US11641026B2
An all-solid-state battery manufacturing apparatus disclosed herein includes a transport apparatus, a press roller, and an adhesive provision apparatus. The transport apparatus transports an active material layer. The press roller has a foil attachment surface, which is a cylindrical surface to which the current collection foil is to be attached. The press roller rotates and moves the current collection foil attached to the foil attachment surface to the surface of the active material layer being transported by the transport apparatus and presses the current collection foil and the active material layer between the press roller and the transport apparatus. The adhesive provision apparatus is provided on a movement path of the current collection foil rotated and moved by the foil attachment surface of the press roller, and provides an adhesive to the current collection foil attached to the press roller.
US11641018B2
A unit cell of a fuel cell includes: an insert including a membrane electrode assembly and a gas diffusion layer; a foamed body disposed on an outer side surface of the insert; and a frame covering an outer side surface of the foamed body such that a polymer resin is injected to the outer side surface of the foamed body while the polymer resin partly penetrates into the foamed body.
US11641014B2
A battery comprising an acidified metal oxide (“AMO”) material, preferably in monodispersed nanoparticulate form 20 nm or less in size, having a pH<7 when suspended in a 5 wt % aqueous solution and a Hammett function H0>−12, at least on its surface.
US11641012B2
A process for producing a graphene/Si nanowire hybrid material, comprising: (a) dispersing catalyst metal-coated Si particles, graphene sheets, and an optional blowing agent in a liquid medium to form a graphene/Si dispersion; (b) dispensing and depositing the dispersion onto a supporting substrate to form a wet layer and removing the liquid medium from the wet layer to form a dried layer of graphene/Si mixture material; (c) exposing the dried layer to a high temperature environment, from 300° C. to 2,000° C., to induce volatile gas molecules from graphene sheets or to activate the blowing agent for producing the graphene foam and to enable a catalyst metal-catalyzed growth of multiple Si nanowires emanated from Si particles as a feed material in pores of the foam to form a layer of the hybrid material; and (d) operating a mechanical breaking means to produce the Si nanowire/graphene hybrid material in a powder mass form.
US11641006B2
Disclosed in an embodiment is a semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor structure comprising a first conductive type semiconductor layer, a second conductive type semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed between the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the second conductive type semiconductor layer; a second electrode electrically connected to the second conductive type semiconductor layer; and a reflective layer disposed under the second electrode, wherein the second conductive type semiconductor layer comprises a first sub-layer and a second sub-layer disposed between the first sub-layer and the active layer and having an aluminum (Al) composition higher than that of the first sub-layer, the reflective layer comes into contact with the lower surface of the second sub-layer, and the second electrode comes into contact with the first sub-layer.
US11640998B2
A stacked multi-junction solar cell with a back-contacted front side, having a germanium substrate that forms a rear side of the multi-junction solar cell, a germanium sub-cell and at least two III-V sub-cells, successively in the named order, and at least one passage contact opening that extends from the front side of the multi-junction solar cell through the sub-cells to the rear side and a metallic connection contact that is guided through the passage contact opening. A diameter of the passage contact opening decreases in steps from the front side to the rear side of the multi-junction solar cell. The front side of the germanium sub-cell forms a first step having a first tread depth that circumferentially projects into the passage contact opening. The second step with a second tread depth circumferentially projects into the passage contact opening.
US11640995B2
Ferroelectric field effect transistors (FeFETs) having band-engineered interface layers are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor channel layer above a substrate. A metal oxide material is on the semiconductor channel layer, the metal oxide material having no net dipole. A ferroelectric oxide material is on the metal oxide material. A gate electrode is on the ferroelectric oxide material, the gate electrode having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A first source/drain region is at the first side of the gate electrode, and a second source/drain region is at the second side of the gate electrode.
US11640993B2
A shielded gate trench MOSFET device structure is provided. The device structure includes MOS gate trenches and p body contact trenches formed in an n type epitaxial silicon layer overlying an n+ silicon substrate. Each MOS gate trench includes a gate trench stack having a lower n+ shield poly silicon layer separated from an upper n+ gate poly silicon layer by an inter poly dielectric layer. The upper and lower poly silicon layers are also laterally isolated at the areas where the lower poly silicon layer extends to silicon surface by selectively removing portion of the upper poly silicon and filling the gap with a dielectric material. The method is used to form both MOS gate trenches and p body contact trenches in self-aligned or non self-aligned shielded gate trench MOSFET device manufacturing.
US11640990B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the devices are provided. Semiconductor devices include a semiconductor layer structure comprising a trench in an upper surface thereof, a dielectric layer in a lower portion of the trench, and a gate electrode in the trench and on the dielectric layer opposite the semiconductor layer structure. The trench may include rounded upper corner and a rounded lower corner. A center portion of a top surface of the dielectric layer may be curved, and the dielectric layer may be on opposed sidewalls of the trench. The dielectric layer may include a bottom dielectric layer on a bottom surface of the trench and on lower portions of the sidewalls of the trench and a gate dielectric layer on upper portions of the sidewalls of the trench and on the bottom dielectric layer.
US11640973B2
A semiconductor device and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first nanowire spaced apart from a first region of the substrate, a first gate electrode surrounding a periphery of the first nanowire, a second nanowire spaced apart from a second region of the substrate and extending in a first direction and having a first width in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a supporting pattern contacting the second nanowire and positioned under the second nanowire, and a second gate electrode extending in the second direction and surrounding the second nanowire and the supporting pattern.
US11640966B2
Disclosed are a photosensitive assembly, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electronic device. The photosensitive assembly includes a light-transmissive substrate, a light sensor, and a vibration member. The light sensor is disposed on a side of the light-transmissive substrate, and the vibration member is configured to drive the light-transmissive substrate to vibrate, such that a photosensitive area of the light-transmissive substrate is in an undulated shape.
US11640964B2
There is disclosed herein an SOI IC comprising an integrated capacitor comprising a parallel arrangement of a metal-insulator-metal, MIM, capacitor, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, and a fourth capacitor: wherein the second capacitor comprises as plates the substrate and a one of a plurality of semiconductor layers having an n-type doping, and comprises the buried oxide layer as dielectric; the third capacitor comprises as plates the polysilicon layer and a further one of a plurality of semiconductor layers having an n-type doping, and comprises an insulating layer between the plurality of semiconductor layers and the metallisation stack as dielectric; and the fourth capacitor comprises as plates the polysilicon plug and at least one of the plurality of semiconductor layers and comprises the oxide-lining as dielectric, wherein the oxide lining and the polysilicon plug form part of a lateral isolation (DTI) structure.
US11640959B2
A semiconductor device includes a pair of first and second dummy active regions extending in a first horizontal direction and spaced apart from each other in a second horizontal direction; a pair of first and second circuit active regions extending in the first horizontal direction and spaced apart in the second horizontal direction; and a plurality of line patterns extending in the second horizontal direction and spaced apart in the first horizontal direction. The pair of first and second dummy active regions may be between a pair of line patterns adjacent to each other among the plurality of line patterns. At least one of the first and second dummy active regions may have a width-changing portion in which a width of the at least one of the first and second dummy active regions changes in the second horizontal direction between the pair of line patterns adjacent to each other.
US11640958B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include semiconductor packages and methods of forming the same. An embodiment is a semiconductor package including a first package including one or more dies, and a redistribution layer coupled to the one or more dies at a first side of the first package with a first set of bonding joints. The redistribution layer including more than one metal layer disposed in more than one passivation layer, the first set of bonding joints being directly coupled to at least one of the one or more metal layers, and a first set of connectors coupled to a second side of the redistribution layer, the second side being opposite the first side.
US11640954B2
A semiconductor package structure includes a plurality of first dies spaced from each other, a molding layer between the first dies, a second die over the plurality of first dies and the molding layer, and an adhesive layer between the plurality of first dies and the second die, and between the molding layer and the second die. A first interface between the adhesive layer and the molding layer and a second interface between the adhesive layer and the plurality of first dies are at different levels.
US11640949B2
A bonded semiconductor structure includes a first device wafer and a second device wafer. The first device includes a first dielectric layer, a first bonding pad disposed in the first dielectric layer, and a first bonding layer on the first dielectric layer. The second device wafer includes a second dielectric layer, a second bonding layer on the second dielectric layer, and a second bonding pad disposed in the second dielectric layer and extending through the second bonding layer and at least a portion of the first bonding layer. A conductive bonding interface between the first bonding pad and the second bonding pad and a dielectric bonding interface between the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer include a step-height.
US11640947B2
A packaging semiconductor device, such as a fan-out Wafer-Level Packaging (FOWLP) device, is fabricated by providing a semiconductor device (20) having conductive patterns (22) disposed on a first surface and then forming, on the conductive patterns, photoresist islands (24) having a first predetermined shape defined by a first critical width dimension and a minimum height dimension so that a subsequently-formed dielectric polymer layer (26) surrounds but does not cover each photoresist island (24), thereby allowing each photoresist island to be selectively removed from the one or more conductive patterns to form one or more via openings (28) in the dielectric polymer layer such that each via opening has a second predetermined shape which matches at least part of the first predetermined shape of the photoresist islands.
US11640942B2
Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic component may include a substrate having a first face and an opposing second face, wherein the substrate includes a through-substrate via (TSV); a first mold material region at the first face, wherein the first mold material region includes a first through-mold via (TMV) conductively coupled to the TSV; and a second mold material region at the second face, wherein the second mold material region includes a second TMV conductively coupled to the TSV.
US11640936B2
A semiconductor structure and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. An exemplary semiconductor structure includes a first source/drain contact and a second source/drain contact spaced apart by a gate structure, an etch stop layer (ESL) over the first source/drain contact and the second source/drain contact, a conductive feature disposed in the etch stop layer and in direct contact with the first source/drain contact and the second source/drain contact, a dielectric layer over the etch stop layer, and a contact via extending through the dielectric layer and electrically connected to the conductive feature. By providing the conductive feature, a number of metal lines in an interconnect structure of the semiconductor structure may be advantageously reduced.
US11640932B2
A packaged electronic device includes a stacked configuration of a first semiconductor die in a first recess in a first side of a first conductive plate, a second semiconductor die in a second recess in a first side of a second conductive plate, a third conductive plate electrically coupled to a second side of the second semiconductor die, and a package structure that encloses the first semiconductor die, and the second semiconductor die, where the package structure includes a side that exposes a portion of a second side of the first conductive plate.
US11640926B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a substrate having a main surface on which the semiconductor chip is arranged, a resin case which has a storage space therein and a side wall, the side wall having an injection path extending from the storage space to a device exterior, the resin case having a first opening at a bottom side thereof, connecting the storage space to the device exterior, the substrate being disposed on the resin case, at a main surface side of the substrate facing at the bottom side of the resin case, and a sealing material filling the storage space and the injection path.
US11640924B2
The present disclosure provides a method of forming an integrated circuit structure. The method includes depositing a first metal layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a hard mask on the first metal layer; patterning the first metal layer to form first metal features using the hard mask as an etch mask; depositing a dielectric layer of a first dielectric material on the first metal features and in gaps among the first metal features; performing a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process to both the dielectric layer and the hard mask; removing the hard mask, thereby having portions of the dielectric layer extruded above the metal features; forming an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer of the second dielectric material different from the first dielectric material; and patterning the ILD layer to form openings that expose the first metal features and are constrained to be self-aligned with the first metal features by the extruded portions of the first dielectric layer.
US11640921B2
Trenches of different depths in an integrated circuit are formed by a process utilizes a dry etch. A first stop layer is formed over first and second zones of the substrate. A second stop layer is formed over the first stop layer in only the second zone. A patterned mask defines the locations where the trenches are to be formed. The dry etch uses the mask to etch in the first zone, in a given time, through the first stop layer and then into the substrate down to a first depth to form a first trench. This etch also, at the same time, etch in the second zone through the second stop layer, and further through the first stop layer, and then into the substrate down to a second depth to form a second trench. The second depth is shallower than the first depth.
US11640920B2
A sample holder according to the disclosure includes: an insulating base body in plate form; an electrically conducting member disposed on a lower face of the insulating base body; a lead pin joined to the electrically conducting member so as to extend downwardly from the insulating base body; a tubular member joined to the lower face of the insulating base body so as to surround the lead pin; a first member which is located in an interior of the tubular member and covers a junction between the electrically conducting member and the lead pin, the first member being in a gel form; and a second member which covers the first member and is filled in the interior.
US11640919B2
An apparatus including at least one drive; a first robot arm having a first upper arm, a first forearm and a first end effector. The first upper arm is connected to the at least one drive at a first axis of rotation. A second robot arm has a second upper arm, a second forearm and a second end effector. The second upper arm is connected to the at least one drive at a second axis of rotation which is spaced from the first axis of rotation. The first and second robot arms are configured to locate the end effectors in first retracted positions for stacking substrates located on the end effectors at least partially one above the another. The first and second robot arms are configured to extend the end effectors from the first retracted positions in a first direction along parallel first paths located at least partially directly one above the other. The first and second robot arms are configured to extend the end effectors in at least one second direction along second paths spaced from one another which are not located above one another. The first upper arm and the first forearm have different effective lengths. The second upper arm and the second forearm have different effective lengths.
US11640918B2
A stage device includes a stage having a copper main body and an electrostatic chuck, a cooling unit disposed below the stage, and a power supply mechanism for supplying power to an attraction electrode of the electrostatic chuck from a DC power supply disposed below the stage. The power supply mechanism includes a pair of terminals disposed at an outer peripheral portion of the stage while being spaced apart from each other, a first power supply line having a pair of metal rods spaced apart from each other while extending toward the stage and being connected to the DC power supply, a second power supply line having a pair of metal rods spaced apart from each other and connected to the terminals, and a connecting unit where the metal rods of the first power supply line and the metal rods of the second power supply line are connected.
US11640916B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes an indexer block and a processing block adjacent to the indexer block in a lateral direction of the indexer block. A plurality of processing block layers are stacked in an up-down direction in the processing block. The indexer block includes a container holding portion and a first transfer robot that transfers a substrate between the substrate container held by the container holding portion and the processing block. Each of the processing block layers includes a plurality of processing units, a substrate placing portion, a dummy-substrate housing portion, and a second transfer robot that transfers a substrate between the substrate placing portion and the plurality of processing units and that transfers a dummy substrate between the dummy-substrate housing portion and the plurality of processing units.
US11640913B2
A photoelectric device includes a target substrate, a circuit pattern layer disposed on the target substrate, a plurality of micro photoelectric elements electrically connected to the circuit pattern layer, and a supplemental repair element electrically connected to the circuit pattern layer. The target substrate is configured with a plurality of connection positions and a repair position disposed with an offset with relative to a corresponding one of the connection positions. The offset is greater than or equal to zero. The micro photoelectric elements are individually disposed on at least a part of the connection positions of the target substrate. The supplemental repair element has an electrode disposed on the repair position of the target substrate, and the electrode is connected to the circuit pattern layer. On the target substrate, the supplemental repair element is arbitrary with respect to the micro photoelectric elements.
US11640911B2
A substrate processing apparatus 1 is configured to supply a processing liquid to a peripheral portion of a wafer W being rotated. The substrate processing apparatus 1 includes a rotating/holding unit 21 configured to rotate and hold the wafer W; a processing liquid discharging unit 73 configured to discharge the processing liquid toward the peripheral portion of the wafer W held by the rotating/holding unit 21; a variation acquiring unit configured to acquire information upon a variation amount of a deformation of the peripheral portion of the wafer W; and a discharge controller 7 configured to control a discharge angle and a discharge position of the processing liquid from the processing liquid discharging unit 73 onto the peripheral portion based on the information upon the variation amount of the deformation of the peripheral portion acquired by the variation acquiring unit.
US11640909B2
A method of patterning a substrate. The method may include providing a cavity in a layer, disposed on the substrate, the cavity having a first length along a first direction and a first width along a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein the layer has a first height along a third direction, perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The method may include depositing a sacrificial layer over the cavity in a first deposition procedure; and directing angled ions to the cavity in a first exposure, wherein the cavity is etched, and wherein after the first exposure, the cavity has a second length along the first direction, greater than the first length, and wherein the cavity has a second width along the second direction, no greater than the first width.
US11640904B2
Methods for confirming charged-particle generation in an instrument are provided. A method to confirm charged-particle generation in an instrument includes providing electrical connections to a charged-particle optics system of the instrument while the charged-particle optics system is in a chamber. The method includes coupling an electrical component having an impedance to charged-particle current generated in the chamber. Moreover, the method includes measuring an electrical response by the electrical component to the charged-particle current. Related instruments are also provided.
US11640900B2
Techniques are disclosed for an electron cyclotron rotation (ECR)-enhanced hollow cathode plasma source (HCPS). A cylindrical magnet is placed around the neck of a hollow cathode under the influence of an RF field. A plasma gas is introduced in the hollow cathode that undergoes phase transition to a plasma containing free electrons and gas ions. The magnetic field of the magnet causes ECR that confines free electrons to a narrow spiraling beam traveling down the body of the hollow cathode. Unlike traditional methods, the present ECR-enhanced design confines the electrons and ions to a narrow path away from the walls of the cathode. The high-density, stable plasma is available at the distal end of the hollow cathode. A multicavity design utilizes multiple cavities with multiple aligned magnets in a single reactor suitable for various processes including, PECVD, PEALD, ALE, etc.
US11640889B2
An electromagnetic relay includes a moving member, a yoke, a guide member, and a movable iron core. The yoke includes a plate portion and a yoke hole. The guide member is disposed in the yoke hole. The movable iron core is connected to the moving member. The movable iron core includes a tubular portion. The tubular portion includes a first end surface and a second end surface. The tubular portion is disposed in the guide member. The plate portion includes a first surface and a second surface. In a case where the moving member is located at the closed position, the first end surface is located within a range from a first position to a second position. The first position is a position corresponding to the first surface. The second position is located at a center of the first surface and the second surface.
US11640886B2
A circuit breaker for use in medium voltage applications includes: a housing; a first contact arranged on an end of a first contact stem that extends fixedly through the housing; a second contact arranged on an end of a second contact stem that extends axially and is movable through the housing. The circuit breaker further includes a moving device for moving the second contact between a closed position in contact with the first contact and an open position spaced apart from the first contact. A mass of the second contact is less than a mass of the first contact. The moving device includes a closing mechanism for urging the second contact to the closed position and an opening mechanism for urging the second contact to the open position. The circuit breaker further includes a reconditioning power source and a controller for providing a reconditioning current.
US11640882B2
The invention provides an input device including a holder, a first wheel, a slider, and a first pressure part. The first wheel is disposed on the holder, and includes a side surface, a circle center, and a segment adjusting structure. The segment adjusting structure is disposed on the side surface in a manner of surrounding the circle center. The slider is disposed on the holder, and is movable relative to the holder to move toward or away from the circle center. The first pressure part includes two first ends. One of the first ends is connected to the slider, and as the slider moves toward or away from the circle center, interference between the other first end and the segment adjusting structure is increased or reduced.
US11640881B2
A switch assembly is configured to be mounted to a lower cover of the junction box assembly. The switch assembly includes a holder, the holder is configured to removably coupled to the lower cover. The holder includes a pocket. The switch assembly further includes a switch. The hook is configured to engage the lower cover and is dimensioned to be seated within the pocket of the holder. The switch includes a hook. The hook is configured to pull the switch towards the lower cover so as to pinch the holder between the lower cover and the switch. Accordingly, the hook presses the switch against a bottom surface of the lower cover so as to eliminate a rattle when the switch is held in suspension beneath the lower cover of the junction box assembly.
US11640880B2
An energy storage device includes: a case including a case body and a lid; and electrode terminals (positive electrode terminal, negative electrode terminal) fixed to the lid. A junction portion for joining the case body and the lid to each other is formed on a surface of the case on an electrode terminal side. The lid includes recessed portions disposed along and adjacent to the junction portion without being disposed between the electrode terminal and the junction portion.
US11640875B2
A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including first and second dielectric layers and internal electrodes, and including first to sixth surfaces; first and second external electrodes disposed on the fifth and sixth surfaces; and third and fourth external electrodes disposed on the third and fourth surfaces. The internal electrodes include: a first internal electrode disposed on the first dielectric layer and connected to the first and second external electrodes; a second internal electrode disposed on the first dielectric layer and connected to the third external electrode; a third internal electrode disposed on the first dielectric layer and connected to the fourth external electrode; and a fourth internal electrode disposed on the second dielectric layer and overlapping at least a portion of the first to third internal electrodes.
US11640871B2
A transformer includes: a base that is a plate-like member and has a first surface and a second surface, a core attached to the first surface of the base, coils wound around the core, coil terminals attached to the second surface of the base, and a cooling unit that is thermally connected to the core and is to release heat transferred from the core. The coil terminals are disposed on the second surface of the base opposite to the first surface of the base to which the core is attached. The cooling unit is disposed on a side of the core opposite to the base.
US11640869B2
A bonding structure of a sheet core and a pair of flange parts wherein the pair of flange parts is formed on both ends of a shaft part to constitute a drum core together with the shaft part; the sheet core is bonded, in a manner connecting the pair of flange parts across the shaft part, to the top faces of the flange parts facing away from the bottom faces of the flange parts to be mounted on a circuit board; and a coil-shaped conductor is constituted by sheathed conductive wires wound around the shaft part; wherein the bonding surfaces of each of the flange parts and the sheet core have multiple contact areas where the flange part makes direct contact with the sheet core, as well as adhesive areas between the contact areas where an adhesive is disposed.
US11640864B2
A solenoid assembly includes a solenoid having a coil that defines a passageway and a plunger movable within the passageway from a retracted position to an extended position. The plunger extends along an axis between a first plunger end and an opposite second plunger end. A frame holds the solenoid and has a first opening through which the first plunger end extends when the plunger is in the retracted position and a second opening through second end of the plunger extends when the plunger is in the extended position. When the plunger is in the extended position the first plunger end retracts into the frame via the first opening.
US11640855B2
A medication dispensing cabinet provides controlled access to medications and supplies stored in it. The cabinet may include at least one lockable storage compartment, and a controller that controls access to the at least one lockable storage compartment. The cabinet may include multiple printers integrated into the cabinet. The cabinet may include a camera operably coupled to the controller. The cabinet may include a set of cabinet electronics, and a power distribution and communications circuit board. The cabinet may include a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, wherein the controller conditions access to the at least one lockable storage compartment on receipt of information from the RFID reader. Data may be stored in the controller according to an implementation of RAID technology. The controller may include multiple electronic communications network interfaces, and may include an out of band network communication channel. A dispensing cabinet may facilitate printing of labels for medications.
US11640842B2
A method of programming a resistive memory device, and a corresponding resistive memory device, which includes the resistive memory device, in response to a write command, applying a write pulse to a selected memory cell arranged in a region where a selected word line intersects with a selected bit line; and after the applying the write pulse, applying a dummy pulse to at least one unselected memory cell. The at least one unselected memory cell is connected to at least one of the selected word line, the selected bit line, a first word line adjacent to the selected word line, and a first bit line adjacent to the selected bit line.
US11640841B2
A memory system includes a column circuit to generate a logic state of data stored in one of the memory bit cell circuits in a column in a read operation. The column circuit includes a read control circuit to cause a float control circuit to couple a read bit line to a charged evaluation output line in a read operation and cause the float control circuit to decouple the read bit line from the evaluation output line in an idle stage. Decoupling the read bit line from the charged evaluation output line reduces power lost between read operations by current leaking through read port circuits in the memory bit cell circuits to which the read bit line is coupled. The memory system may include at least one read bit line, each coupled to a respective float control circuit and a respective plurality of memory bit cell circuits in a column.
US11640830B2
Microphone signals are received from microphones of a computer device. Each microphone signal of the microphone signals is acquired by a respective microphone of the microphones. A previously unselected microphone is selected from the microphones as a reference microphone, which generates a reference microphone signal. An adaptive filter is used to create, based on microphone signals of the microphones other than the reference microphone, predicted microphone signals for the reference microphone. Based on the predicted microphone signals for the reference microphone, an enhanced microphone signal is outputted for the reference microphone. The enhanced microphone signal may be used as microphone signal for the reference microphone in subsequent audio processing operations.
US11640829B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that includes a processing system having a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, where the operations include determining parameters for adapting audio in the content to the device, wherein the device renders the content, and wherein the parameters are based on semantic metadata embedded in the content, adapting the audio in the content based on the parameters, and rendering the content, as adapted by the parameters, to represent a semantic in the semantic metadata. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11640827B2
An information encoder for encoding an information signal includes: a converter for converting the linear prediction coefficients of the predictive polynomial A(z) to frequency values f1 . . . fn of a spectral frequency representation of the predictive polynomial A(z), wherein the converter is configured to determine the frequency values f1 . . . fn by analyzing a pair of polynomials P(z) and Q(z) being defined as P ( z ) = A ( z ) + z - m - l A ( z - 1 ) and Q ( z ) = A ( z ) - z - m - l A ( z - 1 ) , wherein m is an order of the predictive polynomial A(z) and I is greater or equal to zero, wherein the converter is configured to obtain the frequency values by establishing a strictly real spectrum derived from P(z) and a strictly imaginary spectrum from Q(z) and by identifying zeros of the strictly real spectrum derived from P(z) and the strictly imaginary spectrum derived from Q(z).
US11640821B2
A method for controlling a plurality of environmental factors that trigger a negative emotional state is provided. The method may include analyzing a plurality of user data when a user experiences a plurality of various environmental factors. The method may also include determining an emotional state experienced by the user when each of the plurality of various environmental factors is present based on the plurality of user data. The method may include receiving a plurality of calendar information associated with a user account. The method may also include identifying an upcoming event based on the plurality of calendar information. The method may include identifying an environmental factor within the plurality of various environmental factors is present at the upcoming event. The method may also include, in response to determining the environmental factor causes the user to experience a negative emotional state, executing an accommodation method based on the environmental factor.
US11640819B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein an update program that causes a computer to execute a procedure, the procedure includes calculating a selection rate of each of a plurality of quantization points included in a quantization table, based on quantization data obtained by quantizing features of a plurality of utterance data, and updating the quantization table by updating the plurality of quantization points based on the selection rate.
US11640818B2
A method and system for daisy chaining tournament audio controllers, where the method comprises, in a headset coupled to a first audio controller, the first audio controller being in a daisy chain of audio controllers: receiving a chat signal from a second audio controller in the daisy chain of audio controllers, receiving a microphone signal from a microphone in the headset, summing the chat signal with the microphone signal, communicating the summed signal to a third audio controllers in the daisy chain, and communicating the chat signal to the headset. The microphone signal may be removed from the summed chat signal and microphone signal by adding a second microphone signal 180 degrees out of phase with the microphone signal. The chat signal may be summed with the microphone signal at an amplitude set by a user of the headset after the removal of the microphone signal.
US11640812B2
An augmented reality display system included in a vehicle generates an augmented reality display, on one or more transparent surfaces of the vehicle. The augmented reality display can include an indicator of the vehicle speed which is spatially positioned according to the speed of the vehicle relative to the local speed limit. The augmented reality display can include display elements which conform to environmental objects and can obscure and replace content displayed on the objects. The augmented reality display can include display elements which indicate a position of environmental objects which are obscured from direct perception through the transparent surface. The augmented reality display can include display elements which simulate one or more particular environmental objects in the environment, based on monitoring manual driving performance of the vehicle by a driver. The augmented reality display can include display elements which identify environmental objects and particular zones in the environment.
US11640811B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for three sub-color correction based on two-dimensional graphs. In an aspect, a method includes obtaining an image to be shown on a display, determining three sub-color values of a particular pixel in the image, including a first sub-color value for a first sub-color, a second sub-color value for a second sub-color, and a third sub-color value for a third sub-color of the particular pixel, obtaining a representation of a two-dimensional graph of color-correction curves, selecting a selected color-correction curve to use to correct the first sub-color value based on both the second sub-color value and the third sub-color value, determining a corrected first sub-color value based on the first sub-color value, and outputting the image using the corrected first sub-color value instead of the first sub-color value.
US11640808B2
Disclosed are an array substrate row drive circuit unit, a drive circuit and a liquid crystal display panel thereof. The array substrate row drive circuit unit includes a pull-up control module; a pull-up module; a pull-down module connected to the pull-up control module and the pull-up module and being configured to simultaneously pull down a pull-up control signal and a row scan signal of a current stage array substrate row drive circuit unit to a low level according to a direct current low voltage signal when receiving the row scan signal; and a voltage dividing module electrically connected to the pull-up module and being configured to increase a falling edge during pull-down when the pull-down module simultaneously pulls down the pull-up control signal and the row scan signal of the current stage array substrate row drive circuit unit to a low level.
US11640804B2
The present invention provides a chromaticity adjustment method, a chromaticity adjustment device, and a display panel. The chromaticity adjustment method makes a chromaticity of a white image conform to a target value by adjusting a thickness of a liquid crystal layer corresponding to blue pixels. Therefore, a chromaticity deviation in the display panel can be relieved. In addition, after adjusting a thickness of a blue photoresist layer, an adjustment range of a gray scale of blue sub-pixels (B) can be reduced. While improving the chromaticity, an impact on light transmittance rate can also be reduced, and color interference can be prevented.
US11640779B2
An image display system according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of image output devices and a plurality of image display devices that are connected to one another via a network. When a predetermined image output device that is one of the plurality of image output devices and a predetermined image display device that is one of the plurality of image display devices are connected, the predetermined image output device transmits a pairing start image signal to the predetermined image display device. The predetermined image display device receives the pairing start image signal transmitted from the predetermined image output device.
US11640765B2
A system and method are disclosed. The system includes a computer readable medium having non-transitory computer readable program code embodied therein for risk-aware contingency flight re-planning. The computer readable instructions include instructions, which when executed by a computer device or processors, perform and direct the step of receiving a preplanned route, receiving a risk tolerance level from a decision maker, receiving input from a database, receiving an indication of an en route risk to the vehicle, determining an association of an exposure cost with at least one of a plurality of 4-D paths, ranking the plurality of 4-D paths based on the association of the exposure cost, and displaying a portion of the plurality of 4-D paths to the decision maker.
US11640763B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for determining a pickup location. The systems may perform the methods to receive a request or an intention for a first transportation service that is allowed to combine with a second transportation service from a terminal association with a service requester, the request or the intention including an origin location of the first transportation service and a destination of the first transportation service; obtain a plurality of candidate locations; for each of the plurality of candidate locations, determine a matching index value of the candidate location based on the origin location or the destination, wherein the matching index value is a probability of becoming a pickup location of the first transportation service; select one or more pickup locations from the plurality of candidate locations based on the matching index value; and transmit the one or more pickup locations to the terminal.
US11640759B1
Techniques for adapting workflows based on time to respond are provided. An electronic indication that a trigger has been detected by a sensor is received. The workflow server is configured to execute an action in a workflow in response to the trigger. An alert is sent to a device associated with a user to request a response from the user. Reception of the response is the action in the workflow. The response from the user is received. It is detected that a current response time for the trigger exceeds a threshold response time. A pattern that indicates response times for triggers of the trigger type recurrently exceed the threshold response time is detected. A proposed modification to the workflow or to a standard operating procedure (SOP) of an entity is generated. An electronic message is sent to a system administrator that recommends implementing the proposed modification.
US11640755B2
System and methods for delivering defibrillator incident information to a PSAP in real-time during emergency use of an AED are described. Such information is utilized by a telecommunicator at a PSAP to provide better guidance to volunteer caregivers during potential cardiac arrest incidents. In another aspect the AED's current instruction state and optionally the time in that state is provided to the PSAP.
US11640734B2
An ignition control apparatus (10) for controlling ignition of a vehicle (270) equipped with a vehicle unit (1) comprising a display (3) and at least one port (5, 5′) adapted to receive a user data device (7, 7′), wherein the ignition control apparatus (10) is adapted to be connected to the vehicle unit (1) and to an ignition circuit (20) of the vehicle (270), wherein the ignition control apparatus (10) comprises means (11) for activating and deactivating the ignition circuit (20), depending on insertion of a user data device (7, 7′) into the port (5, 5′) and/or reception of an override signal (O). Further, a corresponding method, system and use thereof to control ignition of a vehicle (270) is disclosed.
US11640728B2
A transmission determination unit determines whether or not transmission of common information is impossible, by using a throughput that is required when the common information is transmitted, a throughput that is estimated from a communication state with a vehicular server, and a processing load of an in-vehicle information device. A transmission unit transmits vehicle-side information to the vehicular server at a set transmission timing, and, when the above transmission is determined to be impossible by the transmission determination unit, transmits a transmission impossible message to the vehicular server.
US11640723B2
A method of monitoring an aircraft interior includes capturing an image using at least one camera mounted within the fuselage of the aircraft, the image being a captured image including individual image frames. The method further includes modifying the captured image and generating an optimized image using an image processing module, detecting an animate object within the optimized image and identifying features of the animate object using an object detection module, and displaying the optimized using a display module.
US11640720B2
Text recognition in a video stream using combined recognition results with per-character weighting. In an embodiment, for each frame in a video stream, a text-recognition result is obtained and a frame weight is calculated. The text-recognition results of the frames are combined by aligning character-recognition results and calculating a character weight for each character-recognition result. At each position in the alignment, the character-recognition results are accumulated based on the character weights and frame weights to produce an accumulated text-recognition result that represents a text field in the video stream.
US11640717B2
Systems and methods for using image analysis techniques to assess abnormal vehicle operating conditions are disclosed. According to aspects, a computing device may access and analyze image data depicting an individual(s) within a vehicle. Based on the depicted individuals(s) and optionally on other data, the computing device may determine that an abnormal condition exists. In response, the computing device may generate a notification and transmit the notification to an electronic device of an individual associated with the vehicle.
US11640703B2
A method for classifying measuring points of a point cloud ascertained by at least one sensor, in particular, a point cloud ascertained from a LIDAR sensor, a radar sensor and/or a camera sensor, via a control unit. Local surface vectors to adjacent measuring points are ascertained for each measuring point of the point cloud. For each local surface vector, respectively one angle is calculated between the local surface vectors with respect to a gravity vector. A maximal surface vector having a maximal angle with respect to the gravity vector and a standardized surface vector are ascertained for each measuring point of the point cloud based on the calculated angles. Each measuring point of the point cloud includes a standardized surface vector and/or includes a maximal surface vector having an angle with respect to the gravity vector above a limiting value being classified as a non-ground point.
US11640701B2
This disclosure describes techniques to detect an object. The techniques include operations comprising: receiving an image captured by overhead camera; identifying a region of interest (ROI) of a plurality of regions within the image; selecting an object classifier from a plurality of object classifiers based on a position of the identified ROI relative to the overhead camera; and applying the selected object classifier to the identified ROI; and detecting presence of the object within the ROI in response to applying the selected object classifier to the identified ROI.
US11640698B2
Systems, methods, and computer programming products for generating, rendering and/or displaying a computer-generated virtual environment as augmented reality and/or virtual reality. The physical boundaries containing the active area where the virtual environments are rendered and displayed are established. Based on the constraints and characteristics of the physical boundaries, virtual environments are mapped using assets from real, historical and/or fictitious locations. The assets can be dynamically re-sized and distanced to fit constraints of the physical space. Based on historical levels of interactivity with the selected environments, the virtual assets can be sorted and tagged as points of interest or filler assets, then mapped to the virtual environment using GAN technology and other machine learning techniques to re-create unique versions of the selected environments. Virtual thresholds can be introduced to segment the virtual environment into multiple portions and reduce the amount of assets needing to be simultaneously displayed.
US11640694B2
Embodiments include systems and methods for creation of a 3D mesh from a video stream or a sequence of frames. A sparse point cloud is first created from the video stream, which is then densified per frame by comparison with spatially proximate frames. A 3D mesh is then created from the densified depth maps, and the mesh is textured by projecting the images from the video stream or sequence of frames onto the mesh. Metric scale of the depth maps may be estimated where direct measurements are not able to be measured or calculated using a machine learning depth estimation network.
US11640688B2
A data processing apparatus comprises a processing unit to generate image data for rendering data for display as an image frame, a memory to store the image data, the image data comprising data for a given object in the image frame, detection circuitry to detect, for the data for the given object, one or more properties associated with the given object in the image frame, prediction circuitry to generate, based on one or more of the properties, a confidence score for the data for the given object indicative of a likelihood that the data for the given object is to be used for more than a threshold number of image frames in a sequence of image frames, and allocation circuitry to allocate indicator data to the data for the given object, the indicator data indicative of a magnitude of the confidence score for the data for the given object, and to store the data for the given object in the memory in association with the corresponding indicator data.
US11640686B2
Systems and methods are described to detect a location to place an advertisement in a media asset, the method comprising, identifying a plurality of points in a video frame of a media asset, detecting a color associated with each point of the plurality of points, calculating a change in color between each point of the plurality of points, comparing the change in color between each point of the plurality of points with a threshold, identifying, based on the comparing, an area within the frame that constitutes a surface; and selecting an advertisement to be placed on the surface.
US11640682B2
A method for processing digital subtraction angiography (DSA) or computed tomography (CT) images for reduced radiation exposure to a DSA or CT subject includes receiving, as input, a plurality of captured DSA or CT image frames of a contrast agent flowing through a volume of interest in a subject. The method further includes fitting a mathematical model to measured contrast agent density of individual voxels of the captured DSA or CT image frames to produce a mathematical model of contrast agent flow across the captured DSA or CT image frames. The method further includes sampling the mathematical model of contrast agent flow for the individual voxels to produce reconstructed DSA or CT image frames. The method further includes outputting at least one of the reconstructed CT or DSA image frames.
US11640677B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for navigation using planar landmarks. In some implementations, images depicting an area of a property captured by a camera are obtained. Landmarks in the area are identified based on the images. An expected stability for each of the landmarks are determined. A map for the area is generated based on the expected stability for each of the landmarks. The map is transmitted to one or more electronic devices.
US11640671B2
Monitoring system and method for identifying object of interest after the object of interest has undergone a change in appearance. The method includes detecting an appearance of a first object of interest in a first zone and determining whether the first object of interest has appeared in a second zone adjacent the first zone within a predetermined time. When the first object of interest has not appeared in the second zone within the predetermined time, the method includes adding the first object of interest to a disappearance database and detecting an unexplained appearance of a second object of interest in a third zone of the plurality of zones. When an unexplained appearance of the second object of interest is detected, the method includes adding the second object of interest to a suspect database, and generating a notification for a first responder regarding the second object of interest.
US11640670B2
Disclosed is an electronic device which includes a processing block, a crosstalk compensation block, and a dark level compensation block. The processing block receives image data from an active pixel region of an image sensor and performs pre-processing on the image data. The crosstalk compensation block performs crosstalk compensation on the pre-processed image data. The dark level compensation block performs the crosstalk compensation on dark level data received from an optical black region of the image sensor and performs a subtraction operation on the crosstalk-compensated image data and the crosstalk-compensated dark level data.
US11640662B2
A mutation detection apparatus includes a memory configured to store software for implementing a neural network and a processor configured to detect a mutation by executing the software, wherein the processor is configured to generate first genome data extracted from a target tissue and second genome data extracted from a normal tissue, extract image data by preprocessing the first genome data and the second genome data, and detect a mutation of the target tissue on the basis of the image data through the neural network trained to correct a sequencing platform-specific false positive.
US11640660B2
The present disclosure discloses an industrial Internet of Things (IoT), a control method, and a storage medium based on a machine vision detection, and provides a technical solution for a timely adjustment of production line parameters according to image information generated during a machine vision data collection on the production line. Through a difference of the image information corresponding to different process operations, a processing situation of different process operations may be obtained, so that more accurate adjustment of the production line parameter may be achieved without increasing the system complexity, thereby effectively reducing a development cost of the industrial IoT, and increasing accuracy of the intelligent manufacturing control.
US11640656B2
An image processing apparatus comprises a receiver (201) for receiving an image signal which comprises at least an encoded image and a target display reference. The target display reference is indicative of a dynamic range of a target display for which the encoded image is encoded. A dynamic range processor (203) generates an output image by applying a dynamic range transform to the encoded image in response to the target display reference. An output (205) then outputs an output image signal comprising the output image, e.g. to a suitable display. The dynamic range transform may furthermore be performed in response to a display dynamic range indication received from a display. The invention may be used to generate an improved High Dynamic Range (HDR) image from e.g. a Low Dynamic Range (LDR) image, or vice versa.
US11640655B2
A system, and method of operating the same detects moving targets in images and performs image turbulence correction. The system includes an automatic target recognizer (ATR) system including a database. The ATR includes a feature extractor and processor arranged to detect a plurality of reference features associated with targets within image frames, and calculate a position of the plurality of reference features. The system includes an image processor arranged to receive the position, demosaic the image frames into a plurality of video tiles, iteratively process the video tiles for turbulence correction to generate turbulence corrected video tiles associated with acquired targets; convert the turbulence corrected video tiles into a single video frame tile including turbulence degradation correction; and mosaic each of the single video frame tiles to generate a full field of view turbulence corrected video stream.
US11640651B2
Aerial imagery may be captured from an unmanned aircraft or other aerial vehicle. The use of aerial vehicle imagery provides greater control over distance from target and time of image capture, and reduces or eliminates imagery interference caused by clouds or other obstacles. Images captured by the aerial vehicle may be analyzed to provide various agricultural information, such as vegetative health, plant counts, population counts, plant presence estimation, weed presence, disease presence, chemical damage, wind damage, standing water presence, nutrient deficiency, or other agricultural or non-agricultural information. Georeference-based mosaicking may be used to process and combine raw image files into a direct georeferenced mosaic image.
US11640642B2
The present application provides a method and system for dynamically predicting a deoxynivalenol content of wheat at harvest, including: on the basis of historical data, screening out by particle swarm optimization algorithm combined factors suitable for establishing a prediction model, and establishing the prediction model by using the combined factors; on the basis of data of a current year, predicting a second flowering date and a second harvest date of wheat in the current year by an agricultural model; then obtaining a weather forecast on the basis of the second flowering date and the second harvest date, and combining the weather forecast and geographic data into correlated factors; and finally predicting the deoxynivalenol content of wheat at harvest by means of the prediction model and the correlated factors. Compared with the prior art, statistical items in the prediction model are more comprehensive, and growth period data of the current year can be dynamically predicted on the basis of growth period indexes model, thus continuously adjusting and establishing the prediction model. In addition, an overhead time for screening multi-dimensional large-batch data by the particle swarm optimization algorithm has more advantages, and the prediction model established by a multiple linear regression algorithm has higher precision.
US11640641B2
A system for account mapping includes functionality for obtaining more than one labeled accounts labeled by more than one accountant; pre-processing more than one labeled accounts using natural language processing, using the more than one pre-processed labeled accounts to train an account mapping model that performs multinomial classification; receiving an account name from an accounting application where the account name includes a text label for an account included in a chart of accounts; generating an account mapping by applying the account mapping model to the account name, where the account mapping includes a type of the account, a sub-type of the account, a code, and a series associated with an accounting form; returning the account mapping to the accounting application through an Application Programming Interface (API); and receiving a corrected account mapping from an accountant and using the corrected account mapping as a new text label to incrementally update the account mapping model.
US11640629B2
A computer-implemented method and system may include receiving, at an e-commerce order processor, an order from a first user comprising at least one product, wherein the order is received in association with an order sharing configuration indication; processing the order based on an order sharing criterion; receiving an order change from a second user; and processing an order completion.
US11640614B1
In some embodiments, a method includes in response to an integration tag included in a webpage at a first user interface being executed at a mobile device, receiving a mobile device identifier and a request to retrieve a purchase identifier. The method includes sending a first signal causing a frame to be provided within the webpage at the first user interface. The method includes in response to a first user input, receiving a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) POST request and determining a uniform resource identifier (URI). The method includes retrieving purchase information and sending a HTTP response message including the URI of the second user interface and the purchase information to deeplink to the second user interface and to cause the second user interface to be rendered at the mobile device with the purchase information pre-populated in an input field of a text message.
US11640611B2
Verifying a check includes receiving, from a check issuer computer system, first check information comprising a first routing number, a first account number, a first check number, and a first dollar amount associated with an issued check. The verifying also includes receiving from a computer system of a payee financial institution, second check information comprising a second routing number, a second account number, a second check number, and a second dollar amount from a received paper check. The method includes verifying that the first check information corresponds to the second check information and sending, to the computer system of the payee financial institution in response to the first check information matching the second check information, a verification message indicating that the first check information corresponds to the second check information.
US11640609B1
Disclosed is an example approach in which network and non-network features are used to train a predictive machine learning model that is implemented to predict financial crime and fraud. Graphical network features may be generated by applying financial entity risk vectors to a network model with representations of various types of networks. The network model may comprise transactional, non-social, and/or social networks, with edges corresponding to linkages that may be weighted according to various characteristics (such as frequency, amount, type, recency, etc.). The graphical network features may be fed to the predictive model to generate a likelihood and/or prediction with respect to a financial crime. A perceptible alert is generated on one or more computing devices if a financial crime is predicted or deemed sufficiently likely. The alert may identify a subset of the set of financial entities involved in the financial crime and present graphical representations of networks and linkages.
US11640607B2
An identification document includes a card structure including a plastic material, a surface of the card structure including a first surface region that includes a plurality of depressions formed in the surface according to a predefined pattern; and a second surface region that includes a majority of a surface area of the identification document, wherein the second surface region is non-porous. A surface energy of the surface in the first surface region is greater than a surface energy of the surface in the second surface region.
US11640592B2
A system, method, and apparatus is provided for integrating multiple payment options on a merchant webpage. The method includes receiving, from a merchant system associated with a merchant webpage, a payment data capture request, generating, with at least one processor, web payment capture data based on the payment data capture request, the web payment capture data configured to adapt the merchant webpage to receive payment information input by a user, communicating, to the merchant system, the web payment capture data, receiving, directly from a client computer via at least one client-side script executed by the client computer based on the web payment capture data, the payment information input by the user, generating, with at least one processor, a transient payment token based on the payment information, and directly communicating the transient payment token to the client computer.
US11640584B2
The present application includes a method and system for real-time predictive scheduling. The system receives information from at least one workload input and at least one personnel input, calculating an initial schedule based on the information and on analytics rules in a scheduling analytics engine. The system then allocates incoming workloads to customer service representatives according to the initial schedule, while monitoring adherence to the initial schedule by calculating deviation from schedule adherence. If the deviation from schedule adherence exceeds an acceptable deviation from schedule adherence within the analytics rules, the system calculates an updated schedule.
US11640581B2
Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and insurance claim analysis devices are disclosed that provide an improved, automated delta velocity determination. With this technology, one or more images of a damaged motor vehicle and contextual data, associated with an electronic insurance claim and a motor vehicle accident involving the damaged motor vehicle, are obtained. The obtained images and one or more portions of the contextual data are compared to historical sets of images of damaged motor vehicles and corresponding additional contextual data and actual delta velocity values. A delta velocity value is calculated based on the comparison. The calculated delta velocity value is provided to verify damage severity during automated processing of the electronic insurance claim.
US11640575B2
A method of redeploying waste containers in a waste collection system with an active or passive signal means requires a user to aim an optical character recognition reader at a waste container comprising a unique optical waste container identifier. The optical character recognition reader reads unique waste container optical identifier. The unique waste container optical identifier is converted to a unique electronically formatted waste container identifier. A unique radio frequency signal identifier is stored on a radio frequency emitting tag and associated with the unique electronically formatted waste container identifier. The radio frequency emitting tag is attached to the waste container.
US11640572B2
A method to optimize learning based upon ocular information of a subject includes providing a video camera for recording a close-up view of a subject's eye. A first electronic display shows a plurality of educational subject matter to the subject. A second electronic display shows an output to an instructor. Changes in ocular signals of the subject are processed through the use optimized algorithms. A cognitive state model determines a low to a high cognitive load experienced by the subject. The cognitive state model is evaluated based on the changes in the ocular signals for determining a probability of the low to the high cognitive load experienced by the subject. The probability of the low to the high cognitive load experienced by the subject is displayed to the instructor.
US11640568B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for a synergetic, multi-interface workflow designer: a visual tool that enables the design, building, and use of high-level processes and standard configuration workflows among multiple users with varying technical capabilities on multiple systems. For example, it enables a line of business user to design and create a high-level process on a first designer interface. The process and its data are received by a second designer interface, which translates the process and data into a standard configuration workflow. A workflow designer may access the second designer interface to create, refine, and finalize the standard configuration workflow based on the data from the first designer interface.
US11640563B2
A device may obtain first data relating to a machine learning model. The device may pre-process the first data to alter the first data to generate second data. The device may process the second data to select a set of features from the second data. The device may analyze the set of features to evaluate a plurality of types of machine learning models with respect to the set of features. The device may select a particular type of machine learning model for the set of features based on analyzing the set of features to evaluate the plurality of types of machine learning models. The device may tune a set of parameters of the particular type of machine learning model to train the machine learning model. The device may receive third data for prediction. The device may provide a prediction using the particular type of machine learning model.
US11640553B2
Method for analyzing time-series data based on machine learning and information processing apparatus
A machine learning method includes: generating, by a computer, a sine wave using a basic period of input data having a periodic property; determining a sampling period based on a degree of roundness of an attractor generated from the sine wave; sampling the input data at the determined sampling period to generate a pseudo attractor; and performing a machine learning by using the pseudo attractor.
US11640538B2
A processor-implemented method of a neural network includes obtaining intermediate pooling results, respectively corresponding to sub-pooling kernels obtained by decomposing an original pooling kernel, by performing a pooling operation on input pixels included in a current window in an input feature map with the sub-pooling kernels, obtaining a final pooling result corresponding to the current window by post-processing the intermediate pooling results, and determining an output pixel value of an output feature map, based on the final pooling result, wherein the current window is determined according to the original pooling kernel having been slid, according to a raster scan order, in the input feature map.
US11640535B2
To provide a probability acquisition apparatus and the like that can provide accurate probabilities of a match and a mismatch between two three-dimensional images of a target object, a probability acquisition apparatus performs zebra shading processing on a first image that is a three-dimensional image of an automotive clay model and a second image that is a 3D-CAD image to obtain a first zebra image and a second zebra image, obtains a first selected image from the first zebra image with noise removed and a second selected image from the second zebra image with features extracted, and inputs a superimposition image of the first selected image and the second selected image to a CNN 15b to thereby obtain a probability of a match between the first selected image and the second selected image.
US11640512B2
A multimedia card includes a substrate, and a main control chip, a memory chip, and an interface contacts that are disposed on the substrate. The main control chip and the memory chip are covered with a packaging layer. The interface contacts includes a power contact, configured to receive a first voltage that is input from the outside; and a transformer circuit is further disposed on the substrate, is coupled to the interface contacts, the main control chip, and the memory chip, and is configured to convert the input first voltage into a second voltage, to provide two types of power supplies with the first voltage and the second voltage for the main control chip and the memory chip. In the foregoing manner, an area of the multimedia card is reduced, and a quantity of working modes of the multimedia card increases.
US11640507B2
A vehicle terminal system for processing a message includes: a portable device for receiving the message; and a vehicle terminal for analyzing a text of the message received from the portable device to yield an analysis result, and for determining a recommended operation corresponding to the analysis result. Thus, the vehicle terminal does not output pop-up images for all messages received from the portable device and recommends a message suitable for the user.
US11640506B2
Data characterizing a document including a target word and a plurality of potential meanings for the target word is received. A first set of context words is determined using a language model. The first set of context words is for the target word. A second set of context words is determined using a knowledge base and the language model. The second set of context words is for the plurality of potential meanings of the target word. A score is determined for each of the plurality of potential meanings by at least comparing the first set of context words and the second set of context words. A potential meaning selected from the plurality of potential meanings that has a highest score is selected as a disambiguation of the first word. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US11640497B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for detecting an activity associated with a user, wherein the activity includes a plurality of sequential phases; identifying a media template associated with the activity, wherein the media template includes a plurality of phase identifiers each associated with a respective phase of the plurality of phases of the activity; capturing a plurality of media items that represents each of the plurality of phases, each media item of the plurality of media items being captured when a corresponding one of the plurality of phases is in progress; associating the plurality of media items with respective phase identifiers of the plurality of phase identifiers of the media template based on the phase associated with each of the plurality of phase identifiers; and generating a display of the plurality of media items based on the media template that includes the plurality of phase identifiers associated with the plurality of media items.
US11640496B2
A method, a system and a machine-readable data carrier, which are intended to classify input fields and groups of input fields of a webpage, are described. The method for classifying input fields and groups of input fields of a webpage may include a browser extension that contains program elements Content Script and Background Script and a program recognition module. The method may form a hierarchy of HTML-documents of a webpage. A multicomponent system for classifying input fields and groups of input fields of a webpage may include a processor device and a storage, and a set of instructions that, when executed by the processor, control the processor to form a hierarchy with grouped fields and a report file for HTML-documents of the webpage. The instructions may also identify elements of the HTML-documents on the webpage.
US11640493B1
Disclosed is a method for dialogued summarization with word graphs, which is performed by one or more processors of a computing device. The method may include: generating a word graph based on information on a dialogue which is a summary target; extracting at least one keyword based on the generated word graph; generating a plurality of candidate summary sentences based on the generated word graph; and calculating a score associated with at least one keyword for each of the plurality of candidate summary sentences, and selecting at least one of the plurality of candidate summary sentences based on the calculated score.
US11640487B2
A computer-implemented method for space frame design involves constructing a load stress map in a geometrical boundary representation of a design space, defining attachment points and load application points in the design space, creating a starting network of interconnecting lines between each two of the attachment points and load application points in the design space, assigning load application factors to each line of the starting network of interconnecting lines based on values of the load stress map, generating potential space frame designs by culling different subsets of lines of the starting network of interconnecting lines for each potential space frame design according to variable culling parameters, evaluating the potential space frame designs with respect to optimization parameters, combining the culling parameters for the potential space frame designs the performance score of which is above a predefined performance threshold, and iterating the steps of generating potential space frame designs and evaluating the potential space frame designs on the basis of the combined culling parameters.
US11640484B1
Multi-envelope encryption provides redundancy for highly-available storage of encrypted data. Data, such as a “snapshot” representing values of every block of a block storage volume or device at a specific point in time, may be encrypted before storage to prevent unauthorized access to the data. To further protect the data and prevent unauthorized access to the data, additional security measures may be taken. Multiple copies of the data key that is to be used to decrypt the data may be encrypted and stored separately from the encrypted data as envelopes. The different envelopes may each be encrypted using envelope keys. If one envelope key is later lost or otherwise becomes unavailable, the encrypted data can still be accessed by using a different envelope key to recover the data key and decrypt the data.
US11640480B2
A computer implemented method of sharing a data message containing multiple data fields between a provider computer system and a consumer computer system, wherein the provider and consumer computer systems have mutual mistrust, is disclosed.
US11640479B1
Mitigating website privacy issues by automatically identifying cookie sharing risks in a cookie ecosystem. In some embodiments, a method may include generating, by the computing device, a cookie tree representing cookies created on a web browser while browsing a website. The cookie tree may include nodes representing organizations. The cookie tree may further include hierarchical edges between the nodes representing creation chains of the nodes. The method may also include determining, by the computing device, a creator, a sender, and a receiver of each of the cookies. The method may further include mitigating, by the computing device, website privacy issues based on the creator, sender, and receiver of each of the cookies.
US11640476B2
The invention relates to methods for implementing a unified framework for big data usage analytics and security profiling across heterogeneous platforms and multiple clusters. An embodiment of the present invention may be applied in various applications and use cases. This may include auditing for Big Data lakes; capacity assessment and charge back functionality for Big Data infrastructure and clusters and resource usage analytics.
US11640467B2
An electronic device, such as a dynamic transaction card having a chip, an applet, and a cryptographic coprocessor performs secure firmware and/or software updates, and performs firmware and/or software validation for firmware and/or software that is stored on the electronic device. Validation may compare a calculated checksum with a checksum stored in the device. If a checksum calculated for a firmware and/or a software application matches a stored checksum, the transaction card may operate normally. If a checksum calculated for a firmware and/or a software application does not match the stored checksum, the transaction card may freeze all capabilities, erase the memory of the transaction card, display data indicative of fraud, and/or the like.
US11640465B2
Computational methods and systems for detecting and troubleshooting anomalous behavior in distributed applications executing in a distributed computing system are described herein. Methods and systems discover nodes comprising the application. Anomaly detection monitors the metrics associated with the nodes for anomalous behavior in order to identify an approximate point in time when anomalous behavior begins to adversely impact performance of the application. Anomaly detection also monitors logs messages associated with the nodes to detect anomalous behavior recorded in the log messages. When anomalous behavior is detected in either the metrics and/or the log messages an alert identifying the anomalous behavior is generated. Troubleshooting guides an administrator and/or application owner to investigate the root cause of the anomalous behavior. Appropriate remedial measures may be determined based on the root cause and automatically or manually executed to correct the problem.
US11640460B2
Described herein are systems and methods for controlling access to a protected resource based on various criteria. In one exemplary aspect, a method comprises designating a plurality of program data installed on a computing system as protected program data; intercepting, by a kernel mode driver, a request from an untrusted application executing on the computing system to alter at least one of the protected program data; classifying, by a self-defense service, the untrusted application as a malicious application based on the intercepted request and information related to the untrusted application; and responsive to classifying the untrusted application as a malicious application, denying, by the kernel mode driver, access to the at least one of the protected program data.
US11640457B2
System and methods are disclosed for organizations to run a test against an active directory list to see if any user-provided passwords have been part of an existing data breach. Utilizing information from such a test identifies users that have weak passwords, reused passwords or shared passwords that have been associated with an earlier breach. With this information, the organization can seek to reduce risk by training staff for this specific issue in a timely and appropriate manner to significantly reduce the risk of a future breach by those identified users. Training can be customized and targeted at those users who attempt to use passwords that have been associated with a breach (either of their own account or of another account on the same or related domain.
US11640455B2
The invention includes a tool for the generation and usage of a dynamic polychrome lattice image for unique and secure authentication and verification purposes. The tool is multi-purposed and can be applied to a variety of use cases and may utilize multiple channels of communication between devices. The dynamic polychrome lattice image may be adjusted according to the display size and resolution of various user devices. System devices may scan the dynamic polychrome lattice image, and upon successful retrieval and decryption of the dynamic polychrome lattice image, the user may be authenticated and verified to access one or more programs or services.
US11640454B2
A secure method for resetting the password for an account is disclosed. During the setup of the account, the user can provide the service provider with a media file, and when the user asks the service provider to reset the password for the account, the user will be prompted with several media files. The user can be asked to identify the media file that the user provided to the service provider at the time of the setup of the account. If the user properly identifies the media file, the password will be reset.
US11640433B1
Embodiments of a system may comprise databases and a processor that receives a first filter item and a database filter item, generates a first database based on the first filter item, integrate data from the first database into the user database to create an updated plurality of user records, generate a second database based on a selected set of records, in the updated plurality of user records, corresponding to the database filter item, determine metrics that correspond to the second database, generate a model to segregate the second database using the metrics, receive criteria, compare the segregated second database with the criteria to remove records that do not meet the criteria, cause a subsequent update to the updated second database to integrate data from the event database to create an updated diminished second database, and generate a notification including information included in the updated diminished second database.
US11640430B2
Techniques include updating a semantic search function with a custom ontology, the semantic search function initially supporting a separate ontology having been used to enrich a corpus. The custom ontology is used to augment input of a search query for the semantic search function, thereby providing a custom user experience for searching the corpus.
US11640428B2
An index generation unit (15a) generates an index in which a plurality of combinations of query data that is a collation source and target data that is a collation destination are listed in a predetermined order. A batch generation unit (15b) uses a plurality of combinations of query data and target data in an order according to the index to generate a batch with a predetermined volume. A collation unit (16) calculates a degree of similarity between the query data and the target data for each combination included in the batch, in which processes are parallelized and performed.
US11640424B2
A method for providing searchable media content includes generating a text file that is representative of an instance of media content. The instance of media content comprises a first scene and a second scene. A first portion of the text file is representative of the first scene and a second portion of the text file is representative of the second scene. The method further includes indexing the first portion with the first scene and indexing the second portion with the second scene.
US11640415B2
Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to compress telematics data are disclosed herein. An example computer-implemented method includes identifying, using one or more processors, a portion of recorded telematics data representing a physical transversal of a physical intersection of two or more road segments, wherein each road segment has an assigned unique ordinal value; identifying, using one or more processors, a first road segment on which the physical transversal entered the intersection; identifying, using one or more processors, a second road segment on which the physical transversal exited the intersection; identifying, using one or more processors, a pair of ordinal values including a first ordinal value assigned to the first road segment, and a second ordinal value assigned to the second road segment; and storing the pair of ordinal values instead of the portion of the recorded telematics data in a compressed representation of the recorded telematics data.
US11640405B2
The disclosure provides methods and systems for analyzing genotype data. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving data relating to one or more phenotypes of a subject or family members thereof, and ranking genes based on their association score with one or more phenotypes. Next, an output of the data is generated, the output comprising a comparison of the data based on the association score. The comparison can be in at least one of numeric and graphic form.
US11640400B2
A query processing system operates by determining a query pricing scheme; receiving a query request from a requesting entity that indicates access to a subset of a plurality of records in a database system; generating query cost data based on the subset of the plurality of records by utilizing the query pricing scheme; and transmitting the query cost data to the requesting entity.
US11640398B2
Methods, systems, and computing platforms for data communication are disclosed. The processor(s) may be configured to electronically receive a SQL query request for a relational computer readable database having plurality of computer readable records. The processor(s) may be configured to electronically process the SQL query request with a machine learning controller based on a set of machine learning training data so as to output at least one probable smart execution plan for executing the SQL query request. The processor(s) may be configured to electronically output the at least one probable smart execution plan for executing the SQL query request to a relational database management processing module.
US11640397B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for acceleration of data queries in memory. A number of embodiments include an array of memory cells, and processing circuitry configured to receive, from a host, a query for particular data stored in the array, execute the query, and send only the particular data to the host upon executing the query.
US11640395B2
A method and apparatus for carrying out a database select, or query, on a data storage device, upon data stored on that device. Data is received from a host and compressed on the data storage device using a compression code developed on the data storage device for the data. When the host issues a database select request on the compressed data, the compression code is distributed to processing cores of the data storage device and compiled, including the select request, into machine code. The machine code is used to decompress the compressed data while filtering the data with the select request. The filtering result is returned to the host.
US11640393B2
Embodiments herein describe computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems for updating data templates. In an embodiment, one or more processors may be configured for receiving change data from tenant spaces configured to update tenant data templates of the tenant spaces; generating metadata for each of the tenant spaces corresponding to the change data; determining least common change data based on the metadata; generating change request data for a multi-cloud management platform (MCMP) data template based on the least common change data; and transmitting the change request data to the one or more tenant data templates. The method may further include initializing the MCMP configured to execute a multi-tenant deployment model having the MCMP data template, wherein the MCMP is connected to the tenant spaces.
US11640389B2
An apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores a time-series of data sets, and a first version of a data structure generated from the time-series as it existed at a first time. The data structure includes a bottom level of nodes, and subsequent levels of nodes, ending with a top level terminal node. Each bottom level node stores a hash of an assigned time-series data set. Each node of each subsequent level stores data generated from an assigned group of nodes of a previous level. The processor receives a validation request. In response, the processor generates a second version of the data structure based on the time-series as it exists at a second time. The processor determines that the terminal nodes in the first and second versions of the data structure do not match. In response, the processor generates an alert.
US11640383B2
Methods and systems are described for managing a shared database. One or more processing nodes may access a shared database. A common log node may manage the shared database. The common log node may validate database operations requested by the one or more processing nodes. During validation, the common log node may detect conflicts that occur between database operations requested by the one or more processing nodes.
US11640378B2
A method is provided for processing a query. In some embodiments, the method includes creating a historical schema defining an ordered set of fields based on a current schema of an object and a field modification of the current schema. The method includes inserting, based on the field modification, a new field at an end of the historical schema and archiving records into a second storage device. The method includes receiving a query, which includes a command specifying a subset of fields and which indicates a non-current field. The method includes searching in the second storage device for archive records having a second schema including the subset of fields and the non-current field. The first and second schemas follow the field order in accordance with the historical schema. The method further includes accessing the subset of fields and the non-current field in accordance with the command.
US11640374B2
An operations server synchronizes updates to a cloud-based shared versioned file system. The shared versioned file system includes directories and sub-directories that are divided into shards. The operations server coordinates requests from local filer servers, each running a respective local version of the shared versioned file system, to update a shard in the cloud-based shared versioned file system. The operations server can provide a global lock on the shard to a local filer server before it updates the shard in the cloud-based shared versioned file system.
US11640372B2
Systems and apparatus for implementation and management of a singularity image format file in a computer system and methods for making and using the same. In various embodiment, these technologies are used to facilitate storage of all data related to a container in a single file among other things.
US11640371B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a storage snapshot management system. When updated data is written to the memory device, rather than rewriting all of the data, only the updated data is written to a new namespace. A snapshot of the new namespace indicates which LBAs in the new namespace contain data. New namespaces are added each time data is updated. When the updated data is to be read, the data storage device reads the updated LBA from the new namespace, and also gathers the non-updated data from the previous namespace. Eventually, the number of namespaces for the data reaches a threshold, and thus some namespaces need to be evicted. To evict a namespace, the updated data in the namespace is moved to a different namespace, or the non-updated data is moved to a namespace that contains updated data. In either case, the now unused namespaces are evicted.
US11640366B1
An address decoder for a source node in a multi-chip system is disclosed, which can perform parallel decoding steps to determine whether a transaction from the source node is addressed to a target node in a local integrated circuit (IC) or a remote IC, and whether the source node is allowed to access that target node. Based on the outcome of both the decoding steps, the transaction can be either blocked by the address decoder, or routed to the target node. If the transaction is addressed to the remote IC, but the source node is not allowed to access the target node on the remote IC, the transaction can be terminated by the address decoder in the local IC.
US11640365B2
Embodiments relate to an integrated circuit of an electronic device that coordinates activities with another integrated circuit of the electronic device. The integrated circuit includes an interface circuit and a processor circuit. The interface circuit communicates over a multi-drop bus connected to multiple electronic components. The processor circuit receives an authorization request from the integrated circuit via the interface circuit and the multi-drop bus. The received authorization request relates to authorization to perform an activity on the other integrated circuit. In response to receiving the authorization request, the processor circuit determines whether the other integrated circuit is authorized to execute the activity. In response to determining that the other integrated circuit is authorized to execute the activity, the processor circuit sends, to the other integrated circuit over a configurable direct connection, an authorization signal authorizing the other integrated circuit to execute the activity.
US11640361B2
According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a computer implemented method includes receiving a secure access request for a secure page of memory at a secure interface control of a computer system. The secure interface control can check a disable virtual address compare state associated with the secure page. The secure interface control can disable a virtual address check in accessing the secure page to support mapping of a plurality of virtual addresses to a same absolute address to the secure page based on the disable virtual address compare state being set and/or to support secure pages that are accessed using an absolute address and do not have an associated virtual address.
US11640359B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing a non-volatile storage medium. A storage controller receives a message that identifies data that no longer needs to be retained on the non-volatile storage medium. The data may be identified using a logical identifier. The message may comprise a hint, directive, or other indication that the data has been erased and/or deleted. In response to the message, the storage controller records an indication that the contents of a physical storage location and/or physical address associated with the logical identifier do not need to be preserved on the non-volatile storage medium.
US11640347B2
Techniques for automated query retry in a database platform include decoding, by at least one hardware processor, a query directed to database data from a client account of a database platform. The method further includes decoding, by the at least one hardware processor, an indication that execution of the query on at least one computing node of the database platform results in a failed execution. The method further includes configuring a processing loop with continuous retry executions of the query on the at least one computing node based on the indication. The method further includes exiting the processing loop based on detecting a retry execution of the continuous retry executions results in at least one successful execution of the query. The method includes logging each attempt to execute the query during the continuous retry executions in a query status log until the at least one successful execution of the query.
US11640338B2
The systems and methods herein permit storage systems to correctly perform data recovery, such as direct access recovery, of Network Data Management Protocol (“NDMP”) backup data that was modified prior to being stored in secondary storage media, such as tape. The systems and methods permit NDMP backup data to be encrypted, compressed, deduplicated, and/or otherwise modified prior to storage. The systems and methods herein also permit a user to perform a precautionary snapshot of the current state of data (e.g., primary data) prior to reverting data to a previous state using point-in-time data.
US11640326B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that identifies telemetry data associated with an execution of a cluster of artificial intelligence (AI) operations on an accelerated backend system, wherein the telemetry data includes one or more of temperature classifier data, compute classifier data or failure data, and determines whether to send a current instance of the cluster of AI operations to the accelerated backend system or a default backend system based on the telemetry data.
US11640324B2
The present disclosure provides technical solutions related to intelligent cloud management based on profile. Artificial intelligent is applied to cloud management and cloud management suggestion may be proposed intelligently. In daily work, behaviors in using cloud resources may show characteristics of cloud users or cloud tenants themselves. The technical solution of intelligent cloud management of the present disclosure generates profile identifying cloud using characteristics by extracting behavior data in using cloud and intelligently proposes cloud management suggestions based on the profile.
US11640321B2
According to the disclosure, a memory allocation method and device and recording medium in a multi-core processor system are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a method for allocating a shared variable to a memory in a multi-core processor system comprises mapping each task to a core, allocating unshared variables to memories times of access, to which are sequentially minimized, in descending order of actual variable access count, calculating an actual variable access count per core, selecting a core with a highest actual variable access count, and allocating a shared variable to a memory of the selected core.
US11640319B1
A task processing method, an electronic device and a storage medium, which relate to the field of artificial intelligence, such as intelligent voices, artificial intelligence chips, or the like, are disclosed. The method may include: for to-be-executed tasks, in at least one round of processing, performing the following operations: in response to determining that one or more high-priority tasks exist in the to-be-executed tasks, calling the one or more high-priority tasks to process audio data cached in a memory; and after execution of the one or more high-priority tasks is completed, and in response to determining that one or more low-priority task exist in the to-be-executed tasks, calling the one or more low-priority tasks to process the audio data.
US11640318B2
Logic includes a task builder for building tasks comprising data items, a task scheduler for scheduling tasks for processing by a parallel processor, a data store arranged to map content of each data item to an item ID, and a linked-list RAM comprising an entry for each item ID. For each new data item, the task builder creates a new task by starting a new linked list, or adds the data item to an existing linked list. In each linked list, the entry for each data item records a pointer to a next item ID in the list. The task builder indicates when any of the tasks is ready for scheduling. The task scheduler identifies a ready task based on the indication from the task builder, and in response follows the pointers in the respective linked list in order to schedule the data items of the task for processing.
US11640310B2
A processing system for an unmanned vehicle (UV) such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is provided. The processing system comprises a first processing unit of an integrated circuit and a second processing unit of the integrated circuit. The processing system comprises a first operating system provisioned using the first processing unit. The first operating system is configured to execute a first vehicle control process. The processing system comprises a virtualization layer configured using at least the second processing unit, and a second operating system provisioned using the virtualization layer. The second operating system is configured to execute a second vehicle control process.
US11640308B2
Based on power on of an electronic device, a location of first data in a NAND flash memory of an electronic device is determined. The first data is transmitted to a shadow RAM of the electronic device, outputting the first data is output from the shadow RAM to a host device of the electronic device through a serial peripheral interface (SPI) when accessing the location of the first data in the NAND Flash memory.
US11640307B2
Implementations generally relate to initiating processes. In some implementations, a method includes receiving, at a server, an object from a client device. The method further includes determining an instance of a process initiation event, where the process initiation event triggers a process to initiate, and where the process initiation event is based on the object and one or more process initiation policies. The method further includes initiating the process upon the determining of the process initiation event.
US11640296B2
Provided is a system that enables a user to easily analyze software. A software analysis support system 1 that supports analysis of a structure of software includes at least one computer. The computer acquires software component information 12 indicating a relationship and an attribute of each software component, acquires display element setting information 13 in which a first display element 41 corresponding to an attribute of each software component and a second display element 42 corresponding to a relationship between the respective software components are set, the display element setting information 13 being editable, and arranges each of the first display element and the second display element at a predetermined position of a virtual space 40 that displays the relationship of each software component on the basis of a plurality of predetermined attributes selected in advance among attributes of each software component.
US11640292B2
Systems and methods described herein provide for generating behavior profiles for a plurality of end devices associated with an end user; receiving, from the end user, a request for an over-the-air (OTA) update for the plurality of end devices; generating an OTA update campaign plan based on the behavior profiles responsive to the request; providing the OTA update campaign plan to the end user; receiving, from the end user, a modified request for the OTA update; and generating an OTA update campaign schedule responsive to the modified request.
US11640284B2
Cross-compiling, by a multi-version compiler, may produce complied code targeted to a specified release version of a programming platform supported by the compiler. The specified version may be different from a default version of the programming platform targeted by the compiler. Thus, the multi-version compiler may cross-compile source code to generate compiled code for different versions of the programming platform. A developer may specify the target version using a single compiler option and the compiler may, in response, cross-compile for the target version without requiring any additional options to be configured by the user. The multi-version compiler may include library data regarding multiple versions of the programming platform, preventing a developer from having to locate and provide the necessary library data for each targeted version.
US11640283B2
A control bar for element activation is described. A design interface for editing digital content includes at least a first control bar and a second control bar. The first control bar is associated with a first element of the digital content and the second control bar is associated with a second element of the digital content that at least partially overlaps the first element in the digital content. The control bars are configured to remain visible and selectable in the design interface while editing the digital content. User input to select the first control bar or the second control bar is received, and the respective first element or second element associated with the selected control bar is activated responsive to the user input. The activating changes a visual appearance of both the selected control bar and the activated element and enables user interaction with the activated element.
US11640278B2
A random number generation device includes: a plurality of first uniform random number generators configured to respectively generate a plurality of first uniform random numbers; a plurality of first normal random number generators configured to respectively generate a plurality of first normal random numbers based on the plurality of first uniform random numbers; a plurality of second uniform random number generators configured to perform a logical operation on bit values of two or more of the first uniform random numbers to respectively generate a plurality of second uniform random numbers; and at least one second normal random number generator configured to generate at least one second normal random number based on the plurality of second uniform random numbers.
US11640275B2
A system for enhancing audio including a plurality of sensors, an output device, and a processor in communication with the plurality of sensors and the output device. The processor is configured to process data captured by the plurality of sensors, and based on that, modify an output of the output device. The processor also is configured to determine whether there are a plurality of users associated with a video conferencing session, determine which user of the plurality of users is speaking, and enhance the audio or video output of the speaking user on the output device.
US11640268B2
Shared memory access in a distributed system, including: determining, in response to a memory access request, based on a time value, an entry in an access permissions table by: determining, based on a modulo of the time value and a number of entries in the access permissions table, a table index; determining, based on the table index, the entry; and determining, based on the entry, whether to allow the memory access request.
US11640263B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a memory system and an operating method thereof. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the memory system may include a plurality of cores, a control core, and a shared memory. When processing the event, the control core may select a first core executing a target job requiring distributed execution among the plurality of cores, and the first core may run a first firmware among the plurality of firmwares to execute the target job. The control core may select a second core to execute the target job together with the first core, and may control the second core to run the first firmware. The control core may control the first core and the second core to perform distributed execution of the target job.
US11640257B2
In a data processing method, a worker node in a distributed data processing system receives first data from an upstream worker node. The first data has been stored in a buffer of the upstream worker node. The worker node sends a first portion of the first data to a persistent storage device of the distributed data processing system for persistent backup, and performs computational processing on the first data to generate second data. Prior to completing performing computational processing on the first data, the worker node sends acknowledgement information to the upstream worker node to instruct the upstream node to delete the first data from the buffer of the upstream worker node. The worker node then sends the second data to a downstream worker node in the distributed data processing system for further processing by the downstream worker node.
US11640250B2
Techniques in electronic systems, such as in systems including a processing chip and one or more external memory chips, provide improvements in one or more of system security, performance, cost, and efficiency. In some embodiments, the processing chip includes immutable hardware that is enabled, without a use of any CPUs, to determine and/or confirm an expected configuration of one or more external memory chips (such as with a Serial Presence Detect operation), and/or to enable communication with the one or more external memory chips. The immutable hardware is further enabled to copy executable code from a non-volatile one of the one or more external memory chips to another of the one or more external memory chips so that a CPU of the processing chip is able to securely boot by fetching initial instructions from the copy of the executable code.
US11640232B2
Provided is a household appliance including a user interface with a visible indicator that conveys primary operational information indicative of an operational aspect of the household appliance to a user during normal operation of the household appliance, and a controller. The controller receives a signal indicative of diagnostics data of the household appliance and causes the visible indicator to transmit a communication signal to an external device that interprets the communication signal and communicates the diagnostics data to the user. The visible indicator provides a two-way communication between the household appliance and the external device. A method for diagnosing a household appliance is also provided.
US11640229B2
Provided is a system and method for generating a control menu in a child page of a software application which can control selections of records in a parent page from which the child page depends. In one example, the method may include navigating a display window from a parent view of a plurality of data records to a child view that includes details of a first data record in response to selection of the first data record via the parent view, displaying a control menu within the child view which comprises a plurality of values of a target data attribute for the plurality of data records, respectively, detecting, via the control menu, a selection of a value of a target data attribute of a second data record, and removing the details of the first data record and instantiating details of the second data record, in response.
US11640227B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media to provide voice driven dynamic menus. One aspect disclosed is a method including receiving, by an electronic device, video data and audio data, displaying, by the electronic device, a video window, determining, by the electronic device, whether the audio data includes a voice signal, displaying, by the electronic device, a first menu in the video window in response to the audio data including a voice signal, displaying, by the electronic device, a second menu in the video window in response to a voice signal being absent from the audio data, receiving, by the electronic device, input from the displayed menu, and writing, by the electronic device, to an output device based on the received input.
US11640214B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel which displays an image, a touch panel provided on the display panel and including a sensor area in which a plurality of electrodes for detecting touch operation are provided and a peripheral area provided around the sensor area, a controller which controls the plurality of electrodes, lead lines provided in the peripheral area to connect the electrodes provided in the sensor area to the controller and a conductive layer provided in a region which overlaps at least part of the lead lines.
US11640212B2
The present application provides a control component, a display screen, and a control device. The control component is integrated in a display screen and includes a substrate and a light control structure and a touch control structure arranged side by side on the substrate; the light control structure includes a signal input line, a signal output line, and a photosensitive circuit electrically connected between the signal input line and the signal output line; the touch control structure includes a plurality of receiving electrodes and a plurality of transmitting electrodes; and the receiving electrodes are multiplexed as the signal output line.
US11640202B2
A method for controlling aspects of an artistic performance with a motion capture system includes modeling movements of a performer with a biomechanical skeleton, selecting parent and child segments on the biomechanical skeleton, positioning motion capture sensors on a motion capture subject at positions corresponding to the parent and child segments, selecting actions associated with movements of the child segment according to positions of the parent segment within at least two predefined spatial zones, executing actions in a first action group for the child segment when the parent segment is in a first spatial zone, and executing actions in a second action group for the child segment when the parent segment is in a second spatial zone.
US11640201B2
A virtual reality-based eyeball tracking method and system are provided. Eyeball calibration data is presented to eyes of a user through a display, and then a binocular pupillary distance of the user is obtained through the eyeball calibration data. A left tracking camera captures reflected infrared light of a turned on left infrared light source, and a right tracking camera captures reflected infrared light of a turned on right infrared light source, so that tracking data of one eye is formed in each specific frame. Tracking data of the other eye in the specific frame is calculated according to the binocular pupillary distance and the tracking data of one eye. The tracking data of one eye and the tracking data of the other eye are arranged according to a time sequence of the specific frame to form binocular tracking data so as to complete eyeball tracking.
US11640193B2
A system-on-a-chip (“SoC”) in a computing device may be provided with a power delivery network (“PDN”) self-test to detect marginal PDN performance. In the self-test, a current surge may be generated on power supply connections of logic circuit blocks. Voltage monitors may measure voltage droop on the power supply connections responsive to the current surge. Voltage droop measurements may be compared with thresholds. An action, such as generation of an alert, may be performed if a voltage droop measurement exceeds a threshold.
US11640192B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for implementing a USB-IF certified programmable power supply algorithm on a USB-C port. The method involves using a software code running on a microcontroller which monitors voltage and current being supplied by a power supply controller IC on a VBUS line of the USB-C port. Based on the detected voltage/current corrective actions are taken by the software code to bring the voltage/current to accepted levels as requested by a port partner. Further, a PPS accelerator is configured to compute an average or a new current/voltage value and provide the computed average or a new current/voltage value to a microcontroller for subsequent decision making and for other related assessment process.
US11640191B2
In a display device including: a pixel array unit made up of pixels disposed on a substrate; a peripheral circuit unit that is disposed in a periphery of the pixel array unit and drives the pixels; and a temperature sensor circuit disposed on the same substrate as the pixels, the temperature sensor circuit is configured using an inverter circuit including a plurality of inverters made up of thin film transistors. Then, crystallinity of a channel portion of the thin film transistor of the temperature sensor circuit is different from crystallinity of a channel portion of a thin film transistor constituting the peripheral circuit unit.
US11640188B2
A hinge capable of widely expanding includes an arc-shaped guide member, two movable members and two torsion generating members, wherein first guide rails are formed on two sides of the arc-shaped guide member, and a circular displacement track is defined by an arc center of the arc-shaped guide member. Each of the two movable members, respectively positioned on two sides of the arc-shaped guide member, is provided with a working surface contacting one of the first guide rails and an arc-shaped through hole penetrating therethrough. The arc center of the arc-shaped through hole is the same as the arc-shaped guide members'. Each of the two torsion generating members is assembled to the arc-shaped guide member through the arc-shaped through hole to which one of the two movable members belongs. The two movable members are guided by the arc-shaped guide member to move on the circular displacement track.
US11640183B2
The invention relates to a foot pedal control unit for an ophthalmic surgery system. The unit has a base and a treadle that is configured for pivotal pitch movement and for pivotal yaw movement relative to the base for generating control signals to an ophthalmic surgery system. The unit further comprises an inlay cover that is removably placed on the treadle. Optionally, the unit comprises a locking element that is movable between a lock position wherein the treadle is locked against pivotal yaw movement and a release position wherein the treadle is enabled to perform pivotal yaw movement.
US11640171B2
In an autonomous driving control apparatus, a control unit communicable with the memory deter mines, upon execution of the autonomous driving, whether it is necessary to update a primary scheduled travel route for the autonomous vehicle toward a destination in accordance with at least one of failure information about the autonomous vehicle and route condition information indicative of a condition of the primary scheduled travel route. The control unit updates the primary scheduled travel route to a new scheduled travel route in accordance with one or more driving operations executable by the autonomous vehicle upon determination that it is necessary to update the scheduled travel route. The control unit controls the autonomous driving of the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the new scheduled travel route.
US11640159B2
Systems and methods for field device interaction monitoring may include an analysis compute device having circuitry configured to obtain user interaction data produced by one or more field devices used in an industrial process of an industrial plant. The user interaction data may be indicative of interactions made by one or more users through a human machine interface of a corresponding field device. The circuitry may be additionally configured to analyze the user interaction data to determine a responsive action to increase an efficiency of the industrial process at the industrial plant and perform the responsive action.
US11640156B2
A system for manufacturing a discrete object from an additively manufactured body of material including a precursor to a discrete object and at least a reference feature is disclosed. The system includes an automated manufacturing device, the automated manufacturing device including at least a controller configured to receive a graphical representation of precursor to a discrete object, receive a graphical representation of at least a reference feature on the precursor to the discrete object, and generate a computer model of the body of material, wherein the computer model of the body of material includes the graphical representation of the precursor to the discrete object and the graphical representation of the at least a reference feature.
US11640152B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide method and device for providing service for a programmable logic controller (PLC), including: creating a virtual-functional-module-description file including an address of an input channel of a virtual functional module to be created; and creating the virtual functional module in a PLC based on the virtual-functional-module-description file, assigning the address to the input channel of the virtual functional module, and creating a virtual-functional-module-configuration file including a mapping relation between the input channel and an output of a service provider. The present disclosure proposes a concept of a virtual functional module which is used to map data provided by intelligent data sources outside the PLC to input channel of PLC so that the data can be the same as normal input values used by PLC program.
US11640147B2
A building management system including one or more circuits configured to receive a selection of an object associated with one of a building system, a piece of equipment, or a space of one or more building systems, one or more pieces of equipment, and/or one or more spaces of a building; determine the one or more pieces of equipment related to the object and/or the one or more spaces related to the object; and generate a graphical user interface illustrating (i) a relationship of the object with (a) the one or more pieces of equipment related to the object and/or (b) the one or more spaces related to the object and/or (ii) a control path between the object and (a) the one or more pieces of equipment related to the object and/or (b) the one or more spaces related to the object.
US11640144B2
A watch can include a user input component that employs an optical sensor to receive input from a user. The input components provide an ability for a user to interact with the watch in a manner similar to how a user would interact with a crown that is rotatable and/or translatable. The user can provide motions and gestures near the input component that the input component can detect and interpret and user inputs to control an aspect of the watch. The motions and gestures provided by the user can be directly detected with optical systems of the input component, so that the number of moving parts are reduced and space within the watch is more efficiently utilized. While providing these benefits, the input component provides a user experience that simulates user interactions with a crown that is rotatable and/or translatable.
US11640142B2
A striking watch is provided with an acoustic radiating membrane made of metallic material or amorphous metal. The membrane takes the form of a loop with walls of a certain thickness to be connected by a first edge portion to a middle part of a watch case and by a second edge portion to a bezel fixed to a watch crystal. The bezel connected to crystal is movable with respect to the case middle via the membrane during the vibration of membrane once a sound is generated by a watch striking mechanism in the watch case. The membrane is configured with a wall of a specific thickness in an active region dependent on the mass of the bezel connected to the crystal, to obtain a frequency f0 of a first vibration mode.
US11640137B2
A light source device connected to an optical fiber and emit light from the optical fiber, the device includes: a plurality of laser light sources to respectively emit light at different wavelengths; a current source to supply a drive current with a superimposed alternating-current component to each laser light source; a light source control section to selectively switch the laser light sources by controlling the current sources; a plurality of optical systems disposed in optical paths of the respective laser light sources to reflect the light from the respective laser light sources to an incident end of the optical fiber and to reflect return light reflected on the incident end to the respective laser light sources; and a return light adjustment section to adjust an amount of the return light to continuously spread a spectrum of the light emitted from the optical fiber.
US11640135B2
There is provided an image forming apparatus including a main casing, an opening-closing member configured to open and close an opening on a side of the main casing and to move between an open position and a closed position, a belt unit configured to move between a first position and a second position, a drum unit configured to move between a third position and a fourth position, a developing device unit configured to move in an arrangement direction of developing rollers, and an interlock mechanism configured such that in response to a movement of the opening-closing member from the closed position to the open position, the belt unit moves from the first position to the second position and the drum unit moves from the third position to the fourth position.
US11640133B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive drum; a developing roller; a separation mechanism configured to switch a state of the photosensitive drum and the developing roller between a contact state and a separation state; a main memory storing therein a first rotation number and a second rotation number; and a controller configured to perform calculating a deterioration quantity of the photosensitive drum based on the first rotation number and the second rotation number in the main memory. A surface of the developing roller contacts a surface of the photosensitive drum in the contact state, whereas the surface of the developing roller is separated from the surface of the photosensitive drum in the separation state. The first rotation number is the number of rotations of the photosensitive drum in the contact state, and the second rotation number is the number of rotations of the photosensitive drum in the separation state.
US11640130B2
A heating unit includes a board including metal, an insulating layer including insulating material and formed on a surface of the board, a heating element disposed on the insulating layer to generate heat by passing an electric current through the heating element, and a conductive portion electrically connecting the heating element and the board to each other. The heating unit further includes a first power supplying electrode electrically connected to the heating element and a second power supplying electrode electrically connected to the board. The heating element, the conductive portion and the board constitute an electric circuit between the first power supplying electrode and the second power supplying electrode. The heating element generates the heat in a case where the first power supplying electrode and the second power supplying electrode are electrically connected to a power source and the electric current is passed through the electric circuit.
US11640121B2
A carrier for a developer includes carrier particles. The carrier particles have a sea island structure including a sea portion and an island portion on the surface. The island portion contains a nitrogen-containing silicone resin. The sea portion contains a nitrogen-free silicone resin. The area ratio of the island portion in the total area of the surface of the carrier particle is 20% or more and 40% or less.
US11640112B2
A negative-type photosensitive resin composition that has a satisfactory imidization rate and can yield a resin layer with high chemical resistance, even under low-temperature curing conditions of 200° C. or below, the negative-type photosensitive resin composition containing a photopolymerization initiator (B) in a proportion of 0.1 part by mass to 20 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a polyimide precursor (A), the polyimide precursor (A) being a polyamic acid ester or polyamic acid salt with a specific structure, and the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of the polyimide precursor (A) being 3,000 or greater and less than 16,000, in terms of polystyrene, according to gel permeation chromatography (GPC).
US11640108B1
Systems and methods electrically connect a sealed speaker and speaker back volume without wires. An electronic device includes a speaker with a first and second speaker contacts, a speaker box coupled with the speaker, and a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first and second contact pads. A speaker gasket is positioned between the speaker and the speaker box to form a seal. First and second spring strips electrically connect the first and second contact pads to the first and second speaker contacts, respectively, and each has a flat, thin cross-section in at least a portion extending between the speaker gasket and the speaker box. The first and second spring strips do not adversely affect the seal, do not require glue or sealer, and electrically connect with the first and second contact pads as the enclosure of the electronic device is closed.
US11640095B2
A display cover plate, a manufacturing method therefor and a display device are provided, The display cover plate includes: a substrate; and an electrochromic unit on the substrate, the electrochromic unit includes: a first electrode on the substrate; an electrochromic layer on a side of the first electrode away from the substrate; and a second electrode on a side of the electrochromic layer away from the substrate, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to generate an electric field, and the electrochromic layer allows light of different colors to pass through based on a change of the electric field.
US11640092B2
A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of terminals, a plurality of wiring lines, metal wiring, a second metal layer, a third metal layer. In a first wiring region, each wiring line is composed of the first metal layer and extends in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. In a second wiring region between the first wiring region and the terminals, the wiring lines include the wiring line composed of the first metal layer and the second metal layer and the wiring line composed of the third metal layer. The metal wiring is provided in a different layer from the first metal layer; and intersects with the wiring lines in the first wiring region and extends in the first direction when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the substrate.
US11640090B2
According to one embodiment, a display device including a first substrate including a first insulating film and a second insulating film that includes a band-shaped first thick film portion, an island-shaped second thick film portion, a first contact hole penetrating the first thick film portion, and a second contact hole penetrating the second thick film portion, a first thickness of the first thick film portion and a second thickness of the second thick film portion are larger than a film thickness of the second insulating film between the first and second thick film portions, and a second substrate comprises a spacer overlapping the first thick film portion.
US11640088B2
A high definition display device is provided. The display device includes an array substrate, and an opposing substrate. The array substrate has a substrate, and on the substrate, a first pixel having a first color filter and a second pixel having a second color filter disposed adjacent to the first pixel. Each of the first color filter and the second color filter has a first dielectric layer, a transmissive layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer disposed on the transmissive layer. The transmissive layer of the first color filter has a first film thickness, and the transmissive layer of the second color filter has a second film thickness larger than the first film thickness. On the transmissive layer of the second color filter, a first layer different from the transmissive layer is disposed on a side of the transmissive layer of the first color filter. A height of a bottom face of the first layer is equal to the first film thickness.
US11640080B2
A reflective display panel and a display device are provided. The reflective display includes: a first liquid crystal cell including a first substrate and a second substrate oppositely arranged to each other, and a first liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of pixel units on the first substrate, where each pixel unit includes a first sub-pixel unit and a second sub-pixel unit; an optical structure, arranged at a light-emitting side of the first liquid crystal cell and covering the pixel units.
US11640077B2
A display device including a rear chassis; a light source module installed on the rear chassis, the light source module being configured to emit light; a diffuser plate provided in front of the light source module, the diffuser plate being configured to diffuse the light emitted by the light source module; a liquid crystal panel provided in front of the diffuser plate, the liquid crystal panel being configured to display an image; a front chassis covering a side surface of the liquid crystal panel and a side surface of the diffuser plate; a middle mold provided between the front chassis and the rear chassis, the middle mold being coupled to the rear chassis and the diffuser plate; and a first adhesive provided between the diffuser plate and the middle mold, the first adhesive bonding the diffuser plate being to the middle mold.
US11640074B2
A phase modulation active device and a method of driving the same are provided. The method may include configuring, for the phase modulation active device including a plurality of channels that modulate a phase of incident light, a phase profile indicating a phase modulation target value to be implemented by the phase modulation active device; setting a phase limit value of the phase modulation active device; generating a modified phase profile based on the phase profile by modifying the phase modulation target value, for at least one channel from the plurality of channels that meets or exceeds the phase limit value, to a modified phase modulation target value that is less than the phase limit value in the phase profile; and operating the phase modulation active device based on the modified phase profile. Thus, improved optical modulation performance may be achieved.
US11640069B2
The light extraction device, the detection equipment and the operation method thereof are provided. The light extraction device includes at least one light splitting unit, each of the at least one light splitting unit includes a color separation grating, configured to separate light incident on the color separation grating into a plurality of light beams that are collimated and propagated in different directions and have different colors; a first lens, disposed corresponding to the color separation grating and configured to converge the plurality of light beams; and a first pinhole, located on a side of the first lens away from the color separation grating and correspondingly arranged with the first lens. The first lens is configured to converge a light beam having a preset color in the plurality of light beams to the first pinhole and allow the light beam having the preset color to exit.
US11640067B2
A laser projecting device and a light-combining lens are provided. The light-combining lens is a one-piece structure, and has a difference of refractive indexes less than 0.2. The light-combining lens includes collimation surfaces, reflection surfaces, and a light emergent surface. Each collimation surface defines a collimation path inside the light-combining lens. The reflection surfaces respectively located at the collimation paths are parallel to each other and arranged along an arrangement direction. The light emergent surface is located at the arrangement direction. Each reflection surface and the corresponding collimation path have an acute angle therebetween to define a reflection path. The reflection paths are overlapped in the light-combining lens to define a light-combining path. The light combining path passes through at least one of the reflection surfaces that allows light to pass therethrough along the light-combining path, and passes through the light-combining lens from the light emergent surface.
US11640065B2
An optical device, having at least first and second light-transmitting substrates, each having at least two external surfaces and an input aperture and an output aperture. The external surface of the first light-transmitting substrate is optically cemented to an external surface of the second light-transmitting substrate by an optical adhesive defining an interface plane. The refractive index of the optical adhesive is substantially lower than the refractive index of the first substrate. Part of the light waves entering the device through the input aperture and exiting the device through the output aperture impinge on the interface plane of the first substrate having incidence angles smaller than the critical angle. Another part of the light waves impinging on the interface plane have incidence angles higher than the critical angle. The interface plane is substantially transparent for the light waves impinging on interface plane having incidence angles smaller than the critical angle.
US11640061B2
A near eye display system including a display screen, a graphic processing unit, a lens group, a focal length adjustment device, an interpupillary distance adjustment device, a detection unit, and a control unit is provided. Positions of a left-eye image and a right-eye image to be displayed on the display screen may be adjusted based on lateral displacement amounts of a left-eye lens and a right-eye lens, such that centers of the left-eye image and the right-eye image are respectively aligned with centers of the left-eye lens and the right-eye lens. Sizes (magnification) of the left-eye image and the right-eye image to be displayed on the display screen may be adjusted based on longitudinal displacement amounts of the left-eye lens and the right-eye lens, such that sizes of a visual left-eye image and a visual right-eye image seen by a user are identical. Operation methods thereof are also provided.
US11640060B2
A head-mounted display includes an image display device including a panel unit serving as a display element configured to display an image, a colored optical member disposed on a light path of imaging light emitted from the panel unit and having a yellowness of a predetermined value or greater, and a coloring correction optical member configured to correct a degree of coloring of the imaging light of the entire light path in accordance with the yellowness of the colored optical member.
US11640055B2
A technique includes constructing a WCS (world coordinate system) as a three-dimensional, Cartesian coordinate system based at least in part on (i) a plurality of anchor points detected in a physical space around a device and (ii) a secondary source of information that assists in localizing objects in the physical space. The technique further includes providing the WCS to the device as a coordinate system in which to place holograms.
US11640054B2
An eyebox region is illuminated with first coherent light and second coherent light having a different wavelength than the first coherent light. A first self-mixed interferometer (SMI) signal is generated in response to first feedback light received back from the eyebox region. A second SMI signal is generated in response to second feedback light received back from the eyebox region. Eye data is generated in response to at least the first SMI signal and the second SMI signal.
US11640053B2
A movable device includes a first member and a second member. The first actuator includes a supporting unit having one end coupled to the movable unit to support the movable unit and a drive unit coupled to the other end of the supporting unit. The drive unit is configured to deform the supporting unit to cause the movable unit to oscillate. The movable device has a first region and a second region divided by a virtual line passing through the center of the movable unit and parallel to a rotation axis of the movable unit. The supporting unit is coupled to the movable unit within the second region. An edge of the drive unit, which is opposite to the fixed edge, faces the movable unit as viewed from the center of the movable unit in a plan view.
US11640041B2
An optical unit includes: a reflection portion that reflects an incident light flux incident from outside on a reflection surface in a reflection direction from an incident direction toward an imaging element; a movable body having the reflection portion and a holder supporting the reflection portion; a fixed body; a rotation support mechanism that causes the movable body to rotate with respect to the fixed body with an axial direction as a rotation axis; and a drive mechanism having a magnet and a coil and causing the movable body to rotate with respect to the fixed body. The magnet is provided at a position not contacting the reflection portion in the holder and on a back side of the reflection surface, and has a parallel surface parallel to the reflection surface. The coil is provided at a position opposing the magnet in the fixed body.
US11640037B2
An optical fiber holding device may comprise a first track and a second track. The first track may be configured to hold and guide a first optical fiber from a first track input location to a first track output location, wherein the first track is configured to allow the first optical fiber to connect to a first optical component and a first optical communication point. The second track may be configured to hold and guide a second optical fiber from a second track input location to a second track output location, wherein the second track is configured to allow the second optical fiber to connect to a second optical component and a second optical communication point.
US11640035B1
The present disclosure provides an optical fibre cable (100) with high blowing performance. The optical fibre cable (100) includes a plurality of optical fibres (102), a sheath (104) and one or more strength members (106). The sheath (104) envelops the plurality of optical fibres (102). The one or more strength members (106) are embedded in the sheath (104). The one or more strength members (106) embedded in the sheath (104) provides a blowing ratio to the optical fibre cable (100) in a range of about 20 to 45. The blowing ratio is a ratio of cross-sectional area of the sheath (104) to total cross-sectional area of the embedded strength members (106).
US11640024B2
A displaying module and a displaying device. The displaying module includes a backlight module and a display panel arranged at a light-emitting side of the backlight module, wherein the backlight module is provided with an ambient light hole penetrating through the backlight module along a direction perpendicular to a light-emitting surface of the backlight module; and a side, facing the backlight module, of the display panel is provided with a light equalization layer which covers the ambient light hole. By arranging the equalization layer at the side, facing the backlight module, of the display panel and at a position corresponding to the ambient light hole, when a screen of the display panel is black, the display panel is non-transparent, and the light equalization layer located at the side, facing the backlight module, of the display panel is incapable of being seen via the display panel.
US11640022B2
Optical analytical devices and their methods of use are provided. The devices are useful in the analysis of highly multiplexed optical reactions in large numbers at high densities, including biochemical reactions, such as nucleic acid sequencing reactions. The devices include optical waveguides for illumination of the optical reactions. The devices further provide for the efficient coupling of optical excitation energy from the waveguides to the optical reactions. Optical signals emitted from the reactions can thus be measured with high sensitivity and discrimination using features such as spectra, amplitude, and time resolution, or combinations thereof. The devices of the invention are well suited for miniaturization and high throughput.
US11640013B2
A weather-detecting device (100) can include a substrate (102) and a detection region (106) exposed to an environment within which the weather-detecting device (100) is situated when in use. An array (110) of heating elements (112) can be mounted at a first side of the substrate (102), with at least one surface of each heating element (112) in the array (110) being positioned within the detection region (106). A controller can be electrically coupled to the array (110) of heating elements (112), and the controller can individually address each heating element (112) in the array (110) to selectively pass electrical current through each heating element (112).
US11640005B2
An ion detector that can detect either positive or negative ions comprises: an ion inlet comprising an ion focusing lens; a dynode having a surface configured to intercept, within a zone of interception, a stream of ions passing through the ion focusing lens, wherein a plane that is tangent to the dynode surface at the zone of interception is disposed at an angle to a line that passes through the center of the dynode surface and the center of the focusing lens; a scintillator having a surface that is configured to receive secondary electrons emitted from the zone of interception; a scintillator electrode affixed to the scintillator surface; a photodetector configured to receive photons emitted by the scintillator and to generate an electric signal in response thereto; and one or more power supplies electrically coupled to the focusing lens, the dynode, the scintillator electrode and the photodetector.
US11640000B2
An apparatus comprising a housing, a mount configured to be coupled to a motor to horizontally move the apparatus, a wide-angle lens coupled to the housing, the wide-angle lens being positioned above the mount thereby being along an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being the axis along which the apparatus rotates, an image capture device within the housing, the image capture device configured to receive two-dimensional images through the wide-angle lens of environment, and a LiDAR device within the housing, the LiDAR device configured to generate depth data based on the environment.
US11639998B2
A optical communication system including a source device and an endpoint device. The source device include an array of laser diodes and is configured to drive the laser diodes to project a sequence of patterns into the field of view of the source device to define a set of serially-projected codes, each of which isolated to one respective angular division of the field of view of the source device. The endpoint device receives a serially-projected code from the source device which varies based which angular division of the field of view of the source device is occupied by the endpoint device.
US11639991B2
A photo-detecting apparatus includes a first photodetector, a second photodetector, a first modulation signal generating circuit and a second modulation signal generating circuit. The first is configured to generate at least a first detecting signal according a first modulation signal. The second photodetector is configured to generate a second detecting signal according a second modulation signal. The first modulation signal generating circuit is coupled to the first photodetector and operated between a first voltage and a second voltage, and is configured to generate the first modulation signal. The second modulation signal generating circuit is coupled to the second photodetector and operated between the second voltage and a third voltage. The second modulation signal generating circuit is configured to generate a second modulation signal. The value of the second voltage is between the first voltage and the third voltage.
US11639987B2
An airborne laser scanner configured to be arranged on an aircraft for surveying a target along a flight path. The airborne laser scanner comprises an emitter configured for emitting a plurality of consecutive laser pulses towards the ground surface, at least one optical element configured for deflecting the laser pulses along pulse paths towards the target, a motor configured for altering the pulse paths by moving the optical element, a receiver configured for receiving the laser pulses backscattered from the target, and a computer configured for controlling the emitter, the motor, and the receiver, for determining directions of the pulse paths, and for triggering the emitter to emit the laser pulses with a varying pulse spacing based on the directional component of the pulse paths in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a direction of the flight path.
US11639978B2
In a method and apparatus for determining parameter values in voxels of an examination object using magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF), a first signal comparison is made of signal characteristics of established voxel time series with first comparison signal characteristics. Further synthetic comparison signal characteristics are generated from the first comparison signal characteristics and values determined in the first signal comparison. The generated further comparison signal characteristics are used to perform a further signal comparison, with which values of at least a first and a second further parameter are determined. From the further comparison signal characteristics, a value of at least one further parameter is determined that could not necessarily already be determined in the first signal comparison.
US11639970B2
The disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for determining a state of power (SOP) of a battery system. With the method and apparatus, battery health state indexes determined according to the internal resistance and the current power of the battery system may serve as a calibration index, and the initial power parameters may be calibrated by using the calibration index. The internal resistance of the battery reflects the aging property of the battery system. Therefore, in the disclosure, the initial power parameters are calibrated according to the aging property of the battery system.
US11639968B1
A battery testing apparatus includes a battery cycler configured to position a battery cell in a cell pocket defined by a baseplate. The apparatus additionally includes a thermal control device configured to regulate thermal energy in the cell pocket, a baseplate thermistor for detecting baseplate temperature, and thermal control device thermistor for detecting thermal control device temperature. The apparatus also includes a printed circuit board (PCB) in electric communication with the thermal control device thermistor. An electronic microcontroller, in electric communication with the baseplate thermistor and the PCB, is configured to regulate operation of the thermal control device based on data from the baseplate thermistor and the thermal control device thermistor. A main controller, in electronic communication with the microcontroller, is programmed to establish set values for baseplate temperature and battery cell reference current or voltage and regulate electrical input to the battery cell in accordance with the reference values.
US11639964B2
A method and an apparatus for testing a chip, as well as a storage medium, and a chip thereof are provided. The chip includes an operation module. The method includes receiving, via a first pin of the chip, a test control signal indicating a test type of the operation module; performing a first test for the operation module using a first test vector based on the test type; or performing a second test for the operation module using a second test vector, where the first test is a test for the memory included in the operation module and the second test is a test for the functional logic in included in the operation module.
US11639963B2
The disclosure describes novel methods and apparatuses for controlling a device's TCA circuit when the device exists in a JTAG daisy-chain arrangement with other devices. The methods and apparatuses allow the TCA test pattern set used during device manufacturing to be reused when the device is placed in a JTAG daisy-chain arrangement with other devices, such as in a customers system using the device. Additional embodiments are also provided and described in the disclosure.
US11639959B2
A system and method for defect localization in embedded memory are provided. Embodiments include a system including automated testing equipment (ATE) interfaced with a wafer probe including a diagnostic laser for stimulating a DUT with the diagnostic laser at a ROI. The ATE is configured to simultaneously perform a test run at a test location of the DUT with a test pattern during stimulation of the DUT. Failing compare vectors of a reference failure log of a defective device are stored. A first profile module is configured to generate a first 3D profile from each pixel of a reference image of the defective device. A second profile module is configured to generate a second 3D profile from each pixel of the ROI of the DUT. A cross-correlation module is configured to execute a pixel-by-pixel cross-correlation from the first and second 3D profiles and generate an intensity map corresponding to a level of correlation between the DUT and defective device.
US11639958B2
A voltage tracking circuit includes first, second, third and fourth transistors. The first transistor is in a first well, and includes a first gate, a first drain and a first source coupled to a first voltage supply. The second transistor includes a second gate, a second drain and a second source. The second source is coupled to the first drain. The second gate is coupled to the first gate and the pad voltage terminal. The third transistor includes a third gate, a third drain and a third source. The fourth transistor includes a fourth gate, a fourth drain and a fourth source. The fourth drain is coupled to the third source. The fourth source is coupled to the pad voltage terminal. The fourth transistor is in a second well different from the first well, and is separated from the first well in a first direction.
US11639949B2
A Rogowski coil is used for determining the magnitude of the electrical current of a conductor of a low-voltage AC circuit, which outputs an analogue voltage which is equivalent to the magnitude of the electrical current of the conductor. The Rogowski coil is connected to an analogue integrator, which is followed by an analogue-digital converter, which converts the integrated analogue voltage into a digital signal which is further processed by a microprocessor in such a way that the phase shift generated by the Rogowski coil and the components connected downstream of the Rogowski coil is compensated such that there are in-phase current values for the detection of error situations in order to protect the low-voltage AC circuit, in particular for a low-voltage power switch or an arc fault detection unit.
US11639945B2
A test probe assembly includes: a conductive pipe; a probe inserted in the pipe without contacts and elastically retractable along a lengthwise direction; and an insulation probe supporting member configured to support the probe between an inner wall of the pipe and an outer surface of the probe. The test probe assembly of the present disclosure is improved in noise shield performance and convenient in repairing the probe since the probe is mounted to a probe socket as supported in a metal pipe without contacts.
US11639939B2
Disclosed are methods of quantifying multiple quality attributes, such as post translational modifications, of multiple samples in a single mass spectrometry (MS) run, including contacting two or more samples with a digesting solution under conditions sufficient to digest samples, wherein each sample is digested separately and the digesting solution is a Tris-free buffer solution; contacting each of the two or more digested samples with a specific Tandem Mass Tag (TMT) labeling reagent under conditions sufficient to label peptides within each of the digested samples with the specific TMT labeling reagent; quenching labeling of peptides within each of the two or more digested samples; combining equal volumes of the two or more labeled, digested samples into a single combined sample solution; and analyzing the single combined sample solution by targeted mass spectral analysis, thereby allowing multiple quality attributes of the two or more samples to be quantified in a single mass spectrometry (MS) run.
US11639936B2
A normal set of cells is characterized using flow cytometry. A centroid and radius are defined for a set of clusters in an n-dimensional space corresponding to a normal maturation for a cell lineage in the normal set of cells. A test set of cells is characterized using flow cytometry and the characterization is compared to the defined set of clusters. Support Vector Machine (SVM) subroutines are employed to identify reference populations of interest by generating multidimensional boundary definitions. These boundary definitions may be used to identify reference populations to use in defining or refining a centroid line or a radius or radii defining a set of normal clusters, and to characterize and compare a test set of cells to the defined set of normal clusters.
US11639913B2
A sensor device is disclosed. The sensor device includes a monitor thin film transistor, a reference thin film transistor, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine a value measured from a sample based on a differential degree between output current of the reference thin film transistor and output current of the monitor thin film transistor.
US11639912B2
A reagent layer of a sensor contains as a mediator a quinone compound having a hydrophilic functional group, phenanthrenequinone, and/or a phenanthrenequinone derivative. The quinone compound has a lower redox potential than a conventional mediator, so interfering substances have less effect on detection results with this sensor.
US11639910B2
The present disclosure provides a gas sensor comprising a gas sensing layer fabricated based on a solution-processed, template-free synthesis method that achieves controllable ZnO nanostructured morphologies. The method is based on promotion and suppression of growth at specific crystallographic dimensions by tuning the polarity of the solvent. The gas sensing layer with the ZnO nanostructures exhibits high response, excellent selectivity and rapid recovery time.
US11639906B2
Provided is a method for virtually executing an operation of an energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS) system in real time production line by analyzing a defect included in a material undergoing inspection based on computer vision, the method including receiving a scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the material including the defect, extracting an image-feature from the SEM image of the material, classifying the extracted image-feature under a predetermined label, predicting, based on the classified image-feature, an element associated with the defect included in the material and a shape of the predicted element, and grading the defect included in the material based on comparing the predicted element with a predetermined criteria.
US11639904B2
An inspection device includes a ray source that irradiates an object to be inspected with energy rays, a detection unit that detects energy rays that have passed through the object to be inspected, a displacement mechanism that sets a relative position of the object to be inspected and the ray source by displacing at least one of the object to be inspected and the ray source in relation to the other, an internal image generation unit that generates an internal image of the object to be inspected based on a detection amount distribution of the energy rays detected by the detection unit, and a control unit that controls the displacement mechanism based on the detection amount distribution of the energy rays detected by the detection unit.
US11639903B2
Method include emitting x-rays from an x-ray source, directing a first portion of the x-rays through an object grating situated adjacent to an object while the object is scanned relative to the object grating along a scan direction, directing a second portion of the x-rays through the object and subsequently through a detector grating without transmitting through the object grating, wherein the object grating and detector grating are adjacently arranged in a field of view of the x-rays sequentially with respect to each other in the scan direction, and receiving the first portion transmitted through the object and object grating with a first portion of a detector and receiving the second portion transmitted through the object and the detector grating with a second portion of the detector adjacent to the first portion of the detector. Systems are also disclosed, along with related techniques for beam hardening correction.
US11639900B1
Video inspection systems are disclosed. In one embodiment a video camera for use in a pipe inspection system includes a camera head including an outer housing, a camera module assembly including video and non-video sensors, a processing circuit, and a data link receiver.
US11639896B2
Described are conjugated polymers and conjugated polymer nanoparticles formed therefrom. The conjugated polymers and conjugated polymer nanoparticles have a maximum emission of light that occurs within a tissue transparent window of the electromagnetic spectrum. These emission properties are particle-size independent. The sizes of the conjugated nanoparticles are controlled by altering the concentration of the conjugated polymer used to make conjugated polymer nanoparticles. Also described are methods of making conjugated polymer nanoparticles that have larger sizes than have been traditionally reported, involving a modified reprecipitation approach. The conjugated polymers and/or conjugated polymer nanoparticles can be used as fluorescent probes in biological imaging.
US11639886B2
The subject disclosure presents systems and computer-implemented methods for evaluating a tissue sample that has been removed from a subject. A change in speed of the energy traveling through the sample is evaluated to monitor changes in the biological sample during processing. The rate of change in the speed of the energy is correlated with the extent of diffusion. A system for performing the method can include a transmitter that outputs the energy and a receiver configured to detect the transmitted energy. A time-of-flight of acoustic waves and rate of change thereof is monitored to determine an optimal time for soaking the tissue sample in a fixative.
US11639874B2
Spectrometers include an optical assembly with optical elements arranged to receive light from a light source and direct the light along a light path to a multi-element detector, dispersing light of different wavelengths to different spatial locations on the multi-element detector. The optical assembly includes: (i) a collimator arranged in the light path to receive the light from the light source, the collimator including a mirror having a freeform surface; (2) a dispersive sub-assembly including an echelle grating, the dispersive sub-assembly being arranged in the light path to receive light from the collimator; and (3) a Schmidt telescope arranged in the light path to receive light from the dispersive sub-assembly and focus the light to a field, the multi-element detector being arranged at the field.
US11639871B1
An optical energy detector and a method for detecting a broad range of optical energy are disclosed. The detector comprising a superconducting nanowire filament on a substrate, an electrical current pulse source, a laser pulse source, a first pickup probe, and a second pickup probe for measuring the voltage across the filament. The filament is maintained below a supercomputing critical temperature. The filament is biased with an electrical current pulses slight below the critical current of the filament which creates nonequilibrium state. The filament is excited by the laser pulses, and as a result, a voltage appears after a delay time. The voltage is measured for determining the amount of the optical energy. A reference curve of the voltage and the corresponding delay time can be used for calibrating any light source.
US11639870B2
An optical sensing device includes a substrate, a sensing element layer, a first planarization layer, and a second planarization layer. The sensing element layer is located on the substrate and includes a plurality of sensing elements. The first planarization layer is located on the sensing element layer and has a first slit. The second planarization layer is located on the first planarization layer and has a second slit. An orthogonal projection of the first slit extending in a direction and located on the substrate is not overlapped with an orthogonal projection of the second slit extending in the same direction and located on the substrate, and the orthogonal projection of the second slit on the substrate has a curved pattern.
US11639867B2
An apparatus for determining the identity, location, or level of one or more material phases or the location of an interface between two material phases within a defined volume having, a linear array of units configured to generate and detect electromagnetic radiation; an elongate enclosure containing the array of units, being at least partially transparent to the electromagnetic radiation generated by the units; the apparatus being configured to be at least partially submerged within the one or more material phases within the defined volume, the linear array of units being configured to generate transmission signals through the at least partially transparent elongate enclosure to the one or more material phases surrounding the enclosure at locations along the length of the enclosure, and to receive return signals through the elongate enclosure at locations along the length of the enclosure from the one or more material phases surrounding the enclosure.
US11639863B2
A flow rate assembly can include a housing having a measurement channel extending along the housing axis and through a portion of the housing between the first and second ends of the housing, an outer cup portion positioned at least partly within the housing, and a transducer positioned within the outer cup portion and sealed from fluid flow past the outer cup portion, the transducer having a width perpendicular to the housing axis and greater than the width of the measurement channel, the transducer configured to generate an ultrasonic signal and to direct the ultrasonic signal through the measurement channel.
US11639862B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide a unique new approach to generating operating condition information used for assessing flow assurance and structural integrity. More specifically, apparatuses, systems and methods configured in accordance with embodiments of the present invention enable multiplexed arrangement of optical fiber for sensing of operating conditions within a structural member and utilize fiber optic sensors for enabling monitoring of operating condition information within one or more elongated tubular members. To this end, fiber optic sensors are strategically placed at a plurality of locations along a length of each elongated tubular member thereby allowing critical operating conditions such as strain, temperature and pressure of the elongated tubular member and/or a fluid therein to be monitored. A multiplexing unit is used for allowing selective configuration of individual lengths of optical fiber for creating one or more contiguous optical fiber structures.
US11639860B2
This application relates to an absolute position detection device and detection method of a rotating body using a magnetic material. The device may include magnets coupled to a rotating body and configured to rotate together and having n pole pairs, wherein n is a natural number and (n+1) magnetic materials arranged adjacent to the magnets, spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval, and configured to rotate together with the rotating body. The device may also include a first Hall sensor spaced apart from the magnets, installed to allow the magnetic materials to rotate in a space between the first Hall sensor and the magnets and configured to output a first signal based on the magnets when the magnetic materials approach the first Hall sensor. The device may further include a controller configured to measure an absolute position of the rotating body using the first signal.
US11639856B2
Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for an infrastructure planning tool. The infrastructure planning tool includes a navigation unit. The navigation unit is configured to determine a location of a vehicle. The infrastructure planning tool includes a processor. The processor is configured to determine a route within an off-road real property to traverse by the vehicle using the location of the vehicle over a period of time. The processor is configured to determine or estimate an amount of energy used by the vehicle to traverse the route. The processor is configured to determine a location along the route to place critical based on the amount of energy used. The processor is configured to render, on a display, a graphical representation that includes the route, the off-road real property and the location along the route to place the critical infrastructure.
US11639850B2
A tool, system, and method are disclosed for locating a hidden stud and identifying angles on a finished wall. The tool includes an elongated housing, at least one magnet, and at least one level. The housing has a generally planar contact surface disposed opposite a viewing surface. The at least one magnet is secured to the housing such that a magnetic field from the at least one magnet extends from the contact surface. The level is secured to the housing such that the level is viewable from the viewing surface. The at least one magnet, the level, and the housing are sized relative to each other such that a magnetic attraction between the at least one magnet and a metallic element in the wall is sufficient to maintain the tool on the wall without external support.
US11639848B2
An eyeglass frame shape measurement device includes an optical measurement unit, a probe unit, a holding unit that holds the optical measurement unit and the probe unit, a changing portion that integrally moves the optical measurement unit and the probe unit with respect to an eyeglass frame to change a measurement position with respect to a groove of a rim of the eyeglass frame, and a controller that controls an operation of the eyeglass frame shape measurement device. The controller controls an operation of the changing portion to measure the groove of the rim of the eyeglass frame, acquires a cross-sectional shape of the groove of the rim of the eyeglass frame based on a detection result detected by the optical measurement unit, and acquires a shape of the rim of the eyeglass frame based on a detection result detected by the probe unit.
US11639847B2
A catheter procedure system includes a base and a robotic mechanism having a longitudinal axis and being movable relative to the base along the longitudinal axis. The robotic mechanism includes a robotic drive base including at least one drive mechanism, a cassette operatively secured to the robotic drive base, a rigid guide coupled to the cassette and fixed relative to the robotic mechanism and a flexible track having a distal end, a proximal end and a plurality of reflective sections. At least a portion of the flexible track is disposed within the rigid guide. The robotic mechanism also includes a position detector mounted to the robotic drive base and positioned beneath the flexible track. The position detector is configured to detect light reflected off of the reflective sections of the flexible track and to determine the position of the distal end of the flexible track based on the detected reflected light.
US11639835B2
In some embodiments, an arrow rest comprises a first body portion arranged for attachment to an archery bow and a second body portion attached to the first body portion. The second body portion comprises an arrow support member. The second body portion is moveable with respect to the first body portion along an arcuate path.
US11639829B2
A plate heat exchanger gasket includes an elongate body and a first number of elongate projections projecting from an upper side of the body and extending along the gasket's longitudinal extension. Each projection is defined by a top and two opposing flanks extending from the top. Referring to a cross section perpendicular to the gasket longitudinal extension, for each of a second number of unsymmetrical projections of the projections, a first area defined by an outer flank of the flanks, the body upper side and a normal of the body upper side extending through the top of the unsymmetrical projection, is smaller than a second area defined by an inner flank of the flanks, the body upper side and the normal of the body upper side extending through the top of the unsymmetrical projection. This normal is displaced from a center normal of the body upper side.
US11639828B2
A heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine comprising a compressor, a combustor and a turbine. The heat exchanger comprising alternating hot and cold channels. Compressed air from the compressor flows through the cold channels and exhaust gas from the turbine flows through the hot channels. Each cold channel comprises first and second opposing surfaces conveying compressed air along a first path. Each cold channel comprises rows of vortex generators and pin fins extending from the first or second surfaces along the first path. The rows extend substantially perpendicular to the first path. Each hot channel is defined by a first and second opposing surfaces conveying exhaust gas along a second path substantially perpendicular to the first path. Each hot channel comprises rows of vortex generators and pin fins extending from the first or second surfaces along the second path. The rows extend substantially perpendicularly to the second path.
US11639826B2
In example implementations, a printing device is provided. The printing device includes a printer module, a plurality of dryer modules, and a side exit unit. The printer module is to print on a continuous web of print media. The plurality of dryer modules is located downstream from the printer module. The continuous web of print media is fed in a wrap-around direction from an outermost dryer module to a center dryer module. The side exit unit is coupled to the center dryer module to redirect the continuous web of print media along an outer side of the plurality of dryer modules.
US11639804B2
Architectures or techniques are presented that can facilitate automated function testing (AFT) in connection with an HVAC system or component thereof. The architectures detailed herein can facilitate creation, modification, or duplication of quiz data (e.g., a test). This quiz data can be executed in order to automatically test the function of the HVAC system or component. Additionally, prior to execution, a verification procedure can be performed to ensure that an expected state indicated in the quiz data can in fact be exhibited by the device. Further, execution of the quiz data can include an exit condition that, when satisfied can cause termination of the execution prior to completion. Such can be useful to avoid potentially dangerous situations or to avoid undue disruption to a service provided by the HVAC system.
US11639800B2
A dehumidification system includes an evaporator, a condenser positioned next to the evaporator, and a drain pan including a mist eliminator. The drain pan is disposed at least partially below the evaporator and the condenser. The drain pan at least includes a basin disposed at least partially below the evaporator. The basin includes a sloped bottom, a first rib disposed on the sloped bottom, a second rib parallel to the first rib and including a central gap, a third rib positioned between the first rib and the second rib, and an angled rib attached to the second rib. The third rib is parallel to and shorter than the first rib. The third rib is configured to at least partially block the central gap of the second rib. The angled rib is inclined towards the third rib and configured to change a velocity vector of the air flowing through the drain pan. The mist eliminator is configured to remove water droplets from the air.
US11639792B2
The disclosed technology includes a water heater system having a blower, an igniter, a burner, a heat exchanger, and a refractory configured to attach to the burner and the heat exchanger. The refractory can include a unitary ceramic housing having a top and a plurality of sidewalls and be configured to retain heat from combustion gases. The top can have a burner aperture configured to receive at least a portion of the burner and the plurality of sidewalls can form a cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the heat exchanger. One or more of the sidewalls can additionally have a protrusion extending laterally along an inside surface of the sidewall that is configured to contact the heat exchanger to form a seal between the heat exchanger and the refractory. A sealing material can substantially create a seal between the refractory and the heat exchanger.
US11639790B2
Low voltage lamp (10) for external use, comprising: •—a hollow and sealed container body (31) consisting of at least two opening half-shells (11.1), filled with insulating gel (G) and containing a terminal connection block (12); •—at least one light source (L) having at one of its extremities at least one electrical and mechanical connection means (13) which is electrically branched by means of electrical wires (25) with respect to said block (12); wherein at least said wires (25) and at least one portion of said connection means (13) are housed in a sealed manner in said container body (31) by means of said gel (G), which encloses them like a cast, and wherein said gel (G) is configured to model its shape on said wires (25), said block (12) and said at least one portion of said connection means (13), in a reversible manner.
US11639789B2
A portable light may comprise: a light body having an internal cavity configured to receive a rechargeable power source, having a keying feature, and having an opening through an exterior wall in a predetermined location relative to the keying feature; and a light source. A rechargeable power source has a charging connector and a keying feature in predetermined locations that when the keying feature thereof engages the keying feature of the internal cavity, the charging connector thereof is aligned with the opening through the exterior wall of the light body. Thus an external source of charging power can be connected through the opening in the exterior wall directly to the charging connector of the rechargeable power source for recharging the rechargeable power source while it is in the portable light.
US11639788B2
A flexible light emitting diode (LED) circuit having a first layer, the first layer including a conductive material configured to connect to an LED die, a second layer, the second layer including an electrically insulating material, and a third layer positioned between the first and second layer, the third layer having a first terminal extended electrically connecting tab that extends outward beyond the first layer and the second layer.
US11639785B2
A light-emitting device includes a strip-like high flexibility region and a strip-like low flexibility region arranged alternately in a direction. The high flexibility region includes a flexible light-emitting panel. The low flexibility region includes the light-emitting panel and a support panel having a lower flexibility than that of the light-emitting panel and overlapping with the light-emitting panel. It is preferable that the light-emitting panel include an external connection electrode and that a length in the direction of a low flexibility region A that overlaps with the external connection electrode be longer than a length in the direction of a low flexibility region B that is closest to the region A.
US11639784B2
A lighting device, a lighting attachment device, and a method of manufacturing a lighting cover having a film coated with an optical-scattering agent are provided. The lighting device includes: a lighting unit having a lighting cover, the lighting cover having an adjustable degree of optical scattering; and a control unit configured to adjust the lighting cover to an appropriate degree of optical scattering according to the growth state of a cultivation subject. The method for manufacturing a lighting cover includes: partitioning a lighting cover of a synthetic resin material into a plurality of scattering zones; and coating an optical-scattering agent on the lighting cover such that each of the scattering zones has a different degree of optical scattering.
US11639783B2
A light source device includes: a light source having an upper surface including a light-emitting surface, the light source comprising a plurality of light-emitting parts arranged in a two-dimensional array; a lens located above and spaced apart from the light-emitting surface of the light source, wherein the lens comprises an optically functional part, and a flange part located along an outer periphery of the optically functional part; and a support part formed of a light-shielding material and configured to support at least the flange part of the lens. A surface area of a first surface of the optically functional part is greater than a surface area of a second surface of the optically functional part. The flange part defines at least one first recess in a surface located at a same side as the second surface.
US11639782B2
A headlamp (10) for a motor vehicle has a first projection device (12) for illuminating a wide surface (18) and a second projection device (14) laterally offset from the first projection device (12) for illuminating a narrow surface (20) lying within the wide surface (18). Intensity profiles (22, 24) of light emitted by the first and second projection devices (12, 14) are matched in the lateral direction such that, in at least one lateral peripheral region of the narrow surface (20), a gradual transition to the intensity in the wide surface (18) outside the narrow surface (2) and a substantially constant intensity between the lateral peripheral regions of the narrow surface (20) within the narrow surface (20) occur. Intensity profiles (22, 24) of the projection devices (12, 14) are designed for a shorter distance than a projection distance designated for the wide surface (18) and the narrow surface (20).
US11639778B2
A solar powered lighting element with a simulated flame and an electric insect eliminator includes a lighting portion with a conducting grid and a light portion that simulates a flickering flame which are powered by a rechargeable battery that is recharged using a solar panel. One or more UV light elements are provided in addition to the flickering flame to attract insects.
US11639776B2
A luminaire with a removable rail is disclosed. The luminaire can be powered with power provided by a power over Ethernet (PoE) solution. The rail can include a sensor that can provide feedback to the luminaire. The sensor can detect ambient information. A controller can modify output of the luminaire based on sensed information.
US11639775B2
A first wavelength conversion element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a phosphor layer; a refrigerant; a refrigerant transport member; and a housing. The phosphor layer includes a plurality of phosphor particles. The phosphor layer has a gap therein. The refrigerant cools the phosphor layer. The refrigerant transport member is provided in contact with the phosphor layer. The refrigerant transport member circulates the refrigerant. The housing encapsulates the phosphor layer, the refrigerant, and the refrigerant transport member. The housing includes a protective layer on at least a portion of an inner wall.
US11639774B1
Disclosed embodiments provide techniques and devices for changing the color temperature and/or brightness of an LED lamp utilizing a selectable control device. The selectable control device may include one or more buttons, sliders, and/or rotary knobs. The buttons, sliders, and/or rotary knobs may be coupled to resistors, including variable resistors (potentiometers), that utilize resistance shunting. In embodiments, the shunt resistance varies under different dialing conditions (configuration of the selectable control device), so as to obtain different current ratios and achieve the purpose of mixing different color temperatures.
US11639764B2
A connector is used to connect a gases supply to a user. The user can be fitted with an interface, such as a cannula, while the gases supply can include a conduit. The connector interfaces between the conduit and the interface. The connector has a female assembly and a male assembly that connect together, such as by push fit. The male assembly includes an inner portion sized and configured to mate with a first female connector and an outer portion sized and configured to alternatively mate with a second female connector.
US11639761B2
A connector assembly for connection of two tubular members without rotation. The assembly includes the pin end of a first tubular member stabbed within the connector end of a second tubular member. A connector nut is threadedly connected or snap locked to the connector end of the second tubular member. The connector nut includes a retaining shoulder cooperating with a beveled shoulder on the pin end of the first tubular member to retain the first tubular member. The assembly includes seals to provide pressure integrity and prevent leaking. Cooperating rotational torque transfer profiles in the first and second tubular members enable operational rotation of the tubular string.
US11639758B2
The present invention relates to an air-valve unit for a vacuum system. The valve unit may include a control part, which detects a pressure of an external exhaust space to output an on/off signal, to actively control supply/blocking of air into/from an exhaust hole. Also, the valve unit is preferably constituted by a plurality of holes and electronic valves so that an opening/closing of an outlet of each of the holes is controlled by the control part, and thus, extension of a vacuum generation line or combination of generation/destruction lines may be implemented.
US11639757B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to providing a pulse control to a ball valve to reduce the amount of torque required to adjust the position of the ball valve. In an aspect, the technology relates to a method for reducing resistance of a ball valve. The method includes generating a pulse having a duration and a polarity; providing the pulse to an actuator configured to rotate a ball of the ball valve; and rotating, by the actuator, the ball of the ball valve by an amount based on the duration of the pulse and a direction based on the polarity of the pulse, wherein the ball valve does not change state after rotation of the ball.
US11639755B2
A flow control device includes a valve body defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path. A valve seat assembly includes a fitting coupled to the valve body, a seat ring coupled to the fitting and defining a valve seat. The seat ring includes an inner groove formed on an interior surface of the seat ring. A control element is movable relative to the valve body between a closed position, in which the control element engages the valve seat, and an open position, in which the control element is spaced away from the valve seat. The seat ring is coupled to the fitting by snap-fit connection such that a portion of the fitting is disposed in the inner groove of the seat ring.
US11639754B2
A sealing arrangement is provided for sealing a mounting groove formed in a first or second mounting member separated by a gap and defining a hydraulic passage. A gasket is mounted in the groove between the passage and gap. The gasket includes an annular gasket body having first and second axial ends and a buried reinforcement ring. The gasket body includes a unitary flange extending radially outward from the first axial end. The flange includes a first seal lip extending axially outward from the flange proximate the passage or gap. The first seal lip contacts a surface of the first or second mounting member facing the passage. The gasket body includes a second seal lip extending outward from the second axial end to contact a bottom surface of the mounting groove.
US11639753B2
A method for hysteresis compensation in an actuator and a selector fork that is adjustable by this actuator and guides a sliding sleeve, by means of a state machine, wherein the selector fork is moved by means of the actuator from a first shift position (xDecoup), namely a neutral position, into at least one second shift position (xCoup), namely a gear position, and vice versa, wherein the position of the actuator (phiAtr, phiCoup, phiDecoup), in the event of a shift request into the neutral position (xDecoup) or into the gear position (xCoup), is corrected on the basis of stored mechanical backlash (phiBL) between the actuator and the selector fork and of a sign (+1, 0, −1) generated by the state machine and associated with the particular shift request.
US11639748B1
An electrified drivetrain system that improves drivability is described. It includes a propulsion system having a rotary electric machine including a rotatable shaft, a torque converter including a fluidic stator, a pump, a turbine and a normally-closed torque converter clutch; a selectable one-way clutch coupled to the fluidic stator; and an output member. The rotatable shaft is coupled to the pump of the torque converter, and the turbine of the torque converter is coupled to the output member.
US11639747B2
A linear actuator includes a screw shaft comprising a screw thread and having a longitudinal axis A, a nut movable along the screw shaft from a retracted position to an extended position, and a plurality of rollers movable with the nut. Each roller includes a cylindrical surface configured to roll along one or more flanks of the screw thread, such that rotation of the screw shaft causes the rollers to roll along the flank(s) so that the nut translates in an axial direction along the screw shaft. The screw thread has a variable lead angle. The actuator can be part of a power door opening system of an aircraft.
US11639744B2
A method for joining a belt having a reinforcement structure having a plurality of spirals connected to each other by transverse wires includes compressing the belt along two transverse compression zones and extracting a transverse wire while the belt is being compressed along the transverse compression zones.
US11639739B2
An elastic actuator includes a gear transmitting a rotational force; a mounting recess formed in a first side of the gear; a plurality of elastic wedges received in the mounting recess at positions that are spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the mounting recess, each elastic wedge including a non-metal elastic material; a through-hole penetrating an elastic wedge among the plurality of elastic wedges; an output body configured to cover the first side of the gear; and at least one insertion bar protruding from a first side of the output body toward the first side of the gear and configured to be inserted into the through-hole. The elastic actuator further includes a shaft coupled to the output body and penetrating the gear, a protrusion having an inner space through which the shaft passes being formed to extend from the mounting recess toward the output body.
US11639736B2
A strut bearing assembly includes: a first case coupled to an insulator mounted on a body of the vehicle, and having a strut disposed therethrough; a second case mounted under the first case in a top-to-bottom direction of the vehicle, configured to rotate relatively to the first case, and having the strut disposed therethrough; and a center plate disposed between the first and second cases, and configured to support the first case to rotate relative to the second case. The center plate has a ring shape with a hollow portion, and includes an inclined portion that is inclined downward toward an outside in a radial direction based on a central axis of the strut.
US11639727B2
A tail gas exhausting pressure stabilization control system is provided. The system can control the pressure and the flow rate of a gas and a driving gas inputted therein, such that when the gas and the driving gas are mixed and outputted to a tail gas exhausting outlet, the pressure thereof can be controlled under a predetermined pressure. Besides, when the back pressure is generated because of the exhausted gases from the outlet, an energy-saving module can adjust the pressure of the driving gas outputted to an eductor in accordance with the detecting result of the back pressure in order to resist the back pressure. Thus, the exhausted gases from the outlet can be still under the predetermined pressure between the gas and a gas distribution component so as to stabilize the pressure and flow rate of the exhausted gases from the outlet and save the driving gas.
US11639722B2
A ventricular assist device is disclosed. The ventricular assist device may include a centrifugal pump and a controller. The controller may be configured to cause the centrifugal pump to operate at a first speed above a predetermined flow rate. The controller may also be configured to cause the centrifugal pump to operate at a second speed below the predetermined flow rate, wherein the predetermined flowrate is indicative of a crossover point between systole and diastole phases of a person's cardiac cycle.
US11639718B2
A planar micromechanical actuator suspended on opposing suspension zones including a neutral axis between the opposing suspension zones, first to fourth segments into which the planar micromechanical actuator is segmented between the opposing suspension zones, each including a first electrode and a second electrode which form a capacitor and are isolatedly affixed to each other at opposite ends of the respective segment along a direction between the opposing suspension zones so as to form a gap between the first and second electrode along a thickness direction, the gap being offset to the neutral axis along the thickness direction, and wherein the first to fourth segments are configured such that the planar micromechanical actuator deflects into the thickness direction by the first and fourth segment bending into the thickness direction and the second and third segments bending contrary to the thickness direction upon a voltage being applied to the first and second electrodes of the first to fourth segments.
US11639715B2
The disclosure provides an inflatable pump comprising an inflatable pump body, a plastic air cylinder and a plastic disc. A side of the inflatable pump body is provided with a bracket, the plastic air cylinder and the bracket are connected to each other through rotary joint protrusions and rotary joint holes, and the plastic disc is fastened to a top side of the plastic cylinder. By adopting the inflatable pump of the disclosure, the production and processing of the plastic air cylinder and the plastic disc is more convenient and will not cause environmental pollution. Meanwhile, the plastic air cylinder and the plastic disc can meet structural accuracy requirements of the inflatable pump. Furthermore, the plastic air cylinder and the bracket are connected to each other through rotary joint protrusions and rotary joint holes, no additional fasteners and assembly jigs are needed.
US11639711B2
A method for identifying underperforming agents in a multi-agent cooperative system includes receiving information relating to the performance of each agent in the multi-agent system, calculating an estimated extracted resource value of each agent based on the received information, comparing the estimated extracted resource value of each agent to a threshold value, calculating a performance index based on the comparison and identifying an agent as an under-performing agent based on the performance index. A system for identifying under-performing agents in a plurality of agents in a multi-agent cooperative system includes a performance analyzing processor, a communications port for receiving state information for each agent and control information for each agent, a classifier for identifying a subset of agents in the plurality of agents that are performance comparable and an optimizer configured to identify an under-performing agent of performance comparable agents and generate updated control information for the identified under-performing agent.
US11639704B2
A controller executes a fuel introduction process when stopping combustion in a cylinder under a situation in which a crankshaft is rotating. The fuel introduction process causes a fuel injection valve to inject fuel and causes the fuel to flow out unburned from inside the cylinder to an exhaust passage. The opening degree of an exhaust gas recirculation valve at a point in time when a state in which the execution condition of the fuel introduction process is not satisfied is switched to a state in which the execution condition of the fuel introduction process is satisfied is a preliminary opening degree. During the execution of the fuel introduction process, the recirculation valve controlling section causes the opening degree of the exhaust gas recirculation valve to be smaller than the preliminary opening degree.
US11639702B2
Disclosed is a fuel evaporation gas treatment system for a vehicle, which includes a sub-purge system configured such that a fuel evaporation gas adsorbed in a canister is recovered into a fuel tank, the sub-purge system including a recovery port formed in the canister, a recovery line connected to the recovery port, an ejector provided to receive fuel delivered by a fuel pump, to suck the fuel evaporation gas from the canister through the recovery line and the recovery port upon generation of negative pressure, and to discharge the fuel evaporation gas to the fuel tank, a driving fluid hose connecting the discharge port of the fuel pump to the driving inlet of the ejector to supply the fuel to the ejector, and a recovery control valve for opening and closing a fuel passage so that the fuel is selectively supplied to the ejector.
US11639698B1
A dual fuel system includes a liquid pilot fuel supply, a liquid main fuel supply, and a fuel injection apparatus. The dual fuel system further includes a fueling control unit coupled with a cylinder pressure sensor and a NOx sensor, and structured to vary, via outputting a fueling control command to a main fuel injection control valve, fuel delivery parameters each on the basis of at least one of a cylinder pressure parameter or a NOx parameter. The fueling control unit compensates via the varying fuel delivery parameters for a change to a liquid main fuel composition such as a change from a first alcohol fuel or blend to a second alcohol fuel or blend.
US11639696B2
A method of determining the nature of a fault in the operation of a hydraulic fuel injector includes sending an actuation pulse to an actuator of the injector, the actuation pulse being above the minimum drive pulse of the injector. The method also includes analyzing a signal from an accelerometer of the injector to determine if there is a high frequency vibration component subsequent to the end of the activation pulse. The method also includes determining the functionality of a needle control valve of the injector dependent on the outcome of analyzing the signal from the accelerometer.
US11639676B2
A vehicle exhaust system includes a tubular component having an inner surface and an outer surface. The vehicle exhaust system also includes at least one opening defined by the tubular component. The at least one opening extends through each of the inner surface and the outer surface. The vehicle exhaust system further includes a patch adapted to cover the at least one opening. The patch includes a first portion extending parallel to the central axis. The first portion defines a plurality of pores. The first portion covers the at least one opening. The patch also includes a second portion extending away from the first portion. The first portion has a first thickness and the second portion has a second thickness.
US11639675B2
A one-piece cast metallic adaptor for an engine lubrication system that has threading in the casting to secure components to the one-piece cast metallic adaptor.
US11639670B2
Systems and techniques that facilitate predictive core rub diagnostics are provided. A sensor component can collect real-time operation parameters of a gas turbine engine. An analysis component can statistically combine first values, second values, and third values to yield a rub indicator for the engine. The first values can be based on a first comparison of fundamental mode placements of the engine, derived from the real-time operation parameters, and baseline fundamental mode placements. The second values can be based on a second comparison of a vibration spectrum of the engine, derived from the real-time operation parameters, and a baseline vibration spectrum. The third values can be based on a third comparison of the real-time operation parameters of the engine and baseline operation parameters. A classification component can generate a rub classification report indicating presence of rubbing in the engine, based on the rub indicator.
US11639669B2
A gas turbine engine includes an electrical machine positioned at least partially inward of a core airflow path, the electrical machine including an electrical rotor component and an electrical stator component, a connecting member positioned between the electrical machine and a rotary member, a disconnection device that is positionable between a disengaged position, in which the disconnection device is disengaged from the connecting member, and an engaged position, in which the disconnection device is engaged with the connecting member, and a controller including a processor, where the processor receives a signal from the electrical machine indicative of a fault, and in response to receiving the signal from the electrical machine indicative of the fault, directs the disconnection device to move from the disengaged position to the engaged position.
US11639664B2
An airfoil for a turbine engine, comprising an outer wall defining an exterior surface bounding an interior and defining a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction and extending between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction, outlets on the exterior surface, and a cooling air supply conduit within the interior and having a supply passage.
US11639661B2
A system for tracking and steering a downhole tool using an augmented reality device. A tracker tracks the location of a downhole tool as it moves underground and transmits data to the device, while one or more sensors measure a position and orientation of the device. The device analyzes the data received from the tracker and the sensors and generates a virtual image of the downhole tool. The virtual image is displayed on the device at its detected location relative to the ground surface and relative to the position of the device. The position of the displayed virtual image is modified in response to updated information from the tracker or the sensors. Virtual images representing various parameters of the drilling operation are also displayed on the device in juxtaposition with the virtual image of the downhole tool.
US11639659B2
The internal operational state of wellhead equipment and downhole activity can be monitored with a sensor device mounted or mountable on the wellhead equipment. The sensor can include more than one vibration sensor, a sensor communications device, and a processor. The vibration sensor generates sensor signals in response to vibrations of the wellhead equipment caused by changes in the internal operating state of the wellhead equipment or downhole activity. The processor generates sensor data based on the generated electronic sensor signals. The sensor communication device transmits an electronic data signal for the sensor data via a communications network to a user device, which may be located remotely from the wellhead equipment. The user device can output a report including an audible or visible representation of the transmitted sensor data. In some embodiments, the sensor device can be retrofit to existing equipment and systems.
US11639657B2
A system includes equipment for at least one of formation of, stimulation of, or production from a wellbore, a processor, and a non-transitory memory device. The processor is communicatively coupled to the equipment. The non-transitory memory device contains instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising training a hybrid deep generative physics neural network (HDGPNN), iteratively computing a plurality of projected values for wellbore variables using the HDGPNN, comparing the projected values to measured values, adjusting the projected values using the HDGPNN until the projected values match the measured values within a convergence criteria to produce an output value for at least one controllable parameter, and controlling the equipment by applying the output value for the at least one controllable parameter.
US11639649B2
Systems and methods for data analysis and asset management. The systems and methods may include receiving asset data about a plurality of different asset features of an oil well. The systems and methods may include receiving operational data corresponding to a plurality of different key performance indicators (KPIs) of an oil well. The systems and methods may include formulating a treatment strategy for the oil well based on one or more correlations between the asset data and the operational data. The systems and methods may include generating an operator user interface (UI) comprising information tailored in scope for a well operator. The systems and methods may include generating, by a processor, an engineer UI tailored in scope for an engineer user, wherein the engineer UI comprises one or more predictive calculators. The systems and methods may include selectively displaying by a display the operator UI.
US11639644B2
There is provided a fluid flow conducting apparatus comprising: a housing, a housing passage configured for conducting fluid through the housing, and a flow controller for controlling flow communication between the housing passage and an environment external to the housing. The flow controller includes a sealed interface-effector. The flow controller is disposed in a first configuration, and adapted for disposition in a second configuration in response to disposition of the sealed interface-effector in communication with a degradation-promoting agent such that degradation of the sealed interface effector is effected. In the first configuration, the sealed interface effector is threadably coupled to the housing and defines a sealed interface between the housing passage and the environment external to the housing. In the second configuration, the sealed interface is defeated.
US11639643B2
A kinetic ram for a blowout preventer includes a pressure chamber having a piston movably disposed therein. A gas generating charge disposed at one end of the pressure chamber. A ram is coupled to the piston on a side of the piston opposed to the gas generating charge. The ram is arranged to move across a through bore in a blowout preventer housing disposed at an opposed end of the pressure chamber. An initial volume in the pressure chamber between the one end and the piston is chosen to limit a maximum pressure caused by actuating the gas generating charge to a predetermined maximum pressure, and/or the pressure chamber comprises a pressure relief device arranged to vent pressure in the pressure chamber above the maximum pressure.
US11639641B2
A tool for running a casing string assembly into a wellbore includes a degradable plug assembly that temporarily isolates light fluid trapped in a lower portion of the casing string from heavier fluid in the upper portion of the casing string, thereby reducing the horizontal weight of the casing string by an amount sufficient to overcome a drag force. After the casing string is landed at a final location in the wellbore, fluid is introduced to the degradable plug assembly to degrade the plug and clear the axial passageway of the casing string so that tools or other equipment can pass therethrough.
US11639639B2
A method for mitigating the effects of cable wear in an active heave compensated hoisting system of an offshore vessel in a locked to bottom mode of operation is disclosed. The method comprises supporting an upper end of a string which is connected to a subsea well from a travelling block of the hoisting system, wherein the travelling block is suspended from a crown block via a cable. The method further comprises operating an active heave compensation system to control a drawworks of the hoisting system to pay in and out the cable to compensate for motion of the offshore vessel and maintain a target overpull in the string. The method further comprises adjusting a ballast system of the offshore vessel to vary the draft of the vessel, and controlling the drawworks in accordance with the variation in the draft of the vessel to cause a length of cable to slip through the hoisting system and maintain the target overpull in the string.
US11639634B2
A radial bearing apparatus including a housing with a housing bore defining a radial bearing housing surface, a shaft extending through the housing bore and defining a radial bearing shaft surface, and a radial bearing contact interface between the radial bearing housing surface and the radial bearing shaft surface for bearing a variable side force applied to the shaft. The radial bearing contact interface includes an oblique section in which the radial bearing housing surface and the radial bearing shaft surface are oblique to each other when the side force is zero and progressively increase in contact in an axial direction in response to an increasing magnitude of the side force.
US11639621B2
A hold-open latch structure for opposite sliding doors for a vehicle includes a roller mechanism swing arm which rotates about a rotating shaft formed in a roller mechanism at the time of opening or closing the door, and moves the door toward the inside and outside of the vehicle and in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A locking unit enables the door to be opened or closed and maintains an opened state of the door. The locking unit further includes a catch pivotably mounted on the rotating shaft and coupled to the roller mechanism swing arm so as to rotate together with the roller mechanism swing arm at the time of opening or closing the door. A lever is mounted so that one side of the lever is in contact with the catch.
US11639620B2
A vehicular door handle device includes: a main body portion being disposed on an outside surface of a door panel of a vehicle, extending in a predetermined direction, and including a hollow portion in an intermediate portion in the extending direction; a touch sensor being housed in the hollow portion for detecting a change in capacitance, and being connected to a control device that controls an opening mechanism for setting a closed vehicular door in an openable state; a frame portion including a shaft portion that extends in the predetermined direction and rotatably supports the main body portion; and a fixing mechanism for fixing the main body portion to the frame portion. Fixing of the main body portion to the frame portion by the fixing mechanism is temporarily released, and the opening mechanism is configured to be driven by rotating the main body portion.
US11639617B1
A lock for securing a door is provided, the lock includes a housing configured to be mounted on a door, a locking member movable between locked and unlocked positions, a core with a keyway and configured to turn relative to the housing to cause the locking member to move between the locked and unlocked positions, at least one optical source configured to emit an electromagnetic radiation signal at an object in the keyway, at least one optical detector configured to detect at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation signal, a memory configured to store at least one authorized key characteristic, a motor configured to control movement of the locking member between locked and unlocked positions, and a processor that determines at least one sensed characteristic of the object in the keyway based at least in part on the electromagnetic radiation signal.
US11639614B2
A collapsible enclosure includes a body formed by a plurality of walls including a front, a back, a first side, a second side, a top, and a bottom wall coupled to one another to form an interior. Each wall includes at least one of a plurality of deformable frame members. A window is defined in one of the front, back, first side and second side wall, and is selectively engageable with the respective wall such that the window is disposable between an open and closed position. A door is defined in one of the front, back, first side, and second side wall, and is further selectively engageable with the respective wall such that the door is disposable between an open and closed position. The front wall defines a first plane and the back wall defines a second plane, the first plane and second plane are substantially parallel to one another.
US11639609B1
A management system and method are provided for managing the storage, parking, and delivery of a recreational vehicle (RV). The management system may include a block unit for receiving the RV, a delivery system connected to the block unit for transporting the RV to and from the block unit, and a movement system for moving the components of the delivery system. The delivery system may include a delivery housing for transporting the RV to and from the block unit, a first turntable for delivering the RV to or receiving the RV from the delivery housing, and a second turntable that may be a component separate from or attached to the delivery housing. The movement system may include rails connecting the delivery system components and rail sensors positioned near the rails for directing the movement of the delivery system components on the rails. The delivery housing may be adjustable in size.
US11639607B2
A scaffold includes a U-profile beam having an outwardly-open U-profile in which a scaffold platform is releasably hooked by mounting hooks. The U-profile beam has a perpendicular wall delimiting the U-profile and a guiding and fastening groove delimited by inwardly-extending groove reach-behind protrusions delimiting a locking space for releasably locking a locking element reaching behind the protrusions. An anti-lift-out and support element has an anti-lift-out element extending over the hooks to prevent lifting out. A support element fixed to the anti-lift-out element extends perpendicularly from the anti-lift-out element to a support element end for supporting the support element on the wall. The anti-lift-out element has a through-opening designed so that the fastening element moves the locking element toward the fastening element longitudinal axis and perpendicularly to the groove through the through-opening. A method secures scaffold platform mounting hooks against lifting out from a U-profile beam using an anti-lift-out device.
US11639597B2
The present disclosure discloses a multifunctional water outlet device, comprising a first water outlet, a first waterway connecting to a water inlet of the multifunctional water outlet device and to the first water outlet, a second water outlet, a second waterway connecting to the water inlet and to the second water outlet, and a control switch configured to control opening and closing of the first waterway and the second waterway. Spray patterns of the first waterway and the second waterway are different.
US11639588B2
A snowbank deconstructing system includes a dulled motorized instrument configured to make repetitive, low-impact contact with accumulated snow. The dulled motorized instrument is configured to be safe to human touch during the repetitive, low-impact contact with the accumulated snow.
US11639587B2
The present invention relates to a friction-increasing element for attachment to a roadblock, comprising: a friction-increasing element body for attachment to the roadblock, and at least one tapered contact edge, which tapered contact edge is carried by the friction-increasing element body such that the tapered contact edge is facing away from the friction-increasing element body. The invention also relates to a roadblock provided with a least one of such friction-increasing element.
US11639574B2
Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus including a tub for providing therein a space for water to be stored, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and providing therein a space for clothes to be stored, wherein the drum includes an open surface for inserting and withdrawing the clothes therethrough and a bottom surface located on an opposite side of the open surface, a pulsator rotatably disposed on the bottom surface and inside the drum, an agitator protruding from the pulsator inside the drum and extending toward the open surface, wherein the agitator is rotatably disposed at a center of the pulsator, and a driver configured to drive at least one of the drum, the pulsator, and the agitator. The pulsator and the agitator may be configured to rotate in opposite directions.
US11639565B2
Disclosed are a high-performance hybrid tire cord capable of realizing high performance and lightweight of a tire, and a method for manufacturing same. The hybrid tire cord of the present invention comprises a PET primarily-twisted yarn, an aramid primarily-twisted yarn, and an adhesive coated on the PET primarily-twisted yarn and the aramid primarily-twisted yarn. In the hybrid tire cord having a predetermined length, the length of the aramid primarily-twisted yarn is 1 to 1.1 times the length of the PET primarily-twisted yarn, after the secondary twist is untwisted.
US11639563B2
The present invention provides a winding and twisting device of a ring spinning or ring twisting machine with at least one stator, which comprises at least one superconducting material and a stator cooling system, at least one rotor that creates a magnetic field, and a rotatable spindle, wherein the rotor and the stator are arranged co-axially to the spindle; and wherein the rotor and the stator are formed in a way that a ring-shaped air gap, which is arranged co-axially to the spindle and in which the thread to be wound up can circulate, is formed between the rotor and the stator. Furthermore, a ring spinning or ring twisting method, in which fiber material is twisted and subsequently wound up, is provided, in which such a winding and twisting device is used, wherein the rotor is held co-axially at a distance to the stator by a rotor holding device, wherein the temperature of the superconducting material of the stator is reduced below the transition temperature of the superconducting material and wherein the rotor is released by the rotor holding device.
US11639561B2
A method for preparing continuous bamboo fibers, which relates to a technical field of bamboo fiber preparation. The method includes processing bamboo raw materials into reticulated bamboo fiber strips, screening the bamboo fiber strips, dividing the reticulated bamboo fiber strips with different properties according to product requirements, performing high pressure splitting on the reticulated bamboo fiber strips which conforms to a screening condition, separating the bamboo fibers with different slenderness ratios from the bamboo fiber strips after the high pressure splitting is performed, forming a partial oriented bamboo fiber mat with uniform density by the bamboo fibers, forming an oriented bamboo fiber bundle with uniform linear density by the bamboo fiber mat, twisting the bamboo fiber bundle to form a bamboo fiber yarn, forming a rope by the bamboo fiber yarn, and forming a spindle based on a specifications.
US11639548B2
There is provided a film-forming material mixed-gas forming device including: a film-forming material supply unit that supplies a film-forming material in liquid form at a predetermined flow rate; a carrier gas supply unit that supplies a carrier gas at a predetermined flow rate; a main vaporization unit that vaporizes the film-forming material by heating the film-forming material supplied from the film-forming material supply unit and the carrier gas supplied from the carrier gas supply unit; and an auxiliary vaporization unit having a porous vaporization member which captures carried over droplets of the film-forming material in gas flowing out from the main vaporization unit and vaporizes the captured droplets of the film-forming material.
US11639539B2
Various embodiments provide a leaching solution monitoring module comprising a first leaching solution distribution system interface, a flow meter in fluid communication with the first leaching solution distribution system interface, the flow meter in fluid communication a 3-way pressure regulator, and a second leaching solution distribution system interface in fluid communication with the 3-way pressure regulator.
US11639532B2
The present invention discloses a method for detecting Influenza A virus and Influenza B virus in a suspected sample by detecting the matrix gene and the non-structural gene, respectively. The signals can be detected by a fluorescent detection system.
US11639531B2
Composition, kit, and method for diagnosis and treatment of taxane anticancer agent-resistant cancer
According to a composition, kit, and method for diagnosing resistance to a taxane anticancer agent, a composition for treating taxane cancer agent-resistant cancers, and a method for screening materials for the same, taxane anticancer agent-resistant cancers may be efficiently diagnosed or treated, and candidate materials that may treat taxane anticancer agent-resistant cancers may be efficiently screened.
US11639527B2
The present invention provides methods for sequencing and analysis of nucleic acids and determining that a subject is positive for a non-usual interstitial pneumonia subtype.
US11639517B2
Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for labeling nucleic acid targets in a sample. In some embodiments, nucleic acid targets (e.g., mRNAs) are initially barcoded on the 3′ end and are subsequently barcoded on the 5′ end following a template switching reaction and intermolecular and/or intramolecular hybridization and extension. There are provided, in some embodiments, methods of 5′-based and 3′-based gene expression profiling. Immune repertoire profiling methods are also provided in some embodiments.
US11639509B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions comprising an adeno-associated virus 2.5 (AAV2.5) capsid protein, comprising one or more amino acids substitutions, (e.g., which does not contain a substitution at the position corresponding to amino acid 267 of AAV2.5, or does not contain a serine at the position corresponding to amino acid 267 of AAV2.5) wherein the substitutions introduce a new glycan binding site into the AAV capsid protein.
US11639498B2
This disclosure provides, among other things, a composition comprising: comprising a fusion protein comprising: (a) a DNA polymerase; and (b) a heterologous sequence-specific DNA binding domain. A method for copying a DNA template, as well as a kit for performing the same, are also described.
US11639497B2
The present disclosure relates a polypeptide having UGT activity, which polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence which, when aligned with a polypeptide having UGT activity comprising the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2, comprises at least one substitution of an amino acid corresponding to any of amino acids at positions 35, 189, 280, 284, 285, 334 or 373, said positions being defined with reference to SEQ ID NO: 2 and wherein the polypeptide has one or more modified properties as compared with a reference polypeptide having UGT activity. A polypeptide according to the disclosure may be used in a recombinant cell for the production of steviol or a steviol glycoside.
US11639495B2
Methods are described herein for isolating clonal populations of T cells having a defined genetic modification. The methods are performed, at least in part, in a microfluidic device comprising one or more sequestration pens. The methods include the steps of: maintaining individual T cells (or precursors thereof) that have undergone a genomic editing process in corresponding sequestration pens of a microfluidic device; expanding the T cells into respective clonal populations of T cells; detecting, in one or more T cells of each clonal population, the absence of a cell surface marker that was present in the individual T cells (or precursors thereof); and detecting, in one or more T cells of each clonal population, the presence of a first nucleic acid sequence that is indicative of the presence of an on-target genome edit in the clonal population of T cells. Also described are compositions comprising one or more clonal populations of T cells isolated according to the methods disclosed herein.
US11639483B2
Provided herein are uses of lactones, such as macrocyclic lactones, for use in consumer products.
US11639480B1
A lubricating composition for a transmission or gearbox including a mixture of products providing phosphorus to the fluids effective to achieve good adhesive wear and abrasive wear.
US11639459B2
A fluid is provided. The fluid includes a base fluid and an additive. The additive has a marker functional group that absorbs infrared radiation having a wavelength in a predetermined range between about 2100 cm−1 and about 2300 cm−1.
US11639458B2
In order to substantially reduce friction during drilling operations, specialized lubricants need to be added to drilling fluid recipes. In general, lubricants reduce friction by forming a thin film of liquid that separates the solid surfaces in contact. The primary objective of this research is to evaluate the performance of enhanced activated sludge (EAS) as a lubricant in drilling fluids. EAS is activated sludge rich in lipids. The mixed consortium of microorganism in waste water treatment facilities in grown under a high carbon/nitrogen ratio to trigger lipid accumulation. Performance of EAS as drilling fluid additive was compared with commercial lubricants in terms of lubricity and flow properties. Lubricants were evaluated using water-based drilling mud at lubricant concentrations of 1.78, 3.11, 4.43, and 6.17 pounds per barrel (ppb). Experiments were carried out in a standard lubricity meter. The lubricity meter tests the ability of the lubricant in the drilling mud to reduce friction. Other parameters measured were plastic viscosity, gel strength, fluid loss, mud cake thickness, sand content, methylene blue test (MBT), alkalinity, and chlorides. These findings show that EAS will improve the properties of water-based drilling mud.
US11639457B2
Heat transfer fluid concentrates include: a freezing point depressant, water, or a combination thereof; an organophosphate; a carboxylic acid or a salt thereof; and a component selected from the group consisting of an alkaline earth metal ion, an alkali metal ion, a transition metal ion, an inorganic phosphate, molybdate ion, nitrate ion, nitrite ion, an azole compound, a copper and copper alloy corrosion inhibitor, a silicate, a silicate stabilizer, a water-soluble polymer, and combinations thereof. Ready-to-use heat transfer fluids and methods for preventing corrosion in heat transfer systems are described.
US11639452B2
Water-based acrylic adhesive compositions comprising (A) an acrylic emulsion comprising an acrylic copolymer particle dispersed in an aqueous medium, (B) a crosslinking agent comprising a hydrophilic aliphatic isocyanate, and (C) a silane compound incorporated into the crosslinking agent (B) are disclosed. In some embodiments, the silane compound (C) incorporated into the crosslinking agent (B) is selected from the group consisting of (3-Glycidyloxypropyl)trimethoxysilane, 3-(Triethoxysilyl)propyl isocyanate, and combinations thereof. Methods for preparing water-based acrylic adhesive compositions also disclosed. Methods for preparing a laminate structure suitable for use in a flexible food packaging article are still further disclosed. Flexible food packaging articles including the disclosed water-based acrylic adhesive compositions are also disclosed.
US11639447B2
Coating installations are provided that include storage tanks for an aqueous base component and a non-aqueous hardener component, circulation lines for the components from the respective storage tanks, a mixer and an entrance to the mixer with a connection between each circulating line and the entrance to the mixer, and a release valve for the non-aqueous hardener component. The coating installation downstream of the non-aqueous hardener release valve is filled with a non-aqueous solvent composition comprising 0 to 10 wt. % of N-alkyl pyrrolidone, 0 to 5 wt. % of dimethyl sulfoxide, 10 to 50 wt. % of γ-butyrolactone, 10 to 50 wt. % of at least one monoalcohol, 10 to 60 wt. % of at least one organic solvent inert towards isocyanate groups, other than γ-butyrolactone, other than N-alkyl pyrrolidone, and consisting of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and, optionally, nitrogen, and 0 to 10 wt. % of at least one additive.
US11639438B2
An epoxy resin composition for encapsulation of semiconductor devices and a semiconductor device encapsulated using the epoxy resin composition, the epoxy resin composition including an epoxy resin; a curing agent; an inorganic filler; and a curing catalyst, the epoxy resin including an epoxy resin represented by Formula 1:
US11639431B2
A continuous flow process and system for depolymerizing plastic. A heterogeneous mixture of solid plastic particles, a solvent, and a catalyst are pumped continuously through a heating zone at a flow rate resulting in a particle speed sufficient to keep the plastic particles in suspension. The heterogeneous mixture is heated in the heating zone and maintained in a hold zone to complete depolymerization of the mixture into a homogeneous solution containing a liquefied reaction product. The homogeneous solution is cooled to solidify and precipitate a solid reaction product. The solid reaction product is separated from the solvent to be recycled. Contaminants are removed from the solvent, and the solvent is recirculated for use as a constituent of the heterogeneous mixture.
US11639428B2
One embodiment is a hardcoat multilayer film which includes layers, namely, a first hardcoat, a second hardcoat and a transparent resin film sequentially from the surface layer side. The first hardcoat is formed from a coating material that does not contain inorganic particles, while containing 100 parts by mass of (A) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, 0.5-20 parts by mass of (B) a compound having two or more secondary thiol groups in each molecule, 0.01-7 parts by mass of (C) a water repellent agent and 0.01-10 parts by mass of (D) a silane coupling agent; and the second hardcoat is formed from a coating material that contains 100 parts by mass of (A) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate and 30-300 parts by mass of (F) inorganic fine particles having an average particle diameter of 1-300 nm. The polyfunctional (meth)acrylate (A) may contain 20% by mass or more of a tripentaerythritol acrylate. The coating material which forms the first hardcoat may additionally contain 0.1-5 parts by mass of (E) a thiophenyl-based photopolymerization initiator.
US11639426B2
A heat conduction sheet, includes at least one kind of graphite particle (A) selected from the group consisting of scale-like particles, ellipsoidal particles and rod-like particles; a polymer (B) having an isobutylene structure; an ethylene-propylene copolymer (C); and an ethylene octene elastomer (D), in which, in a case of scale-like particles, a plane direction of the particle is oriented in a thickness direction of the heat conduction sheet, and in a case of ellipsoidal particles or rod-like particles, a long axis direction of the particle is oriented in the thickness direction of the heat conduction sheet.
US11639425B2
A method of producing a nanocomposite film includes generating a bilayer film including at least a first layer of at least one nanoparticle and a second layer of at least one material and annealing the bilayer film. A uniform nanocomposite film includes a plurality of nanoparticles dispersed in a polymer matrix, wherein the plurality of nanoparticles form at least 60% by volume of the polymer nanocomposite film.
US11639421B2
A random copolymer comprising the monomer units A and B. In this random copolymer A comprises and B comprises Additionally, R1 R2, R3 and R4 are side chains independently selected from the group consisting of: H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, ester, ketone and aryl groups. X1 and X2 are different and at least one is a Cl and the other is selected from the group consisting of: H, F, CN, alkyl, alkoxy, ester, ketone, amide and aryl groups.
US11639413B2
A polymerizable composition for optical materials of the present invention includes a polymer (a) comprised of one or more compounds selected from compounds represented by the following General Formulas (1) to (4), a compound (b) of which light absorption characteristics vary by sensing changes in environment; and a polymerization reactive compound (c) (except for the polymer (a)).
US11639401B2
An acrylic polymer comprising from 3 to 17 wt % polymerized units of carboxylic acid monomer. The polymer is at least partially neutralized with an amino alcohol having a primary amino group.
US11639398B2
The present disclosure relates to a photosensitive composition comprising a photoinitiator and a bismaleimide component, photopolymers comprising the photosensitive composition and their use, especially in electronic devices. The bismaleimide component includes a bismaleimide compound or a bismaleimide oligomer.
US11639395B2
The invention concerns methods for preventing the reduction of disulfide bonds during the recombinant production of disulfide-containing polypeptides. In particular, the invention concerns the prevention of disulfide bond reduction during harvesting of disulfide-containing polypeptides, including antibodies, from recombinant host cell cultures.
US11639393B2
The present disclosure provides anti-CCR8 antibodies, including compositions and methods of using such antibodies.
US11639391B2
The present invention provides a stable liquid formulation of an antibody in phosphate-amino acid based dual buffer system. The antibody formulated in phosphate-amino acid based dual buffer system imparts optimum stability to the antibody, at lower as well as higher concentrations. Further, the antibody formulated in phosphate-amino acid based buffer system has low viscosity and is suitable for therapeutic administration of high concentrations of antibody.
US11639390B2
The present disclosure provides anti-α4β7 antibodies that bind human α4β7, their methods of making, and their uses to treat patients with HIV infection.
US11639383B2
There is provided a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer comprising, as active ingredients, a fusion protein dimer comprising an IL-2 protein or a variant thereof and a CD80 protein or a fragment thereof, and an immune checkpoint inhibitor. The fusion protein containing an CD80 fragment, an Fc domain of an immunoglobulin, and an IL-2 variant in an embodiment can activate immune cells such as natural killer cells as well as control the immune cell regulatory activity of regulatory T cells. In addition, the combined administration of the fusion protein and an immune checkpoint inhibitor such as Keytruda known as a PD-1 inhibitor can effectively inhibit cancer. Therefore, a pharmaceutical composition containing, as active ingredients, a fusion protein dimer comprising an IL-2 protein or a variant thereof and a CD80 protein or a fragment thereof, and an immune checkpoint inhibitor can be effectively applied to the treatment of cancer and has high industrial applicability.
US11639381B2
Methods for immediate relief of migraine or headache are provided comprising the administration of an anti-CGRP antagonist antibody to a patient in need thereof.
US11639375B2
Provided herein are variant CD80 polypeptides, immunomodulatory proteins comprising variant CD80 polypeptides, and nucleic acids encoding such proteins. The immunomodulatory proteins provide therapeutic utility for a variety of immunological and oncological conditions. Compositions and methods for making and using such proteins are provided.
US11639374B2
The present invention relates to T cell receptors (TCRs) which bind the HLA-A*02 restricted peptide SLLMWITQC derived from the cancer antigen NY-ESO-1. Said TCRs may comprise mutations within the alpha and/or beta variable domains relative to a native NY-ESO-1 TCR. The TCRs of the invention are particularly suitable for use as novel immunotherapeutic reagents for the treatment of malignant disease.
US11639366B2
The present invention relates to methods to use cyclohexan-1,2-dione (CHD) groups to attach labels, linkers, and other molecules to a target compound comprising a CHD-reactive group such as a guanidine, amidine, urea, thiourea and the like. Methods of the invention include milder conditions than those previously known for promoting reaction of CHD with CHD-reactive groups, which makes the methods suitable for use with base-sensitive compounds and complex biomolecules. Methods of the invention are especially useful for attaching linking and labeling groups to a peptide that comprises at least one arginine residue, and can also be used to link such peptides to other target molecules such as nucleic acids. The invention also provides CHD-containing conjugation reagents and compositions comprising CHD-containing intermediates, and precursors useful for making CHD-containing compounds that can be used in the methods of the invention.
US11639357B2
The present invention relates to the compound of formula (I) wherein R1A, R1B, R1C, and R1D are hydrogen atom, etc., R2A and R2B are hydrogen atom, etc., R3A, R3B, R3C, and R3D are hydrogen atom, etc., L is bond, etc., V is C1-6 alkylene, Q is optionally-substituted imidazole, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as a novel anti-tumor agent that targets CSCs which are thought to be closely involved in the persistent proliferation of malignant tumor, metastasis or recurrence of cancer, and resistance to anti-tumor agents.
US11639348B2
Provided herein are compounds having the structure of Formulas A-D and compositions thereof for use in the detection and quantification of viral neuraminidase. In particular, the compounds may be useful for the evaluation of viral strains and for vaccine evaluation.
US11639344B2
Provided herein are compounds, salts, solid forms, and pharmaceutical compositions that are related to EGFR inhibitors, such as N-(2-((2-(dimethylamino)ethyl)(methyl)amino)-4-methoxy-5-((4-(1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-1H-indol-3-yl)pyrimidin-2-yl)amino)phenyl)acrylamide, as well as methods of preparing the same. Also provided herein are methods of using the compounds, salts, solid forms, and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of diseases or disorders, such as cancer.
US11639343B2
The present disclosure provides a compound of formula (I) targeting and degrading BCR-ABL protein and its use in the field of antitumor. The compound of formula (I) shows degradation and inhibitory effects on BCR-ABL target protein, which is mainly comprised of four moieties, wherein the first moiety (BCR-ABL-TKIs) is compound moiety with BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibited activity; the second moiety (the LIN) is link units; the third moiety (the ULM) is a small molecule ligand for VHL or CRBN proteases with ubiquitination; and the four moiety (the group A) is carbonyl group that covalently binds to BCR-ABL-TKIs and LIN, and the LIN is further covalently bonded to ULM. A series of compounds designed and synthesized by the present disclosure shows extensive pharmacological effective, which function to degrade BCR-ABL protein and inhibit BCR-ABL effective, and can be utilized for treating relevant tumor.
US11639338B1
A method by which an intermediate product of an azole derivative can be produced at a lower cost and in a higher yield than those of known production methods is realized. A method of producing a compound of General Formula (III) includes: producing the compound of General Formula (III) by allowing a cyanide compound to act on a ketone derivative of General Formula (II); and washing the compound of General Formula (III) produced in the producing the compound of General Formula (III) with an alkaline aqueous solution.
US11639337B2
The present invention relates compounds of Formula (A), as well as their preparation and uses, and further relates pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and their uses as modulators of dysfunctional glutamate transmission. The present invention also relates to uses of the compounds or pharmaceutical compositions in treating or preventing certain neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases as well as cancer in humans.
US11639336B2
A catalyst and a method for preparing S-indoxacarb using the catalyst. The catalyst is prepared using 3-tert-butyl-5-(chloromethyl)salicylaldehyde and cyclohexanediamine as raw materials, where an original quinine catalyst such as cinchonine is replaced with the catalyst for application in the asymmetric synthesis of tert-butyl hydroperoxide and 5-chloro-2-methoxycarbonyl-1-indanone ester, greatly improving selection in the asymmetric synthesis process, with the S-enantiomer content increasing from 75% to over 98%, achieving the recycling of a high-efficiency chiral catalyst, and greatly reducing production costs. The synthesis process of the catalyst is simple and is favorable for industrialization, and lays good foundations for the production of high-quality indoxacarb.
US11639328B2
A method for preparing amantadine includes chlorinating adamantane with chlorine gas in a solvent in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst to obtain a reaction liquid, and then removing the solvent and residues containing the catalyst in the reaction liquid, to obtain a chlorinated product. The chlorinated product is mixed with urea to a mixture, and the mixture is subjected to an amination reaction, to obtain amantadine. The results of examples show that the purity of the prepared amantadine could reach 99.5% or more.
US11639315B2
A coated component, along with methods of its formation and use, is provided. The coated component may include a substrate having a surface, a first refractory layer on the surface of the substrate, a silicon-based bond coating on the first refractory layer, and an environmental barrier coating on the silicon-based bond coating. The silicon-based bond coating includes a silicon-phase contained within a refractory phase such that, when melted, the silicon-phase is contained within the refractory phase and between the surface of the substrate and an inner surface of the environmental barrier coating.
US11639298B2
A water purifier is provided. The water purifier includes a raw water flow path provided to introduce raw water from an outside, a clean water flow path connected to the raw water flow path, pre-treatment filters arranged in parallel on the clean water flow path to filter the raw water, and a water purifying filter arranged on the clean water flow path to receive clean water discharged from the pre-treatment filters.
US11639292B2
Particulate composite materials and devices comprising the same are provided.
US11639290B2
A system and method for dry reforming methane at elevated pressure in a dry reformer vessel, and increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the feed to the dry reformer vessel in response to solid-carbon formation in the dry reformer vessel.
US11639287B2
A prying head is provided in the present disclosure. The prying head, which is used in cooperation with a hand tool, includes a prying portion, a supporting portion and an assembling portion. The prying portion includes a ground-abutting surface and an article-abutting surface. The article-abutting surface is connected to the ground-abutting surface to form a sharp edge. The supporting portion is connected to the prying portion and includes a curved surface. The curved surface is connected to the ground-abutting surface and the article-abutting surface, so as to make an end of the supporting portion away from the sharp edge into a curved form. The assembling portion is connected to the supporting portion and includes a blind hole. The blind hole is recessed from an end of the assembling portion away from the sharp edge.
US11639284B1
A vertical lift system having a safety brake assembly (10) employing a pair of brakes attached to cables running vertically on each side of a guiderail (1). Each brake has a series of wedges (13, 14, and 15), including a braking wedge (14) that presses against the guiderail to brake downward motion of an elevator or lift basket upon an interruption in cable tension. A cable tension adjustment mechanism (3, 4 and 6) to equalize tension in the cables is also incorporated into the safety brake assembly. An electrical sensor (18) is also provided to disrupt power to the lift system upon slackening of a cable.
US11639277B2
Apparatus for picking a garment having a front and a back and placing the garment over a pallet such that the front and the back of the garment are on the front and the back sides respectively of the pallet. The apparatus comprises a picking arm to approach the garment and then withdraw towards the pallet; and one or more adherence locations on the picking arm, the adherence location being smaller than the first side, the adherence location for contacting the garment using sticky material and causing adherence of the garment via the sticky material at the contact location, thereby causing the picking arm to pull the front of the garment over the front of the pallet, the back of the garment sliding under the first side onto the back of the pallet.
US11639271B2
An apparatus for supporting a guiderail for guiding one or more articles conveyed along a conveyor having a conveying path in a conveying direction. The apparatus includes a mount for mounting to the conveyor. The mount includes a support rail for supporting the guide rail, which support rail may have a length in the conveying direction less than a length of the conveyor. The support rail may include one or more stops for engaging one of a pair of movable supports. The supports may be slidably mounted to the support rail for adjusting a position of the guiderail relative to the conveyor in a direction transverse to the conveying direction. Related methods are also disclosed.
US11639264B1
A trash compactor and sanitation receptacle includes a housing defining an interior cavity therein; a lid; one or more wheels; a display; a camera; a compaction system having four movable members, a first set of railings, a second set of railings, a first set of vertical lift tracks, and a second set of vertical lift tracks; a fumigation system; a sanitation system; a sealing system; a controller; a power switch; and a power source.
US11639263B2
A confectionery product for selective dispensing of a flowable edible liquid confection from a compressible liquid confection chamber through a nozzle integrated into a collar that sealing engages the compressible chamber, establishes a seat for a solid confectionery product, and contains and integrated nozzle that is disposed adjacent at least a portion of the solid confectionery product whereupon upon compression of the chamber, liquid confection is dispensed onto the solid confectionery product surface and a solid confectionery product cover which when engaged with the collar seals the nozzle to prevent further dispensing of the liquid confection.
US11639260B2
In the preferred embodiments, the present invention provides substantially improved slit sheet cushioning products by advantageously combining novel paper properties with novel slit patterns for improved features and characteristics. In some illustrative and non-limiting example embodiments, cushioning products of the present invention can include, e.g., a novel slit sheet material in combination with extensible paper employed as, e.g., a cushioning pad or as cushioning within an envelope product, wherein the cushioning product can be substantially more resilient, but, yet, e.g., thinner for better utilization of space.
US11639255B2
Filtering assemblies to be used with a flowable material container. The assembly includes a filtering screen. The assembly further includes filtering media. The filtering media includes activated carbon. The filtering media includes dissolvable material. The assembly further includes a filtering basket to contain the filtering media. The assembly further includes a valve assembly. The assembly further includes a spout with a filter. The spout further includes a removable filter. The removable filter is configured to extend beyond the end of the spout. The removable filter includes circulation holes. The removable filter is configured to be pushed into the spout by a closure cap. The removable filter is configured to contain filtering media.
US11639245B2
Provided is a folding packaging cooler box convertible from a box mode to an unfolding mode or vice versa, comprising: a box portion having a bottom portion, sidewall portions and joint portions configured to connect with one another and to form a single plane in the unfolding mode; and a cooling reinforcing portion configured to be inserted to the inside of the box and to form a hexahedron shape together with said box portion when said box portion is converted into the box mode, wherein said cooling reinforcing portion comprises a reinforcing bottom portion configured to form a lower surface and to face the bottom portion of the said box portion upon conversion into the box mode; reinforcing sidewall portions configured to connect with the said reinforcing bottom portion and to face the sidewall portions of said box portion; and reinforcing joint portions configured to join said reinforcing sidewall portions, to be folded to face itself and to be in close contact with the reinforcing sidewall portions, upon conversion into the box mode, and wherein said reinforcing bottom portion, said reinforcing sidewall portions and reinforcing joint portions form a single plane in the unfolding mode.
US11639244B2
A device for the sanitary drainage of the contents of an ostomy pouch into a waste receptacle (e.g., toilet) is provided. The device includes a base; an extendible shaft coupled to the base; a body that receives the ostomy pouch while it is attached to a patient and directs the contents of the pouch into a chute; a pivoting mechanism that couples the body to the shaft to adjust the angle there between; and a chute coupled to the body that directs the contents of the ostomy pouch into the waste receptacle. The device and the adjustability that it provides offers patients, particularly mobile patients, the ability to sanitarily and ergonomically empty their ostomy pouches into a waste receptacle, such as a toilet, while in a standing position.
US11639240B2
A fluid manifold system includes a first manifold having portions of opposing flexible sheets welded together to form a fluid flow path therebetween, a fluid inlet communicating with the fluid flow path. The fluid flow path of the first manifold includes: a primary flow path communicating with the fluid inlet of the first manifold; and a plurality of spaced apart secondary flow paths that branch off of the primary flow path. Each secondary flow path has a first end communicating with the primary flow path and an opposing second end, each secondary flow path having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the primary flow path. The fluid manifold system also includes a plurality of tubular connectors with each tubular connector being secured to the first manifold at the second end of a corresponding one of the secondary flow paths.
US11639235B2
A human-machine interface for displaying an intuitive and accurate graphic representation for assisting in take-off or landing, based on a fully autonomous system essentially using only images captured by embedded cameras and data from avionics systems of the aircraft, the graphic representation including indicators based on a processing of a stream of images taken by embedded cameras and comprising a representation of a runway straight line indicative of the central longitudinal axis of the runway and of at least one deviation indicator representative of the difference between the longitudinal axis of the aircraft and the central longitudinal axis of the runway.
US11639230B1
An integral hybrid electric aircraft system including a fuselage including an electrical energy source, wherein the electrical energy source includes a plurality of batteries and a fuel tank, and wherein the fuel tank contains fuel. The fuselage also including a generator in fluid communication with the fuel tank. The generator generates electricity using the fuel from the fuel tank. The system including a set of propulsors, wherein each propulsor of the set of propulsors is electrically connected to the electrical energy source and the generator and wherein the set of propulsors is configured to be powered by the generator during fixed-wing flight. The set of propulsors including at least a pusher propulsor configured to provide forward thrust and at least a lift propulsor configured to provide lift.
US11639229B1
Abstract of the Disclosure: Provided in this disclosure is a high voltage distribution system of an electric aircraft. The system includes a power source mechanically connected to an electric aircraft, where the power source is configured to supply power to the electric aircraft. The system also includes a flight component mechanically connected to the electric aircraft. The system also includes a distribution component configured to control the providing of power to and from the power source and the flight component as needed during recharging and/or operation of the electric aircraft.
US11639225B2
A solid-state radio frequency (SSRF) water heating apparatus is disclosed. In embodiments, the SSRF water heater includes a water tank, SSRF generator array and RF sensors enclosed within an RF-shielded cage. The SSRF array synthesizes RF signals in the microwave range and transmits the RF energy through the water tank, exciting and heating the water molecules without direct contact. The RF sensors at the opposite end of the tank sense residual RF energy not absorbed by the water. Control processors regulate the generation and transmission of the RF energy based on the sensed residual energy. The heated water and/or generated steam is piped to hot water dispensers, beverage makers, or steam ovens.
US11639222B2
An inflatable kite includes a main tube and a sub tube. The inflatable kite includes: a first air chamber, which constitutes the sub tube; a second air chamber, which constitutes the sub tube and which is disposed at a position that is farther from the main tube than from the first air chamber in the sub tube; and a pressure regulator configured to adjust a pressure of the first air chamber and a pressure of the second air chamber. The sub tube cut by one plane that crosses in the direction of extension of the sub tube has a maximal cross-sectional area on a cross section of the first air chamber. The pressure regulator regulates the pressure of the first air chamber to be lower than the pressure of the second air chamber in a steady flight of the inflatable kite.
US11639218B2
A tiltrotor has a range of motion between a forward flight position and a hovering position, where a pylon and the tiltrotor are coupled via a telescoping actuator, a rigid bottom bar, and a fixed hinge that is attached between the rigid bottom bar and the tiltrotor. The tiltrotor moves from the forward flight position to the hovering position includes extending the telescoping actuator so that the tilt rotor rotates about the fixed hinge.
US11639212B2
A suspension assembly for a bicycle is disclosed. The suspension assembly may be configured to use a volume of fluid in a fluid circuit for damping and may comprise a damping mechanism; the suspension assembly may comprise a lockout mechanism independent of the damping mechanism configured to prevent damping by the damping mechanism and an actuator for the lockout mechanism. The lockout setting may be independent of the damping setting. A suspension system may comprise a fluid circuit for a fluid configured to provide damping for a bicycle; the suspension system may comprise a damping mechanism configured to provide a damping setting for damping and a lockout mechanism configured to provide a lockout setting and comprising (a) a flow control element (such as an adjuster shaft) configured in the lockout setting to prevent flow of the fluid through the damping mechanism and (b) a flow control element (such as a blow-off valve) configured to allow flow to a reservoir chamber of the fluid circuit if the pressure of the fluid is greater than a threshold value; an actuator for the lockout mechanism configured to actuate the flow control element configured to prevent flow through the damping mechanism; the lockout mechanism may configured to provide the lockout setting when on and to permit damping at the damping setting by the damping mechanism when off.
US11639208B2
A vehicle drivetrain for a vehicle including a transmission configured to move the vehicle with a surface engaging traction member and a final drive assembly configured to drive the surface engaging traction member. The final drive assembly includes a drive assembly coupler. A transmission coupler is operatively connected to the transmission and disposed between the transmission and the drive assembly coupler. The transmission coupler includes a first position engaged with the drive assembly coupler and a second position disengaged from the drive assembly coupler. An actuator is operatively connected to the transmission coupler and is configured to move the transmission coupler between the first position and the second position. The actuator, in one embodiment, includes a worm drive having a worm gear configured to move the transmission coupler along a longitudinal direction of the transmission. The worm gear rotates about an axis inclined with the longitudinal direction.
US11639206B2
An example vehicle includes a passenger compartment; a nose region forwards of the passenger compartment, the nose region having a top surface; and an airflow deflector positioned on the top surface of the nose region, the airflow deflector comprising a first panel projecting from the top surface of the nose region; and a second panel coupled to the first panel, the second panel being spaced from the first panel to form a channel between the first and second panels, the channel having an inlet facing towards the top surface of the nose region so that a rearwardly moving airflow incident on the first panel is directed towards the channel inlet and an outlet facing away from the top surface of the nose region so that air flowing through the outlet is directed in an upwards direction, the upwards airflow causing disruption to a rearward airflow moving towards the passenger compartment.
US11639198B2
A vehicle lower structure includes a battery pack arranged under a floor panel and having: first and second battery units that are separately arranged from each other on both sides in the vehicle width direction of the propeller shaft; and a battery cover. The battery cover has a first battery accommodation section, a second battery accommodation section, and a coupling section that couples the first and second battery accommodation section and extends in the vehicle width direction. The coupling section includes a fragile section between the first and second battery accommodation sections in the vehicle width direction.
US11639192B2
A detection unit has a detection element for detecting a change of magnetic field according to a rotation of a magnet, and an angle calculator for calculating an angle signal according to a detected physical quantity detected by the detection element. Further, a storage stores a plurality of correction values for correcting detection error of the angle signal, and another storage stores a plurality of correction values for correcting detection error of the angle signal. An abnormality determiner determines abnormality of the correction values, an another abnormality determiner determines abnormality of the correction values. A control calculator performs a control calculation by using the angle signals corrected by using the correction value having been determined as normal.
US11639188B2
Provided is a computer-implemented method for verifying electronic work zone instructions with an on-board system of a vehicle system. The method includes receiving at least one electronic work zone instruction message from an employee-in-charge device, generating at least one visual instruction diagram based at least partially on the electronic work zone instruction message, communicating the at least one visual instruction diagram from the on-board system of the vehicle system to the employee-in-charge device, receiving a verification of the at least one visual instruction diagram from the employee-in-charge device, and enforcing at least one work zone instruction parameter of the electronic work zone instruction message by the on-board system of the vehicle system in response to receiving the verification. A system and computer program product are also provided.
US11639185B2
System and methods are provided for predicting, reacting to, and avoiding loss of traction events, such as hydroplaning for autonomous vehicles. For example, the method predicts a risk of an area being subject to hydroplaning using real-time data and/or historical data. The method may store possible hydroplaning events in a geographic map along with a risk assessment. The method provides lane level hydroplaning risk predictions and avoidance mechanisms.
US11639178B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a vehicle control method and device, where the method includes: calculating a longitudinal force interference compensation torque and a lateral force interference compensation torque of a vehicle when a flat tire occurs in the vehicle; calculating a feedback control torque of the vehicle; determining an additional yaw moment based on the longitudinal force interference compensation torque, the feedback control torque, and the lateral force interference compensation torque; and controlling, based on the additional yaw moment, a wheel in which the flat tire occurs.
US11639173B2
A future location of a movable object is predicted to intersect a planned path of a host vehicle. A host vehicle component is actuated to output a signal indicating to move the movable object. Then, at least one of the movable object is determined to have moved or the planned path of the host vehicle is updated. Then, the host vehicle is operated along the planned path or the updated planned path.
US11639171B2
A driving supporter includes: an object-information obtainer that obtains object information relating to at least an object in an area; an environment obtainer that obtains a relative positional relationship between the own vehicle and the object located in the area and identified based on the object information obtained by the object-information obtainer; and a support inhibitor that inhibits driving support when an absolute value of a steering operation value representing a magnitude of a steering operation is greater than an inhibition threshold value. The support inhibitor includes a threshold-value determiner that determines the inhibition threshold value to a smaller value when the relative positional relationship is a specific relationship in which it is estimated that a steering operation in a direction in which the own vehicle avoids the object is to be performed, than when the relative positional relationship is not the specific relationship.
US11639169B2
An automated valet parking system, an automated valet parking method, and an automated valet parking infrastructure, and a vehicle having an automated valet parking feature are disclosed. In particular, the vehicle can autonomously move to and park in a designated parking spot by communicating with the infrastructure. In addition, the vehicle can autonomously move to a pickup area from a parking spot by communicating with the infrastructure.
US11639168B2
A method includes receiving geolocation data from a subject vehicle with respect to a transporter vehicle. The method further includes determining a subject vehicle has entered a geofence around a transporter vehicle based on the geolocation data. The method further includes determining a destination location within the transporter vehicle at which the subject vehicle is to park in response to determining the subject vehicle has entered the geofence around the transporter vehicle.
US11639164B2
A motor vehicle brake system includes a master brake cylinder actuatable by a brake pedal and having only one pressure chamber; an electrically controllable pressure supply device; a pressure medium reservoir, under atmospheric pressure from which the master brake cylinder and the pressure supply device are supplied with pressure medium; and at least two hydraulically actuatable wheel brakes. The wheel brakes can be actuated by the master brake cylinder or by the pressure supply device. The pressure chamber of the master brake cylinder is separably connected via an isolating valve to a first brake circuit supply line. The wheel brakes are divided into at least two wheel brake groups. The first wheel brake group connected to the first brake circuit supply line, and the pressure supply device connected to a second brake circuit supply line to which the second wheel brake group is connected.
US11639155B2
A disclosed windshield washer fluid storage system includes a fluid storage container with a thermal interface. The thermal interface provides for the transference of thermal energy into the container from a heat producing electrical component. Thermal energy from the component is communicating into the container to cool the component and heat washer fluid within the container.
US11639153B2
A vehicle includes a vehicle body having a pillar. The vehicle includes a track supported by the pillar. The vehicle includes a bar supported by the track. The bar is slidable relative to the track from a raised position to a lowered position. The vehicle includes a seatbelt webbing extending over the bar. The vehicle includes a piston supported by the pillar. The piston includes a piston rod connected to the bar and a piston cylinder supported by the pillar. The piston rod and the piston cylinder define a volume filled with a resilient material.
US11639150B2
An airbag device includes an airbag, a case in which the folded airbag is housed, and an airbag cover that covers the folded airbag. An attachment portion of the airbag cover is attached to a peripheral wall portion of the case by a rivet being caused to pass through. The case is such that a vicinity of a boundary region between the peripheral wall portion and a bottom wall portion is curved in an approximate arc in cross-section. The attachment portion includes a protruding portion that protrudes toward the peripheral wall portion side in an end edge farther to a leading end side than a region of penetration of the rivet. The protruding portion is disposed in a position opposing a curved region configuring a boundary region between the peripheral wall portion and the bottom wall portion, and is protruded in such a way as to be oriented farther to a central side of the bottom wall portion than an outer side face of the peripheral wall portion, and an edge on the peripheral wall portion side of a protruding end face is disposed in a state of non-contact with the curved region.
US11639146B2
A vehicle includes a first battery; a power distribution device configured to provide an IGN power source and a BAT power source from the first battery; a second battery; an airbag; and an airbag control device configured to receive power from the IGN power source of the power distribution device, and to deploy the airbag. The airbag control device may be configured to receive power from the BAT power source of the power distribution device when the vehicle is turned off, and to receive power from the second battery when the battery is damaged.
US11639142B2
A vehicle includes a controller powered by a controller power source independent from a vehicle power supply, programmed to responsive to detecting an in-vehicle network wakeup initiated by an electronic controller unit (ECU) requesting to communicate during a vehicle OFF state, record an ECU communication via the in-vehicle network; and responsive to detecting a vehicle ON state, send the recorded ECU communication to a server.
US11639138B2
A display system is provided in a vehicle and includes: an HUD positioned inside the vehicle and configured so as to display, on the vehicle window, a surrounding environment video indicating the environment surrounding the vehicle; and a display control unit controlling the HUD such that the surrounding environment video is displayed on the window in accordance with prescribed conditions associated to the vehicle or the environment surrounding the vehicle and configured so as to reduce the transmittance of the window.
US11639136B2
A storage system for a vehicle door may include: a vehicle door; a map pocket assembly movable with respect to the vehicle door; and a guide mechanism guiding a movement of the map pocket assembly, wherein a storage compartment is defined between the map pocket assembly and the vehicle door.
US11639135B2
A vehicle rock slider having a removable cover and methods of using the same. The rock slider may be attachable to a rocker panel of the vehicle along a length of the rocker panel such that an edge of the rock slider extends below a rocker flange extending downward from a bottom of the rocker panel. The rock slider may have a cover removably attachable onto the rock slider. The cover may be shaped and sized to conceal the rock slider when the rock slider is not in use.
US11639134B1
A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head having an interior mirror reflective element. The mirror reflective element has a mirror transflector that transmits near-IR light incident thereon, transmits visible light incident thereon and reflects visible light incident thereon. The mirror assembly includes a camera disposed within the mirror head and viewing through the mirror transflector. The camera includes an imaging sensor having a quantum efficiency (QE) of at least 15% for near-infrared (near-IR) light having a wavelength of 940 nm. The mirror assembly further includes first, second and third near-IR illumination sources disposed within the mirror head and operable to emit near-IR light that passes through the mirror transflector. The near-IR illumination sources are at respective angles relative to a planar front surface of the mirror reflective element and, when powered, illuminate respective in-cabin regions for a driver monitoring function or an occupant detection function.
US11639130B1
The present disclosure provides a mobile kitchen system, mounted in a trunk of a vehicle, the mobile kitchen system includes a box, a first housing received in the box in a drawable manner, and a second housing received in the first housing in a drawable manner, a drawing direction of the second housing is perpendicular to a drawing direction of the first housing. The present disclosure provides a vehicle. The mobile kitchen system of the present disclosure is multifunctional and convenient to use.
US11639124B2
A seat includes a framework; a foam body supported by the framework; and a trim cover assembly covering the foam body. The trim cover assembly includes a trim material and one or more coatings, with at least one of the one or more coatings including encapsulated silicone configured to release silicone oil upon abrasion of the at least one coating.
US11639121B2
A child safety seat includes a seat shell having two sidewalls respectively provided at a left and a right side of the seat shell for restricting sideways movement of a child, a buffering part connected with the seat shell, a retaining mechanism and a release mechanism. The buffering part is movable between a first position retracted toward one of the two sidewalls, and a second position protruding sideways from the sidewall. The retaining mechanism is operable to hold the buffering part in the first position. The release mechanism includes an operating device that is disposed in a region of the seat shell between the two sidewalls and is operatively connected with the retaining mechanism, the operating device being operable to release the buffering part from the hold of the retaining mechanism for movement of the buffering part from the first position to the second position.
US11639117B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, devices, and methods for analyzing health of vehicle batteries. Vehicle batteries tend to degrade over time. The described systems, devices, and methods quantify this degradation (or quantify remaining health of the battery) by comparing average energy used to charge or discharge the battery by a charge level unit to a nominal quantity of energy used to charge or discharge a battery in optimal health by a charge level unit. Charge data for previous charge events of the vehicle battery can be used in the calculation, and can be filtered by identifying qualified charge events based on at least one of a number of metrics. Usage data for previous usage events of the vehicle battery can be used in the calculation, and can be filtered by identifying qualified usage events or subgroups of usage event based on at least one of a number of metrics.
US11639116B2
A power delivery system for an electric vehicle provides efficient power management for either continuous or intermittent high-performance operation, using a boost stage and an on-board charging circuit. A main battery, configured as a high-capacity power source, supplies power to the electric motor under normal load conditions. An auxiliary boost battery assists the main battery in supplying a high-level current at a higher discharge rate thereby causing the motor to operate in a high-performance drive mode. A charging circuit recharges the boost battery from the main battery during operation of the motor. The charging circuit also maintains a charge balance between the boost battery and the main battery when the two batteries have different chemistries. In one embodiment, participation of the boost battery in powering the electric motor can be controlled automatically according to sensed changes in the load. In another embodiment, power management can be based on timed intervals.
US11639114B2
A method of operating an electric vehicle having multiple electric traction motors include receiving a signal indicative of a driver requested torque, and determining portions of the torque request to produce from each traction motor based on efficiency maps of the motors. The method may also include producing the determined portions of torque from each motor.
US11639103B2
Controlling the speed of a motor vehicle with an adaptive cruise control system in a curve can include dynamically adjusting the speed of the motor vehicle depending on the planned exit from the roundabout and the current position of the motor vehicle.
US11639102B2
An axle including a housing having a first cavity and a second cavity formed therein. The first cavity is configured to receive at least a portion of an axle assembly therein, and the second cavity is configured to receive at least a portion of a power source assembly therein.
US11639101B1
A universal wheel driving system includes a sun gear receiving power from a power source, a ring gear, of which a rotation axis moves relatively to a rotation axis of the sun gear on a rotation plane parallel to a rotation plane of the sun gear, the ring gear being concentrically connected to a wheel, a gear train allowing relative movement between the rotational axes of the sun and ring gears, and to generate a continuous power transmission between the sun and ring gears, a carrier forming the gear train, and supporting in position a rotation axis of a final pinion engaged with the ring gear constant with respect to the rotation axis of the ring gear, and a plurality of suspension modules providing shock-absorbing and damping during relative movements of the ring gear and carrier with respect to the sun gear.
US11639100B1
A rotating system includes a motor including a shaft, an impeller configured to rotate with the shaft and located in a path of air, an alternator including a rotor configured to rotate with the shaft; and at least one secondary battery configured to be charged by the alternator. Rotation of the shaft is configured to be driven by either the motor or the impeller.
US11639094B2
A hybrid drivetrain is provided. The hybrid drivetrain comprises a power source, a transmission, and a tandem axle assembly. The transmission includes a primary clutch and is drivingly engaged with the power source. The tandem axle assembly includes a first axle and a second axle and is drivingly engaged with the transmission. One of the transmission and the tandem axle assembly includes a first motor generator in electrical communication with a battery. The first motor generator and the primary clutch facilitate operating the hybrid drivetrain as a hybrid drivetrain in a plurality of operating modes. The hybrid drivetrain may further comprise second and third motor generators in electrical communication with the battery to facilitate operating the hybrid drivetrain in a plurality of operating modes.
US11639092B1
Electric vehicles include adjustable battery positions and/or adjustable track widths for controlling vehicle stability. In some examples, an electric vehicle comprises a positioning mechanism configured to move the battery pack relative to the support structure (e.g., operable as the vehicle's frame) to change the vehicle's COG. The battery pack can be moved in response to other vehicle operations, e.g., COG changes caused by adding/moving loads, changes to the route grade, and the like. The battery pack can be slidably coupled to the support structure. In some examples, an electric vehicle comprises a track adjustment mechanism configured to move the vehicle's wheel axle relative to the support structure, along the wheel axle center axis, thereby changing the track width. The wheel axle can be coupled to a hub motor. In some examples, the battery is moved, and/or the track width is changed during the vehicle's operation.
US11639087B2
Provided is an automobile door (600) including: a first impact absorbing member (122) that traverses the automobile door (600) so as to extend between both end portion regions in a vehicle height direction; a second impact absorbing member (124) that traverses the automobile door (600) so as to extend between both end portion regions in a vehicle length direction; an exterior material (110); and a belt line reinforcement (300), in which bending rigidity in a vehicle width direction of a cross section perpendicular to an extending direction of the belt line reinforcement (300) at a support portion is larger than bending rigidity in the vehicle width direction of a cross section perpendicular to an extending direction of the first impact absorbing member (122) at an intersection portion.
US11639082B2
A vehicle climate control system includes an air conditioning unit including an exterior heat exchanger, an interior heat exchanger, an evaporator, a compressor, a first expansion valve, and a second expansion valve. A seat coil is embedded in a vehicle seat and connected to the air conditioning unit through a first inlet passage, a first outlet passage, a second inlet passage, and a second outlet passage. The compressor is selectively connected to the exterior heat exchanger, the evaporator, the interior heat exchanger, and the seat coil. The first expansion valve is selectively connected to an outlet of the exterior heat exchanger, an inlet of the evaporator, and the seat coil. The second expansion valve is selectively connected to an outlet of the interior heat exchanger, an inlet of the exterior heat exchanger, and the seat coil air conditioning unit.
US11639079B2
A process for applying noise-reducing elements to a tyre for vehicle wheels. A plurality of noise-reducing elements are arranged on a feeding belt movable along a predetermined feeding direction. The noise-reducing elements are subsequently aligned along the feeding direction and brought into mutual contact, to then be transferred onto a service plane arranged downstream of the feeding belt along the feeding direction and having, on an upper surface thereof, a continuous film which supports a layer of adhesive material. The layer of adhesive material is applied onto a lower surface of each of the noise-reducing elements taking it from the continuous film. The noise-reducing elements are then transferred one by one onto a conveyor belt arranged downstream of the service plane along the feeding direction. The noise-reducing elements are finally positioned one by one on a radially inner surface of a tyre.
US11639068B2
An information processing apparatus includes a type reception unit, a notification unit, a mode reception unit, and a determination unit. The mode reception unit receives a mode selected from among a plurality of modes for determining a determined type of recording medium for use in a recording apparatus, wherein the information processing apparatus is configured to perform operations including determining, in a designation mode, a selected type of recording medium indicated by information received by the type reception unit, and determining, in an automatic determination mode, an automatically determined type of recording medium for use in the recording apparatus without receiving input user information indicating the recording medium type. In response to the determination unit determining that the mode is able to be changed from the designation mode to the automatic determination mode, the notification unit issues a prompting notification to prompt a user to change the mode.
US11639060B2
An ink refill container includes a container main body including an ink storage chamber, an ink outlet-forming portion provided on an end portion of the container main body forming an ink outlet that allows the ink to flow out from the ink storage chamber, and a valve provided in the ink outlet-forming portion configured to openably seal the ink outlet, in which the ink outlet-forming portion includes a positioning portion on an outer side of the ink outlet-forming portion. in which the positioning portion is closer to the container main body than the valve is to the container main body in a central axis direction of the ink outlet, and in which the positioning portion partially abuts against an ink tank when the valve is opened for refilling the ink to the ink tank, to thereby position the valve relative to the ink tank.
US11639057B2
A method of constructing a micro-valve includes providing a substrate for an actuating beam of the micro-valve, the substrate including a first surface and a second surface. The method also includes forming a plurality of constituent layers on the first surface of the actuating beam, including a layer of piezoelectric material. The method also includes removing a portion of the substrate from at least one of the first surface or the second surface to define a cantilevered portion of the actuating beam. The method also includes providing an orifice plate including an orifice. The method also includes providing a valve seat on a surface of the orifice plate, the valve seat having an opening aligned with the orifice. The method also includes attaching the surface of the orifice plate to the second surface via an adhesive such that an overlapping portion of the cantilevered portion overlaps the orifice.
US11639054B2
A wafer structure is disclosed and includes a chip substrate and a plurality of inkjet chips. The chip substrate is a silicon substrate which is fabricated by a semiconductor process on a wafer of at least 12 inches. The plurality of inkjet chips include at least one first inkjet chip and at least one second inkjet chip. The plurality of inkjet chips are directly formed on the chip substrate by the semiconductor process, respectively, and diced into the at least one first inkjet chip and the at least one second inkjet chip, to be implemented for inkjet printing. Each of the first inkjet chip and the second inkjet chip includes a plurality of ink-drop generators produced by the semiconductor process and formed on the chip substrate.
US11639051B2
A method for reducing the resistivity of a carbon nanotube nonwoven sheet includes providing a carbon nanotube nonwoven sheet comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes and applying pressure to the carbon nanotube nonwoven sheet to reduce air voids between carbon nanotubes within the carbon nanotube nonwoven sheet.
US11639050B2
According to the utility model, there is provided a film laminator for cell phones, useful for film lamination on a surface of a cell phone, including: a cell phone fixing plate, on which a through hole for receiving the cell phone is established, and a top surface of which is a horizontal face; with at least one position limiting plate for abutting the cell phone within the through hole being also fixed on the top surface. The film laminator for cell phones further includes: a film laminating plate for fixing a cell phone film; one end of which is hinged to the cell phone fixing plate, and the other end of which is movable freely so that the film laminating plate is bonded with the top surface of the cell phone fixing plate. With respect to the film laminator for cell phones according to the utility model, because the position limiting plate is provided on the cell phone fixing plate, the surface of the cell phone to which a film is to be attached can handily be kept in flush with the top surface of the cell phone fixing plate. Upon film lamination, the film laminating plate can contact with the top surface of the cell phone fixing plate and the surface of the cell phone to which a film is to be attached at the same time, so that the stress that is laid on it in the course of film lamination is very even, and a good effect of film lamination is obtained.
US11639049B2
Disclosed are methods for preparing a laminate incorporable to a surface of an optical lens. A front surface and/or back surface of a photochromic film or a functional film is pre-treated. A second thermoplastic film is then laminated on each pre-treated surface of the photochromic film or functional film using a water-based adhesive. The pre-treatment applied on the surface(s) of the photochromic film or functional film enables the formation of strong adhesion between the second thermoplastic film and the water-based adhesive.
US11639043B2
A dual tire buffing apparatus includes a turntable having a first end and an opposite second end. The turntable is rotatable about a central axis between first and second positions. A first expandable hub is rotatably coupled to the turntable proximate the first end. The first expandable hub is configured to receive a first tire casing. A second expandable hub is rotatably coupled to the turntable proximate the second end. The second expandable hub is configured to receive a second tire casing. A rasp head is positioned to operatively engage the first tire casing on the first expandable hub when the turntable is in the first position to perform a buffing operation on the first tire casing, and to operatively engage the second tire casing on the second expandable hub when the turntable is in the second position to perform a buffing operation on the second tire casing.
US11639042B2
The present invention provides a pneumatic tire including a sealant layer that has excellent tear resistance despite its being formed of a generally string-shaped sealant provided continuously and spirally along an inner periphery of the tire. Included is a pneumatic tire including an innerliner and a sealant layer located radially inside the innerliner, the sealant layer including a first sealant layer and a second sealant layer stacked in that order from the innerliner, the first sealant layer including a generally string-shaped sealant provided continuously and spirally along an inner periphery of the tire, the second sealant layer including a generally string-shaped sealant provided continuously and spirally along the first sealant layer, the sealant of the first sealant layer and the sealant of the second sealant layer extending in directions crossing each other.
US11639039B1
Matching pieces for broken structures, kits comprising matching pieces for broken structures, methods for generating 3-D models for matching pieces, methods for fabricating matching pieces, systems for generating 3-D models for matching pieces, and systems for fabricating matching pieces are disclosed.
US11639036B2
An LWRT plus fabric injection overmolding process for the direct injection molding of thermoplastic features onto the B-side of a formed, finished Light Weight Reinforced Thermoplastic panel. The panel having an A-side finish cloth, non-woven, TPO, Vinyl or similar material placed into the injection molding press and injection molding tool, and then the features are injection molded onto the panel without damaging the A-side finish.
US11639023B2
A system for interactively designing a support structure for a three-dimensionally printed object having user-defined surface quality, the system including a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor and storing instructions executable by the processor is provided. When executed, the instructions cause the processor perform operations including receiving a digital model of the object to be three-dimensionally printed, receiving user input related to a desired surface quality at one or more portions of the digital model, determining a printing orientation of the object based on the digital model and the user input; determining a support layout for the object, based on the printing orientation and the user input, and transmitting the support layout, the printing orientation, and the digital model to a three-dimensional printer.
US11639022B2
A method and apparatus, for manufacturing a duct for a fluid management system of an aircraft. A filament-fed additive manufacturing apparatus is used to perform the additive manufacturing process. The additive manufacturing apparatus comprises a nozzle, wherein the nozzle receives material in the form of a filament and adds said material to the duct in a location proximate to the nozzle location, and wherein the nozzle moves in a generally helical path relative to the duct.
US11639013B2
The invention relates to mechanical arm material distribution equipment capable of realizing consistence between a whole-body texture and surface decoration patterns of a ceramic tile and a control method thereof. The mechanical arm material distribution equipment consists of a block-shaped pattern material distribution mechanism assembly, a texture pattern material distribution mechanism assembly, and a press which are arranged in order. The control method comprises the following steps: (1) supplying power to start the mechanical arm material distribution equipment; (2) detecting whether a material level signal exists; (3) if YES, stopping operating stepless variable speed motors; (4) if NOT, operating the stepless variable speed motors; (5) detecting again whether a material level signal exists; (6) if YES, stopping operating the stepless variable speed motors; (7) if NOT, operating the stepless variable speed motors; and (8) repeating steps (2)-(7) until the equipment stops.
US11639012B2
Flexible molds have an elastic membrane supported by modules, arranged next to one another along a horizontal longitudinal axis of the mold. Each module has traction units, each forming a respective group with a respective thrust unit, with the groups arranged opposite one another at a preset distance. Pairs of traction units are arranged opposite one another in a direction perpendicular to the axis, and the respective thrust units thereof are arranged therebetween. The modules hold the membrane with the mold via reinforced eyelets distributed on both edges parallel to the axis. Each traction unit has linear actuators arranged horizontally and another linear actuator arranged vertically, which together enable movement. The membrane is previously deformed according to an approximation of the prior design of a part to be molded, and prestressed according to a mathematical prediction of the deformation thereof after receiving a conglomerate in liquid or plastic state.
US11639011B2
A process for producing a smooth-sided strand-based siding or wood structural panel using a secondary pressing process. The secondary pressing process is performed after the primary process completes pressing and consolidation of the substrate/board. The secondary process applies and cures the overlay after applying a water spray on the hot board immediately out of the primary process press, and before overlay application. The application of the water spray causes the surface of the board to swell and cure. A settling period follows to allow the top surface particles and strands to swell along with absorption and evaporation of the moisture. This is followed by surface sanding to remove the telegraphing and produce a smooth surface, which is then followed by lamination of the overlay(s). The process is completed by post-lamination treatment and coating of the board.
US11639004B2
A mechanical hand mimics a human hand having similar degrees of freedom and sensory abilities while appearing visually similar to human hand. The mechanical hand comprises a mechanical hand skeleton and resilient elastomer (e.g., silicone) skin that fully encloses the mechanical hand skeleton. The mechanical hand skeleton may advantageously be molded directly into the resilient elastomer (e.g., silicone) skin such that the hand appears, moves, and feels very similar to a real human hand. The mechanical hand may have applications in robotics, for example as an end-of-arm tool or end effector, or may have other applications. Robotic applications may include prosthetics applications.
US11639001B2
A robotic system and methods are disclosed. A common axis is defined for an instrument and an energy applicator extending from the instrument. A manipulator has a plurality of links and actuators configured to move the links to position the instrument and energy applicator. A force/torque sensor coupled to the manipulator generates an output in response to forces/torques applied to the instrument. Controller(s) defines a centering point that intersects the common axis. Controller(s) model the instrument and the energy applicator as a virtual rigid body and determine forces/torques to apply to the virtual rigid body, which are determined, in part, based on the output of the force/torque sensor. Controller(s) control the manipulator to advance the energy applicator based on the determined forces/torques applied to the virtual rigid body and reorient the instrument such that the common axis pivots about the centering point during advancement of the energy applicator.
US11638999B2
A system comprises a first robotic arm adapted to support and move a tool and a second robotic arm adapted to support and move a camera. The system also comprises an input device, a display, and a processor. The processor is configured to, in a first mode, command the first robotic arm to move the camera in response to a first input received from the input device to capture an image of the tool and present the image as a displayed image on the display. The processor is configured to, in a second mode, display a synthetic image of the first robotic arm in a boundary area around the captured image on the display, and in response to a second input, change a size of the boundary area relative a size of the displayed image.
US11638995B2
A robotic system for presenting a payload within a workspace includes a pair of serial robots configured to connect to the payload, a parallel robot coupled to a distal end of one of the serial robots such that the parallel robot is disposed between the distal end and the payload, a sensor situated within a kinematic chain extending between the distal end and the payload, and a robot control system (RCS). The sensor outputs a sensor signal indicative of a measured property of the payload. The RCS includes a coordinated motion controller configured to control the serial robots, and a corrective motion controller configured to control the parallel robot. Parallel robot control occurs in response to the sensor signal concurrently with control of the serial robots in order to thereby modify the property of the payload in real-time.
US11638991B2
A tilting assembly table located on a surface includes a frame having first, second, and third horizontal members parallel to each other. The assembly table further includes a base plate rotatably mounted to the first horizontal member, the base plate having a first end and a second end and being rotatable from a first position wherein the first end of the base plate contacts the second horizontal member to a second position wherein the second end of the base plate contacts the third horizontal member. The base plate further includes, at least one channel mounted to a bottom side of the base plate, and at least one ball bearing movable between a first end of the channel when the base plate is in the first position and a second end of the channel when the base plate is in the second position.
US11638987B2
A tool bit for driving a fastener includes a shank having a tool coupling portion configured to be coupled to a tool. The tool coupling portion has a hexagonal cross-sectional shape. The shank also has a head portion configured to engage the fastener. The head portion is composed of powdered metal (PM) steel having carbide particles distributed uniformly throughout the head portion.
US11638981B2
A rolling device for work pieces with toothing, in particular gear wheels, includes first and second shaping tools which are guided by a guide relative to the work pieces. With respect to the work pieces, a first region of a tooth flank is shaped with the first shaping tool and a second region of the tooth flank is shaped by the second shaping tool. The first and second shaping tools are respectively mounted on first and second rollers. The second roller has an axial thickness on the circumference, which differs from the axial thickness of the first roller such that the second region of the tooth flank is different from the first region.
US11638980B2
An elastic member that includes a plurality of pressure chambers is manufactured without using a mold having a complicated shape. According to one embodiment, a laminated membrane used in a substrate holder of a substrate processing apparatus is provided. Such a laminated membrane includes a first sheet material and a second sheet material disposed on the first sheet material. A part of the first sheet material is secured to a part of the second sheet material.
US11638979B2
A polishing pad for a semiconductor fabrication operation includes a polishing region and a window region, wherein both regions are made of an interpenetrating polymer network formed from a free-radically polymerized material and a cationically polymerized material.
US11638978B2
The invention provides a polymer-polymer composite polishing pad useful for polishing or planarizing a substrate of at least one of semiconductor, optical and magnetic substrates. The polymer-polymer composite polishing pad includes a polishing layer having a polishing surface for polishing or planarizing the substrate; a polymeric matrix forming the polishing layer and including gas-filled or liquid-filled polymeric microelements; and fluoropolymer particles embedded in the polymeric matrix. The fluoropolymer particles have a tensile strength lower than the tensile strength of the polymeric matrix wherein diamond abrasive materials cut the fluoropolymer to form a reduced number of pad debris particles in the 1 μm to 10 μm size range.
US11638976B2
An oscillating device includes: a driving source; an oscillating member which performs an oscillating motion; and a connecting mechanism which converts a rotational motion of the driving source into an oscillating motion and transmits the oscillating motion to the oscillating member. At least one of a part or whole of a component forming the connecting mechanism is a component made of a fiber-reinforced resin, and the component made of a fiber-reinforced resin includes a reinforced fiber and a binder resin.
US11638975B2
A mower reel grinding system a plurality of mower unit types, including a grinding wheel shaft, the grinding wheel shaft at a fixed position in an x-y plane. A mounting plate includes a number of predetermined fixed mounting positions on the mounting plate, each predetermined fixed mounting positions corresponding to at least one type of mower unit of the plurality of mower unit types, a mounting bracket to receive a mower unit, the mounting bracket selectively moveable to the predetermined fixed position corresponding to the mower unit type to be received thereby, and a pivot point about which the mounting plate rotates to adjust a position of the mounting bracket in the x-y plane relative to the grinding wheel shaft.
US11638958B2
The present disclosure relates to a process and an apparatus for producing powder particles by atomization of a feed material in the form of an elongated member such as a wire, a rod or a filled tube. The feed material is introduced in a plasma torch. A forward portion of the feed material is moved from the plasma torch into an atomization nozzle of the plasma torch. A forward end of the feed material is surface melted by exposure to one or more plasma jets formed in the atomization nozzle. The one or more plasma jets being includes an annular plasma jet, a plurality of converging plasma jets, or a combination of an annular plasma jet with a plurality of converging plasma jets. Powder particles obtained using the process and apparatus are also described.
US11638955B2
A method of fabricating an object by additive manufacturing is provided. The method includes irradiating a portion of powder in a powder bed, the irradiation creating an ion channel extending to the powder. The method also includes applying electrical energy to the ion channel, wherein the electrical energy is transmitted through the ion channel to the powder in the powder bed, and energy from the irradiation and the electrical energy each contribute to melting or sintering the portion of the powder in the powder bed.
US11638954B2
A gate for metallurgic vessels is provided with a collector nozzle coupled to a bottom plate assembly of the gate. The bottom plate assembly allows a collector nozzle to be coupled to a bottom gate plate without need of a separate bayonet ring. A bayonet ring is integrated to the bottom plate assembly, allowing a collector nozzle to be mounted by a single robot, or by a single operator more easily than existing systems.
US11638935B2
A pressure washer system includes a fluid pump having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. A flow sensor is in fluid communication with one of the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. An internal combustion engine is in driving communication with the fluid pump. A control module is mounted to the fluid pump. The control module is configured to receive an indication of flow through the fluid pump and to control a starting operation of the internal combustion engine to start the internal combustion engine in response to receiving the indication of flow through the fluid pump when the internal combustion engine is not running.
US11638934B2
Disclosed is an optical window cleaning device, including: a cleaning brush; and a wiper arm. The wiper arm includes a first link, a torsion mechanism, a second link and a wiper arm drive system. A second end of the first link is hinged to a first end of the second link. The cleaning brush is hinged to a first end of the first link, a rotation trajectory of the cleaning brush and a rotation trajectory of a hinge joint between the second end of the first link and the first end of the second link are both located in a first plane. A rotation trajectory of the second link and the rotation trajectory of the hinge joint are located in the first plane. The torsion mechanism provides the first link and the second link with a force that rotates the first link relative to the second link.
US11638932B2
A vibration generating mechanism for a screen box includes a drive shaft arranged to be rotatably driven by a drive motor, at least one first eccentric out-of-balance weight fixed with respect to the drive shaft for rotation therewith and at least one second eccentric out-of-balance weight coupled to the drive shaft via gearing. The first and second out-of-balance weights rotate in opposite directions when driven by the drive shaft.
US11638929B2
Provided is a powder supply device including a storage tank in which an internal space that stores powder and a discharge port that discharges the powder from the internal space to outside are formed, a roller that has an outer peripheral surface formed of a rough surface and is rotatably provided, in the discharge port, to face both the internal space and the outside, and a doctor blade that is provided at the discharge port and faces the outer peripheral surface of the roller. The internal space includes a first chamber into which the powder is charged and a second chamber in which the doctor blade is disposed. The first chamber communicates with the second chamber via an opening. A partition member that restricts the width of the opening is provided between the first chamber and the second chamber. The powder charged into the first chamber moves to the second chamber through the opening.
US11638917B2
Magnetic beads having cell components of interest are translated between a sequence of processing wells in a tray without need for pipetting. The circular tray contains one or more sequences of wells each interconnected by a respective channel. The tray is rotated about a central axis and a magnet, an agitator, and a heater provided external to the tray enable magnetic bead translation, mixing, and incubation, respectively. The magnet proximate a well forms a cluster of beads. Manipulation of the tray in rotation and elevation results in translation of the cluster from one well, through a channel, and into an adjacent well. The well containing a cluster may be rotationally positioned in front of the agitator, the agitator extended into contact with the well, followed by mechanical agitation. The heater, disposed beneath the tray, may accept a well lowered thereto for selective heating.
US11638913B2
The present disclosure refers to increasing the catalytic efficiency of Weyl semimetals by subjecting Weyl semimetals to an external magnetic field of greater than 0 T, for example greater than 0.1 T. In a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure the Weyl semimetal is selected from the group consisting of NbP, TaP, NbAs and TaAs.
US11638906B2
The invention discloses a phosphorus nitride adsorbent with high-efficiency selectivity, and its application thereof. The phosphorus nitride adsorbent has a mutually cross-linked hollow tubular structure. The adsorbent can have an adsorption capacity of 435.58 mg·g−1 and 7.01 mg·g·1 for spiked seawater and natural seawater with a uranium concentration of 350 ppb, and the adsorbent has a long service life, and can still maintain 91.14% of the initial adsorption capacity after 5 cycles of adsorption and desorption. Taking into account the advantages of a short material preparation cycle, a wide range of raw material sources, a low cost, an excellent adsorption performance, and long service life, the adsorbent can be used in technical fields such as uranium-containing wastewater treatment, uranium ore resource recovery, uranium extraction from seawater and the like.
US11638891B2
A water filter system comprising a container configured to contain water, a lid configured to attach to the container, a filter element configured to filter the water and movable within the container, and a plunger coupled to the filter element and movable through the lid. The water filter system is at least one of powered by a mechanical force directly from a user or self-powered and is not electrically powered.
US11638885B2
The present disclosure provides a cup lid and a self-producing water cup. The cup lid includes: a housing, a condensing mechanism, and a heat dissipation mechanism. The housing defines a housing space, an air inlet, an air outlet, and a water outlet. The air inlet, the air outlet, and the water outlet are connected to an outside. The air inlet, the air outlet, and the water outlet are connected to the housing space. The condensing mechanism is housed in the housing and connected to the air inlet. The condensing mechanism is configured to condense air flowing from the air inlet into water, and the water flows out through the water outlet. The heat dissipation mechanism is housed in the housing and connected to the air outlet. The heat dissipation mechanism is configured to dissipate heat generated by the condensing mechanism.
US11638877B2
When a first input is performed in a predetermined scene, options including elements available in a predetermined game are presented. An element to be used in the predetermined game is determined on the basis of an operation input by a user. In response to a second input, the predetermined game using the determined element is executed. Meanwhile, at a predetermined timing before the predetermined game is started, an element to be used in the predetermined game is automatically determined. When a third input is performed in the predetermined scene, the predetermined game is executed using the automatically determined element. After the predetermined game is ended, a first reward is given to the user if the element used in the predetermined game is the element determined on the basis of the operation input by the user, and a second reward is given if the element is the automatically determined element.
US11638874B2
A computer-implemented method, gaming device and computer-readable medium for video game. The method includes maintaining a virtual space for a gaming environment. The method also includes repeatedly activating an event zone in the virtual space, wherein for one or more game objects having a position in the virtual space that is within the event zone when the event zone is activated, a state of the one or more game objects in the virtual space is changed. The method further includes displaying on a display device a visual representation of the event zone and a visual representation of a marker, the marker having a position in the virtual space. The method yet further includes changing the position of the marker such that a distance involving the marker and at least part of the event zone is related to a time remaining before the next repeated activation of the event zone.
US11638865B2
The present disclosure relates to on course rating systems (OCRS) and, more particularly, to its pace targets on cross country or road race course segments and related systems and methods of use. The method includes: obtaining performance equivalences (PEQs) of a first rated course including a track equivalent time of the first rated course; and obtaining a goal time, the equivalent of the first course but on a second course; and providing pace targets on selected segments for the second rated course using the track equivalent time and the goal time in order to cumulatively produce the goal time of the second rated course.
US11638862B2
A training aid for shooting a basketball including a head-mounting portion configured to mount onto the head of a person shooting the basketball and a feedback-providing portion attached to, and supported by, the head mounting portion. The feedback-providing portion defining a forward-facing engagement surface extending upward from the head-mounting portion that provides tactile feedback to the person when the engagement surface is contacted by at least one of the basketball and a shooting hand of the person shooting the basketball.
US11638860B2
Embodiments of golf clubs with adjustable loft, lie, head mass and methods of manufacturing golf clubs with adjustable loft, lie, and head mass are generally described herein. Other embodiments can be described and claimed.
US11638855B2
The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program that make it possible to encourage a user to consume energy. The information processing apparatus includes a presentation control unit that controls presentation of energy consumption of a user in a time period from detection of a first trigger to detection of a second trigger. The first trigger causes energy consumption to be presented. The second trigger causes energy consumption to be presented. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a mobile information terminal such as a wearable device or a smartphone.
US11638853B2
A method of creating a scalable dynamic jointed skeleton (DJS) model for enhancing psychomotor leaning using augmented cognition methods realized by an artificial intelligence (AI) engine or image processor. The method involves extracting a DJS model from either live motion images of video files of an athlete, teacher, or expert to create a scalable reference model for using in training, whereby the AI engine extracts physical attributes of the subject including arm length, length, torso length as well as capturing successive movements of a motor skill such as swinging a gold club including position, stance, club position, swing velocity and acceleration, twisting, and more.
US11638851B2
A neck exercise device and system are disclosed. An implementation of the device can include a head harness having an adjustable headband and a first cranial strap having each end attached to the headband. The device can further include a plurality of attachment members.
US11638849B1
The invention presented is an aquatic weight training device that enables weight training in an aquatic environment while allowing eccentric weight training. The inventive device includes at least one hollow bar with hollow weights attached at each end. The end weights each include a plurality of holes that allow a user to fill the end weights under water then controllably empty the end weights while exercising. The end weights may be fixedly or releasably attached to the bar.
US11638839B2
A device and a method for measuring proton beam source position and beamline center are disclosed. The device includes N quadrupole magnets, a laser, a target and a scintillation screen; the target and the scintillation screen are arranged in front of and behind the N-quadrupole lens, respectively; the N-quadrupole lens can be converted to a M-quadrupole lens; the position of proton beam after being focused by the N- or M-quadrupole lens on the scintillation screen is measured; according to the amplification factor and the proton beam position, the offset of the proton beam source from the beamline center, as well as the position of the beamline center on the scintillation screen are calculated; the disclosure can accurately determine the position of the beamline center and the proton beam source by the use of N quadrupole magnets, combined with a scintillation screen.
US11638823B2
A cochlear implant headpiece, for use with a cochlear implant, including a housing, a diametrically magnetized headpiece magnet, defining an axis and a N-S direction, within the housing and rotatable about the axis, whereby the N-S direction of the headpiece magnet self-aligns with the gravitational direction when the axis is perpendicular to the gravitational direction, and a headpiece antenna associated with the housing.
US11638813B2
Disclosed herein is an implantable blood pump assembly that includes a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending from the inlet to the outlet, a rotor positioned within the flow path, a stator positioned within the housing and operable to drive the rotor, and an outflow cannula. The outflow cannula includes a coupler assembly configured for removable mechanical connection to the outlet coupler, and includes a first component of an anti-rotation mechanism and a first component of an axial lock. The housing includes an outlet coupler that includes a second component of the anti-rotation mechanism and a second component of the axial lock. The first and second components of the anti-rotation mechanism are positioned to engage one another prior to the first and second components of the axial lock during insertion of the outflow cannula into the housing outlet.
US11638811B2
A percutaneous fluid access apparatus includes a percutaneous fluid access device. The percutaneous fluid access device has a base portion including a subcutaneous portion and at least one port for connection to one or more fluid conduits within a body of a patient. A housing has at least one fluid channel and at least one seal for sealing the at least one fluid channel, and the housing is removably attachable to the base portion. The at least one fluid channel is in fluid communication with the at least one port when the housing is attached to the base portion.
US11638804B2
An electronic sensory simulation system including a display screen that simulates visual images or videos with a smell and audio simultaneously. The device effectively includes an electronic sensory simulation system with a docking station that may allow the system to be portable. The electronic sensory simulation system may include a sensory unit assembly which includes a display screen, at least one speaker, at least one scent diffusing mechanism, a user interface, and an input port. The electronic sensory simulation system may further have a docking station so that the sensory unit assembly can be portable or used in a fixed location.
US11638801B2
A method and apparatus deliver a variable flow of oxygen to a patient. The apparatus may include a flow control valve, a pressure sensor to detect a patient's breathing pressure and ambient pressure, an oxygen flow analyzer to measure oxygen flow to the patient, and a processor to analyze the breathing pressure values, ambient pressure value, and oxygen flow rate values and to determine when a patient is inhaling. When the processor determines the patient is inhaling, the processor calculates an optimal oxygen flow rate to deliver to a patient, which may depend on a pre-selected flow rate and an oxygen backlog, and the processor sends a signal to the flow control valve to deliver the optimal oxygen flow rate to the patient.
US11638799B2
A patient interface structure includes a cushion configured to sealingly engage the patient's face and a front that is more rigid than the cushion. The cushion includes a forward opening, a rearward opening that is opposite the forward opening and a continuous sealing surface. The continuous sealing surface has a mouth sealing portion configured to seal around the patient's mouth and a nasal sealing portion configured to seal around both of the patient's nasal airways. The front plate includes an air inlet configured to both receive the pressurized respiratory gas and secure headgear to the patient interface structure. In addition, the nasal sealing portion includes at least one aperture that is separate from the rearward opening. Also, the front plate, the mouth sealing portion and the nasal sealing portion together form a common chamber.
US11638792B2
A medication inhalation apparatus preferably formed of a single, unitary sheet of stock, includes an outer housing, movable between collapsed and expanded states, encompassing a first volume. An inner housing within the outer housing encompasses an inner or second volume. An inhaler opening to the first volume is within a wall of the outer housing at a first location. A mouth opening to the inner volume is within a wall of the outer housing and the inner housing at a second location. A one-way inhalation valve connecting the first volume and the inner volume is within a wall of the inner housing. A one-way exhalation valve connecting the inner volume and the exterior of the outer housing is within a wall of the outer housing and inner housing at a third location. The valve preferably includes an elongated spring body formed of a semi-pliant material with a strength and rigidity providing limited flexibility. A first separation is perpendicular to the elongate axis of the spring body, and extends from a first edge of the spring body across at least a portion of a width of the spring body. A second separation perpendicular to the elongate axis of the spring body extends from a second edge of the spring body across at least a portion of the width of the spring body.
US11638790B2
A gas elimination apparatus and a method for use in an intravenous delivery system are provided. The apparatus includes a fluid inlet coupling a fluid flow into a liquid chamber, a fluid outlet protruding into the liquid chamber, and a flow diversion member proximal to the fluid outlet. The flow diversion member configured to block a direct flow between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The apparatus includes a membrane separating a portion of the liquid chamber from an outer chamber and a gas venting valve fluidically coupling the outer chamber with the atmosphere. The flow diversion member may be mechanically supported by at least one strut or elongate member extending along a flow direction into the liquid chamber.
US11638787B2
A safety device for preventing needlestick injury with a needle, including a protective cap and a shield capable of pivoting from a storage position where it is interlocked with the protective cap, a retracted position where it gives access to the needle and a safety position where it covers the needle, wherein a cam surface of the shield and an engaging peg of the protective cap are arranged so that, when the safety device is mounted around the tip of a medical device, removing the protective cap from the tip by a distal movement displaces the shield from the storage position to the retracted position. A medical device including a tip provided with a needle including a needle point, wherein the medical device further includes a safety device.
US11638780B1
According to some embodiments, a drain line milking apparatus is disclosed. The drain line milking apparatus includes an apparatus body comprising a plurality of side opening for receiving a currently connected drain line to milk fluids away from a user, a removable cover disposed over the apparatus body, a circular disk comprising one or more cam openings, a motor to turn the circular disk and one or more circular cams disposed in the one or more cam openings. The circular disk is disposed within the apparatus body.
US11638777B2
The present disclosure features adhesive compositions and methods of use thereof related to the medical, veterinary, and dental fields.
US11638771B2
Apparatus for delivering a volatile material including a reservoir with an opening for containing a volatile material. A first membrane is disposed adjacent the opening of the reservoir, and a second membrane disposed adjacent the opening such that the first membrane is disposed between the second membrane and the reservoir, wherein at least a portion of the second membrane is spaced apart from the first membrane forming a vapor chamber between the first and second membranes.
US11638765B2
The present invention relates to a compound of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof of formula (I) wherein (A) is at least one motif specifically binding to cell membranes of neoplastic cells; (B) at least one chelator moiety of radiometals; (C) a dye moiety; x1 is a spacer or a chemical single bond covalently connecting (A) to the rest of the molecule; x2 is a spacer or a chemical single bond covalently connecting (C) to the rest of the molecule. The invention further relates to compositions comprising said compounds as well as a method for detecting neoplastic cells in a sample in vitro with the aid of the compounds or composition.
US11638764B2
Disclosed are compounds, compositions, and methods involving theranostic capture agent for a target where the capture agent is (a) a precursor that can be loaded with a detectable moiety, a therapeutic moiety, or both, (b) loaded with a detectable moiety, (c) loaded with a therapeutic moiety, or (d) loaded with both a detectable moiety and a therapeutic moiety. Also disclosed are stable peptide-based PSMA capture agents and methods of use as detection agents.
US11638762B2
Compounds and compositions are disclosed in which a NAMPT Drug Unit is linked to a targeting Ligand Unit through a Unit from which a NAMPT inhibitor compound or derivative thereof is released at the targeted site of action. Methods for treating diseases characterized by the targeted abnormal cells, such as cancer or an autoimmune disease, using the compounds and compositions of the invention are also disclosed.
US11638728B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods comprising microbiome biomarkers of responsiveness/resistance to immunotherapy (e.g., anti-PD1/PD-L1 therapy), and diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic uses thereof. In particular, the amount, identity, presence, and/or ratio of microflora in the microbiome of a subject is used to determine the responsiveness/resistance of the subject to immunotherapy, and/or the microbiome of a subject is manipulated to enhance the responsiveness of the subject to various immunotherapies and co-therapies.
US11638725B2
Provided herein is a placental product comprising an immunocompatible chorionic membrane. Such placental products can be cryopreserved and contain viable therapeutic cells after thawing. The placental product of the present invention is useful in treating a patient with a tissue injury (e.g. wound or burn) by applying the placental product to the injury. Similar application is useful with ligament and tendon repair and for engraftment procedures such as bone engraftment.
US11638721B2
An antibacterial composition that comprises as active compound at least one light isotope of an element selected from the group which consists of 1H, 12C, 16O, 14N, 39K, 24Mg, 64Zn, 85Rb, 28Si, 54Fe, 92Mo, 74Se, 58Ni, 70Ge, 52Cr, 63Cu, 50V, or combinations thereof, wherein the composition is enriched for the at least one light isotope. A method of treating and preventing bacterial diseases in humans and non-human animals by administering the composition. The use of the said composition in human and veterinary medicine for the prevention and treatment of diseases in humans and non-human animals and also as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
US11638720B1
The present invention pertains to quantum-scale biocidal particles and chemical reactions that disrupt and eviscerate microbial matter by combining aqueous and dry components. As halo-fullerene activation requires volatile excitation to mix, contact and collide so as to rupture microbial matter, atomic scale chemical reactions impart the requisite movement of engineered halo-fullerenes to destroy bacterial, fungal and viral matter upon contact. The present invention includes two primary mechanisms: an excitation chemistry and biocidal, hydrophobic halo-fullerenes. Upon aqueous exposure, the dry composition initiates a chemical reaction that activates biocidal halo-fullerenes to disrupt biologic surfaces in topical applications. The object of the present invention is a shelf stable, pre-packaged wiping material or dry packet for rehydration with broad spectrum antimicrobial activity. In one example, a matrix or wipe material would be comprised of densely packed and highly concentrated halo-fullerenes and a chemical reaction stimulant. When activated upon aqueous exposure, it would relax water molecules, alter hydrogen binding, and disrupt adhesion and cohesion forces that characterize surface tensions. These dynamics would then isolate sebaceous substances and free oxygen radicals, along with outgassing of carbon dioxide. The chemical reaction stimulant thus transfers energy and hyperactivates otherwise inert halo-fullerenes to form a biocidal composition. Broader utilities range from topical cleansing for personal hygiene, as well as various clinical and surgical procedures, as surgical and prophylactic lavage and rinse solutions, and enteral formulations as a hypertonic renal flush combined with short-acting diuresis. The halo-fullerene and hypertonic renal flush would cause osmotic cellular outflow, mitigate cellular microbial uptake and initial seroconversion and bloodborne events, while a botanical diuretic agent would facilitate systemic prophylaxis or treatment of UTIs.
US11638719B2
A product containing a boron compound for use in obesity treatment. By means of the present invention, a product can be obtained for obesity treatment which is not toxic to the other tissues and organs of the body. In obtaining the said product, sodium pentaborate pentahydrate, which is a poloxamer derivative, are used.
US11638714B2
Injectable Ivermectin solution is safely administrable to humans and animals used the disclosed technology. A macrocyclic lactone cyclodextrin complex which is completely dissolvable or dissolved in water in a ratio of at least 10-20 milligrams of the macrocyclic lactone complex per 5 milliliters of water. The macrocyclic lactone cyclodextrin complex is non-toxic, without using organic solvents, and in embodiments, formed by adding a surfactant to the macrocyclic lactone complex to water. The macrocyclic lactone cyclodextrin complex is Ivermectin or an Ivermectin derivative in some embodiments. The cyclodextrin complex is 2-hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin in some embodiments of the disclosed technology. The surfactant can be polysorbate 80 and is in a ratio of 0.01% to 25%, by weight, to said water. The water soluble complexes can be added to the water. The water-soluble complexes can have at least one of an anti-parasitic, anti-viral and anti-cancer complex.
US11638712B2
The present invention relates to compounds for use in the prevention and/or treatment of PAR-related diseases, such as for example: pain and ocular disorders. More in particular, the present invention provides bis(acetamidophenyl) guanidinophenylethylphosphonates for use in the prevention and/or treatment of pancreatitis-related pain, IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), IBD (inflammatory bowel disease), dry eye disease and conjunctivitis sicca. These inhibitors were found to have a different inhibitory profile compared to diphenyl guanidinophenylethylphosphonates leading to a more pronounced effect on these conditions.
US11638711B2
The present invention relates to a composition for topical application comprising a polyaphron dispersion, the polyaphron dispersion comprising a continuous aqueous phase and at least one discontinuous oil phase, wherein the polyaphron dispersion comprises calcipotriol, betamethasone dipropionate, alpha-tocopherol and butylated hydroxyanisole, and wherein the composition has a pH of 7.75±0.5.
US11638709B2
The present invention relates to Rucaparib and/or Talazoparib and/or Veliparib and/or Olaparib, and/or AZD 2461, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in the treatment of impaired skin wound healing in a subject, an in vitro method for identifying a subject suffering from impaired skin wound healing to be responsive to the treatment with Rucaparib and/or Talazoparib and/or Veliparib and/or Olaparib and/or AZD 2461, and kits and kits-of-part related thereto.
US11638708B2
The invention comprises a method of treatment of aggression and similar behavioral syndromes, such as impulsivity and irritability, by a pharmaceutical agent exhibiting combined D2 and D5 antagonistic activity.
US11638700B2
An iron/shikonin nano-composite and a use thereof, and a method for preparing the same by supermolecular self-assembly, belonging to the technical field of functional materials. The composite consists of shikonin and ferric ions, wherein shikonin is coordinated with the ferric ions, and the hydroxyl and carbonyl groups in shikonin are coordinated with the ferric irons to form a complex, which is then assembled by π-π stacking and hydrophobic interactions to form a nano-composite which exhibits glutathione response. The composite is obtained by the following steps: adding an aqueous solution of a ferric salt and an organic solvent solution of shikonin in sequence into water while stirring at ambient temperature, continuously stirring at ambient temperature, and centrifuging the resulting mixture to purify, thereby obtaining an iron/shikonin nano-composite in the resulting solution.
US11638693B2
Provided are vaccines for eliciting an immune response. The vaccines for eliciting an immune response comprise RNA encoding an immunogen, which is delivered in a liposome for the purposes of immunisation. The liposome includes lipids which have a pKa in the range of 5.0 to 7.6 and, preferably, a tertiary amine. These liposomes can have essentially neutral surface charge at physiological pH and are effective for immunisation.
US11638692B2
The invention relates to stable vancomycin hydrochloride powder for oral liquid formulations. Also provided herein are methods of using vancomycin oral liquid formulations for the treatment of certain diseases such as Clostridium difficile pseudomembranous colitis and Staphylococcal enterocolitis as well as kits and related products thereof.
US11638686B2
The present invention relates to a cosmetic having the innovative, unprecedented property in which the ultraviolet protection effects do not decrease, but conversely increase, due to coming into contact with moisture such as water or perspiration, and due to heat applied in the usage environment. The cosmetic of the present invention contains (A) an ultraviolet protectant; (B) at least one compound that is water-soluble and that has an IOB of 5.0 or lower, selected from among (i) alkylene oxide derivatives and (ii) polyhydric alcohols; and (C) an oil phase thickener; wherein the mass ratio of component (A)/component (B) is 20 or lower; and the (B) (i) alkylene oxide derivatives are polyoxyalkylene/polyoxyethylene copolymer dialkyl ethers represented by the following formula (I): R1O—[(AO)m(EO)n]—R2 (I) wherein R1 and R2, each independently, denote a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having one to four carbon atoms, AO denotes an oxyalkylene group having three or four carbon atoms, EO denotes an oxyethylene group, 1≤m≤70, 1≤n≤70 and m+n≤40.
US11638685B2
A hair care composition is disclosed comprising a copolymer, an ethoxylated alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant having a formula RO(CH2CH2O)nSO3M, wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms; M is a solubilising cation comprising sodium, potassium, ammonium or mixtures thereof; the degree of ethoxylation n is 2, and from 0.01 to 5% by weight of a zinc-based anti-dandruff agent; wherein the copolymer comprises: a cationic vinyl monomer A represented by the formula: CH2═C(R1)—CO—NH—(CH2)dN+R2R3R4X−, wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, each of R2 to R4 is independently a C1-24 alkyl group, preferably a C1-3 alkyl group, X− is independently fluoride, chloride, bromide or iodide anion, preferably chloride, and d is an integer of from 1 to 10; a cationic vinyl monomer B represented by the formula: CH2═C(R5)—CO(O)—(CH2)eN+R6R7R8Y−, wherein R5 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, each of R6 to R8 is independently a C1-24 alkyl group, preferably a C1-3 alkyl group, Y− is independently fluoride, chloride, bromide or iodide anion, preferably chloride, and e is an integer of from 1 to 10; a vinyl monomer C represented by the formula: CH2═C(R9)—CO—NR10R11, wherein R9 is a hydrogen atom or methyl group, each of R10 and R11 is independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group, provided that the sum of carbon numbers of R10 and R11 is from 1 to 4; and wherein the content of monomer A is from 1 to 44 mol % based on the total monomer content of the copolymer, the content of monomer B is from 1 to 44 mol %, and the content of monomer C is from 20 to 75 mol % based on the total monomer content of the copolymer.
US11638684B2
The present disclosure relates to a pump-type toothpaste composition which can be provided by being comprised in a pump-type container, and particularly, relates to a pump-type toothpaste composition with improved feeling of use when brushing teeth. In addition, the present disclosure relates to a pump toothpaste composition having improved tailing and dry-hardening property. The pump-type toothpaste composition of the present disclosure may comprise a hydrocolloid.
US11638673B2
The disclosure belongs to the technical field of lower limb exoskeleton, and specifically discloses a hip-knee passive exoskeleton device based on clutch time-sharing control, comprising a waist support subassembly, connection subassemblies, thigh subassemblies, clutch subassemblies, shank subassemblies and elastic member subassemblies, the waist support subassembly is configured to be connected to the waist, the connection subassemblies are configured to include two connection subassemblies which are arranged in bilateral symmetry on two sides of the support subassembly, the thigh subassemblies are configured to include two thigh subassemblies which are respectively connected to the two connection subassemblies, the clutch subassemblies are configured to include two clutch subassemblies which are respectively mounted on the two thigh subassemblies, the shank subassemblies are configured to include two shank subassemblies which are arranged in bilateral symmetry below the two thigh subassemblies, the elastic member subassemblies are configured to include two elastic member subassemblies which are arranged in bilateral symmetry. The disclosure can assist the movements of the knee and hip joints, thereby improving the energy utilization efficiency and reducing the metabolic energy consumption of walking.
US11638666B2
A curable composition for use in wound care comprising, apportioned between at least one Part A and at least one Part B: one or more alkenyl-group containing polymers (i) having at least one alkenyl group or moiety per molecule, one or more SiH-containing polymers (ii) having at least one Si—H unit per molecule; and a catalyst (iii) for curing by addition of alkenyl-containing polymer (i) to SiH-containing polymer (ii), Part A and Part B independently having viscosity at 23° C. in the range 5-300 Pa·s, preferably 10-100 Pa·s, at a shearing rate of 10 s−1, and when combined in one Part having cure time at 23° C. in the range from 0.5 min to 25 min, wherein when dispensed into a location about a wound dressing, said wound dressing overlying a wound site and skin thereabout, said dispensing being so as to intimately contact and overlie an edge of said dressing and skin about said edge, the composition cures in contact with said edge and skin at 32° C. to an elastomer exhibiting zero or low tack at a time in the range from 0.5 to less than 30 minutes, apparatus for use with said composition comprising dispensing apparatus or wound dressing, a kit comprising the same, and methods of dispensing and curing the same and of using the same in sealing a wound dressing and in treating a wound site of a human in need thereof.
US11638665B2
A disposable absorbent pant having a front belt portion and a rear belt portion is disclosed. The front and rear belt portions are joined at side seams and the rear belt portion has a greater length than the front belt portion. A lower edge of the rear belt portion forms at least in part edges of left and right leg openings to the rear of the side seams. The rear belt portion includes first and second layers of nonwoven web material sandwiching a plurality of laterally extending and laterally pre-strained elastic strands, disposed below the side seams. A first of the plurality of elastic strands differs from a second of the plurality of elastic strands by one or more of amount of pre-strain, tensile modulus, decitex, and combinations thereof.
US11638656B2
A therapeutic orthopedic device is described. The orthopedic device serves to restrain and limit movement of a human arm and shoulder. The device comprises a torso pillow, a padded forearm support attached to the pillow and a shoulder strap that traverses the clavicle region of the opposite shoulder. The pillow is positioned to rest against the torso of a user and the strap is positioned over the opposite shoulder. The forearm support acts as a shelf upon which the user's forearm may rest in a natural position. Flexible straps extend from the forearm support, over the user's forearm, and engage with the pillow to secure the forearm.
US11638650B2
A standalone anterior cervical interbody spacer (ACIF) that includes a spacer body and plate rigidly couple via flexible pins.
US11638648B2
The present disclosure provides for a wrist arthroplasty system and method that enable an expedient surgical procedure, maintain wrist motion, and reduce the likelihood of implant loosening. The system includes a capitate implant, a radial implant, and a resection instrument. The capitate implant includes a convex head formed to interface with a concave socket of the radial implant. The capitate implant includes a single stem formed to be secured within a patient's capitate bone. The radial implant includes lips formed to increase wrist joint motion and to help prevent dislocation of the capitate implant from the radial implant. The resection instrument may be used in combination as a measurement tool for determining the proper implant size, a guide for properly positioning the implants, and a trial tool for testing trial implant components before securing the final radial and capitate implants.
US11638647B2
This invention corresponds to a prosthesis for total or hip resurfacing replacement, which comprises a prosthetic femoral head made of highly cross-linked polyethylene, with a diameter ranging from 38 mm to 64 mm, to articulate with a cup or acetabular component made of metal. When the invention applies to total hip replacement, the polyethylene head includes a metal core, which contains inside the female counterpart (14) to mate with the male counterpart (13) of a Morse taper, located at the upper end of the femoral component. The use of this type of head for total hip replacement, articulated with an ultra-polished acetabular cup, reduces the risk of dislocation, transmits less angular and torque forces to the Morse taper than large metal heads, and avoids the problems related to the metal-metal bearing or with the use of large metal heads with thin polyethylene. When the invention relates to hip resurfacing replacement, the highly cross-linked polyethylene femoral head has a lower polyethylene extension or stem with or without internal metal reinforcement (151) or a metal stem integrated into a metal-back (152). Using these types of heads for hip resurfacing replacement heads eliminates the problems associated with metal-on-metal resurfacing replacements.
US11638643B1
Prosthetic heart valves may be delivered to a targeted native heart valve site via one or more delivery catheters. In some embodiments, the prosthetic heart valve includes structural features that securely anchor the prosthetic heart valve to the anatomy at the site of the native heart valve. Such structural features can provide robust migration resistance. In addition, the prosthetic heart valves can include structural features that improve sealing between the prosthetic valve and native valve anatomy to mitigate paravalvular leakage. In particular implementations, the prosthetic heart valves occupy a small delivery profile, thereby facilitating a smaller delivery catheter system for advancement to the heart. Some delivery catheter systems can include a curved inner catheter to facilitate deployment of the prosthetic heart valve to a native tricuspid valve site via a superior vena cava or inferior vena cava.
US11638635B2
This document also discloses a member for mounting a toothbrush head to an electric toothbrush. The member includes a base having an opening for receiving a drive shaft of an electric toothbrush. The member also includes a coupling section that includes a cylindrical sidewall that surrounds a cavity for receiving the drive shaft. The member includes a spring in the coupling section. The spring is positioned to transfer vibration from the drive shaft to the toothbrush head when operated.
US11638632B2
The present invention provides a dental implant including: a fixture and an abutment including a coupling leg, and the fixture and the abutment are elastically coupled with each other, the dental implant including: a fixture axial hole inner inclined surface in which an inner diameter of an axial hole is gradually and downwardly reduced from a predetermined position of an inner inclined surface of the fixture; a first coupling part formed with a coupling hole at a predetermined position of the fixture; and a first associated coupling part formed with a coupling protrusion complementarily coupled with the first coupling part, wherein when the first associated coupling part is separated from the first coupling part by rotating the abutment, the coupling protrusion upwardly pushes the abutment from the fixture by elastic repulsion with the axial hole inner inclined surface of the fixture, thus the abutment becomes separated from the fixture.
US11638629B2
The present disclosure provides method, systems, and devices for expanding arch of teeth. A device for expanding an arch of teeth of a patient can include a removable shell formed of a first material having a number of cavities formed therein. The number of cavities are shaped to receive teeth of a patient. A device for expanding an arch of teeth of a patient can include an arch element extending from the removable shell in a lingual direction and across an arch width of the removable shell. The arch element can be formed of the first material and a second material that is a different material than the first material, can be designed to expand an arch of the teeth of the patient, and can have a width specific to a stage of a treatment plan.
US11638625B2
An endodontic file, for manual or motor driven use by an endodontist, includes a color-coded handle, a shank, and a serrated cutting edge. The cutting edge of the endodontic file is side-cutting with pyramidal teeth and ends in a pointed tip. The endodontic file is used manually inside the root canal in an “up and down” axially aligned motion and these pyramidal teeth will provide a ripping action. A second type of endodontic file has a curved cross section and a sharpened tip. with pyramidal teeth lining the edges of curved blade section. A third type of endodontic file has a flat debriding side which tapers to a point; with a series of adjacent 3-D pyramids emerging from this surface for removing loose material or in urging already loosened material from a root canal.
US11638620B2
A surgical robot includes a robotic arm, a cart supporting the robotic arm and including a steering assembly. The steering assembly comprises wheels and a handle. The handle is moveable to a first position, a second position, and a third position. The steering assembly is configured such that the wheels allow the cart to roll in a longitudinal direction when the handle is in the first position, the wheels allow the cart to be roll a rotational direction when the handle is in the second position, and the wheels allow the cart to roll in a lateral direction when the handle is in the third position.
US11638611B2
In one embodiment, a system for locating a tip of a catheter that has been inserted into a patient includes an implantable catheter having a distal tip, a pulsed light source that is co-located with the distal tip of the implantable catheter, the pulsed light source being configured to emit pulses of light into surrounding patient tissue, an optoacoustic sensor configured to be applied so a skin surface of the patient at a position proximate to the pulsed light source and to sense optoacoustic waves generated when the pulses of light are absorbed by the surrounding patient tissue, and an optoacoustic console configured to receive optoacoustic wave signals from the optoacoustic sensor and to display an indication of the optoacoustic wave signals to a medical professional to provide an indication of the location of the pulsed light source and, therefore, the distal tip of the implantable catheter.
US11638605B2
An end effector assembly for use with a forceps includes a pair of jaw members, a knife assembly, and one or more cam assemblies. One or more of the jaw members are moveable relative to the other about a pivot between open and closed positions. One or more of the jaw members include a knife channel. The pivot includes first and second sections defining a passage therebetween. The knife assembly includes a knife blade and an actuation shaft. The knife blade is disposed distally relative to the pivot. The actuation shaft is configured for slidable translation through the passage to allow selective advancement of the knife blade through the knife channel. The one or more cam assemblies are operably coupled to the one or more moveable jaw members and are actuatable to move the one or more jaw members between the open and closed positions for grasping tissue therebetween.
