior of a vehicle serves as the retreat space. Said vehicle may be a person's own passenger vehicle or a rented vehicle. Since the retreat space is only used for brief recuperation, e.g., during a lunch break, the space is prepared such that it can fulfill the recuperation requirements from the very start. For this purpose, a request message is sent to the vehicle, by means of which request message the vehicle is prepared as a retreat space for the person. Said preparation consists in configuring the vehicle interior, at least in terms of lighting and/or climatic conditions and/or entertainment facilities, to serve as a retreat space for the recuperation of said person at the reserved time in accordance with the request message. The vehicle may also receive a reservation request message from a service provider who provides vehicles for rent.
US11628784B2
A system for providing security to a fleet of vehicles, the system comprising: a plurality of modules, each module configured to monitor messages propagating in an in-vehicle network of a vehicle comprised in the fleet; a memory having data characterizing messages, and software executable to: identify an anomaly in communications over the in-vehicle communication network; and instruct a communication interface, configured to support communication with an entity external to the vehicle, to transmit monitoring data responsive to the messages; and a processor configured to execute the software in the memory; and a data monitoring and processing hub external to the vehicles comprised in the fleet and operable to receive transmission of monitoring data from the plurality of modules.
US11628767B2
A method of playing a virtual after-burn sound in an electric vehicle is provided. The method includes acquiring driver tendency information generated based on information of music played in a mobile phone and collecting driving variable information for playing a virtual sound during operation of the electric vehicle. Additionally, characteristics of a virtual after-burn sound are determined based on the collected driving variable information. The characteristics of the virtual after-burn sound are corrected according to the acquired driver tendency information. An after-burn signal is generated for playing the virtual after-burn sound based on information about the corrected characteristics of the virtual after-burn sound and operation of sound equipment is adjusted according to the created after-burn signal such that a virtual after-burn sound discriminated according to the driver tendency is played and output from the sound equipment.
US11628764B2
A lamp system for traffic lane indication using a navigation link may include a multi-function sensor sensing an environment and a line in front of a host vehicle, a line lamp generating and outputting a prediction line at a location corresponding to a line of a road, a navigation device providing location information of the host vehicle, and a vehicle controller predicting a forward line based on a line sensed by the multi-function sensor, and the location information of the host vehicle provided by the navigation device and controlling the line lamp to output the prediction line to follow the predicted forward line.
US11628761B1
An aiming mechanism 10 includes a headlight 3, a supporter 4 that supports the headlight 3 on a vehicle body 1 such that the headlight 3 is rotatable about a predetermined rotation axis X, and an adjuster 6 that adjusts the rotation angle of the headlight 3 about the rotation axis X. The adjuster 6 is located accessible from above the vehicle body 1.
US11628758B2
A table for seat provided facing a seat installed above a floor of a vehicle, including a top plate, and a leg part attached to a support portion provided below the seat to movably support the top plate from an accommodation position below the sitting portion to a use position above a sitting portion of the seat. The leg part includes a first leg part rotatably connected to the support portion, and a second leg part having a first end rotatably connected to the first leg part and a second end rotatably connected to the top plate. The table for seat further includes a biasing member disposed between the support portion and the second leg part to apply a biasing force to the second leg part from the support portion.
US11628756B2
A sensor disposition structure in a seat includes a cushion pad and a board-like member which is disposed under the cushion pad. A concave is formed in an upper surface of the board-like member, and a sensor is disposed in the concave.
US11628755B2
A lever assembly includes a lever housing attached to a seat back of a vehicle seat. The lever assembly includes a bracket attached to the lever housing, and the bracket includes a bracket opening. The lever assembly includes a lever bezel including a bezel opening, the lever bezel is received in the lever housing, and the bezel opening aligns with the bracket opening. The lever assembly includes a lever pivotally mounted to the level bezel and a clip received in the bezel opening and the bracket opening to secure the lever bezel to the lever housing.
US11628754B2
A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
US11628748B2
A vehicle includes a chassis defining a longitudinal axis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a cargo body coupled to the chassis and positioned rearward of the cab, and a driver seat disposed within the cab. The cab has a first door with a first window and a second door with a second window. When the driver seat is in a position that accommodates an operator being in the 95th male height percentile, the operator within the driver seat can see out of (i) the first window at a first angle relative to a forward looking direction that is parallel with the longitudinal axis and (ii) the second window at a second angle relative to the forward looking direction. Each of the first angle and the second angle is at least 95 degrees.
US11628745B2
An apparatus for a ground-based battery management for an electric aircraft is presented. The apparatus includes a battery pack mechanically coupled to the electric aircraft, wherein the battery pack includes at least a battery module, wherein each battery module includes at least a battery unit containing a first row of battery cells, a second row of battery cells, and a thermal conduit disposed between the first row and the second row of the battery unit, wherein the thermal conduit is configured to precondition the battery cells. Each battery module includes a thermal circuit mechanically coupled to the thermal conduit configured to facilitate the precondition using thermal media. The apparatus further includes a media channel encompassing the battery pack configured to connect to a ground cooling component that provides the thermal media to the thermal circuit using the thermal circuit, and evacuate the thermal media using the thermal circuit.
US11628736B2
The solar charging system according to the present embodiment includes a solar panel, a drive battery, an auxiliary system including one or more devices, and a controller that controls where to supply power generated by the solar panel. The controller determines whether the solar panel can generate power, and, upon determining that the solar panel can generate power, supplies the power from the solar panel to the auxiliary system to derive the power generated by the solar panel. Upon detecting a fact that the power generated by the solar panel is equal to or greater than a first power, the controller further supplies the power from the solar panel to the drive battery to charge the drive battery.
US11628703B2
A multi-zone climate control system for vehicles includes a front HVAC unit, a powered blower, and a heater core. The front HVAC unit is adapted to condition air provided to first and second front zones. The front HVAC unit further includes a cold air outlet connected to the powered blower. Cold air from the cold air outlet of the front HVAC unit passes through the powered blower and enters the heater core. The heater core is configured to control a temperature of conditioned air supplied to at least one rear zone of the passenger compartment.
US11628698B2
A hitch vibration dampener assembly and method of use thereof including a tow mount member including a base portion with a vibration dampener pad affixed to the back surface such that coupling of the tow mount member by locked engagement of at least one elongated pin successively received through paired side holes disposed in flanges of a hitch platform channel compresses vibration dampener pad upon the back panel of the hitch platform to thereby reduce the movement between the tow mount member and hitch assembly.
US11628697B2
A system and method of raising and lowering a ball coupler for coupling to a ball hitch is provided. A combination of hydraulic pump and hydraulic piston are employed to raise and lower the ball coupler of a gooseneck trailer. Both custom and off the shelf parts combine to create a user friendly system to couple and uncouple a gooseneck trailer to the truck. The system described herein replaces the need to raise and lower a gooseneck trailer's coupling system by hand crank and gear box and even the need to climb into the back of the truck bed. Varying trailer frame configurations and ball coupler sizes can be employed with the present invention. Also described and shown in this provisional is a non-rotating free end hydraulic piston device and method. Also described and shown is a coupling bushing device and method for securing a conventional coupler to piston rod.
US11628693B2
Disclosed is a pneumatic tire including a film attached to an inner liner, and a plurality of porous sound absorbing members attached to the film and arranged at a predetermined interval. According to the pneumatic tire, occurrence of resonance noise in the tire may be reduced.
US11628690B2
A tire has a tread portion having a second middle land region which is provided with middle lateral grooves and circumferentially divided into middle blocks. Each middle block is provided with two first middle sipes extending from a second shoulder circumferential groove, and one second middle sipe disposed between the two first middle sipes. Each first middle sipe extends in a wavy manner in its depth direction. The second middle sipe extends straight in its depth direction. The second middle sipe extends from the second shoulder circumferential groove and is terminated within the second middle land region.
US11628686B2
The bicycle hub assembly includes a hub axle, a hub body, a bearing unit, a lock member, and a tool engagement member. The bearing unit is configured to rotatably support the hub body around the hub axle with respect to the rotational center axis. The bearing unit includes an outer race, an inner race and a plurality of rolling members. The lock member prevents the inner race of the bearing unit from rotating relative to the hub axle. The lock member has an outer peripheral surface. The tool engagement member is configured to rotate the inner race of the bearing unit relative to the hub axle. The tool engagement member has an inner peripheral surface. The inner peripheral surface of the tool engagement member is disposed radially outwardly relative to the outer peripheral surface of the lock member.
US11628679B2
A graphic alignment tool and a method of using the same are disclosed. The graphic alignment provides for a placement of a graphic on a substrate. The graphic alignment tool includes a T-shaped center bar having a base vertically disposed and a collar plate laterally disposed at a top end of the base. A width bar is dimensioned to laterally extend across a width of the substrate. A rod is configured to be received in each of the slot and the alignment slot to slidably retain the width bar in a squared orientation relative the T-shaped center bar. A logo grid may also be provided for alignment of a graphic on a chest area of the substrate. The logo grid may be slidably retained with the T-shaped center bar via a rod and a grid slot defined in the logo grid.
US11628677B2
In sensor determination processing, each of a transmission-type optical sensor and a reflection-type optical sensor detects a label position, and first transport for transporting the printing medium is executed so that a first label position, which is detected by a first sensor succeeding in detecting the label position first, arrives at a printing position. When the first transport is terminated before a second sensor being another sensor succeeds in detecting a label position during the first transport, a first sensor is determined as a sensor to be used for detecting a label position. When the second sensor succeeds in detecting a label position during the first transport, a sensor succeeding in detecting the first label position or a second label position detected by the second sensor, which is closer to the printing position, is determined as the sensor to be used for detecting a label position.
US11628671B2
There is provided a printing apparatus including: a head unit including two first heads and a second head; a support unit arranged to face the head unit and has a support surface; and a sensor arranged between a first virtual line extending in a conveyance direction so as to pass an end of a nozzle group area, of one of the two first heads, defined on a side of other of the two first heads and a second virtual line extending in the conveyance direction so as to pass an end of a nozzle group area, of the other of the two heads, defined on a side of the one of the two first heads, and arranged, in the conveyance direction, upstream of a nozzle group of the second head, the sensor including a projecting member which projects toward the supporting surface with respect to a nozzle surface.
US11628664B2
A device and a method is disclosed to maintain plate and anilox mandrel position stability in print decks of a flexographic printing press. In one aspect, the mandrel bearings associated with at least one of the plate roll and the anilox roll are preloaded for the purpose of eliminating backlash and increasing the positional stiffness of the bearings, and thus the mandrel. In another aspect, the roll drive motor control system is enabled to provide a torque additive command the torque profile to maintain rotational consistency and otherwise overcome torque transients experienced by the motor during print bounce. Accordingly, the problem commonly referred to as print bounce and or print banding is alleviated.
US11628659B2
A single axis application unit for processing a glass workpiece includes a workpiece supporting table, an applicator movable on a traveler shiftable along a first linear axis and a central suction unit that is activateable to grip the glass workpiece that travels along a second linear axis oriented generally perpendicular to the first linear axis. A central suction unit brake selectively secures the central suction unit both rotationally and translationally. The central suction unit is freely moveable both translationally and rotationally when the central suction unit brake is released. A mid-peripheral suction unit is located at a fixed location remote from the central suction unit and selectively activateable to grip the glass workpiece to hold the glass workpiece in a fixed orientation. A corner suction gripper is movable with the applicator parallel to the first linear axis, and is selectively activateable to grip the glass workpiece.
US11628656B2
An optically anisotropic polymer thin film includes a crystallizable polymer and an additive configured to interact with the polymer (e.g., via π-π interactions) to facilitate chain alignment and, in some examples, create a higher crystalline content within the polymer thin film. The polymer thin film may be characterized by a bimodal molecular weight distribution where the molecular weight of the additive may be less than approximately 50% of the molecular weight of the crystallizable polymer. Example crystallizable polymers include polyethylene naphthalate, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene naphthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, as well as derivatives thereof. Example additives, which may occupy up to approximately 10 wt. % of the polymer thin film, include aromatic ester oligomers, aromatic amide oligomers, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, for example. The optically anisotropic polymer thin film may be characterized by a refractive index greater than approximately 1.7 and an in-plane birefringence greater than approximately 0.2.
US11628653B2
A combination of materials that may be formed through an extrusion process. The resulting product has at least two layers. By coextruding multiple layers of at least two types of materials together, the final product may have improved mechanical, thermal, electrical, and other properties as compared to the original materials used. Additionally, by using an additive, filler, or doping material in at least one layer of the final product during the extrusion process, the mechanical, thermal, electrical, or other properties of the final product may be further improved.
US11628646B2
Certain configurations of composite panels are described that comprise at least one aesthetic edge. In some embodiments, the composite panel with the aesthetic edge comprises a sandwich panel coupled to a shell layer. The sandwich panel may comprise skin layers and a core layer.
US11628618B2
A method for producing a functionally graded component layer-by-layer includes: depositing radiant-energy-curable resin on a build surface defined by a resin support, the resin containing filler including at least two groups of particles with different physical properties; allowing the filler to settle such that the groups of particles separate from each other, defining at least two regions within the resin; positioning a stage relative to the build surface so as to define a layer increment in the resin; selectively curing the resin using an radiant energy applied in a specific pattern so as to define the geometry of a cross-sectional layer of the component; moving the build surface and the stage relatively apart so as to separate the component from the build surface; repeating at least the steps of positioning and selectively curing for a plurality of layers, until the component is complete.
US11628615B2
Provided are a photocuring-type three-dimensional printing device capable of automatic continuous printing, and a system. A three-dimensional model is automatically composed, the composed three-dimensional model is automatically printed and pick-up collected, and a material tank can also be automatically replenished when replenishment is needed, thereby implementing automatic continuous printing without manual intervention.
US11628608B2
An injection molding apparatus (5) comprising: an actuator (10) comprising a thermally conductive housing body (12) mounted in direct heat or thermally conductive contact with one or more mounts (60, 50, 803) that are in turn mounted in direct heat conductive contact or communication with the manifold (20), the cooling device (500, 800) comprising a heat transmitter comprised of an arm, member (502) or leg (800I) that is either: disposed in direct or integral thermal contact with a complementary surface (12Is) of the actuator (10) or, configured to have compressible spring joints (800s).
US11628598B2
Systems and methods for forming pellets from mixed plastic materials are disclosed. An example method may include a method for forming pellets from mixed plastic materials without needing to screen or filter the mixed plastic materials. The method may include disposing a mixed plastic material into an extrusion apparatus, advancing the mixed plastic material through a die to form strands, and cutting the strands into a plurality of pellets.
US11628591B2
Herein are novel tools for splitting wood and material handling. Disclosed is a vehicle supported wood splitter comprising a blade portion and a fixation portion extending from the blade portion. The blade portion comprises a generally upward facing cut edge situated between a primary deflector face and a secondary deflector face and in one embodiment at least a portion of the fixation portion is sized and shaped to be received in a hitch receiver of a vehicle. In other forms, the blade portion comprises a ball space for seating over a hitch ball. In some forms, the splitter is in the form of a jack stand. Also disclosed is a complementary kindling collection system, a guide system, and splitter device adapted to one or more of casting, machining, and welding. Several methods of use are also disclosed.
US11628590B2
A treatment process and wood products thereof including a product formulation of a single phase solution combining a wood preservative (durable component) with a Flame Retardant component (FR) to produce a durable Flame Retardant (dFR) treated wood product. The durable component comprises a range of copper based and non-copper based wood preservatives, while the FR component comprises alkali metal silicates and alkali metal aluminate compounds. The dFR working solution undergoes chemical impregnation (treatment) followed by a heat (fixation) process step that locks the chemical into the wood making it non-leachable. The dFR treated wood products are tested for their enhanced fire performance properties. When heated, wood undergoes thermal degradation and combustion producing gases, vapors, tars and chars. Using a cone calorimeter burn test method, dFR treated wood products show a significant reduction in heat release rate, mass loss rate and smoke generated values compared to untreated radiate pine.
US11628588B2
Adjustable, handheld, woodworking squaring jig that is stable, versatile, and easily maneuvered for the rapid and precise squaring of jointed cuts of varying size across various workpieces which can be used in various work environments, the jig being freely adapted to move across an axis of motion as to accommodate mortise and hinge plate notch cuts of varying sizes, the jig also having a plurality of clamping surfaces which allow it to be conveniently secured to a variety of workpieces and surfaces in different positions, as well as a plurality of slots which allow for the attachment of index clamps, screws or bolts to firmly attach the jig to itself and the mortise or notch cut to be squared.
US11628582B2
This invention relates to a novel application of liquid-infused surface materials (LISM) to at least a portion of one or more surfaces of razor components (e.g., frame, housing, clips, blade supports, blade body, blade edge, lubricating bodies, guard, handle, grip, button). If applied to a skin contacting surface of a component, the one or more LISM layers may generally be abrasion-resistant, long-lasting or non-erodible, desirably elevating shaving performance, such as glide, comfort, rinsing, and cleanliness, while also simplifying the manufacturing process.
US11628568B2
A cooperative robotic arm system includes a first robotic arm, a second robotic arm and a controller. The first robotic arm has first working vector. The second robotic arm has second working vector. The controller is configured to: (1) control the first robotic arm and the second robotic arm to stop moving; (2) determine whether a first projection vector of the first working vector projected on a first coordinate axis and a second working vector projected on the first coordinate axis overlaps; (3) when they overlap, determine whether a third projection vector of the first working vector projected on a second coordinate axis and a fourth projection vector of the second working vector projected on the second coordinate axis overlap; and, (4). when they do no overlap, control a controlled-to-moved one of the first robotic arm and the second robotic arm to move along a reset path.
US11628562B2
A method for producing a strategy for a robot. The method includes the following steps: initializing the strategy and an episode length; repeated execution of the loop including the following steps: producing a plurality of further strategies as a function of the strategy; applying the plurality of the further strategies for the length of the episode length; ascertaining respectively a cumulative reward, which is obtained in the application of the respective further strategy; updating the strategy as a function of a second plurality of the further strategies that obtained the greatest cumulative rewards. After each execution of the loop, the episode length is increased. A computer program, a device for carrying out the method, and a machine-readable memory element on which the computer program is stored, are also described.
US11628559B2
An industrial robot for material processing includes a manipulator with a base, a link, an arm and a hand. A processing device of the industrial robot is movable by the manipulator and is attached to the hand of the manipulator, and is supplied with a medium via a medium line. Provided for the medium line is a drag chain subjected to a traction directed away from a connection of the drag chain close to a processing location by a tensioning device. The tensioning device has a tensioning lever and a restoring device. The tensioning lever is attached to a partial length of the drag chain. The tensioning lever is deflectable, counter to an action of a restoring force generated by the restoring device, towards the connection of the drag chain close to the processing location such that the tensioning lever performs a pivoting movement about a lever pivot axis.
US11628551B2
A multipurpose maintenance tool for a mechanical assembly. The tool includes a central body and an elongated shank extending in a longitudinal direction from the central body to a lever end. A foreign object removing element has a foreign body engaging surface. The element extends from the central body generally opposite the shank. A fastener engaging formation is formed on the shank, the removing element, and/or the central body. The formation is sized and shaped for engaging a fastener on the assembly to selectively tighten and loosen the fastener. A lateral extension extends from the central body to span an opening in the assembly and engage opposite margins adjacent the opening. As the shank is pivoted about the extension, the removal surface pivots about the lateral extension in a direction corresponding to the angular direction of the shank to dislodge foreign objects from the opening in the assembly.
US11628550B2
A vibration reducing structure of pneumatic hammer includes a handle having a concave room with a bottom wall and an air inlet channel communicating with the concave room. A control valve is disposed in the air inlet channel. A movable inner tube shell is accommodated in an outer tube shell coupled with the concave room and extends a rear bucket portion into the concave room. A movable hammer member, an air inlet valve for activating the hammer member and a hole communicating the air inlet channel to the air inlet valve are disposed in the inner tube shell. An air room is formed between the bottom wall and an end wall of the inner tube shell. A communicating channel communicates the air inlet channel to the air room for air with high pressure entering the air room.
US11628549B2
A compressed air nailer comprises a working piston connected to a driving tappet configured to drive a fastener. A trigger and a placing sensor are configured to be actuated to aerate or deaerate a main control line to enable triggering of the driving process. A control valve assembly is configured to define a locked position and an open position by controlling a first pressure in a first control space and a second pressure in a second control space. The first control space is connected to the trigger valve and actuation of the trigger valve is configured to bring the safety valve assembly into the locked position. When the safety valve assembly is in the open position, an actuation of the placing sensor valve is configured to bring the safety valve assembly into the open position when the trigger valve is actuated.
US11628548B2
A compressed air nailer comprises a driving tappet connected to a compressed air supply and configured to drive in a fastener. A triggering apparatus is configured to trigger a driving process and a working piston is coupled to a driving tappet. A safety actuator is configured to be displaced between a locked position and an open position, wherein when in the locked position, the safety actuator is configured to inhibit the triggering of the driving process when an actuation of the triggering apparatus occurs. The compressed air nailer further comprises a throttle and a safety control chamber configured to be aerated and deaerated by the throttle. A counterforce generator is configured to generate a counterforce that acts on the safety actuator and is directed in an opposite direction from the actuating force. The counterforce is linearly dependent on an operating pressure of the compressed air nailer.
US11628538B2
The adverse effects associated with high temperatures and warpage of parts of a shot blaster are ameliorated by providing a telescoping sleeve and valve mount and an orifice adaptor to regulate the area of the flow path from a shot reservoir to a metering valve.
US11628537B2
A grinding machine and a method for grinding large crankshafts are disclosed. During pre-grinding, steady-rest seats are ground, and a plurality of steady rests are placed against them. Synchronous electric drives drive the crankshaft at both ends. A desired shape is produced by interpolating motion of a first grinding disk about CNC-controlled X and Z axes and about a WK pivot axis. The grinding disk is a CBN grinding disk with a width less than the axial length of the main journals and crankpins of the crankshaft. Diameters are measured along the axial length of the main journals and/or crankpins by an in-process device. The drives for the X1, Z1, and WK axes are controlled in an interpolating manner on the basis of the measurements to achieve the desired shape.
US11628533B2
The present disclosure provides a floor grinding machine (1) for grinding floor surfaces of stone or stone-like material. The machine comprises a machine frame (2), a grinding head (3), supported by the machine frame (2), a motor (4), supported by the machine frame (2) and operatively connected to the grinding head (3), and a handle frame (5), extending from the machine frame (2), and pivotable relative to the machine frame (2). The machine further comprises a guide member (12), which is pivotable relative to the machine frame (2) and pivotable relative to the handle frame (5), a first locking device (14), for locking the guide member (12) relative to the handle frame (5), and a second locking device (13), for locking the guide member (12) relative to the machine frame (2). The disclosure further provides a handle for a floor grinding machine as well as methods of setting a position of a handle and methods of steering a floor grinding machine.
US11628519B2
A solder joint, for bonding an electrode of a circuit board to an electrode of an electronic component, that includes: an Sn—Bi-based solder deposited on the electrode of the circuit board; and a solder alloy deposited on the electrode of the electronic component. The Sn—Bi-based solder alloy has a lower melting point than the solder alloy deposited on the electrode of the electronic component. Fine Bi phases in the solder joint each have an area of less than or equal to 0.5 μm2. Coarse Bi phases in the solder joint each have an area of greater than 0.5 μm2 and less than or equal to 5 μm2. A proportion of the fine Bi phases among the fine Bi phases and the coarse Bi phases is greater than or equal to 60%.
US11628515B2
A processing apparatus includes a chuck table for sucking and holding a workpiece and a camera unit imaging the workpiece. The chuck table includes a light passing portion that passes light. The light passing portion includes a first region that overlaps with the workpiece and has a first mirror face that reflects light that advances from the first region into the light passing portion. The camera unit can image the workpiece by detecting light reflected by the first mirror face after having been reflected by the workpiece held by the chuck table and advanced into the light passing portion.
US11628510B2
A solder device includes a light source, a solder module, an optical guiding assembly, a sensor and a feedback controller. The light source emits waveband light guided to a to-be-soldered area for heating. The optical guiding assembly is disposed between the light source and the solder module, and the waveband light is guided to the solder module by the optical guiding assembly. The sensor is disposed on another side of the optical guiding assembly for receiving a sensing light beam and then generating a sensing signal. The sensing light beam is guided to the sensor by the optical guiding assembly. The feedback controller is connected with the sensor and the light source for receiving the sensing signal and then controlling the light source. The optical guiding assembly, the sensor and the feedback controller are integrated as a system controller. Therefore, the volume and weight of the solder module are compacted.
US11628504B2
A cutting insert may include a first surface, a second surface and a third surface. The first surface may include a corner having a convex curvilinear shape and an inclined surface. The inclined surface may include a first inclined surface, a second inclined surface and a third inclined surface. The first inclined surface may be inclined at a first angle. The second inclined surface may be inclined at a second angle. The third inclined surface may be inclined at a third angle. The first inclined surface may have a concave curvilinear shape in a cross section orthogonal to a bisector of the corner. The second inclined surface may be a flat surface. The second angle may be smaller than either of the first angle and the third angle in a cross section which includes the bisector and is orthogonal to the reference plane.
US11628498B2
A substrate holder for a lithographic apparatus has a main body having a thin-film stack provided on a surface thereof. The thin-film stack forms an electronic or electric component such as an electrode, a sensor, a heater, a transistor or a logic device, and has a top isolation layer. A plurality of burls to support a substrate are formed on the thin-film stack or in apertures of the thin-film stack.
US11628494B2
A composition including a three-dimensional metal printing powder; an organic polymeric additive on at least a portion of an external surface of the three-dimensional metal printing powder; and optionally, an inorganic additive on at least a portion of an external surface of the three-dimensional metal printing powder. A process for preparing a three-dimensional metal printing powder having an organic polymeric additive disposed thereon. A process for employing the three-dimensional metal printing powder including selective laser sintering.
US11628481B2
There is provided a centrifugally cast composite roll for rolling having excellent wear resistance and surface deterioration resistance at levels of a high-speed steel cast iron roll and having rolling incident resistance at a level of a high alloy grain cast iron roll. Its outer layer includes chemical components by mass ratio: C: 1.5 to 3.5%; Si: 0.3 to 3.0%; Mn: 0.1 to 3.0%; Ni: 1.0 to 6.0%; Cr: 1.5 to 6.0%; Mo: 0.1 to 2.5%; V: 2.0 to 6.0%; Nb: 0.1 to 3.0%; B: 0.001 to 0.2%; N: 0.005 to 0.070%; and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein: a chemical composition of the outer layer satisfies Formula (1) and has 5 to 30% of M3C carbide by area ratio; an outer layer Shore hardness (A) of a roll surface satisfies Formula (2); and a residual stress (B) of the roll surface satisfies Formula (3), 2×Ni+0.5×Cr+Mo>10.0 (1) Hs 75≤A≤Hs 85 (2) 100 MPa≤B≤350 MPa (3).
US11628478B2
A method of cleaning for a chemical mechanical polishing system includes directing a gas that includes steam from an orifice onto a component in the polishing system while the component is spaced away from a polishing pad of the polishing system to clean the component, and moving the component into contact with the polishing pad.
US11628472B2
An ultrasound system has a set of CMUT ultrasound transducer devices and a drive circuit for operating the ultrasound transducer devices, for delivering an AC drive signal and receiving a reflected signal. An intermediate circuit is between the drive circuit and the set of ultrasound devices in the form of an array of coupling circuits, each coupling circuit between the drive circuit and an associated at least one ultrasound transducer device. Each coupling circuit comprises a buffer element connected between a bias voltage and a device terminal and as series capacitor. The intermediate circuit serves as a connection link between the set of CMUT transducer elements and the driving/sensing electronics, and is formed as a passive integrated technology circuit. The buffer element prevents a low-impedance short between the CMUT cell bias node and the counter electrode in the case of a CMUT cell drum short circuit. In this way, failure of an individual cell will not cause a breakdown of the whole CMUT array nor a breakdown of the driving electronics.
US11628470B2
A method for locating a plurality of elements comprising a flexible ultrasound phased array. The method includes constructing a matrix of traveltimes by iteratively transmitting a signal from one element of the plurality and receiving the signal at each of the other elements of the plurality. Traveltimes are derived from each received signal and arrayed in a matrix. Relative positions of the first element of the plurality and the last element of the plurality are established and the locations of the remaining elements of the plurality are iteratively modeled to fit the matrix of traveltimes.
US11628463B2
An atomizing diffuser for gaseous environment cleaning: includes a tank cover covered in a water tank to define an oscillation space in the tank cover so as to enhance the effect of oscillating atomized liquid, a housing shield shielding the tank cover and provided with a water filling hole for allowing direct filling of liquid in the water tank and the oscillation space, and an oscillation device with the oscillator thereof coated with a layer of acid and alkali resistant coating for oscillating the alkaline ionized water and other acid-alkaline cleaning liquids in the oscillation space into gaseous cleaning mist that is outputted to the external environmental space for sterilization, cleaning, deodorization, virus elimination, or air purification, and an umbrella-shaped panel with radial ribs provided in the housing is illuminated by light to show the beauty of a paper umbrella, matching the spray effect.
US11628461B2
A sprinkler protection device can include a base and a top that removably engages the base. A base can include a cavity extending through upper and lower portions of the base, the lower portion can include at least one downwardly extending stake, and the upper portion can include at least one removable layer defining an upwardly facing opening exposing the cavity. A top can include a channel extending through upper and lower sections of the top, the lower section can include a downwardly facing opening that exposes the channel. With the top engaged with the base, the channel exposes at least a portion of the cavity.
US11628457B2
A device for interruption-free coating of can bodies with a coating liquid comprises an inlet container for providing the coating liquid to be applied, a pressurized air source for supplying pressurized air, an application nozzle for spraying the coating liquid with an application pressure onto the container body. An intermediary container is provided, which is connected on the inlet side to the inlet container by means of the inlet pipe and which is connected on the outlet side to the application nozzle by means of an outlet pipe.
