US11719694B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions that find use in identifying presence of an advanced stage autoimmune liver disease (ALD) is a subject diagnosed as having ALD. Also provided here are methods and compositions that find use in monitoring effectiveness of treatment of an ALD patient receiving a treatment for the ALD. Also provided here are methods and compositions that find use in identifying subjects suffering from a relapse of ALD. The methods and compositions of the present disclosure also find use in facilitating treatment decisions for a subject having ALD.
US11719689B2
There is provided a composition for separating blood serum or blood plasma that can inhibit bubbling during sterilization, and can inhibit the occurrence of phase separation during storage. The composition for separating blood serum or blood plasma according to the present invention comprises a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based polymer, a silica fine powder, and a silicone oil, wherein the (meth)acrylic acid ester-based polymer has fluidity at room temperature, and has a weight average molecular weight of 15000 or more and 100000 or less.
US11719688B2
Some embodiments of a blood coagulation testing system include an analyzer console device and a single-use cartridge component configured to releasably install into the console device. In some embodiments, the blood coagulation testing system can operate as an automated thromboelastometry system that is particularly useful, for example, at a point-of-care site.
US11719687B2
A method for obtaining information encoded on an electrochemical test strip is provided. The test strip has two electrodes disposed within a sample space and the information is encoded on the test strip prior to introduction of liquid sample. The method includes the step of introducing sample to the sample space so that the sample is in contact with the two electrodes within the sample space. In another step a value is determined that is representative of the double layer capacitance of the test strip and/or the equivalent capacitance of the test strip. The determined value is then translated into information reflecting a characteristic of the test strip prior to introduction of sample.
US11719673B2
A structure of a flow cell assembly for a chromatography detector is used to generate a chromatograph of a sample, and includes a capillary extending in one direction, a housing that houses at least part of the capillary and a ferrule that holds the capillary in the housing. The capillary includes an inner tube formed of a material having a refractive index lower than that of water, and an outer tube formed of a material having strength higher than that of the material of the inner tube and has an outer diameter that is equal to or smaller than 5 mm. An outer peripheral surface of the inner tube and an inner peripheral surface of the outer tube adhere to each other, and a flow path through which a mobile phase including a sample flows is formed in the inner tube.
US11719672B2
Systems and methods for improved ultrasonic testing are provided. An ultrasonic testing system can include an ultrasonic probe and an ultrasonic controller in electrical communication with the ultrasonic probe. The ultrasonic probe can include a plurality of ultrasonic transducers. The ultrasonic controller can be configured to generate one or more driving signals operative to cause the plurality of ultrasonic transducers to generate respective ultrasonic waves. A combination of the ultrasonic waves can form an ultrasonic waveform having one or more characteristics specified by the one or more driving signals. The ultrasonic controller can be further configured to change the one or more driving signals to adjust at least one characteristic of the ultrasonic waveform.
US11719664B2
A multimodal sensor of high sensitivity and high selectivity using multifunctional three-dimensional nanostructure having electric and optical sensing ability and a method thereof are provided. The method includes forming multi-layered nanowires including a multifunctional material, transferring the nanowires to a plurality of layers onto a target substrate to form the three-dimensional nanostructure, heat-treating the three-dimensional nanostructure, and forming electrode layers at the three-dimensional nanostructure.
US11719663B2
To provide a measuring apparatus that can detect a wide range of capacitance values with high sensitivity. The measuring apparatus includes an alternating-current signal generator that generates N (where N is a natural number not less than 2) detection alternating-current signals with different frequencies, a superpositioner that superposes the N detection alternating-current signals, multiplication processors that respectively multiply the N detection alternating-current signals with different frequencies by a measurement alternating-current signal output from a device under test to which a detection alternating-current signal obtained through the superposition has been applied, thereby obtaining N synchronous detection signals, low-pass filter processors that perform a low-pass filter process on the N synchronous detection signals to obtain N direct-current voltage signals, and a capacitance measurer that measures as the capacitance value of the device under test a capacitance value corresponding to the voltage values of the N direct-current voltage signals.
US11719661B2
A sensor includes a substrate, a reference electrode provided above the substrate, a lower electrode provided above the reference electrode via an insulating film, and an upper electrode provided above the lower electrode via a physical quantity detecting film. The upper electrode and the lower electrode form a parallel-plate-type detection capacitor, and the lower electrode and the reference electrode form a parallel-plate-type reference capacitor.
US11719660B1
A solid state, carbon dioxide (CO2) sensor configured for sensitive detection of CO2 in both dry and moist conditions. The CO2 sensor utilizes a composite sensing material that detects CO2 in the range of 100 ppm to 10,000 ppm. The sensing material is composed of O-MWCNTs and a metal oxide functionalizing agent, such as iron oxide (Fe2O3) nanoparticles. The material has an inherent resistance and conductivity that is chemically modulated as the level of CO2 increases. The CO2 gas molecules that are absorbed into the carbon nanotube composites cause charge-transfer and changes in the conductive pathway causes changes in conductivity of the composite sensing material. This change in conductivity provides a specificity and sensitivity for CO2 detection. The CO2 sensor can be easily integrated into existing electronic circuitry and hardware configurations, including the hardware of a mobile computing device, such as a smart phone or tablet device.
US11719648B2
A smart conversion and calibration of the defect coordinate, diagnosis, sampling system and the method thereof for manufacturing fab is provided. The intelligent defect diagnosis method includes receiving pluralities of defect data, design layout data, analyzing the defect data, design layouts, by a Critical Area Analysis (CAA) system. The method utilizes the precisely calibrated coordinate, the defect layout pattern, and the higher accurate calibrated defect size value. So, a more precise killer defect index can be generated with calibrated coordinate deviation calibration and defect size deviation calibration. When judging a defect relating to short circuit or open circuit failure probability, the defect failure result is more accurate and less incorrect judgment.
US11719641B2
A method for analyzing the results of a ligand-receptor binding assay comprising the steps of: (a) providing the results of a ligand-receptor binding assay; and (b) qualifying the results of a ligand-receptor binding assay. More particularly, the ligand-receptor binding assay involves the steps of combining appropriate reagents in which receptors attached to a solid support, a sample suspected of containing a ligand, and a conjugate comprising a label form a complex in which the label is present at a concentration that is directly proportional to the amount of ligand present in the sample. Alternatively, the ligand-receptor binding assay involves the steps of combining appropriate reagents to perform a ligand-receptor binding assay in which receptors attached to a solid support, a sample suspected of containing a ligand, and a conjugate comprising a label form a complex in which the label is present at a concentration that is inversely proportional to the amount of analyte present in the sample.
US11719640B2
There is provided is sliding body surface evaluation method and apparatus configured so that a temporal change in a transformed portion at a sliding portion of a sliding body can be observed. The method includes a first step of irradiating, with an electromagnetic wave, a sliding portion of a sliding body sliding on a sliding target body, a second step of detecting light emitted from the sliding portion irradiated with the electromagnetic wave, and a third step of deriving a change in a light emission state of the sliding portion.
US11719637B2
Biosensor including a device base having a sensor array of light sensors and a guide array of light guides. The light guides have input regions that are configured to receive excitation light and light emissions generated by biological or chemical substances. The light guides extend into the device base toward corresponding light sensors and have a filter material. The device base includes device circuitry electrically coupled to the light sensors and configured to transmit data signals. A passivation layer extends over the device base and forms an array of reaction recesses above the light guides. The biosensor also includes peripheral crosstalk shields that at least partially surround corresponding light guides of the guide array to reduce optical crosstalk between adjacent light sensors.
US11719634B2
Building blocks are provided for on-chip chemical sensors and other highly-compact photonic integrated circuits combining interband or quantum cascade lasers and detectors with passive waveguides and other components integrated on a III-V or silicon. A MWIR or LWIR laser source is evanescently coupled into a passive extended or resonant-cavity waveguide that provides evanescent coupling to a sample gas (or liquid) for spectroscopic chemical sensing. In the case of an ICL, the uppermost layer of this passive waveguide has a relatively high index of refraction that enables it to form the core of the waveguide, while the ambient air, consisting of the sample gas, functions as the top cladding layer. A fraction of the propagating light beam is absorbed by the sample gas if it contains a chemical species having a fingerprint absorption feature within the spectral linewidth of the laser emission.
US11719631B2
The present disclosure describes a computer implemented method, a system, and a computer program product of measuring light scattering of a sample.
US11719620B2
A test apparatus used for simulating debonding between a carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and concrete in a CFRP-strengthened structure consists of a primary structural block, a secondary structural block, an adjustable hanger, a receiving slot, an attachment mechanism, a pull-off disk, a connecting plate having a plurality of rods. The adjustable hanger and the secondary structural block are slidably positioned into the receiving slot that traverses into a structural body of the primary structural block. The adjustable hanger is mainly used during double-shearing tests and mixed-mode tests, wherein both shearing and peeling is analyzed in mixed-mode tests. The secondary structural block is used in double-shear tests, mixed-mode tests, single-shear tests, tension pull-off tests, and beam-bend tests. The attachment mechanism, which holds the primary structural block, the secondary structural block, and the adjustable hanger together, is also used during single-shear tests and beam-bend tests.
US11719612B2
A rheological system includes a sample chamber, a compressed air system configured to provide compressed air to pressurize the sample chamber, and a rotor configured for rheological measurement of a material with variable volume, the rotor including an elongated shaft extending to a measurement portion having a widened geometry relative to the elongated shaft. The rotor is dimensioned such that a compression ratio of at least 5 to 1 is achievable while maintaining material cover of the sample over the entirety of the measurement portion of the rotor, the compression ratio being defined by a decompressed volume of a sample when the sample chamber is not pressurized to a compressed volume of the sample when the sample chamber is pressurized. Methods of taking rheological measurements with such a rotor are also disclosed.
US11719606B2
The present invention provides a method for rapidly clearing a biological tissue. According to the present invention, provided is a method for clearing a biological tissue, including the steps of: infiltrating the biological tissue with water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomers before, during or after fixing the biological tissue with a fixative, wherein the water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomers include at least a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer having an ionically dissociable group; polymerizing the water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomers to form a hydrogel in the fixed biological tissue; and removing a lipid from the fixed biological tissue.
US11719604B2
Handheld forceps comprising: a body comprising trunk and a first arm and a second arm extending from a base of the trunk coupled at one end and separated from one another at a second end; a rod disposed in the body, the rod comprising a first end positioned in the first arm and a second end positioned in the second arm and forming an apex in the trunk; a compression spring disposed around the apex of the rod in the trunk; and a button coupled to the apex of the rod and protruding through an opening in the trunk. Also a method of using the handheld forceps.
US11719601B2
A detector capable of detecting bearing faults in advance is disclosed. The detector includes a microprocessor with an input terminal connected to a power supply and an output terminal connected to a detection information output device. A resonance enhanced piezoelectric sensor is provided. A sensor trigger detection circuit is electrically connected between the sensor and the microprocessor. An input terminal of the sensor trigger detection circuit is connected in parallel with a sensor signal selection circuit. The sensor signal selection circuit is connected in series with a sensor signal processing circuit. An output terminal of the sensor signal processing circuit is connected in series with a programmable gain circuit. The programmable gain circuit is connected to the microprocessor. The sensor trigger detection circuit, the sensor signal selection circuit, the sensor signal processing circuit, and the programmable gain circuit are respectively connected to the power supply.
US11719600B2
A device for monitoring the use of a machine component includes a sensor configured to measure at least one operating parameter of the machine component and produce a first output signal indicative of the measured operating parameter, a control unit configured to determine information about a use of the machine based on the received first output signal and to produce a second output signal indicative of the use of the machine, and a service unit configured to receive the second output signal and to permit a continuation of existing services for the machine component and/or to provide further services for the machine component based on the second output signal.
US11719598B2
An optical device includes an optical circuit and a test circuit optically connected to the optical circuit. The test circuit includes a first grating coupler configured to receive test light, a second grating coupler configured to output, as reference light, the test light passed through the first grating coupler, and a first branch coupler connected to an output of the first grating coupler. The first branch coupler includes first output connected to an input of the optical circuit and configured to branch and output the test light from the first grating coupler to the optical circuit. Further, the first branch coupler includes a second output connected to an input of the second grating coupler and configured to branch and output the test light from the first grating coupler to the second grating coupler.
US11719597B2
A measuring system for measuring the displacement of at least one point of a bridge, wherein the bridge has a resonance frequency included in the frequency band [fl, fh] where fl
US11719594B2
A method for leak detection in a system including a compressor. A first pressure differential is determined in the system via a first pressure differential indicator (PDI). The first pressure differential is converted into a first flow measurement. A second flow measurement is determined downstream of the compressor using a second PDI. The first flow measurement and the second flow measurement are compared to determine whether a leak exists between the first PDI and the second PDI.
US11719593B2
A method for detecting a small hydraulic leak of braking fluid in a vehicle, the vehicle having at least a first braking circuit and a second braking circuit, the method includes determining whether system braking pressure falls within a predetermined range, determining whether leakage exists in the braking circuits, determining whether the vehicle is in secure standstill, monitoring small leakage of a braking circuit while the vehicle is in secure standstill if leakage was detected and the vehicle is in the secure standstill, and isolating at least one of the braking circuits if a leakage exists in one of the braking circuits.
US11719591B2
The invention relates to a method for detecting leakage of a hollow component, comprising the steps of sealing said hollow component (1, 31), creating a pressure difference P1 and P2 between said hollow component interior and an adjacent compartment/enclosure (2, 32), putting a tracer gas in one of the hollow component or said compartment/enclosure, waiting for an enriching time T and then carrying out a step of transferring, via a non-selective or selective restriction (6, 7; 49), the content of said hollow component or said compartment/enclosure (2; 32) into which tracer gas has not been put, in order to concentrate, in a volume downstream of said restriction (6, 7; 49), the tracer gas that said content may possibly contain, and then in looking for the presence of tracer gas in said volume. The invention also relates to an installation for implementing the method.
US11719589B2
A pressure sensor assembly includes an external housing unit; a sensor unit received within the external housing unit, the external housing unit has an external surface including a mounting surface; a sensing element mounted within the sensor unit and including a pressure-sensing surface; a substrate upon which the mounting surface is mounted; an air passage to enable air to impinge on the sensing element; and a filling passage, separate from the air flow passage, for the introduction of an encapsulation material onto the sensor unit, during assembly. The encapsulation material covers at least a part of the external surface of the sensor unit but does not cover the pressure-sensing surface of the sensing element which remains directly exposed to air within the air passage.
US11719586B2
An additively manufactured strain gauge resides on the surface of a component to monitor component fatigue. The strain gauge is additively manufactured, and applied to the curvature of the component surface through either a flexible substrate or through direct printing.
US11719579B2
A wearable device includes a case and a far infrared temperature sensing device. The case has a first opening. The far infrared temperature sensing device is disposed inside the case of the wearable device. The far infrared temperature sensing device includes an assembly structure, a sensor chip, a filter structure, and a metal shielding structure. The assembly structure has an accommodating space and a top opening. The sensor chip is disposed in the accommodating space of the assembly structure. The filter structure is disposed above the sensor chip. The metal shielding structure is disposed above the sensor chip, and has a second opening to expose the filter structure. The first and second openings are communicated to cooperatively define a through hole.
US11719575B2
The present invention provides a transmission guided-mode resonant grating integrated spectroscopy device (transmission GMRG integrated spectroscopy device) characterized by comprising, disposed in this order on an optical detector array in which a plurality of diodes are mounted on a substrate made of a semiconductor: a transparent spacer layer; a waveguide layer; a transparent buffer layer provided as desired; a transmission metallic grating layer having a thickness causing surface plasmon; and a transparent protection film layer which is provided as desired.
US11719571B2
In some implementations, a device may obtain responsivity data for segments of a fiber optic cable. The device may receive, from a sensor device, vibration data associated with the fiber optic cable, the vibration data being produced by a vibration source in or on soil associated with the fiber optic cable. The device may normalize, based on the responsivity data, the vibration data. The device may determine, based on the normalized vibration data, a distance of the vibration source from the fiber optic cable. The device may perform one or more actions based on the distance satisfying a distance threshold.
US11719569B2
A method of identifying a fault in a synchronous reluctance electric machine, the method including carrying out a first vibration measurement on a stator in a first radial direction of the stator; carrying out a second vibration measurement on the stator in a second radial direction of the stator; determining, on the basis of at least one of the first vibration measurement and the second vibration measurement, a first vibration frequency; determining, on the basis of the first vibration measurement and the second vibration measurement, a mode shape of the vibration at the first vibration frequency; and determining, on the basis that the first vibration frequency fb and the mode shape m fulfil the following barrier fault conditions: fb=fr, and m=1 where fr is a rotation frequency of a rotor, that a flux barrier of the rotor is defect.
US11719568B2
An apparatus is provided for use with an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) scale associated with a grain cart. The apparatus includes a real-time telemetry weight device operatively connected with the OEM scale. The apparatus is configured to allow for a parallel mode of operation which provides for simultaneous operation of the real-time telemetry weight device and the OEM scale without interference while using a same set of load cells.
US11719566B2
Methods and devices for measuring the volume of a liquid sample transferred from a source to a destination by means of incremental dispensing of the sample into a destination vessel or by means of decremental aspiration of the sample from a source vessel, where the liquid sample is collected from a liquid having known optical absorbance at a known wavelength or within a defined part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The absorbance of the sample is measured by exposing the source or destination vessel to electromagnetic radiation before and after the transfer, and the liquid volume is determined on the basis of differential measurements of absorbance of the source or destination vessel.
US11719565B2
A sensor is provided for generating an output signal for detecting a limit level of a medium, a filling level of the medium, and/or for differentiating between different media, the sensor including: a processor to process a measurement signal generated using the sensor; and a reference unit to generate a reference signal, the processor is further configured to perform temperature compensation using the reference signal, the processor and the reference unit each having a signal conversion unit to provide temperature-dependent signal conversion, the signal conversion units being thermally coupled to one another, and the temperature compensation includes compensating for temperature dependency of the signal conversion unit of the processor using a thermal coupling.
US11719564B2
A pet food implement (100) having a container (200) to measure an amount of pet food based on a weight measurement of a pet and a weight management plan, the container (200) having a side (215, 220) with graduated markings (230) corresponding to weight measurements for pets. The container (200) further includes a selectively adjustable wall (300) that defines an intermediate predetermined volume of the container (200) corresponding to an amount of pet food suitable for a pet with a certain weight on a predetermined weight management plan; and a handle (400) coupled to the wall (300) to selectively adjust the wall (300) along the side of the container (200) to define the intermediate predetermined volume, the handle (400) aligning the wall (300) proximate one of the graduated markings (230).
US11719555B2
A map information system includes a database management device configured to manage a map database used for vehicle driving support control. The map database includes road marking map information that indicates a position of a specific road marking including at least one of a stop line and a pedestrian crossing. The database management device is further configured to: detect a road marking candidate being a candidate for the specific road marking around a vehicle; recognize vehicle behavior of at least one of the vehicle and another vehicle in a period when passing the road marking candidate; determine, based on the vehicle behavior, an evaluation value that indicates certainty of the road marking candidate being the specific road marking; and register the road marking candidate having the evaluation value equal to or higher than a threshold, as the specific road marking, in the road marking map information.
US11719553B2
A system (100) and method for finding a likely available parking spot within a geographical area are disclosed. The system (100) may be configured to receive a request for directions for a first vehicle (702) to an open parking spot within a particular geographical area (210, 214), receive sensor information indicating potential open parking spots (346, 348), identify likely available parking spots (346, 348), and receive information regarding other vehicles searching for parking in the same geographical area. The system may use the identified likely available spots and the information regarding other vehicles searching for parking when computing a route (218, 220) to a likely available parking spot.
US11719542B2
Vision-aided inertial navigation techniques are described. In one example, a vision-aided inertial navigation system (VINS) comprises an image source to produce image data at a first set of time instances along a trajectory within a three-dimensional (3D) environment, wherein the image data captures features within the 3D environment at each of the first time instances. An inertial measurement unit (IMU) to produce IMU data for the VINS along the trajectory at a second set of time instances that is misaligned with the first set of time instances, wherein the IMU data indicates a motion of the VINS along the trajectory. A processing unit comprising an estimator that processes the IMU data and the image data to compute state estimates for 3D poses of the IMU at each of the first set of time instances and 3D poses of the image source at each of the second set of time instances along the trajectory. The estimator computes each of the poses for the image source as a linear interpolation from a subset of the poses for the IMU along the trajectory.
US11719525B2
Methods and systems for determining a position of a structure using inductive position sensing are described. In an example, a processor may receive a plurality of data points representing a plurality of voltages. The plurality of voltages may be generated by a plurality of sensor coils based on a magnetic flux field. The magnetic flux field may be generated by a plurality of driver coils, and the plurality of voltages may vary with changes in the magnetic flux field. The processor may calibrate the plurality of data points to generate a plurality of calibrated data points. The processor may filter the plurality of calibrated data points. The processor may estimate a position of the structure based on the filtered calibrated data points, where the position of the structure may indicate a size of a size changing device.
US11719523B2
A detonator block for housing a detonator has a body configured to host the detonator; the body having a first end that is configured to be attached to a sub; the body having a second end, opposite to the first end, and configured to connect to a gun; and a printed circuit board located inside the body, the printed circuit board being electrically connected to the detonator. The body has a holder that is configured to hold the detonator inside the body.
US11719514B2
A ballistic panel is described including a core layer having a first major surface and a second major surface, the core layer including a ballistic resistant material. A first layer comprising a ballistic gel material is disposed on the first major surface of the core layer. A second layer comprising a ballistic gel material is disposed on the second major surface of the core layer.
US11719505B2
A stock includes a first end that has a stock mounting interface that is configured to mate with a like interface of a weapon. The first end has a quiver mounting feature configured to attach to a quiver. The stock includes a second end that has a quiver pocket defined therein to at least partially receive a portion of a quiver therein. The quiver pocket has at least one quiver grip positioned therein.
US11719501B2
An apparatus for stabilizing firearms is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a body having a left side module and a right side module secured together by a combination of locking mechanisms. An extendable rail with a support brace provided at the rear end is connected to the body of the apparatus. Further, a back securement disposed at the bottom side of the body, wherein the back securement is connected to the left side module of the body using a first side securement and the right side module of the body using a second side securement. Furthermore, a key for locking the extendable rail in a plurality of configurations is provided. Herein, the key is inserted through one or more keyholes provided in the extendable rail and a socket provided at the rear end of the body.
US11719493B2
The present disclosure provides a technique related to a cooler including a main channel in which an object to be cooled is attached to an upper surface thereof, and a structure which prevents air bubbles from entering the main channel. A cooler for cooling an object may include: a main channel in which coolant flows, wherein the object is attached to an upper surface of the main channel; and a sub channel bypassing the main channel, wherein a ceiling of the sub channel is higher than a ceiling of the main channel at a branch point between the main channel and the sub channel. Air bubbles trapped in the coolant flow into the sub channel having a higher ceiling height, thus they do not enter the main channel.
US11719484B2
A refrigerator including a cabinet including an insulator provided between an inner case and an outer case, a cold air duct embedded in the insulator to circulate cold air through the storage compartment, a cooling module mounting unit provided at a lower portion of the cabinet, and a cooling module including a module body in which an evaporator, a condenser, a compressor, and a cooling fan are installed and having an accommodating portion to accommodate the evaporator in a lying state, the cooling module being provided with a connection opening communicating with the cold air duct when mounted on the cooling module mounting unit.
US11719482B2
A refrigerator includes a rear assembly panel coupled with an assembly cover panel that includes at least one vent. At least one circulation fan is positioned between the rear assembly panel and the assembly cover panel and is proximate the at least one vent. A filter is positioned between the rear assembly panel and the assembly cover panel and is coupled to a photocatalyst to form an activated carbon filter. A light-emitting diode (LED) panel assembly includes a plurality of LEDs positioned on the rear assembly panel and is positioned to project light on the activated carbon filter. An air circulation path extends through the at least one vent and the activated carbon filter and is configured to direct air along the air circulation path, and the activated carbon filter is configured to filter airborne bacteria and particulate matter from the air as the air passes through the activated carbon filter.
US11719474B2
A refrigeration cabinet includes a freezing compartment, a first evaporator and a second evaporator. The freezing compartment includes a freezing compartment door, and the first evaporator and the second evaporator are both equipped in the freezing compartment. The first evaporator is turned off and a second evaporator is working while the freezing compartment door is opened.
US11719472B2
In one aspect, a portable-smart refrigerator fastened to the lid assembly to an internal upper portion of a PCM chamber assembly. The portable-smart refrigerator includes a grill assembly comprising a top base, a pump bracket, a middle base, a bottom base. the top base is coupled with the middle base. The portable-smart refrigerator includes a cooling-coil assembly comprising a feeding tube, a top elbow, a bottom tube, a cooling coil. The top elbow is installed between two lengths of tubing/pipe to enable a change of direction and couples the feeding tube with the cooling coil. The cooling coil is coupled with the bottom tube. The portable-smart refrigerator includes the phase change material (PCM) chamber assembly that holds the cooling coil. The PCM chamber is placed within an outer cylinder.
US11719471B2
An energy efficient heat pump for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a vapor compression circuit, a heat exchanger of the vapor compression circuit configured to place a working fluid in a heat exchange relationship with an air flow directed across the heat exchanger, and a conduit system of the vapor compression circuit. The conduit system of the vapor compression circuit is configured to direct the working fluid into the heat exchanger and to receive the working fluid from the heat exchanger, wherein the conduit system is configured to direct the working fluid into the heat exchanger to place the working fluid in a counterflow arrangement with the air flow directed across the heat exchanger in a cooling mode of the heat pump and in a heating mode of the heat pump.
US11719470B2
Provided is a cryocooler configured to be mountable on a vacuum container to cool a liquid refrigerant container. The cryocooler includes an attachment flange forming a refrigerant gas chamber between a mounting port of the vacuum container and the attachment flange when the cryocooler is mounted on the mounting port, and movable in a detachment direction by raising a pressure of the refrigerant gas chamber, and a cooling stage cooling an object to be cooled disposed inside the vacuum container and movable from a cooling position in contact with the object to be cooled to a non-cooling position separated from the object to be cooled in response to a movement of the attachment flange in the detachment direction. The refrigerant gas chamber is connected to the liquid refrigerant container.
US11719464B1
A drain cleaner apparatus for dispensing a cleaning composition into a condensate drain line of an air handler of an air conditioning system. The drain cleaner apparatus includes an apparatus reservoir configured to hold the cleaning composition, a connector interface configured to couple with the condensate drain line to cause an apparatus outlet of the drain cleaner apparatus to be in fluid communication with an opening of the condensate drain line, a dispenser device that is configured to be actuated to selectively dispense an amount of the cleaning composition from the apparatus reservoir and through the apparatus outlet, and a controller configured to actuate the dispenser device to cause the amount of the cleaning composition to be dispensed through the apparatus outlet without manual intervention.
US11719461B2
A control device for a building, the control device includes a single user interface configured to receive a first signal from a first user input and a second signal from a second user input. The control device further includes a processing circuit configured to receive both the first signal and the second signal within a predetermined period of time. The processing circuit is further configured to perform a first action based on the first signal when the first signal is received before the second signal and not perform a second action in response to the second signal and perform the second action based on the second signal when the second signal is received before the first signal and not perform the first action in response to the first signal.
US11719458B2
A thermal state of a plurality of zones of the building is updated according to a building thermal model and information received from temperature sensors of the building. Predicted occupant counts for an upcoming plurality of time slots for each of the plurality of zones are updated using actual occupancy counts for each of the plurality of zones. A misprediction type distribution for the upcoming plurality of time slots for each of the plurality of zones is updated, the misprediction type distribution indicating misprediction for true negatives, false positives, false negatives, and true positives. A total misprediction cost expectation is updated according to the predicted occupant counts and the misprediction type distribution. HVAC power for each of the plurality of zones is determined to optimize occupant thermal comfort weighted according to the predicted occupant counts while minimizing the total misprediction cost expectation. HVAC operation is controlled per the HVAC power.
US11719456B2
Systems and methods for configuring a temperature control system of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system controller are described. The HVAC system controller includes a processor in communication with a memory and a user interface. The processor is configured to determine a dynamic parameter related to a dynamic property of a conditioned space and maintain a controlled environment within the conditioned space by utilizing the dynamic parameter.
US11719450B2
An air-conditioning system includes: an air conditioner including an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units each provided in a corresponding one of a plurality of indoor spaces and each including a first control unit; and a second control unit capable of communicating with the first control units. Each first control unit is capable of communicating with a countermeasure device if the countermeasure device is installed in correspondence with one of the indoor spaces where the first control unit is located. The second control unit has a first function of prohibiting operation of the air conditioner if a first condition where communication between the first control unit and the countermeasure device is not established in any of the indoor units is satisfied.
US11719447B2
A cooling system utilizes an organic ionic salt composition for dehumidification of an airflow. The organic ionic salt composition absorbs moisture from an inlet airflow to produce an outlet airflow with a reduce moisture from that of the inlet airflow. The organic ionic salt composition may be regenerated, wherein the absorbed moisture is expelled by heating with a heating device. The heating device may be an electrochemical heating device, such as a fuel cell, an electrochemical metal hydride heating device, an electrochemical heat pump or compressor, or a condenser of a refrigerant cycle, which may utilize an electrochemical pump or compressor. The efficiency of the cooling system may be increased by utilization of the waste heat the cooling system. The organic ionic salt composition may circulate back and forth or in a loop between a conditioner, where it absorbs moisture, to a regenerator, where moisture is desorbed by heating.
US11719441B2
Systems and methods including a reformer stack extended around a combustion chamber. The reformer stack is configured to provide output products to the combustion chamber.
US11719425B2
A light bulb has a first internal circuit that is configured to generate, from received external line power, a first illumination above a first brightness value. An internal charge storage element is configured to store electrical energy from the external line power. A second internal circuit has an ambient brightness sensor and a motion sensor. The second internal circuit is configured to generate, from the stored electrical energy, a second illumination below the first brightness value according to received signals from both the ambient brightness sensor and the motion sensor.
US11719414B2
An apparatus, system, and related methods for light reflection with grooved surfaces are provided. The light reflection apparatus with grooved surfaces has a first surface with a quantity of grooves therein. A second surface has a quantity of grooves therein. The grooves in the second surface have a different angular shape, different size, different angular orientation, or a different unit density than the grooves in the first surface. At least one light source emits light on the first and second surfaces. As a direction of the emitted light changes relative to the first and second surfaces, the quantity of grooves in the first or second surface reflect the light independently of one another.
US11719413B2
Disclosed are lighting arrangements that provide, when in operation, more uniform angular light distribution emissions into an environment. The lighting arrangements use LED light sources, a light scattering optical element and partial reflectance from a light transmissive sheet or reflective layer to produce direct and indirect illumination with improved angular light distribution and uniformity onto targeted illumination surfaces such as ceilings, walls, and floors. The present disclosure provides a solution to problems of non-uniform angular distribution of light causing visual discomfort and spatial discontinuity in output. Energy savings are achieved with high optical efficiency utilizing compact, durable, robust, and aesthetically appealing optical composites and lighting arrangements capable of providing an assortment of configurable angular light distributions.
US11719399B2
A light system having a hollow housing; a light source provided in the housing; means for mounting the housing to a pool wall or floor; and a lens provided at an open end of the housing, having at least a portion configured to modify at least a portion of the light to match, blend in with, or at least compliment the pool wall or floor; and a flange surrounding the periphery of the lens.
US11719389B2
The invention relates to a backfeeding installation (30) which comprises: modules (31 to 35 and 37) comprising the following functions: at least one compressor for compressing gas, an automaton for controlling the operation of at least one compressor, at least one sensor for checking the quality compliance of the gas circulating in the compressor, at least one meter for metering a flow rate of gas circulating in the compressor, and at least one filter for filtering the gas circulating in the compressor; and an interconnection module (36A, 36B) for interconnection between the other modules and with a gas network (15) at a first pressure and a gas network (10) at a second pressure higher than the first pressure. At least one of these modules is mobile and configured to be transported, in its entirety and operational by means of a removable connection to the interconnection module and to a power source, on a single vehicle.
US11719388B2
A thermally insulating sealed tank including a bottom wall (2) attached to a supporting wall (1), the bottom wall (2) including: a sealing membrane (3) comprising a plurality of welded corrugated metal sheets, a thermally insulating barrier (4), the sealing membrane (3) and the thermally insulating barrier (4) being interrupted in a singular zone by a window (7), the tank comprising a hollow structure (15) inserted into the window (7), the hollow structure (15) being arranged through the body of the tank wall (2), wherein the tank (71) includes a metal closure plate (23), the metal closure plate (23) comprising an inner edge (24) welded all around the hollow structure (15), the metal closure plate (23) including an outer edge (25) placed under the sealing membrane (3) so as to form an overlapping area, is disclosed.
US11719385B2
A lubrication system comprises a lubricant reservoir, a lubricant supply passage fluidly connecting the lubricant reservoir and a space requiring lubrication, and a lubricant supply pump. The supply pump includes a piston having a first piston head slidably received in a chamber in fluid communication with the lubricant reservoir and a second piston head slidably received in a pumping chamber. The pumping chamber is divided into a first and second cavities by the second piston head. The first cavity is between the first piston head and second piston head. The first and second cavities are placeable in fluid communication with pressure sources externally of the pumping chamber to provide a pressure differential between the first cavity and the second cavity, whereby the piston may move as a result of the pressure differential to cause the first piston head to dispense lubricant from the lubricant reservoir to the space.
US11719379B2
A position adjustment device for a display module and a display device including the same are provided. A position adjustment device for a display module includes: a first direction control module including a first stage to which a display module is fixable, the first stage being movable in a first direction; a second direction control module coupled to the first direction control module and including a second stage movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a first controller coupled to the second stage; and a third direction control module coupled to the second direction control module and including a third stage movable in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and crossing the second direction, and a second controller coupled to the third stage.
US11719377B2
A header delivery system and method for performing a pigging operation on a process tube connected to a header pipe. The header delivery system is insertable in the header pipe and has a launcher pipe for launching an inspection or cleaning tool to the process tube. A tube coupler for coupling to the process tube and a bumper are connected to the launcher pipe. A jack apparatus is configured to position the tube coupler and the bumper. A wedge assembly is connected to the launcher pipe and has a first actuating wedge and a first extension wedge. A first linear actuator is connected to the first actuating wedge and is configured to move the first extension wedge and the tube coupler mount apart from one another to position the tube coupler and the bumper from a retracted position to an extended position.
US11719374B2
Methods and systems for installation of a liner inside a conduit (e.g., water pipe) to transport a fluid (e.g., potable water) to rehabilitate the conduit, in which the liner can be installed, and thus the conduit can be rehabilitated, more efficiently, including, for example, by further reducing an extent of digging that may have to be done, by testing more readily (e.g., pressure-testing for watertightness or other fluid-tightness once installed), and/or by adapting to a cross-sectional size of the conduit. Also, the liner may be thinner, interact better (e.g., less) with the fluid flowing through the conduit, and/or be otherwise designed to enhance its use and performance.
US11719369B2
The invention relates to a line element (100) having an inner element (IE), an outer element (AE) surrounding the inner element, and a sliding layer (131, 132) in the form of an anti-friction lacquer, which is arranged in the contact region on the inner element (IE) and/or on the outer element (AE).
US11719366B2
A pipe coupling includes a coupling body defining a first body end; and an end ring assembly comprising: a split ring a gap defined between a first ring end of the split ring and a second ring end of the split ring; a gasket bridge extending across the gap between the first ring end and the second ring end; and a gasket assembly disposed radially inward of the split ring and the gasket bridge, the gasket assembly compressed between the split ring and the first body end.
US11719364B2
The invention relates to a hose having at least one barrier layer inner layer and an outer layer, wherein the barrier layer is obtainable by extrusion of a mixture comprising a) at least one thermoplastic fluoropolymer, b) at least one fluororubber and a crosslinking agent and/or at least one fluororubber elastomer and c) at least one carbon filler selected from carbon black, in particular conductivity carbon black, graphene, carbon nanofillers, in particular carbon nanotubes, carbon nanohorns, or a combination thereof in an amount of 0.05% by weight to 20% by weight of the carbon filler(s), or irradiated PTFE, and vulcanization. The hose exhibits a high fuel, diesel and oil stability and dynamic capability.
US11719363B2
In an example, an adjustable clamp system includes a base, a clamp assembly, and a first eccentric bushing. The base includes an anchor portion configured to couple the base to a support structure, a first clamp-support portion extending from the anchor portion, and a second clamp-support portion extending from the anchor portion. The clamp assembly includes a clamp defining a bore, a first flange extending from a first side of the clamp and coupled to the first clamp-support portion, and a second flange extending from a second side of the clamp and coupled to the second clamp-support portion. The first eccentric bushing couples the first flange to the first clamp-support portion. The first eccentric bushing is rotatable relative to the first flange to translate the clamp assembly in a first direction relative to the base and adjust a distance between the clamp and the anchor portion of the base.
US11719361B2
A valve includes a valve body with an inlet and an outlet coupled to a tubular conduit operable to circulate a flow of a process fluid, an actuator with an interior volume divided by a valve diaphragm into a first volume portion that encloses a working fluid and a second volume portion, and a plug coupled to the valve diaphragm and operable to move toward an open position or a closed position based on movement of the valve diaphragm relative to a pressure of the working fluid. A seal isolator is coupled to the tubular conduit and includes an isolator diaphragm having a first side exposed to the flow of the fluid and a second side fluidly coupled to the first volume portion through the working fluid. The isolator diaphragm is configured to transmit a pressure of the flow of the process fluid to the pressure of the working fluid.
US11719358B2
Technologies are described for devices and methods to determine a position of a valve. The devices may comprise a housing attached to an actuator. The actuator may be in physical communication with the valve. The devices may comprise a microcontroller within the housing. The microcontroller may be in communication with the actuator to control a position of the valve. The devices may comprise a position sensor module in communication with the microcontroller. The devices may comprise a position sensor target attached to at least one part of the actuator that moves. The position sensor module may be configured to detect movement and a position of the position sensor target, generate position data related to the position of the position sensor target, and transmit the position data to the microcontroller. The microcontroller may be configured to determine a position of the valve based on the position data.
US11719353B2
A pressure valve includes a housing having bottom portion defining a bottom opening configured to be in communication with a vessel and a sidewall defining an internal cavity. The housing includes a vent aperture configured to provide fluid communication between the internal cavity and ambient air surrounding the pressure valve and an accessory aperture configured to couple an accessory to the housing. A seal seat is positioned within the internal cavity fluidly between the vent aperture and the bottom opening. A pressure control assembly is coupled to the housing. The pressure control assembly breaks a sealing engagement with the seal seat to provide fluid communication between the vessel and the vent aperture in response to a desired positive pressure being reached within the vessel or in response to a negative pressure being reached in the vessel. The accessory aperture is positioned between the bottom opening and the seal seat.
US11719347B2
A control valve includes a valve body and a valve gate, the valve body has an inner space, first fluid inlets, second fluid inlets, and a fluid outlet, the valve gate is movably located inside the inner space, the first fluid inlets are located at a side of the fluid outlet, the second fluid inlets are located at another side of the fluid outlet, the first fluid inlets and the second fluid inlets are arranged along a radial direction of the valve gate, the valve gate has a main channel having a first inlet end, a second inlet end, and an outlet end, the first inlet end is connected to the first fluid inlets, the second inlet end is connected to the second fluid inlets, and the outlet end is connected to the fluid outlet.
US11719346B2
A water control valve with offset valve core has a main body with a flowing slot, the circumferential wall of which is formed with a water inlet and outlet. An offset rotary valve core is configured offset inside the flowing slot and has a rotary shaft and a water stopping seat. The face of the water stopping seat faces the circumferential wall and has a sealing ring. When the water stopping seat rotates along with the offset rotary valve core and is aligned with the inlet, the sealing ring is pressed against the circumferential wall to close the inlet, thus forming the water stop mode. The rotary shaft and the circumferential wall of the flowing slot define a flowing space. The flow from the inlet must pass through the flowing space and exit through the outlet. A dialing component is used to connect and drive offset rotary valve core.
US11719344B2
A tangentially cut rod packing ring is provided. The tangentially cut rod packing ring comprises a first ring formed from a plurality of segments. Each of the segments has a portion of two interfaces where each interface slidably engages an interface of an adjacent segment. One interface terminates at a leading surface. One interface has a stop surface. The leading surface is originally separated from the stop surface by a gap. As the interfaces slidably move, the gap lessens until the leading surface abuts the stop surface. The tangentially cut rod packing ring also comprises a second ring formed from a plurality of segments. The second ring has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion forms as shelf on which the first ring sits. The second portion surrounds the first ring. An elastic member in a groove on the outer surface of the second portion provides a compressive force on both the second ring and the first ring.
US11719343B2
A radial shaft seal has an elastomeric sealing lip with an inner side facing a shaft to be sealed. The sealing lip has a first circumferential ring arranged at the inner side and resting against the shaft to seal a medium side from an air side. Return conveying elements are arranged circumferentially about the sealing lip at the inner side and at a side of the first circumferential ring facing the air side. They return leakage medium, independent of a rotational direction of the shaft, to the medium side. A second circumferential ring at the inner side is positioned at a side of the return conveying elements facing the air side. The first circumferential ring is an elevation with depressions, also formed as elevations, distributed circumferentially thereabout. The depressions extend toward the second circumferential ring and are positioned, respectively, between two of the return conveying elements neighboring each other.
US11719341B2
A closure [10] for a cylindrical vessel includes at least one holding means [30] configured to move the closure into a fully closed state, the holding means having a predetermined actuation force or torque to properly close the closure, the closure including one or both of the following failsafe failure detection features: a mechanical fuse [20] having a predetermined load failure force below that of a load failure force of at least one component of the holding means and above that of a predetermined actuation force or torque to properly close the closure; or a block[40] sized to at least partially overlap a pressure warning lock hole [19] of the closure door when the closure is not in the fully closed state and to fully expose the pressure warning lock hole when the closure is in the fully closed state, thereby permitting insertion of a pressure warning lock [17].
US11719337B2
Methods and systems are provided for an actuation system for a parking mechanism in a transmission system of a vehicle. In one example, a system may include a protrusion positioned at one end of a higher diameter portion of a cam, the protrusion positioned to contact a pawl upon engagement of the pawl with a parking gear.
US11719336B2
A gear shift (100) is described for a saddle vehicle (M) comprising a shift lever (110), a selecting element (130) actuated through the shift lever (110) and a selector drum (150) connected to the selecting element (130) and adapted to engage gears. The gear shift (100) further comprises a block device (140) functionally connected to the selector drum (150) and configured so as to be switched between: a first configuration, wherein the block device (140) allows engaging a first gear (I) from a neutral gear (N) in a first change direction (Up), a second configuration, wherein the block device (140) inhibits the subsequent engagement of the neutral gear (N) from the first gear (I) in a second change direction (Dwn). Control means (120) of the block device (140) are further provided, actuated by a rider (G) so as to define a third configuration, wherein the block device (140) is disabled in order to allow engaging the neutral gear (N) from the first gear (I) in the second change direction (Dwn).
US11719333B2
A load drive system, capable of providing certainty about instructions transmitted from a load control device to a load drive device as well as suppressing an increase of processing load, includes an ECU, a drive device, a communication bus to which the ECU and the drive device are connected, and a third signal line different from the communication bus connecting the ECU and the drive device. The ECU generates a frame including a drive instruction message, and transmits the message to the drive device via the communication bus. The drive device receives the frame via the communication bus, and extracts the drive instruction message from data of data field in the received frame. The drive device converts the drive instruction message into a load drive signal, and notifies the converted load drive signal to the ECU via the third signal line.
US11719318B1
A stator assembly for a torque converter includes a body and a washer. The body is rotatable about an axis and has a cavity defined by an axial wall radially spaced from the axis and a radial wall extending radially inward from the axial wall. The washer is disposed in the cavity and is configured to be compressed against the radial wall. The washer includes a base and a plurality of circumferentially spaced from each other and extending radially outward from the base. The plurality of tabs are configured to non-rotatably connect to the axial wall.
US11719312B2
A driving force transmitting apparatus includes first and second planetary gear units and switching and urging members. The first planetary gear unit includes a first mesh gear and a first locked gear provided with first locked portions. The second planetary gear unit includes a second locked gear provided with second locked portions, and a second mesh gear meshing with the first mesh gear. The switching member includes first and second locking portions and can move to (i) a first stop position at which the first locking portion stop the first locked gear, and, urged by the urging member, (ii) a second stop position at which the second locking portion stops the second locked gear. An interval between the second locked portions in a rotational direction of the second locked gear is larger than an interval between the first locked portions in a rotational direction of the first locked gear.
US11719307B1
Adhesive damping systems are described. A damping system for reducing the effects on a substrate caused by a disruption in the substrate environment includes an adhesive having a plurality of three-dimensional particles dispersed therein. The particles are configured to provide a controlled response to an applied force field. The system further includes a sensor which measures an amplitude and frequency spectrum of the disruption. In a use configuration, the sensor determines the amplitude and frequency spectrum of the disruption received by the substrate; and the applied force field is dependent on the amplitude and frequency spectrum of the disruption.
US11719306B2
A damping device includes: a housing; a drive-side actuator that includes a drive-side stator and a drive-side mover and is connected to the housing; a damping-side actuator that includes a damping-side stator and a damping-side mover and is connected to the housing; a first signal calculator that generates a drive signal for the drive-side actuator based on a control command; and a second signal calculator that generates, when the drive-side actuator changes from a large to a small jerk state, a drive signal for the damping-side actuator based on a signal obtained by subtracting a displacement suppression command suppressing a displacement of the damping-side mover from a vibration suppression command reducing or offsetting, by a vibration component of the housing produced by driving of the damping-side actuator, a natural frequency component of the housing produced by driving of the drive-side actuator based on the control command.
US11719304B2
A damper assembly includes a cylinder defining a chamber. The damper assembly includes a body supported by the cylinder and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The body defines a passage extending from the first surface to the second surface. One of the first surface or the second surface define a slope at the passage. The damper assembly includes a check disc at the slope, the check disc selectively restricting fluid flow through the passage.
US11719299B2
A plate spring member having a compressive residual stress distribution in which a compressive residual stress of at least part of a portion having a depth from a surface within 50 μm is 500 MPa or more, and the compressive residual stress of a portion having a depth from the surface exceeding 50 μm is less than 500 MPa.
US11719298B2
In the coil spring of the present invention, a helical space defined by a space between coils has a first end region whose space is increased as it extends towards the other side in the axial direction from a first reference point where the space is zero, a reference region whose space is set at a reference value L (L>0), and a second end region whose space becomes narrow as it extends toward the other side in the axial direction and zero at a second reference point. The first end region is configured such that the number of turns of the helical space is greater than 1 and the space between coils in a terminal position is greater than the reference value L. The helical space has a first transitional region between the terminal position of the first end region and the reference region, the first transitional region being configured so that the distance of space between coils is reduced from the terminal position of the first end region along the helical shape of the helical space toward the other side in the axial direction and becomes the reference value L.
US11719294B2
A brake and method of assembly are provided. The brake includes a friction plate configured for coupling to a rotatable body for rotation with the rotatable body about an axis of rotation, a pressure plate disposed about the axis on a first side of the friction plate and fixed against rotation, and an armature plate disposed about the axis on a second side of the friction plate. An electromagnet is disposed about the axis on an opposite side of the armature plate relative to the friction plate. A spring biases the armature plate in a first axial direction towards the friction plate and away from the electromagnet to engage the brake. A fastener couples the pressure plate to the electromagnet. The fastener conforms to a space between opposed surfaces of the pressure plate and the electromagnet and, upon hardening, bonds the pressure plate to the electromagnet.
US11719293B2
Methods and systems are provided for controlling and diagnosing one or more clutches in a transmission. In one example, a method for operation of a vehicle system is provided that includes at a diagnostic controller or processing unit independent from a driveline controller or processing unit, respectively, determining an engagement state of a clutch in a transmission of the vehicle system, wherein the engagement state is selected from a group of three or more clutch engagement states. The method further includes identifying an unauthorized clutch state based on the engagement state of the clutch and a speed of the vehicle and responsive to the identification of the unauthorized clutch state, operating the vehicle system in a fault state.
US11719289B2
A multi-clutch arrangement between a drive unit and a transmission having at least three multi-plate clutches. The multi-plate clutches include an outer plate carrier in each instance such that the outer plate carriers form the housing of a multi-clutch arrangement.
US11719286B2
A clutch device with friction linings includes: a clutch housing, the friction linings including a first friction lining and a second friction lining, the first friction lining being arranged on the clutch housing, the clutch housing including a stop surface; a tapered ring, the second friction lining being arranged on the tapered ring, the plurality of friction linings being arranged relative to one another so that the plurality of friction linings can be brought into full contact with one another in a contact plane, the tapered ring including a reference surface; a spring element; a clutch actuating device, a wear gap being formed between the stop surface and the reference surface, the wear gap configured for becoming wider as the friction linings wear; and a locking element configured for being moved into the wear gap when the wear gap exceeds a definable maximum width.
US11719283B2
An engine that may comprise a first rotatable shaft, a second rotatable shaft, and a turnbuckle shaft. The first shaft rotatable may be disposed about a centerline axis and have threads disposed thereon. The second shaft rotatable may be disposed about the centerline axis and have threads disposed thereon. The turnbuckle shaft may be axially disposed between the first and second shafts, rotatable about the centerline axis, and have threads disposed thereon for engaging the threads of the first and second shafts. The first and second shafts may be drawn together by a force acting on the threads of at least one of the first and second shafts created by a rotation of the turnbuckle shaft relative to the at least one of the first and second shafts. The turnbuckle shaft may rotationally connect the first shaft and second shaft.
US11719281B2
A sealing assembly for a rolling-element bearing includes a first seal element and a second seal element, the first seal element including a first support member mounted on a first bearing ring, a first seal body extending radially from the first support member and having an oblique side surface, and at least one first seal lip extending radially from the first seal body to the second ring to form a first seal and the second seal element including a second support portion mounted on the second ring, a second seal body projecting from the second support portion and at least one second seal lip extending from the second seal body to the oblique side surface to form a second seal. A buffer member extends from the first seal element toward the second seal element and has first and second radially spaced annular ribs that extend toward the second seal element.
US11719273B2
The coating film peeling nut of the present invention has a notch 13 formed in an inner surface of a nut main body 10 on which a female screw 12 is formed, the notch 13 extending in a direction different from that of a lead angle of the female screw 12. The notch 13 is formed helically, and a winding direction thereof is the same as that of the female screw 12. A pitch of the notch 13 is 2 to 10 times a pitch of the female screw 12, and a depth of the notch 13 is 20 to 80% of a thread height of the female screw 12.
US11719272B2
Various embodiments provide a fastener including a head, a shank connected to the head and having a tip, one or more helical thread formations extending outwardly from the shank, and wherein a bottom portion of the head includes a plurality of ribs that extend towards the tip of the shank and that are shaped to abruptly frictionally engage a surface of a first object being attached to a second object to create an immediate frictional torsional resistance of a desired force level to the tightening of the fastener. This frictional resistance is provided back to the tightening tool to inform the operator of the tightening tool that the head of the fastener has sufficiently engaged the first object and that further tightening or clockwise rotation of the fastener is unnecessary.
US11719271B2
A fastener structure includes a head portion, a body portion and an elastic element. The head portion has a shaft section, a press section and a hold-down section. The body portion has a corresponding press section, which is movably assembled to the press section. The elastic element has an end pressed against the press section and another end against the body section, allowing the head portion to move elastically. The body portion can be engaged with an object, and the hold-down section of the head portion can elastically hold down a workpiece against the object or be elastically removed from the workpiece, so as to complete the connection and disconnection of at least two objects to and from one another in a quick and repeatable manner.
US11719261B2
A vapor-pressure driven micro pump system comprising an enclosure of a supporting structure; a first chamber having a first volatile material as a propellant with a plurality of exit nozzles; a second chamber have a second volatile material inside of a collapsible diaphragm which separates the first and the second chambers within said enclosure, wherein a vacuum at the plurality of exit nozzles causes vaporization of said propellant, which is compensated and displaced by vapor of said second volatile material at a substantially constant pressure by moving of said collapsible diaphragm. The vapor-pressure driven pump system is useful for various situations, especially in a gravity-free environment in space exploration.
US11719258B2
The present disclosure refers to a pump (1) comprising a rotor shaft (13) extending along a rotor axis (R), a bearing body (19) circumferentially encompassing the rotor shaft (13) and comprising a radially outer bearing surface (32), and a locking ring (25) circumferentially encompassing the rotor shaft (13) and limiting an axial movement of the bearing body (19) relative to the rotor shaft (13), wherein the locking ring (25) comprises at least two radially inwardly protruding teeth (49, 51, 53, 55), wherein the locking ring (25) is radially expandable from a locking state to a mounting state against an elastic restoring force of the locking ring (25), wherein the locking ring (25) is, in the mounting state, positionable at a desired axial position on the rotor shaft (13), wherein the teeth (49, 51, 53, 55) are configured to press, in the locking state, against a radial outer surface (31) of the rotor shaft (13) by the elastic restoring force of the locking ring (25).
US11719256B2
A centrifugal fan includes a housing configured to accommodate an impeller. The impeller rotates relative to the housing. A flow channel that cooperates with the impeller is disposed in the housing. The flow channel includes a pressurization area, in which a static pressure and a flow velocity of an air flow are gradually increased along a rotation direction of the impeller. However, an air inlet is disposed on the housing, and there is a specific gap between the impeller and the air inlet. As a result, when air flows through the pressurization area, there is a specific amount of leakage through the gap. Therefore, an air baffle ring is disposed in the centrifugal fan provided in this application.
US11719254B2
The present disclosure provides a micro water pump, including: a housing having a base, an upper cover engaging with the base, an inner cavity, an inlet communicated with the inner cavity, and an outlet communicated with the inner cavity. A drive mechanism installed in the housing, includes a rotating shaft, an impeller arranged in the inner cavity and rotatably connected with the rotating shaft, a rotor installed in the impeller, and a stator installed in the base for driving the rotor to rotate. The upper cover includes a body part, and an accommodation slot formed by sinking from the surface of the body part close to the base; one end of the rotating shaft is embedded in the base, and the other end is accommodated in the accommodation slot. Whole strength of the micro water pump is enhanced thereby.
US11719253B2
A preform for a turbine engine blade, comprising a main fiber preform obtained by three-dimensional weaving and comprising: a first longitudinal segment, suitable for forming a blade root; a second longitudinal segment, extending upwards from the first longitudinal segment and suitable for forming an airfoil portion; and a first transverse segment, extending transversely from the junction between the first and second longitudinal segments to a substantially linear distal edge and suitable for forming a first platform; the preform further including at least one attachment tab provided under the first transverse segment at its distal edge, suitable for forming an attachment portion of the platform.
US11719249B2
A system for controlling thermal comfort in a space is provided with variable mode of operation. This system may include a conditioner for conditioning air in the space, and a sensor for measuring a temperature in the space. A controller is provided for controlling the conditioner based on the temperature sensed by the sensor, and a fan for circulating air within the space is regulated based on the temperature sensed by the sensor. A related system for controlling a fan based on height is also provided, as is a system and method for easily and efficiently determining the height of a fan using a simple camera, such as one on a “smart” phone. A further aspect pertains to a controller, such as for example a portable handheld device, having a user interface adapted for suggesting an increase in a set point temperature of a thermostat based on the selected speed of the fan.
US11719248B2
An aircraft propulsion system comprises an engine, a propeller drive shaft drivingly engaged with the engine, a propeller for propelling an aircraft and a fan driving cooling air along a flow path in thermal communication with the engine. The engine may be an internal combustion engine or other engine type having heat rejection requirements and the fan may facilitate cooling of the engine. The propulsion system may have a pusher configuration.
US11719239B2
A pump unit for clutch actuation, having a high-pressure port for clutch actuation, a low-pressure port for a lubricant flow, a single drive motor and a dual pump, which is driven by the drive motor and has a high-pressure outlet, which is connected to the high-pressure port with a high-pressure line, and a low-pressure outlet, which is connected to the low-pressure port with a low-pressure line, wherein a prefilling line which leads from the low-pressure line to the high-pressure line is provided.
US11719236B2
Disclosed is a flow device including an inlet, an outlet, and a plurality of fluid flow paths hydraulically connected in parallel to the inlet and the outlet, wherein the plurality of fluid flow paths forms a first ring of fluid flow paths circumferentially arranged at a first radial distance from a centerline of the fluid flow device a second ring of fluid flow patch circumferentially arranged at a second radial distance from the centerline of the fluid flow device, each of the plurality of fluid flow paths has a first hydraulic resistance in a forward flow direction and a second hydraulic resistance in a reverse flow direction, and the second hydraulic resistance is greater than the first hydraulic resistance.
US11719235B2
A hydraulic device for a rail vehicle includes a fluid container, a motor with a pump, a control plate, a control region, a ventilation and purging unit for ventilating and purging the fluid container, wherein the ventilation and purging unit has a valve unit integrated into a wall of a housing of the fluid container, and a channel labyrinth connected to the valve unit.
US11719234B2
A pump system may include a pump, a driveshaft, driving equipment, and a vibration dampening assembly configured to reduce pump-imposed high frequency/low amplitude and low frequency/high amplitude torsional vibrations. The pump may have an input shaft connected to the driveshaft. The driving equipment may include an output shaft having an output flange connected to the driveshaft. The driving equipment may be configured to rotate the driveshaft to rotate the input shaft of the pump therewith. The vibration dampening assembly may include one or more flywheels operably connected to the input shaft and configured to rotate therewith.
US11719232B2
A driving system for driving piezoelectric pump includes one or more mechanical devices and a driving circuit system electrically connected to the at least one mechanical device. The driving circuit system includes a pump-driving unit, a linear voltage-stabilizing unit, a microcontroller unit, a current-sensing unit, and a connection unit. The microcontroller unit generates a first signal, a second signal, and a third signal, and the pump-driving unit receives these signals to drive the mechanical device. The current-sensing unit receives a fourth signal transmitted by the pump-driving unit to obtain an actuation current value of the mechanical device. The linear voltage-stabilizing unit, the current-sensing unit, and the microcontroller unit are coupled to each other through a fifth signal and a sixth signal. The connection unit and the microcontroller unit are coupled to each other through a reset signal, a seventh signal, and an eighth signal provided by the microcontroller unit.
US11719231B2
A processing chamber is connected to a lock chamber. For evacuating the lock chamber and/or the processing chamber a vacuum pump system is provided. The latter comprises a vacuum pump equipment having at least one vacuum pump. Further, the vacuum pump system comprises a valve device for connection to the lock chamber as well as a controller. For noise reduction, a cyclically occurring operating parameter is determined by means of the controller. From said parameter it is determined at which point in time the valve is opened such that temporally before the opening of the valve the rotational speed of at least one of the vacuum pumps can be reduced. This results in a considerable noise reduction at continuing good pump-out times.
US11719224B2
A rotor blade of a wind turbine, wherein the rotor blade has in particular a splitter plate, which is arranged on the blunt trailing edge of the rotor blade. The splitter plate comprises: a root edge, wherein the root edge is arranged on, in particular along, the trailing edge below a transition from the suction side into the trailing edge, an end edge, wherein the end edge forms a free edge, and a surface between the root edge and the end edge, wherein the surface has at least one curved part between the root edge and the end edge, and at least one part of the surface lies in the shear layer generated by the suction side. A rotor blade of a wind turbine, wherein the rotor blade has in particular a splitter plate, which is arranged on the blunt trailing edge of the rotor blade. The splitter plate comprises: a root edge, wherein the root edge is arranged on, in particular along, the trailing edge below a transition from the suction side into the trailing edge, an end edge, wherein the end edge forms a free edge, and a surface between the root edge and the end edge, wherein the surface has at least one curved part between the root edge and the end edge, and at least one part of the surface lies in the shear layer generated by the suction side.
US11719219B2
Systems and methods for use in capturing energy from natural resources. In one form, the systems and methods capture energy from natural resources, such as movement of fluid in a body of water, and convert it into electrical energy.
US11719217B2
A multi-axial wave energy conversion device includes a carrier, a main body coupled to the carrier, a wave energy conversion assembly, a rotating mechanism, a lifting mechanism and a control unit electrically connected to the rotating mechanism and the lifting mechanism. The wave energy conversion assembly is coupled to the main body and includes an arm. The rotating mechanism is coupled between the carrier and the main body. The lifting mechanism is coupled between the arm and the main body. The control unit is for controlling the rotating mechanism to drive the main body to rotate relative to the carrier around a vertical axis for adjusting an orientation of the arm relative to the carrier, and further for controlling the lifting mechanism to drive the arm to rotate relative to the main body around a horizontal axis for adjusting an included angle between the arm and the main body.
US11719214B2
A hydraulic turbine includes a runner having a shaft, a runner crown, and a runner tip. Blades are fixed to the runner crown and are rotatable around an axis of rotation in operation of the hydraulic turbine, each blade including a leading edge and a trailing edge. A first chamber is located between the runner crown and a stationary head cover, or within head cover. A second chamber is located in the runner tip. A passage for water is defined between the first chamber and the second chamber. The runner crown has an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion having a larger diameter than the lower portion such that a channel is defined between the upper and lower portions. The channel has a circular shape and a circular symmetry around the axis of rotation and leads to a discharge region below the runner.
US11719201B2
An air intake device for a vehicle. The device includes an inlet for air, a first outlet arranged for providing air to an engine of the vehicle and a second outlet arranged for discharging liquid separated from the air provided to the first outlet, and an intermediate portion forming an air channel extending from the inlet to the first outlet and the second outlet. A bottom surface on the inside of the intermediate portion is inclined relative to a horizontal plane for directing liquid in the air channel towards the second outlet.
US11719198B1
Methods and systems are provided for an evaporative emission fuel (EVAP) system. In one example, a method for the EVAP system includes adjusting a vapor flow path to a plurality of canisters based on a canister load and a vehicle shut-off event occurring. The method further including flowing vapors to a less loaded canister later than to a more loaded canister.
US11719183B2
Methods and systems are provided for a cooling arrangement. In one example, a system comprises a separator arranged in a block coolant jacket. The separator fluidly separates an upper portion of the block coolant jacket from a lower portion of the block coolant jacket.
US11719166B1
An aircraft system is provided that includes a first propulsor rotor, a second propulsor rotor, a drivetrain and an intermittent combustion engine. The first propulsor rotor is rotatable about a first propulsor axis. The second propulsor rotor is rotatable about a second propulsor axis. The drivetrain includes a drive structure and a transmission. The drive structure is rotatable about a drive axis that is angularly offset from the first propulsor axis and the second propulsor axis. An output of the transmission is coupled to the first propulsor rotor and the second propulsor rotor through the drive structure. The intermittent combustion engine is configured to drive rotation of the first propulsor rotor and the second propulsor rotor through the drivetrain.
US11719165B2
An aircraft engine comprises an air inlet duct extending from an inlet through which air is configured to enter the aircraft engine, to an outlet within the aircraft engine. At least one strut has a leading edge and a trailing edge and extends across at least part of the air inlet duct. The at least one strut has a strut passage and a plurality of static pressure measurement taps spaced apart on the trailing edge and in fluid communication with the strut passage.
US11719147B2
The exhaust gas after-treatment system of an engine configured as a gas engine or as a dual-fuel engine includes a catalyst, that can be flowed through by exhaust gas, a control tube extending through a recess in the catalyst, which control tube is movable relative to the catalyst and is flowable through by exhaust gas, and an actuator which is equipped to move the control tube relative to the catalyst dependent on at least one operating condition of the engine and/or at least one operating condition of the exhaust gas after-treatment system such that in a first relative position of the control tube relative to the catalyst, the catalyst can be flowed through by exhaust gas but not the control tube, and in a second relative position of the control tube relative to the catalyst, the control tube can be flowed through by the exhaust gas but not the catalyst.
US11719146B2
Methods and systems are provided for routing secondary air to engine an exhaust system during a cold-start condition to reduce tail pipe emissions. In one example, a method may include operating a pump of an evaporative leak check module (ELCM) in a positive pressure mode and routing pressurized air to the exhaust passage upstream of an exhaust catalyst via an air conduit housing a first valve.
US11719145B2
An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas heater housing, an exhaust gas heater disposed in the exhaust gas heater housing and an exhaust gas treatment unit housing which, via an upstream end region, adjoins a downstream end region of the exhaust gas heater housing. At least one exhaust gas treatment unit is disposed in the exhaust gas treatment unit housing. At least one exhaust gas heater includes at least one connector element that, in the downstream direction toward the exhaust gas treatment unit housing, extends toward the exhaust gas heater and, in an exhaust gas primary flow direction, overlaps with the upstream end region of the exhaust gas treatment unit housing and/or with an exhaust gas treatment unit disposed in the upstream end region of the exhaust gas treatment unit housing.
US11719138B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a sintered alloy valve guide capable of inhibiting valve adhesion even in a high-temperature environment. The problem can be solved by a sintered alloy valve guide impregnated with a lubricating oil including pores that are sealed on the valve guide outer circumferential surface. More particularly, the problem is solved by the sealing step of performing a sealing treatment of pores on the outer circumferential surface of a sintered body impregnated with a lubricating oil.
US11719136B2
A bottoming cycle power system includes a turbo-expander operable to rotate a turbo-crankshaft as a flow of exhaust gas from a combustion process passes through the turbo-expander. A turbo-compressor is operable to compress the flow of exhaust gas after the exhaust gas passes through the turbo-expander. An open cycle absorption chiller system includes an absorber section operable to receive the flow of exhaust gas from the turbo-expander and to mix the flow of exhaust gas with a first refrigerant solution within the absorber section. The first refrigerant solution is operable to absorb water from the exhaust gas as the exhaust gas passes through the first refrigerant solution. The absorber section is operable to route the flow of exhaust gas to the turbo-compressor after the flow of exhaust gas has passed through the first refrigerant solution.
US11719132B2
A turbine stator blade (21) includes a pressure side (21P) extending in a radial direction intersecting a flow direction of steam, and facing upstream in the flow direction. A slit (5) extending in the radial direction and capturing a liquefied component of the steam is formed on a downstream side of the pressure side (21P). A hydrophilic uneven region (6) having a liquid film capacity greater than that of the pressure side (21P) by being recessed in a depth direction intersecting the pressure side (21P) is formed in a further upstream position than the slit (5). The hydrophilic uneven region (6) has a depth in the depth direction increasing and a flow resistance decreasing toward downstream and toward the slit (5).
US11719130B2
A vane system includes a plurality of vane assemblies and a continuous support ring. The vane assemblies are arranged circumferentially about an axis and each include a hollow airfoil fairing and a spar. The spar has a spar flange and a spar leg extending radially inwardly from the spar flange and through the hollow airfoil fairing. The continuous support ring has radially inner and outer sides and defines a circumferential row of through-holes between the radially inner and outer sides. The spar legs extend through the through-holes and the spar flanges are affixed at the radially outer side of the continuous support ring.
US11719115B2
A gas turbine engine including a first turbine rotor assembly having a plurality of first turbine rotor blades extended within a gas flowpath, and a second turbine rotor assembly positioned aft along the gas flowpath of the first turbine rotor assembly. The second turbine rotor assembly is rotatably separate from the first turbine rotor assembly. A casing surrounds the first turbine rotor assembly. The casing has a unitary, integral outer casing wall extended forward of the first turbine rotor assembly and aft of the first turbine rotor assembly. The casing includes a plurality of vanes extended from the outer casing wall and through the gas flowpath aft of the first turbine rotor assembly and forward of the second turbine rotor assembly. The casing includes a plurality of walls forming thermal control rings extended outward along the radial direction from the outer casing wall. The outer casing wall and the thermal control rings is a unitary, integral structure.
US11719113B2
A cooling system for a plurality of conductive cables in a gas turbine engine includes a cooling source and an electric motor disposed in a tail cone. The cooling source may comprise an electric fan or an oil pump. The cooling source may be configured for active cooling of the plurality of conductive cables. The electric fan may be in fluid communication with ambient air during operation of the gas turbine engine.
US11719107B2
A turbine engine including: a rotor having at least one variable-pitch blade which is guided to rotate on bearings relative to a fixed structure; a system for controlling the pitch of the at least one blade, the control system being rigidly secured to the rotor and including a first actuator driven by energy, and the control system further being disposed axially upstream of the bearings; a device for transferring the energy, which is disposed axially between the bearings, the transfer device including a stationary element and a mobile element; wherein the rotor is annular and delimits an inner space which is open towards the upstream side and inside of which the control system is disposed.
US11719103B1
Composite components, such as gas turbine engine airfoils, and methods of forming composite components are provided. For example, a composite component of a gas turbine engine comprises a plurality of continuous fiber layers, each continuous fiber layer formed from a plurality of continuous fibers disposed in a matrix material, and a chopped fiber layer comprising a plurality of chopped fibers formed as a filmed sheet. The chopped fiber layer is laid up with the plurality of continuous fiber layers to form the composite component. A method for forming a composite component comprises laying up a plurality of continuous fiber layers, each continuous fiber layer comprising continuous fibers disposed in a matrix material; laying up a chopped fiber layer with the plurality of continuous fiber layers, the layup of the plurality of continuous fiber layers and the chopped fiber layer forming a reinforced layup; and curing the reinforced layup.
US11719096B2
A method may comprise positioning a downhole fluid sampling tool into a wellbore; performing a pressure test operation within the wellbore; performing a pumpout operation within the wellbore; identifying one or more formation parameters at least in part from the at least one pressure test operation or the at least one pumpout operation; building a correlation model that relates a pumpout trend to the one or more formation parameters; determining a time when the downhole fluid sampling tool takes a clean fluid sample utilizing at least the correlation model; and acquiring the clean fluid sample with the downhole fluid sampling tool from the wellbore. Additionally, a system may comprise a downhole fluid sampling tool configured to: perform a pressure test operation within a wellbore; and perform a pumpout operation within the wellbore.
US11719086B2
A reverse flow gas separator having a housing having a housing intake and a first void space within the housing. The reverse flow gas separator further includes a driveshaft disposed adjacent to the first void space. The drive shaft is hollow and comprises a second void space disposed within the interior of the drive shaft. The second void space is continuous from a driveshaft intake to an opening in a terminal end of the driveshaft.
US11719085B1
Systems and methods for operating hydraulic fracturing units, each including a hydraulic fracturing pump to pump fracturing fluid into a wellhead and an internal combustion engine to drive the hydraulic fracturing pump, may include receiving signals indicative of operational parameters. The systems and methods also may include determining an amount of required fracturing power sufficient to perform the hydraulic fracturing operation, determining an available power to perform the hydraulic fracturing operation and a difference between the available power and the required power, and controlling operation of the hydraulic fracturing units based at least in part on the power difference. When the power difference is indicative of excess power available, the system and methods may include causing at least one of the hydraulic fracturing units to idle, and when the power difference is indicative of a power deficit, increasing a power output of at least one of the hydraulic fracturing units.
US11719072B2
A well sealing tool may include a hydraulic setting mechanism wherein a setting chamber is isolated after setting a sealing element in engagement with a wellbore. In one example, a setting mechanism includes a setting chamber housing positionable about a mandrel to define at least a portion of a setting chamber between the mandrel and the setting chamber housing. A setting port fluidically couples a through bore of the mandrel with the setting chamber. A valve element is biased toward a closed position within the setting port. A guide sleeve is disposed about the mandrel in a first position that props the valve element to an open position. The guide sleeve is moveable to a second position in response to a threshold pressure applied to the setting chamber to release the valve element to the closed position.
US11719065B2
A configurable coupling assembly includes a body having a central bore and multiple receptacles. The central bore is configured to facilitate flow of fluid through the body, the receptacles are positioned radially outward from the central bore, the receptacles are substantially the same as one another, the receptacles are configured to receive respective couplers, and the respective couplers include multiple different types of couplers.
US11719064B2
A well has an outer housing with a vertical main bore and a wing bore. The well is completed by: running an upper completion into the well; locating a tubing hanger in the main bore of the outer housing for fluid communication with the wing bore, the tubing hanger including a services line connected to downhole equipment; connecting a further services line to the services line of the tubing hanger, after the tubing hanger has obtained said operational position; and installing a cap on an end of the main bore. The connected services lines are arranged to communicate a service between the tubing hanger and an exterior of the capped well through either or both of: the end of the main bore; and the cap. Related apparatus, a cap, and a tubing hanger are also described.
US11719062B2
Systems and methods include an extreme range anchor, having extending assemblies configured to engage a wellbore, for providing a self-centering, reusable anchor location within a wellbore. The extending assemblies include a first set of arms connected to a first brace, a second set of arms connected to a second brace, and a set of footplates. Each footplate in the set of footplates is connected to the first set of arms and the second set of arms. Each footplate includes a fixator coupled to a radially external face and configured to securely engage the wellbore. The system also includes a pull rod rigidly coupled to the first brace and slidably connected to the second brace. Forcing the pull rod in an axial direction shortens a distance between the first brace and the second brace and forces the set of footplates to move in a radial direction toward the wellbore.
US11719056B2
Techniques described herein relate to a method for identifying downhole conditions during a drilling operation using a vibratory separator. The method includes calibrating a sensor system attached to the vibratory separator by periodically measuring the G-force acting on the vibratory separator functioning under steady-state operating parameters. The method also includes determining the relationship between the G-force acting on the vibratory separator and the flow rate and rate of penetration (ROP) for the drilling operation by measuring the G-force acting on the vibratory separator functioning under different non-steady-state operating parameters. The method further includes determining an expected total basket weight for each G-force measurement using the G-force/flow rate/ROP relationship, monitoring a current total basket weight of the vibratory separator functioning under current operating parameters, and identifying a downhole condition if the current total basket weight is greater or less than the expected total basket weight for the current operating parameters.
US11719055B2
A method for controlling pressure in a well includes pumping fluid into a riser extending between a drilling vessel and a wellhead, pumping fluid out of the riser to the drilling vessel by operating a first jet pump disposed in a conduit extending from the riser to the drilling vessel, wherein a rate of pumping power fluid into a power fluid inlet of the first jet pump is adjusted to maintain a liquid level in the drilling riser at a selected elevation.
US11719054B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: obtaining, in real-time from one or more sensors of a drilling system, real-time drilling data of a drilling operation of drilling a wellbore; using the drilling data to calculate a carrying capacity index (CCI) of a drilling fluid and a cutting concentration in an annulus (CCA) of the wellbore; determining that at least one of the CCI and the CCA is outside a respective range; determining a corrective action to adjust the at least one of the CCI and the CCA to be within the respective range; and performing the corrective action.
US11719037B2
A fenestration system includes one or more of a light modulation controller or ventilation modulation controller. The light modulation controller is in communication with at least one light modulation element of a fenestration assembly having a frame and a panel. The light modulation controller includes a light prescription module configured to provide a specified light prescription for the building interior. A lighting difference module is configured to determine a prescription difference between the specified light prescription and ambient light. A dynamic light module of the light modulation controller operates the at least one light modulation element according to the prescription difference. The ventilation modulation controller is in communication with at least one operator configured to open and close the panel. A ventilation prescription module provides a specified ventilation prescription for the building interior, and a dynamic ventilation module implements panel closing and opening according to the specified ventilation prescription.
US11719036B2
An anti-graffiti window film covering system that includes multiple polymeric film layers. Each layer includes a unique visual indicia to identify the number of sheets remaining in the system.
US11719033B2
A first side wall portion forming a body portion of a clamping member includes first convex members projecting toward a second side wall portion and being softer than the first side wall portion. The first convex members are disposed at positions of the first side wall portion adjacent to respective ends of the first side wall portion in an X axial direction (third direction).
US11719032B2
This invention discloses a door opener, comprising a shell consisting of an upper cover plate (1) and a lower cover plate (2). The key is that a pushing device for pushing the door to rotate is provided in the shell. An end of a driving device, which has one or more springs, can drive, via a rotating member (3), the pushing device to rotate. A locking/releasing device, which cooperates with the driving device, is provided at the other end of the driving device. The structure of this invention is unique. It allows the door to be conveniently opened and will not cause any possible harm to the users.
US11719023B2
A lower lock device includes a base being fixed to a slide door, a first hook and a second hook each including a base end portion being rotatably supported by the base, and a driving link that is rotatably supported by the base, and drives the first hook and the second hook. The first hook and the second hook rotate between an engaged position of sandwiching a lower striker by tip portions being close to each other and a retracted position in which the tip portions are separated from each other. The driving link is displaced between a first position in which the first hook and the second hook are disposed in the engaged position and a second position in which the first hook and the second hook are disposed in the retracted position.
US11719008B2
A machine for removing beams from underneath formwork at an underside of a concrete slab includes a wheeled base movable on and supported at a support structure, a raisable-and-lowerable structure disposed on the wheeled base, and a beam-removal device coupled to the raisable-and-lowerable structure. The beam-removal device includes a beam-gripping mechanism. With the raisable-and-lowerable structure raised to position the beam-removal device at a beam that supports the formwork at the underside of the concrete slab, the beam-gripping mechanism operates to grasp the beam. With the beam grasped by the beam-gripping mechanism, the machine is operated to remove the beam from the formwork.
US11719007B2
A turnbuckle-style support strut with tunable stiffness, wherein the turnbuckle-style support strut uses opposing stacks comprised of one or more Belleville spring washers to provide the tunable stiffness to support a given application.
US11719001B2
A system for mounting objects, such as acoustic panels to a surface is provided. The system includes a door in a façade panel for accessing a mounting structure adapted to receive a fastener that mounts the panel to the surface. The door can include a tab for identifying and opening the door. Methods for mounting objects with an access door and methods for manufacturing tiles are also provided.
US11719000B2
A façade cladding fastening system having at least two first profiles arranged to be fastened to the wall of a building, at least two second profiles fastened to the first profiles, wherein the second profile is fastened to the first profile with an adjusting member, wherein the adjusting member, having a central axis perpendicular to the first and second profiles, is configured to slide along the first profile and/or the second profile for adjusting the position of the second profile in relation to the first profile, and move along its central axis for adjusting the distance between the first and the second profile.
US11718998B2
A stair stringer may include a body. The body may include a horizontal arm, a center angled portion coupled to the horizontal arm, and a vertical arm coupled to the center angled portion. The stair stringer may also include a first appendage coupled to a first edge of the horizontal arm, a second appendage coupled to a second edge of the horizontal arm, a third appendage coupled to a third edge of the vertical arm, and a fourth appendage coupled to a fourth edge of the vertical arm. The fourth edge may be adjacent the third edge. The first appendage, the second appendage, and the third appendage are parallel with respect to one another. A stairway system may include a first stair stringer and a second stair stringer. The second stair stringer may be an architectural chiral with respect to the first stair stringer.
US11718991B2
This invention relates to coated roofing granules, roofing materials made therefrom, and methods of preparing such coated roofing granules. By coating roofing granules with an aqueous coating that includes water, a silicon-containing oligomer or polymer, and an acrylic resin, coated roofing granules can be prepared that exhibit reduced staining as compared to traditional roofing granules that are treated with petroleum oil.
US11718987B2
An elongated building element (14) having a pair of longitudinally extending generally parallel co-extensive side walls (15) joined by transverse webs (16). The walls (15) and webs (16) enclose a longitudinally extending space (30) within which there is located a tube (31). The tube (31) is connected to the walls (15) and webs (16) by flanges (33). The tube (31) provides a space (33) with the spaces (30, 33) being intended to be filled with concrete. The building element (14) is intended to be attached to light elements (14) to form a wall.
US11718983B2
A balcony system for use with a building opening of a building structure is provided. The balcony system includes a balcony unit adapted to project from the building opening, a counterforce unit adapted to compensate for forces applied to the balcony unit, and a first connecting element connecting the balcony unit and the counterforce unit. The counterforce unit comprises a base unit, a top unit on the base unit, and a second connecting element. The base unit is configured for stationary installation with respect to the building structure, such as for stationary installation on a floor of the building structure. The first connecting element connects the balcony unit and the top unit. The second connecting element connects the top unit and the base unit. The top unit is movable relative to the base unit.
US11718977B2
Provided is a work machine which can achieve both of excellent operability when an operator manually operates a machine body or a work device and an accuracy of control of the machine body or the work device when a controller performs automatic control. The controller is configured to, in a case where the automatic control function selector switch gives an instruction to disable the automatic control function, adjust an opening amount of a bleed-off valve to a maximum opening amount or an opening amount corresponding to input amounts of control levers, and in a case where the automatic control function selector switch gives the instruction to enable the automatic control function, adjust the opening amount of the bleed-off valve, in at least part of an operation region of the control levers, so as to be smaller than the opening amount with the instruction to disable the automatic control function being given.
US11718973B2
A bucket position acquisition unit acquires a plane position of a contour point of a bucket in a plan view from the top and a height thereof from a work machine having work equipment including a boom, an arm, and the bucket. A current status landform update unit updates a height in current status landform data related to the plane position of the bucket to an upper value on the basis of the height of the bucket in a case where a work state is a predetermined work state.
US11718972B2
Method and systems for operating a work vehicle with a selectively interchangeable implement. Image data is captured by a camera (and/or other type of optical sensor) mounted on the work vehicle. The captured image data includes at least a portion of a first implement and the implement type of the first implement is identified by processing the captured image data. Operation information correspond to the identified implement type is accessed from a non-transitory computer-readable memory and an operation of the work vehicle is automatically adjusted based on the accessed operation information for the identified implement type. In some implementations, the implement type is determined by providing the captured image data as input to an artificial neural network and, in some implementations, the artificial neural network is configured to also output an indication of a current operating position of the implement based on the captured image data.
US11718969B1
The modular sea wall forms a sea wall constructed from two different blocking bodies: a front blocking body and a rear blocking body. The front blocking body is located seaward and the rear blocking body is located shoreward. The front blocking body provides a front wall that curves upward to the uppermost surface of the front blocking body. The front blocking body attaches to the rear blocking body at the top of the curve. The rear blocking body provides a rear wall that attaches to the front blocking body. The rear wall may be a vertical wall that extends vertically downward without curving or a curved wall that curves downwards from the attachment point to the rear end of the rear attachment body. The front wall and rear wall may provide openings that allow water to flow through the front wall and the rear wall.
US11718963B2
A machine for profiling and distributing ballast of a track, having a frame supported on on-track undercarriages and lateral ballast pick-up devices which are adjustably fastened to the frame, wherein each ballast pick-up device is actuated by a conveyor drive. In this, the machine is designed in such a way that, in an inoperative position, the upper contours of the machine are arranged below a delimiting plane which slopes downward in the working direction and extends through a field of vision of a driver's cabin of a rail vehicle to be coupled to the machine at the rear end thereof. Thus, the machine can be employed as a leading wagon of the rail vehicle, wherein sufficient visibility from the driver's cabin to the track is ensured.
US11718961B2
Device for applying a treatment substance (2.1, 2.2), in particular starch, on at least one side of a running product web (13), in particular a paper or board web, by means of a least one curtain coater (1.1, 1.2) having a discharge nozzle (14.1, 14.2) and at least one press nip (N) following the curtain coater (1.1, 1.2) for forming a hydraulic pressure when the product web (13) passes through a press nip (N) which is formed by one of two rotating press rolls and which causes the treatment substance (2.1, 2.2) to penetrate into the product web (13), wherein the at least one press nip (N) is equipped with at least one heated applicator roll (7, 8) as a press roll to increase the penetration of the treatment substance (2.1, 2.2) into the product web (13), and at least one of the two press rolls (8) is designed with a fixed or adjustable crown (16) for the adjustment of a line load in a range of 20 to 200 kN/m.
US11718953B2
A fabric and a leather product in which collagen fiber bundles form a network structure has a base yarn woven layer, and also has collagen fiber bundles. The collagen fiber bundles sheathed in the base yarn woven layer protrude on the surface of the base yarn woven layer, and the protruding collagen fiber bundles and their branches are interwoven to form a network structure, where a part of the branches in the collagen fiber bundle is sheathed on the base yarn so that at least one end of the branch protrudes from the base yarn braided layer. Leather products may include these fabrics and leather surface layers.
US11718947B2
A laundry treatment machine includes a water tank, a first laundry tub to accommodate first laundry, a second laundry tub that accommodates second laundry, and a locker provided in the second laundry tub to fix the second laundry tub. The locker includes a locking member that is configured to move from a first position to a second position by a centrifugal force when the second laundry tub is rotated, and engages with the first laundry tub at the second position to fix the second laundry tub to the first laundry tube, and an elastic member which is elastically deformed when the locking member is located at the second position and is restored to an original shape to return the locking member to the first position when the rotation of the second laundry tub is stopped.
US11718939B2
A double needle threader, includes an elongate graspable body having a pair of threading ledges formed thereupon, including a first threading ledge and a second threading ledge, a pair of threading apertures including a first threading aperture and a second threading aperture extending through said threading ledges, a pair of ridges including a first ridge and a second ridge formed adjacent said threading apertures, said ridges each having a collapsible wire loops, including a first wire loop and a second wire loop projecting therefrom extending over said threading apertures, said wire loops each having a generally angular return bend formed therein, said wire loops being configured to be passable through the eye of a needle, wherein the threading loops are of different sizes, the first wire loop being coarser than the second wire loop so that the first wire loop accommodates larger needles and sewing machines, while the second wire loop has a finer wire for smaller needles.
US11718937B2
Various examples are provided related to transporting and sewing material in, e.g., automation of sewing robots. Multiple pieces of layered materials can be transported on a flat planar surface while maintaining the material layer's position and orientation relative to one another during a sewing procedure of these materials along any arbitrary seam shape. In one example, among others, a system includes a sewing machine including a sewing needle, a material holding assembly and a translation system. The material holding assembly can include mechanical fingers that can contact material on a sewing plane adjacent to the sewing needle and a structural grounding system supporting the mechanical fingers. The translation system can reposition the material on the sewing plane via the mechanical fingers. Clearance around the sewing needle can be provided by repositioning individual mechanical fingers around the sewing needle.
US11718929B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of making novel antigen binding domains against infectious diseases. The present invention also relates to novel CARs that utilize the novel antigen binding domains as an extracellular element. The present invention also relates to use of the novel antigen binding domains as therapeutic agents.
US11718927B2
There is provided a method of manufacturing a crystal substrate, including: preparing a first crystal body which is a substrate comprising a single crystal of group III nitride produced by a vapor phase method and having a first main surface, and in which c-plane of the single crystal is curved in a concave spherical shape with a predetermined curvature; and growing a second crystal body comprising a single crystal of group III nitride on the first main surface, in a mixed melt containing an alkali metal and a group III element.
US11718925B2
There is provided a substrate holder for holding a substrate including a first holding member having a first opening portion for exposing a first surface of the substrate, and a second holding member configured to hold the substrate together with the first holding member and having a second opening portion for exposing a second surface of the substrate, wherein the first holding member has at least one first external connection contact, and the second holding member has at least one second external connection contact that is independent of the first external connection contact.
US11718918B2
A corrosion inhibitor composition, which includes i) an aqueous alcohol base fluid, ii) a mixture of at least three polysaccharides selected from carboxymethyl cellulose, gum arabic, pectin, a salt of alginic acid, chitosan, dextran, hydroxyethyl cellulose, and soluble starch, with each polysaccharide that is present in the mixture being present in an amount of 0.05 to 0.5 wt. %, based on a total weight of the corrosion inhibitor composition, iii) silver nanoparticles, and iv) a pineapple leaves extract. A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid cleaning/pickling whereby the metal is treated with an acidic treatment fluid containing an acid and the corrosion inhibitor composition.
US11718913B2
A gas distribution system, a reactor system including the gas distribution system, and method of using the gas distribution system and reactor system are disclosed. The gas distribution system can be used in gas-phase reactor systems to independently monitor and control gas flow rates in a plurality of channels of a gas distribution system coupled to a reaction chamber.
US11718904B2
A mask arrangement for masking a substrate in a processing chamber is provided. The mask arrangement includes a mask frame having one or more frame elements and is configured to support a mask device, wherein the mask device is connectable to the mask frame; and at least one actuator connectable to at least one frame element of the one or more frame elements, wherein the at least one actuator is configured to apply a force to the at least one frame element.
US11718901B2
A method for producing a coated magnetic powder in which particle surfaces of a soft magnetic powder are coated with a silicone resin includes a preparation step of preparing a silicone emulsion by mixing a silicone resin with water containing a surfactant and dispersing the silicone resin in the water, an application step of applying the silicone emulsion onto particle surfaces of a soft magnetic powder, and a drying step of drying the soft magnetic powder after the silicone emulsion is applied.
US11718897B2
A precipitation hardenable, cobalt-nickel base superalloy is disclosed. The is characterized by the following weight percent composition. C about 0.01 to about 0.15 Cr about 6.00 to about 15.00 Ni about 30.00 to about 45.00 W about 3.00 to about 15.00 Ti about 0.50 to about 4.00 Al about 3.00 to about 7.00 Nb up to about 2.50 Ta up to about 6.00 Hf up to about 1.50 Zr up to about 1.50 B up to about 0.20 Mo up to about 2.50 Si up to about 1.50 The balance of the alloy is cobalt and usual impurities. The alloy provides a novel combination of strength and ductility after long-term exposure to elevated operating temperatures as found in gas turbines and jet engines. A fine-grain steel article made from the alloy is also disclosed. The steel article is also characterized by a continuous surface layer of Al2O3 and Cr2O3 that protects the alloy from oxidation at the elevated operating temperatures.
US11718895B2
A method for dissolving a lithium compound according to the present invention includes bringing a lithium compound into contact with water or an acidic solution, and feeding, separately from the lithium compound, a carbonate ion to the water or the acidic solution to produce carbonic acid, and allowing the carbonic acid to react with the lithium compound to produce lithium hydrogen carbonate.
US11718891B2
A non-oriented electrical steel sheet with an average magnetostriction λp-p at 400 Hz and 1.0 T of not more than 4.5×10−6, and area ratio of recrystallized grains at a section in rolling direction of steel sheet of 40 to 95% and an average grain size of 10 to 40 μm is obtained by subjecting a steel slab containing, in mass %, C: not more than 0.005%, Si: 2.8 to 6.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, Al: not more than 3.0%, P: not more than 0.20%, S: not more than 0.005%, N: not more than 0.005%, Ti: not more than 0.003%, V: not more than 0.005% and Nb: not more than 0.005% and satisfying Si-2Al—Mn≥0 to hot rolling, hot-band annealing, cold rolling and finish annealing under adequate cold rolling and finish annealing conditions, and a motor core is manufactured by such a steel sheet.
US11718884B1
A system and method for fresh bovine hide splitting includes a hide splitting machine configured to split a fresh bovine hide into a top grain and a collagen sheet. The top grain may be used for leather products. The collagen sheet may be processed with at least one of a maceration process or a drying process to produce a fresh bovine hide raw material product without the addition of a liming or bluing process. The fresh bovine hide raw material product may not include residues remaining following a liming process or bluing process. The fresh bovine hide raw material product may be usable in downstream products for human consumption including gelatin.
US11718860B2
Synthetic promoters that are differentially modulated between certain diseased cells (e.g., cancer cells) and normal cells (e.g., non-cancer cells) are described. The synthetic promoters may be used to drive expression of gene(s) of interest in a specific cell type or during a specific cellular state. These synthetic promoters are useful, for example, for targeted expression of therapeutic molecules in diseased cells.
US11718857B2
Disclosed herein are a suite of genetic tools suitable for engineering both the nucleus and chloroplast in diverse microalgae.
US11718847B2
Methods and compositions are provided for amplifying a pool of oligonucleotides, such as dual guide oligonucleotide constructs comprising sequences encoding a first guide RNA segment and a sequence encoding a second guide RNA segment. An amplification mixture is formed comprising the pool of oligonucleotides, an amplification enzyme, deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates, and primers. The amplification mixture is thermocycled a sufficient number of times and under conditions to produce a library of oligonucleotide constructs. The present methods and compositions provide dual guide libraries, including libraries that are essentially free of scrambled library members.
US11718846B2
The invention provides a method of modifying a targeted site of a double stranded DNA, including a step of contacting a complex wherein a nucleic acid sequence-recognizing module that specifically binds to a target nucleotide sequence in a selected double stranded DNA and a nucleic acid base converting enzyme are linked, with the double stranded DNA, to convert one or more nucleotides in the targeted site to other one or more nucleotides or delete one or more nucleotides, or insert one or more nucleotides into the targeted site, without cleaving at least one strand of the double stranded DNA in the targeted site.
US11718838B2
The invention relates to peptide linkers and fusion proteins comprising linkers designed for optimizing the activity of the proteins comprised therein, and methods for using the same. The invention further relates to newly designed Cas12a-based adenine base editors.
US11718835B2
A two-step chromatography purification scheme is described which selectively captures and isolates the genome-containing rAAV vector particles from the clarified, concentrated supernatant of a rAAV production cell culture. The process utilizes an affinity capture method performed at a high salt concentration followed by an anion exchange resin method performed at high pH to provide rAAV vector particles which are substantially free of rAAV intermediates.
US11718829B2
Embodiments herein include methods, kits, and compositions for manufacturing extracellular matrix (ECM). In some embodiments, the methods comprise differentiating fibroblasts into induced pluripotent stem cells, expanding the induced pluripotent stem cells, and differentiating the induced pluripotent stem cells into fibroblasts. The fibroblasts can produced mature ECM, which can be isolated and used for medical and/or cosmetic products and procedures.
US11718828B2
The present invention concerns a method for obtaining an implantable cartilage gel for tissue repair of hyaline cartilage, comprising particles of chitosan hydrogel and cells that are capable of forming hyaline cartilage, said method comprising a step for amplification of primary cells in a three-dimensional structure comprising particles of physical hydrogel of chitosan or a chitosan derivative, then a step for re-differentiation and induction of the synthesis of extracellular matrix by said amplified cells, in the same three-dimensional structure, wherein said cells are primary articular chondrocytes and/or mesenchymal stem cells differentiated into chondrocytes. The present invention also concerns the cartilage gel obtained thereby, and its various uses for cartilage repair following a traumatic lesion or an osteoarticular disease such as osteoarthritis. The invention also concerns a three-dimensional matrix comprising particles of physical hydrogel of chitosan or of chitosan derivative, optionally supplemented with an anionic molecule such as hyaluronic acid or a derivative of hyaluronic acid or a complex of hyaluronic acid.
US11718826B2
A multi-channel system for classifying particles in a mixture of particles according to one or more characteristics including a common source of electromagnetic radiation for producing a beam of electromagnetic radiation and a beam splitter for producing multiple beams of electromagnetic radiation for directing multiple beams of electromagnetic radiation to each interrogation location associated with each flow channel of the multi-channel system.
US11718811B2
A system and method for extracting essential oils from organic material is provided. One embodiment places organic material into an extraction chamber that is a cylindrical wall of rigid material, wherein a diameter and a height of the extraction chamber is sized to define an interior that accommodates a desired amount of an organic material having essential oils; fills the extraction chamber with a solvent after the organic matter has been placed into the extraction chamber; and moves a vortex plunger disposed over the surface of the organic material in a repeated upward and downward motion during an agitation process so that the vortex vanes generate a fluid vortex in the solvent, wherein the fluid vortex causes the solvent to be drawn upward into the organic material and then to be pushed downward through the organic material so that the solvent extracts essential oils from the organic material.
US11718805B2
This disclosure relates to CO2-philic crosslinked polyethylene glycol membranes useful for natural gas purification processes. Also provided are methods of using the membranes to remove CO2 and H2S from natural gas.
US11718799B2
The invention relates to a catalytic process for upgrading a renewable crude oil produced from biomass and/or waste comprising providing a renewable crude oil and pressurizing it to a pressure in the range in the range 60 to 150 bar, contacting the pressurized renewable crude oil with hydrogen and at least one heterogeneous catalyst contained in a first reaction zone at a weight based hourly space velocity (WHSV) in the range 0.1 to 2.0 h−1 and at a temperature in the range of 150° C. to 360° C., hereby providing a partially upgraded renewable crude oil, separating the partially upgraded renewable crude oil from the first reaction zone to a partially upgraded heavy renewable oil fraction, a partially upgraded light renewable oil fraction, a water stream and a process gas stream, introducing the separated and partially upgraded heavy renewable oil fraction and separated process gas to a second reaction zone comprising at least two reactors arranged in parallel and being adapted to operate in a first and a second mode of operation, the reactors comprising dual functioning heterogeneous catalyst(-s) capable of performing a catalytic steam cracking reaction in a first mode of operation or a steam reforming reaction in a second mode of operation, where the partially upgraded heavy renewable oil fraction from the first reaction zone is contacted with the dual functioning heterogeneous catalyst and steam at a pressure of 10 to 150 bar and a temperature of 350° C. to 430° C. whereby a catalytic steam cracking of the partially upgraded heavy renewable oil is performed in the reactors in the first mode of operation, hereby providing a further upgraded heavy renewable oil fraction, while separated process gas from the first and/or second reaction zone is contacted with the dual functioning catalyst and steam at a pressure of 0.1 to 10 bar and a temperature of 350 to 600° C. in the reactors in the second mode of operation and contacted with the dual functioning catalyst, thereby producing a hydrogen enriched gas, separating the further upgraded heavy renewable oil fraction from the catalytically steam cracking reactor to at least one light renewable oil fraction, a heavy renewable oil fraction, a hydrogen rich process gas and a water phase, separating hydrogen from the hydrogen enriched gas from the catalytic steam cracking zone and/or from the catalytic steam reforming and recycling it to the first reaction zone, alternating the reactors between the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation at predetermined time intervals thereby allowing for regeneration of the heterogeneous catalyst for the catalytic steam cracking in the first mode of operation while performing the steam reforming reaction of the hydrocarbons contained in the process gas in the second mode of operation;
US11718796B2
The invention relates to a process and a plant for staged separation of concomitants from a raw synthesis gas stream to produce synthesis gas and a sulfur-free naphtha product as a by-product, To remove naphtha compounds and sulfur-containing concomitants, raw synthesis gas is treated with a scrubbing medium in a prescrubbing stage and withdrawn from the prescrubbing stage, and the laden scrubbing medium is mixed with water to bring about a phase separation into a scrubbing medium-water mixture and naphtha, wherein sulfur-containing concomitants are in solution in naphtha. To remove the sulfur-containing concomitants the naphtha is heated to obtain sulfur-free naphtha as a by-product of the gas scrubbing.
US11718792B2
The present invention provides a fly ash-based environmentally-friendly hydrogel with a high water retention for preventing and controlling spontaneous combustion of coal in a mine and a preparation method thereof. The hydrogel includes the following raw materials in the following weight percentages: 10% to 30% of a gel-forming material A, 20% to 45% of a crosslinking material B, and water as a balance, where the gel-forming material A is prepared by physical blending of a biodegradable superabsorbent resin, anionic polyacrylamide, a sesbania gum, and fly ash in a weight ratio of (1-3):(0.5-1):(0.5-1):(95-98); and the crosslinking material B is prepared by subjecting zeolite, expandable graphite, and an aluminum citrate complex in a weight ratio of (60-78):(20-36):(2-4) to mixing, dispersing, adsorbing, and freeze-drying. The gel-forming material A is added to water and stirred at room temperature until homogeneous, and then the crosslinking material B is added and stirred until homogeneous to obtain the hydrogel. In the present disclosure, the environmentally-friendly hydrogel with the high water retention is prepared with wastes such as fly ash as a base material, and can be prepared simply with a low cost. In addition, the hydrogel has the advantages of degradability, strong water retention, and a controllable gelation time. The hydrogel can cover and wet a coal body for a long time, and prevent and control the spontaneous combustion of coal in a mine for a prolonged time.
US11718791B2
The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to liquid-crystal (LC) media comprising them, and to the use of the polymerisable compounds and LC media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the polymer sustained alignment type.
US11718786B2
Quantum dots including semiconductor nanocrystals, methods of producing the same, and quantum dot solutions and electronic devices including the same. The quantum dots do not include cadmium, lead, or a combination thereof. The quantum dots include an organic ligand and a halogen on the surfaces, and the quantum dots are dispersible in an organic solvent to form organic solutions.
US11718783B2
The invention concerns a method for preparing a dispersion of a hydrophilic phase in a lipophilic phase, comprising:—a hydrophilic phase comprising at least one water-soluble (co)polymer, —a lipophilic phase, —at least one interface polymer consisting of at least one monomer of formula (I): Formula (I) in which, —R1, R2, R3 are separately a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a carboxylate group and Z—X, —Z is chosen from the group comprising C(═O)—O; C(═O)—NH; O—C(═O); NH—C(═O)—NH; NH—C(═O)—O; and a saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted carbon chain comprising 1 to 20 carbon atoms capable of comprising one or more heteroatoms chosen from nitrogen and oxygen, —X is a group chosen from the alkanolamides, sorbitan esters, ethoxylated sorbitan esters, glyceryl esters, and polyglycosides; and comprising a saturated or unsaturated, linear, branched or cyclic, optionally aromatic, hydrocarbon chain.
US11718780B2
A composition includes a nonionic fluorinated polymeric surfactant, a nonfluorinated surfactant, and a scale treatment. Additionally, a method for scale treatment is provided. The method includes injecting gas into the aforementioned composition to produce a foam and injecting the foam into a formation. In the formation, the foam may be exposed to a first temperature at which it has a first viscosity. The foam may be maintained inside the formation for a period of time, and then recovered from the formation, at which point it is exposed to a second temperature and has a second viscosity.
US11718778B2
Disclosed herein is a gas hydrate inhibitor that includes from 1 to 99% by weight of an alcohol, from 1 to 99% by weight of a polyol, from 0.01 to 2.0% by weight of an organic acid, and from 1 to 99% by weight of water. The gas hydrate inhibitor is useful in preventing and/or removing hydrates in a fluid to ensure a continuous flow of the fluid.
US11718775B2
A fluoropropene composition comprising E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, wherein the total amount of 1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is 1.0 wt. % or less, based on the total weight of the fluoropropene composition. A method of producing the fluoropropene, composition and methods for using the fluoropropene composition are also disclosed.
US11718767B2
Polishing compositions comprising ceria coated silica particles and organic acids having one selected from the group consisting of sulfonic acid group, phosphonic acid group, pyridine compound, and combinations thereof, with pH between 5 and 10 and electrical conductivity between 0.2 and 10 millisiemens per centimeter provide very high silicon oxide removal rates for advanced semiconductor device manufacturing.
US11718761B1
Some variations provide an atomic vapor-cell system comprising: a vapor-cell region configured with vapor-cell walls for containing an atomic vapor; and a coating disposed on at least some interior surfaces of the walls, wherein the coating comprises magnesium oxide, a rare earth metal oxide, or a combination thereof. The atomic vapor-cell system may be configured to allow at least one optical path through the vapor-cell region. In some embodiments, the coating comprises or consists essentially of magnesium oxide and/or a rare earth metal oxide. When the coating contains a rare earth metal oxide, it may be a lanthanoid oxide, such as lanthanum oxide. The atomic vapor-cell system preferably further comprises a device to adjust vapor pressure of the atomic vapor within the vapor-cell region. Preferably, the device is a solid-state electrochemical device configured to convey the atomic vapor into or out of the vapor-cell region.
US11718752B2
A resin composition includes an unsaturated C═C double bond-containing polyphenylene ether resin, a polyolefin and silica; in an X-ray diffraction analysis pattern of the silica as measured by reference to JY/T 009-1996, only one diffraction peak exists in a 2θ ranging from 10° to 30°, and the diffraction peak has a full width at half maximum of 5.0° to 7.7°. The resin composition may be used to make various articles, such as a prepreg, a resin film, a laminate or a printed circuit board, and achieves improvements in at least one of the properties including dissipation factor, resin filling property in open area, hole drilling limit value, and precision of hole position Cpk.
US11718742B2
A superabsorbent polymer composition exhibiting very improved antimicrobial and deodorizing properties while maintaining basic absorption performance, and can significantly reduce the generation of dust during the application for a process, and thus fulfills both stability and processability and can be usefully applied for hygienic goods such as a diaper and the like. The superabsorbent polymer composition includes: a) superabsorbent polymer particles including a crosslinked polymer of water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomers including acid groups, of which at least a part are neutralized, and b) an antimicrobial agent having a controlled particle size, containing a chelating agent including EDTA or an alkali metal salt thereof; a mixture of an organic acid and a silicate-based salt; and an agent for controlling a particle size.
US11718741B2
A method of producing a heat-resistant crosslinked fluororubber formed body, including: step (1) melt-mixing, with respect to 100 mass parts of base rubber containing 60 to 99 mass % of fluororubber and 1 to 40 mass % of ethylene-based copolymer resin modified with unsaturated carboxylic acid, 0.003 to 0.5 mass parts of organic peroxide, 0.5 to 400 mass parts of inorganic filler, 2 to 15 mass parts of silane coupling agent, and silanol condensation catalyst, in which the step (1) includes, step (a) melt-mixing all or part of the base rubber, the organic peroxide, the inorganic filler and the silane coupling agent at a temperature equal to or higher than a decomposition temperature of the organic peroxide, and step (b) melt-mixing a remainder of the base rubber, and the silanol condensation catalyst, to melt-mix the thus-modified ethylene-based copolymer resin in at least one of the steps (a) and (b).
US11718737B2
The present invention provides an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having narrow molecular weight distribution together with a low density and an ultra low molecular weight, minimized number of unsaturated functional groups, and particularly a small amount of vinylidene among the unsaturated functional groups to show excellent physical properties, and a method for preparing the same.
US11718731B2
A ceramic bonding material including at least one fibrous material, a flux agent and a thickening agent wherein the ceramic bonding material fired at a set temperature to bond the two adjacent substrate faces.
US11718728B2
In one aspect, a single layer polymer film includes 25 to 97.5 wt % of a polyimide having a refractive index of 1.74 or less, 0.5 to 20 wt % of a matting agent and 1 to 30 wt % of a black colorant. On an air side, the single layer polymer film has an L* color of 33 or less and a 60° gloss of 10 or less. In another aspect, a single layer polymer film includes 80 to 99 wt % of a polyimide having a refractive index of 1.74 or less and 1 to 30 wt % of a black colorant. A surface of the single layer polymer film has been textured and has a maximum roughness (Spv) of 7 μm or more, an L* of 33 or less and a 60° gloss of 10 or less.
US11718727B2
A method for manufacturing electrically conductive structures, preferably conductive pathway structures using laser beams on a non-conductive carrier (LDS method), wherein a non-conductive carrier material is provided which contains at least one inorganic metal phosphate compound and at least one stabiliser finely distributed or dissolved therein, the carrier material is irradiated in regions by laser beams generating the electrically conductive structures in the irradiated regions.
US11718718B2
Provided is an expansive refractory material that not only has excellent fire resistance but also can provide a heat insulating function for protecting a content by expanding to form a heat insulating layer when the refractory material is brought close to a heat source or comes into contact with flame. The refractory material at least includes: discontinuous reinforcing fibers having a thermal conductivity of 4 W/(m·K) or higher; and a flame-retardant thermoplastic resin, wherein the discontinuous reinforcing fibers are dispersed in the refractory material. The refractory material has a post-expansion porosity of 30% or higher.
US11718703B2
A rigid foam or composition allowing a rigid foam to be obtained made from polyurethane and/or polyisocyanurate. The rigid foam or composition includes polyols selected from polyester polyols and polyether polyols; the polyols include: 5 to 50% of a polyester polyol A by weight relative to the total weight of the polyols; and a polyol B selected from polyester polyols B and polyether polyols B. The polyester polyol A is of general formula Rx-Ry-Z-Ry′-Rx′ in which Z is a C3 to C8 alcohol sugar chosen from glycerol, sorbitol, erythritol, xylitol, araditol, ribitol, dulcitol, mannitol and volemitol. Ry and Ry′ are diesters of formula —OOC—Cn-COO— in which n is between 2 and 34, and Rx and Rx′ are identical or different C2 to C12 monoalcohols.
US11718696B2
A process for making down a powder is provided. The process comprises making down a powder comprising one or more acrylamide-based polymer(s) to form a made down powder solution, comprising blending a mixture of the powder and a solvent for no more than about 15 minutes to yield the made down powder solution, wherein the powder comprises particles having been dry-cut to a median particle size of from about 200 microns to about 10,000 microns.
US11718689B2
For the isolating of nanocrystals from a lignocellulose- or chitin-containing starting material, the starting material is exposed to an oxidative effect of periodate anions in an aqueous suspension. The pH value of the aqueous suspension is adjusted to greater than pH 7.0. The periodate anions are provided in a quantity of at least 5 mol per kg of the starting material, and the starting material is exposed to the oxidative effect of the periodate anions in the aqueous suspension for a period of at least one day.
US11718687B2
A bioelectronic device for regulating stem cell differentiation, a method for differentiating stem cells using the same, and a method for manufacturing the bioelectronic device. According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively control the differentiation of stem cells at a single-cell level, and to simultaneously perform a free radical inhibition function.
US11718686B2
The invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that selectively bind to an epitope within the core region of transglutaminase type 2 (TG2). Novel epitopes within the TG2 core are provided. The invention provides human TG2 inhibitory antibodies and uses thereof, particularly in medicine, for example in the treatment and/or diagnosis of conditions including Celiac disease, scarring, fibrosis-related diseases, neurodegenerative/neurological diseases and cancer.
US11718682B2
The present invention relates to antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that binds to human “TIMP2. Further provided are methods for treating subjects, including human subjects, in need of treatment with the isolated TIMP2 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof disclosed herein. Further provided are pharmaceutical or sterile compositions of anti-TIMP2 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of the invention, the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof is admixed with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient. Further provided are kits comprising one or more components that include an anti-TIMP2 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition thereof.
US11718680B2
The present invention relates to combination therapies employing anti-CD20/anti-CD3 bispecific antibodies and 4-1BB (CD137) agonists, in particular 4-1BBL trimer containing antigen binding molecules, the use of these combination therapies for the treatment of cancer and methods of using the combination therapies.
US11718679B2
The present disclosure relates to combinations of antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to CD137, and PD-1 antagonists. The disclosure also relates to methods for treating or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a disease, such as cancer, by administering the combination.
US11718676B2
This invention provides new antibodies (Ab) and fragments that recognize the extracellular region of the human epidermal growth factor receptor (hEGFR) with a higher affinity than the Ab nimotuzumab, thus been able to recognize more efficiently lines with medium expression of EGFR. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising as active principle the disclosed Abs and fragments and their use in the therapy of tumors with EGFR expression. In addition, it relates to the use of the Abs and fragments disclosed linked to a radioisotope or fluorophore for the localization of EGFR positive tumors. Additionally, the Abs and fragments disclosed can be used in the directionalization of the immune response to EGFR positive tumor cells when they are fused to protein or protein domains of immunological interest.
US11718673B2
Bispecific binding molecules that target the tumor microenvironment and an immune checkpoint protein
Bispecific binding proteins that bind IL-1β or IL-1R and a checkpoint protein are provided, together with methods of making the proteins. The checkpoint protein may be PD-1 or PD-L1. The binding proteins may have immunoglobulin-like structures that contain human Fab or scFv domains. A novel bispecific antibody format is provided. Methods of making the binding proteins are provided, together with pharmaceutical compositions containing the proteins. The binding proteins and pharmaceutical compositions may be used for treating or preventing diseases such as cancer.
US11718671B2
Provided is a novel antibody and a method for treating breast cancer. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a bispecific antibody targeting CD3 and a tumor antigen target such as HER2, a preparation method, and uses thereof. The present disclosure also relates to a composition containing said antibody and a method for treating cancer by using the antibody.
US11718665B2
Embodiments of the invention provide shaped masses (SM) comprising one or more drugs such as proteins or polypeptides and methods for forming and delivering such SM's. One embodiment provides a SM comprising a drug e.g., a protein or polypeptide having a biological activity in the body of a mammal. The SM is formed by compression of a precursor material (PM) comprising the drug wherein an amount of biologically active drug in the SM is a minimum level to that in the PM. Drugs which may be incorporated into the SM include insulin, incretins and immunoglobulins e.g., interleukin neutralizing antibodies or TNF-α-inhibiting antibodies. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the oral delivery of drugs which would be degraded within the GI tract, wherein the SM containing the drug is formed as or incorporated into a tissue penetrating member which is inserted into the intestinal wall after oral ingestion.
US11718660B2
Provided herein are compositions comprising recombinant polyclonal protein (RPP) derived from mammalian plasma cells and plasmablasts. Specifically, RPPs specific to Zika virus are provided. Also provided are the methods of using the RPP for treatment of viral infection and the methods of making the RPPs.
US11718649B2
The present invention is based on the fusion of FimH, CsgA and PapG adhesins (type 1 Fimbriae, curli and P, respectively) to generate biomolecules that can be used as vaccines against UTIs. Briefly, the invention is based on the design of a fusion template gene fimH-csgA-papG-fimH-csgA and defined as fcpfc to generate the different combinations of monomeric [FimH, CsgA and PapG], dimeric [FimH-CsgA (FC), CsgA-PapG (CP) and PapG-FimH (PF)] and trimeric (FimH-PapG-CsgA (FCP), PapG-CsgA-FimH (PCF) and CsgA-FimH-PapG (CFP)] proteins. Bioactivity was determined by the antibodies present in UP sera and urine, the quantification in the release of cytokines and adhesion inhibition assays.
US11718647B2
The invention features modified alphavirus or flavivirus virus-like particles (VLPs). The invention provides methods, compositions, and kits featuring the modified VLPs. The invention also features methods for enhancing production of modified VLPs for use in the prevention or treatment of alphavirus and flavivirus-mediated diseases. The invention also provides methods for delivering agents to a cell using the modified VLPs.
US11718643B2
The invention discloses a separation matrix which comprises a plurality of separation ligands, defined by the formula R1-L1-N(R3)-L2-R, immobilized on a support, wherein R1 is a five- or six-membered, substituted or non-substituted ring structure or a hydroxyethyl or hydroxypropyl group; L1 is either a methylene group or a covalent bond; R2 is a five- or six-membered, substituted or non-substituted ring structure; L2 is either a methylene group or a covalent bond; R3 is a methyl group; and wherein if R1 is a hydroxyethyl group and L1 is a covalent bond, R2 is a substituted aromatic ring structure or a substituted or non-substituted aliphatic ring structure.
US11718638B2
The present disclosure, among other things, provides technologies for synthesis, including reagents and methods for stereoselective synthesis. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides compounds useful as chiral auxiliaries. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides reagents and methods for oligonucleotide synthesis. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides reagents and methods for chirally controlled preparation of oligonucleotides. In some embodiments, technologies of the present disclosure are particularly useful for constructing challenging internucleotidic linkages, providing high yields and stereoselectivity.
US11718637B2
The present disclosure provides prodrugs of 4′-C-substituted-2-halo-2′-deoxyadenoside nucleosides, and compositions, methods, and kits thereof. Such compounds can be useful for treating viral infections including, but not limited to, human immunodeficiency virus.
US11718629B2
This invention outlines a method for synthesizing a blended resin system in a one pot reaction that may utilize, for example, bio-based anhydrosugars such as isosorbide as a principle component to produce isosorbide dimethacrylate and other monomeric materials for thermosetting applications. This invention establishes a one-pot procedure for reacting a hydroxy group containing compound with methacrylic anhydride in the first step and using the by-product methacrylic acid to react with glycidyl ethers to form additional methacrylate compounds in the second step. This methodology can be formulated to produce a wide array of resin systems that have controlled ratios of hydroxy group containing compound/cross-linker/reactive diluent. Additionally, the novel resin systems may be partially to fully bio-based, promoting global sustainability and reducing costs, and when free radically polymerized have properties that meet or exceed their petroleum derived counterparts.
US11718626B2
Macrocyclic Complement Factor D inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses thereof, as well as processes for their manufacture are provided. The compounds provided include Formula I, Formula II, Formula III, Formula IV, Formula V, Formula VI, Formula VII, and Formula VIII or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, isotopic analog, N-oxide, or isolated isomer thereof, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable composition. The inhibitors described herein target Factor D and inhibit or regulate the complement cascade.
US11718620B2
The present invention relates to a method for treating a cancer mediated by abnormality of multi-kinases, comprising administrating a compound as represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and stereoisomer thereof, wherein R1, R2, X, Y, P, W, and Ar are as defined in the description. Also provided is a method for treating a cancer mediated by abnormality of multi-kinases, comprising administrating a crystal form I of a compound 4-(5-(2-chlorophenyl)-3-methyl-2,10-dihydropyrazolo[4,3-b]pyrido[4,3-e][1,4]diazepin-8-yl)morpholine, wherein in an X-ray powder diffraction pattern of crystal form I, there are characteristic peaks at 7.4±0.2°, 17.9±0.2°, 18.9±0.2°, 19.4±0.2°, 21.5±0.2°, and 23.7±0.2°.
US11718612B2
Disclosed herein are compounds which inhibit RIPK1, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of RIPK1-mediated diseases, such as neurodegenerative disorders, inflammatory disorders, and cancer.
US11718605B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I), methods of using the compounds as immunomodulators, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds are useful in treating, preventing or ameliorating diseases or disorders such as cancer or infections.
US11718603B2
This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) and enantiomers thereof, and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula (I) and said enantiomers, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts, and to methods and uses of such compounds, salts and compositions for the treatment of abnormal cell growth, including cancer, in a subject in need thereof.
US11718589B2
Compounds and methods of modulating 15-PGDH activity, modulating tissue prostaglandin levels, treating disease, diseases disorders, or conditions in which it is desired to modulate 15-PGDH activity and/or prostaglandin levels include 15-PGDH inhibitors described herein.
US11718587B2
A novel compound suitable as an epoxy curing catalyst; an epoxy curing catalyst using the compound; and a method for producing the compound. A compound represented by formula (1) in which Xm+ represents an m valent counter cation, R1 represents an aromatic group which may have a substituent; R2 represents an alkylene group which may have a substituent; R3 represents a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a mercapto group, a sulfide group, a silyl group, a silanol group, a nitro group, a nitroso group, a sulfonic acid ester group, a phosphino group, a phosphinyl group, a phosphonic acid ester group or an organic group; m represents an integer of 1 or more; n represents an integer of 0-3; and R2 may bond with R1 to form a cyclic structure.
US11718578B2
The invention provides a method for synthesizing a compound of formula wherein each R independently represents an optionally substituted aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, perfluoroalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, acyl, carboxyl, hydroxyl, halogen, amino, nitro, cyano, sulfo or sulfhydryl group, in ortho, meta or para position to the cycloalkylamine moiety; R1 and R2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group; R3 represents a hydrogen group, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, perfluoroalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy group; Y represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a NH group, a NR4 group or a CH2 group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, aryl or a heteroaryl group; and n and m each independently represents an integer from 1 to 5; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; or a precursor thereof; wherein the method comprises one or more of the following steps: (a) reacting a compound of formula (II) wherein R, R3, Y, n and m are as defined above in relation to the compound of formula (I) with an oxygenating agent, a first additive and a second additive in a solvent in a fluidic network or in a batch process under thermal and/or photochemical conditions to form a compound of formula (III): wherein R, R3, Y, n and m are as defined above in relation to the compound of formula (I), (b) reacting a compound of formula (III) with a nitrogen containing nucleophile in the presence of a third additive and/or a solvent in the fluidic network or in a batch process under thermal conditions to form a compound of formula (IV): wherein R, R1, R2, R3, Y, n and m are as defined above in relation to the compound of formula (I); and/or (c) reacting a compound of formula (IV) in a fluidic network or in a batch process, optionally in the presence of a fourth additive, under thermal conditions to form a compound of formula (I); wherein one or more of steps (a), (b) and/or (c) is carried out in a fluidic network that comprises micro- and/or meso-channels having an internal dimension of from 100 μm to 2000 μm.
US11718567B2
Provided are a powder for laser manufacturing which can be stably manufactured and from which a three-dimensional manufactured object ensuring a manufacturing accuracy can be obtained and a using method thereof. A powder for ceramic manufacturing for obtaining a manufactured object by repeatedly sintering or fusing and solidifying in sequence a powder in an irradiation portion with laser light, in which the powder includes a plurality of compositions, at least one composition of the compositions is an absorber that relatively strongly absorbs the laser light compared to other compositions, and at least a part of the absorber changes to a different composition that relatively weakly absorbs the laser light by irradiation with the laser light and a using method of a powder in which the powder is used.
US11718557B2
The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass satisfying A1 [MPa] of 600 or more, A2 [MPa] of 50 or more, B1 [μm] of 6 or less, B2 [μm] of 10% or more of t [μm], C [MPa] of −30 or less, and A1/B1 [MPa/μm] of 100 or more when the chemically strengthened glass has a thickness t [μm] and a profile of a stress value [MPa] at a depth x [μm] from a glass surface is approximated by an error least-squares method in a region of 0
US11718556B2
The present invention pertains to a glass for strengthening, that: has an average transmittance of at least 70% when converted to a thickness of 0.8 mm at a wavelength of 380-780 nm; has a haze value of no more than 0.7% when converted to a thickness of 0.8 mm in a C light source; has a Young's modulus of at least 85 GPa; has a fracture toughness value of at least 0.90 MPa·m1/2; a thermal conductivity at 20° C. of at least 1.3 W/m·K; and comprises a lithium aluminosilicate crystallized glass.
US11718552B2
The invention relates to a glass sheet having a boron-, strontium- and lithium-free glass composition comprising the following in weight percentage, expressed with respect to the total weight of glass: 65≤SiO2≤78% 8≤Na2O≤15% 1≤K2O<6% 1≤Al2O3<6% 2≤CaO<10% 0≤MgO≤6%; as well as a K2O/(K2O+Na2O) ratio which is ranging from 0.1 and 0.7. The invention corresponds to an easy chemically-temperable soda-lime-silica type glass composition, which is more suited for use in electronic devices applications.
US11718543B2
Methods and systems for treating tailings at an elevated pH using lime are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the method comprises (i) providing a tailings stream comprising bicarbonates and a pH less than 9.0, (ii) adding a coagulant comprising calcium hydroxide to the tailings stream to form a mixture having a pH of at least 11.5 and a soluble calcium level no more than 800 mg/L, and (iii) dewatering the mixture to produce a product having a solids content of at least 40% by weight. In some embodiments, the pH and soluble calcium level of the mixture cause chemical modification of clay materials of the mixture via pozzolanic reactions. In some embodiments, the undrained shear strength of the product increases over a period of time of at least two days.
US11718542B2
The present disclosure relates to a biocide generating system for inhibiting bio-fouling within a water system of a watercraft. The water system is configured to draw water from a body of water on which the watercraft is supported. The biocide generating system includes an electrode arrangement adapted to be incorporated as part of an electrolytic cell through which the water of the water system flows.
US11718538B2
A metal chloride generator is provided. The metal chloride generator is a metal chloride centrifugal reactor that can be operated under conditions sufficient to cause metal particles and chlorine in the generator to be brought into contact with one another and react using centrifugal force to form metal chloride. A process for manufacturing titanium dioxide that utilizes the metal chloride generator is also provided.
US11718534B2
A slurry composition comprising: a base oil; a nonionic surfactant; a hydrophilic polymer; and a mixed branched alkyl organoclay composition comprising: a phyllosilicate clay; and a mixture of quaternary ammonium ions, each ion having a formula of [N—R1R2R3R4]+ wherein, within such mixture of quaternary ammonium ions, one or more of R1, R2 and R3 is each a mixture of branched alkyl groups, each branched alkyl group having 12 to 22 total carbon atoms, a linear backbone and one or more C1 to C3 branching alkyl groups each attached to the linear backbone at a branching carbon position, and within each quaternary ammonium ion and within the mixture of branched alkyl groups, the C1 to C3 branching alkyl groups are linked to the linear backbones at different branching carbon positions as a distribution; and wherein when one or more of R2 and R3 is not a branched alkyl group, R2 and R3 are a first linear alkyl group having 1 to 22 carbon atoms, wherein R4 is selected from the group consisting of a second linear alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group, and combinations thereof.
US11718528B2
A method of producing high conductivity carbon material from coal includes subjecting the coal to a dissolution process to produce a solubilized coal material, and subjecting the solubilized coal material to a pyrolysis process to produce the high conductivity carbon material.
US11718526B2
Systems and method for producing graphene on a substrate are described. Certain types of exemplar systems include lateral arrangements of a substrate gas scavenging environment and an annealing environment. Certain other types of exemplar systems include lateral arrangements of a graphene producing environment and a cooling environment, which cools the graphene produced on the substrate. Yet other types of exemplar systems include lateral arrangements of a localized annealing environment, localized graphene producing environment and a localized cooling environment inside the same enclosure. Certain type of exemplar methods for producing graphene on a substrate include scavenging a first portion of the substrate and preferably, contemporaneously annealing a second portion of the substrate. Certain other type of exemplar methods for producing graphene include novel annealing techniques and/or implementing temperature profiles and gas flow rate profiles that vary as a function of lateral distance and/or cooling graphene after producing it.
US11718517B2
The disclosure herein discloses an efficient distributor, which includes a distributor shell, an operating member, a locking member, and a control member connected to the operating member. The operating member includes a locking matching member with a locking boss protruding therefrom. The locking boss includes a first locking matching surface and a second locking matching surface. The locking member includes a locking block capable of moving to or away from the locking matching member, and a first reset member. According to the disclosure herein, the locking boss and the locking block are automatically unlocked when a state of the operating member is switched and automatically locked after the state is switched, so the efficient distributor is convenient.
US11718513B2
Provided is a position and posture estimation system including: a laser sensor that detects a distance to a pallet; a plane equation calculation unit that calculates a plane equation of a front surface of the pallet on the basis of detection data of the laser sensor; and an estimation computation unit that estimates the position and the posture of the pallet by using the plane equation of the front surface of the pallet which is calculated by the plane equation calculation unit. The estimation computation unit calculates a yaw angle, a pitch angle, and a roll angle of the pallet as the posture of the pallet.
US11718512B2
A wheel elevating dock including a body member, a first plurality of ramp members attached to a first end of the body member and defining gaps between each ramp member of the first plurality of ramp members, and a second plurality of ramp members attached to a second end of the body member. The gaps defined by the first plurality of ramp members are configured to permit ramp members from an adjacent wheel elevating dock to be positioned within the gaps.
US11718507B2
A pile lifting chuck including a chuck housing which is inserted into an inner diameter of a pile and has extension-installing pockets vertically formed at predetermined intervals to face each other in a radial direction. The pile lifting chuck further includes a pair of extensions which are disposed in the pockets and installed to be movable in the radial direction and a chucking cylinder which has one end connected to any one of the extensions and the other end connected to the other one of the extensions and which is configured to, by using a reaction force on the any one of the extensions, move the other one of the extensions to chuck the pile.
US11718506B2
The invention relates to a method for resetting a shaft access monitoring system of an elevator system. The method comprises: receiving an input from a user interface arranged in the elevator system, the input is provided with at least one input device of the user interface arranged to control an operation of the elevator system; comparing the received input to a reference value; and setting, in accordance with a comparison between the received input and the reference value, a detection result to express one of the following: (i) the shaft access monitoring system shall be reset, (ii) the shaft access monitoring system shall not be reset. The invention also relates to a control unit, to an elevator system and a computer program product.
US11718498B1
An adjustable spooling apparatus for storing and unwinding a cable formed into a coil and having a coil diameter, the adjustable spooling apparatus comprising a central hub, a pair of adjustable arms movably engaged with the central hub, and a rotating handle. The adjustable arms each have a coil retention member, and can be selectively extended or retracted to increase or decrease a retention member distance measured between the coil retention members of the two adjustable arms to match the coil diameter. The rotating handle is attached to the central hub, and allows the adjustable spooling apparatus to rotate when the cable is pulled to facilitate unwinding of the coil. The adjustable spooling apparatus further comprises a pair of pivoting arms to prevent the coil from being dislodged, and an engagement point for a power tool to facilitate rapid winding of the cable by rotating the adjustable spooling apparatus.
US11718497B2
An image forming apparatus includes a first conveyance unit including an image forming unit to convey a sheet on which an image is formed, and a second conveyance unit including a cover movable between a close position and an open position, the second conveyance unit being movable between a first position where the sheet can be conveyed to the sheet conveyance path and a second position separated from the first position. The first conveyance unit includes a retaining portion to retain the cover at a predetermined position, wherein the cover does not interfere with the retaining portion when the second conveyance unit is positioned at the first position, and the cover is in contact with the retaining portion and retained at the open position in a condition where the second conveyance unit is positioned at the second position and the cover is moved from the close position to the open position.
US11718496B2
A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveyance portion, a punching portion, a moving portion, a first detecting portion, and a control unit configured to control the conveyance portion, the punching portion and the moving portion, wherein the control unit is configured, for a target position of each of a plurality of holes to be formed to a single sheet, to cause the first detecting portion to execute a detection process, and to execute a moving process of moving the moving portion based on the output value of the first detecting portion corresponding to the target position and a punching process of performing punching to the target position of the sheet by the punching portion after the moving process has been completed.
US11718495B2
A tape dispenser has a cutter or cutting blade that has at least two rows of teeth opposite each other relative to the cutter or cutting blade. The blade is to be installed on the tape dispenser in any of at least two orientations. By installing the blade in any of at least two orientations, at least one row of teeth will always project from the dispensing end to cut adhesive tape as it is unwound from a roll after being dispensed. This type of blade permits an easier manufacturing ability by reducing or eliminating the need to ensure proper alignment of the teeth to project outwardly from the tape dispenser housing.
US11718494B2
A printing apparatus includes a stacking portion on which a print medium printed by a printing unit configured to perform printing is stacked, a discharge unit configured to discharge the print medium printed by the printing unit to the stacking portion, a passage forming portion arranged facing the stacking portion and configured to form a discharge passage of the print medium together with the stacking portion, and an outlet port located at a downstream end of the stacking portion and a downstream end of the passage forming portion in a conveying direction of the print medium. The passage forming portion includes an opening/closing portion which is displaceable between a closed position for forming the discharge passage and an open position for opening access to the stacking portion.
US11718493B2
A medium receiving tray has a first tray and a second tray. A movable support having a second support surface for supporting media is disposed in the second tray. When the medium receiving tray is in a first state, the movable support is positioned above a first support surface of the first tray. When the medium receiving tray is switched from the first state to a second state, a free end is detached from the downstream end of the first support surface and displaced downward, and the second support surface is thereby inclined upward toward the downstream in a medium discharging direction.
US11718490B2
The present invention makes it possible to perform both judgment of necessity of maintenance of a circulation-type paper sheet storage device and the maintenance of the circulation-type paper sheet storage device in the same place. The paper sheet storage device is a paper sheet storage device attached to a paper sheet processing device having a storage function for receiving paper sheets transported thereto and storing the paper sheets in the paper sheet storage device and/or a feeding function for feeding paper sheets stored in the paper sheet storage device. The paper sheet storage device includes a memory unit that memorizes therein specific information to be updated according to storage or feed of paper sheets.
US11718477B2
An automated storage and retrieval system includes a plurality of storage container handling vehicles. Each vehicle includes a vehicle body, a thereto connected wheel assembly configured to guide the vehicle along the track system, a container picking device for releasably attaching to a storage container, which include one or more arms. The configuration of the container picking device is such that it is movable between a first lifting position enabling the container picking device to lift at least one storage container from a position outside the horizontal extent of the vehicle body and a second transport position enabling the container picking device to hold the at least one storage container at least partly inside the horizontal extent of the vehicle body.
US11718472B2
An Automated Guided Robot (AGV) system designed for carrying, storing and retrieving inventory items to and from storage shelves. The AGV (100) can move between warehouse shelves and reach to the inside of a shelf without turning. The AGV (100) is equipped with a material handling device (130). The material handling device (130) comprises a lateral device that is configured to move in a lateral direction either to the right side or to the left side. The movement of the lateral device can be either rotational or translational. The material handling device (130) further comprises a retractable device that retracts or extends in a direction perpendicular to the lateral direction. The retractable device allows the material handling device (130) to extend into the storage shelf to fetch or place an inventory item.
US11718463B1
A cosmetic container for storing cosmetic product is disclosed herein. The cosmetic container comprises a container having a thermal container receiving section. The cosmetic container further comprises a first end and a second end with the container including an opening at the second end used to store cosmetic product such as sunscreen therein. The second end of the cosmetic container also includes a neck portion comprising a threaded portion to receive a head. The cosmetic container further comprises a thermal container for storing a cooling agent. The thermal container is received in the thermal container receiving section for cooling down the cosmetic product stored in the container. Another embodiment includes a thermal assembly with a thermal rod mounted onto a base plate that is inserted into a container. The container may include a spray nozzle cap mounted to a top end.
US11718460B2
A structure is described for forming a wrapper, e.g., for print media, where the structure includes lines of weakness for facilitating a user's tearing of the wrapper to access the contents. The lines of weakness may include a first line of weakness that extends along a fold line of an envelope fold forming one of the front or rear or right sides of the wrapped package, as well as a second line of weakness that extends substantially perpendicularly to the respective longitudinal fold lines and a third line of weakness that extends between the first line of weakness and the second line of weakness and is disposed at a non-zero angle with respect to each. In this way, a tear initiated near the first line of weakness and may be propagated along the other lines of weakness to create an opening for accessing the product.
US11718438B1
A fuel additive bottle has a neck and thread pattern that allows insertion into a capless diesel fuel system so the bottle's contents can be poured by gravity into a fuel tank. The neck of the bottle is elongated and has a diameter of approximately 0.932 inches, and the novel thread pattern includes thread interruptions that form two or four threadless paths. In use, the spring loaded tabs of a capless fuel system are depressed by the threadless path portion of bottle, thereby triggering the self-sealing mechanism to open, so the fluid receiving aperture is exposed. The use of the threadless paths facilitates the safe and easy entry and removal of the bottle from the capless fuel system.
US11718436B2
A method for adhering a label, lettering, ink, a tattoo, sketch, design or color (“indicia”) to a substrate comprising the steps of: providing an indicia-bearing backing paper; moistening the indicia-bearing backing paper to form a moistened indicia-bearing layer; providing an adhesive layer between the moistened indicia-bearing layer and the substrate; placing the moistened indicia-bearing layer on the adhesive layer; allowing the indicia to become separated from the backing paper, leaving the indicia upon the substrate; and drying on the substrate.
US11718424B2
Protective blankets comprise a flexible blanket body and a voltage supply. The flexible blanket body comprises a plurality of sheets of material operatively coupled together to define the flexible blanket body. The plurality of sheets comprises one or more sheets composed at least in part of a carbon nanotube material and at least one sheet composed of a different material. The voltage supply is electrically coupled at least to a first sheet of the one or more sheets composed at least in part of the carbon nanotube material, such that the first sheet defines a resistive heater.
US11718410B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for a hydrogen-powered hybrid electric powertrain and the associated hydro-electro-aero-thermal management system (HEATMS).
US11718404B2
A container for dropping from an aerial vehicle in flight comprises an upper wall, a lower wall, a plurality of side walls, and a plurality of air brakes comprising flat panels. A plurality of side air brakes, wherein each side air brake is connected to a corresponding side wall at or near an upper edge thereof, is freely pivotable around a side air brake pivot axis at or near the upper edge of the corresponding side wall from a passive position, in which the side air brake extends substantially parallel to the corresponding side wall, to a deployed position, in which the side air brake extends substantially transversely relative to the corresponding side wall, by air flowing between the side air brake and the corresponding side wall. A top air brake is connected, with one edge thereof, to the upper wall or one of the side walls, and configured to extend substantially transversely from the upper wall to tilt the container during dropping around a horizontal axis for pivoting the side air brakes from the passive position thereof to the deployed position thereof.
US11718401B2
A computer system obtains, in electronic format, a training dataset. The training dataset comprises a plurality of training images from a plurality of agricultural plots. Each training image is from a respective agricultural plot in the plurality of agricultural plots and comprises at least one identified fruit. The computer system determines, for each respective fruit in each respective training image in the plurality of training images, a corresponding contour. The computer system trains an untrained or partially trained computational model using at least the corresponding contour for each respective fruit in each respective training image in the plurality of training images, thereby obtaining a first trained computational model that is configured to identify fruit in agricultural plot images.
US11718397B2
Embodiments include an aircraft comprising a fuselage; a wing connected to the fuselage; and first and second propulsion systems connected to the wing on opposite sides of the fuselage, wherein at least a portion of each of the first and second propulsion systems and at least a portion of the wing are tiltable between a first position in which the aircraft is in a hover mode and a second position in which the aircraft is in a cruise mode, wherein each of the propulsion systems includes pylon and a rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor blades.
US11718396B2
Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for deploying an outboard rotor blade of proprotor pylon to act as an extended lifting surface. Blade control actuators may provide primary rotor flight control as well as providing fold linkage actuation when fold locks are disengaged. During cruise flight, the blade control actuator may provide feathering inputs to the extended rotor blade, wherein the amplitude and frequency of feathering inputs are tuned to mitigate undesirable wing and fuselage dynamic modes thereby enhancing aircraft stability. The deployed rotor blades also improve the total lifting area of the aircraft, which may increase aircraft range and efficiency.
US11718390B2
A propulsion system for a rotorcraft includes a first fan assembly including a plurality of first fan blades, a second fan assembly including a plurality of second fan blades and a drive system adapted to provide torque to the first and second fan blades. The first fan blades have a larger rotational inertia than the second fan blades. The second fan blades are adapted to experience a larger angular acceleration than the first fan blades in response to torque from the drive system, thereby providing responsive thrust control for the rotorcraft.
US11718385B2
Apparatus for improving flow characteristics around aircraft wings by obstructing air flow through an aperture formed in a wing skin for a movable duct or track are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a substantially rigid panel movable at least partially across the aperture for at least partially occluding the aperture and for accommodating movement of a slat track extending through the aperture. In another embodiment, the apparatus comprises a hinged panel configured to swing outwardly from an outer side of the wing skin toward an open position to accommodate movement of an anti-icing duct extending through the aperture and to swing toward a closed position at least partially occluding the aperture.
US11718381B2
A transmission system for a hybrid power plant, such as a hybrid propulsion system of a marine vessel, is described. The transmission is configured to selectively couple a primary mover and/or a secondary mover to an output of the transmission for providing a power output, and optionally selectively couple the primary mover to the secondary mover, decoupling the output, for electrical energy generation in a compact and light-weight design.
US11718374B2
An inflatable boat processing method, an inflatable boat and a processing device thereof, wherein the processing method comprising: cutting material into boat-side material pieces and a boat bottom material piece following an inflatable boat sample; connecting the adjacent edges of the boat-side material pieces in an overlapped mode, thereby obtaining a boat-side body; connecting the boat-side body with the boat bottom, wherein a first connecting end of the boat-side body is connected with the boat bottom material piece in an overlapped mode by means of pressing and ultrasonic bonding; sealing the boat-side body, wherein the edge of the first connecting end is connected with the edge of the second connecting end of the boat-side body in an overlapped mode; obtaining an inflatable boat. A heating-and-pressing device and an ultrasonic soldering device are adopted to perform hot-melting and pressing, thereby achieving the connection of two material pieces using ultrasonic bonding.
US11718370B2
Embodiments of the present invention describe a recreational vehicle spindle, including a spindle body having one or more sockets in the spindle body, and an upper attachment mechanism in contact with the spindle body and adapted to attach to a steering component. The spindle also includes a lower attachment mechanism in contact with the spindle body and adapted to attach to a ski or wheel. The one or more sockets are adapted to each receive a ball and stud forming one or more ball joints.
US11718361B2
To provide a moving device that can be used as a mobility device to transport objects and can be improved in portability. The moving device that is movable with rotation of wheels includes a body unit inflated by injection of fluid and deflated by discharge of the fluid, a support body provided on a predetermined surface of the body unit, and the wheels provided in the support body, wherein the interior of a predetermined portion of the body unit that receives a load from an object contacting the body unit is formed with a drop-stitch structure, and the drop-stitch structure after injection of the fluid has tensile forces in directions approximately perpendicular to the direction of the load applied to the predetermined portion by the object.
US11718353B2
The present disclosure relates to a hybrid material panel assembly for a vehicle. The panel assembly includes a panel and a plurality of mounting flanges integrally formed with the panel. The panel is formed of a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The plurality of mounting flanges are formed of a second material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion, where each of the plurality of mounting flanges include a mounting area that defines a mounting surface and at least one mounting hole. The first coefficient of thermal expansion is greater than the second coefficient of thermal expansion.
US11718352B2
A vehicle engine cradle structure includes a front member, a rear assembly and a side member. The front member extends in a vehicle lateral direction and has a first outboard end and a second outboard end. The rear assembly extends in the vehicle lateral direction and has a first outboard area and a second outboard area opposite the first outboard area. The first side member has a first forward end, a first rearward end and a first forward outboard portion all being formed as a single monolithic unitary element. The first forward end is fixedly attached to the first outboard end of the front member. The first rearward end is fixedly attached to the first outboard area of the rear assembly. The first forward outboard portion extends in an outboard direction from the first outboard end of the front member defining an off-center impact area.
US11718349B2
A vehicle includes a vehicle body, and a reinforcement member extending along a vehicle cabin-side side portion to vehicle cabin-side peripheral portion of a rear wheel housing of the vehicle body to an opening edge of the vehicle body. The opening edge receives a rear lower portion of a rear door. The reinforcement member includes a projecting portion that defines two or more closed-section spaces respectively extending toward different locations of the opening edge.
US11718345B2
A lower body for a vehicle includes front and rear main bodies each including pipes, a pair of first longitudinal members extending in a forward/rearward direction and spaced apart from each other in a transverse direction, a first transverse member extending in the transverse direction and connecting the first longitudinal members, and mounting parts each having an outer side to which the first longitudinal members and the first transverse member are coupled, and a pair of lower body main members connecting the outer sides of the mounting parts and two opposite sides of upper ends of the front and rear main bodies spaced apart from each other, the pair of lower body main members each having a pipe shape and extending forward and rearward to constitute upper side members of the front and rear main bodies and defining an overall length of the vehicle.
US11718340B2
An actuator leadscrew assembly is provided. The assembly includes a leadscrew shaft extending longitudinally. The assembly also includes a first bearing pressed over the leadscrew shaft. The assembly further includes a housing pressed over the leadscrew shaft and in abutment with the first bearing. The assembly yet further includes a second bearing pressed over the leadscrew shaft and in abutment with the housing. The assembly also includes a retaining ring disposed over the leadscrew shaft retaining the second bearing.
US11718337B2
A handle release and locking mechanism for a wagon is provided. The mechanism has a pivotable drum, a handle secured to the drum, a release pedal, a main shaft about which the drum and release pedal pivot, and a locking pin. The release pedal moves from a locked position to an unlocked position by a user. The locking pin extends through the release pedal and the drum, and moves from a first position to a second position via movement of the release pedal. When the locking pin is in the first position the handle is locked in a generally vertical position. When the release pedal is moved to the unlocked position the locking pin is moved to the second position and the handle and pivotable drum can pivot about the main shaft.
US11718335B1
A mobile sheltered workstation includes a housing. The workstation includes a main support member having a lower end coupled to the housing and extending upwardly therefrom, the main support member being length adjustable and telescopically movable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. A canopy framework includes a lower end selectively coupled to an upper end of the main support member and movable between a stowed configuration adjacent the housing and a deployed configuration displaced from the housing. A canopy is selectively coupled to the canopy framework and configured to cover a geometric area thereof.
US11718328B2
A method for supporting an attentiveness and/or driving readiness of a driver during automated driving operation of a vehicle, including computing a failure probability value using at least one read-in map information signal, environmental condition signal, and/or probability signal. The failure probability value represents a failure probability of a driver assistance system for performing an automated driving operation. The probability signal represents an error probability and/or failure probability of at least one vehicle sensor of the driver assistance system. The method also includes determining a comparison parameter in response to the computed failure probability value, the comparison parameter representing the result of a comparison of an extent of a necessary driving requirement on the traveled travel route of the vehicle to a degree of instantaneous driver attentiveness. The method also includes providing an advance warning signal in response to the determined comparison parameter.
US11718321B2
Disclosed are a vehicle-mounted camera gimbal servo system and a control method. The vehicle-mounted camera gimbal servo system includes a camera tri-axial gimbal and a servo control apparatus. The camera tri-axial gimbal includes a pitch motor, a roll motor, a yaw motor, a roll arm (1), a pitch arm (4), a yaw arm (5), a gimbal top (7), a camera (11), a pitch-axis bearing (12), and a counterweight block (13); the pitch motor includes a pitch motor stator (2) and a pitch motor rotor (3); the yaw motor includes a yaw motor stator (6) and a yaw motor rotor (8); the roll motor includes a roll motor stator (9) and a roll motor rotor (10); the servo control apparatus includes an inertial measurement unit, a three-dimensional modeling control unit, an angular velocity loop control unit, and an angular displacement loop control unit.
US11718320B1
Systems and methods for using transmission sensor(s) in localization of an autonomous vehicle (“AV”) are described herein. Some implementations receive instance(s) of transmission sensor data generated by transmission sensor(s) of the AV, generate pose instance(s) of a pose of the AV based on the instance(s) of the transmission sensor data, and cause the AV to be controlled based on the pose instance(s). In some of those implementations, the pose instance(s) can be generated based on steering data the AV that indicates steering angle(s) of the autonomous, and that temporally correspond to the instance(s) of the transmission sensor data. In various implementations, the pose instance(s) may only be generated or utilized based on the instance(s) of the transmission sensor data (and optionally the steering data) in response to detecting an adverse event at the AV.
US11718313B2
An autonomous driving system configured to perform an autonomous driving of a vehicle includes a trigger input request unit configured to perform a trigger input request for requesting a driver of the vehicle to perform a trigger input for causing the vehicle to pass through a target point if the autonomously driving vehicle approaches the target point set in advance and positioned on a traveling route of the vehicle, a trigger input detection unit configured to detect the driver's trigger input, and a vehicle control unit configured to cause the vehicle to pass through the target point if the trigger input is detected, and causes the vehicle to decelerate and stop without passing through the target point if the trigger input is not detected.
US11718310B2
A device and a method for controlling updates of ECUs of a vehicle are provided. A communication device receives a request for associated software updates of electronic control units (ECUs) arranged within a vehicle, and a controller determines whether to start the vehicle based on a state of charge (SOC) of a battery. The controller performs updates of ECUs in a first group in a start on state of the vehicle, and performs updates of ECUs in a second group in a start off state of the vehicle to complete a software update for a function involving the plurality of ECUs.
US11718308B2
A commercial vehicle with a cargo space includes a detection unit for detecting movement of a wheel suspension and/or an inertial measuring unit for detecting movements of a sprung mass of the vehicle in order to evaluate a loading state of cargo in the cargo space. To provide improved cargo capacity, improved user-friendliness, and improved driving behavior, the commercial vehicle has an optical signaling unit arranged in the cargo space which is electrically activatable using an evaluation electronics unit, wherein the evaluation electronics unit is configured to activate the signaling unit on the basis of signals of the detection unit and/or the inertial measuring unit which are generated upon placement of the cargo on a cargo surface of the cargo space in such a way that an optimum position of the cargo surface is displayable by means of the signaling unit.
US11718306B2
The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for acquiring sample deviation data and an electric device, which relate to the fields of artificial intelligence technology, automatic driving technology, intelligent transportation technology and deep learning technology. The specific implementation solution is: in case of acquiring the sample deviation data, a first driving behavior parameter of a vehicle and a second driving behavior parameter of the vehicle in a simulated automatic driving mode are respectively acquired in the manual driving mode; and it is determined whether there is a deviation between the first driving behavior parameter and the second driving behavior parameter, and if there is a deviation, the vehicle is controlled to acquire the sample deviation data within a preset time period.
US11718295B2
[Problem] To provide an automatic driving robot control device and control method that enable a vehicle to be operated smoothly while also being caused to conform to a command vehicle speed with high accuracy. [Solution] The present invention provides an automatic driving robot (drive robot) 4 control device 10 that controls the automatic driving robot 4, which is installed in a vehicle 2 and causes the vehicle 2 to run, such that the vehicle 2 runs in accordance with a defined command vehicle speed, wherein the automatic driving robot 4 control device 10 is provided with: a running state acquisition unit 22 that acquires a running state of the vehicle 2 including a vehicle speed and the command vehicle speed; an operation content inference unit 31 that infers, on the basis of the running state, an operation sequence, which is a sequence of operations of the vehicle 2 at a plurality of times in the future that causes the vehicle 2 to run in accordance with the command vehicle speed, by using an operation inference learning model 40 that was trained by machine learning to infer the operation sequence; and a vehicle operation control unit 23 that extracts, from each of the operation sequences inferred a plurality of times in the past, the operations corresponding to a control time for subsequently controlling the automatic driving robot 4, calculates a weighted sum of these extracted plurality of operations to calculate a final operation value, generates, on the basis of the final operation value, a control signal for controlling the automatic driving robot 4, and transmits the control signal to the automatic driving robot 4.
US11718290B2
Systems and methods are provided for navigating a vehicle to veer around a lane obstruction safely into a neighboring lane. The system may plan a trajectory around the obstructed lane. Over a temporal horizon, the system determines temporal margins by measuring an amount of time between a predicted state of a moving actor in the neighboring lane and a predicted state of the vehicle. The system identifies a minimum temporal margin of the temporal margins and determines whether the minimum temporal margin is equal to or larger than a required temporal buffer. If the minimum temporal margin is equal to or larger than the required temporal buffer, the system generates a motion control signal to cause the vehicle to follow the trajectory to veer around the obstruction into the neighboring lane. Otherwise, the system generates a motion control signal to cause the vehicle to reduce speed or stop.
US11718289B2
A vehicle acquires position information of the obstacle, identifies a collision point that may collide with the obstacle based on the acquired position information of the obstacle, controls one of steering and braking based on the position information of the identified collision point, and when controlling the steering, acquires a collision avoidance margin distance value corresponding to the position information of the identified collision point, predicts the collision position based on the position information of the obstacle and the information detected by the velocity detector, acquires a distance value between the predicted collision position and the current position, acquires a lateral movement distance value based on the acquired distance value and a preset turning radius of the vehicle, acquires a steering angle based on the acquired lateral movement distance value and the acquired collision avoidance margin distance value and controls steering based on the acquired steering angle.
US11718285B2
A device and a method for improving a turning motion of a vehicle may improve turning stability by cooperative control of an electric motor and the electronic controlled suspension (ECS) and improve behavior stability by optimizing a pitch/roll behavior by allowing realization of a target yaw moment required to improve turning characteristic of the vehicle to be reinforced by not only a yaw moment directly generated by a braking torque or a driving torque of the electric motor, but also a yaw moment indirectly generated by a load movement caused by controlling a damping force of the electronic controlled suspension (ECS).
US11718284B2
The present disclosure relates to a steering control system for a vehicle, a vehicle comprising such a steering control system and a method for operating such a steering control system for a vehicle. The steering control system comprises a frequency filter unit, a first control unit, and a second control unit. The frequency filter unit comprises a high pass filter and a low pass filter. The frequency filter unit is configured to receive a request for a steering angle and filter the request into a low-pass filtered request and a high-pass filtered request. The first control unit is configured to determine a first controlling torque based on the low-pass filtered request the second control unit is configured to determine a second controlling torque based on the high-pass filtered request. The first control unit is different of the second control unit.
US11718281B2
A brake control system includes first and second brake control units for controlling braking of first and second bogies of a rail car. The brake control units include relay valves for controlling pressurized air flow from a main reservoir to brake cylinder pipes. A bypass conduit connects an outlet of a first brake control module to an outlet of a second brake control module. A fail-safe valve moves between open and closed positions. In the closed position, the fail-safe valve prevents a flow of the pressurized air between the brake control units. The fail-safe valve provides a first pilot pressure to a first relay valve upon a failure of the first brake control unit and provides a third pilot pressure to the second relay valve in response to a failure of the second brake control unit.
US11718273B2
A stepped-designed beam arm wiper assembly has a beam arm that locks into a mounting head such that the beam arm can be disconnected from the mounting head for servicing a wiper blade attached to the beam arm. A head cover is attached to the mounting head via hinges on either side of the head cover which allow the head cover to open off the head on either pin hinges of the head, and can be pressed onto the head and retained on. The other end of the beam arm is inserted into an adapter which snaps onto a rear wiper blade coupler via lead-in hole and trunnion connection. The beam arm has an airfoil with a stepped design to match the head cover, adapter, and blade assembly stepped design.
US11718264B1
Systems and methods of a seatbelt with head restraint are provided. A seatbelt assembly for a vehicle may include a plurality of airbags and an electrostatic clutch to control a deployment of the plurality of airbags. The electrostatic clutch may be operable to limit a movement of the plurality of airbags relative to each other to define a deployment shape of the airbags. Associated vehicles including the seatbelt assembly are provided. Associated methods are also provided.
US11718248B2
It is an object to make a wire harness for connecting a vehicle body-side device and a wheel-side device suited to routing in a small space, and improve its flex resistance. A wire harness for connecting a vehicle body-side device and a wheel-side device includes: a first wiring member; and a second wiring member, and at least part of an outer path portion of the first wiring member, and at least part of an outer path portion of the second wiring member are separated from each other outside a vehicle body.
US11718246B2
A noise shielding structure is provided that is highly versatile with no limitation to vehicle models and bumper designs, and effectively reduces road noise in the rear compartment. The noise shielding structure includes: an outer panel at a rear vehicle body; a rear bumper provided so as to cover the outer panel; and a noise shield arranged between the outer panel and the rear bumper, wherein the noise shield includes a fixed portion to be fixed to the outer panel and a flap portion to contact the rear bumper when the rear bumper is attached to the rear vehicle body, and the flap portion is deformable on a hinge of the noise shield provided between the fixed portion and the flap portion.
US11718243B2
A vehicular camera system includes an attaching structure configured to attach at an in-cabin side of a vehicle windshield. A camera module accommodates a circuit board and an imager and the camera module includes a lens aligned with the imager. The attaching structure includes a camera module receiving portion having an opening at a lower portion of the camera module receiving portion. With the attaching structure attached at the in-cabin side of the vehicle windshield, the camera module is inserted upward through the opening and is at least partially received in the camera module receiving portion to attach the camera module at the camera module receiving portion. With the attaching structure attached at the in-cabin side of the vehicle windshield and with the camera module at least partially received in the camera module receiving portion, the imager views through the vehicle windshield and forward of the vehicle.
US11718234B1
The present disclosure refers to a rear view system for a vehicle, comprising a rear view device comprising at least one camera module and/or at least one reflective element, wherein the rear view device is configured to be mounted to the vehicle, in particular to a door or a body of the vehicle, in order to capture a field-of-view (FOV) in a scenery at least around a rear part of the vehicle and to be moved between at least two states relative to the door and/or the body of the vehicle, in particular between a folded and unfolded state, characterized by a time-of-flight (ToF) sensor for emitting at least one light signal, and a processing unit for determining at least one of the states of the rear view device when the rear view device is mounted to the vehicle, wherein the ToF sensor is configured to be mounted to the rear view device or to the vehicle separate from the rear view device, and wherein the processing unit is configured to operate the ToF sensor to emit the at least one light signal towards the FoV of the rear view device in case the ToF sensor is mounted to the rear view device or towards the rear view device in case the ToF sensor is mounted separate from the rear view device and to determine the at least one state of the rear view device based on the at least one light signal. It also refers to a vehicle with such a rear view system.
US11718233B2
A vehicular lighted exterior door handle system includes a lighted exterior door handle assembly and a light module disposed at the door handle assembly. The light module includes at least three illumination sources linearly arranged at a circuit board and individually operable to emit light. With the door handle assembly mounted at a door of a vehicle, the individual illumination sources are operated responsive to a user input that is actuatable by a driver of the vehicle to activate a turn signal indicator system of the vehicle. With the door handle assembly mounted at the door of the vehicle, and when the illumination sources are operated to emit light responsive to actuation of the user input, an operation sequence of the individual illumination sources is varied between at least a first operation sequence and a second operation sequence based at least in part on movement of the vehicle.
US11718232B2
A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head adjustably mounted at a mounting arm via a link that pivotally attaches at one end to the mirror head and pivotally attaches at another end to the mounting arm. With the mounting arm attached at the side of a vehicle, the mirror head is adjustable relative to the mounting arm between a retracted position and an extended position. An adjustment mechanism is operable to adjust the mirror head relative to the mounting arm and includes an electrically operated motor that operates to pivotally adjust the link, which swings the mirror head along an arcuate path. When the motor is operated to pivotally adjust the link to adjust the mirror head relative to the mounting arm, an angle of the mirror head relative to the side of the vehicle at which the vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly is attached is also adjusted.
US11718222B2
An air vent for a motor vehicle includes a housing having an insert rotationally and/or pivotably supported in the housing about a bearing system with at least one assembly for guiding and/or deflecting a supplied air flow, and an element arranged centrally in the insert. The element is connected to the assembly for guiding and/or deflecting a supplied air flow. The bearing system is arranged on the central longitudinal axis of the housing and is carried out by a bearing. An optical fiber is accommodated in the bearing. For the at least regional lighting of the air vent, at least one light source is arranged in the housing on the central longitudinal axis upstream of the bearing system, such that the light emitted by the at least one light source is at least partially couplable, as needed, into the first optical fiber via a photometric coupling in the bearing.
US11718195B2
A charging device autonomously charges an electric vehicle. The charging device includes: a main body and an arm coupled to the main body. The main body is controllably moveable, and the arm is controllably extendable and retractable in a longitudinal direction. A charging plug is included at a distal end of the arm. The charging plug is controllably moveable and insertable into a charging portal of the electric vehicle. The arm comprises: a rigid chain, the rigid chain being compliant in a first direction from a neutral axis and resistant in an opposite second direction past the neutral axis, or at least one scissor arm.
US11718193B2
A power-hub for an electric vehicle and operating modes thereof are disclosed herein. The disclosed power-hub is designed to operate in the Vehicle-to Grid (V2G), Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V), Vehicle-to-Home (V2H), and Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) operating modes. When operating in the V2V mode, the power-hub is configured to allow for sending DC power through a conventional AC power port, with all the associated ratings and constraints from the AC design, in order to achieve higher power transfer and efficiency for V2V operation. A digital Hysteretic Current Mode Control (HCMC) scheme is disclosed and the efficiency and loss distribution of four operating modes are disclosed for the power-hub: 1) DC-AC Boundary Conduction Mode (BCM), 2) DC-AC Continuous Conduction Mode (CCM)/BCM hybrid, 3) DC-DC BCM, and 4) DC-DC CCM. A low-frequency commutation scheme is also disclosed that allows for reducing the peak junction temperature.
US11718184B2
A vehicle includes an electric machine having a rotor and a stator, a resolver that measures a position of the rotor relative to the stator, and a controller. The controller, based on the position and a resolver offset, injects a first current having only a d-axis component into the electric machine, and responsive to detecting a first motion output of the electric machine being greater than a threshold, adjusts the resolver offset according to a magnitude and direction of the first motion output.
US11718183B2
A method for controlling a tone of an electric vehicle (EV) based on motor vibration may include: calculating an order component from a vibration signal of an EV motor of an electric vehicle, extracting a first order component with the greatest linearity for motor output torque among the calculated order component, then calculating an order frequency by transforming revolutions per minute (RPM) of the EV motor into frequency, setting an EV mode tone by applying a vibration level of the first order component to a level of the order frequency to be output and rearranging the order component, and outputting the set EV mode tone, and may apply an LMS filter algorithm, FFT/IFFT transforms, and an order tracking algorithm in extracting the first order component.
US11718175B2
According to an embodiment disclosed in this specification, an electronic device may be configured to control a size of an exposed region of a first display based on driving information of a vehicle and to set a user interface for receiving a user input associated with content displayed on the first display to at least one of the first display or an auxiliary input interface based on a size of an exposed region. Other various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible.
US11718171B2
It is intended to enable a saddled vehicle, including an internal combustion engine supported by a lower part of a vehicle body frame, a fuel tank supported by an upper part of the vehicle body frame, a canister including an external air introducing pipe for introducing an external air, and a vehicle body cover covering the vehicle body frame, the internal combustion engine and the fuel tank, to efficiently discharge steam, released from the external air introducing pipe of the canister, to the outside of the vehicle. An external air introducing tubular pathway extends inside the vehicle body cover while continuing at one end thereof to the external air introducing pipe of the canister. An other end-side opened portion of the external air introducing tubular pathway is opened to the outside of the vehicle body cover while penetrating a through hole formed in the vehicle body cover.
US11718170B2
Methods and systems for a vehicle transmission are provided herein. The vehicle transmission includes an input interface configured to mechanically couple to a motive power source. The vehicle transmission further includes a first disconnect device releasably mechanically coupling a first output to a first drive axle and a second disconnect device releasably mechanically coupling a second output to a second drive axle.
US11718162B2
A tandem drive device for at least one adjustable vehicle part, in particular for a sliding roof system, preferably comprising at least two sliding roof elements such as, for example, a glass roof and a roller shutter, wherein the tandem drive device includes at least a first drive system having a first gear mechanism and a first drive motor, and a second drive system having a second gear mechanism and a second drive motor, as well as a common control circuit for the first drive motor and the second drive motor, wherein the first gear mechanism and the second gear mechanism as well as the control circuit are accommodated in a common housing.
US11718159B1
A door assembly for a vehicle can include a door panel having a front edge and a rear edge pivotably attached along a hinge axis to a frame assembly of the vehicle. The hinge axis can be angled away from a vertical direction of the vehicle at an acute angle. A hinge can be disposed at the rear edge of the door panel. The door panel can be configured to pivot about the hinge axis between an opened position and a closed position. A strut can be connected to the door panel and movable between an extended position and a retracted position. A net can be attached to the door panel and can be in tension when the door panel is in the closed position and can be in a less tensioned more curved configuration when the door panel is in the opened position.
US11718148B2
A thermal system for an electrified vehicle including a thermal loop and a controller is provided. The thermal loop may include a rear evaporator and a compressor fluidly connected thereto, a conduit to distribute oil throughout the thermal loop, and an evaporator valve. The controller may be programmed to, responsive to receipt of a signal indicating evaporator valve shut-off and detection of a vehicle plug-in event, cycle the compressor to promote oil movement through the compressor. The controller may be further programmed to, responsive to receipt of the signal, open the evaporator valve to force oil back to the compressor. The thermal loop may further include a first expansion valve up stream of a chiller fluidly connected to the compressor, a second expansion valve between the evaporator valve and the rear evaporator, and a third expansion valve up stream of a front evaporator fluidly connected to the compressor.
US11718142B2
A motor vehicle includes a passenger space and a HVAC system. The HVAC system includes a heater, an air conditioner, and ducts configured to heat and/or cool air to the passenger space. The HVAC system is configured to increase humidity of air while the air is flowing through the HVAC system, and to introduce a sanitizing agent into air while the air is flowing through the HVAC system. A controller is configured to actuate the HVAC system to circulate humidified air containing the sanitizing agent through the passenger space to neutralize pathogens that may be present in the passenger space.
US11718138B2
A motorcycle includes a steering actuator configured to steer a front wheel, an actuator control unit configured to control the steering actuator, a collision determination unit configured to determine whether or not a collision has occurred in a host vehicle, and a riding determination unit configured to determine whether or not an occupant is riding the host vehicle. When it is determined that a collision has occurred and determined that no occupant is riding the host vehicle, the actuator control unit executes a step of positioning the front wheel at a position deviating from a central position.
US11718136B2
A bearing arrangement for a damper bearing of a shock absorber in a wheelhouse of a vehicle. A damper receptacle is formed in a wheelhouse sheet metal part delimiting the wheelhouse. A threaded bolt is guided through a damper bearing screw hole and through a screw hole of the damper receptacle and the bolt tip of the threaded bolt is screwed together with an internal thread of a reinforcement element which is arranged on the side of the damper receptacle. A positioning aid is associated with the damper receptacle, via which positioning aid the damper bearing of the shock absorber can be pre-positioned in an assembly process up to an installation position in which the screw hole of the damper bearing, the screw hole of the damper receptacle, and the reinforcement element internal thread are oriented flush with respect to each other in a screw direction.
US11718135B2
Provided are an air spring upper support, a vehicle air spring assembly, and a vehicle. The air spring upper support is used for a vehicle air spring. The air spring upper support is configured to be of a split structure having an upper housing and a lower housing, the upper housing and the lower housing are connected to each other and form a receiving space, the air spring upper support further has a bushing, and the bushing is arranged in the receiving space.
US11718127B2
An axle assembly includes a spindle to receive a drive shaft having a rotational input about an axis and a wheel hub rotatably supported by at least one roller bearing disposed on the spindle. A tire inflation system defines a spindle gas passage to route pressurized gas from an onboard source through the spindle. The tire inflation system includes a seal chamber between the spindle and wheel hub to transfer gas from the spindle to the wheel hub, and a hub gas passage in fluid communication with the seal chamber is arranged to route the pressurized gas to a tire. A lubrication system having a reservoir is located axially outboard of the seal chamber and at least one hub lubricant passage routes lubricant between the reservoir to a roller bearing located axially inboard of the seal chamber. The hub lubricant passage routes lubricant radially outward of the seal chamber.
US11718125B2
A wheel for a vehicle has a wheel rim, a hub portion, and at least one spoke which connects the hub portion to the wheel rim, and also at least one cover element which at least partially covers the spoke region. The cover element is designed to, in the installed position thereof, produce an imbalance-free state of the wheel.
US11718120B2
Processing units 4 to 6 aligned along the transport path for a sheet bundle S are accommodated in a housing together with transport units 2 and 3. Windows 10a to 10c are provided in the housing front face, and variable-color lighting units 17 are arranged inside the housing. Light emitting surfaces (projection plates 18) of the variable-color lighting units are arranged facing the windows. Sensor units 13, 15a, and 15b that detect an anomaly of an operation of the transport unit and sensor units 14 and 16 that detect an anomaly of the operation of respective processing units are provided. A binding processing unit stops when an anomaly is detected by the sensor unit, when a system error occurs, or when an emergency stop instruction is input. The color of emission light from a light emitting surface changes to indicate the operation status of the binding processing system.
US11718119B2
A coating composition for a base paper is described. The coating composition comprises a porous clay and an ink pigment fixation agent. The porous clay comprises an alumina-silicate, and has a surface area from 100 m2/g to 400 m2/g.
US11718108B2
A printer that allows selection of a plurality of types of print media includes, a control unit that stores a plurality of pieces of registration information, the registration information including one set of a plurality of printing setting items used for printing, the plurality of printing setting items include an item regarding the type of the print medium.
US11718106B2
An inkjet printing apparatus for printing on a substrate, such as a flexible packaging material, includes at least three inkjet heads including a first inkjet head, a second inkjet head, and at least one further inkjet head. At least one drying unit includes a first drying unit arranged opposite a first drying location which is located between the first and second inkjet location, the first drying unit being configured for physically removing liquid from ink applied by the first inkjet head. At least a first drum and a second drum, where the first and second inkjet locations as well as the first drying location are located on an outer surface of the first drum; and the at least one further inkjet location is located on an outer surface of the second drum.
US11718105B2
A printing apparatus includes a pattern extracting unit for, based on a comparison between first image data representing a pattern and second image data generated by imaging a fabric transported, extracting a pattern region from the second image data, a printing image generation unit for arranging third image data representing an image to be printed overlaid on the pattern so that the third image data matches the pattern region to generate printing image data, and a printing control unit for causing a printing unit to print the printing image data on the fabric transported.
US11718100B2
A non-aqueous ink jet ink composition is provided that can form an image having excellent weather resistance, abrasion resistance, and coloring property. The non-aqueous ink jet ink composition includes a cyclic ester compound, at least one first solvent represented by the following General Formula (1) and having a flash point of 140° C. or lower: R1O—(R2O)m—R3, a second solvent represented by the General Formula (1), and C.I. Pigment Orange-43 (PO-43) as a pigment. In the at least one first solvent represented by General Formula (1), R1 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 2 to 6. The second solvent represented by General Formula (1) includes a glycol monoether compound in which at least one of R1 and R3 is hydrogen. A volume average particle diameter of the PO-43 is 100 nm or more and 400 nm or less.
US11718090B2
A liquid discharge head includes first and second groups of nozzles and first and second groups of actuators corresponding to the first and second groups of nozzles, respectively, and a head drive circuit. The head drive circuit is configured to receive a sequence of input data portions including first and second data portions, and select a setting mode between a first setting mode, in which the first group of actuators is driven based on the first input data portion and the second group of actuators is driven based on the second input data portion, and a second setting mode, in which the second group of actuators is driven based on the first input data portion and the first group of actuators is driven based on an input data portion that is after the first data portion in the sequence.
US11718086B2
A printing machine comprises a printing module (28) having a flexographic printing mode and a gravure printing mode, wherein the printing module comprises at least two printing cylinders (34, 36) defining the printing mode of the printing module, and a printing tool handling unit being configured for withdrawing and inserting the at least two printing cylinders (34, 36) from and into the printing module, respectively. The printing tool handling unit comprises a coupling interface and the at least two printing cylinders each comprise a complementary coupling interface such that the printing tool handling unit can at least temporarily be coupled to one or more of the at least two printing cylinders (34, 36) via the respective coupling interfaces.
US11718071B2
Embodiments of a vehicle interior system and associated processes are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a base with a curved surface, and a curved glass article disposed on the curved surface. The curved glass article includes a high modulus adhesive layer located on the second major surface. The high modulus adhesive layer has a modulus of elasticity of at least 500 MPa. The high modulus adhesive layer provides crack resistance to the glass article. Methods for forming such glass articles and vehicle interior systems are also disclosed.
US11718051B2
A heat blanket system including a blanket including a first sub-area and a second sub-area. The heat blanket system also includes heating elements printed on the blanket. First spacings between first ones of the heating elements in the first sub-area varies relative to second spacings between second ones of the heating elements in the second sub-area. The first spacings and the second spacings vary according to a design. The design is configured for use on a uniquely defined rework area on a uniquely defined composite material object including a third area including a heat sink region and a fourth area including a non-heat sink region. The first sub-area is sized and dimensioned to be placed over the third area. The second sub-area is sized and dimensioned to be placed over the fourth area.
US11718046B2
A method for hardening a preform into a composite part is provided. The method comprises aligning a layup mandrel carrying a preform for insertion into an autoclave having an inner surface that is complementary to a contour of the preform. The layup mandrel is then sealed into the autoclave.
US11718045B2
A method for reducing the crystallization temperature and the melting temperature of a polyamide powder resulting from the polymerization of at least one predominant monomer, in which the reduction in the crystallization temperature is greater than the reduction in the melting temperature, the method including a step of polymerization of the at least one predominant monomer with at least one different minor comonomer polymerized according to the same polymerization process as the at least one predominant monomer, the at least one minor comonomer being chosen from aminocarboxylic acids, diamine/diacid pairs, lactams and/or lactones, and the at least one minor comonomer representing from 0.1% to 20% by weight of the total blend of the monomers(s) and comonomer(s), preferably from 0.5% to 15% by weight of the total blend, preferably from 1% to 10% by weight of the total blend.
US11718044B2
An assembly is provided for induction welding. This induction welding assembly includes a fixture. The fixture includes a first support structure and a second support structure. The second support structure includes a frame and a plurality of trunks. Each of the trunks is connected to and repositionable on the frame. The fixture is configured to secure a workpiece vertically between the first support structure and the second support structure using the trunks during induction welding of the workpiece.
US11718033B2
A method of recycling build material powder including collecting in a keg an amount of excess build material powder during the additive manufacturing of a part cake. The part cake and keg are transferred to a de-powdering station. The part cake is de-powdered to release a mixture of reusable powder and contaminants. The mixture is sieved to remove the contaminants and deposit the reusable powder to the keg.
US11718030B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling the temperature of powders in a powder-based additive manufacturing system using spatial light modulation. Powder layer temperatures can be measured and selectively controlled using a radiation source comprising a spatial light modulator. The spatial light modulator applies a visible light radiation and/or IR radiation. In addition to controlling the pre-fused temperature of the powder in the image plane, the spatial light modulator can also apply the radiation to fuse the powder.
US11718027B2
The invention relates to a device (1) for producing three-dimensional workpieces (15), comprising a carrier (7) for receiving raw material powder (9), a build chamber wall (11, 11a, 11b) which extend substantially vertically and which is adapted to laterally delimit and support the raw material powder (9) applied to the carrier (7); an irradiation unit (17) for selectively irradiating the raw material powder (9) applied to the carrier (7) with electromagnetic radiation or particle radiation in order to produce on the carrier (7) a workpiece (15) manufactured from the raw material powder (9) by an additive layer building method, wherein the irradiation unit (17) comprises at least one optical element; and a vertical movement device (31) which is adapted to move the irradiation unit (17) vertically relative to the carrier (7). The build chamber wall (11, 11a, 11b) and the carrier (7) are adapted to be connected to one another in a stationary manner during the vertical movement of the irradiation unit (17) so that the vertical movement takes place relative to the carrier (7) and relative to the build chamber wall (11, 11a, 11b).
US11718025B2
An additive manufacturing machine is provided which can smooth out powdered material while preventing mechanical interference between a smoothing plate and a manufacturing box. The additive manufacturing machine has a support stage, a manufacturing box, and a powder feeder mechanism. The powder feeder mechanism feeds powdered material onto the support stage and smooths out the powdered material. The powder feeder mechanism has an arm portion, a guide mechanism, a connective portion, and a drive mechanism. The guide mechanism is secured to the manufacturing box and supports the arm portion such that it can move in a first direction. The connective portion is connected to the arm portion and transmits force to the arm portion only in the first direction. The drive mechanism is secured to a support member different from the manufacturing box and has a drive portion for moving the connective portion in the first direction.
US11718024B2
This disclosure relates to a material set including a build material for 3-D printing including particles of a polymer comprising polymer chains having at least one reactive group that is protected with a protecting group. The material set further includes an inkjet composition including a de-protecting agent for removal of the protecting group, and a liquid carrier.
US11718023B2
Systems and methods for low-cost and morphologically stable 3D printing are disclosed. A solution-based method for 3D printing, comprising i) providing a substrate comprising a flat surface; ii) providing a first solution of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) molecule comprising a functional group at each end of the SAM molecule; iii) applying the first solution to the flat surface of the substrate to form a first SAM comprising a first liquid surface; iv) providing a second solution of a metal precursor; v) applying the second solution on the first liquid surface to form a second liquid surface over the first SAM; vi) applying a first force to cross-link the first SAM; vii) repeating steps iii) and v)-vi) to form a multiple layer of the SAM; and viii) either applying a second force to anneal the multiple layer of the SAM to form a soft material or applying a third force to anneal the multiple layer of the SAM to form a hard material.
US11718018B2
Systems and methods for manufacturing elongate medical devices including internal components embedded between multiple jacket layers. The system including a heating cartridge, a heating element, a filament handling system, a substrate handling system, and a controller to feed and melt each of the filaments for forming the multiple jacket layers. The system may include a single heating cartridge adapted to make multiple passes to form a first and second jacket or multiple heating cartridges that sequentially form a first and second jacket.
US11718014B2
An imprint apparatus that forms a curable composition on a substrate using a mold includes a first measurement unit configured to measure a height distribution of the substrate at a contact position where the mold and the curable composition are brought into contact with each other. The first measurement unit measures a height of the substrate by bringing a probe into contact with a surface of the substrate, the probe having a contact surface area smaller than a contact surface area of the mold.
US11718011B2
There is described a method and system for regulating an extrusion process by obtaining a first thickness at a first position along an extrudate as material is extruded through a die gap of a die; comparing the first thickness with an expected thickness of the extrudate at the first position to obtain a value for an error, the expected thickness modeled in real-time using a size of the die gap as input; and varying the size of the die gap when the error exceeds a threshold to compensate for the error. There is also described a method and system for determining an expected thickness of a material during an extrusion process.
US11718010B2
A method of creating a processable water soluble polymer, the method comprising the steps of: extruding a water soluble polymer composition from an extruder barrel without use of a die, wherein the extruder barrel is not vented other than via its extruder outlet, to produce an irregularly shaped polymer extrudate; directing the irregularly shaped polymer extrudate onto a chilled conveyor to cool the irregularly shaped polymer extrudate to below 60° C.; and granulating the irregularly shaped polymer extrudate to form a granulate.
US11718004B2
This disclosure includes injection molds for reducing cycle times and related methods. Some molds include first and second mold portions movable relative to one another from an open position to a closed position in which each of one or more recesses of the first mold portion cooperates with a respective one of one or more recesses of the second mold portion to define a chamber. Each of the chamber(s) includes a first cooling body coupled to the first mold portion, a second cooling body coupled to the second mold portion, and first and second inserts removably coupled, respectively, to the first and second cooling bodies such that the inserts cooperate to define a mold cavity within the chamber that is configured to receive a thermoplastic material. Each of the cooling bodies has an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid cavity in fluid communication with the inlet and the outlet.
US11717994B2
A method for assembling an assembly comprising a tape (100) of retaining elements and a substrate (200), said method comprising the following steps: a step of forming a tape of retaining elements by dispensing a molding material into a molding device (1), so as to form a tape (100) of retaining elements comprising a base (51) presenting a bottom face (511) and a top face (512), the top face (511) of the base (51) being provided with retaining elements; and a step of applying a substrate (200) against the bottom face (511) of the base (51) prior to said bottom face (512) of the base (51) solidifying in such a manner as to cause the substrate (200) to penetrate at least in part beyond a plane defined by the bottom face (511) of the base (51) of the tape (100).
US11717980B2
In one embodiment, systems and methods include using an ultrasonic cutter in a ground detection system to prevent damage to a substrate. The method of detecting a substrate comprises attaching a workpiece clamp to the substrate. The method further comprises cutting a layer of coating disposed on the substrate with an ultrasonic cutter, wherein the ultrasonic cutter operates at a frequency of about 20 kHz to about 40 kHz, wherein the layer of coating is non-conductive. The method further comprises contacting the substrate with the ultrasonic cutter.
US11717975B1
A cable management system for managing one or more cables extending from a robot singulator includes: an upper bracket assembly for mounting the cable management system to a robotic framework of the robot singulator; a cable carrier that is configured to receive and hold the one or more cables in a grouped configuration; and one or more leashes. Each leash of the cable management system is of a predetermined length and includes a distal end that is mounted to the cable carrier and a proximal end that is configured to be mounted to the robotic framework. When mounted to the robotic framework, each leash restricts the lateral movement of the cable carrier and the one or more cables received therein, thus reducing the extent to which the one or more cables can whip about the robotic framework while the robot singulator is in use.
US11717971B2
A system and method for motion planning is presented. The system is configured, when an object is or has been in a camera field of view of a camera, to receive first image information that is generated when the camera has a first camera pose. The system is further configured to determine, based on the first image information, a first estimate of the object structure, and to identify, based on the first estimate of the object structure or based on the first image information, an object corner. The system is further configured to cause an end effector apparatus to move the camera to a second camera pose, and to receive second image information for representing the object's structure. The system is configured to determine a second estimate of the object's structure based on the second image information, and to generate a motion plan based on at least the second estimate.
US11717961B2
In an angular velocity calculation block, an angular velocity component is calculated based on a position command for a joint portion. In a kinetic calculation block, a kinetic torque is calculated based on the position command for the joint portion. In a command velocity component reversal detection block, a reversal timing is calculated based on the angular velocity component. In a reverse torque detection block, a reverse torque is calculated based on the kinetic torque and the reversal timing. In a backlash correction amount calculation block, the correction amount of the joint portion is calculated based on the kinetic torque, the reverse torque, and the reversal timing.
US11717955B2
Provided is a robot including a main body having a traveling wheel and a traveling motor for rotating the traveling wheel, a seating body disposed above the main body, a left projector disposed at a left side of the main body to scan a beam toward a left lower direction, a right projector disposed at a right side of the main body to scan a beam toward a right lower direction, and a processor for controlling the traveling motor, the left projector, and the right projector.
US11717953B2
A modular harvesting bench is provided. The bench comprises a frame for contacting the ground surface, a platform supported by the frame at an elevation above the ground surface, the platform defining a work plane area for receiving harvesting equipment. A portion of the frame and of the platform define parts of a first bench section movable relative to a second bench section between a retracted position and an extended position to extend or retract a footprint of the bench and/or extend or reduce the work plane area.
US11717952B1
An auxiliary handle attachment includes a first channel member comprising a first channel closed side along a tool axis to receive an elongated shaft of a tool along the tool axis; a first clamp structure attached to the first channel member to clamp the elongated shaft of the tool to the first channel closed side; a body transverse to the tool axis; and a handle that extends from the body.
US11717946B2
A method for evaluating a condition of a torque wrench includes connecting the torque wrench to an adapter, detecting a click point, where a click mechanism of the torque wrench is decoupled from a first position into a second position, and measuring a click torque value at the click point, detecting a peak point and measuring a peak torque value at the peak point, detecting a release point, where the click mechanism is moving back from the second position into the first position, and measuring a release torque value at the release point, determining that the evaluation was performed correctly if the click point, the peak point and the release point were detected.
US11717945B2
A retention knob tool. A tubular body, is held in the tubular sleeve, and symmetrically formed around an axis. The tubular body also has an internal bore. Four locking ball retainer sockets are formed in the tubular body. A retention knob aperture is recessed within a top plate. Four balls are movably held in the ball retainer sockets. A tubular end stop is affixed to the tubular body rearward end. A drive tool cavity is recessed within the tubular body rearward end. The sleeve forward end includes a recessed circumferential portion bounded by a first thicker portion of the inside wall, where the first thicker portion bears against the balls when the tubular body is translated rearwardly into an inward lock position and the inward force is removed from the plurality of balls when the tubular body is extended forwardly into a release position.
US11717928B2
An adjustable sharpener including a body having two sharpening slots, a first arm with a first abrasive element connected to a second arm with a second abrasive element, and a third arm with a third abrasive element connected to a fourth arm with a fourth abrasive element. The first and second abrasive elements are positioned in the first sharpening slot, and the third and fourth abrasive elements are positioned in the second sharpening slot. The adjustable sharpener also includes an adjuster connected to the body and an adjustment assembly connected to the adjuster, the first arm and the third arm. Linear movement of the adjuster causes rotational movement of the first arm and the third arm. In this regard, the adjuster allows the user to manually increase or decrease the sharpening angle between the abrasive elements in the sharpening slots.
US11717923B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a wound heat exchanger which has a core tube and a tube bundle, said tube bundle having a plurality of tubes wound about the core tube in a helical manner for conducting a first fluid. The course of the tubes of the tube bundle from a first tube base of the heat exchanger to a second tube base of the heat exchanger about the core tube is automatically calculated, and at least one position at which a respective tube runs according to the calculated course is marked by means of at least one light beam, wherein the respective tube is installed according to the marking.
US11717914B2
The invention relates to tooling for holding parts in position to enable them to be friction welded together in order to construct a hollow structure, the tooling comprises: a framework made up of two frames for receiving the parts for welding together in their positions for forming the hollow structure, the parts comprising preformed parts and an intermediate section; shape-holder members for holding the hollow structure, associating backing thrust members and lateral grip members for gripping the outsides of the preformed parts; anvils suitable for being placed inside the set of preformed parts beside the section; and clamping means operable to take up a clamping position in which they cause opposing thrust to be applied against the anvil and the inside face of a preformed part, its part itself bears against the shape-holder members.
US11717911B1
A method of fusing first and second metal objects together at respective first and second ends thereof, the first and second ends being partially defined by respective first and second end walls thereof. One or more recesses is formed in one or both of the first and second ends. The ends are heated to a hot working temperature in an inert atmosphere, and the first and second end walls are engaged with each other, to form one or more deformed parts of the first and second ends. While the first and second end walls are engaged, one or more objects is rotated around its axis, to squeeze the one or more deformed parts into the one or more recesses respectively. The first and second metal objects are allowed to cool, to fuse the first and second metal objects together at the first and second ends.
US11717910B2
Devices, systems, methods, and kits of parts for monitoring operation of an electron beam additive manufacturing systems are disclosed. A monitoring system includes one or more measuring devices positioned on the at least one wall in the interior of a build chamber of the additive manufacturing system. Each one of the one or more measuring devices includes a piezoelectric crystal. The monitoring system further includes an analysis component communicatively coupled to the one or more measuring devices. The analysis component is programmed to receive information pertaining to a frequency of oscillation of the piezoelectric crystal. A collection of material on the one or more measuring devices during formation of an article within the build chamber causes a change to the frequency of oscillation of the piezoelectric crystal that is detectable by the analysis component and usable to determine a potential build anomaly of the article.
US11717897B1
An apparatus and method for preparing Double Cantilever Beam (DCB) specimens are disclosed as an apparatus and method for conducting Mode I fracture resistance testing using the DCB specimens. In a first embodiment, a drill jig is used to locate the DCB specimen and guide a drilling process during creation of at least one through-hole in the DCB specimen. The drilling process may employ a traditional drill and drill bit, a laser drill, or a water jet. In another embodiment, a set of rotating pin blocks, each with a full-round or a half-round specimen pin at one end and a hanger full-round pin at the other end, engage the DCB specimen and facilitate the internal application of a fracturing load to the DCB specimen for the Mode I fracture resistance test. The present invention may significantly reduce the time and materials needed to prepare and test a DCB specimen.
US11717896B2
A lower drill tool that is structurally configured to receive a bracket, and, to cooperate with an upper drill tool having a pair of spaced apart drill bits. The lower drill tool has part receiving surface, a pair of spaced apart drill bores, a central bore, a centering nub and a biasing member. The drill bores extend downwardly away from the part receiving surface. The central bore is between the drill bores and extends downwardly away from the part receiving surface. The centering nub is slidable within the central bore, and has an upper tip extendable beyond the part receiving surface, positionable between an extended position and a partially retracted position. The upper tip has a conical configuration. The biasing member is positioned within the central bore and biases the centering nub toward the extended position. A drill system and a method are also disclosed.
US11717893B2
A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises at least one α-type aluminum oxide layer; and, in the α-type aluminum oxide layer, a texture coefficient TC (0,0,12) of a (0,0,12) plane is from 4.0 or more to 8.4 or less, and a texture coefficient TC (0,1,8) of a (0,1,8) plane is from 0.5 or more to 3.0 or less.
US11717891B2
There is provided a method for producing a metallic workpiece in layers by additive manufacturing, metallurgical layers of the workpiece being produced by providing a metal material in a manufacturing chamber for each metallurgical layer and applying a laser beam to the metal material, and providing a gas atmosphere in the manufacturing chamber during the application of the laser beam to the layers of the metal material, wherein a part of the gas atmosphere is drawn off from the manufacturing chamber as a gas stream, at least one parameter of the gas stream and/or the gas atmosphere being determined and being compared with a desired value. Depending on the comparison of the parameter with the desired value, the gas stream is fed back to the manufacturing chamber and a process gas is supplied to the manufacturing chamber.
US11717889B2
Methods disclosed herein include using additive manufacturing to create a joint between a first metallic material and a second metallic material that is different from the first metallic material, wherein the porosity of the joint is less than about 0.1 percent by volume measured according to ASTM B-962. The additive manufacturing can be performed such that no intermetallic brittle phase forms between the first metallic material and the second metallic material.
US11717887B2
A method is provided for printing a three-dimensional object. The method comprises, depositing a layer of metal powder onto a powder bed of a three-dimensional printer. A liquid is heated to generate a vapor. The liquid is removed from the vapor to dry the vapor by heating the vapor above a condensation temperature of the liquid. The dry vapor is deposited onto the powder bed of the three-dimensional printer.
US11717886B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of methods, devices, and assemblies for processing feedstock materials using microwave plasma processing. Specifically, the feedstock materials disclosed herein pertains to unique powder feedstocks such as Tantalum, Yttrium Stabilized Zirconia, Aluminum, water atomized alloys, Rhenium, Tungsten, and Molybdenum. Microwave plasma processing can be used to spheroidize and remove contaminants. Advantageously, microwave plasma processed feedstock can be used in various applications such as additive manufacturing or powdered metallurgy (PM) applications that require high powder flowability.
US11717880B2
A method for forming a wax model for the manufacture of turbine blades by lost-wax casting, in which a core is provided, a lower surface shell and an upper surface shell are positioned and bonded on either side of ducts of the core adjacent to the root, the core equipped with the lower surface shell and with the upper surface shell is positioned in an injection mold, wax is injected around the core equipped with the lower surface shell and with the upper surface shell, so as to form a wax model including a blade airfoil and a blade root including a fir tree, the lower surface shell and the upper surface shell being positioned around the core so as to form a portion of the fir tree of the wax model.
US11717867B2
A mobile machine for separation and recovery of spent shot, the machine including a drive unit to provide self-propelled mobility to the machine, a charged soil collection assembly mounted relative to the drive unit to collect soil charged with spent shot, and at least one separation assembly to separate spent shot from other collected material, the spent shot conveyed to a collection vessel for disposal.
US11717858B2
An article sorting system includes: a sorting container support apparatus including a plurality of sorting container support units; a plurality of sorting containers supported by the sorting container support units; an automatic sorting apparatus that is arranged adjacent to the sorting container support apparatus and configured to automatically sort a plurality of articles into a plurality of articles; a work area that is set up adjacent to the sorting container support apparatus on a side opposite to the automatic sorting apparatus and in which an operator performs a sorting operation to sort articles into the plurality of sorting containers supported by the sorting container support units; and an operation display apparatus. The operation display apparatus displays, toward the work area, operation instruction-related information on each of the plurality of sorting container support units or each of the plurality of sorting containers.
US11717855B2
Machine, especially a padding machine, for the burying of pipes, in particular arranged in a respective excavation of the ground, quali gas pipelines, oil pipelines, aqueducts, or altri, in particular for la covering of said pipe with a corresponding material, in particular un treated material, preferably screened or frantumato, including a main support framework of the apparatus, in particular which extends according to a respective longitudinal axis of the same machine, a cabin for housing the driver of the machine, such a cabin is in the form of a cabin movable with respect to said main support frame. Said cabin for housing the driver of the machine can be positioned, in corresponding vertical positions, or placed at height levels different from each other, preferably moving vertically, or perpendicularly to said ground.
US11717853B2
A control console for a powered surgical tool. The console includes a transformer that supplies the drive signal to the surgical tool. A linear amplifier with active resistors selectively ties the ends of the transformer primary winding between ground and the open circuit state. Feedback voltages from the transformer windings regulate the resistances of the active resistors.
US11717847B2
An adhesive application apparatus is provided. The apparatus uses a rolled on adhesive applied to a substrate. After roll application, an adhesive activator is sprayed onto the substrate. By spraying an activator onto the substrate after the adhesive is applied, the adhesive may be made tacky for adhesion, but the adhesive used for rolling may be highly stable and slow to dry/cure without said activator, which enhances rolled application effectiveness.
US11717831B2
A colorimetric sensor for detecting an analyte of interest that includes multiple surfaces and a molecularly imprinted polymer defining a cavity shaped to receive an analyte of interest. Each surface defines a void (e.g., a pore or a nanohole) and at least one surface defines a fluid inlet. The sensor is configured such that, when an analyte contacts the molecularly imprinted polymer and becomes disposed within the cavity, a wettability of at least one of the surfaces changes thereby to cause a detectable color change in the sensor. Optionally, the sensor may also include a metal layer at a bottom of each void or nanohole and outside a top of each void or nanohole for use as a plasmon resonance-type sensor.
US11717827B2
A new method is disclosed for extracting plasma from whole blood and metering the amount of plasma to an exact volume for dispensing into a diagnostic test, in a fully automatic and self-contained device. The device can be used in resource limited settings by unskilled users to facilitate sophisticated medical diagnostic testing outside of a hospital, clinic or laboratory.
US11717825B2
The valve is formed in a valve body housing a first path portion, a second path portion, and an coupling zone between the first and second path portions. A shutter is arranged in the coupling zone and has a shutting portion of ferromagnetic material that is deformable under the action of an external magnetic field between an undeformed position, wherein the shutter closes the coupling zone, and a deformed position, wherein the shutter at least partially frees the coupling zone. The shutting portion of the shutter is formed by a rubber membrane incorporating particles, for example of ferrite particles.
US11717819B2
The invention is a high-throughput voltage screening crystallographic device and methodology that uses multiple micro wells and electric circuits capable of assaying different crystallization condition for the same or different proteins of interest at the same of different voltages under a humidity and temperature controlled environment. The protein is solubilized in a lipid matrix similar to the lipid composition of the protein in the native environment to ensure stability of the protein during crystallization. The invention provides a system and method where the protein is transferred to a lipid matrix that holds a resting membrane potential, which reduces the degree of conformational freedom of the protein. The invention overcomes the majority of the difficulties associated with vapor diffusion techniques and essentially reconstitutes the protein in its native lipid environment under “cuasi” physiological conditions.
US11717818B2
Focused acoustic radiation, referred to as tonebursts, are applied to a volume of liquid to generate a set of droplets. The droplets generated are substantially smaller in scale than the focal spot size of the acoustic beam (e.g., the frequency at which the acoustic transducer operates). Further, the droplets have trajectories that are substantially in the direction of the acoustic beam propagation direction. In one embodiment, a first toneburst is applied to temporarily raise a protuberance on a free surface of the fluid. After the protuberance has reached a certain state, a second toneburst is applied to the protuberance to break it into very small droplets. In one embodiment, the state of the protuberance at which the second toneburst is supplied is the time period shortly after the protuberance reaches its maximum height but before the protuberance recedes back into the volume of fluid.
US11717800B2
A reactor for coating particles includes a stationary vacuum chamber to hold a bed of particles to be coated, a vacuum port in an upper portion of the chamber, a chemical delivery system configured to inject a reactant or precursor gas into a lower portion of the chamber, a paddle assembly, and a motor to rotate a drive shaft of the paddle assembly. The lower portion of the chamber forms a half-cylinder. The paddle assembly includes a rotatable drive shaft extending through the chamber along the axial axis of the half cylinder, and a plurality of paddles extending radially from the drive shaft such that rotation of the drive shaft by the motor orbits the plurality of paddles about the drive shaft.
US11717780B2
The addition of a medial longitudinal score line (hinge point) along the longitudinal channels of the filter frame allows for thinner media and/or collapsing the frame on itself which will reduce scrap, save space and save tremendously on shipping costs. The additional score line can be a cut score, skip score, crush score or liquid line. The collapsed filter frame expands upon sliding into the channels of the filter frame media holder whereby the filter frame expands and widens to fit the filter assembly.
US11717778B2
The invention relates to a device for precipitating liquid and/or particulate impurities from a gas stream, comprising at least one first guiding element and at least one second guiding element, it being possible to impose at least one first change in direction on the gas stream by means of said first guiding element, and to impose at least one second change in direction on the gas stream by means of the second guiding element, the fluid stream additionally flowing in a substantially laminar manner along the first guiding element and the second guiding element.
US11717777B2
There is disclosed a nonwoven laminate (5) or laminate fabric comprising at least three layers (10, 20) comprising spunbond/meltblown/spunbond layers, wherein the laminate (5) has: an abrasion resistance of at least 5,000 rubs or higher, and a microbiological filtration performance measured as a log reduction factor (LRF) of 3 or higher. The laminate (5) comprises a medical and/or pharmaceutical fabric such as for medical and/or sterile packaging. Beneficially the laminate (5) has been flat calendared between flat heated metal rollers (105, 110) and further, the laminate (5) has been flat calendar laminated between flat heated metal rollers (105, 110).
US11717775B2
A filter system and filtration process for obtaining a filtered liquid and slurrifying a filter cake and whereby the filter cake is slurrified under such conditions that the solids of the slurrified filter cake maintain a suitable quality for being re-used. The filter system has a housing (1) comprising an aperture (6) for liquid containing solids, and a discharge outlet (5) and is characterized in that the housing (1) of the filter system is comprising a slurrification section (3) and at least one filter element (2) having two sides wherein one side is suitable for building up a filter cake and another sides is suitable for contact with filtered liquid, and the slurrification section is comprising at least one nozzle (4) for steam or gas injection and the discharge outlet (5) is suitable for discharging a slurry.
US11717773B2
A launder cover system for reducing or eliminating sunlight exposure so as to prevent algae growth in a tank such as a clarifier tank. The launder cover system generally includes a plurality of support members and a plurality of launder covers which are each independently pivotably connected to a tank wall of a tank, such as by using a mount. The support members are each pivotably connected to the tank wall by a pivot connector and the launder covers are each pivotably connected to the tank wall by a hinge connector. Each support member is positioned between a pair of launder covers, and each launder cover is positioned between a pair of support members. The support members function to support the launder covers in a raised or lowered position. A launder support may be connected to the channel wall to support the launder covers in their lowered positions.
US11717772B2
This invention was designed to condense, separate and collect volatile compounds from the vapor steam as they exit the dehydrator. Bulk condensate is allowed to accumulate and separate in a separator vessel under vacuum. The undesirable water phase condensate is periodically drained into a water vessel, which is also held under vacuum instead of atmospheric pressure to avoid agitation and mixing of the contents of the separator vessel arising from purging the separator vessel to atmosphere. The separated and desirable oily condensates can then be easily recovered from the separator vessel.
US11717763B1
A toy comprises a resiliently deformable member, a first contactor defining a first contacting surface, and a second contactor defining a second contacting surface. At least one of the first and second contactors defines a concave surface. The resiliently deformable member supports the first and second contactors for movement along a main axis between an engaged configuration in which the first contacting surface is contact with the second contacting surface and a disengaged configuration in which the first contacting surface is disengaged from the second contacting surface. The resiliently deformable member biases the first and second contactors in opposite directions along the main axis. Application of force to displace the first and second contactors along the main axis creates a sound when the first and second contactors are disengaged from each other.
US11717762B2
The animation puppet includes a body core, a head configured for friction-fit engagement with the body core and forming a head joint therebetween, a pair of upper limbs configured for friction-fit engagement with the body core and forming a respective pair of upper limb joints therebetween, and a pair of legs configured for friction-fit engagement with the body core and forming a respective pair of leg joints therebetween. Each of the joints include a pair of articulable surfaces in said friction-fit engagement by way of a surface interface pre-tension having a coefficient of friction relatively greater than the weight of the animation puppet such that each joint independently supports the weight of the animation puppet while simultaneously permitting relative independent position posing of one or more of the head, the pair of arms, and/or the pair of limbs relative to the body core for stop-motion animation.
US11717741B2
The present disclosure provides a snow transport system with a frame comprising a base plate, a pair of opposed side plates, and a plurality of cross members extending between the side plates. A pair of convex lower track slides are mounted on lower portions of, and a pair of convex upper track slides are mounted on upper portions of, the pair of opposed side plates. A drive wheel is mounted at an upper front portion of the frame and connected to be driven by a motor mounted within the frame, an idler wheel is mounted at a lower rear portion of the frame, and a continuous track is wrapped around the wheels and the slides. A push arm assembly is mounted to one side of the frame and extends forwardly from the frame with a push bar portion and user controls at a forward end thereof.
US11717738B1
An assembly is provided for incorporating a media playback device remote control into a rowing machine handle, without requiring modification to the handle itself. The user interface on the remote control is configured to enable a user to readily access the controls while using the machine, substantially without interfering with the user's grip on the handle. Moreover, the remote control employs wireless communication to interface with a host media playback device, which in one embodiment, can provide the user real-time data regarding the quality of handle motion.
US11717735B1
A practice target that includes: a front face; a rear face; a side face with a plurality of pockets, including first and second sets of pockets into which are disposed first and second sets of magnets. The first and second sets of magnets are identical in shape but are oriented opposite each other so that when the practice targets are stacked they have mutual attraction instead of being repelled by like magnets. The magnets include notches/cutouts/protrusions/etc. that match with similar structures in the pockets to hold them in place in the pockets. There are off-center pin holes through the magnets that make sure that they are oriented correctly during injection molding. There are netting grooves between the plurality of pockets and a tether aperture with a tether for attaching to a net.
US11717730B2
Embodiments of golf club heads with energy storage characteristics are presented herein. In some embodiments, a golf club head comprises a hollow body comprising a strikeface, a heel region, a toe region opposite the heel region, a sole, a crown, and a cavity positioned behind the strikeface on at least one of the sole and the crown. In many embodiments, the cavity comprises a front surface, and a rear surface, wherein at least a portion of the front surface extends toward the strikeface of the club head.
US11717728B1
A method for printing a marking on a golf ball includes arranging ink in an etching pattern on a printing plate, matching a reference position on the plate to a reference position on the golf ball, transferring the ink from the printing plate to a pad, and transferring the ink from the pad to the golf ball such that the golf ball includes the marking. The pattern includes an etch corresponding to the marking, wherein the etch differs from the marking in a manner dependent on the position of the marking on the golf ball. The marking that results on the golf ball is a linear marking, and a centerline of the linear marking lies entirely within a marking plane that is not a centerline plane of the golf ball, and wherein the edges of the marking are parallel with the marking plane.
US11717722B2
A report of a state of a local exercise device based at least in part on a user response to an electromagnetic resistance unit in the local exercise device is sent. An update based on a state of a remote exercise device is received. The electromagnetic resistance unit is caused to change state in reaction to the received update.
US11717717B1
An example yoga block includes a handle coupled to a body portion of the yoga block. The handle is at least partially positioned in a concavity of the body portion. The handle includes a structural support that is embedded in the body portion of the yoga block. The structural support allows for a larger concavity in the body portion of the yoga block without compromising the structural integrity of the yoga block, which may provide an improved gripping experience when using the yoga block to practice yoga.
US11717714B1
Disclosed are a weight-adjustable dumbbell and a dumbbell assembly. The dumbbell assembly includes a grip rod assembly and a dumbbell plate, wherein the grip rod assembly includes an outer rotary rod and a telescopic rod, the telescopic rod is telescopically connected to the outer rotary rod, the telescopic rod movably penetrates through the dumbbell plate, and a limit structure is provided between adjacent dumbbell plates for restricting an axial movement between the adjacent dumbbell plates. A dumbbell assembly includes one or more weight-adjustable dumbbells as mentioned above and a dumbbell base.
US11717712B2
A sprinkler support frame coupling device that is capable of allowing a horizontal bar having a square section so as to install a sprinkler thereon to be simply and firmly fitted to a support frame mounted on a ceiling. The sprinkler support frame coupling device is configured to allow a lever of a bracket to be pushed by a user's hand so that the bracket is firmly coupled to a support frame.
US11717706B2
In one general aspect, various embodiments are directed to a surgical instrument that can supply mechanical energy and electrical energy to an end effector of the surgical instrument. The surgical instrument may be operated in a first operating mode in which a transducer of the surgical instrument produces mechanical energy, or vibrations, that are transmitted to the end effector and a second operating mode in which electrical energy, or current, can flow through the end effector to perform electrosurgery. In another general aspect, the surgical instrument may comprise a clamp, or jaw, which can be moved into a closed position to hold tissue against a waveguide, or blade, of the end effector. In the second operating mode of the surgical instrument, current can flow from a power source, through the waveguide, and return to the power source through a path comprising the jaw.
US11717703B2
An example method of treating a target using particle beam includes directing the particle beam along a path at least part-way through the target, and controlling an energy of the particle beam while the particle beam is directed along the path so that the particle beam treats at least interior portions of the target that are located along the path. While the particle beam is directed along the path, the particle beam delivers a dose of radiation to the target that exceeds one (1) Gray-per-second for a duration of less than five (5) seconds. A treatment plan may be generated to perform the method.
US11717699B2
An x-ray treatment system includes an electron beam generator configured to generate an electron beam and an x-ray treatment head comprising an array of pixel source cells including side walls defining an x-ray transmissive interior. The side walls include an x-ray absorptive material. A target element is positioned to, when impacted by the electron beam, generate x-ray photon radiation within the x-ray transmissive pixel source cell interior. An electron beam control system includes a controller configured to control responsive to a treatment plan at least one of the direction and intensity of the electron beam to a particular one of the pixel source cells, and then responsive to the treatment plan to control at least one of the direction and intensity of the electron beam to at least one additional pixel source cell. A method of treating a patient with x-ray photon radiation is also disclosed.
US11717696B2
A method for treating a patient includes providing a delivery device capable of generating a magnetic field, placing the device above or below the skin, and directing the agent into the patient's skin via the device. The therapeutic agent is directed to a treatment site through the skin. Systems for directing agents are also included herein.
US11717693B2
A wearable therapeutic device is provided. The wearable therapeutic device includes a garment, and the garment includes an electrode and a conductive thread. A control unit is coupled to the conductive thread and identifies an electrical connection between a conductive surface of the electrode and the conductive thread, and an alarm module can provide information about the positioning of the electrode in the garment based on the electrical connection.
US11717691B2
Cardiac pacing is performed using leadless pacemakers (LPs). An AV delay is determined based on a P-wave duration. When pacing occurs during cardiac cycles starting with intrinsic atrial events, the AV delay is set to the P-wave duration plus a first offset if the P-wave duration is greater than a first threshold duration, and the AV delay is set to the P-wave duration plus a second offset that is greater than the first offset, if the P-wave duration is less than the first threshold duration. When pacing occurs during cardiac cycles starting with paced atrial events, the AV delay is set to the P-wave duration plus a third offset, if the P-wave duration is greater than a second threshold duration, or is set to the P-wave duration plus a fourth offset that is greater than the third offset, if the P-wave duration is less than the second threshold duration.
US11717690B2
Brugada syndrome and related forms of ion channelopathies, including ventricular asynchrony of contraction, originate in the region near the His bundle or para-Hisian regions of the heart. Manifestations of Brugada syndrome can be corrected by delivering endocardial electrical stimulation coincident to the activation wave front propagated from the atrioventricular (AV) node. By performing the start of the activation of the HIS bundle or para-Hisian region early enough, electrical stimulation can be delivered fast enough to compensate for the conduction problems that start in those region, such that the activation wave front, as stimulated, transitions from the AV node to the His bundle in a normal, albeit electrically-supplemented, fashion. This stimulation not only helps resolve the conditions that trigger Brugada syndrome, but also resolves the asynchrony of the contraction of the heart.
US11717688B2
A medical device includes a motion sensor configured to sense a motion signal. The medical device includes a control circuit configured to determine at least one ventricular event metric from the motion signal sensed over multiple of atrial cycles, determine that the ventricular event metric meets atrioventricular block criteria and generate an output in response to determining the atrioventricular block.
US11717683B2
One example provides a nerve stimulation treatment using electrodes coupled to a user. Examples determine a target charge level and output a series of pulses from the electrodes. For each pulse outputted, examples measure a charge value of the pulse and compare the charge value to the target charge level. If the charge value is greater than the target charge level, examples reduce a strength level of a subsequent outputted pulse. If the charge value is less than the target charge level, examples increase the strength level of a subsequent outputted pulse.
US11717678B2
An oral care device for placement in the oral cavity. The oral care device may include a support component, a piezoelectric component, and/or a therapeutic element. The support component is configured for placement between one or more maxillary teeth and one or more mandibular teeth. The piezoelectric element is configured to generate an electrical current from relative movement of the maxillary teeth and the mandibular teeth. The therapeutic element is configured to release a therapeutic composition into the oral cavity at least in part in response to receiving the electrical signal. The device may include the piezoelectric component, the therapeutic element, or both.
US11717675B2
A pacing system includes a signal generator and an electromechanical switch. The signal generator is configured to generate a pacing signal. The electromechanical switch has a plurality of outputs that are configured to be coupled to a plurality of electrodes inserted into a heart of a patient, each output configured to deliver the pacing signal to a respective electrode. The electromechanical switch is configured to route the pacing signal to no more than a single selected one of the outputs at any given time, so as to pace the heart using no more than a single selected one of the electrodes.
US11717665B2
A Luer-like non-standard quick disconnect medical fluid connector that cannot be engaged with a standard Luer fitting.
US11717654B2
A cage can be positioned around a medical balloon, such as an angioplasty balloon, to assist in a medical procedure. The cage can include a plurality of strips, each extending between a set of rings including first and second rings. As the balloon expands, the first and second rings move closer together and allow the strips to expand outward. The cage may have wedge dissectors on the strips.
US11717645B2
A catheter system including a housing and a drive mechanism supported by the housing is provided. The drive mechanism includes an engagement structure configured to engage and to impart movement to a guide wire. The engagement structure defines a path for the guide wire, and the engagement structure is moveable between an engaged position in which the engagement structure engages the guide wire and a disengaged position in which the engagement structure does not engage the guide wire. The catheter system includes a biasing element configured to bias the engagement structure toward the engaged position, and the biasing element is aligned generally parallel to the path defined by the engagement structure.
US11717644B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a catheter manipulation handle with user interface controls for steering a catheter in situ while providing an augmented (e.g., motorized, powered and tunable precision steering, and perforation safeguards) control and feedback user experience. In an illustrative example, the catheter manipulation handle may provide motor assisted operation to automatically rotate and/or deflect a distal tip of the catheter to steer and guide the distal tip to a target location in the patient's vasculature system. The augmented feedback may include, for example, haptic feedback via the handle. Haptic, audible, and/or visual feedback via the handle may indicate, for example, proximity or engagement of the distal tip with sensitive tissue. In some examples, the handle's augmented operation may advantageously amplify feedback signals to enhance the user's perception of the patient's safety with respect to the safe passage of the distal tip through the patient's vasculature.
US11717642B2
In one example, a system includes an elongated body defining a lumen where the elongated body includes a proximal portion and a distal portion. An anchoring member may be positioned on the proximal portion of the elongated body. The system further includes a sensor located on the elongated body where the sensor may be configured to sense at least one flow parameter of a fluid within the lumen. In some examples, the system includes processing circuitry configured to determine at least one of a density parameter or a temperature parameter of the fluid in the lumen based on the sensed at least one flow parameter of the fluid.
US11717636B2
An anesthesia vaporizer system includes a sump chamber, a variable volume reservoir within the sump chamber, and an anesthetic vaporizer. The variable volume reservoir is configured to contain anesthetic agent. A pressurized gas source is connected to the sump chamber and configured to maintain a constant pressure within the sump chamber to compress the variable volume reservoir to force the anesthetic agent through the anesthetic vaporizer, which vaporizes the liquid anesthetic agent for delivery to a patient.
US11717622B2
The inhalation device for medically active liquids (F) for generation of an aerosol comprises a housing (1), a reservoir (2), a pumping device with a pumping chamber (3), and a nozzle (6), wherein the interior volume of the pumping chamber (3) is changeable by means of linear relative motion of the pumping chamber to the riser pipe (5). Said linear relative motion can be effected by a relative rotation of a rotatable part (1A) which is part of, or connected to, the housing (1) with respect to a second part (1B) of said housing (1), in that said relative rotation can be transferred by means of a gear mechanism into said relative translational motion. A means for the storage of potential energy (7) is provided which is chargeable by means of said relative rotation, and wherein said energy is releasable to said pumping device when released by activation of a release means. A blocking device is provided which is adapted to block activation of the release means and/or release of the means for the storage of potential energy (7) during rotation of the rotatable part (1A) and/or during loading of the means for the storage of potential energy (7). Also, a method for the prevention of undesired emission of medically active liquid or aerosol from an inhalation device is disclosed.
US11717617B2
In an intradermal needle including a tubular needle that can be punctured into a living body, a packaging article, and an injection device, a pivotable protector is provided to a wide diameter part. The protector has an arm that can pivot around an axle of pivoting, and a lid. The pivoting axle part is provided to the wide diameter part, and the lid is formed to give a width smaller than a diameter of the wide diameter part. The arm keeps the lid in the open position away from the pivoting axle part and closer to an axis of the needle hub.
US11717609B2
Fill stations and base stations are provided for personal pump systems. The fill stations may be opened and closed to accept a reservoir and to allow fluid to be introduced into the reservoir for use with personal pump systems. The fill stations may hold the reservoir at a tilt relative to an underlying surface and may discourage overfilling of the reservoir. The filling stations may also include viewing windows having fluid lines marked thereon for indicating volume of fluid within the reservoir.
US11717607B2
The disclosure relates to a drug delivery device having a drive unit includes a stator comprising a plurality of coils consecutively arranged in an axial direction, and an armature axially movable within the stator, the armature including a number of magnets and pole shoes consecutively arranged in the axial direction. A respective pole shoe is arranged between respectively neighbouring magnets. At least one axial end of the armature comprises a terminal pole shoe.
US11717605B2
Provided is a method for delivering a medical fluid. The method includes delivering a fluid volume, which includes contrast and/or a flush fluid, at a preselected total volumetric flowrate during a first duration of a fluid delivery procedure. The amount of the contrast agent and the flush fluid in the fluid volume can be controllably varied during the first duration of the fluid delivery procedure so as to substantially maintain a preselected total volumetric flowrate throughout the first duration of the fluid delivery procedure. Also provided is a fluid delivery system capable of performing this method.
US11717604B2
A container (20) for storing pen needles (10) comprises a plurality of cavities (30), each cavity (30) having a closed end (32) and an open end (34), and a plurality of rings (40), each ring (40) including a plurality of arms (42) that is configured to retain the pen needle (10) in a first position and in a second position, wherein the open end (34) is flared outwardly, and the plurality of arms (42) are flared outwardly when the pen needle (10) is in the first position.
US11717602B2
Systems, devices, and methods of the present disclosure assist with management of tubes and hoses during surgical procedures. The systems, devices, and methods provide for the proper opening and closing of tubes to facilitate performance of steps in a surgical procedure. Systems, devices, and methods of the present disclosure control fluid delivery to and from a medical device, including devices for tissue processing and cleaning.
US11717591B2
Contact lens treatment systems and methods for disinfecting contact lenses are described. These systems and methods utilize a coated catalytic disc, which contains a support disc and a manganese oxide present on at least a portion of the support disc. The coated catalytic disc contains 300 μg to 1800 μg of manganese, often in the form of manganese dioxide.
US11717590B2
A portable air treatment system configured to be carried by an individual and deliver air, via a mask, to the individual, is provided. The system includes an air inlet allowing atmospheric air to enter at an air flow rate ranging between 2 liters/min to 10 liters/min, an air compression system connected with the air inlet for compressing the incoming air, thereby increasing the temperature of the air to a minimum temperature of 170° C., a hot air chamber connected with the air compression system for receiving the heated air from the air compression system and retaining the heated air for a period of 30-100 milliseconds, an air decompression system connected with the heated air chamber for expanding the heated air thereby decreasing the temperature of the heated air to a temperature ranging between 14° C. to 45° C., and an air outlet connected with the air expansion system for directing the cooled air to the individual via the mask.
US11717583B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses involving devices with disinfecting illumination are provided. An example apparatus comprises a container comprising a first side and a second side, a first array of light emitters disposed on the first side and configured to emit a first light within a wavelength range of 380-420 nanometers (nm) and having a first intensity, and a second array of light emitters disposed on the second side and configured to emit a second light within the wavelength range of 380-420 nm and having a second intensity, wherein the first intensity comprises an intensity sufficient to initiate inactivation of micro-organisms, and wherein the first array of light emitters and the second array of light emitters are configured to collectively create a multi-dimensional space of disinfection.
US11717580B2
Compounds are described which include polyvalent ligands linked to a cyclodextrin scaffold which exhibit strong binding affinities for lanthanides and favorable characteristics with respect to altering the relaxation time of coordinated water molecules. The compounds are useful as contrast agents in applications such as magnetic resonance imaging. The polyvalent ligands are also useful in applications requiring chelation of metal ions in other applications such as water treatment, sequestration of metal ions and treatment of diseases or conditions caused by exposure to toxic or radioactive metal ions.
US11717564B2
Contemplated cancer treatments comprise recursive analysis of patient-, cancer-, and location-specific neoepitopes from various biopsy sites of a patient after treatment or between successive rounds of immunotherapy and/or chemotherapy to inform further immunotherapy. Recursive analysis preferably includes various neoepitope attributes to so identify treatment relevant neoepitopes.
US11717563B2
The invention provides a composition comprising: an antigen; liposomes; a polyI:C polynucleotide; and a carrier comprising a continuous phase of a hydrophobic substance. Methods for making and using the compositions are also provided.
US11717560B2
The present disclosure provides nucleic acid expression cassettes, vectors, compositions and methods for the treatment of ATPase-mediated diseases in a subject.
US11717554B2
The invention provides methods for preventing or treating hangover symptom(s) associated with consumption of alcoholic beverage(s) in a subject comprising administering an aldehyde sequestering agent so as to reduce or counter blood aldehyde buildup in the subject, thereby preventing or treating hangover symptom(s) associated with consumption of alcoholic beverage(s) in the subject.
US11717548B2
The present disclosure relates to synthetic oncolytic viruses comprising a lipid nanoparticle comprising one or more types of lipid and a self-amplifying replicon RNA comprising a sequence that encodes an immunomodulatory molecule.
US11717539B2
Compositions disclosed herein, and methods of use thereof included those for inhibiting or reducing the incidence of cytokine release syndrome or cytokine storm in a subject undergoing CAR T-cell therapy, methods of treating a cancer or tumor, methods of reducing tumor load, methods of reducing the size or growth rate of a cancer or a tumor, and methods of extending of the survival of a subject suffering from a cancer or tumor, wherein the subjects are administered compositions comprising apoptotic cells or apoptotic cell supernatants. Compositions and methods of use thereof may increase the efficacy of a CAR T-cell cancer therapy. Disclosed herein are also compositions and methods of use thereof for decreasing or inhibiting cytokine production in a subject experiencing cytokine release syndrome or cytokine storm. In certain instances compositions may include additional chemotherapeutic or immunomodulatory agents.
US11717534B2
Compositions and methods for the treatment of pruritic ani and anal fissures are described. The compositions include one or more of Calamine (USP) or zinc oxide (ZnO), aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3) glycerin, and menthol (or any compound which activates the menthol receptor (TRPM8)). The composition does not contain (or contains a limited amount, such as less than 10%) of a hydrocarbon-based pharmaceutical carrier such as petroleum jelly, white petrolatum, mineral oil, hard paraffin, soft paraffin, microcrystalline wax, or ceresine. Methods of treating pruritic ani and anal fissures by topical application(s) of the compositions to affected perianal or anal epidermis are also described.
US11717531B2
The invention provides a method of treating preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction (FGR or IUGR), obesity in pregnancy, post-partum cardiomyopathy (heart failure in mothers), cancer and diabetic retinopathy, cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarction, wet microdegeneration and other disorders where angiogenesis is aberrant either diminished or exacerbated, comprising modulating the activity of micro RNA (miRNA). Also provided are an MiRNA modulator or a combination thereof or functional fragments or homologues thereof for use in the treatment of preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, obesity in pregnancy, cancer, and diabetic retinopathy, cardiomyocyte infarction, wet microdegeneration as well as other disorder where angiogenesis is aberrant either diminished or exacerbated. Methods of modulating angiogenesis and pharmaceutical compositions using miR-122, miR-374b or inhibitors of miR-152 or miR195 are also provided together with methods of diagnosis using the miRNAs.
US11717530B2
In various aspects and embodiments the invention provides compositions and methods useful in the treatment of inflammatory disease, in particular, multiple sclerosis.
US11717525B2
A Transdermal Drug Delivery System (TDDS) of the reservoir or plaster type for administrating clobazam for the treatment of various types of anxiety and epilepsy, for 1 day, 2 day, 3 day, 4 day, 5 day, 6 day and/or 7-day continuous application.
US11717521B2
The invention provides a method of treating retinal degenerations, such as but not limited to anterior segment ocular disorders and/or age-related macular degeneration (AMD), in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of a compound of formula (1) or formula (2). In a further aspect, the invention provides compounds of formula (2). In certain embodiments, the compounds of the invention prevent or minimize cellular assault, such as oxidative stress-related cellular assault, and/or promote cell viability.
US11717520B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds and compositions that inhibit the NLRP3 inflammasome, for example, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also disclosed are methods for treating, and in particular methods for treating macular degeneration, e.g., dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and wet AMD, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease, using compounds and compositions that inhibit the NLRP3 inflammasome.
US11717506B2
Described are methods for treating or preventing a neurological disease in a subject. The methods include administering a suppressor of hemichannel permeability to a subject having or prone of getting a neurological disease. The methods include the treatment and prevention of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
US11717503B2
Application of valine in the preparation of a medicine for treating or preventing avian influenza virus infection. In a lethal mouse influenza infection model, the use of valine to treat infected mice can effectively improve the weight loss of mice, increase the survival rate of mice, and can effectively reduce the virus titer in the supernatant of the lung tissue of the infected mice.
US11717501B2
Provided is a dosage form comprising magnesium threonate having enhanced efficacy. Also provided is a pharmacokinetic profile of magnesium threonate having enhanced efficacy. The dosage forms and pharmacokinetic profile of magnesium threonate are used to treat a variety of diseases, disorders, syndromes and/or conditions.
US11717497B2
A method of treating a host of neuromuscular, neurodegenerative, developmental, autoimmune and metabolic diseases/disorders related to aging, such as traumatic injury, stroke, Huntington's disease, Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Lupus, Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes, Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY), myasthenia gravis (MG), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Graves' disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), metabolic syndrome, Muscular Dystrophy or Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), severe burns, aging, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Friedreich's Ataxia, Batten Disease, Alzheimer's disease, optic neuritis, Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), autism, Rett syndrome, Batten Disease, Angelman's Syndrome, Leigh disease, Fragile-X Syndrome, depression, Parkinson's disease, mitochondrial diseases, developmental disorders, metabolic disease disorders and/or autoimmune disorders by inducing endogenous BDNF expression with DNP treatment to protect from neuromuscular dysfunction/disorders and/or neurodegeneration and/or muscle wasting. DNP was administered to mice daily over a range of doses, and subsequently BDNF expression in the brain showed a dose dependent and non-linear increase in expression.
US11717495B2
The invention relates to compositions and methods containing hemp and/or Cannabis-derived cannabidiol (CBD) for topical use in treating female sexual dysfunction induced by antidepressants, including, e.g., selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), and other anti-depressants.
US11717494B2
Cannabinoid oil compositions may be used to treat gastrointestinal disorders. An example of the composition is an oral multiparticulate dosage form including a plurality of individual particulates including a solid core with an effective amount of cannabinoid oil bound in microcrystalline cellulose therein and an enteric coating over the solid core.
US11717493B2
The present invention includes composition and methods for treating inflammation and/or pain, the composition comprising: hemp cannabidiol (cannabinoid) 0.1%-0.6% weight percent; menthol 3.0-4.0% weight percent; arnica montana 0.1-5.0% weight percent; camphor 0.1-5.0% weight percent; bosweila serrata extract 0.1-5.0% weight percent; camphor terpene 0.1-5.0% weight percent; isopropyl alcohol <30% weight percent; glycerin <6.0% weight percent; and qs with water.
US11717492B2
We describe that carotenoids provide a prebiotic effect and can be used to improve the health of the gut microbiome.
US11717487B2
There are provided an enteric coating composition having an excellent film-forming property, being capable of forming a film at a lower temperature than conventional compositions, and/or being capable of avoiding decomposition of a drug due to a high temperature and operational troubles due to or nozzle clogging; and others. More specifically, there are provided an enteric coating composition containing hypromellose acetate succinate having a molar substitution of hydroxypropoxy groups of 0.40 or more, and water; a method for producing a solid preparation including steps of coating a drug-containing core with the enteric coating composition to obtain a coating layer, and drying the coating layer; and a solid preparation containing a drug-containing core, and a coating layer directly or indirectly on the core, the coating layer containing a hypromellose acetate succinate having a molar substitution of hydroxypropoxy groups of 0.40 or more.
US11717485B2
The present disclosure utilises 3D printing technology, particularly fused filament fabrication, FFF, 3D printing, in conjunction with solid and/or liquid dispensers to produce solid dosage forms, such as pharmaceutical capsules. Such solid dosage forms have a shell, which is 3D printed, and a core, which is dispensed.
US11717481B2
This invention is directed to reduction of flake-like aggregation in nanoparticulate compositions. Also encompassed by the invention are compositions comprising a nanoparticulate active agent, at least one surface stabilizer and a flake-like aggregation reducing agent, such as a buffer and a sugar. The nanoparticulate active agent compositions comprise particles of the active agent having an effective average particle size of less than about 2000 nm.
US11717477B2
The present invention relates to a therapeutically active compound for the treatment of a medical condition, wherein the therapeutically active compound is administered in liquid formulation via the vagina by using an intravaginal ring. The present invention further relates to a therapeutically active compound selected from the group consisting of oxybutynin and other anti-muscarinic compounds, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and derivatives, both agonists and antagonists, nitroglycerin and other directly or indirectly acting cGMP enhancers, buprenorphine and other agonistic, antagonistic or partial (ant)agonistic opioids, nicotine and derivatives, lorazepam and other benzodiazepines, insulin and other blood glucose regulating compounds, FSH and other hormones for ovulation stimulation, pramipexol and other dopamine agonists, oxytocin and other hypothalamic peptides for the treatment of a medical condition, wherein the therapeutically active compound is administered in liquid formulation via the vagina by using an intravaginal ring.
US11717472B2
A skin cleansing device has a base body and a removable cleansing head. The base body houses a vacuum pump and has a mount for connecting to the removable cleansing head. The mount has an opening into the base body and a support surface. The removable cleansing head has a collection portion and a mounting portion. The collection portion defines an inlet and an internal cavity. The mounting portion has a stem defining a channel fluidly connected to the internal cavity. The cleansing head is removably connectable to the base body with the stem being configured to be received in the opening of the mount. The vacuum pump is configured to generate a fluid flow through the internal cavity and the channel into the base body such that a suction force is generated at the inlet.
US11717470B2
A flip-top dispensing closure is provided and comprises a base which is attachable to a container and a lid attached to the base by a hinge. The base includes a dispensing passage; a syringe of the type comprising a barrel and a terminal tip is insertable into the passage. The closure further comprises a flexible self-closing valve for closing the passage. In use the syringe is inserted into the passage so that the tip passes through the valve to access product, and thereafter when the syringe is withdrawn the valve wipes against the syringe tip.
US11717457B2
A lift system includes a hoist module, a support assembly which is movable relative to the hoist module, and a control system. The control system is adapted to enable a user to a) issue an operational command which causes the support assembly to move to an operational destination, and b) issue a stowage command which causes the support assembly to move to a stowage destination. The control system is also adapted to A) disregard the stowage command provided at least one condition is satisfied and/or B) encumber issuance of the stowage command Equivalently, the control system adaptation is to A1) disregard the stowage command provided at least one stowage contraindication condition is satisfied or A2) not disregard the stowage command provided at least one stowage noncontraindication condition is satisfied and/or B) encumber issuance of the stowage command.
US11717456B2
Support harnesses and systems and kits including the same are disclosed. A support harness includes a plurality of straps arranged such that a first strap, a second strap, and a third strap are spaced apart from one another, and the third strap extends between the first strap and the second strap. The support harness further includes a first connection piece extending between a proximal end of the first strap and a proximal end of the third strap and a second connection piece extending between a proximal end of the second strap and the proximal end of the third strap. The first strap, the second strap, and the third strap are each positionable around a horizontally positioned subject by wrapping the respective distal ends around a body part of the horizontally positioned subject and coupling the distal ends to the respective portions.
US11717446B2
An apparatus for cutting a tissue part of an eye by means of laser radiation includes a suction-ring unit (16) which is capable of being mounted onto the eye, with a ring axis (22), a mechanical interface unit (34) which is separate from the suction-ring unit (16), which is capable of being moved along the ring axis (22) in coupling contact with the latter, and which is capable of being mechanically coupled with optical means (70) which focus the laser radiation onto or into the tissue part (12) of the eye, and sealing means (44, 52) which upon movement of the interface unit (34) in coupling contact with the suction-ring unit (16) form a space (58) which is capable of being evacuated and which is delimited by sealing surfaces (46, 60) of the interface unit (34) and of the suction-ring unit (16) and of the sealing means (44, 52).
US11717445B2
The present invention relates to apparatus for cutting out a human or animal tissue, such as a cornea, or a lens, said apparatus including a treatment device for producing a pattern consisting of at least two impact points in a focusing plane from a L.A.S.E.R. beam generated by a femtosecond laser (1), the treatment device being positioned downstream from said femtosecond laser, remarkable in that the treatment device comprises an optical focusing system (5) for focusing the L.A.S.E.R. beam in a cutting-out plane, and a control unit (6) able to control the displacement of the optical focusing system along an optical path of the L.A.S.E.R. beam for displacing the focusing plane in at least three respective cutting-out planes so as to form a stack of surfaces for cutting out the tissue.
US11717439B2
Particular embodiments disclosed herein provide a rotational cutter for delaminating a membrane from a retina of an eye. The rotational cutter may comprise a first shaft and a second shaft comprising a blade portion, wherein the second shaft is coupled to a driver that is configured to at least partially rotate the second shaft relative to the first shaft, wherein rotating the second shaft rotates the blade portion for delaminating the membrane. The rotational cutter may also comprise a bottom portion configured to interface with a surface of the retina, wherein the bottom portion comprises one or more curved edges.
US11717435B2
Provided herein are systems, methods and apparatuses for a Menstrual disc.
US11717426B2
Devices that can be delivered into a vascular system to divert flow are disclose herein. According to some embodiments, devices are provided for treating aneurysms by diverting flow. An expandable device can comprise, for example, first a plurality of strut regions and a plurality of bridge regions. Each of the bridge regions may connect a first strut of a first strut region to a second strut of a second strut region. The first strut region may comprise a first plurality of apices defining a first circumferential plane, and the second strut region may comprise a second plurality of apices defining a second circumferential plane. A first curved segment of the bridge may extend across the first circumferential plane towards the first strut region, and a second curved segment of the bridge may extend across the second circumferential plane towards the second strut region.
US11717419B2
An expandable interbody spacer for the spine is provided. The spacer includes upper and lower endplates simultaneously movable with respect to a housing along an axis transverse to a longitudinal axis to increase or decrease the height of the spacer selectably along both an anterior side and a posterior side for uniform expansion/contraction of the endplates or only along the anterior side for angular expansion/contraction of the endplates. A spacer deployment instrument is provided that is selectable to effect uniform or angular expansion/contraction. When uniform expansion/contraction is selected a gear on an anterior rod is engaged with a gear on a posterior rod to simultaneously rotate both rods in opposite directions. Opposite threads on actuators of the spacer effect translation of the actuators in the same direction along the longitudinal axis.
US11717410B2
An implantable tissue repair device containing a body having a biocompatible hydrogel and a plurality of tissue anchoring elements projecting from the body, where the anchoring elements are integrally formed with the body and have the same biocompatible hydrogel as the body, and the anchoring elements, in use, are arranged to enter apertures in a tissue and anchor the device to the tissue.
US11717403B2
A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve includes advancing a distal end portion of a catheter shaft through a patient's vasculature. The distal end portion of the catheter shaft includes an expansion device. A prosthetic heart valve is mounted on the expansion device with the expansion device and the prosthetic heart valve in a compressed configuration. The method further includes positioning the distal end portion of the catheter shaft and the prosthetic heart valve to an implantation location, and expanding the prosthetic heart valve and the expansion device from the compressed configuration to an expanded configuration. The expansion device includes an inner expandable member and a plurality of outer expandable members. The outer expandable members are distributed such that there are gaps providing perfusion passageways between the expansion device and the prosthetic heart valve when the expansion device is in the expanded configuration.
US11717401B2
A prosthetic heart valve assembly includes a self-expandable stent having an inlet end and an outlet end and a passageway extending therethrough. The stent includes a plurality of rows of prongs on the outer surface of the stent. A valve portion comprising a plurality of leaflets is positioned within the passageway for permitting blood to flow through the passageway from the inlet end to the outlet end while blocking flow in the opposite direction. The stent further includes a flared upper portion shaped for placement along a supra-annular surface of an annulus for preventing downward migration of the prosthetic valve assembly into a ventricle. Each of the prongs has a tip pointing toward the inlet end for penetrating surrounding tissue and preventing upward migration of the prosthetic heart valve assembly toward an atrium.
US11717399B2
An expandable stent for implantation in a right ventricular outflow tract includes a frame having a waist portion that expands to a deployed size having a first diameter, first and second sealing portions extending in opposite directions from the waist portion and expanding radially outward of the waist portion. The first and second sealing portions are sized to seal against first and second portions of the inner surface of the right ventricular outflow tract at the deployed position over a range of sizes of expansion larger than the first diameter. A band is secured to the waist portion of the frame, restricting expansion of the waist portion substantially beyond the first diameter, such that the waist portion is configured to be spaced apart from the inner surface of the right ventricular outflow tract at the deployed position.
US11717397B2
A covering layer for a transcatheter heart valve is in various embodiments configured to prevent or reduce damage to the native valve tissue around the site where the prosthetic valve is implanted. In some cases, prosthetic valves are manufactured with the covering layer attached. Other covering layers are stand-alone accessories that can be mounted onto pre-existing prosthetic valves by an end user. Covering layers that can be mounted by an end user are provided with various features that can facilitate easier attachment of the covering layer to the prosthetic valve, which further reduces the possibility of damage to the covering layer or to the valve. Another covering is provided with two layers in order to insulate and protect the native tissue surrounding the implant from damage due to friction or abrasion, and/or other movement driven wear.
US11717389B2
Oral hygiene monitoring system is disclosed to track motion and orientation of an oral hygiene device. The control system may process data output from a motion sensor to determine position and orientation of an oral hygiene device with respect to a user's mouth. In some examples, the system may use machine learning techniques to identify position and orientation, brush stroke type, and other specific actions.
US11717368B2
A medical system includes a medical instrument and first and second manipulators. The medical instrument includes a tendon that extends from an interface at a proximal portion of the medical instrument to an actuated element at a distal portion of the medical instrument. The first manipulator is configured to actively engage the tendon at a first location on the tendon to provide a preload tension. The second manipulator is configured to actively engage the tendon at a second location on the tendon to actuate the actuated element. One of the first manipulator or the second manipulator is configured to pull the tendon along a longitudinal axis of the tendon and the other of the first manipulator or the second manipulator is configured to deflect the tendon laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis.
US11717364B2
An electrosurgical instrument having jaws is energized and actuated using a length of cable. The cable is formed of a conductive inner portion coated with a dielectric polymer. The cable extends through a pass-through in a portion of the jaw and is crimped to create a mechanical and electrical connection between the conductive inner portion and the conductive jaw material.
US11717361B2
A robotic system includes an electrosurgical generator; an electrosurgical instrument including an electrosurgical connector; and a robotic arm having an instrument drive unit coupled to the electrosurgical instrument. The instrument drive unit includes a drive unit housing having: an electrosurgical receptacle coupled to the electrosurgical generator and configured to engage the electrosurgical connector; an activation link configured to engage the electrosurgical connector; and a detection switch actuatable by the actuation link upon being engaged by the electrosurgical connector.
US11717357B2
A medical robotic assembly configured to support, insert, retract, and actuate a surgical instrument. The medical robotic assembly includes a surgical instrument carriage configured for detachably mounting a surgical instrument to the surgical instrument carriage. The surgical instrument carriage includes a motor housing, a first output assembly in the motor housing, a second output assembly in the motor housing, a first sensor assembly configured to sense a rotational orientation of a first output drive coupling, and a second sensor assembly configured to sense a rotational orientation of a second output drive coupling.
US11717351B2
A navigation surgical system, a registration method thereof and an electronic device are disclosed. The navigation surgical system includes a robotic system and a navigation system communicatively connected to the robotic system; the robotic system includes a robotic arm, the navigation system includes a navigation tracking device; the robotic system has a robotic-arm based coordinate system established according to the robotic arm, and the robotic-arm based coordinate system is fixed relative to a supporting device; the navigation system has a reference coordinate system that is recognizable by the navigation tracking device, the reference coordinate system is fixed relative to the supporting device; the navigation surgical system is configured to determine a relative position between the robotic arm and the navigation tracking device according to a relative position between the robotic-arm based coordinate system and the supporting device, and a relative position between the reference coordinate system and the supporting device.
US11717350B2
A surgical navigation system is provided to create a plan to correct a deformed spinal alignment. A processor is configured to obtain a first set of image data associated with a deformed alignment in a spine of a patient from at least one imaging device. The processor is also configured to process the first set of image data to identify a set of deformed alignment parameters associated with the deformed alignment. The processor is further configured to identify a set of corrected alignment parameters. The processor is also configured to process the first set of image data, the set of deformed alignment parameters, and the set of corrected alignment parameters to generate a correction plan to surgically manipulate the deformed alignment to the preferred alignment. The processor is additionally configured to provide navigation through the correction plan to facilitate surgical manipulation of a patient spine to the preferred alignment. The processor is also configured to receive information relating to forces on a rod-link reducer or surgical implants from strain gauges to aid the correction plan.
US11717349B2
A computer-implemented technique for generating a data set that geometrically defines a bone plate design is presented. A method implementation of this technique comprises visualizing, based on shape data of a bone, a bone model on a display device, deriving, responsive to a user interaction signal that is indicative of a user interaction relative to the bone model, plate design data representative of a plate-specific design property, and generating a data set that geometrically defines a bone plate design from at least the plate design data and one or more generic plate parameters.
US11717346B2
A catheter system for ablation of tissue around a blood vessel, e.g., the pulmonary artery, to reduce neural activity of nerves surrounding the blood vessel. The catheter system includes an elongate shaft having a proximal portion coupled to a handle, and a distal portion. The distal portion includes a transducer and an expandable anchor, which may be actuated to transition between a collapsed delivery state and an expanded deployed state where the anchor centralizes the transducer within the blood vessel. The transducer may be actuated to emit energy to reduce neural activity of the nerves surrounding the blood vessel. Systems and method are further provided for confirming that neural activity of the nerves surround the blood vessel has been sufficiently reduced.
US11717345B2
At the present time, physicians often treat patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) using radiofrequency (RF) catheter systems to ablate conducting tissue in the wall of the Left Atrium of the heart around the ostium of the pulmonary veins. These systems are expensive and take time consuming to use. The present invention circular ablation system CAS includes a multiplicity of expandable needles that can be expanded around a central axis and positioned to inject a fluid like ethanol to ablate conductive tissue in a ring around the ostium of a pulmonary vein quickly and without the need for expensive capital equipment. The expansion of the needles is accomplished by self-expanding or balloon expandable structures. The invention includes centering means so that the needles will be situated in a pattern surrounding the outside of the ostium of a vein. Also included are members that limit the distance of penetration of the needles into the wall of the left atrium. The present invention also has application to ablating tissue around the ostium of a renal artery for the treatment of hypertension.
US11717342B2
Provided is a medical device comprising an inner tubular member, an outer tubular member having a distal end and an open window disposed at the distal end, a first electrode and/or a second electrode disposed at the distal end of the outer tubular member, and a cannulated plunger or armature or shaft configured to drive the inner tubular member to cut tissue in cooperation with the open window of the outer tubular member. The first electrode and the second electrode may be configured to provide RF energy needed for a surgical operation and may be configured to be substantially symmetrical or asymmetrical along a longitudinal axis of the outer tubular member.
US11717341B2
An isolating circuit for electrosurgical generator arranged to produce radiofrequency (RF) energy and microwave energy for treating biological tissue. The generator has an RF channel and a microwave channel which are combined at signal combiner to enable the RF energy and microwave energy to be delivered into tissue along a common feed path. The isolating circuit comprises a tunable waveguide isolator at a junction between the microwave channel and signal combiner, and can include a capacitive structure between a ground conductor of the signal combiner and a conductive input section of the waveguide isolator to inhibit coupling of the RF energy and leakage of the microwave energy. The isolating circuit can combine into a single tunable unit all the necessary components to isolate the microwave and RF channels from one another whilst providing a high withstanding voltage.
US11717329B2
A coupling device for coupling a rod to a bone anchoring element includes a receiving part with a head receiving portion for receiving a head of the bone anchoring element, a rod receiving portion for receiving the rod, a downwardly facing surface, and an upwardly facing surface below and monolithically formed with the downwardly facing surface, and a locking member movable relative to the receiving part from a first position where the head is insertable into the head receiving portion to a second position where the head is prevented from being removed from the head receiving portion. At least part of the locking member is held to the receiving part between the downwardly and upwardly facing surfaces, and wherein the receiving part and the locking member are only separable from one another by permanently deforming or damaging at least one of the receiving part or the locking member.
US11717326B2
According to some embodiments, a method of treating a skin surface of a subject comprises heating a skin surface, abrading native skin tissue of a subject using a microdermabrasion device, wherein using the microdermabrasion device comprises moving the microdermabrasion device relative to the skin surface while simultaneously delivering at least one treatment fluid to the skin surface being treated and cooling the abraded skin surface.
US11717323B2
A cannula for use in an access assembly includes an instrument valve housing including first and second housing sections and defining a cavity and a valve assembly disposed within the cavity of the instrument valve housing. The valve assembly includes a seal assembly including an outer flange and a septum seal extending across the outer flange, a guard assembly disposed within the outer flange of the seal assembly, and a centering mechanism. The guard assembly includes a plurality of guard members. Each guard member of the plurality of guard members includes a ring portion and a flap portion. The flap portions of the guard members of the guard assembly are configured to engage and stretch the septum seal during reception of a surgical instrument through the valve assembly.
US11717315B2
A matter conveyance system is located within a catheter and transports thrombus from a proximal portion of the catheter to a distal end of the catheter. In one example, the matter conveyance system is a screw or helix that rotates to cause movement of the thrombus.
US11717303B2
Devices and methods for occluding the left atrial appendage (LAA) to prevent blood from clotting within the LAA and subsequently embolizing, particularly in patients with atrial fibrillation. A foam implant encapsulated with a tough thromboresistent membrane is placed via transvascular means into the LAA and anchored with adhesives and/or mechanical anchors. Tissue over- and in-growth are optimized to anchor the implant in place and provide a permanent occlusion.
US11717300B2
A surgical stapling apparatus includes a cartridge assembly, an anvil assembly, and a camera assembly. The cartridge assembly supports an array of fasteners therein. The anvil assembly is movably positioned relative to the cartridge assembly between an unclamped position and a clamped position for forming the array of fasteners. The camera assembly is coupled to the anvil assembly and positioned to collect and transmit image data of a fastened tissue site.
US11717297B2
An electronic system for a surgical instrument is disclosed. The electronic system comprises a main power supply circuit configured to supply electrical power to a primary circuit. A supplementary power supply circuit configured to supply electrical power to a secondary circuit. A short circuit protection circuit coupled between the main power supply circuit and the supplementary power supply circuit. The supplementary power supply circuit is configured to isolate itself from the main power supply circuit when the supplementary power supply circuit detects a short circuit condition at the secondary circuit. The supplementary power supply circuit is configured to rejoin the main power supply circuit and supply power to the secondary circuit, when the short circuit condition is remedied.
US11717296B2
A surgical fastener applier including a housing containing a compartment, an elongated member extending distally from the housing, first and second jaws and a firing mechanism positioned within the housing. The firing mechanism is movable between a first position and a second position to effect firing of fasteners into the tissue clamped between the first and second jaws. A cover on the housing is openable to access the compartment. A power pack is removably loadable into the compartment, the power pack having a motor and an engagement member removably engageable with the firing mechanism within the compartment when the power pack is loaded into the compartment to effect movement of the firing mechanism from the first position to the second firing position.
US11717286B2
A surgical stapling device has an elongated body and a removable loading unit and a securing structure for securing the loading unit onto the elongated body. A guiding ramp guides the movement of the loading unit as it is mounted onto the loading portion. The locking structure has a first position for locking movement of the loading unit and enabling firing rod to engage the loading unit. The locking unit has a second position for allowing the loading unit to be disengaged and removed from the device.
US11717285B2
A surgical cutting and fastening instrument. The instrument comprises a handle and an end effector connected to the handle. The end effector comprises upper and lower opposing jaw members, wherein the upper jaw member comprises a plurality of co-linear, separately actuatable, RF electrodes.
US11717283B2
A suturing device includes an elongated body having an outer wall defining an interior space of the body, a shaft located in the interior space, and a needle mounted on a distal end of the shaft. The needle has a distal section transverse to a longitudinal axis of the shaft. The distal section of the needle terminates in a first jaw and a second jaw forming a forceps defining a piercing tip. The first jaw and second jaw have a grasping position wherein the first jaw and second jaw grasp a suturing material, and a release position wherein the first jaw and second jaw release the suturing material. After grasping the suturing material with the needle, the shaft rotates the needle to advance the needle and suturing material through tissue and mesh placed on the tissue. Spaced apart portions of the suturing material are then fused to create a suture.
US11717270B2
A method comprises: generating a shear wave in a target tissue; selecting an ultrasound transducer group in an ultrasound probe, and determining a focus position and a transmitting aperture corresponding to the ultrasound transducer group, such that a sound field boundary range formed by the ultrasound transducer group completely covers a region of interest in the target tissue; controlling the array elements to transmit ultrasound waves according to the corresponding relative time delays, so as to cause a transmitting focusing effect; receiving ultrasound echoes returned from the region of interest, obtaining echo information of different positions in the region of interest, and obtaining, according to the echo information, shear wave information corresponding to the region of interest.
US11717268B2
The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system (100) for producing spatially compounded 3D ultrasound image data, comprising: —an ultrasound acquisition unit (16) for acquiring a plurality of 3D ultrasound image data having different but at least partially overlapping field of views, —a tracking unit (62) adapted to determine a relative spatial position of each of the plurality of 3D ultrasound image data with respect to each other, and —a stitching unit (64) adapted to compound the plurality of 3D ultrasound image data by stitching them to each other in order to generate compounded 3D ultrasound image data, wherein the stitching unit (64) is adapted to calculate a stitching order of the plurality of 3D ultrasound image data based on the determined relative spatial position of the 3D ultrasound image data by minimizing an overlapping area of the different field of views of the plurality of 3D ultrasound image data, and wherein stitching unit (64) is adapted to stitch the plurality of 3D ultrasound image data according to said stitching order.
US11717264B2
An ultrasound probe 11 includes a housing 12 having a transducer array accommodation portion 14 and a battery storage portion 13B, a transducer array accommodated in the transducer array accommodation portion 14, and a battery 21 stored in the battery storage portion 13B. The housing 12 has an attachable and detachable battery cover 17 that covers the battery storage portion 13B, a nameplate 22 is disposed on an inside or an outside of the battery storage portion 13B with respect to the battery cover 17 in a visible manner, and a waterproof structure for restraining water from entering the nameplate 22 is provided.
US11717260B2
An ultrasonic imaging system including an array transducer that includes a plurality of elements each performing at least one of emission or reception of ultrasonic waves, at least some of the plurality of elements being disposed so as to face each other. The ultrasonic imaging system performs malfunction inspection including specifying one emitting element among emitting elements that emit ultrasonic waves and a group of receiving elements that are at least some of the plurality of elements and that receive transmitted waves emitted from the emitting element and transmitted through an imaging region; collecting measurement data of the transmitted waves via the group of receiving elements while switching the emitting element; calculating transfer characteristic values from the measurement data; and detecting a malfunctioning element among the plurality of elements on the basis of the transfer characteristic values.
US11717258B2
Various methods and systems are provided for a deployable invasive device. In one example, the deployable invasive device has a transducer with a plurality of transducer arrays linked by at least one shape memory material, the at least one shape memory material configured to transition the transducer between a first, folded shape and a second, unfolded shape in response to one or more stimuli. When in the second, unfolded shape, an active area of the transducer is increased relative to the first, folded shape.
US11717256B2
Motion independent acoustic radiation force impulse imaging is provided. Rather than rely on the displacement over time for each location, the displacements over locations for each time are used. Parallel beamforming is used to simultaneously sample across a region of interest. Since it may be assumed that the different locations are subjected to the same motion at the same time, finding a peak displacement over locations for each given time provides peak or profile information independent of the motion. The velocity or other viscoelastic parameter may be estimated from the displacements over locations.
US11717254B2
A system for detecting blood velocity within a blood vessel includes a piezoelectric transducer supported on a ceramic substrate. The ceramic substrate supports the piezoelectric transducer at a fixed angle of incidence that is greater than 0° and less than 90°. The ceramic substrate is formed of steatite ceramic and is configured to couple an ultrasonic signal emitted by the transducer to skin underlying the substrate.
US11717253B2
A system for monitoring heart activity may provide a power source, digital storage, a processor, a main body with an alignment mechanism facilitating proper placement, and one or more microphones for receiving audio signals and positioned for placement at auscultatory areas. The alignment mechanism may be a dip, depression, notch, or combinations thereof that align the system centrally on the sternum, suprasternal notch, or jugular notch. Further, the audio signals from the microphones may be monitored or recorded as individual tracks corresponding to different auscultatory areas. The auscultatory areas may be selected from an aortic area, pulmonic area, tricuspid area, mitral area, Erb's point, first alternate tricuspid area, and/or second alternate tricuspid area.
US11717249B2
The present apparatus, system, and method relate to reliably capturing multiple x-ray images for later combination. An exposure shield blocks a portion of the x-rays emitted from a traditional emitter and collimator. The orientation of exposure shield may then be modified to block a second portion of x-rays while ensuring appropriate overlap of the captured images without intentionally moving the emitter or collimator and without the need for a patient to wear protective garb.
US11717248B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for image generation. The methods may include obtaining projection data generated by a scanner; generating, based on a first weighting function, a first image by back-projecting the projection data, the first image having a first region corresponding to a first part of the object; generating, based on a second weighting function, a second image by back-projecting the projection data, the second image having a second region corresponding to the first part of the object, the second region of the second image presenting a better CT number uniformity than the first region of the first image; and generating a third image based on the first image and the second image.
US11717246B2
In a medical image generation method, projection data of a scanned object is acquired during rotation of a radiographic source, and a scout image of the scanned object is generated in one scanning direction using corresponding projection data in two opposite scanning directions in the projection data. The scanning direction is used to represent a relative position relationship between the radiographic source and the scanned object. Using projection data in two opposite directions to generate a scout image in one direction during rotary scanning of a radiographic source can significantly shorten the generation time of the scout image.
US11717244B2
A system for measuring muscle mass of a patient has a dual-energy radiation emission source. A radiation detector is configured to detect radiation emitted from the dual-energy radiation emission source passed through the patient. A processor has a memory with storing instructions, that when executed by the processor, perform a set of operations. The operations include receiving radiation detection data; generating a scan representation; identifying a primary fat target; determining an amount of fat in the primary fat target; comparing the amount of fat in the primary fat target to a reference; and based on the comparison, correcting an estimated amount of lean tissue to generate a corrected muscle mass value.
US11717239B2
First projection images are recorded. The first projection images map an examination object along different first projection directions. A corresponding respective second projection image is recorded for at least two first projection images. The first projection images each have a first focus point, and the second projection images each have a second focus point. Each of the second projection images together with a corresponding first projection image at least partially map a common part of the examination object about a stationary center point. The second projection images map the examination object along second projection directions that are mutually different and at least partially different, relative to the respectively corresponding first projection directions such that a straight line through the first focus point and the second focus point of the mutually corresponding first projection images and second projection images extends through the stationary center point. The 3D image dataset is reconstructed.
US11717235B2
A system and method for evaluating cardiovascular-related health of a user including an RF sensor device configured to transmit incident pulse signals towards the user, and to receive reflected pulse signals for generating a reflected pulse signal dataset, a pulse signal modification module configured to modify the reflected pulse signal dataset, and a processing system communicably coupled to the RF sensor device and the pulse signal modification module, the processing system configured to generate a cardiovascular parameter for the user based on the modified reflected pulse signal dataset.
US11717234B2
A decision support tool is provided for predicting the neonatal vitality scores of a fetus during delivery, the scores being an indicator of future health for the infant anticipated to be born within a future time interval, measured as time to birth. The predicted neonatal vitality score is determined from measurements of physiological variables monitored during labor, such as uterine activity and fetal heart rate. Fetal heart rate variability and patterns may be detected and computed using the monitored physiological variables, and neonatal vitality scores may be predicted based, at least in part, on the variability metrics and fetal heart rate patterns. Scores may be predicted for different delivery methods, such as vaginal delivery or cesarean delivery, for different time-to-birth intervals. In this way, these scores may be used for decision support for care plans during labor, such as increased monitoring and/or modifying the delivery type.
US11717233B2
Systems and methods for assessing a disease are provided. An input medical image in a first modality is received. Lungs are segmented from the input medical image using a trained lung segmentation network and abnormality patterns associated with the disease are segmented from the input medical image using a trained abnormality pattern segmentation network. The trained lung segmentation network and the trained abnormality pattern segmentation network are trained based on 1) synthesized images in the first modality generated from training images in a second modality and 2) target segmentation masks for the synthesized images generated from training segmentation masks for the training images. An assessment of the disease is determined based on the segmented lungs and the segmented abnormality patterns.
