US11676072B1
Systems and methods are described for training a machine learning (ML) model to group notable events reflecting operation of a computing system into episodes of related events reflecting an incident on the computing system, such as to enable root cause analysis of the incident. The ML model is trained using pairwise binary similarity labels (PBSLs) indicating that two events must or must not be grouped together. An interface is provided that facilitates rapid generating of PBSLs by relocating one or more events from a first episode to a second episode. The relocation input is translated into PBSLs that are then used to train the ML model.
US11676066B2
Example artificial intelligence systems and methods provide parallel storage of data to primary storage and notification to a model server supported by the primary storage. A primary storage system receives operations on a training data set from a model trainer and sends a model instance of a computational model to a model server. When a new data element is received by a data ingester, the model server is initiated to evaluate the new data element using the model instance while the primary storage system stores the new data element in parallel.
US11676063B2
Aspects of the present invention provide an approach for exposing payloads from non-integrated machine learning systems. A generic binding identifier is established to represent a machine learning (ML) system among a set of non-integrated learning systems. A generic subscription identifier is established to represent a deployed model in the ML system. Payload data including a user request, a response, the generic binding identifier, and the generic subscription identifier are received from the ML system and stored in a database for later analysis to identify any issues related to the deployed model.
US11676062B2
A method, an electronic device, and non-transitory machine-readable medium are provided. The method includes receiving, on an electronic device, a request to perform an action. The method also includes deriving an aggregated predicted confidence level using one or more confidence levels. The one or more confidence levels are based on usage information and context of the electronic device. The method further includes determining an execution engine to process the request based on the aggregated predicted confidence level. The method additionally includes providing at least a portion of the request to the execution engine for processing.
US11676061B2
This disclosure provides an apparatus and method for harnessing machine learning and data analytics for a real-time predictive model for a FCC pre-treatment unit. The method includes collecting operating parameters of a pre-treatment unit and fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit; evaluating an independent variable of the operating parameters; and adjusting an input to the pre-treatment unit to control the independent variable within specifications in an output of the FCC unit.
US11676055B2
A monitor provides run time monitoring of the input values to a signature analyzer having a machine-learning engine to compare statistics measuring the domain of those input values to the domain of input values used in the training set of the machine-learning engine. This comparison yields an indication of whether retraining of the machine-learning engine is required without analysis of the output of the machine-learning engine algorithm or the need for errors to become manifest.
US11676052B2
Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses, systems, methods for an internet of things (IoT) system to include edge devices that perform at least some functions without communicating with a cloud computing system. An edge device may include a memory with on-memory pattern matching capabilities. The edge device may perform pattern matching operations on data collected by the edge device or sensors in communication with the edge device. Based on results of the pattern matching operations, the edge device may perform various functions, such as transmitting data to the cloud computing system, activating an alarm, and/or changing a frequency at which data is transmitted.
US11676037B1
A system and method includes generating approximate distributions for distinct classes of data samples; computing a first partial Jensen-Shannon (JS) divergence and a second partial JS divergence based on the approximate distribution of the disparity affected class of data samples with reference to the approximate distribution of the control class of data samples; computing a disparity divergence based on the first partial JS divergence and the second partial JS divergence; generating a distribution-matching term based on the disparity divergence, wherein the distribution-matching term mitigates an inferential disparity between the control class of data samples and the disparity affected class of data samples during a training of an unconstrained artificial neural network; constructing a disparity-constrained loss function based on augmenting a target loss function with the distribution-matching term; and transforming the unconstrained ANN to a disparity-constrained ANN based on a training of the unconstrained ANN using the disparity-constrained loss function.
US11676032B2
A computer-implemented method is provided for training a multi-source sound localization model using labeled simulation data and unlabeled real data. The method includes inputting the labeled simulation data and the unlabeled real data respectively into a multi-source sound localization model of a neural network to obtain a localization heatmap from an output layer of the multi-source sound localization model for each of the labeled simulation data and the unlabeled real data. The method further includes inputting the localization heatmap for each of the labeled simulation data and the unlabeled real data into an output discriminator. The method also includes training the output discriminator so that the output discriminator assigns a domain class label to distinguish simulation data from real data. The method additionally includes training, by a hardware process, the multi-source sound localization model by a first adversarial loss for the output discriminator with an original localization model loss.
US11676031B2
A method and system of training a machine learning neural network (MLNN) in monitoring anatomical positioning causing bodily pressure ulcers (BPUs). The method comprises receiving, in a first input layer of the MLNN, from a millimeter wave (mmWave) radar sensing device, mmWave radar point cloud data representing anatomical positions of the medical patient in association with corresponding durations; receiving, in at least a second layer of the MLNN, attendant attribute data for the durations, the first and the at least a second input layers being interconnected with an output layer of the MLNN via at least one intermediate layer; training a MLNN classifier in accordance with a supervised classification that establishes a correlation between a likelihood of formation of BPUs with the mmWave point cloud data and attendant attribute data; and adjusting the initial matrix of weights by backpropagation to increase correlation with the likelihood of formation of BPUs as generated at the output layer.
US11676026B2
Computer-implemented, machine-learning systems and methods relate to a neural network having at least two subnetworks, i.e., a first subnetwork and a second subnetwork. The systems and methods estimate the partial derivative(s) of an objective with respect to (i) an output activation of a node in first subnetwork, (ii) the input to the node, and/or (iii) the connection weights to the node. The estimated partial derivative(s) are stored in a data store and provided as input to the second subnetwork. Because the estimated partial derivative(s) are persisted in a data store, the second subnetwork has access to them even after the second subnetwork has gone through subsequent training iterations. Using this information, subnetwork 160 can compute classifications and regression functions that can help, for example, in the training of the first subnetwork.
US11676024B2
Artificial neural network systems involve the receipt by a computing device of input data that defines a pattern to be recognized (such as faces, handwriting, and voices). The computing device may then decompose the input data into a first subband and a second subband, wherein the first and second subbands include different characterizing features of the pattern in the input data. The first and second subbands may then be fed into first and second neural networks being trained to recognize the pattern. Reductions in power expenditure, memory usage, and time taken, for example, allow resource-limited computing devices to perform functions they otherwise could not.
US11676023B2
Systems and methods for performing direct conversion of image sensor data to image analytics are provided. One such system for directly processing sensor image data includes a sensor configured to capture an image and generate corresponding image data in a raw Bayer format, and a convolution neural network (CNN) coupled to the sensor and configured to generate image analytics directly from the image data in the raw Bayer format. Systems and methods for training the CNN are provided, and may include a generative model that is configured to convert RGB images into estimated images in the raw Bayer format.
US11676022B2
A method for training parameters of a first domain adaptation model. The method includes evaluating a cycle consistency objective using a first task specific model associated with a first domain and a second task specific model associated with a second domain, and evaluating one or more first discriminator models to generate a first discriminator objective using the second task specific model. The one or more first discriminator models include a plurality of discriminators corresponding to a plurality of bands that corresponds domain variable ranges of the first and second domains respectively. The method further includes updating, based on the cycle consistency objective and the first discriminator objective, one or more parameters of the first domain adaptation model for adapting representations from the first domain to the second domain.
US11676021B1
A first worker node of a distributed system computes a first set of gradients using a first neural network model and a first set of weights associated with the first neural network model. The first set of gradients are transmitted from the first worker node to a second worker node of the distributed system. The second worker node computes a first set of synchronized gradients based on the first set of gradients. While the first set of synchronized gradients are being computed, the first worker node computes a second set of gradients using a second neural network model and a second set of weights associated with the second neural network model. The second set of gradients are transmitted from the first worker node to the second worker node. The second worker node computes a second set of synchronized gradients based on the second set of gradients.
US11676017B2
The disclosure provides an image recognition method and an image recognition device. The method includes: acquiring an image and capturing a plurality of feature points in the image; obtaining a capsule network, where the capsule network sequentially includes a convolution layer, a primary capsule layer, a routing capsule layer, and an output layer; inputting the image and the feature points into the convolution layer to generate a plurality of feature vectors; inputting the feature vectors and the feature points into the primary capsule layer to generate a plurality of activity vectors; and generating a recognition result corresponding to the image by the routing capsule layer and the output layer based on the activity vectors.
US11676015B2
Systems, devices, and techniques are disclosed for recommendations using a transformer neural network. User activity data including items and actions associated with users and a catalog including descriptions of the items may be received. User vectors for the users, item vectors for the items and action vectors the actions may be generated by applying singular vector decomposition to the user activity data. Sequence vectors may be generated based on item vectors and the action vectors. Transformer vectors may be generated by applying a text-to-text transferring transformer to descriptions of the items. Similarity vectors may be generated based on the transformer vectors. Merged vectors may be generated by merging the sequence vector, transformer vector, and similarity vector for items. A set of probabilities may be determined by inputting the user vector for the user, merged vectors for the items, and sequence vectors for the actions to a transformer neural network.
US11676010B2
A system includes a memory component to store host data from a host system and to store a machine learning model and input data. A controller includes an in-memory logic to perform a machine learning operation by applying the machine learning model to the input data to generate an output data. A bus can receive additional host data from the host system and provide the additional host data to the memory component. An additional bus can receive machine learning data from the host system and provide the machine learning data to the in-memory logic that is to perform the machine learning operation.
US11676008B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods that enable parameter-efficient transfer learning, multi-task learning, and/or other forms of model re-purposing such as model personalization or domain adaptation. In particular, as one example, a computing system can obtain a machine-learned model that has been previously trained on a first training dataset to perform a first task. The machine-learned model can include a first set of learnable parameters. The computing system can modify the machine-learned model to include a model patch, where the model patch includes a second set of learnable parameters. The computing system can train the machine-learned model on a second training dataset to perform a second task that is different from the first task, which may include learning new values for the second set of learnable parameters included in the model patch while keeping at least some (e.g., all) of the first set of parameters fixed.
US11676001B2
Knowledge graphs can greatly improve the quality of content recommendation systems. There is a broad variety of knowledge graphs in the domain including clicked user-ad graphs, clicked query-ad graphs, keyword-display URL graphs etc. A hierarchical Transformer model learns entity embeddings in knowledge graphs. The model consists of two different Transformer blocks where the bottom block generates relation-dependent embeddings for the source entity and its neighbors, and the top block aggregates the outputs from the bottom block to produce the target entity embedding. To balance the information from contextual entities and the source entity itself, a masked entity model (MEM) task is combined with a link prediction task in model training.
US11675999B2
The machine learning device comprises a training part configured to train a machine learning model used in a vehicle; and a detecting part configured to detect replacement of a vehicle part mounted in the vehicle. The training part is configured to retrain the machine learning model using training data sets corresponding to a vehicle part after replacement when a vehicle part relating to input data of the machine learning model is replaced.
US11675996B2
The description relates to artificial intelligence assisted wearables, such as backpacks. An example backpack may include sensors, such as a microphone and a camera. The backpack may receive a contextual voice command from a user. The contextual voice command may include a non-explicit reference to an object in an environment. The backpack may use the sensors to sense the environment, use an artificial intelligence engine to identify the object in the environment, and use a digital assistant to perform a contextual task in response to the contextual voice command. The contextual task may relate to the object in the environment. The backpack may output a response to the contextual voice command to the user.
US11675991B1
A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store ink model estimation logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the ink model estimation logic to receive an ink deposition curve for one of a plurality of primary color inks of a print system, receive a color space mapping profile for the print system wherein the color space mapping profile characterizes a relationship between a first color space and a printer color space of the print system and generate a color space ink model for the one of a plurality of primary color inks of the print system based on the ink deposition curve and the color space mapping profile, wherein the color space ink model represents a relationship between each of a plurality of parameters of the first color space and ink deposition.
US11675983B2
A method for implementing text generation, a device and a medium are provided. The method includes: determining a target task type of a target text generation task from multiple task types supported by a pre-trained general text generation model; determining, based on a requirement of the target text generation task for a target output text, a first target output text attribute for the target text generation task from multiple output text attributes supported by the general text generation model; and fine tuning the general text generation model based on a target training data set associated with the target text generation task to obtain a task-specific text generation model, by taking task indication information for the target task type and first attribute indication information for the first target output text attribute as at least part of an input of the general text generation model.
US11675981B2
Neural network systems are provided that comprise one or more neural networks. The first neural network can comprise a convolutional neural network (CNN) long short-term memory (LSTM) architecture for receiving a primary data set comprising text messages and output a primary data structure comprising a text pattern-based feature. The second neural network can comprise a CNN architecture for receiving a secondary data sets derived from the primary data set and output a plurality of secondary data structures. The third neural network can combine the data structures to produce a combined data structure, and then process it to produce a categorized data structure comprising the text messages assigned to targets. The primary data set can comprise hate speech and the categorized data structure can comprise target categories, for example, hate targets. Methods of operating neural network systems and computer program products for performing such methods are also provided.
US11675980B2
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for text bias identification and correction are provided. A first text corpus may be received. A designation of a second text corpus may be received. Words of the first text corpus may be embedded as a first word embedding in an embedding model. The first word embedding may be compared to a second word embedding in the embedding model to identify a first biased text in the first text corpus. The second word embedding may be from the second text corpus. A first replacement text portion may be generated as a substitute for the first biased text. The first replacement text portion may include a first unbiased text. The first biased text and the first replacement text portion may be presented.
US11675978B2
An approach is provided for improving a named entity recognition. Using a multi-label classification in a neural network, a sub-entity is identified in an original sentence. First and second labels are determined indicating first and second candidate types of the sub-entity. First and second replacement sentences are generated. The first replacement sentence replaces the sub-entity in the original sentence with a first sub-entity of the first candidate type. The second replacement sentence replaces the sub-entity in the original sentence with a second sub-entity of the second candidate type. First and second confidence scores for the first and second replacement sentences are determined. Based on the first confidence score exceeding the second confidence score by more than a threshold amount, the neural network is retrained by selecting the first instead of the second candidate type as the sub-entity type.
US11675973B2
Electronic device and operation method for embedding an input word using two memory operating speeds
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first memory configured to operate at a first speed and store compressed vectors corresponding to words, and scaling factors corresponding to the compressed vectors; a second memory that is faster than the first memory and is configured to store a first group of the compressed vectors, and store a first group of the scaling factors; and a processor configured to obtain a first compressed vector and a first scaling factor corresponding to an input word from the first memory or the second memory and process the obtained first compressed vector and the obtained first scaling factor by using a neural network.
US11675952B2
An integrated circuit includes a first power rail, a first signal line, a first transistor and a second transistor. The first power rail is on a back-side of a substrate and is configured to supply a first supply voltage. The first signal line is on the back-side of the substrate and is separated from the first power rail. The first transistor has a first active region in a front-side of the substrate. The first active region is overlapped by the first power rail and is electrically coupled to the first power rail. The second transistor has a second active region that is in the front-side of the substrate. The second active region is separated from the first active region, is overlapped by the first signal line, and is configured to receive the first supply voltage of the first power rail through the first active region of the first transistor.
US11675935B2
A method generates a three dimensional representation of a garment and comprises: obtaining a three dimensional human body model comprising an outer surface representative of an outermost surface of a human body; obtaining a three dimensional representation of a garment; and simulating a three dimensional physical interaction of the three dimensional body model with a three dimensional representation of the garment. Simulating the three-dimensional physical interaction comprises: deforming both the three-dimensional body model and the three dimensional representation of the garment; and displaying the deformed three-dimensional human body model and the deformed three-dimensional representation of the garment.
US11675932B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving permission data from an application server. The permission data is for an account to access a software application of a plurality of software applications, and the application server is configured to provide the software application. Responsive to receiving the permission data from the application server, storing the permission data in a native database. Receiving a request to grant the account access to the software application. Determining whether the database stores the permission data for the account to access the software application. In response to determining that the database stores the permission data, granting access to the account to access the software application.
US11675928B2
Disclosed are an electronic device for obfuscating user data and a server for decoding the same. A method for controlling an electronic device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: acquiring a security parameter according to data transmitted to an external server; applying an obfuscation algorithm to the data by using the security parameter; and transmitting the data, to which the obfuscation algorithm has been applied, to the external server. Furthermore, in connection with a method for controlling a system comprising an electronic device for obfuscating data and a server for decoding the same according to the present disclosure, a method for controlling the electronic device comprises the steps of: inserting a fingerprint into data; generating multiple pieces of split data having a preset first size on the basis of the data into which the fingerprint has been inserted; applying an obfuscation algorithm to one piece of split data selected from the multiple pieces of split data by using a preset security parameter; and transmitting the split data, to which the obfuscation algorithm has been applied, to the server. In addition, a method for controlling the server comprises the steps of: receiving the multiple pieces of split data, to which the obfuscation algorithm has been applied, from the electronic device; acquiring at least one piece of candidate data on the basis of the received multiple pieces of split data, to which the obfuscation algorithm has been applied; and acquiring data comprising the fingerprint among the at least one piece of candidate data.
US11675926B2
Methods and systems for data management of documents in one or more data repositories in a computer network or cloud infrastructure are provided. The method includes sampling the documents in the one or more data repositories and formulating representative subsets of the sampled documents. The method further includes generating sampled data sets of the sampled documents and balancing the sampled data sets for further processing of the sampled documents. The formulation of the representative subsets is performed for identification of some of the representative subsets for initial processing.
US11675924B2
Systems and methods are provided for a content aggregation system for intelligent searching of indexed content based on extracted security identifiers. An example method includes obtaining content items from content providers based on authorization information associated with one or more users. Collectors are configured to transform content items into articles representing a normalized form associated with a content item. The method includes obtaining a plurality of articles and storing them in one or more databases. The method includes assigning security identifiers to the articles. A security identifier represents an abstraction of a discrete access right or permission associated with user access to an article. The method includes generating respective indexing messages for execution. The indexing messages are included in a queue and each indexing message includes a reference to an article. A method includes indexing the articles referenced in the indexing messages to enable searching of the indexed articles.
US11675917B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for dynamically permitting and restricting access to and modification of computer resources. The present invention may be configured to receive a change request identifying computer resources to be modified, determine whether privileged access is required to modify the computer resources, and receive credentials from a user device. The present invention may be further configured to generate an encrypted configuration file, determine whether the change request is valid, and further encrypt the encrypted configuration file based on determining that the change request is valid. The present invention may be further configured to determine whether the credentials authorize access to the computer resources, further encrypt the encrypted configuration file based on determining that the credentials authorize access to the computer resources, and permit and restrict access of the user device to computer resources based on the encrypted configuration file.
US11675901B2
There is disclosed in one example a computing apparatus, including: a hardware platform including a processor and a memory; and instructions encoded within the memory to instruct the processor to: receive a client event report, the client event report including an operating system event trace for an attempt to exploit a patched vulnerability, and first feature data for a malware object that made the attempt; receive second feature data for an unknown object; compare the first feature data to the second feature data; and if the second feature data match the first feature data above a threshold, convict the unknown object as malware.
US11675900B2
The technology presented herein improves incident handling in an IT environment. In a particular example, a method provides identifying a first incident in the IT environment. From incident handling information that indicates how a plurality of previous incidents were handled by one or more users, the method provides identifying first information of the incident handling information corresponding to one or more first previous incidents of the plurality of previous incidents that are similar to the first incident. The method further provides determining a suggested course of action from the first information and presenting the suggested course of action to a user of the information technology environment.
US11675897B2
A process identifier transition monitor captures and assesses activities associated with a microprocessor or a microcontroller. Monitoring and assessment is performed by detection of process identifier transitions, which may be driven by an occurrence of one or more activities, such as execution of application software, system hardware mechanisms, or processor-internal mechanisms. Process identifier transitions are assessed to determine whether such transitions were expected. If a detected process identifier transition was not expected, then a system alert may be transmitted or some other appropriate response taken within the system.
US11675896B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product to defend learning models that are vulnerable to adversarial example attack. It is assumed that data (a “dataset”) is available in multiple modalities (e.g., text and images, audio and images in video, etc.). The defense approach herein is premised on the recognition that the correlations between the different modalities for the same entity can be exploited to defend against such attacks, as it is not realistic for an adversary to attack multiple modalities. To this end, according to this technique, adversarial samples are identified and rejected if the features from one (the attacked) modality are determined to be sufficiently far away from those of another un-attacked modality for the same entity. In other words, the approach herein leverages the consistency between multiple modalities in the data to defend against adversarial attacks on one modality.
US11675892B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods for dynamically displaying features in a GUI of a portal application that facilitates access to other applications. An example method can include receiving a push notification, from a notification service, at a user device upon which the portal application is installed. The push notification can indicate that a new feature is available for the portal application executing on the user device. The example method can include requesting, from the management server, at least one command for modifying the GUI of the portal application. The management server can provide the command or provide instructions for the user device to retrieve the command. The method can include receiving at least one command. The method can also include modifying the GUI of the portal application based on the received command and displaying the modified GUI.
US11675890B2
A method of provisioning organization users in a multi-tenant database system includes receiving a request via a single sign-on protocol from an organization user to create a new multi-tenant database user account for access to the multi-tenant database system. The method retrieves rules that specify how to derive user permissions for access to the multi-tenant database system from stored user attributes of the organization user. The method continues with applying the rules to the stored user attributes to determine permissions for the users to access particular objects in the multi-tenant database system, and creating the new user account with the determined user permissions for access to the multi-tenant database system.
US11675889B1
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprise a computing device, which allows a device to be used in different classification levels by powering the device down and booting to a different classified level without the need to switch hard drives. The disclosed software shield and persona switcher (Shielder) module provides independent application environments (personas) for separate security domains while allowing fast transition between personas. Shielder module supports multiple security classification via a minimal system storage partitioning. Shielder module allows efficient collection and reallocation of memory and persistent storage according to need and priority. Shielder module provides secure management of communication media by directing the system communication according to the security profile of the active persona.
US11675872B2
A proxy server receives from a client network application a request for an action to be performed on an identified network resource of a domain of an origin server. The request is received at the proxy server as a result of a DNS request for the domain returning an IP address of the proxy server. The proxy server determines that the first request is indicative of being from a bot. Responsive to this determination, the proxy server transmits a block page to the client network application that includes a mechanism to allow a human user of the client network application to provide input that indicates that they are human and not a bot. If the proxy server does not receive input from the client network application through the mechanism in the block page that indicates that the first request is not from a bot, the proxy server blocks the request.
US11675871B2
A method and system for analyzing sites is described. A scanner module scans listings of an online publication. A quality engine analyzes the quality of the listings. A data collection module collects defective conditions of the listings determined by the quality engine. A report module reports the defective conditions of the listings. An auto correction module automatically corrects at least a first portion of the defective conditions of the listings. A manual correction module enables an operator of the online publication to correct at least a second portion of the defective conditions of the listings.
US11675868B2
Systems and methods for storing information in a web browser by dynamically generating service worker codes are provided. In one example, an online system receives a request from a client device to store data included in the request in a service worker code. The online system modifies a source code of a particular service worker code to include the data to be stored and transmits the modified service worker code to the client device. The client device receives and stores the modified service worker code embedded with the data. The client device receives a request for a particular data associated with a web page and determines that the modified service worker code contains the requested particular data. The client device retrieves the requested particular data from the modified service worker code and updates the web page with the retrieved particular data.
US11675867B1
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a text search query and session analytics parameters of a website, accessing session tracking analytics data and visibility analytics data of the website, and identifying one or more sessions and one or more viewports from the session tracking analytics data and the visibility analytics data based on text detected in the session tracking analytics data and the visibility analytics data of the website.
US11675866B2
A method for overcoming intermittent, temporary, or other fetching failures by using multiple attempts for retrieving a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed. The URL fetching may use direct or non-direct fetching schemes, or a combination thereof. The non-direct fetching method may use intermediate devices, such as proxy server, Data-Center proxy server, tunnel devices, or any combination thereof. Upon sensing a failure of a fetching action, the action is repeated using the same or different parameters or attributes, such as by using different intermediate devices, selected based on different parameters or attributes, such as different countries. The repetitions are limited to a pre-defined maximum number or attempts. The fetching attempts may be performed by the client device, by an intermediate device in a non-direct fetching scheme, or a combination thereof. Various fetching schemes may be used sequentially until the content is retrieved.
US11675863B2
A system and a method are disclosed that enable a mobile device to use an encoded tag to initiate and maintain communications with at least one remote server. The encoded tag is positioned to identify a point of interest, and in response to using the mobile device to scan the encoded tag, communications regarding the point of interest may be initiated. A single encoded tag may be used to obtain and update recorded information about the point of interest, to notify others about an issue related to the point of interest, to log into the system, and to wait to be alerted about an issue related to the point of interest. If an issue relating to a point of interest has been reported, the system and method may monitor the reported issue to ensure that an action has been taken to address the reported issue.
US11675857B2
A method, apparatus, computer readable medium for maintaining a user profile at a web service, including receiving at least one search term from a mobile application, generating a profile associated with an identifier for the mobile application, and storing the received at least one search term from the mobile application in connection with the identifier in the profile. The web service may generate an anonymous identifier for the mobile application, wherein the at least one search term from the mobile application is stored in connection with the anonymous identifier in the profile. The web service may receive and store a location and other information from the mobile application. The profile may be updated so that additional searches can be performed based at least in part of the maintained profile.
US11675854B2
An example operation may include one or more of receiving from a user node, by a blockchain processor node, a document access request containing a document ID, acquiring, by the blockchain processor node, from a blockchain ledger an encrypted URL of the document and a source hash of the document based on the document ID, verifying, by the blockchain processor node, a document received from a document owner's node storage based on a decrypted URL of the document and, in response to the verification, transmitting the document received from the document owner's node storage to the user node.
US11675845B2
A device may receive a merchant query including first merchant data associated with a first merchant. The first merchant data may be provided, as input, to a merchant matching model associated with a merchant data structure, the merchant matching model having been trained to determine a measure of confidence that input merchant data corresponds to an existing merchant in the merchant data structure. The device may receive, as output from the merchant matching model, a measure of confidence that the first merchant data corresponds to a second merchant, the second merchant being associated with second merchant data stored in the merchant data structure. The device may also determine, based on the measure of confidence, that the first merchant corresponds to the second merchant. Based on the determination, the device may obtain the second merchant data from the merchant data structure and perform an action based on the second merchant data.
US11675844B2
Generating and/or recommending command bundles for a user of an automated assistant. A command bundle comprises a plurality of discrete actions that can be performed by an automated assistant. One or more of the actions of a command bundle can cause transmission of a corresponding command and/or other data to one or more devices and/or agents that are distinct from devices and/or agents to which data is transmitted based on other action(s) of the bundle. Implementations determine command bundles that are likely relevant to a user, and present those command bundles as suggestions to the user. In some of those implementations, a machine learning model is utilized to generate a user action embedding for the user, and a command bundle embedding for each of a plurality of command bundles. Command bundle(s) can be selected for suggestion based on comparison of the user action embedding and the command bundle embeddings.
US11675841B1
A search engine optimizer which works independently and in parallel with a browser and search engine supercomputer to gather, analyze, and distill input information interactively. The optimizer reorganizes the input, and providing an optimized version as an output. The optimized version of the input (e.g. output) is sent to the search engine which responds to the end user with search results. The optimizer recognizes each request as a pattern and stores the pattern in an advanced Glyph format. This permits the optimizer to identify a left and ride side check mate combination required to achieve certitude.
US11675825B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium to extract information from at least one of code and text documentation, the extracted information conforming to a base ontology and being extracted in the context of a knowledge graph; add the extracted information to the knowledge graph; generate, in a mixed interaction with a user selectively in communication with the system, computational models including scientific knowledge; and persist, in a memory, a record of the generated computational models.
US11675823B2
An apparatus comprises at least one processing device configured to receive a query to perform sentiment analysis for a document, to generate, utilizing a first machine learning model, a first set of encodings classifying words of the document as being aspect or non-aspect terms, to generate, utilizing a second machine learning model, a second set of encodings classifying sentiment of the words of the document, and to determine, for a given aspect term, attention weights for a given subset of the words of the document surrounding the given aspect term. The processing device is also configured to generate, utilizing a third machine learning model, a given sentiment classification of the given aspect term based on the attention weights and a given portion of the second set of encodings for the given subset of the words, and to provide a response to the query comprising the given sentiment classification.
US11675822B2
A relevant factoid(s) related to multimedia data is generated by splitting a multimedia item into a media component and a text component. Text information is retrieved relevant to text data from the text component using a query. The text information is summarized into a factoid. Source data is checked for an image based on the multimedia component. A current state image is generated from the image. The factoid and the current state image are combined into a combined factoid, and the combined factoid is stored for sending to a media outlet for presentation on a media format.
US11675820B2
A computer-implemented system and method for searching comprises, in an initial training phase, storing a plurality of user journeys in a stored journey database (SJDB), and storing a plurality of intents in a stored intents database (SIDB). The plurality of user journeys comprise a plurality of intents linked together by weighted links. In a first use phase, the method comprises determining a first intent of a first user or a second user, and modifying a first weighting of the weightings based on the first intent. In a second use phase, the method comprises receiving, from the second user, a second user question, determining a second intent from the second user question, and locating a user journey from the plurality of user journeys in the SJDB related to the second intent.
US11675813B2
The present invention is a computer implemented method for determining and conforming the position of furniture within a building, comprising: accessing, by at least one processor, a model; identifying, by at least one processor, components and frame members, wherein the components are positioned within the model and interface with select frame members; detecting, by at least one processor, at least one instance where the component interfaces with at least one of the frame members; calculating, by at least one processor, an actual location of the component relative to the frame members; comparing, by at least one processor, the actual location of the component relative to the frame members to a required location; and generating, by at least one processor, a list of interfaces which the actual location is outside the predetermined range of the required locations.
US11675811B2
A content management system synchronizes content items across client computing systems connected by a network. Each client device has a storage allocation for synchronized shared content items. If the storage allocation for shared content items on a client device is exceeded by the request to add or edit a content item such that it is enlarged, or open a large content item remote to the client device, a client application or the host of content management system selects content items to remove from residence on the client device but keep remotely on content management system. Upon removal of the selected content items, the client application creates shadow items, representing the content item but only containing the metadata of the content item. This creates sufficient space for the initial request to be completed while maintaining user access to all synchronized shared content items.
US11675806B2
A hybrid network-based database system for handling OLTP and OLAP queries using decoupled compute and storage devices. A set of decoupled compute instances perform transactions on an OLTP database, and the data is replicated to an OLAP database, which is managed by another set of decoupled compute instances. Further, in response to queries, the database system can retrieve data from the OLTP and OLAP database for merging and processing according to the query.
US11675799B2
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method and system for anomaly detection for a data source. The method includes one or more processors identifying unexpected values of monitoring measurands in a monitored time series utilizing an anomaly detection algorithm. A data source provides sensor data, including values of a first group of measurands, which include monitoring measurands. The method further includes determining that values of a second group of one or more of the measurands of a subset of sensor data indicates an anomaly utilizing the anomaly detection algorithm. The method further includes sending anomalous data indicative of the subset of sensor data to a root cause analysis system and receiving corresponding feedback that is indicative of a result of a root cause analysis of the subset of sensor data and comprises a third group of the measurands. The method further includes adapting the anomaly detection algorithm.
US11675795B2
The present teaching relates to ranking search content. In one example, a plurality of documents is received to be ranked with respect to a query. Features are extracted from the query and the plurality of documents. The plurality of documents is ranked based on a ranking model and the extracted features. The ranking model is derived to remove one or more documents from the plurality of documents that are less relevant to the query and order remaining documents based on their relevance to the query. The ordered remaining documents are provided as a search result with respect to the query.
US11675792B2
In some examples, a database system receives data relating to plural micro-models that apply respective analytics, and distributes a plurality of data segments of the received data across the plurality of processing engines based on values of a segmentation key included in the received data. A plurality of processing engines, performs in parallel, operations associated with the plural micro-models using respective data segments of the plurality of data segments, where different processing engines of the plurality of processing engines perform operations associated with respective micro-models of the plural micro-models.
US11675787B2
A computer-implemented method for optimizing a search index of a search service may be provided. The method may comprise storing continuously search queries of the search service, receiving a content item to be indexed, adding the content item temporarily to the a main index of the search service, determining a set of document relevancy factor (DRF) values for the content item for a selected set of stored search queries, determining a combined document relevancy factor value out of the determined set of document relevancy factor values for the content item, comparing the combined document relevancy factor value for the content item to a document relevancy factor threshold value, and adding, in response to the comparing, the content item permanently to an index based on the results of the comparing.
US11675784B2
A query referencing an external table function provided by a remote software component is received. Requests to execute the external table function on input data are sent to a proxy service. A first request includes a batch of input rows from the input data. A first response to the first request received from the proxy service includes a first portion of result data and a pagination token. The pagination token indicates that at least a second portion of the result data corresponding to the first batch of input rows is to be obtained from the remote software component. Based on the pagination token, a second request is sent to obtain the second portion of the result data. One or more responses are received from the proxy service that comprise at least the second portion of the result data. The result data is processed according to the query.
US11675777B2
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for generating an audit trail of a record including receiving a request to generate an audit trail of the record, the request comprising a record identifier of the record and a date value, identifying commit data structures corresponding to the record based on the record identifier, each commit data structure corresponding to a set of changes previously applied to fields of the record and comprising a timestamp value, a list of changes made to fields, and a prior commit pointer pointing to a prior commit data structure, identifying commit data structures that are pertinent to the request based at least in part on the timestamp value of at least one commit data structure and the date value, and generating the audit trail of the record based on the list of changes in each commit data structure in the identified commit data structures.
US11675774B2
Distributed system resources may be managed by applying user created policies to the resources. To ensure that valid policies are applied, remote validation for the policies may be implemented. A validation event for a policy may be detected. A remote validation agent may be identified for the policy and a validation request sent to the remote validation agent that includes information for validating the policy. The remote validation agent may return a validation result for the policy. If valid, a policy action that triggered the remote validation event for the policy may be allowed. If invalid, the policy action that triggered the remote validation event for the policy may be denied.
US11675761B2
Techniques herein use in-memory column vectors to process data that is external to a database management system (DBMS) and logically join the external data with data that is native to the DBMS. In an embodiment, a computer maintains a data dictionary for native data that is durably stored in an DBMS and external data that is not durably stored in the DBMS. From a client through a connection to the DBMS, the computer receives a query. The computer loads the external data into an in-memory column vector that resides in random access memory of the DBMS. Based on the query and the data dictionary, the DBMS executes a data join of the in-memory column vector with the native data. To the client through said connection, the computer returns results of the query based on the data join.
US11675760B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to creating an index for a database system. In one embodiment, a database system stores data within a plurality of fields in a data table, a subset of the data being associated with a particular one of the plurality of fields. The database system receives a request to index the data table based on the particular field and analyzes the subset of the data. In response to determining, based on the analyzing, that one or more duplicate values are present in the subset of data, the database system sets, in an index table having the particular field, an indication identifying which entries of the index table have a duplicate value for the particular field, and returns a response to the request that specifies the one or more duplicate values. In some embodiments, the response includes a user interface displaying one or more duplicates values.
US11675759B2
An information handling system may include at least one processor and a non-transitory memory coupled to the at least one processor. The information handling system may be configured to: receive telemetry data from a plurality of information handling systems disposed at one or more datacenters; determine, based on the telemetry data, one or more drifted information handling systems, wherein the one or more drifted information handling systems differ from other information handling systems in the plurality of information handling systems and/or from a known-good state; and present a user interface indicating the one or more drifted information handling systems and providing a user interface element configured to remedy a drift of the one or more drifted information handling systems.
US11675754B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for reference source matching. Specifically, the systems and methods disclosed enable matching among tokens using a reference source. In one example, a Consolidation Platform may receive tokens from a customer environment and tokens from a reference source environment. The customer tokens may be compared to each other using AB matching. If a match does not occur, the customer tokens may further be compared to the reference source tokens via transitive matching. If a match does occur, then the customer tokens may be denoted as a match. In further example aspects, the reference source may be a universal reference token repository that comprises unique tokens. If, after a match is indicated, the matched token(s) may be compared to the universal reference token repository. If the matched token(s) does not exist, it may be added to the repository for future use.
US11675748B2
Systems and methods for displaying a view of a virtual file system through a file viewer of a computer operating system are described herein. In an embodiment, an application receives a request to return data to display in a view of a file repository from a service of a computer operating system which is configured to cause displaying of the view of the file repository. The application accesses stored configuration information which identifies one or more particular queries which are mapped to a particular folder of the file repository. The application transmits the one or more particular queries to a database management system and receives structured data that satisfies the one or more particular queries in response. The application returns the structured data to the service of the computer operating system to cause the service to display, in the view of the file repository, the particular folder and a view of one or more files in the particular folder comprising the structured data that satisfies the one or more particular queries.
US11675742B2
Deduplication of files or other data or objects in a manner that is aware of a format of the file and the application. A file may be chunked based on the format. The chunks are more consistent and lead to higher deduplication ratios. The file may be presented as a single file. However, the file is stored in chunks or subfiles and deduplication is performed with respect to the chunks. When the file is read, the file is rebuilt from its respective chunks. The files may also be compressed using differential compression, which leverages the content of similar files to compress a current file.
US11675741B2
Methods and systems for improving data back-up, recovery, and search across different cloud-based applications, services, and platforms are described. A data management and storage system may direct compute and storage resources within a customer's cloud-based data storage account to back-up and restore data while the customer retains full control of their data. The data management and storage system may direct the compute and storage resources within the customer's cloud-based data storage account to generate and store secondary layers that are used for generating search indexes, to generate and store shared space layers and user specific layers to facilitate the deduplication of email attachments and text blocks, to perform a controlled restoration of email snapshots such that sensitive information (e.g., restricted keywords) located within stored snapshots remains protected, and to detect and preserve emails that were received or transmitted and then deleted between two consecutive snapshots.
US11675734B2
Representative apparatus, method, and system embodiments are disclosed for configurable computing. A representative system includes an interconnection network; a processor; and a plurality of configurable circuit clusters. Each configurable circuit cluster includes a plurality of configurable circuits arranged in an array; a synchronous network coupled to each configurable circuit of the array; and an asynchronous packet network coupled to each configurable circuit of the array. A representative configurable circuit includes a configurable computation circuit and a configuration memory having a first, instruction memory storing a plurality of data path configuration instructions to configure a data path of the configurable computation circuit; and a second, instruction and instruction index memory storing a plurality of spoke instructions and data path configuration instruction indices for selection of a master synchronous input, a current data path configuration instruction, and a next data path configuration instruction for a next configurable computation circuit.
US11675733B2
Techniques for transmitting data include identifying data to be transmitted, adding the data to a queue, and in response to a data session window being open: extracting the data from the queue; transmitting the extracted data to a transceiver via a transmitter; monitoring an amount of data in the queue and determining that the transmitter has transmitted the extracted data to the transceiver; and in response, instructing the transceiver to end the data session window early and transition to a lower power state.
US11675721B2
A device includes a master device, a set of slave devices and a bus. The master device is configured to transmit first messages carrying a set of operation data message portions indicative of operations for implementation by slave devices of the set of slave devices, and second messages addressed to slave devices in the set of slave devices. The second messages convey identifiers identifying respective ones of the slave devices to which the second messages are addressed requesting respective reactions towards the master device within respective expected reaction intervals. The slave devices are configured to receive the first messages transmitted from the master device, read respective operation data message portions in the set of operation data message portions, implement respective operations as a function of the respective operation data message portions read, and receive the second messages transmitted from the master device.
US11675719B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for coupling a multi-host remote direct memory access (RDMA) card to at least a pair of central processing units (CPUs). One or more signals may be routed, via the multi-host RDMA card, between the at least a pair of CPUs.
US11675718B2
A computing system may implement a low priority arbitration interrupt method that includes receiving a message signaled interrupt (MSI) message from an input output hub (I/O hub) transmitted over an interconnect fabric, selecting a processor to interrupt from a cluster of processors based on arbitration parameters, and communicating an interrupt service routine to the selected processor, wherein the I/O hub and the cluster of processors are located within a common domain.
US11675713B2
Devices and techniques to avoid deadlock in a multi-SOC fabric are described herein. An apparatus comprises a network on chip (NOC) interface to receive on a first virtual channel, from a processor, a memory request for a memory controller; a fabric interface configured to include the first virtual channel and a second virtual channel, connected to a scale fabric; and circuitry to: transmit the memory request toward the memory controller on the first virtual channel via the scale fabric; receive a response from the memory controller over the second virtual channel via the scale fabric; and relay the response to the processor over the second virtual channel.
US11675703B2
A processing system includes an interconnect fabric coupleable to a local memory and at least one compute cluster coupled to the interconnect fabric. The compute cluster includes a processor core and a cache hierarchy. The cache hierarchy has a plurality of caches and a throttle controller configured to throttle a rate of memory requests issuable by the processor core based on at least one of an access latency metric and a prefetch accuracy metric. The access latency metric represents an average access latency for memory requests for the processor core and the prefetch accuracy metric represents an accuracy of a prefetcher of a cache of the cache hierarchy.
US11675698B2
The invention introduces an apparatus for handling flash physical-resource sets, at least including a random access memory (RAM), a processing unit and an address conversion circuit. The RAM includes multiple segments of temporary space and each segment thereof stores variables associated with a specific flash physical-resource set. The processing unit accesses user data of a flash physical-resource set when executing program code of a Flash Translation Layer (FTL). The address conversion circuit receives a memory address issued from the FTL, converts the memory address into a relative address of one segment of temporary space associated with the flash physical-resource set and outputs the relative address to the RAM for accessing a variable of the associated segment of temporary space.
US11675697B2
According to one embodiment, a write instructing unit instructs a data access unit to write, in a storage area of a data storage unit indicated by a first physical address, write object data, instructs a management information access unit to update address conversion information, and instructs a first access unit to update the first physical address. A compaction unit extracts a physical address of compaction object data, instructs the data access unit to read the compaction object data stored in a storage area of the data storage unit indicated by the physical address, instructs the data access unit to write the compaction object data in a storage area of the data storage unit indicated by a second physical address, instructs the management information access unit to update the address conversion information, and instructs a second access unit to update the second physical address.
US11675681B2
A system for testing a design of a computing component includes an input device configured to receive a request to perform a test of a component, and a testing unit including a simulation of the component. The simulation is configured to output a result indicative of a response to a set of instruction addresses, the set of instruction addresses is acquired from a plurality of addresses, and the plurality of addresses including a plurality of address groups, where each address group is associated with a respective group identifier. The system also includes a plurality of requestors configured to apply the set of instruction addresses to the simulation, where a requestor of the plurality of requestors is configured to select an address for application to the simulation based on a received group identifier and a variably configurable weight value assigned to the received group identifier and the requestor.
US11675679B2
An apparatus is for testing a device to be supplied with power via USB Power Delivery (USB-PD). The apparatus includes at least one USB Type-C connector configured to be connected to the device to be supplied with power to be tested, the at least one USB Type-C connector including a power supply terminal. Processing circuitry of the apparatus is configured to verify that a voltage at the power supply terminal is lower than a first threshold, verify a role of the device, generate requests representative of power supply configurations supported by the role of the device, and verify compatibility of the power supply configurations supported by the device with standardized power supply configurations.
US11675673B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for identifying a replication link failure between a first volume of a first storage array and a second volume of a second storage array, wherein a first storage protocol identifier is associated with each of the first volume and the second volume. One of the first volume and the second volume may be defined as inaccessible and the other of the first volume and the second volume as accessible, thus defining an inaccessible volume and an accessible volume. The first storage protocol identifier associated with the inaccessible volume may be replaced with a second storage protocol identifier. Access to the inaccessible volume may be provided via the second storage protocol identifier.
US11675665B2
A system for managing composed information handling systems includes information handling systems and a composed information handling system of the composed information handling systems, which includes at least one compute resource set, at least one control resource set, and at least one hardware resource set. The system also includes a system control processor that obtains a bare metal communication from a compute resource set indicating a write of data, writes a first copy of the data in a storage resource of the at least one hardware resource set, writes a second copy of the data in a trace volume, generates a backup of the data using the trace volume, and stores the backup in a storage.
US11675661B2
Disclosed in some examples are memory devices which increase a parallelism of host operations of a memory device. While a first block of data from a first stripe in a first memory die is being read, blocks of data belonging to a second stripe stored in memory dies other than the first memory die are concurrently read. This includes reading the parity value of the second stripe. The parity data, along with the blocks of data from the second stripe from dies other than the first die are then used to determine the block of data of the second stripe stored in the first memory die without actually reading the value from the block in the first memory die. This reconstruction may be done in parallel with additional read operations for other data performed on the first die.
US11675652B2
To provide a semiconductor device having a monitoring function with a higher degree of freedom. The semiconductor device includes: a function part that executes a predetermined process triggered according to an activation signal sent from an external device and outputs a completion signal after the predetermined process is completed; a first clocking part that monitors a first abnormality in the predetermined process based on the activation signal and the completion signal; and a branch part pair including a first branch part and a second branch part, wherein the first branch part branches the activation signal and then sends the branched activation signal to the function part and the first clocking part, and the second branch part branches the completion signal and then sends the branched completion signal to the first clocking part and the external device.
US11675650B2
A fault tolerant consensus generation and communication system and method is described. Each processing node in the system receives a plurality of measurements from a sensor, calculates a consolidated value for the received plurality of measurements, transmits the consolidated value to other processing nodes, receives consolidated values from the other processing nodes, calculates a consensus value based on the calculated consolidated value and the received one or more consolidated values, transmits the calculated consensus value to the other processing nodes, receives consensus values from the other processing nodes, generates a consensus message based on the calculated consensus value, the received one or more consensus values, and a predefined criterion, and, in a case where the consensus message is not present in a consensus queue, adds the consensus message to the consensus queue.
US11675647B2
A method and system for determining root-causes of incidences using machine-generated textual data. The method comprises receiving machine-generated textual data from at least one data source; classifying the received machine-generated textual data into at least one statistical metric; processing the statistical metric to recognize a plurality of incidence patterns; correlating the plurality of incidence patterns to identify at least a root-cause of an incidence that occurred in a monitored environment; and generating an alert indicating at least the identified root-cause.
US11675625B2
A method for managing composed information handling systems includes obtaining, by a system control processor, a composition request for a composed information handling system of the composed information handling systems, wherein the composition request comprises an operational instances requirement, and initially allocating only a minimum number of instances of a resource based on the operational instances requirement to the composed information handling system, wherein at least one of the minimum number of instances of the resource is provided by a first information handling system, wherein the first information handling system is operatively connected to the system control processor manager.
US11675624B2
An inference engine circuit architecture is disclosed which includes a matrix-matrix (MM) processor circuit and a MM accelerator circuit having multiple operating modes to provide a complete matrix multiplication. A representative MM accelerator circuit includes a first buffer circuit storing maps data; a first data network; multiple second buffer circuits each storing different kernel data; multiple second, serial data networks, with each coupled to a corresponding second buffer circuit; and a plurality of vector-vector (VV) acceleration circuits arranged in a plurality of arrays. Each VV acceleration circuit includes multiply and accumulate circuits; a shift register; a control multiplexer to provide a selected output, in response to a mode control word, of a bias parameter or a first accumulation sum; and a second adder circuit which adds the multiplicative product to the bias parameter or to the first accumulation sum to generate a second or next accumulation sum.
US11675623B2
A hardware client and corresponding method employ an object-oriented memory device. The hardware client generates an object-oriented message associated with an object of an object class. The object class includes at least one data member and at least one method. The hardware client transmits the object-oriented message generated to the object-oriented memory device via a hardware communications interface. The hardware communications interface couples the hardware client to the object-oriented memory device. The object is instantiated or to-be instantiated in at least one physical memory of the object-oriented memory device according to the object class. The at least one method enables the object-oriented memory device to access the at least one data member for the hardware client.
US11675619B2
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more methods may: register a subroutine configured to store multiple network resource addresses via a volatile memory medium; for each information handling system (IHS) initialization executable of multiple IHS initialization executables: retrieve, from a non-volatile memory medium, the IHS initialization executable; execute the IHS initialization executable via an environment associated with IHS firmware; call, by the IHS initialization executable, the subroutine; and store, by the subroutine, a network resource address associated with an operating system (OS) executable via command line arguments, where the command line arguments are stored via a data structure in the volatile memory medium; and for each network resource address of the command line arguments: retrieve, based at least on the network resource address, an OS executable associated with the network resource address from another IHS via a network.
US11675615B2
Zero copy message reception for guests is disclosed. For example, a host has a memory, a device with access to device memory addresses, a processor, and a supervisor. An application with access to application memory addresses (AMA) executes on the host. An AMA is mapped to a page table entry (PTE). The application shares access to a first page of memory addressed by the AMA with the device to store data received by the device for the first application, where the first page is mapped as a device memory address of the plurality of device memory addresses. The application later sends a request to disconnect from the device. The supervisor is configured to copy contents of the first page to a second page in the memory after receiving the request to disconnect, and then update the PTE to address the second page instead of the first page.
US11675597B2
An apparatus to facilitate thread scheduling is disclosed. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a processor comprising a plurality of multiprocessors comprising single-instruction multiple thread (SIMT) execution circuitry to simultaneously execute multiple threads, a shared local memory to be shared by the multiple threads, and scheduling hardware logic to schedule the multiple threads in a thread group for execution across the plurality of multiprocessors in accordance with barrier data. The instructions of the multiple threads are to produce shared data to be stored in the shared local memory when executed by the plurality of multiprocessors, wherein additional instructions of at least a first thread of the multiple threads are to use the shared data, and wherein, in accordance with the barrier data, the first thread is to wait for other threads of the multiple threads to finish producing the shared data before executing the additional instructions.
US11675595B2
An apparatus includes instruction fetching circuitry to read a set of instructions, including a speculative execution instruction and a speculative condition determination instruction; cache the instructions; and read the speculative execution instruction corresponding to the speculative condition of the speculative condition determination instruction. If an execution result of the speculative condition determination instruction indicates the speculative condition is incorrect, clear the instructions cached in the instruction fetching circuitry. Instruction decoding circuitry decodes instructions. Executing circuitry executes instructions, including executing the speculative condition determination instruction to obtain the execution result. Instruction retiring circuitry caches instructions executed by the executing circuitry, and in response to an instruction older than the speculative condition determination instruction being retired, instructs the executing circuitry to clear instructions in the executing circuitry and clear the instructions cached in the instruction retiring circuitry.
US11675593B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to updating a dynamic library. Aspects include receiving an indication that the dynamic library has been updated and identifying all program modules that depend on the dynamic library. Aspects also include, for each program module that depends on the dynamic library, reassigning an application program interface (API) address for a current version of the dynamic library to an API address of the updated version of the dynamic library.
US11675591B2
A processing system selectively enables and disables a result lookaside buffer (RLB) based on a hit rate tracked by a counter, thereby reducing power consumption for lookups at the result lookaside buffer during periods of low hit rates and improving the overall hit rate for the result lookaside buffer. A controller increments the counter in the event of a hit at the RLB and decrements the counter in the event of a miss at the RLB. If the value of the counter falls below a threshold value, the processing system temporarily disables the RLB for a programmable period of time. After the period of time, the processing system re-enables the RLB and resets the counter to an initial value.
US11675590B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for performing instructions to transform matrices into a row-interleaved format. In one example, a processor includes fetch and decode circuitry to fetch and decode an instruction having fields to specify an opcode and locations of source and destination matrices, wherein the opcode indicates that the processor is to transform the specified source matrix into the specified destination matrix having the row-interleaved format; and execution circuitry to respond to the decoded instruction by transforming the specified source matrix into the specified RowInt-formatted destination matrix by interleaving J elements of each J-element sub-column of the specified source matrix in either row-major or column-major order into a K-wide submatrix of the specified destination matrix, the K-wide submatrix having K columns and enough rows to hold the J elements.
US11675584B1
Techniques for visualizing dependent relationships in computer program analysis trace elements are described. A code analysis service analyzes computer code associated with a software application for at least one of errors or policy violations. The service outputs a trace log identifying a path within the computer code that results in an error or policy violation. The trace log includes a set of trace elements each corresponding to a line of the computer code. The output is displayed as a tree data structure including nodes. The nodes may include indentations indicating dependent relationships between and among variables initialized at lines in the computer code corresponding to the nodes. Alternatively, the nodes may be arranged as a hierarchy with edges connecting adjacent nodes, and nodes at different levels indicating dependent relationships. The tree data structure may include annotations providing additional contextual information about the actions performed at each node.
US11675579B2
Systems and methods for deploying enterprise software updates are provided. At a server storing applications and a record of client devices is provided. Each application includes a corresponding group identifier indicating a group associated with an application and a corresponding version identifier indicating a version of the application. The record includes the deployment identifier for each application in the plurality of applications installed on each device. A first application having a first group identifier and a first version identifier, and a second application having the first group identifier and a second version identifier is installed in each respective device. An update for the first application is received at the server, which includes modifying the version identifier of the first application. The update for the first application is communicated to each device. For each respective device, a modification of the deployment identifier indicates which application is executable on the respective device.
US11675577B2
Disclosed herein are systems and method for orchestrating nodes in a blockchain network. In an exemplary aspect, a method may comprise receiving a request to deploy a new node on a device for participation in the blockchain network. The method may comprise detecting missing dependencies on the device by comparing the blockchain network parameters and the deployment requirements of the blockchain network with the set of capabilities and configurations of the device. The method may comprise preconfiguring the new node by packaging the missing dependencies. The method may further comprise determining whether the new node can transact with at least one node of the blockchain network. In response to determining that the new node cannot transact with the at least one node of the blockchain network, the method may comprise troubleshooting deployment of the new node.
US11675574B2
A method for using profiling to obtain application-specific, preferred parameter values for an application is disclosed. First, a parameter for which to obtain an application-specific value is identified. Code is then augmented for application-specific profiling of the parameter. The parameter is profiled and profile data is collected. The profile data is then analyzed to determine the application's preferred parameter value for the profile parameter.
US11675560B2
A wireless peripheral mode is provided by a host system that communicates to a WiFi infrastructure and, utilizing the same WiFi RF subsystem, also communicates to peripherals. The host system may employ additional RF channels for communicating with high bandwidth peripherals, such as display devices, where high levels of QoS may be managed locally. The host system may be a conventional desktop computer system, a notebook computer system, a multi-media access point, a cell phone, a game machine, a portable game machine, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a smart phone or any other type of device that benefits from accessing both a WiFi infrastructure and local peripherals.
US11675557B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a printing device which prints an image using a color material consumable; a storage device which stores one or more color profiles for the printing device; and a profile management unit which selects a color profile usable for printing the image from the one or more color profiles stored in the storage device. The color profile stored in the storage device has version information of color material consumables corresponding to the color profile. The profile management unit acquires version information of the color material consumable mounted on the printing device at present, and selects a color profile having the same version information as the acquired version information, as the color profile usable for printing the image.
US11675553B2
A controller is configured to: acquire access information indicating a transmission source of instruction data, a process to be executed by a printer including download printing of downloading a document from a storage on a network and printing the document, a print mode in the download printing including first and second modes, based on the access information, access, via a communication interface, a server that is the transmission source of the instruction data, and receive the instruction data transmitted from the server; and in response to determining that the instruction data includes an execution instruction of the download printing, determine the print mode based on characteristics of the document; and based on the determined print mode, download the document via the communication interface, from a particular storage instructed by the instruction data, thereby receiving the document, and perform printing based on the received document, thereby performing the download printing.
US11675545B2
One or a plurality of physical storage devices that provide a physical storage area are connected to first and second computers. The computer updates metadata indicating the address correspondence relationship between the logical address of the volume and the physical address of the physical storage area in the write processing performed based on a write request designating the volume. The first computer copies the metadata to the second computer while receiving the write request. When the address correspondence relationship indicated by the copied metadata portion is changed during copying of the metadata, the first computer updates the metadata portion and copies the metadata portion to the second computer.
US11675542B2
Command execution data is received. The command execution data comprises a block address corresponding to an functional component, a register identifier corresponding to a design for testability (DFT) register of the functional component, and command data. The command execution data is converted to a serial command. The serial command is committed to the DFT register of the functional component. A response to the serial command is received. The response is generated by the functional component based on the serial command. The response is converted to command response data and is provided to a testing sub-system.
US11675533B2
A one-shot state transition decoder receives a codeword having N-bits. The decoder reads a first D-bits of the codeword to determine a stitching location d within the codeword. The stitching location identifies a start bit of unencoded data in the codeword. The codeword is decoded into an output buffer for user data of L bits, where N>L. Parameters of the decoder are set before the decoding, including setting a length of the codeword to N−L+d and a number of expected decoded bits to d. The decoding including decoding the d bits based on a set of state transition probabilities and copying decoded bits into the output buffer, the unencoded data being copied to the end of the output buffer.
US11675529B2
A processing device of a memory sub-system is configured to identify a plurality of blocks assigned to a first voltage bin of a plurality of voltage bins of a memory device; identify a subset of the plurality of blocks having a time after program (TAP) within a predetermined threshold period of time from a second TAP associated with a transition boundary between the first voltage bin and a subsequent voltage bin of the plurality of voltage bins; determine a threshold voltage offset associated with the subset of blocks; and associate the threshold voltage offset with the subsequent voltage bin.
US11675528B2
Aspects of a storage device including a memory and a controller are provided. The memory includes a plurality of non-volatile memory packages coupled to the switch, in which each non-volatile memory package includes a plurality of non-volatile memory dies. The controller can select a non-volatile memory package with the switch. The controller can establish a data channel connection between the selected non-volatile memory package and the controller via the switch. In some aspects, the selected non-volatile memory package is transitioned into an active mode and one or more non-selected non-volatile memory packages are each transitioned into a standby mode. The controller also can perform one or more storage device operations with one or more non-volatile memory dies of the plurality of non-volatile memory dies within the selected non-volatile memory package. Thus, the controller may facilitate a switch based ball grid array extension, thereby improving memory capacity of the storage device.
US11675522B2
Disclosed is an operating method of a memory system that includes a plurality of memory blocks, the operating method including a first step of copying, in order to recover sudden power-off of the memory system, data of an open block to a selected block among the plurality of memory blocks while maintaining map data associated with the open block and open block identification information; a second step of erasing the open block; and a third step of copying the data, which is copied to the selected block, to the erased open block.
US11675518B2
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for determining migrations between geographically distributed data centers are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining information associated with data centers that are geographically distributed relative to one another, wherein the information includes: information related to migration factors specific to the respective geographic location of each of the data centers and information related to a respective set of processes of each of the data centers; automatically generating a migration schedule based at least in part on the obtained information, wherein the migration schedule comprises one or more times for migrating at least one of the processes of a first one of the data centers to a second one of the data centers; and automatically triggering at least one migration of the at least one process between the data centers based at least in part on the migration schedule.
US11675516B2
One example method includes extracting metadata from virtual disks. A virtual disk or logical volume is analyzed to identify the associated partitions. Volume configurations are determined for the partitions. The files for the partitions are remounted. The remounted files can be read based on their volume configurations and metadata can be extracted.
US11675512B2
A storage system allocates single-level cell (SLC) blocks in its memory to act as a write buffer and/or a read buffer. When the storage system uses the SLC blocks as a read buffer, the storage system reads data from multi-level cell (MLC) blocks in the memory and stores the data in the read buffer prior to receiving a read command from a host for the data. When the storage system uses the SLC blocks as a write buffer, the storage system retains certain data in the write buffer while other data is flushed from the write buffer to MLC blocks in the memory.
US11675509B2
An example memory sub-system includes a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device is configured to open a first block family associated with the memory device; assign a first cursor of a plurality of cursors of the memory device to the first block family; responsive to programming a first block associated with the first cursor, associate the first block with the first block family; open, while the first block family is open, a second block family associated with the memory device; assign a second cursor of the plurality of cursors of the memory device to the second block family; and responsive to programming a second block associated with the second cursor, associate the second block with the second block family.
US11675504B2
A memory controller includes a key generator, an encryption and decryption circuit, and a processor. The key generator generates a first security key and a second security key based on a write request from a host. The encryption and decryption circuit encrypts write data corresponding to the write request based on the first security key to generate encrypted write data, and encrypts the first security key based on the second security key to generate a first encrypted security key. The processor controls nonvolatile memories such that the encrypted write data, the first encrypted security key, and the second security key are programmed in at least one of the nonvolatile memories, and controls the nonvolatile memories such that a dummy program operation is performed on a page of the nonvolatile memories in which the second security key is programmed instead of erasing the encrypted write data.
US11675503B1
Role-based data access, including: assigning, to a storage volume of a storage system, a volume-level access policy; and determining whether to allow access to the storage volume based on the volume-level access policy and one or more attributes of a request for the access, including allowing the access responsive to the one or more attributes meeting the volume-level access policy or denying the access responsive to the one or more attributes failing to meet the volume-level access policy.
US11675489B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to display a multi-window in the display region of the display, identify the position of a user input, receive an input related to the size change of the display region of the display, and change the size of the display region of the display and display a window corresponding to the identified position of the user input in the display region of the display.
US11675488B2
This application includes a method and an apparatus for constructing a target object in a virtual environment of an application, a device, and a storage medium. A first picture of the virtual environment is displayed according to a first perspective corresponding to a first observation direction of a virtual movable object in the virtual environment. An object construction controller corresponding to the target object is displayed. A touch operation on the object construction controller is received. A target construction position of the target object is determined based on the touch operation, a target distance, and the first observation direction of the virtual movable object. A touch release operation corresponding to the touch operation is received. Further, the target object is constructed at the determined target construction position according to the touch release operation.
US11675480B2
An information processing apparatus executes an application for transmitting and receiving video and voice to and from another information processing apparatus through a network, and includes a processor that: captures a screen area including at least a part of a picture among screen areas of a display in which the picture received from the other information processing apparatus using the application is displayed, as a still image file every predetermined time; and displays, on the display, at least a part of images of a series of captured still image files while continuing the capture every predetermined time during the running of the application.
US11675472B2
Technology for a user interface that supports an access control mechanism for network sharing. An example method involves providing a user interface comprising media items and media availability indicators, wherein a media availability indicator indicates one or more states of a media item; updating the media availability indicator to represent that an encrypted version of the media item and a wrapped key have been received over a connection, wherein the wrapped key was encrypted using a public key of a server; enabling the user interface to initiate the transmission of the wrapped key to the server, wherein the wrapped key comprises a cryptographic key for the encrypted version of the media item; receiving the cryptographic key that is unwrapped by the server using a private key of the server; and updating the media availability indicator of the user interface to represent the media item is available to be experienced.
US11675469B2
An input sensing panel including: first sensing electrodes extending in a first direction, arranged in a second direction, and including first sensing patterns and first bridge patterns disposed between the first sensing patterns; second sensing electrodes extending in the second direction and including second sensing patterns and second bridge patterns disposed between the second sensing patterns; a first trace line connected to the first sensing patterns; and a second trace line connected to the second sensing patterns, the second trace line including: side lines each including a diagonal portion extending in a diagonal direction with respect to the first or second directions and an extension portion extending in the first direction from the diagonal portion; and center lines extending in the first direction, wherein the diagonal portion overlaps first sensing patterns of different first sensing electrodes and the extension portion overlaps first sensing patterns of the same first sensing electrode.
US11675467B2
A position indicator that electrostatically interacts with a sensor includes: a casing having a pen shape; a conductive core body including a pen tip that protrudes from an opening on one end in the axial direction of the casing; a conductor surrounding the core body; a signal transmitting circuit which, in operation, generates a signal that electrostatically interacts with the sensor, and supplies the generated signal to the core body; and a control circuit which, in operation, produces different electrostatic interactions with the sensor by performing a first control operation that sets the conductor in a state of being grounded while the signal is sent out from the pen tip of the core body to the sensor, and performing a second control operation that sets the conductor in a state different from the state of being grounded.
US11675459B1
An electronic device can be configured to operate in a plurality of operating modes to generate various stimulation signals for touch sensing operations. Switching circuitry can selectively couple one or more stimulation circuits to touch stimulation circuitry to reduce electromagnetic interference generated during transitions between the plurality of operating modes. The electronic device can transition from a stimulation phase to a termination phase at an arbitrary time, unconstrained by integration time requirements of accompany touch sensing circuitry.
US11675451B2
A display device includes a plurality of first sub-pixels configured to display red, a plurality of second sub-pixels configured to display green, a plurality of third sub-pixels configured to display blue, and a plurality of fourth sub-pixels configured to display white, a first signal line coupled to the first sub-pixels, a second signal line coupled to the second sub-pixels, and a third signal line coupled to the third sub-pixels and the fourth sub-pixels, a plurality of detection electrodes arrayed in a matrix (row-column configuration) and each provided overlapping the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels, the third sub-pixels, and the fourth sub-pixels, and a plurality of signal supply wires coupled to the respective detection electrodes. The signal supply wires are each provided overlapping at least one of the first signal line and the second signal line and not overlapping the third signal line.
US11675448B2
A touch panel having a visible area and a non-visible area disposed at least on one side of the visible area. The touch panel includes a substrate, a nano-metal conductive layer, a trace layer, a first passivation layer, and a second passivation layer. The nano-metal conductive layer is disposed on the substrate and at least in the visible area. The trace layer is disposed on the substrate and in the non-visible area. The trace layer is electrically connected to the nano-metal conductive layer. The first passivation layer covers the trace layer. The second passivation layer covers at least a portion of the first passivation layer. The first passivation layer has a different Young's modulus than the second passivation layer.
US11675446B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a touch device for sensing a position of a stylus including a resonance circuit, including: a plurality of electrode; and a touch controller configured to receive a sensing signal from the electrodes to determine a position of the stylus, wherein the electrodes includes electrodes in which directions of currents induced in the electrodes by the resonance circuit are opposite to each other.
US11675436B2
Dynamically adjustable EDA measurement device may include: a dynamically formable base comprising a soft robotics material, wherein the dynamically formable base comprises a formable surface configured to be dynamically formed in response to input signals; and an EDA sensing layer affixed to the formable surface of the dynamically formable base, the EDA sensing layer comprising a plurality of electrodes arranged on a flexible substrate and configured to be connected to a power supply; wherein, in response to input signals, the formable surface of the dynamically formable base and the EDA sensing layer affixed thereto are reformed into a desired contour.
US11675432B2
An eye tracking system can include an eye-tracking camera configured to obtain images of the eye at different exposure times or different frame rates. For example, longer exposure images of the eye taken at a longer exposure time can show iris or pupil features, and shorter exposure, glint images can show peaks of glints reflected from the cornea. The shorter exposure glint images may be taken at a higher frame rate (than the longer exposure images) for accurate gaze prediction. The shorter exposure glint images can be analyzed to provide glint locations to subpixel accuracy. The longer exposure images can be analyzed for pupil center or center of rotation. The eye tracking system can predict future gaze direction, which can be used for foveated rendering by a wearable display system. In some instances, the eye-tracking system may estimate the location of a partially or totally occluded glint.
US11675431B2
A line of sight of a driver is detected based on an image of the driver obtained by image-capturing; whether the driver is viewing the image display unit or viewing an outside of the image display unit is judged based on the detected line of sight; glare is detected based on the image of the driver; and a luminance level of the image displayed by the image display unit is determined based on the glare at the time of viewing the image display unit and the glare at the time of viewing the outside of the image display unit. The visibility of the displayed image can be improved even when the driver feels glare because of external light falling upon the driver's eyes.
US11675426B2
The present invention relates to a measurement method in which, by predetermined illumination by means of a display device, in particular a holographic or autostereoscopic display device, with an intensity distribution of the illumination light in a plane of a light source image, a first location of an object, in particular an observer of the display device, is marked, and wherein the relative position of the first location in relation to a second location of the object is determined in a coordinate system of a camera.
US11675419B2
A method includes obtaining a set of components that, when collectively rendered, presents an immersive experience, extracting a narrative from the set of components, learning a plurality of details of the immersive experience that exhibit variance, based on an analysis of the set of components and an analysis of the narrative, presenting a device of a creator of the immersive experience with an identification of the plurality of the details, receiving from the device of the creator, an input, wherein the input defines a variant for a default segment of one component of the set of components, and wherein the variant presents an altered form of at least one detail of the plurality of details that is presented in the default segment, and storing the set of components, the variant, and information indicating how and when to present the variant to a user device in place of the default segment.
US11675417B2
One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, utilizing one or more sensors operatively coupled to the smart device, a user operating a smart device; inferring, based upon the identifying the user, a knowledge level of the user with respect to the smart device; determining, based in part on the knowledge level of the user, at least one input within a plurality of inputs provided by the user is anomalous with respect to a pattern of inputs utilized to execute a command; transforming, based upon the anomalous at least one input and the pattern, the plurality of inputs to a plurality of inputs matching the pattern of inputs; and executing an action based upon the transformed plurality of inputs.
US11675414B2
Various systems and methods for adapting a computer based on user attentiveness are described herein. A system for attention-based gesture recognition includes processing circuitry to: access an image of a user, the user proximate to a computing device; determine, based on the image, whether user is attentive to the computing device; and selectively enable or disable a function of the computing device depending on whether the user is attentive.
US11675413B2
Reducing power consumption at an information handling system (IHS), including identifying a first data set associated with a first application, and a second data set associated with a second application; storing the first data set at a first physical storage device, and storing the second data set at a second physical storage device; reducing a power consumption of a storage device system, including: determining that the first and second applications are out-of-focus with respect to an operating system (OS) of the IHS, and in response, maintaining a low power state of the first and the second physical storage devices; detecting that the first application is in-focus with respect to the OS of the IHS, and in response, adjusting a power state of the first physical storage device from the low power state to an active power state while maintaining the low power state of the second physical storage device.
US11675402B2
In one embodiment, a method for maintaining a threshold operating temperature in an information handling system includes: identifying an operating temperature associated with the information handling system; determining a first fan speed associated with one or more fans of the information handling system based on the operating temperature; causing the one or more fans to rotate based on the first fan speed; identifying that the operating temperature has increased to reach the threshold operating temperature; and in response to identifying that the operating temperature has increased to reach the threshold operating temperature: identifying a power consumption level associated with the information handling system; determining a second fan speed associated with the one or more fans based on the power consumption level; and causing the one or more fans to rotate based on the second fan speed.
US11675401B2
A main housing portion of a portable information handing system. The main housing portion includes: a top cover portion; a bottom cover portion; and, an internal air intake ducting system, the internal air intake ducting system comprising a fan and a thermal channeling component thermally coupled to the fan, the thermal channeling component extending from an interior of a side of the bottom cover portion to the fan, the thermal channeling component and the bottom cover portion defining an air channel between the side of the bottom cover portion and the fan.
US11675398B2
A system includes a computing system, a snap rivet, and a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA). The computing system includes a chassis. The snap rivet includes a rivet and a cap, and the cap is secured to the chassis. The PCBA includes a pin base. The pin base has a washer portion with a hole. The pin base is configured to receive the cap through the hole. The cap protrudes through the hole and mechanically engages the rivet to secure the PCBA to the chassis. The snap rivet provides for tool-less installation and removal of the PCBA from the chassis of the computing system.
US11675394B2
A display device includes: a display panel; a multi-joint mechanism configured to provide foldability and support to the display panel; and an elastic member disposed between the multi-joint mechanism and the display panel, wherein a distance between an upper surface of the multi-joint mechanism and a lower surface of the display panel varies depending on the position of the display panel.
US11675391B2
A content display method of a user terminal device including a bended touch screen divided into a main area and a sub area, includes displaying, on the main area, a first main content provided by a first application, and displaying, on the sub area, a first sub content associated with the first main content, receiving a user gesture input on the main area, and in response to receiving the user gesture, displaying, on the main area, a second main content provided by a second application, and displaying, on the sub area, a second sub content associated with the second main content.
US11675390B2
Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery. A flexible printed circuit may include flexible and rigid portions or openings that allow some rigid portions to flex with respect to other rigid portions.
US11675372B2
A method of controlling attitude of a marine vessel includes identifying a natural roll frequency of the marine vessel, measuring a roll motion of the marine vessel with an attitude sensor, and then determining that the roll motion exceeds the threshold roll where no corresponding steering input is present. The method further includes determining a counteracting drive movement for at least one propulsion device based on the measured roll motion and the natural roll frequency of the marine vessel. A steering actuator is then controlled to move the at least one propulsion device to effectuate the counteracting drive movement so as to counteract an environmentally-induced roll motion of the marine vessel.
US11675370B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to assigning a fleet of driverless vehicles to a plurality of parking locations for parking vehicles of the fleet. For instance, locations of the vehicles of the fleet as well as a number of available spaces at each of the plurality of parking location locations may be tracked. A subset of the fleet not already located at one of the plurality of parking locations is identified. At least one assignment assigning each vehicle of the subset to a respective parking location of the plurality of parking locations is determined according to the numbers of available spaces and the identified locations of the subset. For the at least one assignment, a total cost is determined by determining a cost value for each of a plurality of factors. The given assignment is sent to the fleet based on the total cost and the cost value.
US11675365B2
There is provided a moving robot including a first light source module and a second light source module respectively project a first light section and a second light section, which are vertical light sections, in front of a moving direction, wherein the first light section and the second light section cross with each other at a predetermined distance in front of the moving robot so as to eliminate a detection dead zone between the first light source module and the second light source module in front of the moving robot to avoid collision with an object during operation.
US11675361B2
A computer-implemented method for training a machine learning system for generating driving profiles and/or driving routes of a vehicle including: a generator obtains first random vectors and generates first driving routes and associated first driving profiles related to the first random vectors, driving routes and respectively associated driving profiles recorded in driving mode are stored in a data base, second driving routes and respectively associated second driving profiles recorded in driving mode are selected from the database, a discriminator obtains first pairs made up of first generated driving routes and respectively associated first generated driving profiles and second pairs made up of second driving routes and respectively associated second driving profiles recorded in driving mode, the discriminator calculates outputs that characterize each pair, and a target function is optimized as a function of the outputs of the discriminator.
US11675348B2
A computer architecture includes an application program interface (API). The API does not include a user interface. The computer architecture asynchronously receives into the API data relating to mission plan domains from clients. The data include an identification of vehicles, goals of the vehicles, and threats to the vehicles. The mission plan domains include an air domain, a sea or ocean domain, and a land domain. The computer architecture uses a parallel processing scheme to process the mission plan domains from the clients for determining goal priorities for each of the plurality of vehicles, processing the data using a genetic algorithm and physics models associated with the plurality of vehicles, and transmitting to the vehicles path commands based on the processing of the genetic algorithm.
US11675341B2
A method for performing quality control on a diagnostic analyzer includes receiving control measurement values from each of a plurality of diagnostic analyzers. A quality control measurement value is received from a target diagnostic analyzer. The quality control measurement value is compared with statistical criteria associated with the plurality of quality control measurement values received from the plurality of diagnostic analyzers. A comparison result is communicated to a user interface associated with the target diagnostic analyzer.
US11675339B1
Systems and methods are described to improve efficiency in the manufacturing of a product for a manufacturer. The system includes a manufacturing route. The manufacturing route specifies at least two dimensions, where a first dimension of the at least two dimensions is a client machine and a second dimension of the at least two dimensions is a process associated with the client machine. A data stream is responsive to the plurality of dimensions. A database is configured to receive the data stream. A processor is configured to provide data from the data stream that indicates a symptom of a problem which can occur within the manufacturing route.
US11675335B2
A frame body may be parallel to and proximate with an external surface of a structure and extend substantially horizontally from a first side to a second side. A connecting portion may be provided to be attached to a cable to provide for vertical movement of the frame body. A robotic arm may be affixed proximate to a bottom of the frame body and be able to move horizontally during treatment of the external surface. Moreover, the robotic arm may extend to an end proximate with the external surface, and a cleaning portion may be attached to the robotic arm near the end proximate with the external surface. The robotic arm may rotate, vertically moving the cleaning portion during treatment of the external surface. In addition, the cleaning portion may be separately rotated to remain substantially parallel to and proximate with the external surface during rotation of the robotic arm.
US11675331B2
A system for tuning of axis control of a multi-axis machine and a method of operating the same are provided. The system includes a knowledge base for acquiring and maintaining factual knowledge associated with the tuning of the axis control. The factual knowledge has a uniform ontology a uniform data representation, and includes known input facts associated with known output facts. The system further includes an inference unit for automatically inferring new output facts associated with given new input facts in accordance with the factual knowledge.
US11675327B2
An apparatus is provided for detecting fault conditions in the energy supply of a load. The apparatus comprises a fail-safe input-output (I/O) module circuit and a diagnostic circuit coupled to the fail-safe input-output (I/O) module circuit. The fail-safe input-output (I/O) module circuit includes a first switch coupled to a first resistor divider and a first output that supplies a DC supply voltage to the load via a first wiring to reduce a first voltage of the first output down to a first readback diagnostic output and a second switch coupled to a second resistor divider and a second output that supplies the DC supply voltage to the load via a second wiring to reduce a second voltage of the second output down to a second readback diagnostic output. The diagnostic circuit is to provide a first readback measurement signal from the first readback diagnostic output and provide a second readback measurement signal from the second readback diagnostic output. The apparatus is configured to provide the first readback measurement signal and the second readback measurement signal for the first output and the second output with and without the load such that when the first and second switches are open or OFF the first voltage at the first output with the load and the second voltage at the second output with the load indicate a NOT broken wire condition with respect to the first and second wirings while the first voltage at the first output without the load and the second voltage at the second output without the load indicate a broken wire condition with respect to the first and second wirings.
US11675325B2
A computer-implemented method may include receiving test data representing a cutter/rock interaction for a cutter/rock pair; calibrating an analytical model to represent the cutter/rock interaction mechanism for a cutter/rock pair; applying the calibrated analytical model to expand the test data to form one of a plurality of expanded test datasets; generating a first neural network model, of a plurality of first neural network models, representing cutter/rock interaction between a plurality of cutters of different cutter sizes and a particular rock type, wherein the first neural network is generated using the plurality of expanded test datasets as training input; generating a second neural network model using the plurality of first neural network models as training input, wherein the second neural network model represents non-tested cutter/rock interactions between a plurality of cutters of different cutter sizes and a plurality of rock types.
US11675322B2
A method for controlling HVAC equipment for a building includes generating, based on historical building data, a discomfort tolerance defining an acceptable amount of occupant discomfort, determining a first value of an environmental condition at which the occupant discomfort is predicted to exceed the discomfort tolerance in a first direction, determining a second value of the environmental condition at which the occupant discomfort is predicted to exceed the discomfort tolerance in a second direction opposite the first direction, and controlling the HVAC equipment to maintain the environmental condition between the first value and the second value.
US11675317B2
A magnetic levitation device for levitating a marker or suspending the marker away from the device having a housing having an outer portion and a lower portion. The device has an electromagnetic configuration positioned on disc and the disc can move or rotate the marker at a constant or variable speed. The rotating disc is configured with the electromagnetic configuration and a gear assembly.
US11675308B2
A cartridge for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a developing roller, a rotatable member for transmitting a rotational force to the developing roller, a coupling member, and a frame. The coupling member is capable of moving between a first coupling member position in which the coupling axis is substantially coaxial with the rotational axis of the rotatable member and a second coupling member position in which the coupling axis is not coaxial with the rotational axis of the rotatable member. When the frame is in a first frame position, the coupling member is in the first coupling member position and a rotational force receiving portion of the coupling member engages with a rotational force applying portion of the apparatus, and, when the frame is in the second frame position, the coupling member is in the second coupling member position and the rotational force receiving portion engages with the rotational force applying portion.
US11675307B2
A cover covering an image bearing member such that the image bearing member is kept unexposed includes a holding portion holding an end portion of a sealing sheet sealing an opening portion such that an initial developer is accommodated in an accommodating chamber. Due to release of the seal of the opening portion with the sealing sheet, the initial developer accommodated in the accommodating chamber moves from the accommodating chamber to a second chamber through the opening portion, and the seal of the opening portion with the sealing sheet is released due to movement of a casing with respect to the cover and detachment of the cover from the casing, responsive to an operation of movement of a cartridge in an attachment direction, with the holding portion holding the end portion of the sealing sheet and a regulation portion regulating movement of the cover.
US11675299B2
A heating unit includes a heater, an endless belt, a holder, a heat conductive sheet, and a connector including a connecting terminal connected to a supply terminal. The connector is configured to hold a first end of the heater in the longitudinal direction and a first end of the holder in the longitudinal direction. The holder includes a first surface supporting the heat conductive member, and a second surface supporting the first end of the heater. The second surface is located at a position nearer to the heater than the first surface in a direction orthogonal to the substrate. A height of a step formed between the first surface and the second surface is greater than a thickness of the heat conductive member.
US11675285B2
An electrostatic image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin. In a differential scanning calorimetry curve of the toner particles, Tg1 is 58° C. or more and 68° C. or less, and Tg1−Tg2 is 20° C. or more and 40° C. or less, where Tg1 is a lowest onset temperature in an endothermic change during a first temperature increase, and Tg2 is a lowest onset temperature in an endothermic change during a second temperature increase.
US11675279B2
Embodiments of a photomask removal apparatus for removing photoresist off of a photomask are provided herein. In some embodiments, a nozzle head for removing photoresist off of a photomask includes: a nozzle portion having a first side and an opposing second side and a flow path extending from the first side to the second side, wherein the flow path includes an orifice disposed between the first side and the second side and a nozzle that extends from the orifice to a nozzle exit on the second side, and wherein the flow path in the nozzle increases in width at an angle from the orifice to the second side; and a vacuum portion coupled to the nozzle portion, wherein the vacuum portion includes a first side and an opposing second side that faces the nozzle exit, wherein the vacuum portion includes a vacuum port extending from the second side.
US11675275B2
A positioning method for particles on a reticle includes: data of positions passed by a target reticle within a preset period of time is determined according to path data of the target reticle that includes particle information of the target reticle at each scan moment; position information of the target reticle when particles are present on a surface of the target reticle is determined according to the data of positions, to obtain target position data of the target reticle; reticle position data of the target reticle within adjacent scan moments is determined according to the target position data, and a particle source position of the particles on the surface of the target reticle is determined from the reticle position data according to position priorities; and a particle position analysis report of the target reticle within the preset period of time is generated according to the particle source position.
US11675268B2
A composition for forming an organic film contains a polymer having a partial structure shown by the following general formula (1A) or (1B), and an organic solvent, where Ar1 and Ar2 represent a benzene ring or naphthalene ring which optionally have a substituent; X represents a single bond or methylene group; a broken line represents a bonding arm; R represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and W1 represents a hydroxyl group, an alkyloxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or an organic group having at least one aromatic ring optionally having a substituent. A composition for forming an organic film, the composition containing a polymer with high carbon content and thermosetting property as to enable high etching resistance and excellent twisting resistance; a patterning process using the composition; and a polymer suitable for the composition for forming an organic film.
US11675264B2
A reticle cleaning system includes a casing, a reticle holder, and a static charge reducing device. The reticle holder is in the casing and configured to hold a reticle. The static charge reducing device is above the reticle holder and includes a fluid generator, an ionizer, and a static charge sensor. The fluid generator is configured to control a humidity condition in the casing. The ionizer is configured to provide ionized air molecules to the reticle. The static charge sensor is configured to detect a static charge value on the reticle, wherein the ionizer is between the fluid generator and the static charge sensor.
US11675257B2
Enterprise communication display systems enable life-like images for videoconferencing and entertainment productions. Life-like images appear in a 3D environment where imaged people are visible through the use of specially configured see-through displays. Imaged people can also be viewed amongst a reflected foreground. A dual mode large high-resolution display is inventively configured for watching and working. Methods for enterprise wide deployments for corporate, healthcare, education, and government communications, including hotel properties and a property management system are shown. The invention further discloses an online production system for events. Further, a black void illusion is described and is applicable to numerous displays including event and live theater stages and movie theaters. Numerous inventive features are described enabling and advancing the black void illusion. Virtual stage lighting is disclosed for simulating stage lights and coordination of virtual stage lights with real stage lights for live and recorded performances.
US11675252B2
An interface facility has a first facility element connected to an ocular, a device case configured to connect to a smart device, a second facility element connected to the device case, the first and second facility elements being configured to connect to each other in a connected condition and to detach from each other, the first facility element being registered with a first optical axis associated with the ocular, the second facility element being registered with a second optical axis associated with the camera, the first and second optical axes being registered with each other when the first and second facility elements are in the connected condition, such that the camera records images generated by the ocular. The first and second facility elements may comprise a bayonet mount.
US11675251B2
An image capture device is disclosed that includes a body defining a peripheral cavity and a door assembly that is movable between an open position and a closed position to close and seal the peripheral cavity. The door assembly includes a door body; a slider that is supported by the door body for axial movement between a first position and a second position; a biasing member that is configured for engagement (contact) with the slider; a door lock including a stop that is configured for engagement (contact) with the biasing member; and a sealing member that is fixedly connected to the door lock.
US11675249B2
A softbox for use with a light source has structures to collapse the softbox. These structures include a ring-support assembly. The ring support assembly includes a support ring and a light ring, both of which couple to frame arm assembly. The frame arm assembly supports the material of the softbox. When the support ring and light ring are separated, the frame collapses. The structures of the light box may be entirely disposed outside of the direct path of the light source to the target, facilitating, in part, the softbox being integrated with other light manipulating devices proximal to the light source.
US11675247B2
A stretching fiber module that stretches a pulse width of the broadband pulsed light from a broadband pulsed light source such that a time and a wavelength in a pulse correspond to each other on a one-to-one basis includes a multicore fiber and single-core compensation fibers coupled to cores of the multicore fiber. The compensation fibers compensate for a variation in wavelength dispersion characteristic between the cores of the multicore fiber and are temperature-controlled by a temperature adjuster.
US11675242B1
An electrochromic device is provided. The device includes a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate and a first electrically conductive layer and a second electrically conductive layer. A first bus bar is in contact with the first electrically conductive layer and a second bus bar in contact with the second electrically conductive layer. The first and second electrically conductive layers are patterned with sets of scribed lines substantially parallel to the corresponding bus bar, wherein the sets of scribed lines are made up of a series of collinear segments, which are gaps in the electrically conductive layer, wherein the length of the collinear segments, the period, the valve width and the offset between segments in adjacent scribed lines determines the resistance to the flow of electrons traversing a set of scribed lines in the direction substantially perpendicular to the corresponding bus bar.
US11675240B2
A liquid crystal display device includes: a plurality of scan lines and signal lines on one of a pair of substrates arranged to be opposed to each other with a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, the scan lines and signal lines extending in different directions; and an orientation film, pixel electrode, insulating layer and common electrode, the orientation film being rubbed in a rubbing direction having a given inclination with respect to a pixel arrangement direction. The pixel electrode is partitioned by the scan lines and signal lines and has subpixels made up of first and second regions. The first region has a plurality of slit-shaped openings having a given inclination in a first direction with respect to the rubbing direction. The second region has a plurality of slit-shaped openings having a given inclination in a second direction with respect to the rubbing direction.
US11675239B2
The present application provides an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate includes: a first substrate and a plurality of signal lines on the first substrate. The plurality of signal lines are arranged along a first direction; at least one of the plurality of signal lines include a plurality of signal sub-lines arranged at intervals along the first direction, the plurality of signal sub-lines are electrically connected, each of the plurality of signal sub-lines extends along a second direction, and the second direction intersects the first direction.
US11675235B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate having a display region where pixels each having a TFT and a pixel electrode are formed in a matrix, a counter substrate having a display region where color filters of three colors are formed in a matrix, the TFT substrate and the counter substrate being bonded together with a sealing material in a seal portion at a periphery, and liquid crystal sealed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate by the seal material. In the display region, a first insulation film, a first alignment film, a first columnar spacer, an overcoat film, a first color filter among the color filters of three colors are stacked in this order between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate.
US11675221B1
An optical switch structure includes a substrate, a first electrical contact, and a first material having a first conductivity type electrically connected to the first electrical contact. The optical switch structure also includes a second material having a second conductivity type coupled to the first material, a second electrical contact electrically connected to the second material, and a waveguide structure disposed between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. The waveguide structure includes a waveguide core coupled to the substrate and including a core material characterized by a first index of refraction and a waveguide cladding at least partially surrounding the waveguide core and including a cladding material characterized by a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction and an isotope-enhanced Pockels effect.
US11675219B1
The disclosed subject matter provides systems and methods for spatial and spectral modulation of light. An example system for modulating light can include a substrate and a plurality of meta units, coupled to the substrate and configured to spatially and spectrally modulate the light, wherein the plurality of meta units includes a perturbation and forms a perturbed lattice supporting a quasi-bound state in the continuum.
US11675217B2
Eyewear having a light array and vibration sensors for indicating to a user the direction and distance of an object relative to the eyewear to help a user understand and avoid objects. To compensate for partial blindness, the front portion of the eyewear frame may include the light array, where one or more lights of the light array is illuminated to indicate a corresponding direction of a proximate object. The relative brightness of the one or more lights indicates how close the object is, where brighter light(s) indicates a close object. To compensate for more severe partial blindness or complete blindness, the eyewear has haptics, such as a plurality of vibration devices on the front portion of the eyewear, such as in the bridge, which selectively vibrate to indicate a direction of the object. The stronger the vibration, the closer the object.
US11675196B2
A wearable image display device eliminates the need to adjust an image focus every time the device is used. The present invention includes a mounting module and a right image display module, and a left image display module. Each of the right image display module, the left image display module includes a reflective image modulation device, a lens, a light guide plate, and a plurality of half mirrors. The lens is disposed in a state eccentric to a predetermined value with respect to the reflective image modulation device. As a result, the present invention eliminates the need to adjust the image focus every time the device is used.
US11675195B2
In various examples there is an apparatus for aligning three-dimensional, 3D, representations of people. The apparatus comprises at least one processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method comprising accessing a first 3D representation which is an instance of a parametric model of a person; accessing a second 3D representation which is a photoreal representation of the person; computing an alignment of the first and second 3D representations; and computing and storing a hologram from the aligned first and second 3D representations such that the hologram depicts parts of the person which are observed in only one of the first and second 3D representations; or controlling an avatar representing the person where the avatar depicts parts of the person which are observed in only one of the first and second 3D representations.
US11675194B2
Systems, articles, and methods that integrate photopolymer film with eyeglass lenses are described. One or more hologram(s) may be recorded into/onto the photopolymer file to enable the lens to be used as a transparent holographic combiner in a wearable heads-up display employing an image source, such as a microdisplay or a scanning laser projector. The methods of integrating photopolymer film with eyeglass lenses include: positioning photopolymer film in a lens mold and casting the lends around the photopolymer film; sandwiching photopolymer film in between two portions of a lens' applying photopolymer film to a concave surface of a lens' and/or affixing a planar carrier (with photopolymer film thereon) to two points across a length of a concave surface of a lens. Respective lenses manufactured/adapted by each of these processes are also described.
US11675193B2
An image display device according to the present disclosure includes a first self-luminous display element that self-emits an image of first color light, a second self-luminous display element that self-emits an image of second color light, a third self-luminous display element that self-emits an image of third color light, and a prism including a dichroic mirror; the first self-luminous display element includes a first functional layer and a first substrate portion, the second self-luminous display element includes a second functional layer and a second substrate portion, and the third self-luminous display element includes a third functional layer and a third substrate portion; the first, the second, and the third substrate portion have an identical configuration in the thickness directions thereof; and the first, the second, and the third functional layer have a mutually different film thickness.
US11675178B2
Embodiments provide slide navigation technology that addresses challenges in digital pathology of navigating and viewing high resolution slide images. Example systems comprise a virtual slide stage (VSS) having at least one sensor that detects user movement of a target placed on the VSS, and an input component, coupled to the VSS, which provides quick function movement control of the target via quick functions. The systems also comprise a connector component that connects the VSS to a user device and transmits output from the at least one sensor and input component to the user device. The systems further comprise a computer processor, in communication with the VSS, which processes the output using a computational model to generate data representing movement profiles of the target. The computer processor executes a software component, causing the output, translated based on the movement profiles, to be relayed via a viewing application on the user device.
US11675172B2
This disclosure describes an afocal attachment that allows for alteration of received electromagnetic radiation (or “light”) prior to entry into the telescope. For example, a rifle scope may have a base magnification of 2×, and the afocal attachment may allow magnification of a received image at levels ranging from 2× to 4×. In this example, the entire telescope system with the afocal attachment installed will have an overall magnification of 4× to 8×. In another example, the magnification of the telescope can be increased, transforming a telescope with a 4× magnification into a telescope with a higher effective magnification. In some instances the afocal attachment's optical axis can be configured to permit independent adjustment, allowing for easy removal and reinstallation of the afocal attachment without a need to re-adjust the telescope itself.
US11675170B2
An optical photographing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element are both aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric. The optical photographing lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power.
US11675168B2
The present invention provides a camera lens having good optical characteristics, a wide angle, and a small size, and constituted by seven lenses. The camera lens includes, from an object side: a first lens having a negative refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; a fifth lens having positive refractive power; a sixth lens having a negative refractive power; and a seventh lens having a negative refractive power. The camera lens satisfies given relational formulas.
US11675161B2
The present disclosure a camera optical lens comprising, from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, the second lens is bonded to the third lens, the camera optical lens satisfying conditions of 0.35≤f1/f≤0.75. The camera optical lens can achieve excellent optical characteristics while meeting the designing requirement for having a large aperture and a long focal length, and being ultra-thin.
US11675158B2
A lens driving device is provided, the lens driving device includes: a housing; a bobbin disposed inside of the housing; a support member coupled to the bobbin and the housing; and a sensor sensing a position of at least one of the bobbin and the housing, wherein the support member may include a first support unit, and a second support unit disposed not parallel to the first support unit, wherein the sensor may be disposed more adjacent to the first support unit than to the second support unit, and wherein an elastic modulus of the first support unit may be lower than an elastic modulus of the second support unit.
US11675153B2
A lens including 6˜11 lenses with a refractive power is provided. A spherical lens and an aspheric lens are disposed between the aperture and the image plane of the lens assembly. At least two lenses are disposed between the aperture and the object side of the lens assembly. EFL is the effective focal length of the lens. LT is the length on the optical axis of the lens from the lens surface farthest from the image plane of the lens assembly to the lens surface closest to the image plane of the lens assembly. The lens assembly satisfies the following conditions: 3 mm
US11675149B2
Disclosed are a dual-carrier integrated optical device and a photoelectric module. The optical device comprises: an encapsulation unit, and a ceramic substrate and two independent carrier assemblies arranged in the encapsulation unit. Every carrier assembly comprises a DWDM active chip arranged on the first heat sink, a first heat sink arranged on the independent control element, and an independent control element for adjusting the temperature of the DWDM active chip to adjust an output wavelength of the DWDM active chip. The DWDM active chip and the independent control element are respectively connected to the ceramic substrate. According to the characteristic that the wavelength of the active chip will shift with the temperature, an output laser wavelength of each active chip is independently controlled by means of the independent control element, which achieves higher wavelength stability and can realize optical signal transmission at different rates.
US11675148B2
An optical-path-displacement-compensation-based emission optical power stabilization assembly, comprising: a laser, a lens, and an optical fiber coupling port disposed on a first substrate and a second substrate according to a preset arrangement scheme, wherein an expansion coefficient of the second substrate is larger than that of the first substrate, and the preset arrangement scheme enables initial distances between the laser and the lens, between the lens and the optical fiber coupling port, and/or between the laser and the optical fiber coupling port to differ from respective optical coupling distances from an optical coupling point by a preset value, thereby ensuring that a coupling loss on an optical path changes along with the temperature, forming a complementary effect with respect to an optical power-temperature curve of the laser, which reduces a temperature-caused fluctuation of the emission optical power of an optical assembly.
US11675145B2
A system for injection of a useful radiation beam into an optical fiber is disclosed including a secondary radiation source, which is connected to the optical fiber such that a secondary radiation beam leaves by an end of the optical fiber. A variable deviation device, for deviating the useful radiation beam towards the end of the optical fiber, an optical detection assembly, identifying the direction of the secondary radiation beam, and an injection controller, for controlling the variable deviation device depending on the direction of the secondary radiation beam. The secondary radiation may be made up by an amplified spontaneous emission from a laser amplifier which is used for amplifying the useful radiation. The injection system may advantageously be used in a terminal for optical telecommunication by laser signals.
US11675143B2
An optical connection component includes a plurality of optical fibers and a capillary. Each of the optical fibers includes a glass fiber and a resin coating covering the glass fiber. Each of the optical fibers is provided with a coated portion where the glass fiber is covered with the resin coating, and a coating removed portion where the glass fiber is exposed from the resin coating. The coating removed portion is located closer to an end face of the optical fiber than the coated portion. The glass fiber has an outer diameter of less than 124 μm. The capillary has a first end face and a second end face opposing to each other, and a plurality of holes having an opening at the first end face and extending towards the second end face. The holes respectively receive the coating removed portions of the optical fibers.
US11675140B2
A fiber optic connector includes a ferrule holder configured to receive a ferrule that terminates an optical fiber cable, a connector sub-assembly configured to receive an optical fiber cable and to hold the ferrule holder, a connector body configured to hold the connector sub-assembly, a shroud configured to encircle the connector body, and a housing configured to encircle a portion of the shroud. The connector body is configured to include a first mating member and a second mating member. The first mating member is configured to include a cantilevered flange, and the second mating member is configured to include a groove on an inner surface of the second mating member. The cantilevered flange is configured to engage with the groove to securely fasten the first mating member with the second mating member.
US11675127B2
Embodiments herein describe optical interposers that utilize waveguides to detect light. For example, in one embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes an optical detector having a first layer. The first layer includes at least one of polysilicon or amorphous silicon. The first layer forms a diode that includes a p-doped region and an n-doped region. The apparatus further includes a waveguide optically coupled to the diode and disposed on a different layer than the first layer.
US11675118B2
A film stack includes a plurality of first films and a plurality of second films alternately stacked. At least one second film of the plurality of second films includes a solid crystal including crystal molecules aligned in a predetermined alignment direction. At least one first film of the plurality of first films includes an alignment structure configured to at least partially align the crystal molecules of the solid crystal in the predetermined alignment direction.
US11675111B2
An assembly includes a sensor lens, a polymer film adhered to the sensor lens, a hydrophilic coating applied to the sensor lens, and a fluid layer between the sensor lens and the polymer film, wherein the fluid layer is disposed on the hydrophilic coating.
US11675107B2
A see-through reflective optical device includes: a reflective metasurface configured for a targeted design optical wavelength, wherein the reflective metasurface comprises a sub-wavelength periodic arrangement of meta-atoms formed by patterned isolated gap surface plasmon (GSP) resonators, where the patterned isolated GSP resonators comprise a patterned optically thin metal layer for the design wavelength, an optically thick metal layer for the design wavelength, and an insulator layer between the patterned optically thin metal layer and the optically thick metal layer; and an array of apertures of random positions and diameters greater than the targeted design wavelength formed through the reflective metasurface providing a designed percentage of light transparency through the reflective metasurface. The reflective metasurface of the see-through reflective optical device may comprise, e.g., a reflective diffraction grating metasurface, and may be used as a combiner element surface in a near eye display assembly.
US11675102B2
An associated particle-based inspection apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a grounded target region and a neutron generator that produces a neutron and one or more corresponding charged particles. The apparatus further includes an associated particle imaging (API) detector comprising a particle detector that detects the one or more corresponding charged particles, wherein the particle detector comprises at least one particle detector element that facilitates determining a trajectory, origination time, and a velocity of the neutron based upon a detection, by a particular one of the at least one particle detector element, of the corresponding charged particles.
US11675100B2
The disclosed technology provides solutions for identifying noise in seismic profile data sets. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving wellbore data including seismic measurements, processing the wellbore data to generate a seismic input image including visual representations of the one or more seismic measurements, and processing the seismic input image to identify a noise region in the seismic input image. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US11675099B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include components, devices, systems, and operations and functions for generating a seismic profile. An optical signal is generated in an optical signal medium disposed in proximity to a formation. A seismic source induces seismic signals within the formation. A backscatter response corresponding to the seismic signals from the optical signal medium is detected and quadrature modulated to generate a quadrature trace. A seismic response is generated by determining phase differences in the backscatter response based on the quadrature modulated backscatter response. Portions of the seismic response above or below a response threshold are removed to generate a threshold seismic response. The threshold seismic response is correlated with at least one of the seismic signals to generate a correlated seismic response.
US11675096B2
An X-ray detector includes a converter element for converting X-rays into electric signals; and a plurality of pixel elements. In an embodiment, each pixel element includes a first signal processing stage for processing respective electric signals with at least one signal amplifier and at least one comparator for providing a digital pixel signal. The signal outputs of the first signal processing stage of at least one group of pixel elements are coupled via signal technology to a common second signal processing stage including a multiplicity of digital logic elements. The common second signal processing stage includes a configurable switching matrix for interconnecting at least one partial number of the multiplicity of digital logic elements with the respective signal outputs of the first signal processing stage, so that, following a configuration of the switching matrix, a processing chain can be provided for the digital processing of the digital pixel signals.
US11675092B2
A vehicle, for example, an autonomous vehicle receives signals from a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and determines accurate location of the vehicle using the GNSS signal. The vehicle performs localization to determine the location of the vehicle as it drives. The autonomous vehicle uses sensor data and a high definition map to determine an accurate location of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle uses accurate location of the vehicle to determine RTK corrections that is used for improving GNSS location estimates at a future location. The RTK corrections may be transmitted to other vehicles.
US11675091B2
Techniques described herein leverage multi-constellation, multi-frequency (MCMF) functionality to provide a local Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) solution for a mobile device in which an initial highly-accurate location determination for the mobile device can be leveraged to generate RTK correction information that can be used to make subsequent, highly-accurate location determinations without the need for measurement information from an RTK base station. This RTK correction information can be applied to Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) measurements taken by the mobile device over a long period of time while retaining the ability to produce highly-accurate location determinations for the mobile device. And additional correction information may be obtained and applied to the RTK correction information to extend this period of time even longer.
US11675087B2
A system includes at least one sensing unit, the sensing unit including a sensing element. The system includes at least one spatial Lorentz filter coupled to the sensing element. The spatial Lorentz filter (SLF) includes an input coupled to the sensing element and an analog to digital converter (ADC) providing a filtered output signal. The sensing unit is connected to a processor configured for determining velocity or position with respect to a magnetic field and/or a geographic position by processing SLF output signals.
US11675084B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems that facilitate determination of a pose of a vehicle based on various combinations of map data and sensor data received from light detection and ranging (LIDAR) devices and/or camera devices. An example method includes receiving point cloud data from a (LIDAR) device and transforming the point cloud data to provide a top-down image. The method also includes comparing the top-down image to a reference image and determining, based on the comparison, a yaw error. An alternative method includes receiving camera image data from a camera and transforming the camera image data to provide a top-down image. The method also includes comparing the top-down image to a reference image and determining, based on the comparison, a yaw error.
US11675074B2
An animal surveillance device for detecting stationary objects in a poultry house comprises a noncontact scanner adapted to emit electromagnetic radiation in a scanner and to receive a reflection of the electromagnetic radiation and an electronic evaluation unit which is in signal communication with the scanner and adapted to evaluate the signals received from the scanner. The scanner includes at least one scanner unit comprising a transmitter for transmitting an electromagnetic scanning beam in a predetermined direction and a receiver for receiving a reflection of the scanning beam from the predetermined direction. The evaluation unit is configured to calculate a transit time signal from the reception of a reflected signal emitted from the scanner unit and from the transit time of the signal and to produce a transit time profile for the scanner unit from the transit time signal received over a period.
US11675071B2
Predicting weather radar images by building a first machine learning model to generate first predictive radar images based upon input weather forecast data, and a second machine learning model to generate second predictive radar images based upon historical radar images and the first predictive radar images. Further by generating enhanced predictive radar images by providing the first machine learning model weather forecast data for a location and time and providing the second machine learning model with historical radar images for the location and an output of the first machine learning model.
US11675070B2
A radar wave imaging device includes a radar transmitter unit having at least one radar transmit antenna for transmitting radar waves towards a scene and a radar receiving unit including a plurality of radar receiver members that are arranged as a two-dimensional array, for receiving reflected radar waves. The radar receiving unit includes an imaging radar optics unit for imaging at least a portion of a scene onto at least a portion of the two-dimensional array of radar receiver members. The imaging radar optics unit includes at least a first radar lens that is arranged between the radar receiver members and the scene. The radar receiver members are arranged in direct contact to a surface of the first radar lens that is facing away from the scene.
US11675064B2
An SN ratio of light to be received is improved. A polarizing filter (150) that is arranged in a light path extending from an object (11) to a light receiving unit (154) of a ToF sensor (153) and allows transmission of light polarized in a direction vertical to a direction of scanning is provided.
US11675063B2
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system includes a transmitter, a receiving pixel, a rotating mirror, and a beam displacement apparatus. The transmitter is configured to emit a transmit beam. The receiving pixel is configured to receive a returning beam. The rotating mirror is configured to direct the transmit beam to a target and direct the returning beam to the receiving pixel. The beam displacement apparatus is disposed between the receiving pixel and the rotating mirror. The beam displacement apparatus is configured to introduce a displacement to the returning beam to compensate for a spacing between the transmitter and the receiving pixel.
US11675061B2
Provided is a method for determining depth motion relative to a time-of-flight camera in a scene sensed by the time-of-flight camera. The method includes determining a first auxiliary depth image from a first set of phase images out of a sequence of phase images of the scene. The sequence of phase images is taken by the time-of-flight camera for a single time-of-flight depth measurement. A second auxiliary depth image is determined from a second set of phase images out of the sequence of phase images. The phase images of the second set of phase images are different from the phase images of the first set of phase images. Information about depth motion relative to the time-of-flight camera for at least part of the scene is determined based on a comparison of depth values represented by pixels in the first auxiliary depth image and the second auxiliary depth image.
US11675059B2
A lidar system that includes a laser source can be controlled to schedule the firing of laser pulse shots at range points in a field of view. As part of this scheduling, the system can prioritize which elevations will be targeted with shots before other elevations based on defined criteria. Examples of such criteria can include prioritizing elevations corresponding to a horizon, prioritizing elevations which contain objects of interest (e.g., nearby objects, fast moving objects, objects heading toward the lidar system, etc).
US11675056B2
A zoned time-of-flight (ToF) arrangement includes a sensor and a steerable light source that produces an illumination beam having a smaller angular extent than the field of view (FoV) of the sensor. The illumination beam is steerable within the sensor's FoV to optionally move through the sensor's FoV or dwell in a particular region of interest. Steering the illumination beam and sequentially generating a depth map of the illuminated region permits advantageous operations over ToF arrangements that simultaneously illuminate the entire sensor's FoV. For example, ambient performance, maximum range, and jitter are improved. Multiple steering alternative configurations are disclosed, including mechanical, electro optical, and electrowetting solutions.
US11675055B2
Embodiments discussed herein refer to using LiDAR systems for steering consecutive light pulses using micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) to illuminate objects in a field of view. Embodiments discussed herein also refer to using a multiple lens array to process returned light pulses.
US11675045B2
A method of processing a radar hit from an object using, for each of a plurality of cells, a signal strength threshold, a hit rate threshold, a time of last detection; and receiving, for one of the plurality of cells corresponding to the object, a measured signal strength, a measured hit rate and a time of measurement. The object is identified as clutter if the measured hit rate is greater than the hit rate threshold, and the measured signal strength is less than signal strength threshold. The signal strength threshold is above a conventional CFAR signal threshold. Measured Doppler strength may also be used to identify clutter. Identification can be determined using Doppler-polarity-specific data values. The hit rate and the mean Doppler speed of the one of the plurality of cells can be updated using a running average.
US11675040B2
Examples of systems and methods for calibrating or operating a magnetic sensor for sensor temperature or operating conditions are provided. The magnetic sensor can comprise a dual magnetometer sensor that comprises a first, low-power-consumption magnetometer (e.g., a magneto-inductive magnetometer) and a second higher-power-consumption magnetometer (e.g., a magneto-resistive magnetometer). The second magnetometer can have a lower unit-to-unit variation in temperature calibration parameters and can be used to temperature-correct readings from the first magnetometer. The magnetic sensor can dynamically switch between usage of the first magnetometer and the second magnetometer in order to provide a dynamic sample rate that can depend on conditions within the sensor or external to the sensor.
US11675039B2
An automated segmentation system for medical imaging data segments data into muscle and fat volumes, and separates muscle volumes into discrete muscle group volumes using a plurality of models of the medical imaging data, and wherein the medical imaging data includes data from a plurality of imaging modalities.
US11675035B2
An electromagnet for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) apparatus. The electromagnet includes a coil configured to generate a magnetic field. The coil has a first axially outer surface, and a support element configured to mount the coil in the MRI. The support element is bonded to the first axially outer surface of the coil.
US11675034B2
A magnetic resonance imaging system comprises a field generation unit and a supporting structure for providing structural support for the field generation unit, wherein the field generation unit comprises at least one magnet for generating a B0 magnetic field and an opening configured to provide access to an imaging volume positioned in the B0 magnetic field along at least one direction and wherein the at least one direction is angled with respect to a main direction of magnetic field lines of the B0 magnetic field in the imaging volume.
US11675029B2
Retrospective magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses a deep neural network framework [102] to generate from MRI imaging data [100] acquired by an MRI apparatus using a predetermined imaging protocol tissue relaxation parametric maps and magnetic/radiofrequency field maps [104] which are then used to generate using the Bloch equations [106] predicted MRI images [108] corresponding to imaging protocols distinct from the predetermined imaging protocol. This allows obtaining a wide spectrum of tissue contrasts distinct from those of the acquired MRI imaging data.
US11675016B2
A diagnostic device for a battery includes a measurement unit configured to acquire a current value and a voltage value of the battery, and a diagnostic unit configured to calculate an internal resistance value of the battery based on the current value and the voltage value acquired by the measurement unit, and diagnose the battery based on the internal resistance value. The diagnostic unit is configured to cause the battery to perform discharge at a first current value and a second current value smaller than a predetermined target current value during a first period and a second period shorter than a predetermined target period, respectively, estimate the internal resistance value when the battery is caused to perform the discharge at the target current value during the target period, and diagnose the battery.
US11675010B1
Aspects of the invention include a wafer test device with a conformal laminate and rigid probes extending from the laminate to form an electrical connection with a microcircuit under test. The wafer test device also includes a spring plate on a side of the laminate that is opposite a side from which the rigid probes extend. The spring plate includes a conformal inner frame and a rigid outer frame. The laminate is attached to the inner frame of the spring plate.
US11675009B2
Converting formal verification testbench drivers with nondeterministic inputs to simulation monitors
Techniques include configuring a sequential circuit monitor having been generated by applying a quantifier elimination to each random bit position of random inputs associated with a formal verification driver and selecting a value for random inputs to drive a next stage logic of sequential circuit simulation monitor, a state of the next stage logic being used by sequential circuit simulation monitor to generate sequential inputs to match those permitted by formal verification driver, formal verification driver being specified for a DUT input interface. An equivalence check between sequential circuit simulation monitor and original formal driver matches the same set of sequential inputs permitted original formal driver. The sequential circuit simulation monitor is coupled to a simulation environment and the DUT in simulation environment, sequential circuit simulation monitor being configured to flag an input sequence from the simulation environment not permitted by formal verification driver based on the sequential inputs.
US11675005B2
The semiconductor device includes a transmitting-side hierarchical block, a receiving-side hierarchical block and an inter-block circuit. The transmitting-side hierarchical block includes a first logic circuit and an output control circuit connected to the first logic circuit and controlling an output signal of the transmitting-side hierarchical block. The receiving-side hierarchical block includes a second logic circuit being scan test target and operating by receiving the output signal of the transmitting-side hierarchical block, and a test control circuit controlling the scan test of the second logic circuit. The inter-block circuit transmits the output signal of the transmitting-side hierarchical block to the receiving-side hierarchical block. The test control circuit controls the output control circuit to output a predetermined signal as the output signal of the transmission-side hierarchical block regardless of the output signal of the first logic circuit when the scan test of the second logic circuit is performed.
US11675003B2
A test mode signal is generated to include a test pattern and an error reporting sequence. The test mode signal is sent on link that includes one or more extension devices and two or more sublinks. The test mode signal is to be sent on a particular one of the sublinks and is to be used by a receiving device to identify errors on the particular sublink. The error reporting sequence is to be encoded with error information to describe error status of sublinks in the plurality of sublinks.
US11675002B2
Various embodiments are described that relate to failure determination for an integrated circuit. An integrated circuit can be tested to determine if the integrated circuit is functioning properly. The integrated circuit can be subjected to a specific radiation such that the integrated circuit produces a response. This response can be compared against an expected response to determine if the response matches the expected response. If the response does not match the expected response, then the integrated circuit fails the test. If the response matches the expected response, then the integrated circuit passes the test.
US11674999B2
A system for testing circuits of an integrated circuit semiconductor wafer includes a tester system for generating signals for input to the circuits and for processing output signals from the circuits for testing the wafer and a test stack coupled to the tester system. The test stack includes a wafer probe for contacting a first surface of the wafer and for probing individual circuits of the circuits of the wafer, a wafer thermal interposer (TI) layer operable to contact a second surface of the wafer and operable to selectively heat areas of the wafer, and a cold plate disposed under the wafer TI layer and operable to cool the wafer. The system further includes a thermal controller for selectively heating and maintaining temperatures of the areas of the wafer by controlling cooling of the cold plate and by controlling selective heating of the wafer TI layer.
US11674998B2
A contactor assembly for a testing system is disclosed. The assembly includes a contact having a contact tail and a housing having a top surface and a bottom surface. A slot extends through the housing from the top surface to the bottom surface and defines a first inner side wall of the housing and a first inner end wall. The contact is receivable in the slot. The contact tail includes a sloped terminus. A retainer is disposed on the first inner side wall. When the sloped terminus is engaged with the first inner end wall, at least a portion of the retainer overlaps with the contact forming at an overlapping area in a cross-sectional view, thereby preventing removal of the contact from the top side of the housing.
US11674994B2
Systems and methods performed by a fault detection apparatus for fault detection and localization in distribution feeders having branches and nodes. The method including receive feeder raw data in a feeder of a power system. Process the feeder raw data with given operational electrical characteristics of the feeder to generate a branch attribute dataset for each branch separated by a pair of nodes for all branches. Generate a node attribute dataset for each node for all the nodes in the feeder. Input the branch and node attribute datasets into a trained neural network to determine whether a branch has a fault and a fault location within the branch, to output a classification of the fault and the fault location. Generate an alert signal based upon determining the classified fault and fault location in response to the alert signal to an outage response system.
US11674984B2
A directional power detector device includes a directional coupling network including a first transmission path connected between a radio frequency (RF) input and an RF output, the first transmission path having a voltage transmission gain A, phase θ and characteristic impedance Zo, a second transmission path having the same voltage transmission gain A, phase θ and characteristic impedance Zo, and a resistor connected between the first transmission path at the RF output and the second transmission path, where the resistor has a value including the characteristic impedance Zo. The directional power detector device further includes a detector diode including an anode connected to the second transmission path and a cathode, a capacitor connected between the cathode of the detector diode and the RF input port, and a detector output connected to the cathode of the detector diode. The detector outputs a DC detector voltage when a forward RF signal is applied to the RF input, and outputs zero DC detector voltage when reverse RF signal is applied to the RF output.
US11674973B2
A magnetic-field sensor device includes at least two impulse wires, a coil assembly which radially surrounds the at least two impulse wires, the coil assembly defining a sensor element and a feedback element which generates an auxiliary magnetic field, an energy storage which is electrically connected to the coil assembly, a switching element which is electrically connected to the energy storage and to the feedback element, and a control unit which electrically controls the switching element.
US11674964B2
The present disclosure provides encoded chromophoric polymer particles that are capable of, for example, optical and/or biomolecular encoding of analytes. The present disclosure also provides suspensions comprising a plurality of encoded chromophoric polymer particles. The present disclosure also provides methods of using the encoded chromophoric polymer particles and systems for performing multiplex analysis with encoded chromophoric polymer particles.
US11674963B2
Methods and biomarker panels for detecting and treating pancreatic disease, including pancreatic cancer, are provided in association with determining and inhibiting expression levels of certain GPCRs, including GPR68, in particular in pancreatic cancer associated fibroblasts.
US11674958B2
This invention relates to a surface coating for capture circulating rare cells, comprising a nonfouling composition to prevent the binding of non-specific cells and adsorption of serum components; a bioactive composition for binding the biological substance, such as circulating tumor cells; with or without a linker composition that binds the nonfouling and bioactive compositions. The invention also provide a surface coating for capture and purification of a biological substance, comprising a releasable composition to release the non-specific cells and other serum components; a bioactive composition for binding the biological substance, such as circulating tumor cells; with or without a linker composition that binds the releasable and bioactive compositions. The present invention also discloses a novel microfluidic chip, with specific patterned microstructures to create a flow disturbance and increase the capture rate of the biological substance.
US11674948B2
In certain embodiments, the invention stems from the discovery that analysis of population distribution curves of metabolite levels in blood can be used to facilitate predicting risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or to differentiate between ASD and non-ASD developmental delay (DD) in a subject. In certain aspects, information from assessment of the presence, absence, and/or direction (upper or lower) of a tail effect in a metabolite distribution curve is utilized to predict risk of ASD and/or to differentiate between ASD and DD.
US11674940B2
In some embodiments, a method of operating a gas sensor includes setting power to a heater in contact with a MOx sensor to provide a temperature that is below a threshold temperature; holding the temperature below the threshold temperature for a period of time to reduce ozone concentration in a gas sample in contact with the MOx sensor; increasing power to the heater to increase the temperature of the MOx sensor to an operating temperature; acquiring resistance data from the MOx sensor at the operating temperature; and processing the resistance data to provide a result related the gas sample.
US11674937B2
The present disclosure provides, method, a system, and apparatus for identifying odorants. For example, the apparatus performs sensing an odorant using an olfactory sensor, encoding the sensed odorant to an electrical signal using an input processor, determining an identity representation of the odorant based on the encoded electrical signal, and determining odorant information using a time-dependent hash code based on the identity representation of the odorant.
US11674935B2
A composition, method and kit for quantifying the concentration of one peracid or the total concentration of two or more peracids in a water source are disclosed. In particular, an oxidation sensitive or peroxycarboxylic acid selective leuco dye is used to react only with one or more peroxycarboxylic acids in a water source but not with peroxide usually co-existing in the water source. Not only does the oxidation sensitive or peroxycarboxylic acid selective leuco dye react with peracid(s) but also the reaction generates a color species that can be used visually or through absorbance measurement to quantify the peracid concentration. The method disclosed here is not a titration method, it involves a simple mixing step. The kit or composition disclosed here does not utilize a catalyst, such as iodine.
US11674923B2
The present invention relates to a single-use test-strip for the quantitative determination of sodium concentration and creatinine concentration and for the subsequent determination of their ratio, and to a non-invasive point-of-care (POC) device for detecting sodium depletion and/or sodium overload in a patient's body. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for simultaneously and quantitatively determining sodium concentration and creatinine concentration in a patient's urine sample and to a method of detecting sodium depletion and/or sodium overload in a patient's body.
US11674917B2
An apparatus for determining a presence, a concentration or a change in concentration of a target material in an environment is disclosed. The apparatus comprises first and second sensors configured to respond to the target material. The apparatus further comprises a fluid inlet in fluid communication with the environment, and a valve assembly having a first and second configuration. In the first configuration, the fluid inlet is in fluid communication with only the first sensor. In the second configuration, the fluid inlet is in fluid communication with the first sensor and the second sensor.
US11674905B2
Systems and methods here may be used for a setup of fluorescence image capturing of a gemstone, such as a diamond placed on a flat stage. Some examples utilize a setup that both sends light and captures the image from the table side of the gemstone by passing ultraviolet (UV) light between 10 nm and 400 nm to the gemstone and capturing the excited fluorescence image for analysis through a dichroic beam splitter. In some examples, the cutoff is 300 nm. The dichroic beam splitter arrangement allows for the camera to focus on the same interface of the stage and gemstone over and over for ease of use and without moving, changing, or adjusting the equipment for different samples.
US11674901B2
The present disclosure provides resonator networks adapted to a variety of applications. The networks include fluorophores, quantum dots, dyes, plasmonic nanorods, or other optical resonators maintained in position relative to each other by a backbone (e.g., a backbone composed of DNA). The networks may exhibit optical absorption and re-emission according to specified temporal decay profiles, e.g., to provide temporally-multiplexed labels for imaging or flow cytometry. The networks can include resonators that exhibit a dark state, such that the behavior of the network can be modified by inducing the dark state in one or more resonators. Such networks could be configured as logic gates or other logical elements, e.g., to provide multiplexed detection of analytes by a single network, to permit the temporal decay profile of the network to be adjusted (e.g., to use the networks as a controllable random number generator), or to provide other benefits.
US11674896B2
An infrared (IR) imaging system for determining a concentration of a target species in an object is disclosed. The imaging system can include an optical system including a focal plane array (FPA) unit behind an optical window. The optical system can have components defining at least two optical channels thereof, said at least two optical channels being spatially and spectrally different from one another. Each of the at least two optical channels can be positioned to transfer IR radiation incident on the optical system towards the optical FPA. The system can include a processing unit containing a processor that can be configured to acquire multispectral optical data representing said target species from the IR radiation received at the optical FPA. One or more of the optical channels may be used in detecting objects on or near the optical window, to avoid false detections of said target species.
US11674895B2
The invention relates to a system for monitoring an airspace for an extensive area, with at least two optical sensors with a passive Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, wherein each optical sensor has an adjustable monitoring range and wherein the monitoring ranges of the at least two optical sensors overlap at least in sections, having a server for evaluating the measurement data and for controlling the at least two optical sensors, the server being set up to monitor the optical sensors for automatic scanning of the monitored areas, wherein the server assigns a respective solid angle to the measurement data on the basis of the position data of the optical sensor, evaluates the measurement data of the optical sensors to derive the spectral intensity distribution of the received IR radiation for each solid angle and, by means of correlation of the intensity distribution with known gas spectra, to identify at least one target substance, in the event of an incident, if a first optical sensor identifies a target substance in a first solid angle, to control at least one further optical sensor, to scan the overlap region with the monitoring region of the first optical sensor, to identify the target substance from the measurement data of the at least one further optical sensor and, in the event of an incident, to control at least one further optical sensor, to scan the overlap region with the monitoring region of the first optical sensor, to identify the target substance from the measurement data of the at least one further optical sensor, identifying at least one further solid angle with an infrared signal of the target substance, and determining the coordinates of the overlap region with increased concentration of the target substance from the solid angle information of the first solid angle and of the at least one further solid angle, wherein the measurement signals of the at least one further optical sensor in spatial directions with too small a measurement radius are not included in the evaluation.
US11674894B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for diagnosing misalignment in gas detecting devices are provided. An example method may include causing at least one detector component of a receiver element of the open path gas detecting device to generate a first light intensity indication corresponding to first infrared light; causing the at least one detector component to generate a second light intensity indication corresponding to second infrared light; and generating an alignment indication based at least in part on the first light intensity indication and the second light intensity indication.
US11674891B1
Systems and methods of the present disclosure include at least one building component detection sensor device configured to be deployed within (or proximate to) a building comprised of a plurality of building components. The at least one building component detection sensor device is configured to detect data relating to at least one building component of the plurality of building components. In addition, a building component property determination system includes a processor configured to execute instructions stored in memory to determine one or more properties of the at least one building component based at least in part on the data detected by the at least one building component detection sensor device.
US11674887B2
A method and apparatus for determining the sealability of an oil & gas well sealant fluid, whereby a cylindrical cell assembly capable of withstanding high temperature and high pressure with an electromagnetic heater positioned radially outside the cell body while partly filled with the sealant fluid. A leakage assembly in connection to the cylindrical cell assembly allows the sealant fluid to continuously flow through a leakage element at a desired differential pressure, and the residual fluid is drained into said cell by a cycling pipeline system. The real-time pressure may be recorded and transmitted to a control system including data acquisition and control units so as to monitor and measure the sealability of fluid in the downhole leakage.
US11674886B2
A method and apparatus are provided for controlling a fuel delivery system to limit acidic corrosion. An exemplary control system includes a controller, at least one monitor, an output, and a remediation system. The monitor of the control system may collect and analyze data indicative of a corrosive environment in the fuel delivery system. The output of the control system may automatically warn an operator of the fueling station of the corrosive environment so that the operator can take preventative or corrective action. The remediation system of the control system may take at least one corrective action to remediate the corrosive environment in the fuel delivery system. One or more sensors may be employed to signal proper operation of the remediation system.
US11674885B2
A method to detect and assess microorganism influenced corrosion includes measuring current flow between a test electrode and a control electrode in a split chamber zero resistance ammeter apparatus and calculating a predictive difference in mass loss between the test electrode and the control electrode based on that current over time; and measuring the resistance, Rpit, of a surface of the subject metal to assess pitting corrosion using an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy apparatus.
US11674883B2
The present invention is related to correct the errors in instruments, operation, and others using intelligent monitoring structures and machine learning, and others.
US11674878B2
A differential emissivity imaging device for measuring evaporable particle properties can include a heated plate, a thermal camera, a memory device, and an output interface. The heated plate can have an upper surface oriented to receive falling evaporable particles. The evaporable particles have a particle emissivity and the upper surface has a plate surface emissivity. The thermal camera can be oriented to produce a thermal image of the upper surface. A memory device can include instructions that cause the imaging device to calculate a mass of the individual evaporable particle via heat conduction using a calculated surface area and an evaporation time.
US11674873B2
An improved version of the capillary bridge viscometer that compensates for the effect of solvent compressibility is disclosed. A novel, yet simple and inexpensive modification to a conventional capillary bridge viscometer design can improve its ability to reject pump pulses by more than order of magnitude. This improves the data quality and allows for the use of less expensive pumps. A pulse compensation volume is added such that it transmits pressure to the differential pressure transducer without sample flowing there through. The pressure compensation volume enables the cancellation of the confounding effects of pump pulses in a capillary bridge viscometer.
US11674866B2
A camera-testing box for testing optical properties of an image-capturing device includes a box body, a light source, a photographic film, a mask, and a base. The light source is disposed inside the light-free box body. The photographic film is disposed on a side of the light source inside the box body. The mask is disposed on a side of the photographic film away from or facing the light source, and the mask includes a transparent area and a shielding area to reduce flare-causing light reflected by screws and other extraneous objects in the camera-testing box. The base is disposed inside the box body, and on a side of the mask away from the light source. The base supports the to-be-tested image-capturing device.
US11674861B2
A device for determining hands off of a driver includes a torque sensor for sensing a torque caused by turning of a steering wheel and generating a torque signal, a first frequency filter and a second frequency filter for filtering the torque signal, a representative value generating device for generating a first representative value based on a frequency component of a first filtered signal output by the first frequency filter, and generating a second representative value based on a frequency component of a second filtered signal output by the second frequency filter, and a control module that determines the hands off of the driver based on a ratio of the first representative value and the second representative value.
US11674859B2
A mechanical link for microelectromechanical and/or nanoelectromechanical structure, includes a mobile component, a fixed component extending on a plane, and apparatus for detecting displacement of the mobile component relative to the fixed component. The mechanical link includes: a first link to the fixed component and mobile component, allowing rotation of the mobile component relative to the fixed component about an axis of rotation; a second link connecting the mobile component to the detection apparatus at a distance and perpendicular to the axis of rotation; a third link to the fixed component and detection apparatus, guiding the detection apparatus in a direction of translation in the plane; wherein the combination of the second link and third link can transform rotational movement of the mobile component into translational movement of the detection apparatus in the direction of translation. The detection apparatus includes a piezoresistive/piezoelectric strain gauge, resonance beam, capacitance, or combination thereof.
US11674858B2
A heat flux sensor is provided with a main body which detects heat flux, and filling members. The main body has a first surface. The first surface has an uneven shape, with a plurality of concave portions and a plurality of convex portions. The filling members are filled in the plurality of concave portions. Surfaces of the filling members constitutes a part of an outer surface of the heat flux sensor. The degree of flatness of the outer surface is higher than the degree of flatness of the first surface of the main body.
US11674847B2
An embodiment of a system for measuring trace gas concentration is described that comprises a laser absorption spectrometer configured to detect an absorbance measure from a trace gas, as well as a temperature value and a pressure value that correspond to an environment in a gas cell; and a computer having executable code stored thereon configured to perform a method comprising: receiving the absorbance value, the temperature value, and the pressure value; defining a fitting range associated with the trace gas; applying a curve fitting model in the fitting range to the absorbance value using the temperature value and the pressure value as model parameters; and producing a concentration measure of the trace gas.
US11674844B2
A sensor arrangement/evaluation which allows piercing detection within a fiber optic cable connector by means of two photodetectors independent of power, pulse frequency and pulse length.
US11674843B2
Infrared cloud detector systems and methods for detecting cloud cover conditions.
US11674841B2
A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property includes a connected scale device that is configured to receive a package, determine a weight of the package, and after determining the weight of the package, arm the connected scale device, and a monitoring control unit that is configured to receive, from the connected scale device, data indicating that the connected scale device received the package and the connected scale device is armed, and based on receiving the data indicating that the connected scale device received the package and the connected scale device is armed, communicate, to a user device of a resident of the property, a notification indicating that the connected scale device received the package.
US11674835B2
Flow measurement of hydrogen density, volumetric concentrations, and longitudinal relaxation times and transverse relaxation times have all n components in pairs different to each other. The method has the steps of: enclosing a mixture inside a probe volume and polarizing the mixture with a magnetic field; measuring the mixture enclosed inside the probe volume in terms of its longitudinal or transverse relaxation behaviour by means of pulsed electromagnetic waves at least n times with a different volumetric share of its components to measure at least n different relaxation curves; obtaining the relaxation times from the relaxation curves; obtaining the thermal equilibrium magnetizations M0 of the individual components from the relaxation curves; and correlating yielded thermal equilibrium magnetizations M0 of the individual components to calculate the hydrogen densities and the volumetric share of the components for each relaxation curve.
US11674833B2
A thermal sensor comprises an active element (41), e.g., a heater or cooler, at least one temperature sensor (31), and processing circuitry (50). The processing circuitry causes a change of power supplied to the active element (41). It then determines, at a plurality of times, a thermal parameter based on an output signal of the temperature sensors and analyzes the transient behavior of the thermal parameter. Based on this analysis, the processing circuitry determines a contamination signal that is indicative of a contamination on a sensing surface of the thermal sensor. If the thermal sensor comprises a plurality of temperature sensors arranged in different sectors of the sensing surface, a multi-sector thermal signal can be derived from the outputs of the sensors, and determination of the contamination signal can be based on the multi-sector thermal signal.
US11674830B2
A sensor is provided and is disposed on a package body of an integrated circuit chip. The sensor includes a sensing element, a protective element, a cover, and at least two traces. The sensing element is disposed on the integrated circuit chip. The protective element is disposed on the integrated circuit chip and surrounds the sensing element. The cover is connected to the protective element. The at least two traces are electrically connected to the sensing element and to at least two pins of the integrated circuit chip.
US11674827B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems methods and structures for avoiding saturation caused phase jump in systems that extract information from the phase of a complex sequence and exhibit an overflow or “spike” in the output of a high-pass filter. Operationally, during phase unwrapping—when an output signal exceeds a supported range—it is adjusted to be back in range by adding N·2π, to a phase where N is negative or positive integer, depending on the direction to be adjusted.
US11674818B2
Systems and methods are described herein for adjusting a transparency of a map overlay. A mapping application generates for display the map overlay at a first level of transparency depicting at least a portion of a route. The mapping application receives an indication of a current location on the route and based on the current location, detects an upcoming directional change on the route. In response to detecting the upcoming directional change, the mapping application adjusts the transparency of the map overlay to a second level of transparency.
US11674815B2
A method for route generation based on a stated purpose of an activity, implemented by a computer system, includes: receiving, by the computer system, a route request from a user device, the route request including an activity to be performed during a route traversal, a purpose of the activity, and a user identifier associated with a user of the user device; in response to receiving the route request, obtaining, by the computer system, a set of user preferences associated with the user identifier from a user profiles database; identifying, by the computer system, a set of route candidates with route attributes matching the activity, the purpose of the activity, and at least one of the user preferences; and outputting, by the computer system to the user device, one or more recommended route candidates from the set of route candidates based on the matching.
US11674811B2
Systems and methods related to ridesharing may involve receiving a ride request from a user including a desired destination and information associated with a current location of the user, and receive location information of on-demand and of fixed-line ridesharing vehicles and based on the received location information, identify a fixed-line ridesharing vehicle available to pick from a first pick-up location identify an on-demand ridesharing vehicle available to pick from a second pick-up location, both locations other than the current location of the user, determine a first value and a second value indicative of a time duration for the fixed-line and one demand ridesharing vehicles to arrive at the first and second pick-up locations, respectively, and when the first value is less than the second value, inform the user that the fixed-line ridesharing vehicle is enroute and direct the user to the first pick-up location.
US11674809B2
A method for creating a map by a moving robot includes receiving sensor data regarding a distance to an external object through a distance measurement sensor, and creating a cell-based grid map based on the sensor data. Image processing is performed to distinguish between regions in the grid map and to create a boundary line between the regions. An optimal boundary line is selected from the one or more boundary lines, and a path to the optimal boundary line is planned. The grid map is updated while the moving robot is moving along the path such that the map may be automatically created.
US11674807B2
Systems are configured for performing GPS-based and sensor-based relocalization. During the relocalization, the systems are configured to obtain radio-based positioning data indicating an estimated position of the system within a mapped environment. The systems are also configured to identify, based on the estimated position, a subset of keyframes of a map of the mapped environment, wherein the map of the mapped environment includes a plurality of keyframes captured from a plurality of locations within the mapped environment, and the plurality of keyframes are associated with anchor points identified within the mapped environment. The systems are further configured to perform relocalization within the mapped environment based on the subset of keyframes.
US11674805B2
A system and method for predicting, forecasting and suggesting voyage plans for a vessel by considering design parameters, weather in sailing routes and a user's preference for best weather or best economy or fastest way to reach the destination. Voyage plans are optimized using the above parameters, and directions are continuously provided in the form of heading and speeds to be maintained by the vessel during the course of the voyage.
US11674804B2
The present invention provides a MEMS gyroscope having internal coupling beam, an external coupling beam, a drive structure and a detection structure. The drive structure includes multiple driving weights, and the detection structure includes multiple testing weights. The drive structure further includes a first decoupling structure and a first transducer. The first decoupling structure is arranged on the side of the driving weight far away from the internal coupling beam, and the first transducer excites the driving weight to vibrate. The MEMS gyroscope of the present invention can fully increase the layout area of the first transducer, thereby realizing a larger vibration amplitude under a small driving voltage, thereby increasing the sensitivity.
US11674803B2
A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) motion sensor is provided that includes a MEMS wafer having a frame structure, a plurality of proof masses suspended to the frame structure, movable in three dimensions, and enclosed in one or more cavities. The MEMS sensor includes top and bottom cap wafers bonded to the MEMS wafer and top and bottom electrodes provided in the top and bottom cap wafers, forming capacitors with the plurality of proof masses, and being together configured to detect motions of the plurality of proof masses. The MEMS sensor further includes first electrical contacts provided on the top cap wafer and electrically connected to the top electrodes, and a second electrical contacts provided on the top cap wafer and electrically connected to the bottom electrodes by way of vertically extending insulated conducting pathways. A method for measuring acceleration and angular rate along three mutually orthogonal axes is also provided.
US11674802B1
The sensor rod assembly includes a rod and a plurality of sensor arrays disposed on the rod. Each sensor array includes a plurality of sensor units, where each sensor unit includes a plurality of sensor devices. The sensor rod assembly includes detection circuitry coupled to the plurality of sensor devices. The detection circuitry is disposed on the rod. The detection circuitry includes a plurality of detection circuits. A particular detection circuit receives an output of a particular sensor device. The sensor rod assembly includes a user interface and a controller. The controller includes one or more processors configured to receive one or more detection signals from the detection circuitry, and determine a position of a laser beam incident on the plurality of sensor arrays based on the received one or more detection signals from the detection circuitry.
US11674800B2
A laser level includes a level body, the level body including a body housing and a laser light source contained in the body housing, the laser light source configured to emit a laser light beam plane so as to project a laser light line on a target surface, the laser light beam plane configured to form an adjustable angle relative to a horizontal plane, and the laser level including a fixing structure configured to fix the laser light source such that the laser light beam plane projected therefrom is fixed at an adjusted angle, the laser light line providing a levelling height when in a horizontal state. The laser level further includes an adjustment means configured to adjust the attitude of the laser light source when the laser light line projected onto the target surface from the laser light source from a non-horizontal state to a horizontal state.
US11674794B2
A white light confocal optical measurement device capable of detecting abnormalities in a received light waveform; the optical measurement device includes: a light source; an optical system; a light receiving unit; and a processor configured to compute the distance from the optical system to the measurement object on the basis of a received light intensity of the wavelength components received in the light receiving unit. The processor compares a received light intensity of a wavelength component to a reference value for the wavelength component for a plurality of wavelength components in a waveform representing the light received, and detects an abnormality in the received light waveform when the amount of change in the received light intensity compared to the reference value therefor is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold for any wavelength component in the plurality of wavelength components.
US11674791B2
A magnetic angle sensor system includes a first magnetic sensor configured to generate a first sensor signal, a second magnetic sensor configured to generate a second sensor signal, and at least one signal processor configured to: generate an angle signal including an angular value corresponding to an orientation of a magnetic field based on the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal; generate a vector length signal comprising a plurality of vector lengths corresponding to the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal; and extract at least one spectral component of the vector length signal, the at least one spectral component being indicative of a vector length variance between at least two consecutively sampled vector lengths of the plurality of vector lengths.
US11674789B2
A touch trigger probe interface for a machine tool is described that includes a probe communication portion for receiving probe event information from a touch trigger probe. A machine tool communication portion is also provided for outputting probe event information to a numerical controller of the machine tool. The machine tool communication portion outputs the probe event information as digital data packets, for example over a digital data bus. The digital data packets may include a time stamp and/or the touch trigger probe interface may receive timing information from the machine tool. A touch trigger probing system and a machine tool system including the probe interface are also described.
US11674787B2
A stud finder and template system are provided. The system has a template, and a stud finder. The template aligns with a corner of a window frame and has multiple evenly spaced holes. The stud finder has a housing, a handle, and a pin. A method of determining a location for a curtain bracket with the stud finder and template system is also provided. The template is positioned against a window frame. The stud finder is positioned against a hole in the template. The stud finder handle is depressed. A stud finder for use with a template is also provided. The stud finder has a front housing portion, a rear housing portion, an actuator handle, a pin, and a pin return spring.
US11674778B1
A projectile entangling device, cartridge and method for entangling an object. The projectile entangling device comprises a bolt slidably engaging within a receiver. A barrel is coupled to the receiver and is adjacent to a chamber. A gas conduit couples a compressed gas container to the bolt. A valve is positioned within the gas conduit. A trigger activates the valve and dispensing a compressed gas from the compressed gas container, through the gas conduit and exits the bolt. A first projectile and a second projectile are positioned within the cartridge. A tether is coupled to the first projectile and the second projectile. The first projectile, the second projectile and the tether are propelled from the cartridge and expelled from the barrel upon the compressed gas exiting the bolt. The tether elongates for distancing the first projectile from the second projectile for defining an expanding projectile and entangling with the object.
US11674773B2
Firearms with ambidextrous bolt hold-open have a receiver defining a magazine well configured to receive an ammunition magazine having a follower that is spring biased toward an open end, the receiver defining a passage receiving a bolt assembly operable to reciprocate between a forward battery position and a rear retracted position, the bolt assembly being operable to strip a cartridge from the magazine upon movement from the rear retracted position to the forward battery position, a bolt latch movable between a latched position in which the bolt latch prevents movement of the bolt assembly from the retracted position to the battery position, and an unlatched position in which the bolt latch permits movement of the bolt assembly from the retracted position to the battery position, the bolt latch being responsive to the magazine having an elevated follower without ammunition to move to the latched position.
US11674770B2
There is a multi-caliber weapon system. The multi-caliber weapon system comprises: a frame body, with a front body portion, a middle body portion, and a rear body portion, and including: a plurality of frame flanges, each frame flange being coupled to an interior of the frame body and extending upwardly therefrom; a barrel, removably coupled to the front body portion of the frame body, including: a plurality of barrel rings, each barrel ring being disposed around a circumference of the barrel and spaced along a length of the barrel, wherein the barrel rings are disposed on the frame flanges; a chamber, removably coupled to the middle body portion of the frame body, and removably coupled to the barrel; and a bolt, removably coupled to rear body portion of the frame body, removably coupled to the chamber, and including: a bolt face, removably coupled to a front bolt portion.
US11674767B2
The present disclosure provides techniques, systems, and devices that support indicating gun state information. One or more electronic components may be used to indicate the gun state information, and the electronic components may be coupled with a gun. The gun may identify a state of the gun based on a compute component including a data signal, and the compute component may be coupled with the gun. The gun may select a representation of the state of the gun, where the representation of the state of the gun is compatible with an electronic component coupled with the gun. The gun may indicate, at the electronic component and based on the compute component, the state of the gun with the representation of the state of the gun. Indicating the state of the gun may include displaying an icon, illuminating the electronic component with a color, or pulsating the electronic component.
US11674752B2
In order to provide a treatment installation for treating workpieces that is of simple construction and enables optimised workpiece treatment, it is proposed that the treatment installation should include a treatment chamber and a conveying device, by means of which the workpieces are suppliable to the treatment chamber, are removable from the treatment chamber, and/or are conveyable through the treatment chamber in a conveying direction.
US11674747B2
A refrigerator including a main body having a storeroom, an inner door rotatably coupled to the main body and having a door opening, an outer door rotatably arranged in front of the inner door to open or close the door opening, a dispenser including a water-intake space and an operation lever and configured to supply water to the water-intake space by manipulation of the operation lever, and an automatic water supplier including a water container installation space formed to have a water container mounted and a water level sensor configured to detect a water level of the water container, and configured to supply water into the water container to fill the water container with a certain amount of water. The water-intake space and the water container installation space may be arranged in the door opening of the inner door to be accessed while the inner door is closed.
US11674745B2
A combination microwave and refrigerator system is provided. The microwave oven is connected to a source of power and has a control circuit for controlling the operation of the microwave oven. A first power supply outlet is provided on the microwave oven. A refrigerator is connected to the source of power by connection to the first power supply outlet. The control circuit is configured to disable the cooling operation of the refrigerator, when the microwave oven demands cooking power, and enable the cooling operation of the refrigerator when the microwave oven is not drawing cooking power. A safety sensor is provided in the microwave oven, and is configured to cause cooking power to the microwave oven to be turned off upon the safety sensor sensing a dangerous condition.
US11674740B2
The present disclosure relates to a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system that includes a drain pan. The drain pan is configured to collect condensate into a basin of the drain pan from an evaporator of the HVAC system and to direct the condensate from the basin via a drain port of the drain pan. A draining surface is formed in the basin and includes a compound slope including a first slope extending along a length of the drain pan and a second slope extending along a width of the drain pan. A raised surface extends from the draining surface and includes protrusions extending from a spine that extends along a side of the drain pan. The raised surface is configured to support the evaporator of the HVAC system.
US11674738B2
An experimental payload and cryogenic system are provided. An experimental payload including a cryogenic chamber is provided. The cryogenic chamber includes an action chamber configured to be cryogenically cooled to an action temperature. The cryogenic chamber also includes an inner cooling ring cooled via an internal braiding system. The inner cooling ring is configured to operate at a first temperature. The cryogenic chamber further includes an outer ring in communication with the inner cooling ring. The outer ring is configured to absorb heat from the experimental payload. The outer ring defines a second temperature that is greater than the first temperature. The cryogenic chamber also includes a plurality of legs operably coupled to the cryogenic chamber at a top end of each leg. The legs are characterized by a low thermal conductivity and the experimental payload is configured to be attached to a base of a cryocooler.
US11674737B2
A refrigerator to be installed in a storage space defined by a wall of an object includes a contact mechanism so that the refrigerator makes contact with the wall, and thus the refrigerator can be installed.
US11674735B2
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet with at least one food storage chamber defined in the cabinet. The refrigerator appliance also includes a sealed cooling system in fluid communication with the at least one food storage chamber via a multi-flow system. A plurality of independently cooled zones are defined within the at least one food storage chamber. The refrigerator appliance also includes a temperature control module selectively positionable in one of the plurality of zones. Methods of operating the refrigerator appliance may include and/or a controller of the refrigerator appliance may be configured for locating the temperature control module, receiving a temperature setting from the temperature control module, and adjusting operation of at least one of the sealed cooling system and the multi-flow system in response to the received temperature setting from the temperature control module.
US11674732B2
Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a cooling cycle mechanism having improved cooling cycle efficiency by more effectively performing heat exchange between a refrigerant discharged from an evaporator and a refrigerant discharged from a condenser. The refrigerator includes a cooling cycle mechanism including a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator. The refrigerator also includes a first pipe configured including a first heat exchanger and configured to guide the refrigerant from the condenser, to the evaporator. The refrigerator further includes a second pipe including a heat exchanger and configured to guide the refrigerant from the evaporator, to the compressor. The second heat exchanger is adjacent to first heat exchanger and configured to exchange heat with the first heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger are arranged to guide the refrigerant in a same direction.
US11674730B2
The present invention comprises: a first tray for forming a portion of an ice-making cell; a second tray forming the other portion of the ice-making cell, and capable of moving relative to the first tray; an ice bin for storing ice separated from the first and second trays; and a full-ice sensing lever for moving together with the second tray in a predetermined range.
US11674725B2
A device for heating by absorbing latent heat of solidification of water, including a compressor (1), a condenser (2) and multiple evaporators (E1, E2) connected in parallel, each evaporator (E1, E2) has an electronic expansion valve (D1, D2) at its inlet, a solenoid valve (V1, V2) at its outlet; after the evaporators (E1, E2) are connected in parallel, outlets of the evaporators (E1, E2) are connected to an inlet of the compressor (1) and inlets of the evaporators (E1, E2) are connected to an outlet of the condenser (2); an outlet of the compressor (1) is connected to an inlet of the condenser (2); the compressor (1), the condenser (2) and the multiple parallel evaporators (E1, E2) form a closed loop system through pipelines; there are circulating refrigerants in the closed loop system, and heating and deicing processes are realized through a circulation of refrigerants; the solenoid valves (V1, V2) at the outlets of the evaporators (E1, E2) are switched between opening or closing to realize switching between evaporating and deicing functions of the evaporators (E1, E2).
US11674724B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of heat pumps, in particular to an air source CO2 heat pump system for preventing an evaporator from frosting by using heat of a heat regenerator. The air source CO2 heat pump system mainly includes an air source heat pump system, a regenerative heat exchange tank and a cooling pump. Through the regenerative heat exchange tank, on the one hand, the temperature drop of regenerative heat of the system is further increased and throttling loss is reduced; on the other hand, the heat generated by the regenerative temperature drop is configured for heat storage used for defrosting, and configured for overheating temperature rise.
US11674722B2
System, method, and apparatus for controlling circulation of fluid to, and evacuation of the fluid from, an external fluid circuit for heat transfer. A single control valve selectively stops the circulation of fluid from a supply passageway to an external fluid circuit, and diverts fluid to a bypass passageway which creates a suction force at a fluid restriction therein. A suction passageway couples the suction force of bypass passageway to either return passageway or supply passageway, for evacuating fluid from external fluid circuit. No other valve is disposed or required in the supply passageway or the bypass passageway apart from the single control valve. No more than a single actuator is required to operate the apparatus. No more than a single suction passageway is required to be coupled to either supply passageway and/or return passageway. A return check valve disposed in return passageway prevents backflow of fluid through return passageway.
US11674717B2
A water heater monitoring and notification method includes determining, by a controller of a water heater system, a deviation of a duration of a pre-purge operation from a pre-purge duration average value. The method further includes determining, by the controller of the water heater system, a deviation of a flame current from a flame current average value and determining, by the controller of the water heater system, a deviation of a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) parameter from a PWM parameter average value. The method also includes providing a notification related to a combustion system of the water heater system based on at least the deviation of the duration of the pre-purge operation from the pre-purge duration average value, the deviation of the flame current from the flame current average value, and the deviation of the PWM parameter from the PWM parameter average value.
US11674714B2
An air purifier includes a first case and a second case that are insertably coupled such that the second case slides up and down with respect to the first case. The first case may suction air through a suction space provided at a bottom and a plurality of holes formed in a side wall. The second case may include a discharge grill provided at a top end through which air is discharged and a plurality of holes formed in a side wall through which air is suctioned when the second case is moved down to a first position and through which air is discharged when the second case is moved up to a second position. The top discharge grill may be opened and closed. The second case may also include a side discharge portion formed in the side wall above the plurality of holes. The side discharge portion may be opened and closed.
US11674706B2
An air conditioner unit includes a refrigeration loop, a variable speed compressor coupled to the refrigeration loop, an indoor temperature sensor, an electric heater, and a controller operably coupled to the variable speed compressor, the indoor temperature sensor, and the electric heater. The controller is configured to operate the variable speed compressor at a target speed, identify an auxiliary heating trigger of the air conditioner unit, and operate the electric heater according to the auxiliary heating trigger.
US11674694B1
A portable solar collection apparatus and system describes an apparatus and system having a solar collector apparatus having a glaze and photovoltaic panel operatively coupled to a rectifier operatively coupled to a 12-volt battery and a circulation pump, the battery is operatively coupled to an inverter. The system and apparatus includes an insulator having a cold water compartment, a luke warm water compartment, and a hot water compartment. A circulation pump moves water through the rectifier and into the hot water compartment. A mixed temperature outlet receives some of the hot water mixed with cold for discharge. The outlet may be coupled to a shower head and/or stand for discharging water.
US11674684B2
A lid for a container is provided and includes a lid body that is configured to be securely coupled to the container. The lid body has a base portion and a flange portion that engages the container. The base portion has an integral upstanding candle holder that extends upwardly from the base portion and includes a hollow center section configured to receive and hold a candle in an upright position.
US11674683B2
A cooktop includes a knob assembly coupled to a control panel and configured to control a heating part. The knob assembly includes: a knob body disposed at a front surface of the control panel and rotating with respect to a rotation shaft extended in a front-rear direction, a knob ring disposed at a rear side of the knob body and having a diameter greater than a diameter of the knob body, and a light source part disposed at the rear side of the knob body and including one or more light sources irradiating light to the rear side of the knob body. A portion of a rear surface of the knob body includes a first reflective surface reflecting light, and a portion of a surface of the knob ring includes a second reflective surface reflecting light, the portion of the surface of the knob ring facing the knob body.
US11674679B2
A lighting test method that includes connecting a housing including driver electronics and a junction box to a main power source. The main power source is connected to a main power connector in the junction box. The driver electronics includes a first terminal. The method further includes connecting a power testing module to the first terminal to the driver electronics to determine whether the main power source is correctly connected to the main power connector in the junction box. The method further includes replacing the power testing module with a second terminal of a light engine housing. Connecting the first and second terminals provides that the driver electronics are in electrical communication with a light engine within the light engine housing.
US11674675B2
Lighting system including visible-light source with semiconductor light-emitting device, which may further include: pan assembly having pan ring, pinion gear, and central fixed gear; heat-sink, tilt assembly including tilt adjustment screw, leadscrew, and two spaced-apart panels defining tilt path for causing movement of heat-sink and visible-light source along tilt path; universal joint assembly including gimbal, swing bar with swing arms and being in threaded engagement with leadscrew, swing arms connected with visible-light source; support assembly configured for securing heat-sink and visible-light source together at plurality of selectable distances away from light emission aperture; heat-sink and visible-light source each having thermally-conductive surface, one surface having Dzus-type fastener button and another surface having Dzus-type cavity containing spring wire, for reversible attachment of heat-sink and visible-light source together; or power supply assembly, and receptacle for self-aligning reversible installation of power supply assembly, receptacle having guide walls with lead-ins.
US11674659B1
Devices, methods, and systems for a headlight assembly are described herein. One system includes a first light source that partially obscures a second light source and a channel is coupled between the first light source and the second light source. In some examples, a first mounting tab and a second mounting tab is coupled to a housing containing the first light source and second light source, and a indicator light is press fit onto the housing in a position that is visible to a motorcycle rider from a seated position.
US11674652B2
A phosphor element includes an incident face for an excitation light, a reflecting face opposing the incident face and a side face, and the phosphor element converts at least a part of the excitation light incident onto the incident face into a fluorescence and emits the fluorescence from the incident face. The incident face has an area greater that an area of the reflecting face. The phosphor element includes an inclination region in which an inclination angle of the side face with respect to a vertical axis perpendicular to the incident face is monotonously increased from the reflecting face toward the incident face, viewed in a cross-section perpendicular to the incident face and along the longest dividing line halving the incident face.
US11674650B2
A light emitting device (1) comprising a light exit surface (41) and at least one light source (5) configured to, in operation, emit light, wherein the light emitting device is configured to provide a light output at the light exit surface (41), the light output comprising at least one peak intensity in a first direction (A) and an intensity cut-off in at least one second direction (B), where the intensity in the at least one second direction (B) is less than 10 % of the peak intensity in the first direction (A), and wherein the light emitting device (1) comprises a plurality of sparkling elements (6) arranged in the optical path of at least a part of the light emitted by the at least one light source (5), at least two sparkling elements of the plurality of sparkling elements (6) being configured and arranged to be visible when observed from a viewing position corresponding to the at least one second direction (B).
US11674628B2
Methods, apparatus or equipment and systems for lining conduits, e.g., preferably subterranean pipelines and passageways, such as sewers, with a liner impregnated with a curable resin in order to secure the conduit against ingress or egress of liquids.
US11674618B2
A refrigerant hose has an innermost tube defining a lumen therein, and the innermost tube is based on one of a hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR), an HNBR containing polymer blend, or a copolymer thereof, which is cured with a phenol-formaldehyde resin. The refrigerant hose may further include an optional permeation inhibiting layer which surrounds the innermost tube when incorporated, a reinforcing layer disposed outwardly from the innermost tube and the optional permeation inhibiting layer when this layer is used, and a cover layer disposed outwardly from the reinforcing layer. The innermost tube has a volume swell percentage of 10% or less when exposed to polyolester oil or polyalkylene glycol oil for 168 hrs @ 125° C. Additionally, the innermost tube is devoid of peroxide and may further be devoid added elemental sulfur, sulfur donors and/or additives containing sulfur within their molecular structures.
US11674608B2
An apparatus to allow or stop an air flow into an enclosed environment or piping system comprises (a) a housing, (b) a first valve seat, (c) a first sealing member, (d) a second valve seat, (e) a second sealing member, (f) at least one locking mechanism configured to limit a movement of the first sealing member and/or the second sealing member; wherein the first sealing member moves away from the first valve seat when the second pressure is greater than the first pressure in a predetermined pressure difference; wherein the second sealing member moves away from the first valve seat when the third pressure is greater than the second pressure in a predetermined pressure difference; wherein the first pressure communicates with a system pressure in the piping system; and wherein the third pressure communicates with an ambient air pressure.
US11674604B2
A diaphragm 30 includes a fixed portion 32 to be fixed to a body portion 10, and a flexible thin film portion 33 integrally connected to the fixed portion 32. The fixed portion 32 has a tubular press-fitting portion 34 to be press-fitted into a tubular sealing groove 15 formed on the body portion 10, and a diaphragm-side tapered surface 38 formed on an axis C side with respect to the press-fitting portion 34. In a state where the press-fitting portion 34 is press-fitted into the sealing groove 15, an inclination angle θ1 of the diaphragm-side tapered surface 38 relative to the axis C is smaller than an inclination angle θ2 of a body-side tapered surface 18 formed on the body portion 10 relative to the axis C, and an end portion 38a of the diaphragm-side tapered surface 38 is brought into contact with the body-side tapered surface 18.
US11674600B2
An assembly, more particularly a turbomachine, includes a shaft, which extends along an axis, a shaft seal device for sealing an annular gap between the shaft and a stator in order to seal a process fluid chamber in relation to the environment. The shaft seal device has a ferrofluid shaft seal. At the process fluid chamber, the shaft seal device includes, in addition to the ferrofluid shaft seal, an additional shaft seal. The ferrofluid shaft seal is arranged at the annular gap axially between the first shaft seal and the environment. A pressure sink is provided at the annular gap axially between the additional shaft seal and the ferrofluid shaft seal.
US11674597B2
An improved remotely adjustable gland follower for a stuffing box of a rotary or reciprocal mechanical device is provided. In one embodiment of the invention, the gland follower includes a body portion with at least one cylinder having a fluid inlet at the power end and a piston. The piston has a hydraulic end positioned within the cylinder and an opposed packing face surrounding the shaft and configured to extend into the seal cavity. The piston engages and compresses the packing in the seal cavity when pressurized by fluid introduced into the fluid inlet at the power end of the cylinder. At least one o-ring groove may be formed in the hydraulic end of the piston to receive at least one o-ring for improving the hydraulic seal in the cylinder.
US11674593B2
A working vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a linkage device configured to link a working device to the vehicle body; a prime mover provided on the vehicle body; a traveling device configured to cause the vehicle body to travel; a transmission device configured to transmit power from the prime mover to the traveling device and perform a speed change process to change a speed of the vehicle body; an increase-in-speed detection device configured to detect an increase in speed of the vehicle body; and a speed change restraint unit configured such that, during the speed change process performed by the transmission device, when the increase in speed detected by the increase-in-speed detection device has become equal to or greater than a threshold, the speed change restraint unit stops the speed change process performed by the transmission device.
US11674590B2
Systems for an electric drive axle of a vehicle are provided. In one example, an electric drive axle system includes a gear box including a plurality of gear ratios. The plurality of gear ratios includes a fixed center distance measured from a carrier to an axle on which a plurality of gears or a plurality of pinions is arranged. Each pinion of the plurality of pinions is differently sized, wherein all pinions except for a largest pinion include a pinion baffle. Each gear of the plurality of gears is differently sized, wherein all gears except for a largest gear include a gear baffle.
US11674587B2
A planetary gear device includes: a housing cover disposed at one end portion of a housing in an axis direction, the housing being configured to house a sun gear and a planetary gear inside the housing; and a carrier cover disposed next to the housing cover in the axial direction in the inside, and configured to support a shaft of the planetary gear from one end portion side in the axial direction. One opposing part of a pair of opposing parts opposite to each other in the housing cover and the carrier cover includes a cone-shaped part whose diameter varies in the axial direction, and the other opposing part of the pair of opposing parts includes a sliding part configured to slide on a peripheral surface of the cone-shaped part with a same axis as an axis of the cone-shaped part.
US11674585B2
A pulley assembly having a body, a shaft mount and a plurality of bolts is disclosed. The body is aligned to the shaft mount by providing a tight tolerance between a shoulder portion of the bolt and a neck portion of a counter sunk hole formed in the body. Additionally, an outer surface of the body may have a pattern of friction lines or patches formed by fusing particulate matter to the outer surface with heat generated by a laser beam.
US11674584B2
An axial retainment system for a shaft is provided. The axial retainment system includes a cylindrical body extending from an outboard end to an inboard end thereof, and a swaged ridge extending radially outward from the cylindrical body proximate the outboard end. The swaged ridge has an outboard axial surface facing toward the outboard end and extending radially outward and terminating at a radially outward facing circumferential surface. The swaged ridge has an inboard axial surface facing toward the inboard end and extending radially outward from the cylindrical body and terminating at the radially outward facing circumferential surface. The outboard axial surface of the swaged ridge is recessed axially inward from the outboard end of the shaft. The inboard axial surface of the swaged ridge is swaged against, conforms in shape to, and is compressed against a component to be axially retained on the shaft.
US11674579B2
A planetary gear train automatic limited slip differential may consist of a main differential, a planetary gear train differential controller, a left axle shaft, a right axle shaft, and a clutch. The planetary gear train differential controller may be composed of a first planetary gear train differential controller unit and a second planetary gear train differential controller unit. The first planetary gear train differential controller unit may be composed of a first planetary gear train and a first overrunning clutch connected to the first planetary gear train. The second planetary gear train differential controller unit may be composed of a second planetary gear train and a second overrunning clutch connected to the second planetary gear train.
US11674578B2
A vehicle has an engine, a limited slip differential (LSD) mounted on an axle driven by the engine, and left and right wheels operably connected to the LSD. At least one parameter indicative of a riding condition of the vehicle is determined. A slippery driving condition is detected based on the at least one parameter. The LSD is selectively locked in response to the detection. The slippery driving condition is detected when a torque requested by a user is above a load line of the engine, upon successive wheel slips occurrences, and/or when a wheel slip is detected while a preload is applied to the LSD.
US11674573B2
A phasing system is provided. A phase angle between the gear hub and the cradle rotor can be driven by a planetary actuator. In some non-limiting examples, an input shaft rotationally coupled between a rotary actuator for rotation therewith. Rotation of the input shaft can unlock relative rotation between the cradle rotor and the gear hub. In some non-limiting examples, the phasing system can include a gear hub and a cradle rotor, and a torsion spring arrange therebetween. The torsion spring can be configured to apply an internal torque load between the gear hub and the cradle rotor to offset an external torque load applied to the gear hub or the cradle rotor.
US11674569B2
The invention relates to a toothed belt (10a, 10b) with two mutually oppositely arranged running surfaces (2, 4), wherein, on the running surfaces (2, 4), there are arranged toothings (12, 14) arranged obliquely with respect to the axial direction (X), wherein the obliquity is defined in each case by helix angles (16, 18) between the axial direction (X) and the direction of the tooth flanks of the respective toothings (12, 14). It is provided that the helix angle (16) of the first toothing (12) is oriented oppositely to the helix angle (18) of the second toothing (14).
US11674559B2
A drive assembly for a vehicle drive train includes a base assembly including a base hub configured for non-rotatably connecting to an outer circumferential surface of a transmission input shaft. The base assembly includes a torsional damper fixed to the base hub. The torsional damper includes an input section and an output section drivingly connected by springs. The springs allow relative rotation between the input section and the output section. The output section of the torsional damper is non-rotatably fixed to the base hub. The drive assembly also includes a raw hub extension configured for non-rotatably connecting to an engine crankshaft. The raw hub extension is non-rotatably fixed to the input part of the torsional damper at an engine side of the torsional damper. The torsional damper allows relative rotation between the raw hub extension and the base hub.
US11674555B2
A magnetic brake assembly for use with a wheel rim is described. The brake assembly includes a rotor secured to rotate with the rim and a stator secured to be rotationally stationary relative to the rotor. One of the rotor and stator has an electrically conductive body and the other of the rotor and stator has a magnetic array including a plurality of magnets configured to generate a magnetic flux. An actuator is connected to at least one of the electrically conductive body and magnetic array to selectively effect a brake mode and a non-brake mode. In the brake mode, the magnetic array induces eddy currents in the electrically conductive body to generate a magnetic braking force when the rim rotates above a threshold speed and in the non-brake mode, the induced eddy currents cause a negligible or no magnetic braking force as the rim rotates above the threshold speed.
US11674550B2
A method of forming a bearing cage is generally disclosed herein. The method includes (i) forming a bearing cage from either titanium or a titanium alloy; and (ii) applying a plasma-nitriding treatment to at least one surface of the bearing cage to form a compound layer of titanium nitride including TiN and Ti2N on an outer region of the at least one surface. Step (ii) further forms a diffusion zone adjacent to the outer region, in one aspect. A surface hardness of the bearing cage that is treated by the plasma-nitriding step is at least 1000 HV. The bearing cage is configured to be used in a turbofan, turboprop, or turboshaft engine or in a helicopter gearbox, in one aspect.
US11674549B2
A shaft assembly has a shaft and a journal bearing that is fixedly coupled to the shaft so that rotation of the shaft causes corresponding rotation of the journal bearing. A bearing race has an inner surface that defines a cylindrical bore and a lubrication groove that extends radially outward from the cylindrical bore. The journal bearing is rotatably disposed within the cylindrical bore of the bearing race.
US11674545B2
A bioinspired suction device includes a radially symmetrical suction chamber formed from a first elastomer and having a skirt portion with a skirt diameter and a disc margin formed from a flexible flattened ring adhered to a lower surface of the skirt portion. The disc margin is formed from a second elastomer and has a disc diameter that extends beyond the skirt diameter. The second elastomer is a compliant material having a lower hardness and lower tensile strength than the first elastomer. Radial pads may extend from the disc margin, where each pad has elastomeric texture features formed on a pad contact surface.
US11674541B2
A locking pin with a locking mechanism (8, 27, 28) that has a guide sleeve (3) that can be attached to a machine part, and a pin (2) connected to an actuator button (6), which passes through a central bore (14) in the actuator button (6), and which can be axially displaced and secured in a hole in the guide sleeve (3) counter to and by means of the force of a compression spring (7) by actuating the actuator button (6), wherein the pin (2) can be brought into at least two locking positions in the guide sleeve (3) by means of the locking mechanism (8, 27, 28) located in the central bore (17), wherein the locking mechanism (8, 27, 28) is sealed in the central bore (14) of the actuator button (6) in the region of a second guide sleeve (12) that is coaxial to the first guide sleeve (3) and connected thereto, and is composed of a locking sleeve (8) secured to the actuator button (6), the sleeve extension (15) of which forms a locking contour (28) in conjunction with a locking recess (27) located in the region of the second guide sleeve (12).
US11674533B2
A method of controlling a hydraulic control system of a material handling vehicle is provided. The method includes detecting an elevated height of a fork assembly, determining if the elevated height is above a first predetermined height threshold, and actuating a first low pressure control valve from a control valve closed position to a control valve open position to provide fluid communication from a supply passage to the first low pressure relief valve when the elevated height is above a first predetermined height threshold.
US11674526B2
A ceiling fan having a dual redundant motor mounting assembly for suspending a motor comprising a downrod, a hollow motor shaft suspending the motor from the downrod, a retaining pin extending through the hollow motor shaft, and a retaining rod coupled to the retainer pin for redundantly suspending the motor.
US11674523B1
A dynamically controlled cooling device for targeted cooling of a moving or stationary user includes a fan, which is rotationally mounted to a base, and a targeting device, which is in possession of the user. A first actuator is attached to the base and is operationally engaged to the fan to selectively rotate the fan. A control module is operationally engaged to the first actuator and the fan. The control module comprises a first receiver, which is Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled, and a second receiver. The targeting device comprises a third receiver, which is GPS enabled, and a transmitter. The first receiver and the third receiver receive coordinates of the fan and the user, respectively. The transmitter relays the coordinates of the user to the control module, whereupon the control module to actuates the fan and the first actuator to direct a stream of air onto the user.
US11674521B2
A fan for generating germicidal light is disclosed, which may be adapted to mount to a ceiling. The fan includes a hub connected to a plurality of fan blades. A motor is adapted to rotate the hub. A support is adapted to support the hub and motor from the ceiling. A lighting module may include a tray adapted to receive the support, the tray including one or more lights for providing ultraviolet germicidal light. The light may be provided by LEDs on a circuit board adapted for positioning around the support without dismounting the support from the ceiling, such as one comprised of wedge-shaped segments. The modular circuit board may form part of an uplight module supported by a housing for the motor.
US11674520B2
A centrifugal fan includes a main plate, a blade connected to the main plate, and a shroud having an annular shape and connected to a shroud-side end of the blade that is an end opposite a main-plate-side end of the blade connected to the main plate. The centrifugal fan rotates about a rotation axis to suction a fluid through an opening of the shroud and discharge the fluid through the blade in a radial direction. A leading edge of the blade includes a recess located next to a point at which a shroud inner surface of the shroud that faces the main plate is connected to the leading edge and curving inwardly from the point toward a trailing edge and a projection located closer to the main plate than is the recess and projecting in the rotation direction.
US11674518B2
An electrical submersible well pump (ESP) has a motor electrical connector mounted to an exterior of the motor. A motor sensor connects to an interior side of the motor electrical connector. Seal first and second electrical connectors mount to an exterior of a seal/motor adapter. A seal internal wire within the seal section electrically connects interior sides of the seal first and second electrical connectors together. An external motor jumper wire extends alongside the motor between the motor electrical connector and the seal first electrical connector. A pump electrical connector mounts to an exterior of a pump/seal adapter and connects to a pump sensor within the pump. An external seal jumper wire connects between the seal second electrical connector and the pump electrical connector.
US11674514B2
A compressor includes a drive shaft having a main shaft and an eccentric portion, and a compression mechanism having a fitted tubular portion into which a fitted shaft portion of the drive shaft is slidably fitted. The fitted shaft portion has first and second sliding surfaces formed as portions of an outer peripheral surface in the circumferential direction. The second sliding surface has a smaller axial width than the first sliding surface. A gap is adjacent to the second sliding surface into which a lubricating oil flows. An oil retainer is configured as a boundary portion between the first sliding surface and the gap to keep the lubricating oil in the gap from flowing out toward an end surface of the fitted shaft portion. The boundary portion has a central portion that protrudes further toward the first sliding surface than an end of the boundary portion in a lubricating oil flow-out direction.
US11674507B2
A solar powered sediment capture system is disclosed for collecting sediment at environment sites such as lakes and rivers. A mechanical pump directs water from a containment basin to an upper tank and an antistatic pressure tank, both which are elevated. Gravity flow from the upper tank generates vacuum to establish a syphon for drawing a flowable sediment slurry from an environmental borrow site to a filter. Effluent from the filter passes down to the containment basin, which has water level at a lower elevation than that of the borrow site. Anti-static and driller conduits permit gravity flow from the anti-static tank to suspend the sediment and to maintain the slurry at the syphon inlet in a flowable state.
US11674501B2
A monitoring system for a wind turbine blade, wherein the wind turbine blade includes an electrically conducting or semi-conducting structural component and a lightning protection system having a down conductor electrically connected to an lightning receptor, wherein the down conductor is electrically connected to the structural component by an equipotential connector, such that, a network of electrical impedances including the structural component, the equipotential connector and the down conductor is formed, whereby the hybrid monitoring system includes, a sensing device for the network, including a transmitter for emitting an electrical pulse into the network via a first terminal and a receiver for receiving a reception pattern of the electrical pulse from the network via a second terminal, and an evaluation device for evaluating the reception pattern to determine a first health information regarding the lightning protection system, and a second health information regarding the structural component, is provided.
US11674496B2
A wind turbine rotor blade is bonded together at the leading and trailing edges, and including a shear web or webs (the main vertical stiffening member that runs the span of the rotor blade) as an integral part, sharing the inner and outer skins of one or both sides of the blade. The integrated shear web(s) is made into the skin shell, and is an uninterrupted, continuous extension of the shell laminate that is joined to the shell component/components without requiring a secondary bond of any sort. The laminates in the shell and the shear web(s) may differ or be the same.
US11674492B2
System comprising an internal combustion engine including a crankshaft, a crankshaft sprocket coupled to the crankshaft, an electric motor in mechanical communication with the crankshaft sprocket, a bidirectional engine position sensor coupled to the crankshaft sprocket, a controller in electrical communication with the bidirectional engine position sensor and a non-transitory memory having instructions that, in response to execution by a processor, cause the processor to determine a position of an engine component upon shutdown of the engine, store the position of the engine component at shutdown in the non-transitory memory, and control the electric motor at restart in response to the position of the engine component at shutdown are disclosed. Methods are also disclosed.
US11674474B2
A thrust reverser cascade of an aircraft engine comprises a frame and a vane overmolded onto the frame. The frame and the vane each comprise reinforcement fibers in a thermoplastic matrix. A method is disclosed for manufacturing the thrust reverser cascade or another part comprising an aerodynamic surface configured to interact with a flow of fluid. The method comprises providing a first portion of the part and overmolding a second portion of the part onto the first portion where the second portion includes the aerodynamic surface.
US11674471B2
Methods and systems for adjusting fuel injector operation according to changes in fuel pressure during inter-injection periods are described. The inter-injection period may be before and after fuel is injected to an engine. The methods and systems described herein may be suitable for direct and port fuel injectors.
US11674469B1
Methods and systems are provided for a diagnostic of a pressure sensor. In one example, a method includes bypassing one or more vapor canisters and determining a condition of the pressure sensor based on feedback from a hydrocarbon sensor.
US11674463B2
A method for operating an internal combustion engine of a drivetrain of a vehicle during launching. The vehicle has an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system for purifying exhaust gas of the engine. After a starting operation of the engine, the drivetrain is operated in a first operating state. In this first operating state, the engine is operated at idle, the exhaust-gas aftertreatment system is heated by the internal combustion engine, and a launch prohibition is active. The launch prohibition that is active in the first operating state prevents launching using the internal combustion engine. After a predefined state of the exhaust-gas aftertreatment system has been attained, the drivetrain is operated in a second operating state. The launch prohibition is inactive in the second operating state, such that launching using the engine is possible in the second operating state.
US11674462B2
Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods of cylinder deactivation in compression-ignition engines. An engine described herein can include N cylinders, with N being an integer of at least 2, with each cylinder including an inner surface, a piston disposed and configured to move in each cylinder of the N cylinders, an intake port, an exhaust port, and a fuel injector. The piston and the inner surface define a combustion chamber. A method of operating the compression ignition engine includes injecting a fuel into each of the combustion chambers, combusting substantially all of the fuel in the compression ignition engine, monitoring engine load of the compression ignition engine, and deactivating a cylinder of the N cylinders upon a decrease in load to less than (N−1)/N×FL, wherein FL is a full load at a given engine speed.
US11674454B2
A system includes a flow inlet conduit. A primary conduit branches from the flow inlet conduit for delivering flow to a set of primary nozzles. An equalization bypass valve (EBV) connects between the flow inlet conduit and a secondary conduit for delivering flow to a set of secondary nozzles. The EBV is connected to be controlled to apportion flow from the flow inlet conduit to the secondary conduit. A secondary equalization valve (SEV) connects between the flow inlet conduit and the secondary conduit. The SEV is connected to be controlled by drain pressure (PD) to apportion flow from the flow inlet conduit to the secondary conduit.
US11674448B2
A seal system includes a ceramic component, a metallic component, a silicon-containing layer, and a barrier layer. The ceramic component has a first surface region that defines a first surface roughness. The metallic component is situated adjacent to the first surface region and has a second surface region facing the first surface region. The silicon-containing layer is on the first surface region of the ceramic component and has a contact surface that defines a second surface roughness which is less than the first surface roughness. The barrier layer is on the metallic component and in contact with the silicon-containing layer and serves to limit interaction between silicon of the silicon-containing layer and the metallic component. The barrier layer includes at least one of alumina or MCrAlY.
US11674442B2
A gas turbine engine includes; a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine in serial flow relationship; a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger having an inlet, an outlet, and an internal surface coated with a catalyst, the heat exchanger being located upstream of the compressor; a source of hydrocarbon fuel in fluid communication with the inlet of the heat exchanger; a source of oxygen in fluid communication with the inlet of the heat exchanger; and a distribution system for receiving reformed hydrocarbon fuel from the heat exchanger.
US11674429B1
Methods and systems to control a temperature of a selective catalytic reduction catalyst are disclosed. In one example, a diverter valve that includes two butterfly valves that are coupled together via a shaft is adjusted to control a temperature at an inlet of the selective catalytic reduction catalyst so that the selective catalytic reduction catalyst may operate efficiently.
US11674422B2
An aftertreatment system includes a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system, a heater, and a controller that determines a rise in temperature of exhaust gas at an outlet of the heater for a plurality of power levels, predicts a first temperature of the exhaust gas at the outlet of the heater based on the rise in temperature, predicts a second temperature of the exhaust gas at a location of the SCR system based on the first temperature, compares the second temperature for each of the plurality of power levels with a target temperature of the exhaust gas at the inlet of the SCR system, selects one of the plurality of power levels based on the comparison, and adjusts operation of the heater based on the selected one of the plurality of power levels to achieve the target temperature of the exhaust gas at the inlet of the SCR system.
US11674411B2
A system is provided for multi-engine coordination of gas turbine engine motoring in an aircraft. The system includes a controller operable to determine a motoring mode as a selection between a single engine dry motoring mode and a multi-engine dry motoring mode based on at least one temperature of a plurality of gas turbine engines and initiate dry motoring based on the motoring mode.
US11674402B2
A hydrostatic advanced low leakage seal configured to be disposed between relatively rotatable components. The seal includes a base. The seal also includes a shoe extending circumferentially. The seal further includes a radially outer beam operatively coupling the shoe to the base. The seal yet further includes a radially inner beam operatively coupling the shoe to the base, wherein one of the radially inner beam and the radially outer beam is oriented to be angled relative to the other of the radially inner and outer beam.
US11674400B2
A gas turbine engine including a frame assembly; a turbine assembly; and a nozzle disposed in the turbine assembly, wherein the nozzle defines an inner end along a radial direction and an outer end along the radial direction, wherein the outer end of the nozzle is supported by the frame assembly, wherein the inner end of the nozzle is supported by the frame assembly, and wherein the inner end of the nozzle is displaceable relative to the frame assembly in at least the radial direction.
US11674397B2
A variable stiffness damper system including an inner spring positioned between a first wall and a second wall, in which the inner spring includes a first member and a second member each coupled together at a distal end by an inner bumper. The first member and the second member are each contoured toward one another. The first member, the second member, and the inner bumper form a cavity therebetween. An outer spring is positioned between the inner spring and the first wall or the second wall. The outer spring includes a spring arm contoured toward the inner spring. The outer spring includes an outer bumper positioned between the inner bumper and the first wall or the second wall. The inner bumper and the outer bumper are selectively couplable to one another based on a load applied to the damper system.
US11674396B2
A gas turbine engine includes a combustion section, a turbine section, and a compressor section. The combustion section includes a combustor casing, a combustor, a cooling duct, and an outer duct. The combustor casing defines at least in part a diffuser cavity and a fluid inlet. The combustor disposed is in the diffuser cavity. The cooling duct is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet in the combustor casing and is configured to transport a flow of cooled air. The outer duct surrounds at least a portion of the cooling duct and extends along a portion of an entire length of the cooling duct. The outer duct defines a gap with the cooling duct and is configured to transport a flow of buffer air. The turbine section is disposed downstream from the combustion section. The cooling duct is in fluid communication with the turbine section.
US11674394B2
The rotor assembly can have a first disc having a first body extending circumferentially and radially around the axis, a first set of circumferentially distributed blades protruding radially from the first disc, and a male spline extending axially relative the first body, the male spline extending around and along the axis, and a second disc having a second body extending circumferentially and radially around the axis, a second set of circumferentially distributed blades protruding radially from the second disc, and a female spline extending around and along the axis, the female spline receiving the male spline in a spline engagement.
US11674387B2
The disclosure relates to a method of evaluating characteristics of an earth formation, comprising deploying a packer assembly in a borehole penetrating an earth formation, the packer assembly comprising an instrumented inflatable packer element including fiber optic sensors; inflating the instrumented inflatable packer elements; detecting, using the fiber optic sensors, events occurring in the earth formation; and transmitting data corresponding to the detected events to a surface processing system. The disclosure also relates to a packer element and a instrumented packer assembly system. The disclosure may enable to derive formation characteristic in several configurations such as a stress test or a hydraulic fracturing configuration.
US11674386B2
The present invention discloses a logging encapsulated optical-fiber duct cable and a manufacturing method thereof. The encapsulated optical-fiber duct cable mainly comprises an external encapsulation layer. At least one armor tube is arranged in the encapsulation layer. An optical fiber protective tube is arranged in each armor tube. A filling layer is arranged in a space between the optical fiber protective tube and the armor tube. An optical fiber is arranged in the optical fiber protective tube. The manufacturing method mainly comprises four steps: pavement of the optical fiber and formation of the protective tube, formation of the filling layer, formation of the armor tube and formation of the encapsulation layer. The optical-fiber duct cable of the present invention has the advantages of large length, high strength, good temperature tolerance, small signal transmission loss, high transmission speed and synchronous transmission of multiple signals.
US11674384B2
A method can include receiving sensor data from a system; encoding the sensor data to a latent space representation via a trained encoder; generating a control action using the latent space representation; and issuing an instruction that corresponds to the control action for control of the system.
US11674381B2
A prediction method for coal and gas outburst based on comparing borehole gas flow curves includes the following steps: constructing a seam-crossing borehole in the coal seam, measuring or calculating gas flow corresponding to critical gas pressure P, which is a reference gas flow Q(t)reference; performing linear regression on the reference gas flow Q(t)reference to form a reference flow curve; constructing a predicted seam-crossing borehole in a predicted area, and directly testing a gas flow at each time t in a delayed manner, which is a predicted gas flow Q(t)prediction; performing linear regression on the predicted gas flow Q(t)prediction to form a predicted flow curve; and judging whether the predicted flow curve is above the reference flow curve or whether the predicted flow curve intersects with the reference flow curve, and judging whether the coal seam in the predicted area has a risk of coal and gas outburst.
US11674373B2
A method to produce in-situ steam comprising the steps of producing a laser beam in a steam generator segment positioned in a wellbore in a formation; introducing the laser beam to an activated carbon container, where the activated carbon container comprises activated carbon; increasing a temperature of the activated carbon with the laser beam to produce a hot activated carbon; introducing water to the activated carbon container through a water supply line; producing steam in the activated carbon container when the water contacts the hot activated carbon; increasing pressure in the activated carbon container as steam is produced until a pressure set point of an inter-container valve is reached; releasing steam through the inter-container valve to a steam container; increasing a pressure in the steam container until a release set point of one or more release valves is reached; and releasing steam through the release valve to the formation.
US11674372B2
A method can include flowing fluid from a formation from an inlet of a tool to an annulus; flowing spacer fluid from a conduit to the annulus; flowing the fluid and the spacer fluid in the annulus to a station; and collecting the fluid.
US11674363B2
A tool (1) for manipulating a target with combustion products from a propellant includes a housing (2) defining a chamber (12), at least two propellant sources located within the chamber and spaced apart one from the other, an ignition mechanism for igniting propellant (26) at the propellant sources, and at least one chamber outlet (30) for combustion products from the propellant sources. Methods of manipulating a target using the tool are also described.
US11674360B2
A tool for use in suspending operation of an oil or gas well driven by an artificial lift with a polished rod connected to a sucker rod in a tubing string. The tool includes a body having a lower narrow portion dimensioned to fit within the interior cavity of a tubing string inlet or an upper extension thereof, and an upper wide diameter portion defining a substantially horizontal landing surface dimensioned to rest upon the top edge of the tubing string inlet or the upper extension thereof. The tool includes one or more sucker rod-engaging structures and one or more longitudinal slots extending through the lower narrow portion and the upper wide diameter portion to allow passage of fluid or gas through the tool when the tool is supported on the top edge of the tubing string inlet or the upper extension thereof.
US11674359B1
A centralizer for stabilizing fluid flow through a hollow shaft has a body with an axis, an outer surface and a circumference. Fins extend from the outer surface and include a first pair of fins that are axially aligned with each other and circumferentially spaced from each other. A second pair of fins are axially spaced a first distance from the first pair of fins. The second pair of fins are axially aligned with each other and circumferentially spaced from each other. The first and second pairs of fins are circumferentially offset from each other.
US11674358B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure include a system, method, and apparatus for increased control of steam injection for use in oil and gas recovery in a well. Embodiments can comprise a plurality of controllable zones of injection disposed in the well. The plurality of controllable zones include a primary conduit that houses a plurality of concentric conduits of decreasing diameter disposed inside of the primary conduit. In some embodiments, each of the concentric conduits includes a proximal end and a distal end. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of concentric conduits are fluidly sealed from one another from their respective proximal end to distal end.
US11674357B2
A drilling apparatus in the form of a Kelly drilling rig including a drilling tool holder for holding a drill rod, in particular a Kelly bar, which can be rotatably driven by a rotary drive via a gearbox, wherein the gearbox includes a gearbox housing with multiple gearbox elements rotatably mounted therein. At least one plastically deformable shock absorber element for absorbing shocks is provided on at least one of the gearbox elements in the gearbox housing.
US11674356B2
A downhole coupling mechanism for use in downhole tools that find application in wells exploited by a hydraulic refracturing process. The downhole coupling mechanism connects first and second tubular sections via a tensile load arrangement of wires located in complimentary grooves, a torque arrangement of interlocking lugs and notches on opposite ends, and a seal arrangement. The downhole coupling mechanism provides a thin walled coupling where a screw-threaded connection could not achieve the required tensile load, torque and sealing properties needed. Embodiments of a thin walled anchor and packer including the downhole coupling mechanism are described.
US11674355B2
Pipelines with a control system and forced circulation of fluids through the annulus between an inner barrier and an outer cover of a pipe use a system configured to force circulation of fluids through the annulus. The pipe includes segments (T1, T2, T3, TN) joined together by means of connectors, wherein each segment of the pipe has an injector pipe (I1, I2, I3, IN) for injecting fluid into the annulus at a first end of the segment, and a return pipe (R1, R2, R3, RN) for removing fluid from the annulus at a second end of the segment.
US11674353B2
A method for controlling a drilling trajectory of a wellbore includes computing a position and attitude of a drill bit within a wellbore. The method further includes computing a wellbore trajectory error between (i) the position of the drill bit and a well plan position and (ii) the attitude of the drill bit and a well plan attitude. Further, the method includes determining an inclination set-point change command and an azimuth set-point change command using the wellbore trajectory error. Additionally, the method includes steering the drill bit using the inclination set-point change command and the azimuth set-point change command.
US11674346B2
The present disclosure relates to an ambidextrous hinge. The ambidextrous hinge includes a first knuckle with a first engagement feature, a second knuckle with a second engagement feature, and a third knuckle movably coupled between the first knuckle and the second knuckle. The third knuckle includes a third engagement feature that engages the first engagement feature to cause the ambidextrous hinge to lock in a first open position when used as a first swing hinge. The third knuckle includes a fourth engagement feature that engages the second engagement feature to cause the ambidextrous hinge to lock in a second open position when used as a second swing hinge.
US11674340B2
An emergency mechanism for manually opening a powered door that includes a hold-close latch that holds the door in a closed position. During the manual operation, a manually operated handle for actuating only the hold-closed latch is manually moved from a non-actuating position to an actuating position, which actuates the hold-close latch to release the door from the closed position. The handle is held in the actuating position until it is moved back to the non-actuating position during a subsequent powered operation, thus allowing a user to move the door to an opened position using both hands.
US11674325B2
A pool cleaner includes a vent mechanism and a water port in fluid communication with the vent mechanism. When a forward end of the pool cleaner extends above a waterline of the pool, water flows through the vent mechanism and the water port over an inlet port and prevents loss of suction at the inlet port. A protruding member of the pool cleaner contacts submerged obstacle and tilts the pool cleaner to prevent the pool cleaner from becoming stuck on the submerged obstacle.
US11674323B2
The present disclosure relates to a device and a method for reinforcing a round section wood beam by the combination of a prestressed Fiber Reinforce Plastic (FRP) sheet and a high strength steel wire rope. The device includes an FRP sheet adhered to a bottom surface of a log beam in the length direction. A middle supporting piece is mounted in the middle of the log beam. An end part reinforcing anchoring piece is mounted at each of two ends of the log beam. FRP hoops are adhered to the log beam and are located between the middle supporting piece and each of the end part reinforcing anchoring pieces at intervals in the length direction. High strength steel wire ropes with both ends connected to the corresponding end part reinforcing anchoring pieces are respectively arranged on the two sides of the middle supporting piece.
US11674319B2
Floor panels which are provided with a mechanical locking system including an extruded flexible tongue in a sidewardly open groove which during a vertical folding motion is bent horizontally. A tongue adapted for being received in a sidewardly open groove of a floor panel, wherein the tongue, which is an elongated extruded section, when received in the groove is bendable in a plane substantially parallel with a front face of the floor panel, such that the tongue is at least partially resiliently displaceable inside said sidewardly open groove in said plane during locking of the floor panel with another floor panel and wherein a vertical protrusion, serving as a friction connection between the tongue and the groove, is arranged at an upper or lower part of the tongue, wherein a total width of tongue varies in a longitudinal direction of the tongue.
US11674311B1
An extendable cover system and method for extending a cover over an opening is provided. The system includes a plurality of panels oriented horizontally and stacked vertically at a side of the opening, with each panel held by a corresponding panel holding arm. One or more guide rails extend across the opening to receive the panels. A panel moving mechanism moves the panels one-by-one onto the one or more guide rails. Each time a panel is deployed, the panel holding arms are lifted vertically to align a next panel with the guide rails, the next panel is then deployed, and the process continues until the opening is covered.
US11674310B2
There is disclosed a relocatable internal wall panel, kit and system for a room having a floor and ceiling. The wall panel comprises a first wall portion and a second wall portion having opposed planar surfaces to define a void. The first wall portion is at least partly received within the void defined within the second wall portion in a retracted position and reversibly extendable therefrom such that in the extended position the upper edge of the first wall portion bears against the ceiling of the room.
US11674283B2
The present application provides a semi-submersible immersed tube transportation and installation integrated ship and a construction process; the integrated ship includes: a deck structure; two floating structures, ballast water being able to be injected therein; and upper portions or top surfaces of the two floating structures are connected by the deck structure; and two support mechanisms, disposed on opposite sides of the two floating structures respectively; and each support mechanism is disposed at a lower portion or a bottom of the floating structure. The integrated ship can reduce the draught of the integrated ship carrying an immersed tube and realize the transportation requirements of shallow waterway.
US11674281B2
A system is disclosed including but not limited to a a jack up processor in data communication with each for dynamically balancing loads in real time on a plurality of legs supporting a jack up rig platform having a plurality of gear box motors on the plurality of legs. A processor reads data from sensors on gear box motors on the legs and selects a stored torque profile from a computer readable medium based on the load data from the sensors; and sends the torque profile to the plurality of gearboxes. A computer readable medium and neural network are disclosed for dynamically balancing loads on the plurality of legs in real time.
US11674278B2
A snow removal blade has a rolling body, a snow-removal knife connected to a bottom portion of the rolling body, a plurality of nozzles for delivering a melting liquid on the snow left on the road surface by the snow-removal knife, and a member for mixing together and pressing the residual snow and the melting liquid, which is arranged behind the snow-removal knife in a direction of advance of the snow removal blade, the snow-removal knife and the mixing and pressing member delimiting between them a channel for lateral outlet of the snow, arranged in which are the delivery nozzles.
US11674275B2
A retractable cylindrical safety marker is provided. The retractable cylindrical safety marker includes a base, having a middle section defining an upper planar surface and two opposing edges; a first end section rotatably attached at an end to one of the opposing edges; and a second end section rotatably attached at an end to the other of the opposing edges, and a vertical riser, having a lower riser having a lower end attached to the first end section and the second end section, the lower riser having a slot extending along its interior surface in the longitudinal direction; and at least one upper riser concentrically positioned within the lower riser, the upper riser having a tab positioned on an outer surface thereof, the tab being mateable with the slot and configured to permit the tab to translate along the slot.
US11674272B2
A low-emission hot-in-place asphalt recycling equipment train system is disclosed, which comprises at least three heating units, a milling unit, a centralized hot mix heating unit, a mixing unit, and compatible paving and compacting units. The hot-in-place asphalt recycling equipment train system realizes stepwise uniform heating of pavements, recycling of heat energy, centralized treatment and discharge of fumes, centralized and uniform hot mix heating of materials without causing damage, simultaneous metering and feeding of required materials at multiple points, and on-site mobile batch mixing.
US11674266B2
A multi-ply through air dried structured tissue having a bulk softness of less than 10 TS7 and a lint value of 5.0 or less. Each ply of the tissue has a first exterior layer that includes a wet end temporary wet strength additive in an amount of approximately 0.25 kg/ton and a wet end dry strength additive in an amount of approximately 0.25 kg/ton, an interior layer that includes a first wet end additive comprising an ionic surfactant, and a second wet end additive comprising a non-ionic surfactant, and a second exterior layer.
US11674258B2
A present disclosure provides a washing machine including first and second nozzles which are provided on an inner peripheral surface of a gasket, first and second balancers disposed on the front surface of the tub and outside the gasket, and a circulating water supply pipe which guides the water pumped by a pump to the first and second nozzles. The circulating water supply pipe includes first and second discharge ports protruding toward the gasket and respectively inserted into a first connector and a second connector. The first and second balancers are disposed to be spaced by a distance shorter than lengths of the first and second discharge ports from outer surfaces of the first and second discharge portions facing the first and second balancers. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the circulating water supply pipe from being removed.
US11674257B2
Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus. The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a tub, a drum, and a detergent reservoir. The detergent reservoir has a storage space defined therein for storing the detergent therein, and has a ventilation hole defined in a top face thereof for communicating the storage space with the outside. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a flow inhibiting wall including a plurality of inhibiting walls arranged in the storage space and protruding from an inner face of the detergent reservoir to inhibit flow of the detergent towards the ventilation hole.
US11674255B2
A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a tub, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub, an elastic member to connect, to the cabinet, a portion of the tub body above a horizontal line passing through a rotation center of the drum; first and second dampers to connect, to the cabinet, a portion of the tub body located below the horizontal line; and a third damper to connect, to the cabinet, a portion of the tub body located below the horizontal line. A first location is defined as one of left and right portions in the tub body relative to a vertical line passing through the rotation center of the drum, while a second location is defined as the other portion. The first damper and second damper are disposed at the first location. The third damper is disposed at the second location.
US11674246B2
Disclosed herein are methods for producing core-sheath structures by shaping at least one filament bundle containing a plurality of filaments to form at least one shaped strand of filaments, and braiding a plurality of strands, including the at least one shaped strand of filaments, over a core to form the core-sheath structure containing a braided sheath of the strands surrounding the core, wherein the shaped strand of filaments is an untwisted strand having a twist level of less than 1 turn per meter, a cross-sectional aspect ratio of the shaped strand of filaments is at least 3:1, as measured in the braided sheath, a thickness of at least a portion of the braided sheath ranges from about 10 to about 200 μm, and the braided sheath comprises a synthetic fiber having a tensile strength of greater than 12 cN/dtex. Also disclosed herein are core-sheath structures formed by such methods.
US11674225B2
There is provided a substrate processing apparatus for performing film formation by supplying a processing gas to a substrate, including: a rotary table provided in a processing container; a mounting stand provided to mount the substrate and configured to be revolved by rotating the rotary table; a processing gas supply part configured to supply a processing gas to a region through which the mounting stand passes by the rotation of the rotary table; a rotation shaft rotatably provided in a portion rotating together with the rotary table and configured to support the mounting stand; a driven gear provided on the rotation shaft; a driving gear provided along an entire circumference of a revolution trajectory of the driven gear to face the revolution trajectory of the driven gear and configured to constitute a magnetic gear mechanism with the driven gear; and a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the driving gear.
US11674222B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for in situ seasoning of process chamber components, such as electrodes. The method includes depositing a silicon oxide film over the process chamber component and converting the silicon oxide film to a silicon-carbon-containing film. The silicon-carbon-containing film forms a protective film over the process chamber components and is resistant to plasma processing and/or dry etch cleaning. The coatings has high density, good emissivity control, and reduces risk of device property drift.
US11674205B2
Provided in one embodiment is a method, comprising: sintering a plurality of nanocrystalline particulates to form a nanocrystalline alloy, wherein at least some of the nanocrystalline particulates may include a non-equilibrium phase comprising a first metal material and a second metal material, and the first metal material may be soluble in the second metal material. The sintered nanocrystalline alloy may comprise a bulk nanocrystalline alloy.
US11674200B2
A non-limiting embodiment of a titanium alloy comprises, in weight percentages based on total alloy weight: 2.0 to 5.0 aluminum; 3.0 to 8.0 tin; 1.0 to 5.0 zirconium; 0 to a total of 16.0 of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of oxygen, vanadium, molybdenum, niobium, chromium, iron, copper, nitrogen, and carbon; titanium; and impurities. A non-limiting embodiment of the titanium alloy comprises an intentional addition of tin and zirconium in conjunction with certain other alloying additions such as aluminum, oxygen, vanadium, molybdenum, niobium, and iron, to stabilize the α phase and increase the volume fraction of the α phase without the risk of forming embrittling phases, which was observed to increase room temperature tensile strength while maintaining ductility.
US11674197B2
A combined continuous casting and endless rolling plant for a metal strip, comprising—a continuous casting line (1) for casting a slab;—a first rolling mill (6) for roughing the slab and for obtaining a transfer bar;—a second rolling mill (11) for finishing the transfer bar and for obtaining a strip;—a third rolling mill (18), comprising at least two first rolling stands (17), for further reducing the thickness of the strip;—accumulation means (20) of the strip, downstream of said third rolling mill (18), comprising at least one first high-capacity reel (37, 37′) dimensioned to wind and unwind a coil weighing from 80 to 250 tons and/or up to 6 meters in diameter, named mega coil;—flying cutting means (13), arranged between said third rolling mill (18) and said accumulation means (20), configured to cut the strip after the mega roll has been wound on the at least one first reel (37, 37′);—a cutting and winding line (22), downstream of said accumulation means (20), for cutting the strip of the mega coil and winding portions of said strip of the mega coil to a predetermined weight limit or coil diameter limit, producing a plurality of coils; wherein said cutting and winding line (22) is provided with a reversible rolling mill for performing at least one rolling of the strip before producing said plurality of coils.
US11674196B2
A steel reinforcing bar contains 0.06 wt % to 0.11 wt % carbon, more than 0 and not more than 0.25 wt % silicon, 0.8 wt % or more and less than 2.0 wt % manganese, more than 0 and not more than 0.01 wt % phosphorus, more than 0 and not more than 0.01 wt % sulfur, 0.01 to 0.03 wt % aluminum, 0.50 to 1.00 wt % nickel, 0.027 to 0.125 wt % molybdenum, more than 0 and not more than 0.25 wt % chromium, more than 0 and not more than 0.28 wt % copper, more than 0 and not more than 0.01 wt % nitrogen, and the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities. The reinforcing bar has a surface layer and a core. The surface layer has a hardened layer of tempered martensite, and the core has a mixed structure of bainite, ferrite and pearlite.
US11674189B2
Disclosed are methods of identifying a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a sample wherein the methods involve detecting a S. aureus-specific nucleic acid sequence, mecA and mecC, in the sample. Kits for determining the presence of MRSA in a sample are also provided.
US11674185B2
The present application mainly relates to a method for determining a prognosis for a subject diagnosed with high-grade serous ovarian cancer. The method comprises determining the prognosis based on activities of at least two cellular signaling pathways including a phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway and a nuclear factor-kappa B (NFkB or NFκB) pathway in a sample of the subject. The present application also relates to a method for identifying a subject diagnosed with high-grade serous ovarian cancer that will be suitable for a PI3K pathway targeting therapy or an NFkB pathway targeting therapy. The method comprises identifying the subject based on activities of at least two cellular signaling pathways including a PI3K pathway and an NFkB pathway in a sample of the subject. The present application further relates to corresponding apparatuses, non-transitory storage media, computer programs and kits.
US11674183B2
The present invention is directed to an in vitro method of detecting cell free nucleic acids, preferably cell free DNA (cfDNA) in a body fluid sample from an individual or a patient, wherein the method comprises the step of accurately and sensitively determining the concentration of cell free nucleic acid in the sample and/or determining the concentration or amount of said cell free nucleic acid of a size range and/or the index of integrity or size fraction ratio (SFR) of said cell free nucleic acid and/or the determination of the presence of genetic polymorphisms (such as known Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) or mutations). The invention encompasses also a method to discriminate body fluid individuals where cfDNA are highly released by comparing the size profile obtained for at least one of three size ranges of cfDNA. The invention also encompasses a method for analysing cell free nucleic acids in individuals for the diagnosis, prognosis or for assessing the evolution of a physiological state, such as the progression of a tumor or metastatic cancer, for monitoring the efficacy of a cancer treatment in a patient or for theragnostic purposes implementing the analysis of these biomarkers.
US11674173B2
An operation method of a multiplex slide plate device is provided. First, the multiplex slide plate device is assembled, including a slide plate, a sacrificial layer and a housing. The slide plate has reaction vessels, and the sacrificial layer has a microfluidic channel composed of an injection channel, a main channel and a distal channel. A sample solution is injected to the injection channel, such that the sample solution flows from the injection channel through the main channel to the distal channel, wherein the sample solution loads into the reaction vessels. Afterwards, an oil is injected to the injection channel, such that the oil flows from the injection channel through the main channel to the distal channel, wherein the oil removes the sample solution not loaded into the reaction vessels. Next, the sacrificial layer is heated to melt, and the melted sacrificial layer is mixed with the oil.
US11674167B2
This disclosure provides methods, compositions and kits for determining if nucleic acids detected in a sample such as a clinical sample are derived from contaminant pathogens or clinically-relevant pathogens.
US11674161B2
The present invention relates to novel monooxygenases which are useful in the hydroxylation of aromatic hydrocarbons. They are particularly useful for the production of 1-naththol and 7-hydroxycoumarin from naphthol and 7-Ethoxycoumarin, respectively.
US11674155B2
The invention pertains to the field of adaptive cell immunotherapy. It aims at reducing the occurrence of translocations and cell deaths when several specific endonuclease reagents are used altogether to genetically modify primary immune cells at different genetic loci. The method of the invention allows to yield safer immune primary cells harboring several genetic modifications, such as triple or quadruple gene inactivated cells, from populations or sub-populations of cells originating from a single donor or patient, for their subsequent use in therapeutic treatments.
US11674147B2
Described herein are expression cassettes, plant cells, plant seeds, plants, and methods useful for improving the glucan content and growth of plants.
US11674146B2
Provided are a gene combination used for controlling foreign gene expression in a specific plant tissue, and a method applying the gene combination to cultivate a transgenic plant. The method is used to cultivate, for example, an endosperm zero expression-type transgenic rice, i.e., rice grain endosperm produced by the rice does not contain any transgenic product protein synthesis and accumulation.
US11674145B2
Provided herein are methods for integrating a gene of interest into a chromosome of a host cell. In some embodiments, the methods include introducing into a host cell a first plasmid comprising a transposase coding sequence and a donor sequence, which includes a selectable marker coding sequence flanked by a first and a second lox site and is itself flanked by inverted repeats recognized by the transposase. Following transposase-mediated chromosomal integration of the donor sequence into the host cell, a second plasmid is introduced, which comprises the gene of interest and a second selectable marker coding sequence, both flanked by a first and a second lox site. The gene of interest is chromosomally integrated into the host cell by recombinase-mediated cassette exchange (RMCE) between the donor sequence and the second plasmid via Cre-/cuc recombination. Further provided herein are host cells, vectors, and methods of producing a product related thereto.
US11674142B2
Described herein are methods and compositions for the prevention or treatment of obesity and obesity-related disorders. The methods and compositions are based, inter alia, on the observations that OPN3 is the most highly expressed opsin in the hypothalamus, a key site for the regulation of energy homeostasis. Indeed, OPN3 expression was highest in regions associated with energy homeostasis, namely the paraventricular nucleus and arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. OPN3 was shown to interact and form a complex with MC3R and MC4R, and to modulate MC3R- and MC4R-mediated signaling in the hypothalamus. Accordingly, the methods involve the regulation of melanocortin receptors by downregulating opsin 3 (OPN3) protein expression, OPN3 gene expression, and/or OPN3 activation in the hypothalamus.
US11674138B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions of modulating expression of a target nucleic acid sequence in a cell. The method comprises introducing into the cell a nucleic acid sequence encoding a Cas9 fusion protein and a guide RNA, wherein the Cas9 fusion protein and the guide RNA are expressed and co-localize at a target site and modulate the expression of the target nucleic acid sequence.
US11674137B2
Disclosed is an adaptor for sequencing DNAs at ultratrace levels and its uses. The adaptor contains, from 5′terminus to 3′terminus, a Tag sequence, PolyNs, a first stem sequencing, a first loop sequence, dUTP(s), a second loop sequence, and a second stem sequence, wherein the second stem sequence is complementary to the first stem sequence when read in opposite directions, and the 5′terminus of the adaptor is phosphorylated. The adaptor is designed to form a hairpin structure itself in use and then ligated to a DNA molecule of interest, so that adaptor-adaptor ligation can be effectively avoided, eliminating the inefficient adaptor-DNA ligation problem. Such an adaptor is especially suitable for library construction and sequencing of DNAs at ultratrace levels, laying a good basis for accurate sequencing of ctDNAs.
US11674133B2
Methods and compositions for extracting nucleic acids such as microRNAs (miRNAs) from biological samples are provided. Aspects of the methods include contacting a biological sample with proteinase K followed by contact with ferric oxide particles under acidic conditions to induce binding between the ferric oxide particles and nucleic acids (e.g., miRNAs) of the sample. In some cases, the ferric oxide particles are provided as part of a dissolvable film, which releases the ferric oxide particles upon solvation. In some embodiments, after nucleic acids bind to the ferric oxide particles, the particles are magnetically separated from the sample and are contacted with an alkaline elution buffer to release the nucleic acids.
US11674113B2
There are disclosed co-granules coated with hydroxymethyl cellulose and containing: b1) cyclic sulfonimine, b2) bleach activator selected from the group consisting of tetraacetylethylenediamine, decanoyloxybenzoic acid or mixtures thereof, and b3) carboxymethyl cellulose as binder, wherein the binder consists of the carboxymethyl cellulose of component b)3 which has a solubility of at least 1 g of carboxymethyl cellulose in 1 L of water at 25° C. and wherein the coating comprises hydroxymethyl cellulose in an amount of from 5 to 20 wt. % of the coated co-granules.
US11674106B2
The disclosed technology relates to lubricants for compression ignition internal combustion engines, particularly those demonstrating at least one of improved seals performance, reduced deposit formation, and excellent durability. The present invention provides a low zinc lubricating composition comprising (a) an oil of lubricating viscosity, (b) a borated dispersant, and (c) a metal-free organo-phosphorus anti-wear additive, wherein the lubricating composition is substantially free of a metal containing sulfur coupled alkyl phenol compound. Further, the low zinc lubricating composition contains zinc in an amount less than 600 ppm by weight of the composition.
US11674103B2
The present invention relates to a lubricant base stock, lubricant formulations, a method of lubricating a rotating shaft within a stern tube and the use of a lubricant base stock. The base stock and lubricant formulations may be particularly suited for use in aqueous environments (including fresh water or salt water). A lubricant base stock comprising a first (EO)(PO)(EO) block co-polymer and a second (EO)(PO)(EO) block co-polymer which is different from the first (EO)(PO)(EO) block co-polymer in a marine lubricant formulation wherein the lubricant base stock has a density of at least 1028 kg/m3 at 20° C. and at most 1022 kg/m3 at 40° C. in particular is provided.
US11674087B2
A portable, sustainable, and efficient system and apparatus for breaking down processed solid plastic waste and other polymer-based feedstock into fuel oil, sustainable energy, carbon char, and other useful products. With minor modifications, biomass can also be treated. Distributed microwave heating sources and mechanical mixing effectively mix heat in a highly insulated reactor that protects the microwave components, makes fast pyrolysis possible, and thereby enables scaling down to compact and highly portable systems. Products include diesel, gasoline, propane, butane, and char. Product materials are distributed using tight temperature control and mechanical routing.
US11674084B2
Some variations provide an anisotropic thermally conductive polymer composition comprising a plurality of polarizable, thermotropic main-chain liquid-crystal polymer molecules with crystalline domains. The liquid-crystal polymer molecules are in a nematic phase or a smectic phase, and at least 80% of the crystalline domains are aligned along a crystal axis. A method of making an anisotropic thermally conductive polymer composition comprises: synthesizing or obtaining a polymer containing polarizable domains; heating the polymer to form a polymer melt; cooling the polymer melt to form a thermotropic liquid-crystal polymer; exposing the thermotropic liquid-crystal polymer to an electrical field, thereby aligning the polarizable domains along a crystal axis; and recovering the thermotropic liquid-crystal polymer as an anisotropic thermally conductive polymer composition. The polymer composition may be formed into an object characterized by thermal conductivity along the minimum dimension that is at least three times greater than thermal conductivity along the maximum dimension.
US11674083B2
Provided are a thermoplastic polymer capable of reducing a dielectric dissipation factor in high frequency bands and a film thereof. The thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer includes repeating units represented by the following formulae (I), (II), (III) and (IV), in which a molar ratio of a total amount of the repeating units represented by formulae (I) and (II) to a total amount of all the repeating units in the thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer is 50 to 90 mol %, and a molar ratio of the repeating unit represented by formula (III) to the repeating unit represented by formula (IV) is the former/the latter=23/77 to 77/23.
US11674079B2
A quantum dot having a perovskite crystal structure and including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1: ABX3+α Chemical Formula 1 wherein, A is a Group IA metal selected from Rb, Cs, Fr, and a combination thereof, B is a Group IVA metal selected from Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, and a combination thereof, X is a halogen selected from F, Cl, Br, and I, BF4, or a combination thereof, and α is greater than 0 and less than or equal to about 3; and wherein the quantum dot has a size of about 1 nanometer to about 50 nanometers.
US11674077B2
A process for the post-deposition treatment of colloidal quantum dot films to improve photodetector performance. A colloidal quantum dot film is first deposited on a suitable substrate or device structure, given a ligand exchange, and then allowed to dry into a completed film. Next, a solution is prepared consisting of dilute H2O2 mixed with a polar solvent such as isopropyl alcohol solution. The prepared film and substrate are then immersed into the prepared solution over a set interval of time. After which, the film is removed and rinsed with solvent, then dried with clean N2 gas. After this treatment, the colloidal quantum dot film is ready for use as a photodetector.
US11674075B2
A multicomponent nanocapsule composition comprising a core particle, an oil phase encapsulating the core particle, and an aqueous phase in which the encapsulated core particle is suspended is provided. The porous particle includes a cationic surfactant encapsulated in a porous particle. The oil phase includes an anionic surfactant and a zwitterionic surfactant. A method of making a multicomponent nanocapsule composition is also provided. A method of treating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation with the multicomponent nanocapsule composition is provided. The method may include providing a multicomponent nanocapsule composition, introducing the multicomponent nanocapsule composition into the hydrocarbon-bearing formation, displacing hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon-bearing formation by contacting the multicomponent nanocapsule composition with the hydrocarbons, and recovering the hydrocarbons.
US11674066B2
A particulate material having a body including a dopant contained in the body, the dopant is non-homogenously distributed throughout the body and the body has a maximum normalized dopant content difference of at least 35%.
US11674065B2
A composition having a plurality of abrasive particles including alumina, the plurality of abrasive particles have mesoporosity with an average meso branching index of at least 55 junctions/microns2 and a median particle size (D50) of at least 5 microns.
US11674054B2
The invention relates to a method for dual curing a RMA crosslinkable resin coating, to RMA crosslinkable compositions and to resins for use in the method.
US11674049B2
A conductive structure having a self-assembled protective layer and a self-assembled coating composition are provided. The self-assembled coating composition includes a resin, a solvent, and a self-assembled additive. The self-assembled additive includes alkylamine, fluoroalkylamine, fluoroaniline, or a derivative thereof. The self-assembled additive has a concentration in a range of from about 0.01 mg/L to about 100 mg/L in the self-assembled coating composition. The conductive structure includes a substrate, a conductive layer, and the self-assembled protective layer. The conductive layer is disposed over the substrate. The self-assembled protective layer covers the conductive layer and has a resin, a solvent, and the above-mentioned self-assembled additive.
US11674040B2
Provided is: a thermally conductive silicone gel composition which has a high thermal conductivity, and has excellent gap-filling ability and repairability; a thermally conductive member comprising the thermally conductive silicone gel composition; and a heat dissipation structure using the same. The thermally conductive silicone gel composition comprises: (A) an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane; (B) a straight-chain organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing an average of 2 to 4 silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule, at least two of the hydrogen atoms are being located on a side chain of the molecular chain, wherein the amount of silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in component (B) is 0.2 to 5 mol with respected to 1 mol of an alkenyl group contained in component (A); (C) a catalyst for hydrosilylation reaction; (D) a thermally conductive filler; and (E) an alkoxysilane having an alkyl group with 6 or more carbon atoms per molecule.
US11674038B2
The present disclosure provides a resin composition for a golf ball cover. The resin composition includes a thermoplastic polyurethane resin including 55 to 70 parts by weight of a polyol, 30 to 40 parts by weight of an isocyanate, and 0.2 to 0.4 parts by weight of a polysiloxane. The polysiloxane includes at least one hydroxyl group or a carboxyl group in the terminal alkyl group. The polyol and the isocyanate constitute a silicone-free thermoplastic polyurethane resin, and the polysiloxane and the isocyanate constitute a thermoplastic polyurethane resin that includes silicone in the main chain, thereby improving the scuff resistance and slip property required for a golf ball cover.
US11674035B2
A composition of epoxide-functionalized resins comprises at least a first epoxide-functionalized novolac resin, a second epoxide-functionalized novolac resin, and a curing agent selected from phenolic or amine-type curing agents, the average molar mass of the group consisting of the entirety of the epoxidized novolac resins in the said composition being between 550 and 650 g/mol, the average epoxide functionality of the said group being between 3 and 3.5 eq epoxide/mol, and the said composition having a glass transition temperature Tg of at least 160° C.
US11674034B2
Disclosed herein are aqueous latex compositions comprising polysaccharide particles and a polymer dispersion or polymer emulsion. In one embodiment the polysaccharide particles comprise poly alpha-1,3-glucan. Also disclosed are an adhesive, film, coating, or binder comprising the latex composition in a dry form, as well as articles comprising the adhesive, film, coating, or binder.
US11674033B2
Disclosed herein is a core-shell graft copolymer produced by coagulation of an aqueous latex comprising a quantity of particles of the copolymer and a quantity of a fatty acid surfactant, wherein the coagulation involves the addition of a quantity of a multivalent metal salt, preferably a bivalent or trivalent metal salt. Such copolymer provides in an improvement of the surface properties of moulded articles produced from such copolymers, as demonstrated by a reduction of the content of gels in the surface layer.
US11674030B2
This disclosure provides A resin system comprising (1) a resin including (i) 1-30 wt % of a binder comprising an aqueous-soluble, photopolymerizable monomer, oligomer, or polymer, (ii) 1-20 wt % of an emulsion component; and (ii) from greater than 0 to 10 wt % of a photoinitiator, and (2) 41-90 wt % of a filler including glass or glass ceramic particles wherein the particles have an average size along their longest dimension of from 5 nm to 20 μm.
US11674025B2
The present invention relates to a new composite comprising glass or carbon fibers and polymer-based fibers as well as to a process for the preparation of the composite and molded articles made from said composite.
US11674018B2
Described herein are blends of carbohydrate-based polymeric materials with other polymeric materials, where the carbohydrate-based polymeric material is intimately blended with the other polymeric material, so as to exhibit very small particles sizes (e.g., less than 2 μm, or less than 1 μm) for the carbohydrate-based polymeric material in the matrix of the other polymeric material. Such intimate dispersion of very small particles provides for far more of the particles dispersed more evenly throughout the matrix of the other polymeric material, which may enhance various performance characteristics of the blended composite material, and provide for more consistent achievement of such characteristics, from batch to batch. Methods of producing articles from such blends exhibiting such small particles and excellent dispersion are also disclosed. While suitable for use in a wide variety of fields, examples may include for the coating of paper cups, and as a capsule material for sustained release fertilizer.
US11674015B2
The invention relates to the use of thermoplastic molding compositions comprising D) from 30 to 99% by weight of a thermoplastic polyamide E) from 0.01 to 10% by weight of an organic isocyanate or diisocyanate, or a mixture of these F) from 0 to 60% by weight of other additional substances, where the sum of the percentages by weight of A) to C) is 100%, for the production of moldings of any type with improved haze (measured in accordance with ASTM D1003) and/or improved clarity (measured in accordance with ASTM D1003) and/or increased laser transparency (measured at a wavelength of 1064 nm by means of a thermoelectric power measurement).
US11674009B2
An anion exchange membrane is made by mixing 2 trifluoroMethyl Ketone [nominal] (1.12 g, 4.53 mmol), 1 BiPhenyl (0.70 g, 4.53 mmol), methylene chloride (3.0 mL), trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TFSA) (3.0 mL) to produce a pre-polymer. The pre-polymer is then functionalized to produce an anion exchange polymer. The pre-polymer may be functionalized with trimethylamine in solution with water. The pre-polymer may be imbibed into a porous scaffold material, such as expanded polytetrafluoroethylene to produce a composite anion exchange membrane.
US11674007B2
A modified collagen fiber preparation method and application are provided. The modified collagen fiber is prepared by modifying a collagen fiber with a plant tannin; and a method of the preparation includes: mixing the plant tannin with the collagen fiber in a liquid environment with a pH of 5 to 8 to allow a reaction, and washing and drying a product. In the present disclosure, a plant tannin rich in phenolic hydroxyl can be combined with a collagen fiber in various ways such as multi-point hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic bonding, such that the plant tannin structure is introduced into a natural multi-layer micro/nano-structure of the collagen fiber; and due to a large number of phenolic hydroxyl structures in the plant tannin, the collagen fiber introduced with the plant tannin structure shows improved compatibility with a waterborne resin, and can produce strong hydrogen bonding with polar groups in the waterborne resin.
US11674005B2
Methods of vulcanization using a high content sulfur polymer, instead of elemental sulfur, have been developed. These high sulfur content polymers are referred to as Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIP) materials and have good polymer compatibility in that they are soluble in a number of polymers. Furthermore, CHIP materials may have weaker bonds than the S—S bonds of elemental sulfur and thus provide for a higher crosslinking efficiency vulcanization.
US11674003B2
A nanocomposite includes at least one polymer and metal oxide nanoparticles dispersed in the at least one polymer. Each polymer can have a number average molecular weight of at least 10000 grams/mole. The at least one polymer includes a first polymer including (meth)acrylic acid monomer units. The metal oxide nanoparticles are surface modified with a carboxylic acid silane surface modifying agent. An aqueous dispersion that can be used to make the nanocomposite and a method of making the nanocomposite is described.
US11673993B2
A method includes using at least one salt (S) selected from the salts of nitric acid, salts of nitrous acid, salts of halogens or salts of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid as an accelerator in a multi-component epoxy resin compound for the chemical fastening of construction elements and/or anchoring means. Another method includes the chemical fastening of construction elements and anchoring elements, such as anchor rods, anchor bolts, rods, sleeves, reinforcing bars, screws and the like in boreholes in various substrates.
US11673989B2
The present invention relates to novel thermoplastic polyurethane compositions made from the reaction product of an isocyanate component comprising hexamethylene-1,6-diisocyanate, a polyol component, and a chain extender component comprising an alkylene substituted spirocyclic compound. The present invention provides for thermoplastic polyurethane compositions which is resistant to chemical degradation and stains.
US11673975B2
A system including a dump tank to receive a reactor product comprising a polymer and hydrocarbons, including liquid hydrocarbons, the dump tank including a vessel with a reactor product inlet, a motive gas inlet, a purge gas inlet, gas outlet(s), and a fluid outlet, the motive gas inlet for introducing a motive gas into the vessel, the purge gas inlet for introducing a purge gas into the vessel, the one or more gas outlets located at a top of the vessel and the fluid outlet located at a bottom of the vessel and fluidly connected with a dump tank fluid outlet line having a dump tank outlet valve to control flow of fluid out of the dump tank via the fluid outlet; and a strainer fluidly connected with the dump tank fluid outlet line to allow passage of liquid hydrocarbons therethrough into a hydrocarbon outlet line.
US11673972B2
The present invention is directed to novel heterodimeric antibodies.
US11673970B2
Bi-specific fusion proteins with therapeutic uses are provided, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such fusion proteins, and methods for using such fusion proteins to repair damaged tissue. The bi-specific fusion proteins generally comprise: (a) a targeting polypeptide domain that binds to an ischemia-associated molecule; and (b) an activator domain that that detectably modulates the activity of a cellular network.
US11673968B2
The invention provides anti-BRDU antibodies and methods of using the same.
US11673963B2
Disclosed herein are antibodies directed against CRTAM, nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, host cells comprising such nucleic acids encoding the antibody, methods for preparing anti-CRTAM antibodies, and methods for the treatment of diseases, e.g., human cancers, including but not limited to small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (including squamous carcinomas and adenocarcinomas) skin cancer including melanoma, breast cancer (including TNBC), colorectal cancer, gastric cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, kidney cancer, liver cancer including hepatocellular carcinoma, pancreatic cancer, head and neck cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, oesophageal cancer, bladder cancer and other uroepithelial cancers, stomach cancer, glioma, glioblastoma, testicular, thyroid, bone, gallbladder and bile ducts, uterine, adrenal cancers, sarcomas, GIST, neuroendocrine tumours, and haematological malignancies.
US11673959B2
Disclosed herein are immunoglobulin fusion proteins comprising a first antibody region, a first therapeutic agent, and a first connecting peptide; wherein the first therapeutic agent is attached to the first antibody region by the connecting peptide; and wherein the connecting peptide does not comprise a region having beta strand secondary structure. The connecting peptide may comprise an extender peptide. The extender peptide may have an alpha helical secondary structure. The connecting peptide may comprise a linker peptide. The linker peptide may not comprise any secondary structure. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising the immunoglobulin fusion proteins and methods for using the immunoglobulin fusion proteins for the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition in a subject.
US11673947B2
The present inventors discovered that problems of existing antibody pharmaceuticals can be solved by producing antigen-binding molecules that contain an antigen-binding domain whose antigen-binding activity varies depending on the concentration of a target tissue-specific compound. Use of antigen-binding molecules of the present invention enables various diseases that originate from a target tissue to be treated in a manner specific to the target tissue.
US11673945B2
The present invention relates to bispecific antigen binding proteins, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof.
US11673942B2
The combination of a first binding site specifically binding to a target associated with an eye disease and a second binding site specifically binding to a target influencing the retention in the eye a multispecific binder provides for improved intravitreal retention compared to a monospecific binder. The second binding site specifically binds to a compound/molecules found in the extracellular matrix (ECM) in vitreous humor/retina. This compound of the extracellular matrix has to be present in amounts allowing a sufficient loading/dose of the drug to be bound. It has been found that collagen, especially collagen II, is a suitable compound in the ECM in the vitreous humor for this purpose. Thus, herein is reported a multispecific binder comprising a first binding site specifically binding to a therapeutic ocular target, and a second binding site specifically binding to collagen II.
US11673940B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing collagen peptide preparations comprising recombinant collagen peptides, to collagen peptide preparations produced by means of said methods, to products containing the collagen peptide preparations and to uses of the aforementioned preparations and products.
US11673935B2
Provided are specific binding molecules, or fragments thereof, that bind to an epitope of IL13Rα2, a receptor polypeptide preferentially found on the surface of cancer cells rather than healthy cells. Exemplary specific binding molecules are bispecific binding molecules that comprise a fragment of an IL13Rα2 binding molecule and a peptide providing a second function providing a signaling function of the signaling domain of a T cell signaling protein, a peptide modulator of T cell activation, or an enzymatic component of a labeling system. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding such a specific binding molecule (e.g., bispecific binding molecule), vectors, host cells, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of preventing, treating or ameliorating a symptom associated with a cancer disease such as a solid tumor disease (e.g., glioblastoma multiforme).
US11673931B2
The present invention relates to new immunocytokines which are useful for the treatment of cancer. These fusion proteins comprise (i) an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof fused to (ii) a cleavable peptide linker, and (iii) cytokine, or functional fragments thereof. Methods of treatment using these immunocytokines are also disclosed.
US11673908B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating immune disorders and/or inflammation using certain modulator compounds. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of treating an immune and inflammatory disorders disorder by administering a composition comprising a therapeutically effective dosage of an ascaroside compound, or a mixture of ascaroside compounds, or a mixture containing at least one ascaroside.
US11673905B2
The invention relates to a topical composition comprising an extract of Tiger lily (Lilium tigrinum) enriched in low molecular weight RNA. The invention also relates to a method of cosmetic care including the topical application a composition comprising an extract of Tiger lily (Lilium tigrinum) in a physiologically acceptable medium, in order to reduce skin signs of aging and photo-aging. The invention is also directed to a cosmetic method of treatment to improve cell viability, to improve cell protection against particulate matter and against DNA damages, and to reduce cellular senescence.
US11673898B2
The present disclosure provides methods of inhibiting the interaction of menin with MLL1, MLL2 and MLL-fusion oncoproteins with compositions of Formula (II-A). The methods are useful for the treatment of leukemia, solid cancers, diabetes and other diseases dependent on activity of MLL1, MLL2, MLL fusion proteins, and/or menin. Compositions of Formula (II-A) for use in these methods are also provided.
US11673896B2
The present disclosure is directed to inhibitors of SHP2 and their use in the treatment of disease. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same.
US11673892B2
The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein RA, RB1, RB2, the A ring and the B ring are as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of using the compounds.
US11673880B2
Solid state forms of Ivosidenib, processes for preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and uses thereof are disclosed.
US11673877B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising the compound niraparib, in particular certain solid forms of niraparib.
US11673867B2
The present invention aims to provide a novel low-molecular-weight compound showing an orexin receptor agonist activity and expected to be useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for narcolepsy and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the description, or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, which has an orexin receptor agonist activity, and an orexin receptor agonist containing the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof.
US11673860B2
Disclosed crystalline Siponimod fumaric acid, solid state forms (polymorphs) thereof, processes for preparation thereof and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US11673855B2
Provided herein are radiolabeled compounds useful for minimally invasive imaging techniques. An exemplary radiolabeled compound provided herein is useful as a radiotracer for position emission tomography imaging of voltage gated sodium channels. Methods for prepared unlabeled and labeled compounds, and diagnostic methods using the compounds are also provided.
US11673842B2
A method of forming one or more high temperature co-fired ceramic articles, comprising the steps of:— a) forming a plurality of green compacts, by a process comprising dry pressing a powder comprising ceramic and organic binder to form a green compact; b) disposing a conductor or conductor precursor to at least one surface of at least one of the plurality of green compacts to form at least one patterned green compact; c) assembling the at least one patterned green compact with one or more of the plurality of green compacts or patterned green compacts or both to form a laminated assembly; d) isostatically pressing the laminated assembly to form a pressed laminated assembly; e) firing the pressed laminated assembly at a temperature sufficient to sinter the ceramic layers together.
US11673841B2
An alumina/titanium silicon carbide composite material is prepared by making titanium aluminum carbide (Ti3AlC2) in uniform contact with silicon monoxide (SiO), and carrying out vacuum sintering. The composite material is obtained through mutual diffusion of aluminum and silicon and has high compactness and stable performance. In the composite material, the alumina is generated by means of a reaction between the titanium aluminum carbide and the silicon monoxide, and can be uniformly wrapped around surfaces of titanium silicon carbide crystals to form a relatively compact oxide film, such that substance exchange between a matrix and the outside is hindered, and overall antioxidation of the composite material is improved. Toughness of the composite material is enhanced by means of the titanium silicon carbide. The prepared composite material has relatively high purity, relatively low sintering temperature, and relatively high bending strength. The process is simple and convenient for industrial production.
US11673839B1
Disclosed are a ten-membered fergusonite structure high-entropy oxide ceramic and a preparation method thereof, where the high-entropy oxide ceramic has a monoclinic structure, with a chemical formula of RENbO4, and the RE is any ten rare-earth cations selected from a group consisting of La3+, Ce3+, Pr3+, Nd3+, Sm3+, Eu3+, Gd3+, Dy3+, Ho3+, Er3+, Tm3+, Yb3+, Lu3+ and Y3+. The ten rare-earth cations have a molar ratio of 1:1:1:1:1:1:1:1:1:1 and equal share of RE position. According to the application, by adopting solid state reaction, the fergusonite structure high-entropy oxide ceramic with single-phase structure, uniform element distribution and stable phase is obtained. The high-entropy oxide ceramic prepared by the application is simple in process, uniform in chemical composition and microstructure, and convenient to realize on-demand regulation on properties through a combination of different elements.
US11673836B2
The present disclosure provides processes for forming angular ceramic particles. In at least one embodiment, a process for forming angular ceramic particles includes providing a slurry having a ceramic raw material having alumina. The process includes atomizing the slurry into droplets and coating seeds comprising alumina with the droplets to form green pellets. The process includes sintering the green pellets to form sintered pellets. The process includes breaking the sintered pellets to form the angular ceramic particles comprising a sintered ceramic material. The angular ceramic particles can have an abrasion loss that is less than that of angular ceramic particles formed by crushing the green pellets prior to sintering.
US11673832B1
Provided herein are compositions, methods, and systems related to bimodal, trimodal, and/or multi-modal distribution of reactive vaterite cement particles.
US11673831B2
A method for preparing optical fibers formed with high-particle-coated porous polymeric outer coating layer is provided. The method includes preparing a coating suspension solution by dispersing a plurality of particles into an organic solvent system, immersing one or more optical fibers into the coating suspension solution, removing the one or more optical fibers from the coating suspension solution to form high-particle-coated porous polymeric outer coating layer after drying. Concentrations and compositions of the particles in the coating suspension solution, concentrations and compositions of the organic solvent system, the period of time of immersing, or the external environment are adjusted such that the optical fibers is formed with high-particle-coated polymeric outer coating layers having desirable coating masses, coating thicknesses, or coating morphologies.
US11673824B2
A process and system for forming a curved glass article from a sheet of glass material is provided. The process and system includes supporting a glass sheet on a shaping frame and then heating the sheet of glass material while supported by the shaping frame such that the central region of the sheet of glass material deforms into an open central cavity of the bending frame. The process and/or system are configured such that a steep, localized temperature differential is formed in the region adjacent the outer edge of the glass sheet during the heating stage of the shaping process.
US11673822B2
A glass tube manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing glass tubing includes a glass delivery tank with molten glass. The glass delivery tank has a bottom opening. A bell has an upper portion with an outer diameter located at the bottom opening. A heating apparatus is at least partially disposed around the bell. The heating apparatus includes a heated portion and a muffle portion located below the heated portion. A lower extended muffle structure extends downwardly from the muffle portion. The lower extended muffle structure extending about the glass tubing on all sides to manage convective airflow therethrough.
US11673818B2
Provided are a system and a method of treating wastewater. The system includes a wastewater chamber, positive and negative electrode chambers, acid and basic solution chambers and a buffer chamber. The wastewater chamber receives wastewater containing a first ion. The positive and the negative electrode chambers are respectively on opposite sides of the wastewater chamber. The acid chamber is between the wastewater chamber and the positive electrode chamber. The basic chamber is between the wastewater chamber and the negative electrode chamber. The buffer chamber is between one of the acid and the basic chambers and the wastewater chamber, and receives the buffer solution containing the first ion. The interfaces between the wastewater chamber and the buffer chamber and between the one of the acid and the basic chambers and the buffer chamber are ion exchange membranes having the same electrical properties.
US11673807B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for depositing vertically oriented carbon nanowalls (CNWs) using non-equilibrium gases such as gaseous plasma. Methods are disclosed for rapid deposition of uniformly distributed nanowalls on large surfaces of substrates using ablation of bulk carbon materials by reactive gaseous species, formation of oxidized carbon-containing gaseous molecules, ionization of said molecules and interacting said molecules, neutral or positively charged, with a substrate. The CNWs prepared are useful in different applications such as fuel cells, lithium ion batteries, photovoltaic devices and sensors of specific gaseous molecules.
US11673797B2
A microstructure and a method for manufacturing the same includes: disposing a liquid film on a surface of a substrate, wherein a solid-liquid interface is formed where the liquid film is in contact with the substrate; and irradiating the substrate with a laser of a predetermined waveband to etch the substrate at the solid-liquid interface, wherein the position where the laser is irradiated on the solid-liquid interface moves at least along a direction parallel to the surface of the substrate, and the absorption rate of the liquid film for the laser is greater than the absorption rate of the substrate for the laser.
US11673789B1
A system determines an interaction period during which a fuel dispensing operation is performed at a fuel dispensing terminal. The system determines a measured volume per unit time parameter associated with fuel dispensed from the fuel dispensing terminal by dividing the determined volume for fuel by the interaction period. The system compares the measured volume per unit time parameter with a threshold volume per unit time parameter. In response to determining that the measured volume per unit time parameter is less than the threshold volume per unit time parameter, the system retrieves a video feed that shows the fuel dispensing terminal during the fuel dispensing operation. The system creates a file for the fuel dispensing operation. The system stores the video feed in the created file.
US11673785B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to a dispensing device including a product unit with a pressure which transmits one or more products to an infuser, a water source with one or more CFValves that transmits water to the infuser, a gas source which transmits one or more gases to the infuser, and a dispensing area which dispenses a mixture generated via the infuser from a product unit input, a water source input, and a gas source input.
US11673784B2
A platform assembly includes a work platform including a platform floor and a safety rail extending from the platform floor to a rail height, and a primary sensor unit secured to the work platform and positioned adjacent one of the platform floor and the safety rail. The primary sensor unit is configured to monitor an area from the platform floor or from the safety rail to a space above the rail height and forward and aft of the work platform. The platform assembly enhances protection for an operator from sustained involuntary operation resulting in an impact with an obstruction or structure.
US11673781B2
A fork for an industrial vehicle such as a forklift, and a method of making the same. The fork includes an elongate body portion, a toe portion, and, optionally, a heel portion. The elongate body portion may be formed in any length and coupled to the toe portion (and optionally, to the heel portion) to form a fork.
US11673780B2
A multi-function camera system, applied to a forklift truck, includes a camera device and a display device installed on the forklift truck, and an image processing unit coupled between the camera device and the display device, capable of shooting and displaying a corresponding real image in order to assist operations of the forklift truck. In addition, the camera device is equipped with a fill light module capable of providing multiple light colors, and the image processing unit includes an identification module capable of identifying the optical identification code. Accordingly, the camera system with multiple functions of monitoring, fill light, identification and positioning etc. is achieved.
US11673779B2
A carrier for transporting goods includes a supporting mechanism, a lifting mechanism, a first detection component, and a controller. The supporting mechanism includes at least one entrance and connected to a mobile robot. The lifting mechanism includes a lifting driving member and a bearing part. The lifting driving member is arranged on the supporting mechanism, and the bearing part is arranged on the lifting driving member to be driven to be elevated or lowered by the lifting driving member. The first detection component is arranged on the bearing part and is located in front of the at least one entrance for detecting a position of the goods. The controller is arranged on the supporting mechanism and is respectively communicatively connected with the lifting driving member, the first detection component, and the mobile robot. A mobile lifting conveyor having the carrier is also provided.
US11673778B2
The invention relates to the field of automobile elevators. An upright post structure is provided, wherein the upright post structure is a polygonal columnar structure formed by bending a plate, the upright post structure comprises a back plate, both ends of the back plate in a width direction vertically extend toward the same side of the back plate to form a side plate, end parts of the side plate away from the back plate extend oppositely to form a front plate, wherein the upright post structure further comprises one or a combination of various. Thus, when the upright post structure is subjected to a force in a horizontal direction, the local stress of the upright post is transferred so that the strength of the upright post is improved. The invention further provides automobile elevator using the upright post structure.
US11673776B2
A tower crane includes a tower on which is pivotally mounted a boom displaceable between a lowered position and a raised position. The crane is configurable between a service configuration in which the boom is controlled in rotation and a weather vane configuration in which the boom is in the raised position and is released in rotation on the tower to allow orientation in the direction of the wind. A wind load system is mounted on the boom and is adjustable between a retracted shape in the service configuration providing a reduced surface exposed to the wind, and a deployed shape in the weather vane configuration providing an extended surface exposed to the wind. The wind load system is configured to move from the retracted shape to the deployed shape under the effect of its own weight alone (i.e., under gravity) when the boom is raised.
US11673774B2
An elevator system and a support column assembly. The elevator system includes a support column, with the bottom end thereof connected to a bottom mounting base, and the top end thereof connected to a top mounting base; a counterweight arranged in the support column; a car having a through hole penetrating in a vertical direction, wherein the car is arranged around the support column via the through hole; and a traction assembly, wherein the car is connected to the counterweight via the traction assembly, and the car and the counterweight reciprocate along the length direction of the support column under the traction of the traction assembly.
US11673768B2
Disclosed is an elevator inspection system, the system having: a robotic platform configured to inspect a hoistway; a platform propulsor operationally connected to the robotic platform; and a controller operationally connected to the platform propulsor, wherein the controller is configured to control the platform propulsor to propel the robotic platform vertically within the hoistway.
US11673763B2
A hosed-reeling apparatus comprising a hose reel and a rack having a front opening for demountably receiving and supporting the hose reel. The hose reel has two sidewalls, a connection member concentrically coupling the two sidewalls, and two spindles extending laterally outward from the centers of the two sidewalls, respectively. The rack has at least a base framework, and a locking structure configurable between an unlock position and a lock position. The base framework has two upward facing channels on opposite sides thereof for demountably receiving the hose reel spindles. The channels are accessible from thereabove when the locking structure is at the unlock position, and the channels are inaccessible from thereabove when the locking structure is at the lock position. Each of the sidewalls of the hose reel may have at least one straight outer edge, allowing the hose reel sit stably on a horizontal surface or a ramp.
US11673758B2
A medium conveying apparatus includes a housing including an accommodation portion provided with a guide portion at an end portion in a width direction, a tray accommodated in the accommodation portion so as to be pulled out, and including a placing surface for placing an ejected medium, and an engaging portion provided on a side surface of the tray, to engage the guide portion. The guide portion includes a pair of rails inclined upward and having a predetermined width. The engaging portion includes two protrusions provided so as to slide between the pair of rails and located apart from each other by a predetermined distance. By locating the two protrusions between the pair of rails, the tray is positioned at a predetermined position with respect to the housing with a front end portion of a downstream side in the medium ejecting direction located upward.
US11673754B2
A vacuum lifter apparatus for lifting sheet material articles comprises an upper chassis, a modular lower suction plate supported beneath the chassis, a controller and a source of vacuum air pressure, the suction plate comprising a suction lifting surface for providing vacuum lifting pressure to said articles. The modular suction plate has plural side-by-side modules, each module providing a different portion of the suction lifting surface and having one or more air outlets, outlets of one module separate from outlets of other modules and in fluid communication with the corresponding portion of the suction lifting surface and not with different portions of the suction lifting surface. The chassis comprises at least one air outlet connected to said source of vacuum air pressure, and a plurality of separate air flow channels through the chassis. Each air flow channel has an associated air flow valve and a valve actuator.
US11673749B2
A glass cutting line includes automatic remnant storage and retrieval including cutting table with integrated squaring stop and y-break breaking bar facilitating sub-plate cutting. The cutting table is configured for sub-plate cutting mode which provides the ability to cut portions of a stock sheet and release the cut portion in the form of a remnant and or individual workpieces to breakout before the entire sheet is finished scoring without the sub-plate leaving the cutting table.
US11673747B2
Provided herein is a method for constructing a pumping-injection well of a groundwater reservoir in a dump of an open-pit mine. The pumping-injection well includes a bottom pipe, intermediate pipes, and a top pipe in sequence from bottom to top connected from bottom to top. The method includes: arranging a rubble barrier around the pumping-injection well, and installing the bottom pipe of the pumping-injection well at a designed position of the pumping-injection well as a center of circle; continuing to install an intermediate pipe on the bottom pipe, and pile up a rubble pile; continuing to stack multiple intermediate pipes, and starting the construction of the groundwater reservoir; discarding discarded materials from the open-pit mine to form a dump; continuing to stack intermediate pipes to build an inverted trapezoidal surface sump around the pumping-injection well; and installing the top pipe and a well cover to form a complete pumping-injection well.
US11673742B2
An object processing system is disclosed that includes a plurality of track sections, and a plurality of remotely actuatable carriers for controlled movement along at least portions of the plurality of track sections, wherein each of the remotely controllable carriers is adapted to support and transport an object processing bin.
US11673736B1
Packing system and method for shipping pallet truck vehicles wherein each vehicle has a front frame configured to be assembled to a rear frame. The packing system includes a first holder that holds a plurality of vehicle rear frames lying on their sides, a second holder that holds a plurality of vehicle front frames having forks with at least a first front frame upright and having the forks facing in a first direction, and holds at least a second front frame inverted and having the forks facing in an opposed second direction, and wherein the first holder holding the plurality of rear frames is disposed within the second holder vertically between the forks of the upright at least one first front frame and the forks of the inverted at least one second front frame.
US11673734B2
A hollow article for use as a beverage cup, or as a container, the hollow article having an annular sidewall and a base wall defining a central hollow cavity, a top rim of the sidewall and a bottom end of the sidewall, wherein the annular sidewall has a plastics material composed of a sandwich structure of inner and outer skins and an integral expanded cellular foam layer therebetween, wherein at least a portion of the annular sidewall has an inner surface of the sandwich structure inclined at a first acute angle to a longitudinal axis of the hollow article and an opposite outer surface of the sandwich structure inclined at a second acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the hollow article, wherein the second acute angle is greater than the first acute angle.
US11673728B2
In an embodiment, a portion control container can have a body and a lid sealed to the body. The lid can have defined therein a spout-type opening. The spout-type opening can be defined by an initiation region having 100% cut-through the lid that transitions to a pattern of reduced strength having less than 100% penetration through the lid. The container can remain sealed until the lid is separate from the container along the seal to provide a dip-type opening or the lid material is torn at the initiation region and pattern of reduced strength to define a spout-type opening for squeeze dispensing of the product from the container.
US11673723B2
The invention described herein relates broadly to closure assemblies, and methods of use and manufacture thereof. More particularly, certain embodiments relate to assemblies and methods for closing an opening defined by a spout provided on a flexible container utilising a capping member having a plugging portion and a substantially fracturable retaining skirt. Embodiments provide may an adequate seal for the contents contained within bags against the significant pressure placed upon the closure by the often weighty and voluminous contents of the packaging. Furthermore, the closure may be easily and comfortably removable by a user whilst managing the handling of the bag.
US11673718B2
A container and methods of manufacturing and operating the same are provided where the container has a cap that is removable yet childproof. The cap is positioned in a tubular body, and the cap has a generally smooth or continuous upper surface to reduce or eliminate surfaces or edges for a child to grasp. To operate the cap, a disc in the center of the cap is pushed below a lip, and a user grasps the lip to pull the cap from the tubular body. The force needed to press the disc away from the lip is low enough for an adult but too high for a child. Moreover, the cap forms an interference fit with the tubular body with enough friction force to prevent the cap from falling out of the tubular body but is low enough that the cap can be pulled from the tubular body.
US11673674B2
An evacuation slide may comprise a first side rail, a second side rail, and a sliding structure. The first side rail and the second side rail may each extend from a head end of the evacuation slide to a toe end of the evacuation slide. The sliding structure may be located between the first side rail and the second side rail. The sliding structure may comprise a drop stitch fabric.
US11673671B2
A passenger furniture device for a passenger seat provided within a vehicle cabin, in particular an aircraft cabin, including at least a base element having at least an upper utility surface for a passenger, a removable section element which is mounted to one side of the base element, and a simple latch mechanism. In particular, the latch mechanism may be a simple plug-in and clip device. The latch mechanism is an easy to handle releasable attachment and fixation device to release the removable section from the base element, particularly only by crew and service members of the aircraft. The latch mechanism is provided on the base element and the section element such that the section element is detachably mounted to the base element via the latch mechanism.
US11673666B1
Deployable navigation beacons can be deployed from a vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), in an event of a loss of position or orientation of the vehicle. After deployment of the navigation beacons, the vehicle may detect locations of the navigation beacon, which may define a surface that may include surface features. The vehicle may then perform control operations based on the resolved locations. For example, UAV may maneuver to land proximate to the navigation beacons after resolving locations of the navigation beacons as a continuous surface. The navigation beacons may output a visual signal (e.g., a light), a auditory signal (e.g., a sound), and/or a radio signal. In some embodiments, each navigation beacon may include a different or unique signal.
US11673662B1
A telescoping tail assembly for use on an aircraft having a fore-aft length. The telescoping tail assembly includes a housing extending in an aftward direction, a tailboom slidable along the housing into various positions including an extended position and a retracted position and one or more control surfaces coupled to the tailboom. The tailboom increases the fore-aft length of the aircraft in the extended position and decreases the fore-aft length of the aircraft in the retracted position.
US11673661B2
A propulsion system of an aircraft has at least one unducted fan and at least one ducted fan, the at least one unducted fan and the at least one ducted fan being powered by an electric power source and rotatable between a vertical thrust position and a forward thrust position, and a controller configured to distribute electrical power between the at least one unducted fan and the at least one ducted fan. During a first mode when the at least one unducted fan and the at least one ducted fan are in the vertical thrust position, the controller is configured to distribute the electrical power between the plurality of unducted fans and the plurality of ducted fans such that the at least one unducted fan is a primary source of thrust.
US11673641B2
Various embodiments of a submerged submersible sailing vessel are disclosed. Such a submerged sailing vessel may comprise a submersible hull assembly, a keel coupled to and extending upwards from hull assembly towards a water surface, and a wind-catching assembly coupled to and extending upwards into the air from the keel for propelling the submerged sailing vessel. The hull assembly and the keel are submerged below the water surface as the vessel is propelled by the wind-catching assembly above the water surface.
US11673627B2
A boat wind and spray protection device which includes at least one panel joined to a coupler-hinge-actuator that is capable of being fixed in relation to a boat. For center console boats, a set of two panels, located on either side of the console of the boat, are designed to open from a position generally parallel and adjacent to the console sides, to an angle and distance sufficient to provide improved passenger protection from wind and spray. The panels may be powered electronically by control buttons that operate electronic actuators, that in turn power the movement of the panels between generally closed to generally open positions, as well as intermediate positions.
US11673624B2
A cable clamping mechanism for a bicycle comprises a linkage member, a fixing screw, a nut and a linkage cable. The linkage member includes a first surface and a second surface. A through hole on the linkage member passes through the first surface and the second surface. The fixing screw is provided in the through hole and includes a cable hole passing through a radial direction of the fixing screw, where in the cable hole is on a side of the second surface. The nut joints a bottom end of the fixing screw. The linkage cable passes through the cable hole. The nut presses against the linkage cable so as to clamp the linkage cable in the cable hole. the fixing screw is rotatable within the through hole relative to the linkage member so that the linkage cable can also simultaneously rotate relative to the linkage member.
US11673618B2
An active spoiler system for a vehicle is disclosed that changes from a stowed position to a deployed position. In the stowed position, one or more flexible sheets are stored on rollers inside the body of the vehicle. The flexible sheets are pulled outward out of the body of the vehicle by a rigid bar that rotates around a pivot, in response to a controller. The deployed active spoiler may decrease drag thereby increasing fuel efficiency, while also allowing for the active spoiler to be stowed when not needed due to road or weather conditions.
US11673613B2
An embodiment frame joint structure includes a plurality of body members, each body member including a closed section portion having a closed section of a set shape and a flange portion integrally extending from the closed section portion, and a plurality of joints, each joint having a first end coupled to a connection point of a respective one of the body members and a second end coupled to an adjacent joint.
US11673610B2
A door hinge mount of a side external panel for a vehicle, may provide the door hinge mount, capable of being formed of a material, requiring low initial investment expenses, and securing the same level of rigidity as in the case where a steel material is used.
US11673608B2
A vehicle comprises an under unit which is equipped with a driving mechanism configured to rotate wheels of the vehicle, and an upper unit which is mounted on the under unit. The upper unit comprises an extension/contraction mechanism which is configured to extend or contract the upper unit according to a size of the under unit.
US11673607B2
A rear axle supporting frame for mounting a drive unit of a transportation vehicle including a first longitudinal beam and a second longitudinal which extend substantially along a longitudinal vehicle axis, as well as a first cross-beam and a second cross-beam which extend substantially along a transverse vehicle axis, the first cross-beam being located in front of the second cross-beam when viewed in a direction of travel. At least one bearing holder into which a bearing of the drive unit is pressed is provided on the rear axle supporting frame.
US11673594B2
A wheel dolly is disclosed that includes a first and a second swing caster assembly. Each swing caster assembly includes a stationary frame supporting a swing axle and a lift bar channel, a swing frame constructed to rotate about the swing axle, thus defining a swing plane, and a swivel caster connected to the swing frame. A lift bar with a first longitudinal member extending orthogonally away from a second longitudinal member is connected to both swing caster assemblies through the lift bar channel. The swing plane of the first swing caster assembly is orthogonal to the swing plane of the second swing caster assembly, when the assemblies are mounted to the lift arm.
