US11782663B2
A job management apparatus includes a processor configured to: attach an order identifier, linked to a production order, to a job that has been created in response to the production order of a printed material; transmit the job and the order identifier attached to the job to one of printing systems to perform the job; when one of the order identifiers is specified and a reproduction order of the printed material corresponding to the specified order identifier is received, make an inquiry to the printing systems as to whether the printing systems have the job with the specified order identifier attached; and in response to a reply from each of the printing systems responding to the inquiry, detect a printing system storing the job corresponding to the reproduction order.
US11782662B1
The method for asset routing can include: determining a digital asset, routing the digital asset to a print partner based on the mail parameters, optionally printing a physical version of each digital asset, and optionally drop-shipping the physical assets. However, the method can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable elements.
US11782656B2
An information processing apparatus generates print data by executing a printer driver based on an instruction issued by an application operating in an operating system. The information processing apparatus includes an eliminating unit configured to eliminate conflict or inconsistency of a print setting based on conflict eliminating information for eliminating conflict of a setting to be input to the printer driver under control of an application which processes the print setting, and an input unit configured to input a print setting obtained after conflict is eliminated by the eliminating unit to the printer driver using the application.
US11782651B2
An image formation apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions that cause the processor to: record a job history of a job executed by the image formation apparatus; receive an operation for the image formation apparatus to execute a job based on the job history recorded; detect that a job setting condition set, when the operation is received, has changed with respect to a job setting condition established when the job history is recorded; and switch a job set by the image formation apparatus based on a detection result regarding change in the job setting condition and a type of the operation.
US11782644B2
A memory system may include a memory controller and a memory device including a plurality of sequential areas. The memory controller may control the performance of a background media scan (BGMS) operation on one or more sequential areas among the plurality of sequential areas. The memory controller may receive an open command for allocating a buffer to a sequential area among the plurality of sequential areas, where first time information corresponds to a time at which the open command is received by the memory controller. The memory controller may calculate a first period based on the first time information, and determine, based on the first period, a skip area in which the BGMS operation is skipped among the plurality of sequential areas for each of a plurality of BGMS periods.
US11782643B2
A memory sub-system configured to partially execute write commands from a host system to optimize performance. After receiving a write command from a host system, the memory sub-system can identify, based on a media physical layout, a preferred input/output size for the execution of the write command. The memory sub-system can execute the write command according to the preferred input/output size, configure a response for the write command to identify the second input/output size, and transmit the response identifying the second input/output size to the host system. The host system is configured to generate a subsequent write command to write at least the data that is initially identified in the write command that has been executed but not been included in the execution of the write command performed according to the preferred input/output size.
US11782642B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for performing compute in memory (CIM) computations. A device comprises a CIM module configured to apply a plurality of analog weights to data using multiply-accumulate operations to generate an output. The device further comprises a digital weight storage unit configured to store digital weight references, wherein a digital weight reference corresponds to an analog weight of the plurality of analog weights. The device also comprises a device controller configured to program the plurality of analog weights to the CIM module based on the digital weight references and determine degradation of one or more analog weights. The digital weight references in the digital weight storage unit are populated with values from a host device. Degraded analog weights in the CIM module are replaced with corresponding digital weight references from the digital weight storage unit without reference to the host device.
US11782641B2
A first backend housekeeping operation of a backend storage system is detected by a storage virtualization system. The first backend housekeeping operation is related to a first backend storage portion of the backend storage system. The storage virtualization system transfers data to the backend storage system for storage and retrieval. The storage virtualization system issues commands to the backend storage system. A first virtualized operation related to a first virtualized storage portion of the storage virtualization system is identified. A storage overhead condition is determined based on the first backend storage portion and based on the first virtualized operation. A storage corrective action is performed based on the storage overhead condition. The storage corrective action prevents the potential performance of one or more additional backend housekeeping operations.
US11782640B2
A memory controller includes a command queue that receives and stores decoded memory commands and information related thereto including information indicating a type, a priority, an age, and a region of a memory system for a corresponding decoded memory command, and an arbiter coupled to the command queue and picks selected decoded memory commands among the decoded memory commands from the command queue for dispatch to the memory system by comparing the priority and the age for decoded memory commands having a first type. The arbiter detects when the command queue receives a decoded memory command of a second type opposite to said first type that accesses a first memory region of the memory system, and in response elevates at least one of the priority and the age of a decoded command of the first type that accesses the first memory region already stored in the command queue.
US11782634B2
Non-volatile Random Access Memory (NVR) on a storage system may be dynamically converted between use as temporary memory in a memory context and use as persistent memory in a storage context. NVR (e.g., embodied as DIMM) may be utilized in a hybrid capacity, where some of the NVR is used as memory and some of the NVR is used as storage, and where NVR memory is converted to memory as needed, dynamically as I/O is being processed using the NVR. A host system may be directly connected to an internal switching fabric of the data storage system without an intervening component of the storage system (e.g., a director) controlling access of the host system to the internal fabric or to the memory. The host system may provision and use the NVR as storage by directly communicating with the NVR over the internal fabric, for example, using RDMA.
US11782626B2
Methods, systems, and devices for performing data migration operations using a memory system are described. The memory system may include a data migration component, such as a driver, for facilitating the transfer of data between a first memory device that may implement a first memory technology (e.g., having a relatively fast access speed) and a second memory device that may implement a second memory technology (e.g., having a relatively large capacity). The component may indicate the data migration operation to a second component (e.g., a controller) of the memory system. The second component may initiate the transfer of data between the first memory device and the second memory device based on the receiving the indication of the data migration operation. In some cases, the transfer of data between the first memory device and the second memory device may occur within the memory system without being transferred through a host device.
US11782619B1
System and method for converting disk format types of virtual disks in storage executes, in response to a request to convert a disk format type of a target virtual disk from a source disk format type to a destination disk format type, a conversion procedure on each data block of the target virtual disk that satisfies a predefined condition. The conversion procedure executed is based on the source and destination disk format types. The conversion procedure includes taking possession of a granular offset lock for a data block of the target virtual disk, performing a conversion operation on the data block of the target virtual disk only when the data block of the target virtual disk satisfies a required condition, and releasing the granular offset lock for the data block of the target virtual disk after the conversion operation on the data block has been performed.
US11782617B2
According to an embodiment of the present technology, an electronic device may include a host device including: an application requesting to write data; and a file system configured to generate, in response to the request of the application, a log regarding a property of data, and allocate a section corresponding to the data based on the log; and a storage device comprising: a memory device including a plurality of memory dies; and a memory controller configured to control the memory device to receive the data and the log of the data from the host device, and sequentially store the data in a physical zone corresponding to the section.
US11782614B1
A method of data reduction in a partially encrypted volume includes receiving data to be stored on a storage array, decrypting the data using a first encryption key to generate first decrypted data, and decrypting the data using a second encryption key to generate second decrypted data. The method further includes comparing, by a storage array controller, a first compressibility value of the first decrypted data to a second compressibility value of the second decrypted data. The method further includes storing the first decrypted data if the first compressibility value is greater than or equal to the second compressibility value. The method further includes storing the second decrypted data if the second compressibility value is greater than the first compressibility value.
US11782609B2
Provided is a method for auditing an abnormality of a block device in a cloud platform. By automatically auditing abnormal data of a path layer and a multipath layer, the accuracy of multipath and path information on a host and whether a link has a fault may be quickly analyzed, operation and maintenance personnel may discover problems as soon as possible, the problem troubleshooting steps are simplified, the operation and maintenance personnel are liberated from complex work of manual troubleshooting, the troubleshooting capability of a cloud computing platform is improved, the work of the operation and maintenance personnel is simplified, and the problems are rapidly positioned.
US11782605B2
A memory system has a controller (e.g., CPU, FPGA, or GPU) and recording segments in a non-volatile memory (e.g., a flash memory device) used by the controller to store data. The controller is configured to: maintain data write counters for the recording segments; select a first segment of the recording segments for recording data from a host system, wherein selecting the first segment comprises scanning the data write counters to identify a first data write counter corresponding to the first segment; receive, from the host system, data to be recorded by the non-volatile memory; and write the received data to the selected first segment.
US11782601B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an instruction set of an object memory fabric. This object memory fabric instruction set can be used to define arbitrary, parallel functionality such as: direct object address manipulation and generation without the overhead of complex address translation and software layers to manage differing address space; direct object authentication with no runtime overhead that can be set based on secure 3rd party authentication software; object related memory computing in which, as objects move between nodes, the computing can move with them; and parallelism that is dynamically and transparent based on scale and activity. These instructions are divided into three conceptual classes: memory reference including load, store, and special memory fabric instructions; control flow including fork, join, and branches; and execute including arithmetic and comparison instructions.
US11782599B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a virtual mouse for a computing device have a touchscreen. A first placement region of the touchscreen may be determined. The first placement region may then be determined to contain a first portion of at least one touch target. The first portion of the at least one touch target may then be deactivated. A virtual mouse may then be activated at the first placement region.
US11782596B2
Various embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for performing a content search using a keypad (or a keyboard) in an electronic device. The electronic device according to various embodiments include a display; a wireless communication circuit; a memory; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: display an execution screen of an application; detect a first input for calling a keypad; display the keypad on the execution screen; detect a second input for a smart search while displaying the keypad; request a content search from at least one application of the electronic device; and display a search result searched by the at least one application through the keypad. Other embodiments are possible.
US11782595B2
A portable device having a display, the display including a main surface area, a first curved surface area extending from a first side of the main surface area, and a second curved surface area extending from a second side of the main surface area that is opposite the first side, a sensor configured to detect a state of the portable device, and a controller configured to control the display to display a user interface (UI) on one of the first curved surface and the second curved surface based on the state detected by the sensor.
US11782591B2
A display apparatus includes a display, a single physical button and a processor configured to control the display to display a guide user interface (UI), a selection UI and a plurality of menu items, based on a user input received via the single physical button being identified as a short click input, move the selection UI from one menu item among the plurality of menu items to another menu item among the plurality of menu items, based on the user input being identified as a long press input, select the one menu item and execute a control function corresponding to the selected one menu item, and based on an execution of the control function, control the display to display a setting UI indicating a current setting value of the control function.
US11782588B1
Method and system for displaying a resource layer and a need layer over a selected geographical area
A method includes displaying, on a GUI, a graphical representation of a geographical area sectioned into a plurality of subareas defined by boundaries; displaying, over the graphical representation, a resource need layer that visually depicts a first parameter associated with a need of a resource within a subarea, the depiction of the first parameter varying within the subarea; and displaying, over the graphical representation, a resource availability layer that visually depicts a second parameter indicating the availability of the resource within the subarea, the depiction of the second parameter varying within the subarea; wherein the layers are displayed simultaneously over the graphical representation to provide a visual comparison of the need of the resource and the availability of the resource within the subarea. In some embodiments, the need is based on data including one or more of demographic data from a census, other data from the census, and crime data.
US11782587B1
A computer-implemented environment for creating, curating, sharing and storing document contents in a concise, structured, modular, standardized and Story-like format. The environment also enables users to define content with a set of Tiles, and arrange, connect and disconnect Tiles so as to define a distinct Story. The environment additionally provides a user-adjustable Tile content separator configured so that content below the separator is not instantly visible to the user. Furthermore, the environment helps users collect, organize and structure large amounts of document contents by (a) suggesting document locations for new and existing content, (b) suggesting groups and sequences for existing content, (c) initiating web and document searches for new and related content, (d) generating relations among content components, (e) assembling new and customizing existing documents, as well as (f) converting files, data feeds and search results into Tiles and Stories.
US11782581B2
Provided are a display control method and device, an electronic apparatus, and a storage medium. The display control method includes: in response to an instruction of receiving a target conversation message, displaying a message notification bar in a designated area of the graphical user interface; in response to a first touch operation on the message notification bar, switching and displaying display content from the initial content page to the target conversation page, and generating a floating window control in the graphical user interface; in response to a second touch operation on the floating window control, switching and displaying the display content from the target conversation page to the initial content page.
US11782576B2
In some embodiments, a data visualization system detects insights from a dataset and computes insight scores for respective insights. The data visualization system further computes insight type scores, from the insight scores, for insight types in the detected insights. The data visualization system determines a selected insight type for the dataset having a higher insight type score than unselected insight types and determines, for the selected insight type, a set of selected insights that have higher insight scores than unselected insights. The data visualization system determines insight visualizations for the set of selected insights and generates, for inclusion in a user interface of the data visualization system, selectable interface elements configured for invoking an editing tool for updating the determined insight visualizations from the dataset. The selectable interface elements are arranged in the user interface according to the insight scores of the set of selected insights.
US11782574B2
A server-side administrative interface for a social media platform allows for restriction of defined geographical areas. Social media items originating from such restricted areas are automatically filtered or age-restricted for availability via a map-based graphical user interface of the social media platform.
US11782570B2
Disclosed are an IoT integration platform and a virtual device used thereon. The IoT integration platform and the virtual device are provided for users to control a target device of a real world corresponding to the virtual device, and the virtual device is capable of reflecting the status of the target device timely.
US11782561B2
A display panel, a touch control structure and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a touch control structure layer including a plurality of mesh pattern units which are polygons formed by metal wires. The touch control structure layer includes a bridge layer, an insulating layer and a touch control layer. The touch control layer includes a plurality of first touch control electrodes and first connecting parts arranged along a first extending direction and a plurality of second touch control electrodes arranged along a second extending direction. The plurality of first touch control electrodes and first connecting parts are alternately arranged and serially coupled, and the second touch control electrodes are arranged at intervals.
US11782553B2
A display device including: a pixel part including pixels; a sensor part overlapping the pixel part and including sensors; and a sensor driver that transmits a sensing signal to p sensors in a first area of the sensor part in a first mode, transmits the sensing signal to q sensors in the first area in a second mode, and transmits the sensing signal to r sensors in the first area in a third mode, wherein p is an integer greater than 0, q and r are integers greater than p, and the sensor driver sets a sensing frequency, the first area, the number of sensing times per sensing frame period, whether or not the sensor driver is synchronized with a timing signal of the pixel part, or a voltage level of the sensing signal, to be different in the second mode and the third mode.
US11782552B2
A capacitive touch panel includes a plurality of x-line channels extending in a first direction, a plurality of y-line channels extending in a second direction, different from the first direction, and processing circuitry configured to apply a first voltage to the x-line channels, apply a second voltage to the y-line channels, the first voltage and the second voltage having opposite phases to each other, and sense a contact on at least one of intersections of the plurality of x-line channels and the plurality of y-line channels.
US11782544B2
An image display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display panel, a touch sensor structure and an antenna electrode layer. The display panel includes a panel substrate, and an electrode structure and an insulation structure stacked on the panel substrate. The touch sensor structure is disposed on the display panel. The antenna electrode layer is disposed on the display panel at the same level as that of the touch sensor structure and at least partially overlaps the electrode structure of the display panel in a thickness direction. The antennal electrode layer is disposed in consideration of an electrode construction of the display panel and the touch sensor structure to provide a thin-layered image display device with high reliability.
US11782539B2
The present application discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a common electrode layer including a plurality of columns of first common electrodes, wherein each column of the plurality of columns of the first common electrodes includes a plurality of touch electrodes insulated from each other; and a driving module. Each of the plurality of touch electrodes is electrically connected to the driving module through one or more touch leads. A number of the touch leads corresponding to each of or adjacent ones of the plurality of touch electrodes gradually increases along a direction away from the driving module.
US11782537B1
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus of a computer interface device using an open kinetic chain with retractable links. It comprises a two-link robot arm that rotates along a shoulder and elbow joint. Each link can also be extendable in length. The end effector stylus has a ball tip that fits into a socket on the distal end of the second link, meaning that the stylus is detachable and interchangeable. The device can achieve a very high refreshing rate and a high spatial resolution. The links, elbow joint, and shoulder joint have sensors that record linear position and rotational data, respectively, which get transmitted and processed in an MPU on the main PCB. The PCB communicates with a PC as a haptic input device. The method and apparatus improve: (1) device control accuracy and comfort; (2) refreshing rate and responsiveness; (3) device resolution and/or input area size.
US11782536B2
An apparatus and method for providing a structure and function to a pen-type handheld writing, reading or pointing device to enable usage of the device to perform operations similar to a computer mouse for a computing device. The structure includes an optical sensor, a portion of the optical sensor surface that can perform operations of a clickable button, and a structure to support a connection to the computing device.
US11782535B1
A system determines if a keyboard, video, and mouse mode is activated, and if so then determines whether a human interface device command is to switch from a first host. In response to determining that the human interface device command is to switch from the first host, the system redirects the human interface device command to a display monitor and switches video and universal serial bus input from the first host to the second host.
US11782533B2
Methods and apparatuses for a mobile device (e.g., a mobile phone) supporting virtual peripherals are described. The mobile device may include a projecting component configured to project images to external surfaces outside of the mobile device. In some cases, the mobile device may project an image of a document on a first external surface and an image of a keyboard on a second external surface. Moreover, the mobile device may include an imaging component to receive inputs based on sensing an input device overlaid on the projected image (e.g., the keyboard). Accordingly, the mobile device may function as a computer with an external monitor and a keyboard, virtually added to the mobile device. In some cases, the mobile device may serve two or more users or purposes at a time. For example, the mobile device may operate as an infotainment device of a vehicle.
US11782524B2
An example electronic user device includes memory; instructions; and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to identify a stylus grip pattern indicative of a grip of a user on a stylus based on signal data corresponding to signals output by a sensor of the stylus; select one of a first stylus mode or a second stylus mode for the stylus based on the stylus grip pattern; interpret an interaction between the stylus and the electronic user device based on the selected one of the first stylus mode or the second stylus mode; and cause the electronic user device to respond to the interaction.
US11782518B2
A vehicle information display system an operation section provided at one side in a vehicle width direction relative to a driver seat, the operation section being structured so as to be operable by a vehicle occupant; and a display section provided at a position that is viewable from the driver seat, a vicinity information display region in which vicinity information of the vehicle being displayed being specified at a central portion of the display section, and a selection option display region being specified at one side in the vehicle width direction of the display section, relative to the vicinity information display region, the selection option display region being selectable by the vehicle occupant operating the operation section.
US11782514B2
A wearable device and its control method, a gesture recognition method, a movable platform control system and a storage medium are provided. The control method may include acquiring key point information of a gesture action of a target user, recognizing an input instruction based upon the key point information, and generating a control instruction based upon the input instruction and executing a task operation according to the control instruction.
US11782513B2
The technology disclosed relates to user interfaces for controlling augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) environments. Real and virtual objects can be seamlessly integrated to form an augmented reality by tracking motion of one or more real objects within view of a wearable sensor system. Switching the AR/VR presentation on or off to interact with the real world surrounding them, for example to drink some soda, can be addressed with a convenient mode switching gesture associated with switching between operational modes in a VR/AR enabled device.
US11782509B1
A brainwave audio and video encoding and playing system is provided. Based on the research and understanding of the brainwaves, the relations of variations of the brainwaves corresponding to the melodies of the human voice senses and the relations of the human brainwaves to the colors is built so as to create rules for playing of the melodies by musical instrument and colors in a display so that variations of the brainwaves can be expressed by playing of music and display of colors and the messages of brainwaves could be transferred. As a result, the people have the same feeling to the testers.
US11782508B2
Some implementations disclosed herein present a computer-generated reality (CGR) environment in which a user participates in an activity, identify a cognitive state of the user (e.g., working, learning, resting, etc.) based on data regarding the user's body (e.g., facial expressions, hand movements, physiological data, etc.), and update the environment with a surrounding environment that promotes a cognitive state of the user for the activity.
US11782504B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and structures that provide eye-tracking by 1) steering a beam of light through the effect of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) onto a surface of the eye and 2) detecting light reflected from features of the eye including corneal surface, pupil, iris—among others. Positional/geometric/feature/structural information pertaining to the eye is determined from timing information associated with the reflected light.
US11782497B2
A peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) interface device is provided to include: a root complex configured to support a PCIe port, a memory connected to an input/output structure through the root complex, a switch connected to the root complex through a link and configured to transmit a transaction, and an end point connected to the switch through the link to transmit and receive a packet. The PCIe interface device may perform a link power management by changing a state of the link in response to a detection of an idle state of the link.
US11782495B2
A power consumption optimization system includes a virtual machine (VM) provisioned on a host, a memory, a server, and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor causes the server to store a power consumption profile of the VM. The VM runs at a processor frequency state. Additionally, the processor causes the server to receive a request to lower a processor frequency for the VM from an original processor frequency state to a reduced processor frequency state. The request has request criteria indicating a time duration associated with the request. The server validates the request criteria and a requirement of another tenant on the host. Responsive to validating the request criteria and the requirement the other tenant on the host, the server confirms the request to lower the processor frequency. Additionally, the server lowers the processor frequency to the reduced processor frequency state during the time duration.
US11782492B2
In one embodiment, a processor includes: a plurality of cores; a first storage to store parameter information for a voltage regulator to couple to the processor via a voltage regulator interface; and a power controller to control power consumption of the processor. The power controller may determine a performance state for one or more cores of the processor and include a hardware logic to generate a message for the voltage regulator based at least in part on the parameter information, where this message is to cause the voltage regulator to output a voltage to enable the one or more cores to operate at the performance state. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11782491B2
A method is provided that includes grouping a plurality of ports at power sourcing equipment receiving pulse power and transmitting power from the group of ports at the power sourcing equipment to a power interface module operable to combine the power and provide an AC (alternating current) outlet configured to provide AC power to one or more devices.
US11782488B2
Methods and apparatus to operate closed-lid portable computers are disclosed. An example portable compute device includes: a microphone; a speaker; a first camera to face a first direction; and a second camera to face a second direction, the second direction opposite the first direction. The compute device further includes communications circuitry; a first display; a second display separate from the first display; and a hinge to enable the first display to rotate relative to the second display between an open position and a closed position. At least a portion of the second display is capable of being visible when the first display is rotated about the hinge to the closed position. The portion of the second display is multiple times longer in a third direction than in a fourth direction perpendicular to the third direction, the third direction extending parallel to an axis of rotation of the hinge.
US11782484B2
Apparatuses and associated methods for mounting PCBs and other electronics boards in portable medical equipment and/or other portable and non-portable electronic devices are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the technology disclosed herein can provide PCB mounting systems that isolate the PCB from detrimental shock, vibration, and/or strain, while also providing electrical ground paths that greatly reduce EMI and other electrical disturbances. Some embodiments of the mounting systems described herein include both elastomeric (e.g., rubber) components and resilient metallic grounding members that, when assembled together, provide favorable shock mounting as well as robust electrical grounding without the inconvenience of using separate shock mounts, grounding straps, etc.
US11782474B2
A clock control method, apparatus, and device, and a storage medium. By the method, timing optimization of bidirectional data communication between a server mainboard and a Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) expansion board is relatively implemented, and the occurrence of a situation where in any data communication direction between the server mainboard and the PCIe expansion board, data transmitted by the initiating end at a given high-level moment does not reach the receiving end at a next high-level moment may be prevented, thus ensuring the reliability of communication between the server mainboard and the PCIe expansion board. In addition, the present application further provides a clock control apparatus and device, and a storage medium, and the beneficial effects are as stated above.
US11782472B2
An electronic device for simulating load currents when testing a tow-vehicle brake controller is described. The electronic device utilizes current monitoring circuitry to measure a current of an input signal from the tow vehicle. The electronic device also includes a series of resistors that are arranged in parallel on the input signal as wells a series of switches (e.g., relays or transistors) that can activate and deactivate each one of the resistors. Microcontroller circuitry within the electronic device controls the series of switches based on the measured current of the input signal, and, by extension, controls the series of resistors applied to the input signal. In so doing, the electronic device is able to simulate a desired load current on the tow-vehicle brake controller being tested.
US11782466B2
To dynamically manage a temperature of an electronic device, a local temperature is provided by measuring a temperature of a local spot in the electronic device and a reference temperature is provided by measuring a temperature of a reference spot in the electronic device where the reference spot and the local spot are thermally coupled. A target temperature corresponding to a limit value of the reference temperature is adjusted based on the local temperature and a power level of the electronic device is controlled based on the same target temperature. The target temperature may be set to a relatively high value to secure performance of the electronic device when the local temperature is relatively low. Alternatively, the target temperature may be set to a relatively low value to pursue stability of the electronic device when the local temperature is relatively high.
US11782464B2
A method of operating a cooking appliance includes obtaining a set fluid temperature for a fluid within a cooking utensil, monitoring an actual fluid temperature via a first temperature sensor of a probe, determining a predicted air temperature above the fluid, monitoring an actual air temperature above the fluid via a second temperature sensor of the probe, comparing the actual air temperature to the predicted air temperature, and implementing a responsive action based on the comparison between the actual air temperature and the predicted air temperature.
US11782458B2
Parcel deploying apparatus including package receiving and/or delivering apparatus defining an enclosure and any or all walls of the enclosure being releasably locked to the package receiving or deploying apparatus by an externally controllable locking mechanism and movable from a closed to an open orientation defining a package receiving flat surface. A robot including a body with controllably movable apparatus for aligning movements, the body including a wall releasably attached to the body for movement between a body closing orientation and a horizontal orientation defining a package receiving flat surface. One of the enclosure and the body including package relocating apparatus which moves a package between a stored and an extended orientation on one of the flat surfaces. The controllably movable apparatus controllable to move the robot into alignment with a delivery position. The package receiving and/or delivering apparatus and the robot can be integrated into a single robosafe.
US11782455B1
A system and related methods for management, planning and control of a connected fleet of vehicles. A unique, single integrated platform may be provided for management, planning and control of a connected fleet of vehicles, including fleet planning, in-fleeting operations, vehicle acquisition and provisioning, vehicle assignment, vehicle transfers, vehicle use operations, vehicle servicing, vehicle maintenance and repairs, and de-fleeting operations. Fleet communications can be by cellular, wireless, or low earth orbit satellite communications. Fleet vehicles include a programmable TCU installed in the vehicle and connected, directly or indirectly, to the CAN bus or similar vehicle network, and carries out various operations, including controlling vehicle access. Where outside communications links are not available, access to a vehicle may be through a protected, secure, single-use token stored on a user's computing device upon making a reservation, which is later securely communicated to the vehicle. The vehicle processes the token and allows access if the information in the token is valid.
US11782445B2
The present invention provides a self-moving device, including: a housing, in which a primary cavity is formed; a moving module, mounted on the housing, and configured to actuate the self-moving device to move; a primary working module, mounted on the housing, and configured to perform a work task; a control module, including a main control board, and configured to control the moving module to actuate the self-moving device to move, and control the primary working module to perform the work task, where: the main control board is disposed in the primary cavity, where at least one secondary cavity is further formed in the housing; the secondary cavity is configured to mount at least one functional module different from the moving module and the primary working module; and the self-moving device includes at least one first interface corresponding to the secondary cavity and capable of connecting to a second interface of the functional module, and the first interface is connected to the second interface, so that the functional module is mounted to the secondary cavity.
US11782441B2
A managing apparatus provides self-driving of a vehicle, which allows the vehicle to enter a parking space out of a plurality of parking spaces from an outside of a parking lot including the plurality of parking spaces, and which allows the vehicle to leave the parking lot for a predetermined place in the outside. The managing apparatus is provided with: a wait time setting device configured to set a maximum wait time of the vehicle in the predetermined place; and a controller configured to set a driving route for returning the vehicle to the parking lot from the predetermined place on condition that the maximum wait time elapses from an arrival of the vehicle in the predetermined place, and configured to provide the self-driving of the vehicle along the driving route.
US11782438B2
An apparatus for post-processing of a decision-making model of an autonomous vehicle receives a decision-making model including a plurality of states. The model is processed using multivariate data that comprises values for at least three observations of a vehicle operational scenario. A slice of the model decision space is generated by fixing values of all except two observations, and modifying the values of the two observations to obtain multiple alternative solutions for the model. The alternative solutions and the modified values form the slice. Each alternative solution is associated with a respective first value of a first observation and a respective second value of a second observation. The apparatus also generates a solution to a modified decision-making model that is the model modified by, for at least one state and at least one of the two observations, modifying a probabilistic transition matrix, a probabilistic observation matrix, or both.
US11782437B2
An autonomous vehicle which includes multiple independent control systems that provide redundancy as to specific and critical safety situations which may be encountered when the autonomous vehicle is in operation.
US11782433B2
A learned model generation method involves: outputting, when it is determined that the sequence of the positions of a first end surface of a first sheet material indicated by first data intersects with the sequence of the positions of a second end surface of a second sheet material indicated by second data, information indicating that a roll is defective and that the defect is caused by a first feed reel or a first affixing roller; and generating a facility state diagnosis model by using the first data and the second data read before preservation of the first feed reel when it is determined that a first difference between a first defect rate of the roll before the preservation of the first feed reel and a second defect rate of the roll after the preservation of the first feed reel is equal to or larger than a prescribed value.
US11782432B2
A method and a system for controlling a lot risk score based dynamic lot measurement on the basis of equipment reliability index are provided. The method for controlling a measurement, according to an embodiment of the present invention, calculates an equipment reliability index of specific equipment for a specific process in semiconductor manufacturing, calculates a risk score of the specific equipment for the specific process on the basis of an equipment reliability index, and determines, on the basis of the risk score, whether to measure a semiconductor product processed by the specific equipment for the specific process. Therefore, differential quality monitoring and management is possible according to the equipment reliability index, a measuring instrument can be efficiently used, quality and yield can be improved through timely measurement, and management convenience can be increased through automatic and dynamic lot measurement control.
US11782431B2
The disclosure provides an environment in which it is possible to switch an algorithm involved in an abnormality detection process. A control device: calculates a feature quantity from a state value acquired from a monitored object; uses a learning model on the basis of the calculated feature quantity to execute one of a plurality of types of algorithms for calculating a value indicating the probability that an abnormality is occurring in the monitored object; determines, on the basis of the calculated value, whether the abnormality is occurring; and switches, in accordance with a condition defined in advance, the one algorithm that is executed.
US11782428B2
A transport system is provided. The transport system includes a stocker configured to store an assigned wafer carrier and having a gate port. The transport system also includes a semiconductor apparatus configured to transmit a request signal including a processed time according to a processing wafer carrier loaded on the semiconductor apparatus. The transport system further includes a vehicle configured to transport the assigned wafer carrier from the gate port to the semiconductor apparatus and a control system configured to control the vehicle. When the control system receives the request signal, the control system controls the stocker to transport the assigned wafer carrier inside of the stocker to the gate port at a start time, which is earlier than the processed time, and the control system controls the vehicle to transport the assigned wafer carrier from the gate port to the semiconductor apparatus.
US11782423B2
The technology disclosed herein enables automation of component sourcing when designing a process system in an industrial environment. In a particular embodiment, a method includes receiving design specifications of a process system in an industrial environment via a system design application. The method further includes determining components to implement the process system from the design specifications and identifying a first subset of the components for sourcing from an external provider. The method also includes populating the first subset into a component sourcing application.
US11782422B2
A system for interleaving substrate under food products is provided. The system includes an interleaver assembly configured to interleave substrate with food products. A programmable logic controller (PLC) includes a sensor in communication with the interleaver assembly. The sensor is configured to detect an identifier provided on each substrate stock of a plurality of substrate stocks, and each identifier is associated with an interleaving profile. The interleaver assembly interleaves the substrate with the food product according to a specific interleaving profile in response to the sensor detecting the identifier on the substrate stock.
US11782409B2
An environmental control system of a building including a first building device operable to affect environmental conditions of a zone of the building by providing a first input to the zone. The system includes a second building device operable to independently affect a subset of the environmental conditions by providing a second input to the zone and further includes a controller including a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform an optimization to generate control decisions for the building devices. The optimization is performed subject to constraints for the environmental conditions and uses a predictive model that predicts an effect of the control decisions on the environmental conditions. The processing circuit is configured to operate the building devices in accordance with the control decisions.
US11782396B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design and manufacture of physical structures using toolpaths generated by reinforcement learning for use with subtractive manufacturing systems and techniques, include: obtaining, in a computer aided design or manufacturing program, a three dimensional model of a manufacturable object; generating toolpaths that are usable by a computer-controlled manufacturing system to manufacture at least a portion of the manufacturable object by providing at least a portion of the three dimensional model to a machine learning algorithm that employs reinforcement learning, wherein the machine learning algorithm includes one or more scoring functions that include rewards that correlate with desired toolpath characteristics comprising toolpath smoothness, toolpath length, and avoiding collision with the three dimensional model; and providing the toolpaths to the computer-controlled manufacturing system to manufacture at least the portion of the manufacturable object.
US11782390B2
A timepiece includes a watch case formed by a middle closed by a back and a crystal, the middle being equipped with horns defining a space for receiving a bracelet strand, the timepiece including a sole arranged to rest against the back, the sole, the bracelet strand and the space between the horns having shaped elements arranged to cooperate by interlocking when the middle, the sole and the strand are assembled.
US11782385B2
Apparatuses and methods for improved reconstructions of electron-based holograms are disclosed herein. An example method at least includes forming a hologram of a sample and a known object, forming a reconstruction of the known object using a reconstruction algorithm, comparing the reconstruction of the known object to a reference reconstruction of the known object, and adjusting the reconstruction algorithm based on the comparison of the reconstruction of the known object to the reference reconstruction of the known object. The example method may further include forming a reconstruction of the sample using the adjusted reconstruction algorithm.
US11782384B2
There are provided volume holograms and combinations of lenticular lenses and holograms in particular for security applications. In embodiments, a volume hologram comprises a holographic medium (102) including a first optical interference structure which, upon illumination, replays a first image (110); wherein the first image includes a lenticular lens layer (111) including an array of lenticules and a lenticular image layer (113) including first (114) and second (115) interlaced images corresponding with the array of lenticules.
US11782383B2
Provided is a process cartridge where a developing unit includes a coupling member that receives driving force, a driving transmission member that transmits the driving force from the coupling member to a driving roller, and a support member that rotatably supports the coupling member and is movable with respect to a developing frame in a direction intersecting with a rotational axis of the developing roller. The developing frame and the driving transmission member are configured to be movable with respect to a drum frame of a drum unit in the direction intersecting the rotational axis. In this process cartridge, an urging member that engages with both the support member and the drum frame is included such that an urging force is applied in a direction in which a positioned portion of the support member and a positioning portion of the drum frame contact each other.
US11782374B2
Disclosed is a post-processing apparatus configured to be coupled to an image forming apparatus or another post-processing apparatus. The post-processing apparatus includes: a post-processing unit that performs post-processing to a sheet that is conveyed; and a standby path arranged on an upstream side or a downstream side of the post-processing unit and capable of holding the sheet. The post-processing unit performs the post-processing in a state in which the sheet is partly in the standby path.
US11782372B2
A detection device includes a first detection unit that detects a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion of a medium before the medium is heated, and a second detection unit that differs from the first detection unit and that detects the leading edge portion and the trailing edge portion of the medium after the medium is heated.
US11782363B2
An image forming apparatus includes a belt, an image forming unit, a first roller configured to form a transfer portion where the toner image is transferred from the belt to a recording material, a second roller disposed upstream of the first roller, a pressing member disposed upstream of the first roller and downstream of the second roller, a guide member disposed upstream of the transfer portion, and a connecting member configured to electrically connect the guide member and the pressing member to each other.
US11782354B2
A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle containing a binder resin and a releasing agent. The binder resin includes a polyester resin and a vinyl resin. The vinyl resin includes a specific vinyl unit. A relationship 1.30≤Wabs/Wps≤2.00 is satisfied where Wabs represents an absolute molecular weight at a largest peak on an absolute molecular weight distribution curve of the binder resin as measured by size-exclusion chromatography using a multi-angle laser light scattering detector, and Wps represents a relative molecular weight at a largest peak on a relative molecular weight distribution curve of the binder resin in terms of polystyrene as measured by size-exclusion chromatography using a differential refractive index detector.
US11782348B2
The inventive concept provides an apparatus for treating a substrate. The apparatus comprises a processing container having an inner space; a support unit configured to support and rotate the substrate in the inner space; a liquid supply unit configured to supply a treating liquid to the substrate supported by the support unit; and an exhaust unit configured to exhaust an air flow from the inner space, wherein the exhaust unit includes an air flow guide duct with an inlet provided to introduce the air flow into the air flow guide duct in a tangential direction to a rotating direction of the substrate supported on the support unit.
US11782345B2
A method according to the present disclosure includes providing a substrate, depositing an underlayer over the substrate, depositing a photoresist layer over the underlayer, exposing a portion of the photoresist layer and a portion of the underlayer to a radiation source according to a pattern, baking the photoresist layer and underlayer, and developing the exposed portion of the photoresist layer to transfer the pattern to the photoresist layer. The underlayer includes a polymer backbone, a polarity switchable group, a cross-linkable group bonded to the polymer backbone, and photoacid generator. The polarity switchable group includes a first end group bonded to the polymer backbone, a second end group including fluorine, and an acid labile group bonded between the first end group and the second end group. The exposing decomposes the photoacid generator to generate an acidity moiety that detaches the second end group from the polymer backbone during the baking.
US11782342B2
A salt represented by the formula (I):
US11782325B1
Provided is an image processing apparatus including a processor. The processor is configured to: reconstruct, by employing an image set acquired by means of an endoscope, three-dimensional information of an imaging subject; estimate, by means of an estimator, imaging-subject distances from the image set by employing a learning parameter; calculate, on the basis of the estimated imaging-subject distances and the imaging-subject distances in the three-dimensional information, a scale coefficient; convert relative dimensions of the three-dimensional information to absolute dimensions by employing the scale coefficient; and output the three-dimensional information containing the absolute dimensions. The learning parameter is determined by learning a plurality of learning images including images of imaging-subject distances outside a measurement range in which imaging-subject distances can be measured on the basis of contrast of the image and a position of an autofocus-lens, as well as imaging-subject distances for each of the learning images.
US11782305B1
A device is provided. The device includes a first liquid crystal (“LC”) cell configured to modulate an amplitude of a light beam. The device also includes a second LC cell stacked with the first LC cell and configured to modulate a phase of the light beam. The device includes a sandwiched electrode layer disposed between the first LC cell and the second LC cell. The sandwiched electrode layer includes a conductive polymer film configured to function as a common electrode layer for driving at least one of the first LC cell or the second LC cell.
US11782304B2
A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a bank layer and a quantum dots material layer on a base substrate. The bank layer defines a plurality of bank apertures. The quantum dots material layer includes a plurality of quantum dots blocks respectively in at least some of the plurality of bank apertures. At least a portion of the bank layer between two adjacent bank apertures includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a third surface connecting the first surface and the second surface closer to a first bank aperture, and a fourth surface connecting the first surface and the second surface closer to a second bank aperture. At least a portion of a third surface or a fourth surface of a portion of the bank layer between two adjacent bank apertures is a wavy surface including alternating convex and concave portions.
US11782299B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a sheet-like display panel having a first area, second and third areas, and a support substrate bonded to the display panel. The support substrate has a first support portion overlapping the first area, second and third support portions overlapping the second area, fourth and fifth support portions overlapping the third area, a first groove between the first and second support portions, a second groove between the second and third support portions, a third groove between the first and fourth support portions, and a fourth groove between the fourth and fifth support portions. The first and second grooves extend along the second direction. The third and fourth grooves extend along a first direction.
US11782291B1
A headband for securing eyeglasses on the head of a wearer may include a pair of cords secured to the temple arms of the eyeglasses. Distal ends of the cords may form end loops that fit over the temple arms and movably attach the headband to the temple arms for positioning the eyeglasses on the head of the wearer. Slide connectors may be manipulated to position and tighten the end loops of the pair of cords about the temple arms.
US11782290B2
An apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image. The apparatus includes a light source, an intensity modulator to modulate an intensity of a given light beam, a mirror device to modulate spatially the intensity-modulated light beam at a given time instant, a first optics to collimate the spatially-modulated light beam and an image waveguide comprising an in-coupling structure to receive the collimated light beam and an out-coupling structure comprising out-coupling sites. The image waveguide directs the collimated light to the out-coupling structure which selectively redirects multiple reflections towards a segmented optical structure comprising at least two types of segments to redirect a first part of the multiple reflections to form a first type image point P1 at a first focal distance d1, d1′ and a second part of the multiple reflections to form a second type image point P2 at a second focal distance d2, d2′.
US11782285B2
The present disclosure provides a material identification method and a device based on laser speckle and modal fusion, an electronic device and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The method includes: performing data acquisition on an object by using a structured light camera to obtain a color modal image, a depth modal image and an infrared modal image; preprocessing the color modal image, the depth modal image and the infrared modal image; and inputting the color modal image, the depth modal image and the infrared modal image preprocessed into a preset depth neural network for training, to learn a material characteristic from a speckle structure and a coupling relation between color modal and depth modal, to generate a material classification model for classifying materials, and to generate a material prediction result in testing by the material classification model of the object.
US11782282B1
The disclosed flexible facial interface assemblies for head-mounted display systems may include a rigid support frame element and a flexible facial interface frame element. The rigid support frame element may be shaped and configured to physically support a display of a head-mounted display system in front of a user's eyes when the facial interface assembly is worn by the user. The flexible facial interface frame element may be configured to flex to conform to the user's facial features when the facial interface assembly is worn by the user. An outer periphery of the flexible facial interface frame element may be independently movable relative to an outer periphery of the rigid support frame element. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11782281B2
A headset includes a thermal frame disposed within a housing. A printed circuit board (PCB) is thermally coupled to the thermal frame. Heat generated by one or more electrical components on the PCB is transmitted to the thermal frame, which distributes the heat uniformly throughout the headset. A first heat pipe is disposed on a first side of the PCB in contact with at least a portion of the thermal frame, the PCB, and/or an electrical component disposed on the PCB to draw heat from the electrical component, and a second heat pipe is disposed proximate a second side of the PCB and is configured to draw heat from second side of the PCB.
US11782279B2
An example apparatus may include a display, a beamsplitter having a first region and a second region, and a reflective polarizer. The reflectance of the second region of the beamsplitter may be appreciably greater than the reflectance of the first region; for example, at least approximately 20% greater. In some examples, the second region may be a peripheral region surrounding a generally centrally located first region. An example apparatus may be configured so that at least some light emitted by the display is transmitted through the first region of the beamsplitter, reflects from the reflective polarizer, reflects from the second region of the beamsplitter, and is then directed through the reflective polarizer to an eye of a user when the user wears the apparatus. Other devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11782262B2
A light converter and method of manufacture is provided. A light conversion layer (301), comprising light conversion particles (301a) in a binding material (301b) is provided for generating emission light from excitation light incident on the light conversion layer (301). A planarization layer (304) is on a surface of the light conversion layer (301) and at least one optical coating (305) is part of or on a surface of the planarization layer (304) that is relatively smooth in comparison with the surface of the light conversion layer (301).
US11782257B2
Systems and methods are providing for endoscopically visualizing tissue within a patient. In one aspect, an endoscope comprises an elongate shaft having a distal end and a proximal end and a visualization section at the distal end of the shaft. The visualization section includes a proximal surface and an outer surface spaced apart from the proximal surface. At least one of the proximal surface or the outer surface of the visualization section has an average surface roughness less than about 50 nanometers RMS. The endoscope allows improved remote visualization while not interfering with the autofocus feature of a video capture system and not causing increased light reflectance and glare due to improved surface finish.
US11782245B2
Provided is a camera optical lens including, from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 58.00≤v1≤82.00, and −5.50≤f2/f≤−3.50, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens, f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens, and v1 denotes an abbe number of the first lens. The camera optical lens according to the present disclosure has better optical performance while satisfying design requirements for ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having large apertures.
US11782243B2
A lens module includes a first lens having refractive power, a second lens having refractive power, a third lens having refractive power, a fourth lens having refractive power, a fifth lens having refractive power and having a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, and a sixth lens having refractive power and a concave image-side surface. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side.
US11782237B2
A camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies conditions of 1.00≤(d1+d3+d5+d7+d9)/d11≤2.20 and (R5+R6)/(R5−R6)≤−1.00, here d1, d3, d5, d7 and d9 denote an on-axis thickness of the first, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, and the sixth lenses, respectively, R5 denotes a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the third lens, and R6 denotes a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the third lens. The camera optical lens of the present disclosure has excellent optical performances, and meanwhile can meet design requirements of a large aperture, a wide angle and ultra-thin.
US11782229B2
An optical fiber cable including a central strength member, a first plurality of tight-buffered ribbon stacks, a binder film, and a cable sheath. The central strength member extends along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable. The tight-buffered ribbon stacks are SZ-stranded around the central strength member. An interstitial space is provided between adjacent tight-buffered ribbon stacks. A binder film continuously and contiguously surrounds the first plurality of tight-buffered ribbon stacks along the longitudinal axis. The binder film includes first portions and at least one second portion. Each of the at least one second portion of the binder film extends into one of the interstitial spaces of the first plurality of tight-buffered ribbon stacks. The cable sheath continuously and contiguously surrounds the binder film along the longitudinal axis, and the cable sheath is coupled to the first portions of the binder film.
US11782224B2
A connector includes a ferrule assembly having a ferrule, a hub and a spring, the ferrule having a distal face accessible at a distal end of the connector housing, the ferrule being movable in a proximal direction relative to the connector housing. The distal and proximal positions are separated by an axial displacement distance. The ferrule proximal movement is against the spring's bias. The cable of the assembly includes an optical fiber contained within a jacket and also a strength layer between the fiber and the jacket that is anchored to the connector housing. The fiber extends through a fiber from the proximal end of the connector housing to the ferrule. The fiber has a distal portion potted within the ferrule. The fiber passage has a fiber take-up region configured to take-up an excess length of the fiber corresponding to the ferrule axial displacement.
US11782221B2
A dust cap includes a cap body and a pair of opposing latches. The cap body is adapted to cover a connectorized end of a fiber optic connector and cable assembly when the connectorized end is inserted through an opening of an interior of the cap body. The cap body further includes an opposing pair of resilient walls. The pair of opposing latches each include latching features that extend outside of the interior of the cap body. The pair of opposing latches each further include a mounting portion mounted to a respective one of the opposing pair of resilient walls. The dust cap may further include a pulling interface. The pulling interface may be adapted to attach to a pulling member and may be positioned at a tapered nose of the cap body. The dust cap may thereby be a cable pulling cap and may pull a fiber optic connector and cable assembly through conduits and other narrow passages. A pair of opposing pulling halves may enclose the cable pulling cap or the dust cap without a pulling interface and at least a portion of the connectorized end of the fiber optic connector and cable assembly.
US11782218B2
Disclosed is an optical interconnection device that includes an alignment ferrule assembly formed from an alignment substrate and optical fibers. The optical interconnection device also has an alignment assembly formed by a planar support member with guide features. A receiving region resides between the guide features in which the alignment substrate is secured. An evanescent optical coupler can be formed using the optical interconnection device as a first device and another optical interconnection device as a second device. The second device is constituted by a planar lightwave circuit that operably supports waveguides and an adapter. The adapter of the second device is configured to engage the alignment assembly of the first device to place the optical fibers and the optical waveguides of the respective devices in evanescent optical communication.
US11782210B2
A method of making an optical fiber-based sensor includes providing an optical fiber, and providing a sensing or protection layer on a surface of the optical fiber by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process.
US11782209B2
An optical cross apparatus including a single-row fiber array, and a single-row input multidimensional output optical waveguide element, where the single-row fiber array is coupled to the single-row input multidimensional output optical waveguide element, and an arbitrarily curved spatial three-dimensional waveguide is generated inside the single-row input multidimensional output optical waveguide element, and where a coupling surface of the single-row fiber array is the same as that of the single-row input multidimensional output optical waveguide element.
US11782208B1
Structures for a wavelength splitter used in a wavelength-division-multiplexing filter stage and methods of forming same. The structure comprises a first waveguide core including a first section, a second section, and a phase delay line between the first section and the second section. The phase delay line of the first waveguide core includes a delay section and a plurality of segments longitudinally arranged in the delay section. The structure further comprises a second waveguide core including a first section, a second section, and a phase delay line between the first section and the second section. The first section of the second waveguide core is positioned adjacent to the first section of the first waveguide core to define a first directional coupler, and the second section of the second waveguide core is positioned adjacent to the second section of the first waveguide core to define a second directional coupler.
US11782204B2
A method of forming a one-way see-through illumination device including a light guide and a pattern of pixels on a surface of the light guide. The method includes forming pixel wells corresponding to the pixels, via a formation method including photolithography, on the surface of the light guide. The pixels, including a light diffusing layer and a light reflecting layer, are formed using the pixel wells, wherein the pattern of pixels and the light guide are arranged to generate transparent illumination by the frustration of total internal reflection of light injected into the light guide.
US11782197B2
A wavelength selective filter includes a filter material. The filter material includes a host matrix doped with metal ions. The filter material has a transmission region within a deep ultraviolet (UV) range such that UV light at wavelengths within the transmission region is transmitted through the filter material.
US11782192B2
A GRIN optic having an optical axis (z-direction) and a GRIN profile varying in the x and y-directions, the profile having one or more discontinuities extending in the x-y direction. The discontinuities may form a non-closed shape or have a non-smooth rectilinear shape. The GRIN optic may have plane-parallel surfaces. A method of designing a GRIN optic which includes mapping discretized elements in the light output specification to array elements of a linear GRIN array elements, identifying for each array element, a base refractive index n0, a gradient magnitude α, and a gradient direction θG capable of directing a beamlet from the light source to a corresponding location in the light output specification, and constructing a piecewise-continuous freeform GRIN profile of the GRIN optic by integrating the discrete linear GRIN array elements into a continuous refractive index profile.
US11782191B2
Various embodiments include a display panel with an integrated micro-lens array. The display panel typically includes an array of mesas which includes an array of pixel light sources (e.g., LEDs) electrically coupled to corresponding pixel driver circuits (e.g., FETs). The array of micro-lenses is aligned to the mesas including the pixel light sources, and positioned to reduce the divergence of light produced by the pixel light sources. In some embodiments, the array of micro-lenses formed from a micro-lens material layer is formed directly on top of the mesas. The display panel may also include an integrated optical spacer formed from the same micro-lens material layer to maintain the positioning between the micro-lenses and pixel driver circuits.
US11782181B2
A downhole multi-modality inspection system includes a first imaging device operable to generate first imaging data and a second imaging device operable to generate second imaging data. The first imaging device includes a first source operable to emit energy of a first modality, and a first detector operable to detect returning energy induced by the emitted energy of the first modality. The second imaging device includes a second source operable to emit energy of a second modality, and a second detector operable to detect returning energy induced by the emitted energy of the second modality. The system further includes a processor configured to receive the first imaging data and the second imaging data, and integrate the first imaging data with the second imaging data into an enhanced data stream. The processor correlates the first imaging data and the second imaging data to provide enhanced data for detecting potential wellbore anomalies.
US11782171B2
An apparatus includes a detection unit including a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged pixels with a plurality of lines located between adjacent pixels, configured to detect an incident radiation and output signals related to a radiation image, a calculation unit configured to calculate a crosstalk ratio related to crosstalk occurring between the adjacent pixels with the plurality of lines therebetween in the detection unit, and a correction unit configured to make a correction to pixel data on a pixel affected by the crosstalk among a plurality of pieces of pixel data constituting the radiation image based on the crosstalk ratio.
US11782168B2
A method of receiving two chip-by-chip multiplexed CSK signals (e.g., GNSS signals) and searching for a non-CSK signal with optimal performance at a given digit capacity of a sampling memory resided in parallel correlators. For CSK signals Prompt, Early and Late results for each of possible code shift are calculated as different sums of four punctured convolutions. Depending on configuration, the method allows to receive both multiplexed CSK signals with lesser quality or one of the CSK signals with better quality. The method can be implemented as an apparatus with four punctured correlators, a set of multipliers by 1 or 2N, another set of multipliers by 1 or 0, summers of four input to one result, a RAM, searchers of maximum, and conditional commutators.
US11782167B2
A system network and methods supported by a constellation of GNSS satellites orbiting around the Earth, and deployed for precise remote monitoring of the spatial displacement, distortion and/or deformation of stationary and/or mobile systems, including buildings, bridges, and roadways. The methods involve (i) embodying multiple GNSS rovers within the boundary of the stationary and/or mobile system being monitored by the GNSS system network, (ii) receiving GNSS signals transmitted from GNSS satellites orbiting the Earth, and (iii) determining the geo-location and time-stamp of each GNSS rover while the stationary and/or mobile system is being monitored for spatial displacement, distortion and/or deformation, using GNSS-based rover data processing methods practiced aboard the system, or remotely within the application and database servers of the data center of the GNSS system network. The GNSS rovers also include on-board instrumentation for sensing and measuring the depth of water ponding about the GNSS rovers.
US11782164B2
Diverse applications from particle physics experiments to lidar are driving cost and current reduction in giga-hertz sampling rate high-resolution data conversion. Multiple imagers captures a single pixel of data and require processing at very high speed. High-bandwidth high-rate signal sampling, analog-to-digital conversion, and transfer of large amounts of data to a digital data acquisition block are required in such systems. Dynamic range, power consumption, and transfer of high-speed, high-bit width data are key implementation challenges. Data acquisition architectures optimized for specific requirements of such systems may facilitate system implementation and reduce overall system cost.
US11782158B2
Systems, methods, devices, and techniques for generating object-heading estimations. In one example, methods include actions of receiving sensor data representing measurements of an object that was detected within a proximity of a vehicle; processing the sensor data with one or more preliminary heading estimation subsystems to respectively generate one or more preliminary heading estimations for the object; processing two or more inputs with a second heading estimation subsystem to generate a refined heading estimation for the object, the two or more inputs including the one or more preliminary heading estimations for the object; and providing the refined heading estimation for the object to an external processing system.
US11782149B2
Embodiments are provided for managing the operation of sensors in an electronic device. According to certain aspects, the electronic device may detect a change in motion from an initial set of sensor data generated by a sensor(s). A memory cache may store the initial set of sensor data or additional sensor data generated by the sensor(s). The electronic device may initiate a supplemental algorithm that analyzes the cached data. Based on the analysis of the cached data and whether the change in motion is confirmed or whether additional motion is detected, the electronic device may manage the operation of the supplemental algorithm.
US11782148B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide for a radar system including a radar IC including a timing engine, a local oscillator, and a modulator. The timing engine is configured to generate one or more chirp control signals. The local oscillator is configured to receive the one or more chirp control signals and generate a frame including a first sequence of chirps according to the one or more chirp control signals. The modulator is configured to modulate the first sequence of chirps to generate a second sequence of chirps so the frame includes the first sequence of chirps and the second sequence of chirps offset by a first frequency value.
US11782143B2
A light detection and ranging system is presented that includes at least one light source for emitting a light pulse to the surroundings of the light detection and ranging system, at least one monitoring optical sensor for monitoring the emitting of the light pulse by the at least one light source, at least one receiving optical sensor for receiving a light signal from the surroundings of the light detection and ranging system, and at least one signal processing unit for processing the signal of the at least one receiving optical sensor which is characterized in that the at least one signal processing unit comprises a multiplexer at the input for multiplexing between the signal of the at least one receiving optical sensor and the signal of the at least one monitoring optical sensor.
US11782141B2
A method and apparatus for the automatic calibration method described in this application provides an integrated framework for performing a reliable and objective estimation of IMU-LiDAR latency and boresight angles. This method, based on the estimation of calibration parameters through the resolution of observation equations is able to deliver boresight and latency estimates as well as their precision. A new calibration method for the boresight method angles between a LiDAR and an IMU, based on an automatic data selection algorithm, followed by the adjustment of bore sight angles. This method, called LIBAC (LiDAR-IMU Boresight Automatic Calibration), takes in input overlapping survey strips following a sample line pattern over a regular slope. First, construct a boresight error observability criterion, used to select automatically the most sensitive soundings to boresight errors. From these soundings, adjust the boresight angle 3D, thus taking into account the coupling between angles. From a statistical analysis of the adjustment results, we derive the boresight precision.
US11782137B2
A LIDAR system or a vehicle may include at least one processor configured to perform a method to detect objects in a field of view. The method may include controlling at least one LIDAR light source in a manner enabling light flux of the at least one LIDAR light source to vary over a plurality of scans of a field of view; receiving, from a group of detectors, a plurality of input signals indicative of reflections of light projected from the field of view; detecting a possible existence of an object in the background area based on first input signals associated with a first scanning cycle; detecting a possible existence of the object based on second input signals associated with a second scanning cycle; and aggregating the first and second input signals to detect an existence of the object at an object-existence-certainty level higher than a threshold.
US11782135B2
A lidar and an intelligent sensing device are provided. The lidar includes at least one counterweight tray connected with a portion of the lidar. Each of the at least one counterweight tray includes a counterweight edge having a ring shape. The counterweight edge includes a plurality of fixing holes. A counterweight block is moved relative to the counterweight edge to be fixed through the plurality of fixing holes, thereby achieving a balance adjustment of the lidar.
US11782132B2
The present disclosure describes a system and method for coaxial LiDAR scanning. The system includes a first light source configured to provide first light pulses. The system also includes one or more beam steering apparatuses optically coupled to the first light source. Each beam steering apparatus comprises a rotatable concave reflector and a light beam steering device disposed at least partially within the rotatable concave reflector. The combination of the light beam steering device and the rotatable concave reflector, when moving with respect to each other, steers the one or more first light pulses both vertically and horizontally to illuminate an object within a field-of-view; obtain one or more first returning light pulses, the one or more first returning light pulses being generated based on the steered first light pulses illuminating an object within the field-of-view, and redirects the one or more first returning light pulses.
US11782128B2
In a radar apparatus of the present invention, a ghost deciding unit decides whether or not a first condition that a first object candidate and a second object candidate are in the same direction with respect to the transmission/reception unit is satisfied, and then decides whether or not a second condition that, of the first and second object candidates, a reflection power from the first object candidate located farther away from the transmission/reception unit is smaller than a reflection power from the second object candidate located closer to the transmission/reception unit is satisfied. The ghost deciding unit decides that only when the first condition and the second condition are satisfied, the first object candidate is a ghost.
US11782126B2
A mechanism is provided for estimating mounting orientation yaw and pitch of a radar sensor without need of prior knowledge or information from any other sensor on an automobile. Embodiments estimate the sensor heading (e.g., azimuth) due to movement of the automobile from radial relative velocities and azimuths of radar target detections. This can be performed at every system cycle, when a new radar detection occurs. Embodiments then can estimate the sensor mounting orientation (e.g., yaw) from multiple sensor heading estimations. For further accuracy, embodiments can also take into account target elevation measurements to either more accurately determine sensor azimuth and yaw or to also determine mounting pitch orientation.
US11782124B2
An electric or electronic device module comprises an electronic device, means for powering the electric or electronic device module, and at least one radar sensor having a detection range. The electric or electronic device module has a processor adapted for calibrating the at least one radar sensor by at least partly automatically defining and calculating parameters of boundaries of a predefined geometry, in which the at least one radar sensor has to measure, in order to prevent the at least one radar sensor from taking into account measurements outside that predefined geometry. The predefined geometry is located within the detection range of the at least one radar sensor and is equally sized to or smaller than that detection range of the at least one radar sensor.
US11782120B2
Methods and systems are provided for low power wide area network localization. A location of a mobile device communicating with one or more gateways of a long-range low-power wide-area network (LoRaWAN), having known locations, may be determined, using a model configured for accepting input values relating to a signal strength measure (RSS) of electromagnetic signals transmitted, continuously or intermittently, between the mobile device and the one or gateways of the LoRaWAN having known locations. The signals may be collected and evaluated as the mobile device is moving across a reception area of the LoRaWAN, to derive values representative of the signal strength measure (RSS), to feed as input signal(s) to the model. The model is used to generate values representative of the location of the mobile device and a location dependent measure of uncertainty in each location.
US11782116B2
A method for recording a magnetic resonance image dataset includes providing a magnetic resonance sequence with a series of sequence blocks, and providing at least one correction term to compensate for a magnetic field change. The magnetic field change is produced as a change of an actual magnetic field compared to a setpoint magnetic field by gradient pulses. The magnetic field change is established via a transfer characteristic of the gradient system of the magnetic resonance installation. The at least one correction term is used to compensate for the magnetic field change, and at least one magnetic resonance image dataset is recorded with the magnetic resonance sequence using the correction term.
US11782115B2
A computer-implemented method of reconstructing a motion-compensated magnetic resonance image uses raw k-space data acquired at a first resolution over successive respiratory and/or cardiac cycles of a patient. After binning data based on corresponding motion states derived from these cycles, the resolution of the binned K-space data in each bin is reduced. This is done by selecting a sub-group of binned k-space data. Bin images are reconstructed from the reduced-resolution data, and histogram-equalised versions of the reconstructed reduced-resolution bin image generated for each bin. Motion fields are estimated and interpolated to the first resolution such that motion data can be incorporated into a final reconstruction of a motion compensated image.
US11782110B2
A method for reducing a tendency of a thermal radiation shield for a superconducting magnet of a magnetic resonance imaging system to vibrate. A mass per unit area of the material of the thermal radiation shield is locally modified in a random or pseudo-random pattern.
US11782106B2
In the present disclosure, there is provided a permeability measurement jig including a first waveguide, wherein a signal line of the first waveguide comprises an excited magnetic part at one end side, and a magnetic field is generated at the excited magnetic part by an excitation signal, and a second waveguide, wherein a signal line of the second waveguide comprises a detection part at one end side, a detection signal is induced at the detection part due to an action of the magnetic field generated at the excited magnetic part to a measurement sample, and the detection part is placed on the excited magnetic part to face the excited magnetic part at a predetermined distance. A permeability measurement device having the permeability measurement jig and a permeability measurement method are disclosed.
US11782105B2
In one aspect, a method includes forming a coil in a coil layer, performing planarization on the coil layer, and depositing a magnetoresistance (MR) element on the planarized coil layer. No dielectric material is between the planarized coil layer and the MR element. In another aspect, a magnetic field sensor includes a substrate, a planarized coil layer comprising a coil on the substrate, a magnetoresistance (MR) element in contact with the planarized coil layer, and a capping layer deposited over the MR element and the planarized coil layer. No dielectric material is between the planarized coil layer and the MR element.
US11782103B2
In one aspect, a dual double-pinned spin valve element includes a first spin valve that includes a first pinned layer and a second pinned layer and a second spin valve disposed on the first spin valve and comprising a third pinned layer and a fourth pinned layer. The first, second, third and fourth pinned layers each have a magnetization in a first direction.
US11782102B2
A microelectronic device has a Hall sensor that includes a Hall plate in a semiconductor material. The Hall sensor includes contact regions in the semiconductor material, contacting the Hall plate. The Hall sensor includes an isolation structure with a dielectric material contacting the semiconductor material, on at least two opposite sides of each of the contact regions. The isolation structure is laterally separated from the contact regions by gaps. The Hall sensor further includes a conductive spacer over the gaps, the conductive spacer being separated from the semiconductor material by an insulating layer.
US11782087B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: one input terminal; multiple output terminals; multiple first current control elements connected between the input terminal and the respective output terminals; a control circuit that controls the first current control elements; a fault detection circuit that includes multiple voltage comparator circuits each of which compares a voltage proportional to a voltage of one of the output terminals with a predetermined threshold voltage and that detects an open-circuit state or a short-circuit state of the output terminals; an external terminal connected to an external resistor; a voltage convertor circuit that generates the threshold voltage according to a voltage of the external terminal that is generated by flowing a current through the external resistor, the threshold voltage being applied to an input terminal of each of the voltage comparator circuits; and a detection result output terminal for outputting a detection result by the fault detection circuit.
US11782080B2
The present invention is a remotely controlled, automated shielding effectiveness test system for hardening against the effects of high altitude electromagnetic pulses. The system monitors and reports the on-going effectiveness of an enclosure that shields electronic devices and communications systems from electromagnetic pulses. The system reports provide information to a user to determine whether corrective action is needed for the enclosure to ensure continued protection of the electronic devices and communications systems within the enclosure. The system comprises providing a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) enclosure enclosing at least an electronic device, and an electronic testing apparatus for testing effectiveness of HEMP shielding of the enclosure; and performing a shielding effectiveness test by the apparatus on the enclosure, comprising a first compression sub-test, a second environment sub-test, and a third final shielding effectiveness sub-test.
US11782078B2
A measurement method and apparatus for determining power levels of pulsed power signals, wherein the pulsed power signals are needed for some applications with a high dynamic range and a high speed simultaneously. The apparatus and the measurement method particularly used to evaluate a performance of fiber optic sensors, optical pulse generators, switching devices and debugging other pulsed power systems.
US11782067B2
A biologic sample preparation system that prepares samples for processing includes a frame defining a horizontal plane, a pipette assembly, a sample module and an extraction module. The pipette assembly includes a first pipette. The pipette assembly is movably mounted to the frame in a direction substantially perpendicular to the horizontal plane during operation. The sample module includes a sample plate and is movably mounted to the frame. The sample module is movable substantially parallel to the horizontal plane at least from a sample area spaced from the pipette assembly and a working area proximate the pipette assembly. The extraction module includes an extraction plate and is movably mounted to the frame. The extraction module is movable substantially parallel to the horizontal plane at least from an extraction staging area spaced from the pipette, assembly and the working area proximate the pipette assembly.
US11782063B2
A method to detect local antibodies such as antigen-specific IgE via a brush biopsy specimen of a mucosal surface of a subject is disclosed. The method is easily performed in an office setting on both adult and pediatric patients. Also disclosed is a brush device specially designed for harvesting materials from a mucosal surface such as the medial surface of the inferior turbinate.
US11782061B2
The present inventors have surprisingly found that a deoxyhypusine synthase (DHPS) gene, which was previously reported to correlate with prostate cancer and cervical cancer, is highly responsive to arteriosclerosis or digestive system cancer, whereby the gene can be used as a desired marker for arteriosclerosis or digestive system cancer. The present invention has been accomplished on the basis of this finding. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for determining arteriosclerosis or digestive system cancer, which method includes detecting expression of a deoxyhypusine synthase gene in a test sample (preferably a blood sample), and determining arteriosclerosis or digestive system cancer of a test subject from which the test sample has been obtained, on the basis of an increase in the gene expression as an index.
US11782051B2
A method of creating a reperfusion injury can include: providing a cell culture device having an internal chamber with at least one port coupled to a perfusion modulating system capable of modulating perfusion in the internal chamber, wherein the internal chamber includes a cell culture; perfusing a fluid through the internal chamber with the perfusion modulating system, wherein the perfusion modulating system includes at least one pump; reducing fluid flow through the internal chamber; reperfusing fluid flow through the internal chamber; and creating a reperfusion injury in the cell culture by the reperfusion of the fluid flow through the internal chamber. The cell culture includes at least one type of tissue cell. The cell culture can include a tissue construct formed of hydrogel and/or extracellular matrix.
US11782048B2
Disclosed are methods, materials and devices for approximation of blood volume in a fluid, such as in a biological fluid collected during a surgical procedure. The method and devices include the use of a RBC flocculant, such as polyDADMAC, and an approximate blood hematocrit for the type of animal, as well as a calculated RBC packing ratio corresponding to the collection device being used. Also provided is a Blood Indicator Panel (BIP), comprising a series of markings calculated from an observed red blood settlement volume, the average animal type hematocrit, and a calculated RBC packing ratio “η” value for the collection device. Pediatric (about 200 ml or 250 ml size container), adult human (about 1,000 ml-1,500 ml) and veterinary (about 500 ml-2,500 ml) collection containers are also disclosed, that include a RBC flocculant, for use in approximating blood volume in a fluid.
US11782047B2
A nanopore-containing substrate includes a substrate, a membrane on the substrate, and at least one nanoscale electronic element disposed on or embedded in the membrane. The membrane defines at least one nanopore. The nanoscale electronic element is aligned with one of the nanopores such that a shortest distance between an edge of the nanoscale electronic element and the edge of the nanopore is less than 50 nm. The nanopores may be formed by etching through a dielectric layer using a solution while applying a voltage to the nanoscale electronic element relative to the solution. The nanopore-containing substrate can be used to detect or sequence a biopolymer, such as a nucleic acid. The nanopore-containing substrate may be used with a biopolymer detection and/or sequencing system.
US11782043B2
Disclosed is a real-time method for detecting copper and silver in water in parts per billion. Total silver is detected by adding a nitric acid solution to the sample; after the silver is digested, adding a buffer solution comprising water, sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate and EDTA to the sample; adding an indicator comprising Cadion 2B, EtOH, and Triton X-100 to the sample; then reading the absorbance of the sample after light with an approximate target peak of 515 nm is sent through the sample; and determining the silver concentration by comparing the absorbance of the sample to the absorbances of known silver standards. Total copper is detected by adding a nitric acid solution to the sample; after the copper is digested, adding a buffer/indicator solution to the sample, where the solution comprises water, sodium citrate dihydrate, hydroxal amine hydrochloride and bathocuproine disulfonate; after one minute, reading the absorbance of the sample after light with an approximate target peak of 480 nm is sent through the sample; and determining the copper concentration by comparing the absorbance of the sample to the absorbances of known copper standards. A monitoring device for determining the level of copper or silver in a sample implements the disclosed methods.
US11782037B2
Systems and methods for a mobile electronic system that gathers and analyzes odors, airborne chemicals and/or compounds. The system includes a sample delivery component that can gather airborne substances and/or gaseous substances. A detection component can detect the presences of chemicals, substances, and/or visual gases in a sample. Analyzed samples can be compared with known substance and/or odor analysis. In addition, the source of the sample can be determined. Accordingly, odor, gas, and/or airborne substance identification can be accomplished.
US11782035B2
Apparatus and methods for detecting and reporting pollution at an oil facility are disclosed. The technology utilizes a logic control system to read from a pollution sensor and present the sensed data as a pollutant from a leak. The pollution leakage can be further managed and reduced.
US11782030B2
A clamping apparatus for an ultrasonic detection device is disclosed. A remote control device for remotely controlling a first motor to control a rotational position of a base. The remote control device for remotely controlling a second motor to control a moving position of a movable base relative to a first arc-shaped rack. The remote control device for remotely controlling a third motor to control a moving position of a second arc-shaped rack relative to the movable base, so as to achieve the technical effect of providing an accurate three-dimensional detection angle to the ultrasonic detection device.
US11782026B2
A measurement device for measuring properties of a metal sheet processed in a rolling mill, including: an inspection coil set including a transmitter coil and a receiver coil, the transmitter coil being configured to apply a time-varying magnetic field to the metal sheet, and the receiver coil being configured to detect a magnetic field transient produced from the metal sheet. The property of the metal sheet is derivable from the magnetic field transient. A correction coil set, for detecting a spatial deviation of the metal sheet from a reference plane, each correction coil being connectable to a capacitor to form a respective resonance circuit having a resonance frequency. The correction coils are resonated at the respective resonance frequency. A shift in the resonance frequency in the presence of the metal sheet is detectable and the spatial deviation is derivable from the shifts.
US11782023B2
Methods for detecting and/or discriminating between variants of an antibody contaminating protein or multiple antibodies in a sample by a physical parameter, in which the method includes: separating protein components of a sample by molecular weight or charge in one or more capillaries using capillary electrophoresis; immobilizing the protein components of the sample within the one or more capillaries; contacting the protein components within the one or more capillaries with one or more primary antibodies that specifically bind to the antibody, the contaminating protein or multiple antibodies in the sample, thereby detecting and/or discriminating between variants in the sample.
US11782021B2
An electrolyte concentration measurement device includes: an ion-selective electrode supplied with the liquid; a reference electrode serving as a reference for a potential; a potential measuring unit configured to acquire a potential of the ion-selective electrode; a concentration calculation unit configured to calculate a concentration of ions contained in the liquid based on the potential acquired by the potential measuring unit; a potential monitoring unit configured to monitor a potential of the ion-selective electrode and generate a potential response curve; a timing signal acquisition unit configured to acquire a timing signal related to a timing of various operations; and a potential response curve analysis unit configured to detect an abnormality sign of a device based on a relationship between the potential response curve and the timing signal.
US11782016B2
A gas sensor which detects a concentration of a specific gas contained in a gas to be measured is provided with a gas sensor element. The gas sensor element has an ion conductive solid electrolyte body, a measuring gas electrode which is mounted on a surface of the solid electrolyte body, a reference gas electrode mounted on a surface of the solid electrolyte body, and a catalyst layer mounted on an outer-side relative to the measuring gas electrode-side. The catalyst layer contains a metal catalyst loaded onto a carrier. The metal catalyst is a Pt single substance, and has a specific surface area defined by the equation below of equal to or more than 0.01 to equal to or less than 23: Specific surface area=total surface area of metal catalyst which exists on an electrode unit surface area/actual surface area of electrode per electrode unit surface area.
US11782014B2
Disclosed are internal electrolyte layers for ion selective electrodes, wherein the internal electrolyte layers contain carbon paste doped with a metal salt. Also disclosed are ion selective electrodes and sensor array assemblies containing the internal electrolyte layers. Also disclosed are methods of producing and using the internal electrolyte layers, ion selective electrodes, and sensor array assemblies.
US11782004B2
A testing system for causing a physical change in a crack tip region of a crack within a specimen. The testing system includes a load application system for applying a load to the specimen having the crack formed therein, an electrothermal system for applying an electrical current through the specimen and comprising a power supply and a controller operably coupled to the load application system and the electrothermal system. The load application system configured to perform a crack growth test on the specimen. A method of thermally influencing a crack tip region of a crack within a specimen includes applying at least one pulse of current to the specimen to generate flux tangentially around the crack within the specimen and at the crack tip region and causing the crack tip region of the crack within the specimen to reach a predetermined activation temperature.
US11781995B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a transfer chamber, an annealing station, a robot arm, an edge detector and a trigger device. The transfer chamber is configured to interface with an electroplating apparatus. The robot arm is arranged to transfer a wafer from the transfer chamber to the annealing station. The edge detector, disposed over a predetermined location between the transfer chamber and the annealing station, comprises a first charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor and a second CCD sensor. When the robot arm is carrying the wafer to pass through the predetermined location, the first CCD sensor and the second CCD sensor are located over a first portion and a second portion of the edge bevel removal area respectively, and the trigger device is configured to activate the first CCD sensor and the second CCD sensor to capture an image of the first portion and an image of the second portion respectively.
US11781993B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods of detecting, sensors (e.g., chromogenic sensor), kits, compositions, and the like that related to or use tunable macroporous polymer. In an aspect, tunable macroporous materials as described herein can be used to determine the presence of a certain type(s) and quantity of liquid in a liquid mixture.
US11781991B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a simple method of detecting a protein in a liquid, which requires less labor or cost as compared with a conventional method. In the present invention, it has been found that coloring a protein by a color reaction specific to the protein, performing filtration using a filter which easily adsorbs a protein to concentrate the protein on the filter, and checking coloration allows for simply and easily detecting and measuring a protein. In addition, it has been found that filtering a protein using a filter, concentrating the protein on the filter, then coloring the protein by a color reaction specific to the protein, and checking the protein allows simply and easily detecting and measuring a protein.
US11781990B2
A LIBS analysis system comprises a focusing lens arrangement having a focal plane; a laser for propagating a laser beam through the focusing lens arrangement to be focused at the focal plane; a detector for generating an output that is proportional to an intensity of incident electromagnetic radiation that is incident on the detector; a translation mechanism configured to cause a relative movement of the sample holder and the focusing lens arrangement to vary a position of the focal plane along the optical path with respect to the sample holder; and a controller configured to automatically control the translation mechanism to cause the relative movement of the sample holder and the focusing lens arrangement to achieve an optimum position at which the focal plane and an analysis region of the upper surface intersecting the optical path are at or are close to coincidence.
US11781979B1
In one illustrative configuration, an air quality monitoring system may enable wide-scale deployment of multiple air quality monitors with high-confidence and actionable data is provided. Further, the air quality monitoring system may enable identifying a target emission from a plurality of potential sources at a site based on simulating plume models. The simulation of plume models may take into consideration various simulation parameters including wind speed and direction. Further, methods of determining a plume flux of a plume of emissions at a site, and methods of transmitting data from an air quality monitor are disclosed.
US11781977B2
An optically thin sample of a sample material is analyzed by propagating probe electromagnetic radiation from a beam source along a plurality of different ray paths, directing each ray so that each ray path intersects upon the sample at a plurality of different locations where the rays interact with the sample material to cause a modification of the ray. The rays received at each of a plurality of detection spatial region are measured separately and the measurements analyzed to provide information about at least one property of the sample material at each interaction location. An analysis is carried out to trace the path of probe radiation from a location at the probe beam source to the detection spatial region on the detection surface so as to identify the interaction locations so as to provide information about the presence of target material at each interaction location.
US11781974B2
A method for detecting gas concentration in a glass bottle with dynamical threshold adjustment is provided includes acquiring second harmonic peaks P0, Pa, PX in the glass bottle, calculating absolute values of the differences between P0 and Pa, as well as between P0 and PX, and performing quality inspection on a glass bottle to be detected. The performing includes collecting the second harmonic peaks for the glass bottle to be detected, calculating a mean PL of elements in the current queue L, updating the second harmonic peak Pa and the second harmonic peak PX, collecting second harmonic peaks for a current glass bottle to be detected, and determining whether the current glass bottle to be detected is an acceptable medicinal bottle based on the updated data and the collected second harmonic peaks.
US11781969B2
A particle concentration measurement system includes a first window and a second window in a housing. The first window and the second window respectively define a first end and a second end of an interaction region between the first window and the second window. The system also includes a particle-laden gas inlet through a wall of the housing between the first window and the second window. The particle-laden gas inlet introduces particle-laden gas from an environment that includes particles mixed with other materials into the interaction region. A first set of clean gas inlets through the wall of the housing are at different radial positions of the housing and at a first axial location of the housing, and a second set of clean gas inlets through the wall of the housing are at different radial positions of the housing and at a second axial location of the housing.
US11781954B2
According to a first aspect, the present invention is embodied as a method of processing a filtered liquid with a microfluidic device. The method includes positioning a porous filtering medium with respect to the microfluidic device, so as to allow a flow path between the filtering medium and a channel of the microfluidic device. The method further includes introducing a liquid in the porous filtering medium for the liquid to advance along the filtering medium and be filtered by the medium. The method further includes applying compression to the filtering medium to extract a given volume of the filtered liquid from the filtering medium, where the extracted liquid volume reaches said channel via the flow path. The method further includes processing the extracted volume with the microfluidic device.
US11781943B2
An arrangement for monitoring an antifriction bearing of a rotating shaft of a rotating electric machine. The arrangement includes: one or more capacitor electrodes to measure a capacitive shaft displacement parameter; one or more of the following additional measurement sensors; a microphone to measure a bearing noise parameter, a voltage sensor to measure a bearing current parameter, and/or an optical pyrometer to measure a shaft heat parameter; and one or more processors configured to evaluate a condition of the antifriction bearing based on the capacitive shaft displacement parameter and one or more of the following: the bearing noise parameter, the bearing current parameter, and/or the shaft heat parameter.
US11781941B2
System and methods for characterizing a response of a structure-under-test to applied excitation forces using a test fixture. The fixture is selectively coupleable to the structure-under-test and is configured to hold the structure-under-test at a known position and in a known orientation relative to the fixture. A plurality of excitation devices and response sensors are coupled to the fixture. Excitation forces applied to the fixture by the excitation devices are conveyed by the fixture to the structure-under-test and each response sensor measures a dynamic response indicative of a response of the structure-under-test and the fixture to the applied excitation force. A controller receives response sensor data and applies a mathematical coordinate transformation to project the forces and moments corresponding to the applied excitation and the measured dynamic responses to a target point of the structure-under-test and to calculate a system response function based at least in part on the projection.
US11781934B2
A sealing device is provided for use with a fitting. The fitting has circular port and a flow path with a longitudinal axis. A circular port encircles a portion of the flow path opposite the port with the sealing device inserted into the port. The sealing device has a circular top with two opposing surfaces depending therefrom but inclined so the surfaces are closer at the top. A continuous sidewall joins the periphery of the two surfaces. The opposing surfaces are inclined and spaced apart further at the top than at an end opposite the top. A cylindrical hole through the opposing surfaces encircles the flow path during use.
US11781930B2
A system and method for measuring resistance over an array. The array includes at least three electrodes. Nodes at each intersection between input electrodes and output electrodes have variable resistance. A driving voltage is applied to a selected input electrode and an output current is received at a selected output electrode. A selected node is at the intersection of the two selected electrodes and includes an electrical component with a resistive property. Remaining electrodes are connected with a ground for isolating the selected node from the effects of changes in impedance of the remaining nodes. The driving voltage is converted to an output current by resistance at the selected node. The output current is converted to an output voltage with a current-to-voltage converter circuit for measuring the resistance of the electrical component. The nodes may be measured as the selected node in sequential or non-sequential patterns.
US11781926B1
The present application provides an optical fibre grating sensor and a strain monitoring method and system for a surrounding rock of a deep roadway, which are used for monitoring deformation of the surrounding rock of the deep roadway and are provided with a weak optical fibre grating array large-range strain sensor, which can accurately monitor the strain of the surrounding rock of the deep roadway. The optical fibre grating sensor comprises an optical fibre, the optical fibre comprises an optical fibre core and a plurality of optical fibre gratings inscribed on the optical fibre core, the optical fibre grating is a weak optical fibre grating with a peak reflectivity lower than 1%, and the plurality of optical fibre gratings perform unit discretization on the whole piece of the optical fibre so as to realize quasi-distributed sensing.
US11781921B2
An in-contact temperature measurement probe, which can measure temperature accurately on the surface of a current carrying wire, rod, heater, or other device, while maintaining the safety of the user via employing non-electrically conductive but thermally conductive materials.
US11781915B2
A color wheel phase detection method and system, and a projection device. The phase detection system comprises a color wheel (1), a color wheel motor (2) that drives the color wheel (1) to rotate, and a control circuit (3); the color wheel motor (2) is a three-phase motor, and the control circuit (3) comprises a three-phase driving circuit (31) for driving the color wheel motor (2) to operate. The phase detection system further comprises a phase detection device (4) for detecting the three-phase driving circuit (31); when detecting a preset phase, the phase detection device (4) sends a pulse signal to the control circuit (3) to implement color wheel phase detection. Therefore, the effects of low costs, high accuracy, and high reliability are achieved.
US11781912B2
A measurement system includes an optical source (e.g., laser) to irradiate a sample (e.g., a cell); a solid-state photon detector (SSPD) to receive resultant light from the sample; and a photon counter to count photons received by the SSPD. The photon counter can include a differentiator to provide a differentiated photon signal and a crossing detector configured to count photons based on a number of times the differentiated photon signal crosses a predetermined threshold level. In some examples, a pulse detector can provide a pulse-width signal from the SSPD output photon signal, and a pulse counter can count based on both a number of pulses and widths of the pulses. The SSPD can include a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array or a solid-state photomultiplier. Some examples use the measurement system to measure samples in fluids, e.g., in flow cytometers or multi-well plates.
US11781911B2
The disclosure relates to an infrared spectrometer comprising first and second opposing reflectors spaced apart by a spacing length, and a plurality of discrete concave reflecting facets, the reflecting facets being facets of at least one of the opposing reflectors. An infrared laser source is arranged to form a laser beam. The opposing reflectors are arranged such that the laser beam is reflected alternately from each of the opposing reflectors, including being reflected at least once by each of the reflecting facets. A detector is arranged to detect spectral properties of the laser beam after reflection from each of the plurality of reflecting facets, and an analyser then determines properties of a sample disposed between the first and second opposing reflectors from the detected spectral properties.
US11781903B2
Methods and systems for controlling tintable windows based on cloud detection.
US11781900B2
A vibration detection instrument assembly includes a vibration detection instrument and a deformable base part. The vibration detection instrument has a body part, including a support surface and an attachment screw extending from the support surface. The attachment screw enables the vibration detection instrument to be assemblable to a device to be monitored. The vibration detection instrument includes a vibration sensor to detect vibration at least in a direction deviating from a longitudinal axis of the attachment screw. The deformable base part is arranged at least partly against the support surface of the body part. The vibration detection instrument assembly includes a direction indicator arranged to indicate the direction of the vibration sensor.
US11781899B2
A verification of a pipette results in a release or a warning message. A liquid measuring container (110) receives the pipette liquid volume (VP) to be verified. A loading cell (120) is connected to the liquid measuring container in a force-transmitting manner. The loading cell outputs a measurement signal (ms) corresponding to the weight force (FG) acting thereon. A processing unit (130) detects and processes the measurement signal (ms), determines a first weight force (Gt1) at time point (t1) and determines a second weight force (Gt2) at time point (t2). The pipette liquid volume is calculated and the calculated value is assigned to a pipette volume class (Ki) having a defined class nominal value (VKi). The processing unit tests whether or not an absolute value of the volume difference (ΔV) is within a predetermined tolerance value (T) for the assigned pipette volume class. The processing unit outputs the test result.
US11781894B2
A flow sensing device includes a first body member defining an inlet port, an upstream sensor port, and a first connecting port; a second body member defining an outlet port, a downstream sensor port, and a second connecting port; a flow restricting element defining a flow restricting passage and including a first end connection coupled to the first connecting port and a second end connection coupled to the second connecting port, such that the flow restricting passage is disposed between the inlet port and the outlet port, and between the upstream sensor port and the downstream sensor port; a first fluid sensor assembled with the upstream sensor port; and a second fluid sensor assembled with the downstream sensor port.
US11781885B2
An energy-efficient capacitance-to-digital converter (CDC) is provided that utilizes a capacitance-domain successive approximation (SAR) technique. Unlike SAR analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), analysis shows that for SAR CDCs, the comparator offset voltage will result in signal-dependent and parasitic-dependent conversion errors, which necessitates an op-amp-based implementation. The inverter-based SAR CDC contemplated herein provides robust, energy-efficient, and fast operation. The inverter-based SAR CDC may include a hybrid coarse-fine programmable capacitor array. The design of example embodiments is insensitive to analog references, and thus achieves very low temperature sensitivity without the need for calibration. Moreover, this design achieves improved energy efficiency.
US11781881B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for vehicle guidance. In an embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a method of vehicle guidance including determining a current lane-level position of a vehicle, comparing the determined current lane-level position of the vehicle to an anticipated lane-level position of the vehicle, the anticipated lane-level position of the vehicle corresponding to a lane-level position of the vehicle within a predetermined route of the vehicle, receiving, based upon the comparison, an input regarding an intended route of the vehicle, and generating, via processing circuitry, guidance information based on the received input regarding the intended route of the vehicle, wherein the receiving the input regarding the intended route of the vehicle includes determining alternate routes between a current position of the vehicle and a destination of the vehicle based on the determined current lane-level position of the vehicle.
US11781879B2
A method for depicting location attributes in a map environment. The method includes receiving a request for parameters about a first type of location. The method includes determining a first set of directional arrows, where each directional arrow is associated with a location and has a first set of properties based on the parameters about the first type of location. The method further includes determining a selection of a first directional arrow, which is associated with a first location, from the first set of directional arrows. Modifications to the first set of directional arrows are made based on the selection of the first directional arrow.
US11781869B2
Method and apparatus for providing an indoor pedestrian origin-destination matrix and flow analytics
An approach is provided for creating an origin-destination matrix from probe trajectory data. The approach includes determining, via an outdoor positioning system, that at least one probe device has entered a point-of-interest (POI). The approach also includes initiating an indoor positioning system to determine indoor location data associated for the at least one probe device while the at least one device is within the POI. The approach further includes processing the indoor location data to generate an origin-destination (OD) matrix. The OD matrix represents an indoor movement of the at least one probe device among a plurality of sub-POIs located within the POI indicated by the indoor location data. The approach further includes providing the OD matrix as an output.
US11781862B2
Disclosed herein is a non-destructive inspection system. The non-destructive inspection system comprises a motion platform and a tool assembly. The tool assembly is coupled to the motion platform such that the tool assembly is movable relative to the motion platform. The tool assembly comprises an inspection tool assembly that comprises a base structure coupled to the tool assembly and a plurality of probe assemblies coupled to the base structure. Each probe assembly comprises a first linear actuator and a probe, different from the probe of any other one of the plurality of probe assemblies, for inspecting a different structural feature of a structure. Each probe is moveable, along a first axis relative to another one of the probes and substantially perpendicular to the base structure, using the first linear actuator of the corresponding one of the plurality of probe assemblies.
US11781861B2
In a surface measurement method, a measurement surface is irradiated with a coherent light beam, reflected light reflected from the measurement surface is projected to a screen to form an optical image; and the optical image is captured by an optical sensor when the screen is continuously moved in one direction when the optical image is captured by the optical sensor.
US11781857B2
An optical force sensor along with an optical processing apparatus and method are disclosed. The optical force sensor includes an optical fiber, a core included in the optical fiber, an instrument including the optical fiber, the instrument having a distal region, and a tubular structure encasing an end of the optical fiber and secured to the first conduit at the distal region of the instrument. When an optical interferometric system is coupled to the optical fiber, it processes reflected light from a portion of the core included within the tubular structure that does not include Bragg gratings to produce a measurement of a force present at the distal region of the instrument.
US11781855B2
Disclosed is a surface sensing apparatus, one embodiment having a source of coherent radiation capable of outputting wavelength emissions to create a first illumination state to illuminate a surface and create a first speckle pattern, an emission deviation facility capable of influencing the emission to illuminate the surface and create a second illumination state and a second speckle pattern, and a sensor capable of sensing a representation of the first and a second speckle intensity from the first and second speckle pattern. Also disclosed are methods of sensing properties of the surface, one embodiment comprising the steps of illuminating the surface having a first surface state with the source of coherent radiation emission, sensing a first speckle intensity from the surface, influencing a relationship of the surface to the emission to create a second surface state and sensing a second speckle intensity from the surface at the second surface state.
US11781850B1
Installation tool for affixing objects to a plurality of vertical surfaces and methods using thereof
Described are various embodiments of an installation tool for affixing objects to plurality of vertical surfaces and methods using thereof. In one embodiment, a tool illustratively comprises a rigid and elongated rectangular body, said body extending longitudinally according to a first axis, the body comprising a front flat surface and a rear flat surface comprising thereon corresponding measurement scale for acquiring, at least in part, said plurality of reference installation measurements; a bubble level; and two elongated arms, each arm being reversibly extendable from one of two end flat surfaces along the first axis; two end-stops, each end-stop configured to be slidingly movable along a top channel of the body and comprising a securing means thereon to releasably secure the end-stop at a position along said top channel; and a support mount configured to have fastened thereto an extendable vertical support member.
US11781849B2
An inspection master can perform three- and five-axis measurements wherein measurement in a rotation axis or/and turning axis direction for a five-axis processing machine is added. In one aspect, peripheral-surface spherical reference portions protrudes laterally on a peripheral surface of a master main body having a tubular shape, including the peripheral surface and an upper surface, and an upper reference ball for detection of an inclination angle of the body protrudes upward on the upper surface. The reference portions are provided at two or more portions of the peripheral surface in a circumferential direction thereof. In another aspect, an upper reference ball protrudes upward on the upper surface, and upper-surface spherical reference portions protrudes upward at one or more portions of the upper surface on an outer side with respect to the ball. In another aspect, both the peripheral-surface and upper-surface spherical reference portions are on the master main body.
US11781845B2
A shaped charge is described herein, comprising a case; an energetic material disposed in the case; a metallic liner with a first surface disposed in contact with the energetic material and a second surface that is opposite from the first surface, and that defines a cavity; and an attenuator disposed in the cavity.
US11781843B2
In various embodiments, a projectile includes a projectile body including a tail portion, a nose portion, a barrel engaging portion between the nose portion and the tail portion, and a metal jacket that defines an exterior of the projectile that surrounds an interior solid core. In one or more embodiments the projectile includes one or more circumferential grooves defined in the interior core portion, each of the one or more circumferential grooves covered by and positioned adjacent to the metal jacket and within the barrel-engaging portion. In various embodiments, during firing of the projectile, the one or more circumferential grooves define a void that allows material of one or more of the metal jacket and interior solid core to displace into the void for reduction in radial stiffness to the projectile in the barrel engaging portion.
US11781839B1
A multi-layer body armor plate includes a strike plate; a mesh layer positioned over the strike plate, the mesh layer having a number of open cells; and an outer skin layer positioned over the mesh layer so as to encapsulate the open cells of the mesh layer between the strike plate and the outer skin layer. The open cells of the mesh layer may entrap air or may be filled with expandable, buoyant foam.
US11781838B2
A fireproof/bullet-proof safety glazing that includes a laminated assembly I of glass sheets, the laminate I, the glass sheets of which are assembled by means of thermoplastic interlayer sheets and n layers of intumescent material made from hydrated alkali silicate, with 1≤n≤3. The laminate I also includes a fireproof module comprising the n layers of intumescent material made of hydrated alkali silicate and n+1 glass sheets, the module being flanked on either side by at least one interlayer thermoplastic sheet and at least one glass sheet. The laminate I does not include organic glass sheets made from a polymer material that is rigid at ambient temperature. The glazing includes at least six glass sheets.
US11781827B2
The present device is an electronically controlled safety system for use in firearms, comprising a shape memory actuator configured to connect a mechanical locking interface to a trigger mechanism interface comprising a point of connection to a firearm's trigger mechanism. This shape memory actuator can be controlled by use of an authentication system comprised of an RFID module and a control module. The user of the firearm can provide authorization to place the firearm in the armed position by placing an RFID tag having an activation code near the RFID module, which can then activate the shape memory actuator through the control module. When the mechanical locking interface is connected to the trigger mechanism interface a firearm's trigger mechanism is locked in place and the firearm is in a safe position and when the mechanical locking interface is not connected to the trigger mechanism is in an armed position.
US11781825B2
A gas block for AR-platform firearms is provided which is easier to install and index on a barrel of the firearm by utilizing a wedge (e.g., collet) system. The body of the gas block may therefore be relatively precisely circular, allowing for easy movement into position on the barrel of the firearm. The gas block is stronger, tighter, more durable, and more reliably stays in place than prior art gas blocks. In one embodiment, the gas block eliminates forward gas leakage from between the gas block and barrel. The gas block is interchangeable with standard prior art gas blocks commonly found on barrels of existing AR-platform firearms. The gas block is also compatible with low profile and MLOK handguards for AR-platform firearms.
US11781824B2
An operating system for a firearm includes a forward bolt includes a forward bolt cavity, a carrier disposed on a rear side of the forward bolt, the carrier including a carrier cavity, a short cam pin including (i) a forward section that is at least partially disposed within the forward bolt cavity and (ii) a rear section that is at least partially disposed within the carrier cavity, a plurality of bearings that interface with the forward bolt, a retracted configuration where the short cam pin is in a rear position relative to the forward bolt, and a deployed configuration where the short cam pin is in a forward position relative to the forward bolt.
US11781823B2
The present disclosure relates generally to water jet equipment. Specifically, water jet equipment that includes a support frame comprised of a plurality of stackable trollies that support a plurality of lances as those lances are inserted into and withdrawn from heat exchanger tubes during a cleaning operation of the same. A method of cleaning elongated tubes by positioning and rotating the lances while moving in a first direction is further provided.
US11781815B2
A heat rejection panel that comprises a chassis having a first side, an opposing second side, and an aperture extending therethrough. The panel additionally comprises at least one oscillating heat pipe (OHP) plate disposed over a portion of the first side and/or the second side of the chassis. Each OHP plate includes a first face, an opposing second face, and a plurality of internal OHP channels. A portion of the first face and/or second face of each OHP plate is accessible for thermal interfacing with a heat source. A portion of the second face of each OHP plate is accessible for thermal interfacing with a heat sink. Each OHP plate will remove heat from the heat source, spread the removed heat throughout each OHP plate to provide an isothermal OHP plate, and reject the heat to the heat sink.
US11781814B2
A tapered groove width heat pipe is disclosed, including a tube having an internal surface, a first end, a second end, and a central axis. A plurality of groove walls on the internal surface define a plurality of trapezoidal grooves. Each groove wall has a proximal width closest to the central axis and a distal width furthest from the central axis, the proximal width of a portion of each groove wall tapering gradually between the first end and the second end.
US11781810B2
The drying device is composed of an LED lamp unit and a thermally dispersing member. The LED lamp unit emits rays of light onto a work that a dried object is applied to the surface thereof. The thermally dispersing member is disposed on a stage and supports the work from the opposite side of the LED lamp unit. The thermally dispersing member generates heat by absorbing the rays of light transmitting through the work.
US11781799B2
The disclosure may enable the mounting of a trim member and an end cap on a holder member to provide a flush fit and attractive door trim. Embodiments may enable the trim member and the end cap to be snapped onto the holder member without the need for any excessive force. The disclosed device and method may comprise mounting trim on refrigerator doors. Embodiments may include a support member that may be mounted on a side of the door, a holder member that may be mounted within the support member, a trim member that may be mounted on the holder member to cover at least a portion of the support member, and an end cap that may be mounted on the holder member to cover an end of the support member. The end cap may be disposed in engagement with the trim member to form co-planar surfaces for flush mounting.
US11781798B2
Embodiments of vibration damping clips for use within a climate control system are disclosed. In an embodiment, a vibration damping clip is engaged with three fluid lines of an outdoor unit of the climate control system, such as, for instance, a suction line of a compressor of the climate control system, a discharge line of the compressor, and a fluid line coupled to a pressure equalization valve (PEV) within the outdoor unit.
US11781794B2
A refrigerant recovery management system includes a display and a computer. The computer executes a data input program to present a screen on the display. The screen is configured for a user to input information regarding refrigerant that has been recovered from refrigerant use equipment and is to be sent to a refrigerant treatment practitioner that conducts a refrigerant treatment on the refrigerant. The computer is configured to: generate request data for sending the refrigerant to the refrigerant treatment practitioner, the request data including information regarding the refrigerant; generate report data regarding the refrigerant treatment for reporting the refrigerant treatment to a manager that manages refrigerant recovery, the report data including information regarding the refrigerant; and determine a conformity between the request data and the report data by determining whether information regarding the refrigerant included in the request data agrees with information regarding the refrigerant included in the report data.
US11781793B2
In an embodiment, a method of preventing evaporator coil freeze in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system is performed by a controller in the HVAC system. The method includes determining a reference saturated suction temperature (SST) via a sensor disposed in relation to an evaporator coil in the HVAC system. The method also includes determining whether the reference SST is below a minimum SST threshold. The method also includes, responsive to a determination that the reference SST is below the minimum SST threshold, increasing a discharge air temperature (DAT) setpoint.
US11781789B2
A fluid handling system includes a pressure exchanger (PX) configured to receive a first fluid at a first pressure and a second fluid at a second pressure and exchange pressure between the first fluid and the second fluid. The system further includes a condenser configured to provide corresponding thermal energy from the first fluid to a corresponding environment. The system further includes a receiver to receive the first fluid output by the PX. The receiver forms a chamber to separate the first fluid into a first gas and a first liquid. The system further includes a first booster to increase pressure of a portion of the first gas to form the second fluid at the second pressure and provide the second fluid at the second pressure to the PX.
US11781785B2
In an aspect, an HVAC system includes an inducer motor to provide combustion airflow, and a pressure sensor to measure an output airflow pressure of the inducer motor. The HVAC system may initiate the inducer motor, and receive a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal from the inducer motor, wherein the PWM signal indicates a PWM signal of the inducer motor corresponding to a predetermined airflow pressure of the inducer motor and measured by the pressure sensor. The HVAC system may compare the PWM signal to a baseline value, and control the inducer motor based on the comparing of the PWM signal to the baseline value. The HVAC system may also generate a status notification of the combustion airflow of the HVAC system in response to the comparing the PWM signal to the baseline value.
US11781784B2
A heater system includes a heater bundle having a plurality of heater assemblies and a plurality of power conductors. More than one of the heater assemblies includes a plurality of heater units, and more than one of the heater units defines at least one independently controlled heating zone. The plurality of power conductors are electrically connected to the independently controlled heating zones. The heater system further includes means for determining temperature, and a power supply device including a controller configured to modulate power to the independently controlled heating zones through the power conductors based on the determined temperature to provide a desired power output along a length of more than one of the heater assemblies.
US11781783B2
An electric resistance radiant furnace is disclosed. Solid ceramic panel emitters having electric resistance wires embedded therein produce heat. A blower receives air from a return duct. Metallic screens are located between the panel emitters. A thermostat is connected to the wires and the blower. Heat is produced by each panel emitter. Part of the heat produced is radiated from the ceramic body to the metallic screens. Air flows in a parallel manner between the panel emitters and along the metallic-screens. The thermostat heat buildup by turning on the panel emitters controlling the blower. A short cycle air pass conduit accepts a portion of heated air from between the multiple panel emitters and to convey the portion of heated air to the return duct, such that the portion of heated air is mixed with return air, and a temperature of the return air provided to the blower is elevated.
US11781775B2
A hybrid system and method for conditioning air for an enclosed space can include a direct cooling system in combination with an indirect cooling system. The hybrid system can use direct cooling when ambient temperature and humidity levels are such that 100% outdoor air can be delivered to the enclosed space. The hybrid system can use indirect cooling when 100% of the return air can be conditioned using an external cooling unit and then returned to the enclosed space as supply air. The external cooling unit can include an evaporative cooler and operate in a dry mode and a wet mode. The external cooling unit can produce a reduced temperature cooling fluid and provide liquid cooling to the air when the system is operating in the indirect mode, and in some cases, in the direct mode. The hybrid system can operate in a mixed mode in which the external cooling unit is off and a mix of return air and outdoor air can be delivered to the enclosed space.
US11781774B2
The air flow of an HVAC system for a multi-story building B is controlled by optimizing the pressure setpoint at the return air plenum PL-1 used for removing or recirculate air from the building, by measuring a pressure differential between the building B air and atmosphere A air at a sensor location P-2, computing a desired pressure differential between the building B air and atmosphere A air, based upon a computed stack effect pressure that is expected to develop at the sensor location on the building for the current inside and outside air temperature in the absence of mechanical action, and controlling the return air fan and damper D-1 to pressurize the air in at the sensor location to produce the desired pressure differential between the building B air and atmosphere A air at the sensor P-2 location. Air pressure is also controlled between specific rooms and adjacent rooms by control of the conditioned air or return air paths connected thereto.
US11781771B2
An operating system that can control any apparatus is provided. The operating system includes an input receiving device, a first information processing device, a second information processing device, and an infrared output device. The operating system operates a first-type apparatus operable by communication of an infrared pattern and a second-type apparatus operable via a network. The first information processing device is connected to the input receiving device and configured to analyze operation information corresponding to an input operation. The second information processing device is configured to control the second-type apparatus (controlled apparatus (B)) via the network based on a control instruction. The infrared output device is configured to output an infrared pattern corresponding to a control instruction to the first-type apparatus (controlled apparatus (A)).
US11781768B2
A device is configured to operate a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. The device is further configured to determine that the amount of time to ignite a burner in a burner assembly has exceeded a time threshold value and that a flame was not detected by a flame sensor. The device is further configured to receive an audio signal from a microphone while operating the HVAC system, to identify an audio signature for the flame, and to determine whether the audio signature for the flame is present within the first audio signal. The device is further configured to determine a fault type based on the determination of whether the audio signature for the flame is present within the audio signal, to identify a component identifier for a component of the HVAC system that is associated with fault type, and to output a recommendation identifying the component identifier.
US11781765B2
The application provides an air purifier comprising a shell assembly having air inlets and air outlets, and a filter assembly, an air inflow guide assembly, a fan and a diffusion air outflow assembly sequentially arranged from back to front. The filter assembly can purify air entering the filter assembly via the air inlets and flowing through the filter assembly. The air inflow guide assembly defines a guide channel between the filter assembly and the fan. The fan generates an air flow that flows into a first receiving cavity via the air inlets and sequentially flows through each assembly. The diffusion air outflow assembly can rotate to guide the air flow to the air outlets, enable the air flow to diffuse outwards and decrease the flow velocity of the air flow. The air purifier expands the purification range of the air purifier and improves the purification effect of the air purifier.
US11781755B2
A fireplace and method of manufacturing a fireplace. Embodiments of the fireplace comprise a combustion chamber, a front opening allowing viewing within the combustion chamber, and a back wall opposite the front opening. The back wall can be controllably switched between an opaque state and a transparent state. A combustion region between the front opening and the back wall is adapted to provide a flame. A controller coupled to the back wall enables a user to switch the back wall between the opaque and transparent states. In embodiments the back wall comprises a glass panel and switchable film on the glass panel. The controller is coupled to the switchable film.
US11781740B2
Lighting device for a motor vehicle including a light source and/or an optical part. A substrate including electrical tracks, the light source and/or optical part being fastened to the substrate, and a part forming an electrical ground for the electrical tracks. The substrate includes a cut-out forming a tab, electrical tracks of the substrate extending onto the tab, at least one of the tracks on the tab making electrical contact with the ground-forming part.
US11781738B2
Example embodiments relate to luminaire systems with movable modules. One example luminaire system includes a support structure. The luminaire system also includes a plurality of light sources arranged on the support structure. Additionally, the luminaire system includes at least a first and second optical module. The first optical module is provided with at least one first optical element and the second optical module is provided with at least one second optical element. The first and second optical module are configured for being interlocked with respected to each other in a moving direction. Further, the luminaire system includes a moving means configured to move the first optical module relative to the support structure in the moving direction, such that a position of the first and second optical module with respect to the support structure is changed.
US11781737B2
A light source device of the present disclosure includes a sapphire plate having a first surface and a second surface facing each other, a wavelength conversion material located opposite the first surface of the sapphire plate, and a first excitation light source emitting a first excitation light having directivity to the wavelength conversion material through the second surface, in which an angle between the first surface and the second surface, and a c-axis of sapphire less than 10°, and an angle between the c-axis and an optical axis of the first excitation light is 5° or more and 75° or less.
US11781735B2
A lighting unit body comprises: a light source; and shaped-members, in which a housing portion in which the light source is disposed, reflective surfaces for reflecting light from the light source, and an emission outlet for emitting the light from the reflective surfaces are respectively formed in the longitudinal direction. When a position at which the emission outlet is disposed is defined as forward and a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction is defined as a front-to-rear direction, and a direction orthogonal both to the longitudinal direction and the front-to-rear direction is defined as a left-to-right direction, then the emission outlet is formed in a front portion of the reflective surfaces, and the housing portion is formed in a rear portion of the reflective surfaces directed obliquely rearward at a predefined inclined angle on one of left or right side. The predefined inclined angle is an angle that inhibits visual observation of the light source from the front of the emission outlet, and the left-to-right direction position at which the light source is disposed is included in the left-to-right direction position at which the emission outlet is located.
US11781726B2
A light-emitting device (20) includes a light-emitting region (140). The light-emitting region (140) includes a plurality of light-emitting units (142) and a plurality of light-transmitting units (144), and each of the plurality of light-transmitting units (144) is located between the light-emitting elements (142) adjacent to each other. The light-emitting region (140) is located on a side of one surface (outer surface (202)) of a base material (200) having light-transmitting properties and has an inclination with respect to the one surface (outer surface (202)). The base material (200) is rear glass of an automobile. The base material (200) partitions a region outside a mobile object (region (RG1)) from a region inside the mobile object (region (RG2)).
US11781724B2
A light-regulating mechanism comprising a first ball head connector, a second ball head connector, a third ball head connector and a sliding connector. One end of the first ball head connector and one end of the second ball head connector are connected to an illumination unit. The other ends thereof are connected to a supporting frame or a light body. The illumination unit is provided with a sliding support. The sliding connector can slide on the sliding support. One end of the third ball head connector is connected to the sliding connector in a sliding manner, and the other end thereof can move on the supporting frame or the light body to drive the sliding connector to slide on the sliding support, so that light regulation in a first direction is realized. Further disclosed are a vehicle light module comprising the light-regulating mechanism, a vehicle light and a vehicle.
US11781723B2
An example includes a system, having: an illumination source configured to produce illumination light; and a spatial light modulator (SLM) optically coupled to the illumination source, the SLM comprising an array of picture elements. The SLM is configured to: receive the illumination light; direct, by a first portion of the picture elements, on state light in a first direction; and direct, by a second portion of the picture elements, off state light in a second direction. The example system includes imaging optics optically coupled to the SLM, the imaging optics configured to receive the on state light from the SLM and to project an image as an image portion of a beam; and non-imaging optics optically coupled to the SLM, the non-imaging optics configured to receive the off state light from the SLM and to project the off state light as part of the beam.
US11781718B2
A light emitting diode (LED) flat panel lighting fixture is provided. The LED flat panel lighting fixture comprises an LED flat panel lighting device comprising (a) one or more LEDs and (b) one or more first mating mechanisms. The LED flat panel lighting fixture further comprises a mounting bracket comprising one or more second mating mechanisms configured to each mate with a corresponding one of the one or more first mating mechanisms when the LED flat panel lighting device is rotated within the mounting bracket and with respect to the mounting bracket. The rotation of the LED flat panel lighting device within a plane of the mounting bracket and with respect to the mounting bracket causes the mating of the one or more second mating mechanisms with the corresponding ones of the one or more first mating mechanisms.
US11781716B2
A light source module and a lighting device including the light source module are provided. The light source module includes a first luminous element and a package part covering the first luminous element. The package part includes a first additional illuminant, a second additional illuminant, and a third additional illuminant. The light emitted by the illuminants is mixed to form positive white light which serves as the emitted light of the light source module. The light source module provided by the present disclosure provides an LED positive white light (5000K) light source with high light efficiency, high CS value and high color rendering property by controlling the proportion of luminous energy in different wavelength regions in the total luminous energy. Under the same illumination, the spectrum with high CS value is especially suitable for people to concentrate on learning and working.
US11781709B2
A quick mounting bracket for a pump is provided. The bracket includes a flexible handle that moves relative to stabilizer tabs. The bracket has ramped surfaces that guide a portion of the pump housing into a receiving slot of the bracket. A hinge of the handle biases the handle away from the pump such that the handle is driven to overlap the portion of the pump housing that seats into the receiving slot, thereby locking the pump onto the bracket until the handle is move to clear receiving slot and allow the pump to be removed from the bracket.
US11781707B2
A supporting device for supporting a display is provided. The supporting device includes an upright, a bearing slider, an actuating module, a driving module, and a control module. The upright includes a column body and a receiving space. The bearing slider is slidably disposed in the receiving space. The actuating module includes a screw rod and a screwing element, the screw rod is pivoted to the upright along a first axis and inserted to the screwing element, and the screwing element is disposed on the bearing slider and screws with the screw rod. The driving module is connected to the actuating module and drives the screw rod to rotate about the first axis. The control module controls the driving module to drive the screw rod to rotate to make the screwing element and the bearing slider move between a highest position and a lowest position along the first axis.
US11781701B2
A cover structure of an upper unit in which a power source of an outboard motor is provided, the cover structure includes a main body cover including a pair of divided covers connected to each other, the pair of the divided covers being configured to be divided into each other in a left-right direction with respect to a traveling direction of a boat, and an attachable and detachable cover that is attachable to and detachable from a part of an outer surface of at least one of the pair of the divided covers.
US11781697B2
A stent spring for repairing a pipe includes a substantially tubular mesh structure comprising one or more strands, the one or more strands comprising a spring material, wherein the stent spring is expandable and compressible between an expanded configuration and a compressed configuration; and an elastic wire connected to the one or more strands, the elastic wire configured to increase a flexibility of the stent spring.
US11781694B2
A clamp system for hot-tapping tubulars includes a saddle having a saddle body with an inner surface, an outer surface, and an opening extending from the inner surface to the outer surface, a metal protrusion extending from the inner surface of the saddle body to provide a metal seal, an elastomer seal coupled to the inner surface of the saddle body adjacent to the metal protrusion, and a nipple integrally formed with the saddle body and extending outwardly from the outer surface of the saddle body, the nipple positioned over the opening of the saddle body, and a clamp having a nipple opening configured to receive the nipple, the clamp formed separately from the saddle. A method includes positioning the saddle on a tubular and assembling the clamp around the saddle and the tubular including inserting the nipple through the nipple opening formed in the clamp.
US11781693B2
Pipe fittings with a filter contain a body, a filter valve, and two seal gaskets. The body includes a first connection pipe and a second connection pipe, a receiving orifice, and at least one guide slot. The filter valve includes a driven section and an operation portion. The two seal gaskets are accommodated in the first peripheral groove and the second peripheral groove respectively. The driven section has a first peripheral groove, a second peripheral groove, and a filtration orifice defined between the first peripheral groove and the second peripheral groove and communicating with the driven section, and at least one fixing bolt mounted between the operation portion and the first peripheral groove and extending outward from the driven section. The at least one fixing bolt slides into the at least one guide slot respectively so that the filter valve is accommodated in the receiving orifice.
US11781692B2
The present disclosure provides an adaptor with a quick connect coupling for joining a flow control valve, or other device, with a source of fluid media. The adaptor includes a female connector configured to receive a male connector and a locking member slidable in a transverse direction to lock the connectors together. The adaptor can handle multiple fluid media, and accordingly includes a plurality of inlets and a plurality of outlets for the passage of fluid media through the adaptor. Vehicles and systems incorporating the adaptor are also disclosed.
US11781687B2
Some fluid coupling devices described herein are configured for use in fluid systems. For example, some embodiments described in this document are single-use, aseptic fluid coupling devices that can be coupled to create a sterile flow path therethrough. Some such aseptic couplings are genderless couplings such that two identical aseptic couplings can be coupled together.
US11781685B2
A quick-fitting pipe fitting assembly for coupling with at least one pipe element includes a pipe fitting body, at least one coupling unit, at least one gasket and a plurality of connecting elements. Each coupling unit includes a fixed coupling element integrally extended from the pipe fitting body and a movable coupling element, the gasket disposed at the coupling unit, the connecting elements movably connect the fixed coupling element with the movable coupling element, wherein the at least one coupling unit is adapted for being preassembled with the at least one pipe element and can be fastened by at least one fastening element that is capable of being operated to fasten the movable coupling element with the fixed coupling element.
US11781682B2
A Merlin™ family mechanical connector provided with a thread on substantially matching frustoconical surfaces extending between two sets of nipple seals utilize assembly/disassembly fluids that solidify after the assembly and are brought to liquid state before the disassembly. They include resins or tar-like non-metals and liquid metals solidifying in single phases as well as in multiple phases like for example binary, ternary etc. eutectics. That improves already very good leak resistance of Merlin™ family connectors and benefits good heat transfer between pins and boxes. Thread angle mismatching between box and pin threads can be introduced in order to improve loading. The above modifications can be introduced to traditional connectors featuring torsional load capacities limited to frictional resistance and to connectors designed to transfer high torsional loads.
US11781674B2
An electromagnetic valve manifold includes an electromagnetic valve including an output port, a manifold base including an output passage, and a spacer arranged between the manifold base and the electromagnetic valve. The spacer includes a spacer block including a shaft hole and a manual shaft accommodated in the shaft hole. The spacer block includes an output connecting passage that is connected to the shaft hole and connects the output passage and the output port to each other. The manual shaft is configured to be manually operated to be switched between a first switching position, in which the manual shaft allows for connection between the output passage and the output port through the output connecting passage, and a second switching position, in which the manual shaft blocks the connection between the output passage and the output port through the output connecting passage.
US11781669B1
An air valve comprises a casing, a valve body driving assembly and a valve body. The casing comprises a chamber, a vent hole, and at least one switching hole communicating with the chamber. The valve body driving assembly is disposed in the chamber, and comprises a pusher, a shape memory metal wire in a linkage relationship with the pusher, and two conductive members disposed in the casing and located at two ends of the shape memory metal wire respectively, the pusher travels a uniaxial displacement stroke due to a temporary change of the shape memory metal wire. The valve body is disposed in the chamber and faces the switching hole, when the pusher travels the uniaxial displacement stroke, the valve body is driven to rotate a central angle relative to the switching hole to change a ventilation state between the switching hole and the chamber.
US11781655B2
A sealing member (2), for waterproof sealing of a volume, comprises a hollow, generally cylindrical body and a sealing area (5a, 5b) at the respective axial ends thereof. At least one sealing area (5a) comprises a first radially extending portion (6) and a second portion (7) extending in a reverse direction partly overlapping the first portion. The second portion (7) has a free end and is arranged for pressing towards the first portion (6), thereby forming a seal with the first portion (6). A sealing system comprises a sealing member (2) as above, a sealing seat (9) for abutment against the sealing member (2), and a counterpart surface (11), for pressing the sealing member (2) against the sealing seat (9). The sealing seat (9) comprises an inclined surface (10). A work tool (1) comprising the above-mentioned sealing system has at least one sealing area (5a) of the sealing member (2) pressed between a housing (4) and a chassis (3) of the work tool (1).
US11781640B2
A drive device includes a housing, and a rotary electric machine and a transmission housed in the housing. A lubricating oil for lubricating a gear of the transmission is stored in a bottom portion of the housing. The housing includes a refrigerant passage through which a refrigerant for cooling the rotary electric machine flows, and a storage portion adjacent to the refrigerant passage and configured to temporarily store the lubricating oil scooped up by the gear of the transmission.
US11781629B2
A transmission includes a drive element, a first output element, a primary transmission unit, a reversing unit, and an intermediate gearbox. At least three of the at least eight shifting elements of the primary transmission unit, at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the reversing unit, and at least one of the at least two shifting elements of the intermediate gearbox are activatable in combinations of at least five shifting elements so as to establish at least twenty-eight forward gears between the drive element and the first output element.
US11781625B2
A stop module for non-jamming end-of-stroke stoppage of a rotary drive actuator includes timing gears to articulate a stopping pawl, and a low inertia, deformable stopping disk arranged to safely dissipate excess rotational kinetic energy of the rotary actuator. The stop module does not rely on friction to stop and dissipate the excess kinetic energy, but instead relies on predictable deformation of a metallic stopping disk which may be provided in a stopping cartridge of the stop module. Use of a deformable element to dissipate excess energy allows the disclosed stop module to be lighter and smaller than conventional end-of-stroke stopping mechanisms.
US11781624B2
A linear actuator comprises a motor for producing a bi-directional rotational output. A casing is connected to the motor at a proximal end, the casing having an inner cavity defining a joint surface. A shaft is within the inner cavity of the casing and actuated by the motor for rotation. A sliding tube is at least partially in the inner cavity of the casing for moving in translation in an axial direction relative to the casing. One or more travelling nut is connected to the sliding tube assembly for moving with the sliding tube in the axial direction, the travelling nut being operatively engaged to the shaft for converting a rotational motion of the shaft into a translation of the sliding tube. A liner is between the sliding tube and the joint surface of the inner cavity, an inner surface of the liner defining longitudinal contact surfaces separated by longitudinal grooves, the longitudinal contact surfaces contacting the sliding tube.
US11781620B2
The present invention provides a transmission mechanism that enables a reduction in motion transmission error between an input-shaft side and an output-shaft side. A transmission mechanism is provided with a cam, a plurality of pins arranged along a side surface of the cam, guide plates in which a plurality of guide holes are provided, and gears capable of engaging the pins. In conjunction with rotation of the cam, each pin is guided by the corresponding guide hole and moves along the cam and the gears, thereby causing the guide plates or gears to rotate relative to the cam. The plurality of pins are divided into a plurality of groups, and the pins in each group are coupled in series, but are not coupled to the pins in the other groups.
US11781618B2
A damper device includes an input element; an intermediate element; art output element; a first elastic body that transmits a torque between the input element and the intermediate element; and a second elastic body that transmits a torque between the intermediate element and the output element. The damper device also includes a rotary inertia mass damper that includes a first mass body rotating in accordance with relative rotation between the input element and the output element and that is arranged between the input element and the output element to be parallel to a torque transmission path including the first elastic body, the intermediate element and the second elastic body. Finally, the damper devices includes a second mass body; and an elastic body arranged to couple the second mass body with the output element.
US11781612B2
The present disclosure discloses a nonlinear spring connection structure and a motor. The nonlinear spring connection structure includes a stator, a mover and an elastic connector provided between the stator and the mover. The elastic connector includes a first end connected with the stator, a second end connected with the mover and at least two transition-connecting portions connected between the first end and the second end. The at least two transition-connecting portions extend from the first end towards the second end with sequentially decreasing sizes. An elastic connector is provided between a stator and a mover. In practice, the elastic connector, through deformation of itself, provides a restoring force for the mover during movement, so that the mover can perform a linear movement relative to the stator. In this way, a nonlinear spring connection structure is simpler and manufacturing cost of the nonlinear spring connection structure is reduced.
US11781611B2
A damper including inner and outer tubes and a control valve. A piston is slidably disposed within the inner tube to define first and second working chambers. An intermediate member assembly is disposed annularly about the inner tube. An intermediate channel is positioned radially between the intermediate member assembly and the inner tube and a reservoir channel is positioned radially between the intermediate member assembly and the outer tube. A first unidirectional blocking valve forms a first partition between first and second intermediate channel portions of the intermediate channel. A second unidirectional blocking valve forms a second partition between the second intermediate channel portion and a third intermediate channel portion. An external control valve has a control valve inlet that is arranged in fluid communication with the second intermediate channel portion.
US11781606B2
The present invention provides a rotary shaft assembly applied to a novel clutch system that ensures a 100% torque transmission rate between an engine and a transmission in a vehicle system and can be commonly applied to conventional manual transmission vehicles and automatic vehicles. The rotary shaft assembly converts linear motion of one member to rotary motion of another member, using a combination of a protrusion and an inclined guide slot.
US11781602B2
A multi-plate clutch is specified, with an outer plate carrier, an inner plate carrier and a plate pack which consists of alternately arranged outer plates and inner plates and is arranged radially between the outer plate carrier and the inner plate carrier, wherein a first group of the outer plates is mounted on the outer plate carrier and/or a first group of the inner plates is mounted on the inner plate carrier with a larger circumferential backlash than the other outer plates or inner plates, respectively, which are mounted on their plate carrier with no or smaller circumferential backlash, wherein the outer and/or inner plates with larger circumferential backlash in each case directly adjoin at least one plate with no or smaller circumferential backlash. Furthermore, an electrically operated drive train and a method for producing a multi-plate clutch are specified.
US11781601B2
A multi-plate clutch transmission includes an arrangement for selectively engaging the clutch by moving the sleeve to cause one or more friction disks on a sleeve connected to a shaft to move into contact with one or more friction disks on a clutch basket connected to a gear driven by another gear and another shaft driven by a prime mover. An arrangement for selectively disengaging the clutch is provided that uses prime mover torque to move the one or more friction disks on the sleeve out of contact with the one or more.friction disks on the clutch basket.
US11781595B2
A deep groove ball bearing providing an inner ring, an outer ring and a plurality of balls being arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring. The inner ring and the outer ring each include a raceway for the plurality of balls. Each raceway encompasses the plurality of balls symmetrically. The deep groove ball bearing is lubricated by a lubricant being arranged on each axial side of the plurality of balls. The raceways are offset in the same axial direction from the axial center of the inner ring and the outer ring such that the raceways are offset to the axial side of the deep groove ball bearing where the shear rate acting on the lubricant is higher than on the other axial side of the deep groove ball bearing.
US11781587B2
To reduce the likelihood of erroneous detection resulting from improper engagement of an engaging part with an engaged part, a fixing member is made to have a recess formed therein and is provided with a plurality of conduction paths that are electrically insulated from each other and have portions that are exposed at a plurality of positions including a first position inside the recess and in the vicinity of the innermost part of the recess and a second position inside the recess and not in the vicinity of the innermost part of the recess and other portions that are exposed outside of the recess, and a prescribed member touching the first position and second position can push the area around the opening of the recess.
US11781583B2
A sleeve for the centering of fasteners when installing structural parts on substructure of a building envelope is designed substantially as a hollow cylindrical sleeve body or split hollow cylindrical sleeve body. It has at least two gutter-like shell elements each having a head end and a rear end. The shell elements are grouped symmetrically about a central axis A and span between them a middle space with inner surfaces facing each other. The shell elements are spaced apart from each other and separated by axially parallel longitudinal slots, except for a connecting joint section at the head end. These sleeves are placed on a fastener and allow a precise centering in the predrilled hole of a facade plate, for example. The sleeve remains in the predrilled hole until such time as the centering of the fastener has been accomplished and is then ejected safely by driving the fastener home.
US11781580B2
A method of applying a corrosion-resistant coating to a fastener that includes preheating an area of the fastener to be coated to elevate a temperature of the area and spraying the preheated area of the fastener with a molten or semi-molten metal. In one embodiment, a corrosion-resistant coating applicator includes a support structure, a rotatable slotted fastener conveyer supported by the support structure, a feeder configured to feed fasteners to the rotatable slotted fastener conveyer, a fastener aligner configured to make head portions of the fasteners aligned with each other, a heater configured to heat head portions of the fasteners as the fasteners are being conveyed by the slotted fastener conveyer, and a sprayer configured to apply a corrosion-resistant coating to the heated head portions of the fasteners being conveyed by the slotted fastener conveyer. The present disclosure also provides corrosion-resistant coated fasteners made using the coating methods and/or coating apparatus.
US11781571B2
A control unit for pneumatic actuation of a cylinder, in particular an active creel of a textile-processing machine or a cabling machine, having a compressed air inlet for connecting a compressed air supply, a working air outlet for operating the cylinder, which acts at least on one side, a valve unit arranged between the compressed air inlet and the working air outlet, and an operating element for opening the valve unit to trigger a lifting movement of the cylinder. In order to provide a control unit for pneumatic actuation of an active creel, the actuation of the creel being particularly simple by the control unit, so that an operator can use the creel more easily, quickly and safely, and in addition the creel is protected from damage by incorrect operation, the control unit for achieving a self-retaining valve function, in which the lifting movement of the cylinder is fully executed with a single and/or brief actuation of the operating element, and for the control unit is connected to an end position sensor of the cylinder such that, when the end position sensor is activated, the valve unit is closed and/or the cylinder connected to the working air outlet is automatically depressurized when or after an end position is reached.
US11781566B1
Provided is a water pump which may be easily manufactured and a manufacturing method thereof, the water pump including: a motor housing having a concave container shape; a lower casing including a first side wall protruding downward for a lower end of the first side wall to be in contact with an upper end of the motor housing; and an upper casing fitted to the outside of the lower casing, and including a second side wall protruding downward for a lower end of the second side wall to be in contact with the upper end of the motor housing, wherein the upper end of the motor housing, the lower end of the first side wall, and the lower end of the second side wall are simultaneously fusion-coupled with one another.
US11781563B1
An air-cooled heat exchanger includes a plenum with a fan ring positioned adjacent to the plenum. Support columns support the plenum and the fan ring on a support surface. An X-brace assembly includes a motor mount with leg members extending radially from the motor mount. Each of the leg members is connected to a single corresponding one of the support columns so that the leg members extend between the motor mount and the support columns. A motor including a drive shaft is mounted to the motor mount of the X-brace assembly. A fan having fan blades is mounted to the drive shaft of the motor. The fan is positioned within the fan ring between the motor and the fan ring opening.
US11781553B2
A vacuum pump includes a housing, a rotatable shaft extending in an axial direction within the housing, a first pumping arrangement including a first stator arrangement and a first rotor arrangement, and a second pumping arrangement including a second stator arrangement and a second rotor arrangement. The vacuum pump further includes a spacer arranged between the first pumping arrangement and the second pumping arrangement. The spacer is coupled between the first stator arrangement and the second stator arrangement and is configured to provide a defined elasticity in the axial direction allowing an elastic deformation of the spacer in the axial direction.
US11781540B2
A linear compressor includes a cylinder, a frame, and a discharge unit. The discharge unit includes a discharge cover coupled with the frame, a discharge plenum disposed inside the discharge cover to define a plurality of discharge spaces, and an insulating plenum provided in a shape corresponding to an inner surface of the discharge cover to contact the inner surface of the discharge cover.
US11781539B2
A hand grip mechanism includes a first member, a second member connected to the first member in a vertically moveable manner, a spring providing a biasing force to lower the second member with respect to the first member, and a hand grip configured by two grip links, each including a grip rotatably connected to the first member, a link rotatably connected to the second member below a connecting portion between the first member and the grip, and first and second connecting shafts each connecting the grip and the link below a connecting portion between the second member and the link. By a pressing operation to squeeze the hand grip against the biasing force of the spring, the grip and link in each grip link rotate relative to each other about the first connecting shaft during initial movement and about the second connecting shaft during final movement.
US11781538B2
Automatic electric actuation of the pump of a liquid dispenser apparatus is provided by a stepper motor having a threaded hollow liquid-conducting tube positioned therein and configured such that motor drives the hollow tube up and down in response to supply of a plurality of electrical pulses thereto. A lower end of the hollow tube is constructed to inter-fit with a stem of the pump such that driving the hollow tube up and down creates a pumping action.
US11781536B2
Disclosed is a closed drift, narrow channel Hall thruster configured to operate at powers <30 W. The thruster includes a thruster body and a neutralizing cathode. The thruster body includes a magnetic circuit including a magnetic source and two magnetic poles, a metallic, annular thruster channel formed by the magnetic poles with a downstream channel width smaller than about 3 mm and an upstream channel width greater than the downstream channel width, an anode positioned at the channel's entry, and a gas distributor configured to release a propellant gas into the thruster channel. The magnetic circuit is configured to generate a magnetic field in the thruster channel for trapping electrons therein. The channel walls (the magnetic poles) are under bias potential. The anode and the cathode are configured to generate a substantially axial electric field in the thruster channel. In operation, propellant gas atoms ionized by trapped electrons in the thruster channel, accelerate axially, exiting via the channel's exit.
US11781533B2
A shape memory alloy actuator assembly (2) is disclosed. The actuator assembly comprises a support (21), a first stage (22) moveable in at least two different non-parallel directions in a first plane relative to the support, a first set of at least two shape memory alloy wires (271) configured to move the first stage in the first plane, a second stage (23) moveable in at least two different non-parallel in a second plane parallel to or coplanar with the first plane relative to the first stage, and a second set of at least two shape memory alloy wires (272) configured to move the second stage in the second plane. The first stage is coupled to the support via the first set of shape memory alloy wires and the second stage is coupled to the first stage via the second set of shape memory alloy wires such that movement of the second stage in the second plane with respect to the support is a combination of movement of the first stage relative to support and the second stage relative to the first stage.
US11781530B2
Systems and methods are described for generating electricity from fluid produced from a subsurface formation. The disclosed systems and methods include generating electrical power using the energy content of fluids produced from the earth or hot fluids created during surface processing of the produced fluids. Fluid is obtained from a well in the subsurface formation and provided to a first power generation device where a pressure and a temperature of the fluid is adjusted to a pressure and a temperature compatible with the first power generation device using one or more valves coupled to the first power generation device. The first power generation device generates electricity from the fluid. One or more second power generation devices also generate electricity using the fluid where one of the second power generation devices is a thermoelectric generator.
US11781526B2
A mast section (1) including a wall includes two tubular mast elements (14) stacked and arranged edge to edge at a joining plane (P), each element (14) comprising two wall segments (16) connected by segment connectors (26) extending along the longitudinal edges of the segments (16). The mast section (1) comprises element connectors (36) each extending across and connecting the elements (14) together. The element connectors (36) are arranged either on the inner surface (12) and outer surface (13) of the wall and the segment connectors (26) are arranged on the other surface, each element connector (36) extending at least partially opposite at least one of the segment connectors (26) in a radial direction of the mast section (1) such that the wall is placed between said element connector (36) and the segment connector (26).
US11781524B2
The invention relates to a method and a wind turbine system reducing, preventing or mitigating vibrations due to wind induced vibrations. The wind turbine system includes a wind turbine tower 102, a sensor arrangement 304 for sensing vibrations of the wind turbine tower, a nacelle 104 mounted to the wind turbine tower via a yaw bearing 310 and a control system 306 for controlling yawing of the nacelle relative to the wind turbine tower. The system is adapted for sensing 402 a vibration of the wind turbine tower using the sensor arrangement, providing 404 an input for the control system in response to the vibration of the wind turbine tower as sensed by the sensor arrangement, and providing 406 an output by the control system based on the input, and yawing 408 the wind turbine nacelle based on the output from the control system, and hereby reducing wind induced vibrations of the tower and nacelle, particularly vortex induced vibrations and/or vibrations due to galloping.
US11781519B2
An air injection device for a hydraulic turbine includes: a body having a first end and a second end; an air injection passage extending through the body from the second end to the first end; a protrusion disposed at the first end of the body; and one or more air injection holes disposed in the protrusion.
US11781517B2
An electrode wear amount predicting system of a spark plug, includes: at least one ignition coil that includes a primary coil and a secondary coil; a spark plug that generates a spark discharge by a discharge current generated by the ignition coil and includes a center electrode and a ground electrode; a sensing portion measuring a current applied to the primary coil; and a controller that determines a wear state of the center electrode and the ground electrode according to an amount of the current applied to the primary coil detected by the sensing portion when an electrode wear amount predicting condition is satisfied.
US11781515B1
An interactive remote start function is provided. A remote start request selected from a human machine interface (HMI) of an access application of a mobile device is received to a vehicle. Responsive to an estimated energy consumption of the vehicle exceeding available energy of the vehicle, a plurality of corrective actions are sent to the mobile device to be displayed in the HMI. A selection of one of the plurality of corrective actions is received from the mobile device. The one of the plurality of corrective actions is implemented to mitigate the estimated energy consumption of the vehicle exceeding the available energy of the vehicle.
US11781512B2
A filter assembly comprises a housing defining an internal volume. A housing second end of the housing defines at least one female thread. A bowl is positioned at the housing second end The bowl comprises at least one bowl male thread structured to engage the at least one female thread of the housing so as to be coupled thereto.
US11781508B2
Methods and systems for accurate and precise fuel supply control for continuous-flow of gaseous fuel to an internal combustion engine over a large dynamic power range, including a dual-stage valve that allows optimal control—a first stage in the form of a voice-coil driven electronic pressure regulator, and a second stage in the form of a voice-coil-driven choked-flow valve; monitoring the pressure of the fuel intermediate the two stages and making appropriate adjustments to the first stage via a pressure actuator loop; feeding the gaseous fuel mixture through a unitary block assembly into the second stage; monitoring the pressure of the air/fuel mixture and making appropriate adjustments to the second stage via a valve actuator control loop.
US11781502B2
An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes a first actuator, a second actuator and a linkage system. The linkage system is configured to transfer torque between the first actuator and the second actuator. The linkage system includes a first linkage shaft, a second linkage shaft and a gearbox. The first linkage shaft has a first centerline. The second linkage shaft has a second centerline offset from the first centerline. The gearbox is coupled to and is between the first linkage shaft and the second linkage shaft.
US11781491B2
A gas turbine engine has a compression system blade ratio defined as the ratio of the height of a fan blade to the height of the most downstream compressor blade in the range of from 45 to 95. This results in an optimum balance between installation benefits, operability, maintenance requirements and engine efficiency when the gas turbine engine is installed on an aircraft.
US11781487B2
A gas turbine engine for an aircraft includes an engine core with a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine and compressor; a fan upstream of the engine core including a plurality of fan blades; and a gearbox that receives an input from a gearbox input shaft portion of the core shaft and outputs drive to a fan shaft so as to drive the fan at a lower rotational speed than the core shaft, the gearbox being an epicyclic gearbox including a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a ring gear, and a planet carrier arranged to have the plurality of planet gears mounted thereon, and wherein the sun gear receives input from the core shaft. At cruise conditions the torque on the core shaft is greater than 10,000 Nm and a ratio of core shaft stiffness to core shaft torque is within a specified range.
US11781482B2
A heat shield assembly for use with an aircraft engine. The heat shield assembly includes a structural member, a heat shield panel adapted for exposure to aircraft engine exhaust, an index joint coupling the heat shield panel to the structural member in a fixed positional location, and a plurality of slip joints coupling the heat shield panel to the structural member. Each slip joint includes at least one wear buffer coupled to the heat shield panel, and a slip fastener insertable through a slip joint hole in the heat shield panel with a clearance fit. A gap defined by the clearance fit is sized to provide a tolerance for expansion and contraction of the heat shield panel relative to the fixed positional location, and the at least one wear buffer is engageable by the slip fastener during expansion and contraction of the heat shield panel.
US11781481B2
A hybrid electric propulsion system including: a gas turbine engine comprising a low speed spool, a high speed spool, and a combustor; a lubrication circuit comprising a bearing compartment, a supply pump, and a scavenger pump; an electric motor configured to augment rotational power of the low speed spool or the high speed spool; and a controller operable to: control the electric motor based upon a pressure differential between an interior of the bearing compartment and an exterior of the bearing compartment and to drive rotation of the low speed spool and/or the high speed spool via the electric motor responsive to a thrust command while fuel flow to the combustor is inhibited.
US11781479B2
A gas turbine engine includes a core section including a compressor, a main combustor, and a main turbine. Combustion products from the main combustor drive rotation of the turbine and the compressor. A power turbine is fluidly connected to the main turbine and driven by exhaust from the main turbine. The gas turbine engine further includes a fan section having a fan rotor located fluidly upstream of the core section. The power turbine is operably connected to the fan rotor to drive rotation of the fan rotor via rotation of the power turbine. The gas turbine engine includes a bleed arrangement having one or more bleed passages configured to divert a bleed airflow from the compressor around the main combustor and main turbine, and reintroduce the bleed airflow into the power turbine.
US11781478B2
An aircraft propulsion system includes a fan section that includes a fan shaft that is rotatable about a fan axis. The fan shaft includes a fan gear. The aircraft propulsion system also includes a boost turbine engine that includes a first output shaft that includes a first gear that is coupled to the fan gear. The boost turbine engine has a first maximum power capacity. The aircraft propulsion system further includes a cruise gas turbine engine that includes a second output shaft that includes a second gear that is coupled to the fan gear. The cruise turbine engine has a second maximum power capacity that is less than the first maximum power capacity of the boost turbine engine. The fan section produces a thrust that corresponds to power input through the fan gear from the boost turbine engine and the cruise turbine engine.
US11781477B2
A hybrid-electric aircraft system is provided and includes first and second hybrid-electric engines, first and second ducting systems fluidly communicative with each other and with the first and second hybrid-electric engines, respectively, and a control system. The control system is operably coupled to each of the first and second hybrid-electric engines and to each of the first and second ducting systems. The control system is configured to run the first hybrid-electric engine normally, to run the second hybrid-electric engine in a lower power mode and to control each of the first and second ducting systems to direct bleed air from the first hybrid-electric engine to the second hybrid-electric engine.
US11781476B2
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for operating a multi-engine rotorcraft. The method comprises driving a rotor of the rotorcraft with a first engine while a second engine is de-clutched from a transmission clutch system that couples the rotor and the second engine, instructing the second engine to accelerate to a re-clutching speed, and controlling an output shaft speed of the second engine during acceleration of the second engine to the re-clutching speed by applying a damping function to a speed control loop of the second engine.
US11781474B2
A hydrogen-oxygen gaseous fuel generating equipment applied to internal combustion engines including a hydrogen and oxygen gas (H2-O2) generation circuit having a main water tank with at least one outlet duct of the fluid to a set of plates and conducted the fluid to a section of supply pipe to an input connector of an electrolyzer equipment associated with a pair of connector terminals, powered by an electrical energy source defined by a set having an electric accumulator, as a power supply of the set of plates where a mixture of oxygen hydrogen is extracted is derived to the decanter tank where it is separated from the water and the oxygen gas is ready for injection into the motor.
US11781470B2
Provided is a control device for an internal combustion engine that includes: a water-cooled cooler (intercooler) arranged at at least one of a portion of an intake air passage located on the upstream side of an intake port and an EGR passage; and a water pump configured to supply a cooling water with the cooler. The control device is configured: to execute a water supply operation that supplies the cooling water with the cooler by actuating the water pump when its execution condition which includes a requirement that a cooler temperature is higher than a cooling water temperature is met during stop of the internal combustion engine; and not to execute the water supply operation when the cooler temperature is lower than or equal to the cooling water temperature during stop of the internal combustion engine.
US11781469B2
An insert device includes a body having an upper body portion configured to couple with a cylinder head of an engine cylinder and a lower body portion extending from the upper body portion toward a combustion chamber of the engine cylinder. The body includes an interior surface extending around a central volume positioned to receive liquid fuel from a fuel injector. The body includes gas inlet channels and fuel-and-gas mixture outlet channels. The gas inlet channels direct gas into the central volume where the gas mixes with the liquid fuel to form the fuel-and-gas mixture. The fuel-and-gas mixture outlet channels direct the mixture into the combustion chamber. The interior surface includes concave surface portions between the inlet channels and the outlet channels along a center axis of the body that are shaped to direct the gas into the central volume toward the liquid fuel in the central volume.
US11781467B1
A fan shroud for a vehicle heat-exchange module, includes a wall configured to at least partially block the air flow through the fan shroud between a front and a back thereof, with a first opening for enabling air flow through the fan shroud between a front and a back thereof, and fasteners adapted to mount the fan shroud in an inclined position with respect to the ground. The fan shroud further includes a first drainage opening for a fluid, arranged at a bottom of the fan shroud, and a first gutter arranged at the bottom and connected fluidically with the first drainage opening to evacuate the fluid remotely with respect to the first drainage opening.
US11781466B2
An exhaust system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a particulate filter where particles are filterable out from the exhaust gas by the particulate filter. A selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalytic converter through which the exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine is flowable for denitrifying the exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine is disposed downstream of the particulate filter. The exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine is heatable by a combustor at a point disposed upstream of the SCR catalytic converter and downstream of the particulate filter where the combustor provides an exhaust gas of the combustor. Particles are filterable out from the exhaust gas of the combustor by a filter element.
US11781458B2
An exhaust aftertreatment arrangement for cleaning exhaust gases includes a fluid channel for providing a fluid pathway for the exhaust gases, a selective catalyst reduction, SCR, catalyst, arranged in or downstream the fluid channel, a heating arrangement for heating the exhaust gases, the heating arrangement being arranged upstream of the SCR catalyst and comprising an electrical heating element, a first fluid pathway for guiding the exhaust gases to the electrical heating element, and a second fluid pathway for guiding the exhaust gases to bypass the electrical heating element, wherein the heating arrangement is removably arranged relative the fluid channel.
US11781456B2
The invention relates to a method involving the treatment of the pollutants emitted by a vehicle having a heat engine, in which catalyst means (3) are heated, characterised in that the amount of oxygen (OS) in the catalyst means (3) is controlled to be over a minimum amount of oxygen (OS1) by injecting air upstream of said catalyst means (3).
US11781454B2
An internal combustion engine includes a first blow-by gas passage defined in a second wall. The internal combustion engine includes a second blow-by gas passage defined in a third wall. The internal combustion engine includes a third blow-by gas passage defined in a fourth wall. The first blow-by gas passage to the third blow-by gas passage connect an oil chamber and an oil separator to each other. The second wall includes a first connecting path. The fourth wall includes a second connecting path. The first connecting path connects the first crank chamber and the second crank chamber. The second connecting path connects the third crank chamber and the fourth crank chamber to each other. The third wall does not have a passage connecting the second crank chamber and the third crank chamber to each other.
US11781453B2
Provided is an internal combustion engine having an oil circulating structure wherein oil used to lubricate valve operating members in the cylinder head drops onto an oil pan, and the oil accumulated therein is drawn up to the cylinder head again. Each on corners of the squire bottom face inside the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine, an oil dropping hole is provided to allow the oil used to lubricate valve operating members to flow thereinto. Also provided is an oil channel communicating with one or more of the oil dropping hole at the bottom thereof to guide the oil toward the driving gear transmitting the driving force of the engine.
US11781451B2
An engine variable camshaft timing (VCT) phaser assembly is equipped in an internal combustion engine (ICE) to adjust the rotation of the engine's camshaft relative to the engine's crankshaft. The adjustments advance and retard the opening and closing movements of the engine's intake and exhaust valves. An electric motor and a planetary gear set work together amid use of the VCT phaser assembly. The planetary gear set can include two or more ring gears, planet gears, and a sun gear. A backlash condition sometimes experienced in previous VCTs is minimized in the VCT phaser assembly by one or more springs that urge the planet gears into engagement with the ring gears.
US11781450B2
The present disclosure provides a valve assembly including one or more poppet valves. In general, the valve assembly can have one or more poppet assemblies selectively actuatable between a first end position and a second end position. According to some aspects, a crankshaft assembly can be coupled to the one or more poppet assemblies and the crankshaft assembly can selectively actuate the one or more poppet assemblies between the first end position and the second end position.
US11781449B2
The invention provides various designs of an apparatus and method for attemperating a gas stream temperature. The apparatus of the present invention provides a body through which a gas stream passes that permits, as desired, a second gas, such as gas outside of the gas duct or such as ambient air, to be added to the main gas stream to attemperate the temperature of the main gas stream. The body or device may be referred to as a variable eductor having a plurality of openings through which a second gas may pass into the main gas stream. The openings may be opened or closed, and the variable eductor provides control over which openings and the degree to which each opening is opened. In some designs the variable eductor is inserted between two portions of a gas duct. The variable eductor has widespread application, such as downstream of a gas turbine to attemperate the exhaust gas temperature during startup.
US11781443B2
Various methods and systems are provided for generating exhaust energy and converting exhaust energy to electrical energy while an engine is not running. In one example, a system for an engine comprises: a first turbocharger including a first compressor driven by a first turbine, the first turbine disposed in an exhaust of the engine; a fuel burner fluidly coupled to the exhaust upstream of the first turbine; a generator coupled to one of the first turbine or an auxiliary, second turbine fluidly coupled to the exhaust downstream of the fuel burner; and one or more bypass valves configured to adjust a flow of air that bypasses the engine and is delivered to the fuel burner.
US11781419B2
Methods and system are provided for measuring parameters while drilling a wellbore using a coiled tubing drilling apparatus. An exemplary system includes an instrumented mandrel including a notch in an outer surface of the instrumented mandrel, and an indentation at each end of the notch. A sensor package in the system includes a sensor, a tubular assembly, and a mounting bracket at each end of the tubular assembly. The sensor package is sized to fit in the notch, with each of the mounting brackets fitting in one of the indentations at each end of the knot, and wherein the sensor package is substantially flush with the instrumented mandrel.
US11781407B2
Systems and method for injection a chemical into a wellbore. A chemical injection system may comprise a first valve, a chemical line, a pilot line, an injection line, and a backflow prevention valve disposable in the injection line. A production fluid recovery system may comprise a chemical injection system, a first valve, a pilot line, an injection line, a backflow prevention valve, a production tree, a wellhead, and production tubing. A method for actuating a valve in a chemical injection system may comprise pushing a fluid into a chemical line, pressurizing a pilot line to open a first valve, pushing the fluid through the first valve, increasing pressure in the pilot line to open a second valve, pushing the fluid through the second valve, pushing the fluid through a chemical line, and injecting fluid into a wellbore from the chemical line.
US11781398B2
A rotating control device (RCD) system includes a housing having a bore, a seal element positioned within the housing, a piston assembly supported within the housing and configured to drive the seal element to seal the bore, and a bearing assembly supported within the housing and configured to enable the seal element to rotate relative to the housing. The bearing assembly includes a first bearing section positioned between the housing and the seal element and a second bearing section positioned between a piston of the piston assembly and the seal element. The piston assembly is configured to selectively actuate the seal element into a first configuration, where the seal element extends into the bore and seals with a tubular therein, and a second configuration, where the seal element extends entirely through the bore and seals the bore without a tubular extending therein.
US11781395B2
A system for remediating a blockage in a subsea a subsea fluid system includes a hot tap system connected to an outer surface of a subsea fluid conduit of the subsea fluid system, a first flowpath extending from a fluid source, through the first coiled tubing and the hot tap system, and into the subsea fluid conduit, and a second flowpath extending from the subsea fluid conduit and through the hot tap system, wherein the second flowpath is separate from the first flowpath, wherein the hot tap system is configured to inject a first fluid into the subsea fluid conduit along the first flowpath and receive a second fluid from the subsea fluid conduit along the second flowpath.
US11781393B2
An explosive downhole tool includes a housing having an upper housing part on one side of a window section and a lower housing part on an opposite side of the window section. An explosive charge is provided within the housing for at least one of cutting and expanding the wall of the tubular. The outer surface of at least one of the upper and lower housing part is rounded so as to be devoid of corners. The rounded surface eliminates the presence of sharp corners that may catch on restrictions or protrusions in a wellbore so that the downhole tool is more easily conveyable within a wellbore. Another explosive downhole tool includes fins extending from the housing. The fins have a height that decreases in a direction away from the housing. The shape of the fins enables the downhole tool to be more easily conveyable within the wellbore.
US11781390B2
A fidelity retaining type coring device for a rock sample, comprising a rock core drilling tool, a rock core sample storage barrel, and a rock core sample fidelity retaining cabin. The rock core drilling tool comprises a coring drilling tool, a core catcher (11), and an inner core pipe (12); the coring drilling tool comprises an outer core pipe (13) and a hollow drill bit (14), and the drill bit (14) is connected to the lower end of the outer core pipe (13); the lower end of the inner core pipe (12) extends to the bottom of the outer core pipe (13), and the inner core pipe (12) is in clearance fit with the outer core pipe (13); the rock core sample fidelity retaining cabin comprises an inner coring barrel (28), an outer coring barrel (26), and an energy accumulator (229); the outer coring barrel (26) is sleeved on the inner coring barrel (28); the upper end of the inner coring barrel (28) is communicated with a liquid nitrogen storage tank (225), and the liquid nitrogen storage tank (225) is located in the outer coring barrel (26); the energy accumulator (229) is communicated with the outer coring barrel (26); the outer coring barrel (26) is provided with a flap valve (23). According to the device, a rock core can maintain its state in an in-situ environment; in addition, the drilling speed can be increased, and the coring efficiency can be improved.
US11781378B2
A shading device comprises a power supply device comprising a battery, a first and a second electrical connection elements and a resilient element. The battery is disposed at a holding device for holding the screen. The first element is disposed at a load bar or the screen and configured so as to be electrically connected to an external electrical supply source. The second element is disposed at the holding device and configured to cooperate with the first element. The resilient element is configured to be fixed on the load bar or on the screen. The first element is integral with the resilient element. Furthermore, the resilient element is configured to compensate a misalignment of the first electrical connection element with respect to the second electrical connection element, when the screen reaches a position for recharging the battery.
US11781373B1
A method of covering a door includes providing a door cover system with a removable and washable cover body having a front surface and at least one opening extending through a thickness of the removable and washable cover body; one or more straps attached at the top edge of the removable and washable cover body; providing an interior door having a front surface and at least one handle; positioning the removable and washable cover body over the front surface of the interior door such that the front surface of the removable and washable cover is presented; positioning the at least one opening such that the at least one handle extends therethrough; securing the removable and washable cover body to the interior door via the one or more straps; allowing the removable and washable cover body to hang vertically.
US11781371B2
Proposed is a flexible cover window for a flexible display, the flexible cover window including: a first window made of glass and provided on an upper part of a first surface of the flexible display; a second window made of glass and provided on an upper part of a second surface of the flexible display; and a folding part provided between the first window and the second window by corresponding to a folding area of the display and filled with a transparent resin material, wherein a transparent resin layer is provided on a total surface of each of the first window and the second window by continuing to the folding part filled with the transparent resin material, and a chamfer part is provided on each of an end part of the first window and an end part of the second window, which are adjacent to the folding part.
US11781362B2
A multi-link door hinge is proposed. The multi-link door hinge includes: a main body frame provided in a main body of an apparatus having a door; a door frame provided on the door; a body frame rotatably connected to one side portion of the main body frame; an inner link and an outer link rotatably connecting the door frame to the body frame; a leaf spring link rotatably connecting the main body frame to the outer link; an upper cam coupled to a portion connecting the body frame to the inner link in a co-rotatable manner, provided between first and second side portions of a sidewall of the inner link, and securely coupled to the body frame; an upper elastic member having a first side portion provided inside the inner link and a second side portion rollably coupled to the upper cam and elastically supporting the door frame.
US11781360B2
A hinge device (1) comprises a first member (3) and a second member (5) hinged by a hinge pivot pin (7) where the second member (5) is connected to one end of the transmission member (15). The box-shaped body (9) is equipped with at least one elongated guide (17) parallel to an operative direction (A) and along which at least one constraint element (19) fixed to a distal end (14) of the transmission member (15) slides. One between transmission member (15) and body (9) is equipped with a first elongated slot (23) and the other (9, 15) is equipped with a first mobile element (25) slidingly engaged in the first elongated slot (23); one between the portion (8) and proximal end (16) of the transmission member (15) carries a second slot (31) and the other (16, 8) carries a second mobile element (33) slidingly engaged in the second slot (31).
US11781352B2
Overhead luggage compartment for an aircraft, having an upper luggage compartment element, having a lower luggage compartment element which is movable between an open and a closed position, having a first holding device for holding the lower luggage compartment element in its closed position, and having a second holding device for holding the lower luggage compartment element in its open position, wherein an operating element is provided which is connected via a force transmission device to the second holding device to hold the lower luggage compartment element in its open position, wherein the second holding device can be switched by arrangement of the operating element from a holding position into a release position.
US11781344B2
An electronic lock includes a housing, and a locking system within the housing. The locking system includes electronics and a lock. More particularly, the housing contains therein, a controller and at least one electronic input device electrically coupled to the controller, where the controller causes the lock to transition between a locked position to an unlocked position responsive to input from the electronic input device.
US11781341B1
A double lock, dual action gravity latch device to secure a gate in a closed position comprising a latch assembly including a pivotal latch member movable between a latched and unlatched position, a keeper assembly including a striker pin to maintain the gate in the closed position when the pivotal latch member in the latched position, a latch lock assembly including a lock assembly with a first lock and a second lock each independently movable between a locked position and an unlocked position disposed on opposite sides of the gate to selectively move a latch blocking assembly from a latch blocking position to a latch unblocking position when either the first lock or second lock is moved from the locked position to the unlocked position and move the latch blocking assembly from the latch unblocking position to the latch blocking position when the unlocked lock is moved from the unlocked position to the locked position.
US11781339B2
A razor wire rapid deployment unit (RDU)/barrier is disclosed. In some embodiments, the RDU includes an enclosure having a first section coupleable with a second section, the enclosure defining an interior area therein. The RDU may further include a razor wire disposed within the interior area of the enclosure, a first end of the razor wire directly coupled to the first section, and a second end of the razor wire directly coupled to the second section. The first and second sides of the enclosure may be separated from one another to deploy the razor wire from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration.
US11781334B1
An apparatus for cleaning a body of water includes a housing defining an interior passageway, with a mesh catch bag connected at the upper end of the inner passage. A power source and a submersible pump are electrically connected, and both connect to the housing. The pump draws water from the body of water, and directs it to a plurality of openings oriented on an inner surface of the housing. The openings direct water upwardly through the inner passage of the housing and through the catch bag, thereby drawing debris from beneath the housing upwardly through the housing and into the catch bag.
US11781323B2
Building panels, especially laminated floor panels are shown, which are provided with a locking system and several core grooves at the rear side in order to save material and decrease weight. Building panels, each having a surface layer on a front side, a backing layer on a rear side and an intermediate core, wherein the intermediate core and the surface and the backing layer all comprise wood fibres and thermosetting resins, the building panels are provided with a locking system for vertical and horizontal locking of a first edge of a first building panel to an adjacent second edge of a second building panel.
US11781322B2
Methods of manufacturing thin brick sheets are disclosed. The thin brick sheets can be used as a wall or floor covering. The methods can include adhering a plurality of thin bricks to a backing layer with an adhesive. The backing layer defines a grid that includes a plurality of holes, is non-stretchable, and can provide strength and rigidity to the thin brick sheets.
US11781321B2
A covering element includes a carrier plate including a mineral material, wherein the carrier plate is formed as a flat mineral carrier plate having a thickness between 3 and 15 millimeters (mm), complementary recesses and protrusions formed, respectively, on opposing lateral edges of the carrier plate, such that, in an assembled condition of two or more covering elements, the complementary recesses and protrusions are configured to engage with complementary protrusions and recesses, respectively, of another of the two or more covering elements, and a decor layer with a polymer and on a front side of the carrier plate. The décor layer includes at least at least one, color pigment-containing, printing layer.
US11781320B2
This invention relates to a method and system of applying a fluid material to a roofing surface. By modifying a peristaltic pump-driven sprayer device, a fluid material having a viscosity of 10,000 to 40,000 centipoise at 25° C. can be effectively sprayed onto a roofing surface. Additionally, the use of a modified peristaltic pump-driven sprayer device allows for the fluid material to be applied onto the roofing surface at a faster rate than other spraying methods.
US11781315B1
The present invention provides a modular wall assembly with prefabricated wires, comprising: a base and multiple modular wall frames. The base is provided with wires and extends out of the base, and at least one connecting groove and a plurality of convex rings are fixed on the base, and the connecting groove is provided with a plurality of conducting parts, and the conducting parts are in electrical communication with wires in the base. The modular wall frames are provided with wires, and comprising: at least one connecting stud, at least one upper connecting groove, a plurality of upper convex rings, a plurality of lower grooves, and a locking device. Through those structure, the workers can quickly build a wall with strength not much different from a normal wall, while also setting up the indoor devices by using the prefabricated wires in the modular wall frame.
US11781314B2
A modular system for dry building of structures includes a plurality of modular elements having a generally planar upper or lower wall and a plurality of side faces substantially perpendicular thereto, and further having a first end edge at the upper or lower wall and a second edge opposed thereto. Anchoring members couple the modular elements so that the planar walls cooperate to define a first plane generally parallel to or coinciding with the main development plane of the structure to be built, with each of the side faces interacting with each other. The second edges of the side faces cooperate to define a second plane generally parallel and opposed to the first plane. The anchoring members include first anchoring members that act in correspondence with the second plane to effectively counteract the tensile stresses developing in the structure due to a load acting on the first plane.
US11781298B2
A fitting, in particular an outlet fitting, for a sanitary installation has a control unit, a sanitary element controllable with the control unit, and at least one imaging sensor. The control unit is adapted to trigger an action of the sanitary element depending on an object recognition based on at least one output signal from the at least one imaging sensor. A fitting arrangement with such a fitting as well as a method for controlling such a fitting are also provided.
US11781296B2
A valve trim assembly for use in a shower environment. The valve trim assembly includes an outer covering and a valve assembly. The outer covering includes a first axis disposed through a midpoint of the outer covering. The valve assembly is at least partially disposed within the outer covering and configured to control a flow of fluid. The valve assembly includes a nut coupled to the outer covering, an adapter at least partially disposed within the nut and rotatable about the first axis, and an elongated joint coaxially aligned with the adapter. The nut and the adapter cooperatively define a joint where the adapter rotates within the nut to maintain engagement between the outer covering and a wall.
US11781294B2
A water reclamation system includes a collection basin that collects greywater from non-toilet sources. The collection basin is part of a fluid path of the greywater. A plurality of sensors are disposed within the fluid path. The plurality of sensors monitor a particulate level within the greywater. The plurality of sensors include at least a turbidity sensor and a conductivity sensor. A coagulation and filtration system separates particulate from the greywater to define filtered greywater. A staging basin is included, where the filtered greywater is delivered from the coagulation and filtration system to the staging basin to define flush water.
US11781292B2
A work machine includes: a work implement including a bucket; a bucket position obtaining unit that obtains a position of the bucket; a distance calculating unit that calculates a distance between the position of the bucket obtained by the bucket position obtaining unit and a design topography of an execution object; and a recording unit that records existing topography data corresponding to the position of the bucket, based on the distance calculated by the distance calculating unit.
US11781275B2
A vehicle barrier includes a beam extending longitudinally between opposing end posts, the beam positioned vertically above a ground level and separating an asset side from an attack side, the beam comprising beam sections and a crash post positioned in a same vertical plane as the beam, wherein beam sections are pivotally connected to the crash post.
US11781269B2
A dewatering device has a dewatering box and a plurality of dewatering strips. A contour of at least one dewatering strip changes over its length. There is also described a machine for the production of a fibrous web, such as a paper, cardboard or tissue web, with a dewatering device of this kind, and to the use of the latter in a machine of this kind.
US11781262B2
A driver assembly of a top-loader washer includes: a bearing housing provided under an outer tub and having a bolt screwed into a lower surface of the bearing housing, a stator provided under the bearing housing and defining a first hole, a clutch stopper interposed between the bearing housing and the stator and defining a second hole, a first sleeve coupled to the first hole, and a second sleeve coupled to the second hole. The bolt is inserted into the first sleeve through the first hole and into the second sleeve through the second hole to fasten the bearing housing, the clutch stopper, and the stator and the second sleeve is spaced apart from the bearing housing based on the first sleeve and the second sleeve being fastened to and in contact with each other by a fastening force of the bolt.
US11781260B2
A washing machine includes an operation manipulation interface configured to control starting or stopping of an operation of the washing machine by a touch input of a user and provided as one button or a touch panel, an operation manipulation interface configured to recognize speech of the user using a speech recognition system and control components related to the operation of the washing machine based on the recognized speech of the user, an indicator including a character indicator configured to indicate a washing operation, a rinsing operation, and a spin-drying operation, respectively, and a graph indicator configured to indicate a running time or remaining time of the operation of the washing machine, and a power control configured to turn the power of the washing machine on or off by a touch input of the user.
US11781258B2
A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a tub with a terminal edge and a dual-wall basket, with outer and inner walls, the inner wall having perforations above the terminal edge, and the basket located within the tub and having at least one drain opening in a bottom of the basket. The method comprising altering a level of liquid in the tub to correspondingly alter a height of a float valve in the tub to selectively open/close the drain opening to effect a filling of liquid in the basket above the tub terminal edge when the float valve is in the closed position.
US11781241B2
A silicon carbide seed crystal and method of manufacturing the same, and method of manufacturing silicon carbide ingot are provided. The silicon carbide seed crystal has a silicon surface and a carbon surface opposite to the silicon surface. A difference D between a basal plane dislocation density BPD1 of the silicon surface BPD1 and a basal plane dislocation density BPD2 of the carbon surface satisfies the following formula (1): D=(BPD1−BPD2)/BPD1≤25% (1).
US11781239B2
This invention relates to a method of forming crystals of chemical molecules. The methods are effective even when only very small amounts of a compound are available and can be used to explore the experimental crystallisation space including screening for optimal crystallisation conditions such as for polymorphic phases, salts, solvates and co-crystals of chemical molecules and to provide single crystals for structural determination of unknown molecules by single crystal X-ray crystallography.
US11781238B2
Systems for electroplating seal inspection may include a module configured to support a seal for inspection. The module may include a set of supports positioned to contact an interior rim of the seal. The module may be configured to rotate the seal about a central axis. The system may also include a detector positioned on the module. The detector may be positioned to scan an exterior surface of the seal.
US11781235B2
A plating apparatus and plating methods for plating metal layers on a substrate. In an embodiment, a plating method comprises: step 1: immersing a substrate into plating solution of a plating chamber assembly including at least a first anode and a second anode (3001); step 2: turning on a first plating power supply applied on the first anode, setting the first plating power supply to output a power value P11 and continue with a period T11 (3002); step 3: when the period T11 ends, adjusting the first plating power supply applied on the first anode to output a power value P12 and continue with a period T12, at the same time, turning on a second plating power supply applied on the second anode, and setting the second plating power supply to output a power value P21 and continue with a period T21 (3003); and step 4: when the period T21 ends, adjusting the second plating power supply applied on the second anode to output a power value P22 and continue with a period T22; wherein step 2 to step 4 are performed periodically.
US11781221B2
A chemical vessel is disclosed comprising a dip tube and a level sensor tube arranged in an elongated counterbore incorporated into a housing of the chemical vessel. The chemical vessel may be configured to allow a pushback routine to take place, whereby a level of liquid in the chemical vessel is reduced to a point that the dip tube is free from liquid inside the dip tube or at the bottom of the dip tube. Once the dip tube is free of the liquid, then a vacuum source may be used to purge vapor within the chemical vessel without the risk of damage to the vacuum source.
US11781220B2
A process and apparatus is provided in which improved control of gas phase radicals is provided. In one embodiment, a system generating atomic oxygen is provided in which gases which generate the atomic oxygen are mixed prior to injection in a process space. The mixing may occur within a showerhead or prior to entrance into the showerhead. In another embodiment, a showerhead is provided which includes multiple zones. Some of the zones of the showerhead may inject the mixture of gases which generate the atomic oxygen into the process space, while other zones do not inject that mixture. In one embodiment, the mixture of gases which generates the atomic oxygen is injected into a main zone, while a subset of those gases is injected into inner and outer zones of the showerhead. The process and apparatus provides a uniform density of atomic oxygen across the substrate being processed.
US11781211B2
In a method for coating on a surface of a medical PEEK material with titanium to have a microporous structure, titanium is coated on a surface of polyether ether ketone (PEEK) via magnetron sputtering. The surface of the titanium coated on the surface of PEEK is polished via an electromagnetic polishing apparatus. A thin-film with titanium dioxide (TiO2) having a microporous structure is formed on the polished surface of the titanium via an anodic oxidation treatment.
US11781208B2
The invention relates to a dispersion-hardened platinum composition comprising at least 70 wt. % platinum, the platinum composition containing up to 29.95 wt. % of one of the metals rhodium, gold, iridium and palladium, between 0.05 wt. % and 1 wt. % oxides of the non-precious metals zirconium, yttrium and scandium, and, as the remainder, the platinum including impurities, wherein between 7.0 mol. % and 11.0 mol. % of the oxides of the non-precious metals is yttrium oxide, between 0.1 mol. % and 5.0 mol. % of the oxides is scandium oxide, and the remainder of the oxides is zirconia, including oxide impurities. The invention also relates to a crucible for crystal growing, a semi-finished product, a tool, a tube, a stirrer, a fiberglass nozzle or a component for producing or processing glass made of a platinum composition of this kind and to a method for the production of a platinum composition.
US11781207B2
Provided is a galvanized steel sheet plated by vacuum deposition and, more specifically, to a galvanized steel sheet having excellent hardness and galling resistance, and a method for manufacturing same. The zinc coated steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet; and a zinc coated layer formed on the base steel sheet. The zinc coated layer is formed of a columnar structure, and a content of Mn included in the zinc coated layer is 0.1 to 0.4 wt %.
US11781198B2
The invention relates to a device for temperature-controlling a component part. The device has a temperature-control zone, along which the component part is movable along a conveying direction. The temperature-control zone is configured to temperature-control at least one temperature-control section of the component part. Furthermore, the device has a temperature-control zone controller, which is configured to cover a covering region of the temperature-control zone such that in the covering region a temperature-control effect from the temperature-control zone on the temperature-control section of the component part is reducible. Herein, the temperature-control zone controller is configured so as to adjust the size of the covering region.
US11781197B2
A method of forming a component includes providing a work-piece blank from a formable material. The work-piece blank includes at least one section having a surface roughness greater than 1 μm configured to facilitate efficient radiation of thermal energy therefrom when the work-piece blank is heated. The method also includes austenitizing the work-piece blank via heating the work-piece blank at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined amount of time to achieve an austenite microstructure in the at least one section and forestall oxidation of the work-piece blank. The method additionally includes transferring the austenitized work-piece blank into a forming press. The method also includes forming the component via the forming press from the austenitized work-piece blank. The method additionally includes quenching the component formed from the austenitized work-piece blank and cooling the formed component.
US11781192B2
The disclosure relates to Calibrachoa plants comprising a double-flowering characteristic and a dwarf growth characteristic, methods for generating said plants, and molecular markers corresponding to the double-flowering and dwarf growth traits.
US11781181B2
The present invention provides a reciprocal-flow-type nucleic acid amplification device comprising: heaters capable of forming a denaturation temperature zone and an extension/annealing temperature zone; a fluorescence detector capable of detecting movement of a sample solution between the two temperature zones; a pair of liquid delivery mechanisms that allow the sample solution to move between the two temperature zones and that are configured to be open to atmospheric pressure when liquid delivery stops; a substrate on which the chip for nucleic acid amplification according to claim 2 can be placed; and a control mechanism that controls driving of each liquid delivery mechanism by receiving an electrical signal from the fluorescence detector relating to movement of the sample solution from the control mechanism; the device being capable of performing real-time PCR by measuring fluorescence intensity for each thermal cycle.
US11781177B2
Compositions comprising covalently modified and mutated biotin-binding proteins, particularly biotin-binding proteins having a negative charge at physiological pH, are provided. Methods of producing such proteins are also provided, as are methods of immobilizing, sequencing, and making nucleic acids employing such proteins.
US11781166B2
A structure for culturing cells includes growth medium regions on a surface of the structure. Each of the growth medium regions includes a growth medium surface configured to receive and promote growth in a cell that is being cultured. The structure includes a non-growth medium. The non-growth medium includes a non-growth medium surface configured to receive the cell that is being cultured.
US11781160B2
The invention relates to methods for the production of methacrylates using methacrylate tolerant microorganisms.
US11781157B2
Described herein are biological devices and methods for using the same to produce oxidized zinc. The biological devices include microbial cells transformed with a DNA construct containing genes for producing a zinc-related protein, an alkaline phosphatase, and an alcohol dehydrogenase. In some instances, the biological devices also include a gene for lipase. The oxidized zinc compositions produced herein have numerous applications.
US11781156B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for plakophilin-2 gene therapy for treating heart diseases such as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) or arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM).
US11781151B2
The disclosure provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, derived from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding variant polypeptides having increased pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera and Coleopteran. Particular embodiments of the disclosure provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.
US11781146B2
The present invention provides mammalian cell expression vectors that impart to mammalian host cells an ability to produce high levels of foreign gene-derived proteins. A ubiquitously acting chromatin opening element (UCOE) is introduced into an expression vector that has a plasmid DNA integrated into a transcriptional hot spot on the chromosome of a dihydrofolate reductase gene-deficient host cell so that it allows for selection of strains that grow in hypoxanthine-thymidine (hereinafter denoted as HT)-free medium, whereby transformants will produce a protein of interest in increased amounts.
US11781132B2
Disclosed are a method for DNA extraction in a sample for next generation sequencing (NGS) and a method of constructing a NGS library using the extracted DNA. The method for DNA extraction includes: preparing a mixture by mixing a biological sample with a buffer; applying microwaves to the mixture; and recovering DNA. The method of constructing a NGS library includes: extracting DNA according to the method for DNA extraction; amplifying a target DNA using primers; and purifying the amplified product and subjecting the purified product to library pooling.
US11781131B2
Cas-protein-ready tau bio sensor cells, CRISPR/Cas synergistic activation mediator (SAM)-ready tau biosensor cells, and methods of making and using such cells to screen for genetic vulnerability associated with tau aggregation are provided.
US11781130B2
Provided herein are methods of determining a surgical margin and the site and size of a tissue to be resected from a subject, and methods of use thereof.
US11781123B2
A process of recovering oil, comprising (a) converting a starch-containing material into dextrins with an alpha-amylase; (b) saccharifying the dextrins using a carbohydrate source generating enzyme to form a sugar; (c) fermenting the sugar in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism; (d) recovering the fermentation product to form a whole stillage; (e) separating the whole stillage into thin stillage and wet cake; (e′) optionally concentrating the thin stillage into syrup; (f) recovering oil from the thin stillage and/or optionally the syrup, wherein a phospholipase is present and/or added during steps (a) to (c). Use of phospholipase for increasing oil recovery yields from thin stillage and/or syrup in a fermentation product production process.
US11781121B2
The present invention relates a variant polypeptide having geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase activity, which variant polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence which, when aligned with a geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase comprising the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 1, comprises at least one substitution of an amino acid residue corresponding to any of amino acids at positions 92, 100 or 235 said positions being defined with reference to SEQ ID NO: 1 and wherein the variant has one or more modified properties as compared with a reference polypeptide having geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase activity. A variant polypeptide of the invention may be used in a recombinant host for the production of steviol or a steviol glycoside.
US11781117B2
Disclosed are a machine learning gene mining method and a phosphinothricin dehydrogenase mutant for amino translocation. The phosphinothricin dehydrogenase mutant for amino translocation is obtained by mutation of a wild-type phosphinothricin dehydrogenase with an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID No.2 at one of the following sites: (1) E263D-K134R-H96A-R290V; (2) E263D-K134R-H96A; (3) E263D-K134R; (4) E263D; (5) E263N; (6) E263C; and (7) E263G. The present invention utilizes the site-saturation mutagenesis technology to mutate a phosphinothricin dehydrogenase gene as shown in SEQ ID No. 1, finds that the 263rd, 134th, 290th and 290th positions are the key sites affecting enzyme activity and stereoselectivity, and obtains a mutant with enzyme activity and ee value much higher than those of the parent phosphinothricin dehydrogenase.
US11781115B2
A primary culture method in which cells contained in a tissue collected from a living body are primary cultured in vitro, in which the cells in the tissue collected from the living body are seeded and cultured on a top surface of a cell structure containing cells constituting a stroma and composed of a single layer or two or more cell layers laminated in the thickness direction.
US11781105B2
A system for quickly determining antibiotic sensitivity of a microorganism comprising a triangular-shaped plate and cover for culturing, recovering, and re-suspending recovered microbial colonies and a second triangular-shaped plate comprising a non-liquid medium cut with concentric trenches over which the re-suspended microbial colonies are distributed by centrifugation and contacted with antimicrobial strips or disks.
US11781104B2
The present invention provides an ultra-microinjection detection and control device based on lensless imaging and a method thereof. A lensless optical liquid level sensor is used to measure a change of a liquid level in an injection needle. A microinjection control unit is used to track the change of the liquid level and correct an injection pressure of the injection pump. Transmitted light generated by a parallel light source passes through a transparent glass tube of the injection needle. Then the transmitted light passes through a light filtering film to reduce the intensity of the parallel light source to a photosensitivity range of a micro linear array image sensor chip. Finally, the transmitted light enters the micro linear array image sensor chip, so that the micro linear array image sensor chip measures the change of the liquid level in the injection needle.
US11781099B2
A number analyzing method, a number analyzing device, and a storage medium for number analysis are disclosed, which enable, with high accuracy, analysis of the number or number distribution of particulate or molecular analytes according to the kinds of the analytes. A computer control program is executed on the basis of a data group of particle-passage detection signals which are detected by a nanopore device in accordance with passage of subject particles through a through-hole. Also, a particle type distribution estimating program is executed, to estimate probability density on the basis of a data group based on feature values indicating feature of the waveforms of pulse signals which correspond to the passage of particles and which are obtained as the particle-passage detection signals. Thus, the number of particles can be derived for each particle type.
US11781096B2
Methods, compositions, and systems for steeping, propagation and fermentation, particularly large-scale operations for production of starch and ethanol and fermentation product streams are provided. Addition of mycotoxin mitigating enzymes or microorganisms expressing mycotoxin mitigating enzymes to steeping, propagation, and/or fermentation tanks, and/or to post-fermentation product streams, mitigates mycotoxin levels in fermentation co-products obtained from mycotoxin contaminated feedstocks.
US11781086B2
A lubricating oil composition comprises an amide and at least one additive. A lubricating grease composition comprises a liquid amide, a thickener comprising a metal soap, and at least one additive. The amide in each composition is the reaction product of a secondary, branched amine and a carboxylic acid. The carboxylic acid may be a monocarboxylic acid or a dicarboxylic acid, including dimer acid. The amide is hydrolytically stable, and may be used to increase the hydrolytic stability of the lubricant oil or grease composition. Alternatively, the amide may be used to increase the additive solubility or detergency of the lubricant oil or grease composition.
US11781085B2
The present technology is related to imide containing quaternary ammonium salts having a hydrocarbyl substituent of number average molecular weight ranging from 300 to 750, and the use of such quaternary ammonium salts in fuel compositions to improve the water shedding performance of the fuel composition.
US11781084B2
The present invention provides: an oil agent additive that is easily soluble in an oil agent and is outstandingly effective in reducing the friction coefficient; and an oil agent composition that contains the oil agent additive. This oil agent additive contains at least one compound represented by a Chemical Formula (1). (In the formula: R1 and R2 are each an aliphatic hydrocarbon group with a carbon number of 1-33; the total carbon number of R1 and R2 is 2-34; X is a single bond or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group with a carbon number of 1-5; and A is —O—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2OH or —O—CH(—CH2—OH)2.)
US11781074B1
A method of converting a liquid hydrocarbon stream to lower boiling point hydrocarbons includes converting the liquid hydrocarbon stream to an aerosolized hydrocarbon particle stream, introducing a charge to the aerosolized hydrocarbon particle stream to produce a charged aerosolized hydrocarbon particle stream including positively charged aerosolized hydrocarbon particles or negatively charged aerosolized hydrocarbon particles, contacting the aerosolized hydrocarbon particle stream with an aerosolized reaction catalyst, subjecting the aerosolized hydrocarbon particle stream to reaction conditions, thereby forming the lower boiling point hydrocarbons, and separating the lower boiling point hydrocarbons from the charged aerosolized hydrocarbon particle stream. The reaction conditions include a temperature of from 25° C. to 1,000° C. and a pressure of from 0 bar to 15 bar. The lower boiling point hydrocarbons includes at least C2-C4 olefins.
US11781073B2
This disclosure relates to the production of chemicals and plastics using pyrolysis oil from the pyrolysis of plastic waste as a co-feedstock along with a petroleum-based or fossil fuel co-feed, or as a feedstock in the absence of a petroleum-based or fossil fuel co-feed. A mass balance accounting approach is employed to attribute the pounds of pyrolyzed plastic products derived from pyrolysis oil to any output stream of a given unit, which permits assigning circular product credit to product streams. In an aspect, the polymers and chemicals produced according to this disclosure can be certified under International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) provisions as circular polymers and chemicals at any point along complex chemical reaction pathways.
US11781072B1
A pyrolysis oil composition that is soluble in hydrocarbon fuel, and related systems and methods for making the composition, are described. In an exemplary embodiment, a process for making a pyrolysis oil composition involves pyrolyzing biomass to generate biomass-derived pyrolysis vapor therefrom, vaporizing petroleum feedstock to generate petroleum feedstock-derived vapor therefrom, blending the biomass-derived pyrolysis vapor and petroleum feedstock-derived vapor together, condensing the blended biomass-derived pyrolysis vapor and petroleum feedstock-derived vapor simultaneously to form a condensate, and collecting the condensate.
US11781066B2
The invention provides a composition and method for improving the selectivity of nitride etching versus oxide etching and can be used with conventional phosphoric acid wet etch compositions. The invention describes additives that serve to inhibit silicon, oxides, and related compounds regrowth (i.e., redeposition) on the silicon oxide surface. In certain embodiments, the invention provides certain amino-substituted aryl compounds which are bound to a tri-alkoxy silane.
US11781065B2
Light emitting devices and LED-filaments comprise an excitation source (e.g. LED) and a photoluminescence material comprising a combination of a first narrow-band red photoluminescence material which generates light with a peak emission wavelength in a range 580 nm to 628 nm and a full width at half maximum emission intensity in a range 45 nm to 60 nm and a second narrow-band red photoluminescence material generates light with a peak emission wavelength in a range 628 nm to 640 nm and a full width at half maximum emission intensity in a range 5 nm to 20 nm. At least one of the first and second narrow-band red photoluminescence materials can comprise a narrow-band red phosphor or a quantum dot (QD) material.
US11781060B2
An oil-based slurry that includes oil, a suspension package, a dispersion agent, a surfactant, and a dry water-soluble polymer.
US11781059B2
The present invention relates to a composition for an enhanced oil recovery process, said composition comprising (a) one or more anionic cocogem surfactants; b) one or more surfactants based on nonionic vegetable fatty acids (or their synthetic analogues); c) optionally one or more, preferably commercially available, co-surfactants; d) optionally one or more agents with phase transfer property, preferably an alcohol; and e) polyacrylamide as a flow modifier.
US11781058B1
A process for consolidating sand, proppant and other suspended particles present in a subterranean reservoir using an aqueous emulsion particle consolidation system is described. Surfactants with cloud points at or below the reservoir temperature are used to make a low viscosity aqueous external emulsion system with resin and curing agent as the internal phase. As the surfactant reaches its cloud point, it loses its emulsification ability and releases the resin and curing agent to consolidate the sand. The aqueous phase of the system then functions as a spacer to maintain the permeability needed for oil and gas production without additional post flush required.
US11781054B1
A drilling fluid formulation is provided, which includes an aqueous base fluid, a synthetic modified phyllosilicate as an anti-sagging additive, an inorganic base, and a weighting agent (e.g. barite). The synthetic modified phyllosilicate contains a clay material (e.g. smectite) and a metal selected from ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum. The synthetic modified phyllosilicate is effective in preventing barite sagging as demonstrated by low sag factor when drilling at elevated temperatures. Rheology properties of the drilling fluid including gel strength, yield point, plastic viscosity, and storage modulus are also specified.
US11781053B2
A thermally conductive composition includes a matrix resin, a curing catalyst, and thermally conductive particles. The thermally conductive particles include, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the matrix resin component, (a) 900 parts by mass or more of aluminum nitride with an average particle size of 50 μm or more, (b) 400 parts by mass or more of aluminum nitride with an average particle size of 5 μm or less, and (c) more than 0 parts by mass and 400 parts by mass or less of alumina with an average particle size of 6 μm or less. A cured product of the thermally conductive composition has a thermal conductivity of 12 W/m·K or more and an Asker C hardness of 20 to 75. Thus, a thermally conductive composition having a hardness suitable for mounting to an electrical or electronic component and high thermal conductive properties, and a thermally conductive sheet using the thermally conductive composition are provided.
US11781051B2
Refrigerant compositions including 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf) and at least one of ethane (R-170) or propane (R-290) which exhibit near-azeotropic or azeotrope-like behavior. The refrigerant compositions exhibit a low global warming potential (GWP) and are non-ozone depleting. The refrigerant compositions are useful as a heating or cooling fluids in a variety of heating or cooling systems including heat pumps and other heating and cooling loops, in, for example, the automotive industry.
US11781050B2
An aqueous dispersion of a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive base can be combined with a curing agent and cured to form a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive. The aqueous dispersion of the silicone pressure sensitive adhesive base includes a bis-hydroxyl-terminated polydiorganosiloxane; a polyorganosilicate resin; cumene; a surfactant; and water. A curing agent such as a peroxide compound or an aminosilane may be combined with the aqueous disperison of the silicone pressure sensitive adhesive base to form a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive composition. A pressure sensitive adhesive article may be formed by a method including coating a surface of a substrate with the silicone pressure sensitive adhesive composition, removing water, and curing the silicon pressure sensitive adhesive composition to form a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive on the surface of the substrate.
US11781049B2
The present disclosure discloses an adhesive glue, curing method therefor, and application thereof. The adhesive glue comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 50% to 80% of a polyurethane-modified acrylate, 0.1% to 10% of a thixotropic agent, 0.2% to 8% of a thermal initiator, and 2% to 30% of a diluent, wherein the thixotropic agent is a carbon nanotube. The adhesive glue is soft and resilient; it has a high viscosity, good thixotropy, low curing temperature, and high curing degree. Silicon precipitation can be prevented because silicon is not a component of the adhesive glue. The adhesive glue has strong adhesion and meets the production and performance requirements of the HDD binding process. In addition, the adhesive glue can effectively prevent hard disk damage and scratching.
US11781047B2
A method of adhesion provides excellent workability by using a curable resin composition whose viscosity has low temperature dependence. The method of adhesion includes a step of heating a curable resin composition and applying a curable resin composition, a step of spreading the curable resin composition, and a step of curing the curable resin composition. The curable resin composition contains specific amounts of an epoxy resin, fine polymer particles that have a core-shell structure including a core layer and a shell layer, and blocked urethane having a latent NCO % of 0.1% to 2.9%.
US11781046B2
The disclosure relates to a (meth)acrylate adhesive composition comprising a (meth)acrylate polymer, a cross-linking agent and a reactive siloxane copolymer with the acid value of the (meth)acrylate polymer is between 0 and 15 mgKOH/g, and the reactive siloxane copolymer derived from the copolymerization of a silane compound represented by the formula: X—R1—SiR23-a(OR3)a (I), a non-hydroxyl acrylate monomer containing C1-C4 alkyl group and a hydroxyl (meth)acrylate monomer, wherein the use amount of the reactive siloxane copolymer is between 0.1 parts to 6 parts by weight per hundred parts by weight of the (meth)acrylate polymer, wherein X is an acryl group or a (methyl)acryloxy group, R1 is a C1-C4 alkyl group or alkoxy group, R2 and R3 respectively are C1-C4 alkyl group, and a is an integer between 1 to 3. The present (meth)acrylate adhesive composition can provide an enhanced adhesion and weather resistance, also an enhanced stability over time and storage stability, when be used in polarizer bonding, can show a satisfied adhesion reliability and a proper rework ability.
US11781030B2
An aqueous dispersion of a capsule composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core, wherein the core contains a silicone containing compound. The dispersion is suitable for pre-treatment liquids and inkjet inks in textile printing.
US11781028B2
An ink composition is provided. The composition includes a binder material and at least one narrow band emission phosphor being uniformly dispersed throughout the composition, wherein the narrow band emission phosphor has a D50 particle size from about 0.1 μm to about 15 μm and is selected from the group consisting of a green-emitting U6+-containing phosphor, a green-emitting Mn2+-containing phosphor, a red-emitting phosphor based on complex fluoride materials activated by Mn4+, and a mixture thereof. A device is also provided.
US11781023B2
A free radical curable automotive body primer is provided that has a color change corresponding to the progress of the cure process until a dry to sand condition has been attained and an internal colored guide coat that does not change color given its exposure to ambient air and as a result, has a different color on the surface of the primer than when in bulk, allowing for the detection and removal of low spots or other imperfections from a vehicle body by additional sanding of the inventive primer to remove oxidized guide coat colorant surface regions. The cure color change is achieved through resort to at least one color changing dye that reacts with a free radical cure initiator during the vehicle body priming process and changes color to indicate when the primer composition has achieved a level of cure so as to be dry enough to sand.
US11781017B2
A polymer blend, including: (i) a poly(aryl ether ketone); (ii) a polysiloxane; and (iii) a block copolymer containing polysiloxane blocks. A process for manufacturing the polymer blend, the use of the polymer blend for the manufacture of parts, notably in the petroleum, cabling, aeronautical, motor vehicle, electronics, electrotechnical, composite, additive manufacturing and medical device sectors and also a part at least partially manufactured from said blend.
US11781012B2
The use of at least one MXDZ polyamide, obtained from the polycondensation of meta-xylylenediamine (MXD), with a C6 to C18 aliphatic (Z) dicarboxylic acid, in particular C6 to C12, in a mixture including at least one aliphatic polyamide A obtained from the polycondensation of a unit selected from: a C6 to C12 lactam, a C6 to C12amino acid, and an XY unit obtained from the polycondensation of a C4 to C18, aliphatic diamine (X), especially C4 to C12, and a C6 to C18 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid (Y), especially C6 to C12, circular-section glass fibres and optionally at least one impact modifier and/or at least one additive, said at least one MXDZ polyamide and said mixture constituting a composition, and the MXDZ/A weight ratio being from 0.11 to 0.83, in particular from 0.11 to 0.66, to limit the warping of said composition during processing, in particular by injection or compression moulding.
US11781005B2
A thermoplastic resin composition includes: 100 parts by weight of a base resin including (A) about 35 wt % to about 55 wt % of an acrylic graft copolymer; (B) about 35 wt % to about 55 wt % of an aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer; and (C) about 2 wt % to about 15 wt % of an alkyl(meth)acrylate-based resin; (D) about 0.4 parts by weight to about 2 parts by weight of a first sterically hindered amine represented by Chemical Formula 1 described in the detailed description; and (E) about 0.4 parts by weight to about 2 parts by weight of a second sterically hindered amine represented by Chemical Formula 2 described in the detailed description.
US11781004B2
Electronic telecommunication articles are described comprising a crosslinked fluoropolymer layer. In typical embodiments, the crosslinked fluoropolymer layer is a substrate, patterned (e.g. photoresist) layer, insulating layer, passivation layer, cladding, protective layer, or a combination thereof. Also describes are methods of making an electronic telecommunications article and method of forming a patterned fluoropolymer layer. The fluoropolymer preferably comprises at least 80, 85, or 90% by weight of polymerized units of perfluorinated monomers and cure sites selected from nitrile, iodine, bromine, and chlorine. Illustrative electronic communication articles include integrated circuits, printed circuit boards, antennas, and optical fiber cables. Fluoropolymer compositions are also described.
US11780999B2
A polymer composition including 60-80 wt % of a recycled polypropylene; 10-35 wt % of a recycled polyethylene; 5-20 wt % of a polyolefin elastomer (POE); 0.1-10 wt % styrene ethylene butylene styrene block copolymer (SEBS); wherein the wt % is relative to the total weight of the polymer composition; wherein the polymer composition includes at least 11 wt % of polyolefin elastomer and styrene ethylene butylene styrene block copolymer.
US11780995B2
A polymer composition for producing gel extruded articles is described. The polymer composition contains polyethylene particles combined with a plasticizer. The polyethylene particles are particularly selected so that the particles rapidly form a homogeneous gel-like material when combined with the plasticizer during gel processing. In one embodiment, the polyethylene used to produce the particles has a relatively low bulk density. Alternatively or in addition, the particles can have a carefully controlled particle size distribution. Polymer articles such as fibers and films can be produced having little to no imperfections.
US11780993B2
An NBR composition for rubber laminated metal having 1 to 3 parts by weight of sulfur and 1 to 15 parts by weight of a disulfide compound such as 4,4′-dithiodimorpholine or dithiodicaprolactam represented by the general formula RN—S—S—NR (wherein RN is a cyclic linking group formed together with the N atom bonded to the S atom), based on 100 parts by weight of NBR. The rubber composition that can improve the protrusion properties of a rubber layer when used for, for example, a gasket or a brake shim material that is a laminated composite metal laminated with another metal plate.
US11780991B2
The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising: (A) from 40 wt % to 95 wt % of a thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer and (B) from 5 wt % to 60 wt % of a carbon fiber component. In certain embodiments, the composition of the present disclosure reaches a high level of stiffness while exhibiting a high level of toughness. Moreover, a decrease in gloss appearance and an improvement in resistance to abrasion are expected.
US11780988B2
An example of a multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional (3D) printing includes an elasticity agent to be applied to at least a portion of a build material composition during 3D printing and a fusing agent to be applied to the at least the portion of the build material composition during 3D printing. The elasticity agent includes a plasticizer having: a formula (I): wherein n is an integer ranging from 3 to 8; or a formula (II): wherein m is an integer ranging from 3 to 8. The fusing agent includes an energy absorber.
US11780984B2
Bare porous polymer monoliths, fluidic chips, methods of incorporating bare porous polymer monoliths into fluidic chips, and methods for functionalizing bare porous polymer monoliths are described. Bare porous polymer monoliths may be fabricated ex situ in a mold. The bare porous polymer monoliths may also be functionalized ex situ. Incorporating the bare preformed porous polymer monoliths into the fluidic chips may include inserting the monoliths into channels of channel substrates of the fluidic chips. Incorporating the bare preformed porous polymer monoliths into the fluidic chips may include bonding a capping layer to the channel substrate. The bare porous polymer monoliths may be mechanically anchored to channel walls and to the capping layer. The bare porous polymer monoliths may be functionalized by ex situ immobilization of capture probes on the monoliths. The monoliths may be functionalized by direct attachment of chitosan.
US11780979B2
A polymer composition may include an ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) polymer at an amount ranging from 10 to 90 phr; an elastomeric EVA composition at an amount ranging from 10 to 90 phr; a plasticizer at an amount ranging from 5 to 40 phr; a blowing agent in an amount ranging from 2 to 10 phr; and a peroxide in an amount ranging from 0.3 to 4 phr.
US11780975B2
A method for preparing a composite material that includes the steps of: (i) heat treating natural lignocellulosic fibers at a temperature of 130 to 320° C. for 2 minutes to 24 hours in an atmosphere oxygen-deficient in and in the presence of water vapor, and (ii) mixing the heat treated natural lignocellulosic fibers with at least one thermoplastic polymer in the molten state and whose melting point is less than or equal to 230° C. The method is useful for producing vehicle parts from a composite material having natural lignocellulosic fibers with reduced volatile organic compound odor emissions.
US11780959B1
Disclosed is a preparation method of polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT)-polylactic acid (PLA) blend films modified by an epoxidized cardanol-based chain extender, belonging to the technical field of biodegradable film processing. The modified PBAT-PLA blend films include raw materials in parts by weight of 80-85 parts of PBAT, 15-20 parts of PLA, and 0.5-1.5 parts of the epoxidized chain extender, where the epoxidized chain extender is an epoxidized cardanol-based chain extender. The preparation method includes the following steps: mixing PBAT, PLA and the epoxidized chain extender, and performing melting, extruding and granulating to obtain a blends masterbatch, then extrusion blowing the blends masterbatch into a film to obtain the PBAT-PLA blend film modified by the epoxidized cardanol-based chain extender.
US11780954B2
Provided are a modified polyether polyol and the use thereof in polyurethane foam materials. The method for preparing a modified polyether polyol comprises the following steps: 1) reacting a compound A with a polyether polyol, wherein the compound A is an anhydride and/or dicarboxylic acid compound containing a polymerizable double bond, preferably selected from one or two of maleic anhydride and itaconic anhydride, preferably maleic anhydride; and 2) reacting the product obtained in step 1) with an epoxy compound containing a polymerizable double bond in the presence of a catalyst, in order to prepare the modified polyether polyol. The modified polyether polyol obtained by means of the preparation method has more active sites, uses the polymerizable double bond for blocking, is used as a dispersion stabilizer for the synthesis of copolymer polyols, and has the characteristics of a better dispersion stability, filterability and a low viscosity.
US11780944B2
A process can be used for producing optical molding materials on the basis of methyl methacrylate (MMA). The MMA produced by an optimized method and the molding materials feature in particular a very low yellowness index. This MMA has been produced by direct oxidative esterification of methacrolein. An optimized workup of the reactor output from the oxidative esterification of methacrolein can be used for removing particularly discoloring byproducts. This process moreover has the advantage that fewer demands are placed on plant apparatus configuration.
US11780943B2
To provide a method for producing modified polytetrafluoroethylene, in which formation of a fluorinated oligomer as a by-product is little. A method for producing modified polytetrafluoroethylene which contains substantially no C6-34 fluorinated oligomer containing hydrophilic functional groups and which contains substantially no fluorinated surfactant, the method comprising conducting copolymerization of tetrafluoroethylene and a monomer having a polar group, in a liquid dispersion 1 comprising a polymer containing units derived from a non-fluorinated monomer and an aqueous medium, or in a solution 2 obtainable by mixing at least one member selected from the group consisting of a polyalkylene oxide compound and a hydrocarbon-containing surfactant, with an oxidizing agent, in an aqueous medium, under such a condition that the amount of the monomer having a polar group to be used, is at most 0.150 mass % to the whole amount of tetrafluoroethylene, to obtain modified polytetrafluoroethylene.
US11780934B2
It has been discovered that disrupting the stromal capsule restores a better vasculature/tumor perfusion and improve T cells infiltration inside the core of a melanoma. The invention relates to the use of drugs or immunoconjugates that target the transmembrane protease ADAM12 and deplete the cells that express it. Since ADAM12 protein is specifically expressed by stromal cells of the tumor stromal capsule and around vessels in models for prostate cancer, neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer and melanoma, an ADAM12 inhibitor is useful in anti-tumor therapies as an adjuvant. The invention encompasses methods, compositions, and kits containing ADAM12 inhibitors for use in the depletion of ADAM12+ stromal cells in cancer patient, particularly together with anti-tumor compounds and treatments.
US11780931B2
Methods are provided for treating a subject with for an intracellular pathogen infection, by administering an agent that reduces the binding of CD47 on a infected cell to SIRPα on a host phagocytic cell, in an effective dose for increasing the phagocytosis of infected cells.
US11780930B2
The present disclosure provides antibodies that bind to human CD38. In particular, the antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof are defined by particular functional characteristics. The antibodies present features compatible for manufacturing and can be provided as fully human antibodies (e.g., fully human monoclonal antibodies or antigen-binding fragments) that can be useful for medical methods and compositions, in particular for treating cancer.
US11780925B2
The invention relates to the field of antibodies. In particular it relates to the field of therapeutic (human) antibodies for the treatment of ErbB-2/ErbB-3 positive cells. More in particular it relates to treating of cells comprising an NRG1 fusion gene comprising at least a portion of the NRG1-gene fused to a sequence from a different chromosomal location.
US11780923B2
The present invention relates to a PD-L1 antibody, antigen-binding fragments, and medical application thereof. Further, the present invention relates to chimeric antibodies and humanized antibodies comprising the CDR regions of the present PD-L1 antibody, as well as a pharmaceutical composition comprising the present PD-L1 antibody and the antigen-binding fragments thereof, and their use as anti-cancer drugs. In particular, the present invention relates to a humanized PD-L1 antibody and its use in preparation of a medicament for the treatment of PD-L1 mediated disease or disorder.
US11780922B2
Provided are bispecific proteins that comprise a binding domain binding cell surface protein and a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibiting domain. Provided also is an antibody-drug conjugate that comprises a therapeutic agent and an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment binding PD-L1 and/or a VEGF inhibiting domain, wherein the therapeutic agent is covalently conjugated to the antibody or the antigen-binding fragment by a linker.
US11780914B2
The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to human pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such antibodies. Methods of treating or preventing headache conditions, such as migraine and cluster headache, using the monoclonal antibodies are also described.
US11780912B2
For example, therapeutic methods and the like for novel IL-8-related diseases using an IL-8 signal inhibitor are provided. Alternatively, for example, therapeutic methods and the like for known or novel IL-8-related diseases using a novel anti-IL-8 antibody are provided.
US11780906B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of immunodeficiency (e.g., primary immunodeficiency disease). In particular, the invention provides human plasma immunoglobulin compositions containing select antibody titers specific for a plurality of respiratory pathogens, methods of identifying human donors and donor samples for use in the compositions, methods of manufacturing the compositions, and methods of utilizing the compositions (e.g., for prophylactic administration and/or therapeutic treatment (e.g., passive immunization (e.g., immune-prophylaxis))).
US11780902B1
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for sensing a target substance of interest in the environment and inducing gene expression in response thereto, useful for detection of biological and chemical agents and environmental pollutants.
US11780900B2
The present invention comprises conjugates comprising a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) fusion peptide coupled to a cyclic PYY peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof. The novel conjugates are useful for preventing, treating or ameliorating diseases and disorders disclosed herein.
US11780894B2
Disclosed herein are fusion proteins comprising a truncated thrombostasin protein having at least 85% sequence homology to a thrombostasin protein, wherein the thrombostasin protein has a carboxy terminal deletion; and a fusion partner protein that is a non-thrombostasin protein. Further disclosed are vaccine compositions thrombostasin proteins having a comprising a carboxy terminal deletion, and methods for inhibiting a response to a thrombostasin protein in a host in need thereof, comprising the disclosed fusion proteins or vaccine compositions. Further disclosed are methods for the preparation of a fusion protein composition.
US11780893B2
The present invention provides novel blockers of the potassium channel Kv1.3, polynucleotides encoding them, and methods of making and using them.
US11780892B2
Provided herein are chimeric polypeptides that may be used, e.g., for the diagnosis of or vaccination against Ehrlichia chaffeensis and/or Ehrlichia canis.
US11780891B2
Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.
US11780886B2
The present invention relates to production of parvoviral vectors to produce adeno-associated virus (AAV) for gene therapy. In particular the invention relates to improvements in parvoviral vectors that increase the packaging capacity, production efficiency, and infectivity of AAV virions that is necessary for large scale manufacturing of AAV for clinical purposes.
US11780883B2
The present invention provides a derived peptide of a lactoferrin, a composition comprising the same and a use thereof for promoting and/or increasing lipid synthesis. The derived peptide of the lactoferrin comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 01.
US11780868B1
Provided herein are homoleptic metal coordination complexes that induce cellular apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in G0/G1 phase in fungus, such as Candida spp. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting fungal growth and methods of treating fungal infections using the disclosed compounds. The disclosed compounds exhibit anti-Candida activity against fluconazole resistant and sensitive strains of C. albicans at low concentrations.
US11780859B2
Compounds and method of preparation of Si—X and Ge—X compounds (X═N, P, As and Sb) via dehydrogenative coupling between the corresponding unsubstituted silanes and amines (including ammonia) or phosphines catalyzed by metallic catalysts is described. This new approach is based on the catalytic dehydrogenative coupling of a Si—H and a X—H moiety to form a Si—X containing compound and hydrogen gas (X═N, P, As and Sb). The process can be catalyzed by transition metal heterogenous catalysts such as Ru(0) on carbon, Pd(0) on MgO) as well as transition metal organometallic complexes that act as homogeneous catalysts. The —Si—X products produced by dehydrogenative coupling are inherently halogen free. Said compounds can be useful for the deposition of thin films by chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition of Si-containing films.
US11780856B2
A compound of Chemical Formula 1 and an organic light emitting device including the same, the compound used as a material of an organic material layer of the organic light emitting device and providing high color purity and enhanced lifetime properties of the organic light emitting device.
US11780853B2
The present invention relates to protein kinase C beta II inhibiting compounds of Formula (A): wherein A, B, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of Formula (A), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods for treating a disease or disorder selected from the group consisting of Alzheimer's disease, cancer, a cardiovascular disease, a central nervous system disorder, depression, a dermatological disease, diabetes mellitus, a complication arising from diabetes mellitus, a disease in which the liver is a target organ inflammation, an inflammatory disorder, ischemia, and a viral disease.
US11780852B2
Disclosed are methods for treating Crohn's disease using a compound of the formula: or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof.
US11780851B2
The present invention is directed to compounds of formula I The compounds are considered useful for the treatment of diseases associated with LRRK2 such as Parkinson's disease.
US11780850B2
The present invention provides methods for obtaining purified rapamycin derivatives, including purified Biolimus A9. A crystalline form of Biolimus A9 is also described.
US11780843B2
Disclosed are compounds active towards nuclear receptors, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and use of the compounds in therapy.
US11780842B2
Described herein are TYK2 pseudokinase ligands and methods of utilizing TYK2 pseudokinase ligands in the treatment of diseases, disorders or conditions. Also described herein are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
US11780831B2
Provided is a compound represented by formula 1, and a display panel and a display apparatus including the compound. In formula 1, L1 and L2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a single bond, C6-C30 aryl, and C4-C30 heteroaryl; a and b are each independently selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; D1 and D2 are each independently a nitrogen-containing electron donor unit selected from the group consisting of carbazolyl and derivative groups thereof, acridinyl and derivative groups thereof, diarylamino and derivative groups thereof, and triarylamino and derivative groups thereof; and c and d are each independently selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, and c+d≥1.
US11780825B2
The application relates to a compound of Formula (I′) or (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, prodrug, stereoisomer, or tautomer thereof, which modulates the activity of thyroid hormone receptors, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula (I′) or (I), and a method of treating or preventing a disease or disorder regulated by thyroid hormone.
US11780818B2
Disclosed are methods of making delmopinol and delmopinol salts (e.g., delmopinol metal salts, such as, for example, delmopinol calcium salts, delmopinol sodium salts, delmopinol potassium salts, and/or delmopinol magnesium salts). Delmopinol has structure (I) and a salt of delmopinol has structure
US11780796B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of decomposing a phenolic by-product, including: a step of feeding and thermally cracking a phenolic by-product stream to and in a decomposition apparatus, recovering an active ingredient from a top discharge stream, and discharging a high-boiling substance through a bottom discharge stream; a step of pressurizing each of a side discharge stream of the decomposition apparatus and a bottom discharge stream of the decomposition apparatus; a step of mixing the pressurized side discharge stream of the decomposition apparatus and the pressurized bottom discharge stream of the decomposition apparatus with each other to form a mixed stream; and a step of passing a part of the mixed stream through a reboiler, circulating the part of the mixed stream to the decomposition apparatus, and discharging a residual mixed stream.
US11780789B2
Systems and methods for separating a mixture comprising C4 hydrocarbons and a solvent have been disclosed. The mixture is produced as a bottom stream of a rectifier column. The mixture is processed in at least two heating and flash-evaporating cycles to remove at least some C4 hydrocarbons as vapor streams. The resulted liquid stream is further degassed in a degasser column to produce a recycle vapor stream and a lean solvent stream.
US11780788B2
Methods for cracking a hydrocarbon feed stream include contacting a hydrocarbon feed stream with a catalyst system in a catalytic cracking unit having a flowing gas stream to obtain a cracking product containing light olefins. The catalyst system includes at least a base catalyst. The base catalyst includes a pentasil zeolite. The pentasil zeolite includes from 0.01% to 5% by mass lithium atoms, as calculated on an oxide basis, based on the total mass of the pentasil zeolite. The flowing gas stream comprises hydrogen and, optionally, at least one additional carrier gas.
US11780785B2
In one aspect, the present invention comprises providing an additive or aggregate to be applied directly to one or more of the components of a ceramic coating and which is constituted by carbonate apatites particles which are maintained as aggregates within a matrix of silicoaluminates at firing temperatures of the ceramic coatings, where the main function of these aggregates is to provide the ceramic coating properties selected from the group comprising: low effusivity, wear resistance, resistance to chemical attack and resistance to staining. In other aspects, the present invention comprises providing a ceramic coating incorporating said additive and a method for providing a ceramic coating with properties selected from the group comprising: low effusivity, wear resistance, resistance to chemical attack and resistance to staining.
US11780780B2
A method of manufacturing a coated reinforcing fiber for use in Ceramic Matrix Composites, the method comprising pre-oxidizing a plurality of silicon-based fibers selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide (SiC) fibers, silicon nitride (Si3N4) fibers, SiCO fibers, SiCN fibers, SiCNO fibers, and SiBCN fibers at between 700 to 1300 degrees Celsius in an oxidizing atmosphere to form a silica surface layer on the plurality of silicon-based fibers, forming a plurality of pre-oxidized fibers; applying a rare earth orthophosphate (REPO4) coating to the plurality of pre-oxidized fibers; and heating the plurality of REPO4 coated pre-oxidized fibers at about 1000-1500 degrees Celsius in an inert atmosphere to react the REPO4 with the silica surface layer to form a rare earth silicate or disilicate. The pre-oxidizing step may be 0.5 hours to about 100 hours. The heating step may be about 5 minutes to about 100 hours.
US11780779B1
The present disclosure includes a system and method for monitoring degradation of a high temperature composite component (HTC). The HTC is defined by a volume that includes a matrix material and a fiber formed from at least one of ceramic and carbon material. One or more electrical conductors are disposed within the volume and connected directly or indirectly to a monitoring system.
US11780762B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a preform for optical fibers, which method comprises the sequential steps of: i) deposition of non-vitrified silica layers on the inner surface of a hollow substrate tube; ii) deposition of vitrified silica layers inside the hollow substrate tube on the inner surface of the non-vitrified silica layers deposited in step i); iii) removal of the hollow substrate tube from the vitrified silica layers deposited in step ii) and the non-vitrified silica layers deposited in step i) to obtain a deposited tube; iv) optional collapsing said deposited tube obtained in step iii) to obtain a deposited rod comprising from the periphery to the center at least one inner optical cladding and an optical core; v) preparation of an intermediate layer by the steps of: * deposition of non-vitrified silica layers on the outside surface of the deposited tube obtained in step iii) or deposited rod obtained in step iv) with a flame hydrolysis process in an outer reaction zone using glass-forming precursors, and subsequently; * drying and consolidating said non-vitrified silica layers into a vitrified fluorine-doped silica intermediate cladding layer; and * in case preceding step iv) was omitted collapsing; to provide a solid rod comprising from the periphery to the center the intermediate layer, at least one inner optical cladding and an optical core; wherein a fluorine-comprising gas is used during the deposition and/or drying and/or consolidating and wherein the intermediate layer has a ratio between the outer diameter of the intermediate cladding layer (C) to the outer diameter of the optical core (A) that is at least 3.5; vi) deposition of natural silica on the outside surface of the intermediate cladding layer of the solid rod obtained in step v) by melting natural silica particles in an outer deposition zone to produce an outer cladding whereby a preform is obtained.
US11780759B2
There is provided a means which carries out a fire-blast treating effectively upon removing a deteriorated region caused by processing in a process of producing a glass vessel. In a process of producing a glass vessel by fire-blast treating an internal surface 10 of a preform of the glass vessel with a flame from a burner 30 so as to produce the glass vessel, said fire-blast treating is carried out such that a temperature of an outer surface portion of the preform which portion is opposed to the deteriorated region caused by processing is between 650° C. and 800° C. when the flame is scanned along the internal surface of the preform toward an opening of the preform.
US11780753B2
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are destroyed by oxidation in supercritical conditions. PFAS in water can be concentrated and prepared for destruction in a pretreatment phase. Following annihilation of the PFAS in supercritical conditions to levels below 5 parts per trillion (ppt), the water effluent can be used to recover heat, returned to sub-critical conditions, and then released back into the environment.
US11780748B2
Disclosed is a filter for a water-purification device, the filter including a filter housing having a water inlet and a water outlet defined therein; and a filter member disposed in the filter housing to purify water introduced through the inlet and supply the purified water to the outlet, wherein the filter member includes a carbon block produced by mixing 40 to 50% by weight of titanium oxide, 30 to 40% by weight of activated carbon, and 18 to 23% by weight of binder with each other. Further, a water-purification device including the filter is disclosed.
US11780741B2
A modular underdrain system is disclosed. The modular underdrain system may comprise an intermediate modular component having a first peripheral side including a first mating portion and a second peripheral side including a second mating portion. The first peripheral side may comprise at least one transfer orifice. An intermediate plate member is disposed intermediate the first peripheral side and the second peripheral side along a width dimension. The intermediate plate member may comprise a metering pipe opening. A metering pipe may be sized to be positioned within the metering pipe opening.
US11780732B2
The present disclosure relates to a tantalum carbide coating material, and more specifically, to a tantalum carbide coating material comprising: a carbon substrate; and a tantalum carbide coating formed on the carbon substrate, wherein a thermal expansion coefficient difference between the carbon substrate and the tantalum carbide coating is 1.0×10−6/° C. or more.
US11780728B2
A forming method of a thin layer with a pore is provided. The method includes forming a thin layer on a substrate, stacking a first mask and a second mask on the thin layer in this order, and forming a pore in the thin layer by dry etching. The first mask includes at least a self-assembling material. The second mask is more resistant to reactive etching or physical etching than the first mask.
US11780725B2
A MEMS device formed using the materials of the BEOL of a CMOS process where a post-processing of vHF and post backing was applied to form the MEMS device and where a total size of the MEMS device is between 50 um and 150 um. The MEMS device may be implemented as an inertial sensor among other applications.
US11780723B2
A management apparatus MA includes a pressure sensor 12 configured to detect a pressure of a gas cylinder 110 that supplies carbon dioxide gas to a beverage barrel 120 so as to supply the beverage from the beverage barrel 120 to the beverage server 150, and a control unit 20 configured to notify exchange of the gas cylinder 110 based on an output from the pressure sensor 12.
US11780712B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobile crane that comprises an undercarriage having a chassis and comprises a superstructure that is rotatable about a vertical axis relative to the undercarriage and has a telescopic boom at whose tip a boom head is arranged. The boom has holding means at one side for the support of a folding boom that can be releasably installed at the boom head. The boom laterally has a console and a holding element arranged between the console and the boom head. The folding boom is pivotable about a vertical axis of the holding element for the installation at the boom head, while it is supported on the console. In accordance with the present disclosure, a first securing device is arranged in the region of the console by means of which a movement of the folding boom deviating from a pivot movement about a vertical axis can be limited. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a folding boom for a crane.
US11780696B2
A transfer and dispensing apparatus is disclosed for the conveying and separation of packaging material, cushions or pillows when needed by the operator. When a packer working over a conveyor receives a box that requires void fill, an operating switch such as a foot pedal is depressed to dispense pillows from the apparatus and into the box in a connected strip. When the operating switch is released, the apparatus stops dispensing pillows, separates the continuous strip of pillows along a transverse perforation in the strip, and ejects the end of the separated segment. The packer can then complete packing the box by placing the severed end of the pillows into the box, advance to the next box, and repeat the process. The transfer and dispensing apparatus may be positioned in any convenient location including adjacent to, above or attached to the inflation device.
US11780695B2
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet accommodation unit, a feed roller to feed a sheet along a conveyance path, a first encoder to detect rotation of the feed roller, a conveying roller downstream of the feed roller, a second encoder to detect rotation of the conveying roller, and a motor to drive the feed roller and the conveying roller. A first clutch switches between connecting and disconnecting the paper feed roller to the motor. A second clutch switches between connecting and disconnecting the motor to the conveying roller. A first sensor detects the sheet at a first position. A second sensor detects the sheet at a second position. A control unit controls the motor based on output from the first encoder when the sheet is at the first position and output from the second encoder when the sheet is at the second position.
US11780694B2
A sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet in a conveying direction includes a pair of conveying rollers receiving and conveying a sheet; an endless conveying belt conveying the sheet; a plurality of balls to be rotatable in any direction while nipping the sheet with the conveying surface; a pair of regulating guides disposed on both sides of the conveying belt; a guide moving unit that moves the pair of regulating guides; and a roller moving unit that moves at least one of the pair of conveying rollers to a nip position and a nip release position. Before a rear end of the sheet passes the pair of conveying rollers, the pair of conveying rollers is moved to the nip release position by the roller moving unit, and then, the guide moving unit makes each of the pair of regulating guides reach the guide position from the retracting position.
US11780692B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main body housing, an openable/closable part, a sheet feeding tray, an image forming device, a sheet feeding roller, a first coupling, a drive gear, a second coupling, a biasing member, and a link mechanism. The first coupling is provided in the sheet feeding roller. The second coupling is provided coaxially with the drive gear, rotatable following the drive gear, slidable relative to the drive gear in an axial direction and capable of fitting to the first coupling. The biasing member biases the second coupling to the first coupling to connect the second coupling to the first coupling. The link mechanism disconnects the second coupling from the first coupling against a biasing force of the biasing member so as to block a transmission of the drive force with an opening of the openable/closable part.
US11780689B1
An aggregate transferring apparatus for elevating aggregate may include a base assembly with a base frame, an unloader structure on the base frame, and a base conveyor on the base frame positioned to receive aggregate from a vehicle positioned on the unloader structure. The apparatus may also include an aggregate elevating assembly with a deployable frame mounted on the base frame and being movable between storage and deploy positions, and an elevating conveyor for receiving aggregate from the base conveyor and conveying the aggregate upwardly on the deployable frame. The apparatus may further include a conveyor extension assembly for conveying aggregate horizontally outward from the elevating assembly. The extension assembly may include an extension conveyor movable between lowered and raised positions and being articulated with an inboard and outboard segments.
US11780687B2
Process and plant for particulate matter along a conveyor system of products, said plant having a collection system which sucks a carrier gas flow and demarcates, in use, a suction chamber, namely a closed volume, with said product which advances in an advancing direction on an advancing plane; the separation plant having a separation system which is connected to said collection system and gets, in use, said carrier gas flow and particulate matter; wherein said separation system separates particulate matter from the carrier gas flow.
US11780684B2
A processing system is disclosed for processing objects. The processing system includes a perception system for providing perception data regarding an object, and a primary transport system for providing transport of the object along a primary direction toward a processing location that is identified based on the perception data.
US11780676B2
A vehicle configured to perform inventory management tasks comprises first and second drive systems respectively actuated by a controller. In a first mode of operation, the controller is configured to control rotation of drive elements of the second drive system to align drive elements of the first drive system with a guide system and to control rotation of the drive elements of the first drive system to displace the vehicle vertically, relative to an underlying support surface, to reach a storage location. In a second mode of operation, the controller is configured to control rotation of the drive elements of the second drive system to cause the vehicle to enter an accessory module and to displace the accessory module horizontally and to control rotation of the first plurality of drive elements of the first drive system to displace the accessory module vertically.
US11780671B2
A container assembly for collecting and/or storing refuse, the assembly comprising a container body and a lid, wherein the container body comprises a wall section and a lower base section defining a container body interior, the container body having an open top end, the lid is configured to enclose the body open end, the lid comprises an opening configured for insertion of matter into the container body, the lid opening accounts for a portion of a total surface area of the lid and the opening, and the lid comprises a door configured to open and close the lid opening.
US11780660B2
A packaging device including a breathable or non-breathable, microwavable composite film structure in the form of a bag, a tray or other type of container is disclosed. The device may include atmospheric control attributes in the form of microperforations, and steam venting mechanisms in the form of precision cuts or channels. The microperforations may form atmospheric conditions within the device for the storage of perishable and/or respiring food products, and the steam venting mechanisms may regulate the pressure and/or heat within the device during microwave cooking of the food products within.
US11780651B2
A closing element (28) for restricting communication of a substance through an access passage (34) of a body (24) includes a first portion (68) for being removably affixed to the body (24), the first portion (68) having an inner wall (80), an outer wall (96) surrounding the inner wall (80), and at least one bridge (100) connecting the outer wall (96) with the inner wall (80). The closing element (28) has a second portion (72) for being non-removably affixed to the body (24) and a movable connecting element (76) extending between the first portion (68) and the second portion (72). The closing element (28) has an unactuated configuration wherein a major portion (78) of the length of the connecting element (76) is located laterally between the inner wall (80) and the outer wall (96) to shield the major portion (78) of the length of the connecting element (76).
US11780648B2
Provided is a tubular container capable of improving extractability of contents inside the container. The tubular container includes: a trunk portion having a tubular shape one end of which is closed, the trunk portion being formed by using a film member containing a resin material, and being capable of storing contents therein; and a spout portion attached to the other end of the trunk portion, and capable of closing the other end of the trunk portion. On a peripheral portion of the spout portion, the other end of the trunk portion is attached to a surface, of the spout portion, on a side opposite to the one end of the trunk portion.
US11780640B2
A retail-ready container includes internal corner supports. The container is erected from a preassembly formed from a single blank. The blank includes a side panel, a bottom panel, and an auxiliary panel. Each of the side panel and the auxiliary panel include a plurality of sections connected by respective fold lines. The auxiliary panel is folded against the side panel and sections of the auxiliary panel are adhered to corresponding sections of the side panel. Fold lines of the side panel are laterally offset from fold lines of the auxiliary panel so that unfolding of the preassembly yields the container with internal corner supports.
US11780637B2
A corrugated cardboard blank for making a collapsible container including one or more panels joined to a bottom panel. The bottom panel is divided into first and second sectional panels on opposing sides of an interface comprising perforated portions extending from a first pair of diagonally opposing corners of the bottom panel. Each perforated portion includes an inner end, wherein the inner ends of the perforated portions are longitudinally spaced from each other. First and second fold lines extend diagonally at least partially between a second pair of diagonally opposing corners of the bottom panel and respective perforated portions. A frangible central portion of the interface extends between the inner ends of the perforated portions, wherein a plurality of unbroken flutes of the corrugated material extend laterally across the central portion of the interface.
US11780630B2
A method of using a bag rack. A method of using the bag rack may include, but is not limited to, the steps of hanging the storage bags on the bag rack, opening the front most storage bag, holding open or propping open the storage bag using a bag hooking mechanism, placing the food item(s) or any other types of item(s) into the storage bag, removing the bag hooking mechanism, if used, closing the storage bag, and removing the filled storage bag from the bag rack. The bag rack may include a bag rack that is formed of a base assembly and a hanger assembly on which multiple storage bags may be hung.
US11780626B2
Apparatus and methods of forming boxes from template blanks includes moving the blank forward on a drive line while one or more side panel fingers raise and lower various side panels of the blank in an alternating fashion. One or more holders maintain the side panels in position as the blank moves forward on the drive line. The raised and lowered side panels rigidify various panels from which they extend. The rigidified panels may be less susceptible to bending along false scores that extend transversely across the blank during folding and bending steps of the box forming process.
US11780622B2
Disclosed is a taping apparatus including: a tray storage device supplying a designated one of plural kinds of trays on which respective different kinds of parts are scattered; a carrier tape feed device intermittently moving a designated one of plural kinds of carrier tapes which correspond to the respective different kinds of parts; a first camera capturing an image of the scattered parts on the designated tray; a first image recognizing device recognizing respective centers of the scattered parts; a rotary head individually sucking the scattered parts to rotatable suction nozzles; a second camera capturing an image of the parts sucked to the suction nozzles; a second image recognizing device recognizing respective orientations of the sucked parts; and a part inserting device adjusting the orientations of the sucked parts to orientations insertable into part storage recesses defined in the designated carrier tape and then inserting the parts into the part storage recesses, respectively.
US11780621B2
A reinforcing bar binding machine is provided with a feed means for feeding a wire from a wire reel rotatably mounted on a binding machine body, a braking means for braking a rotation of the wire reel, and a control means that starts a braking to the rotation of the wire reel by the braking means after the wire is fed to a predetermined amount by the feed means.
US11780620B2
The disclosure herein discloses a rebar tying machine. The rebar tying machine may include a feed motor, a current sensor configured to detect a current flowing through the feed motor, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the feed motor. The rebar tying machine may be configured to perform: a feeding-out process in which a wire is fed out around rebars by driving the feed motor, a gripping process in which a vicinity of a tip of the wire is gripped, a pulling-back process in which the wire is pulled back by driving the feed motor, a cutting process in which the wire is cut, and a twisting process in which the wire is twisted. The control unit may be configured to determine a diameter of the rebars based on a history of a current value flowing through the feed motor in the pulling-back process.
US11780616B2
Comprises a flexible band feeding unit (10); a positioning unit (14) to position and fix on the flexible band (12) some first functional elements (3); a flexible band cross-cutting unit (16) providing cut sheets pieces (17) with a first functional element (3) fixed to it; a station (18) configured to shape the container by folding a cut sheet piece (17) including a supporting rod (22) with retention means of the cut sheet piece; a station (19) welding lateral sides of the folded cut sheet piece (17) forming the container (2) with un upper non-sealed edge and a station (20) transferring the formed container (2) to a line configured for filling a dosed product into the container (2) and closing the non-sealed edge of the container (2).
US11780606B2
Example positioning systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a landing platform includes a base having an aperture and multiple positioning arms attached to the base. Each of the multiple positioning arms can rotate between an unlocked position and a locked position. Additionally, each of the multiple positioning arms are configured to engage a positioning ring on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and further configured to reposition the UAV on the base.
US11780604B2
Devices, systems and methods for electronic systems that manage an order in which an aircraft is boarded or deplaned are described. An exemplary method includes configuring an onboard computer to execute a script, wherein the script controls an order by which passengers on an airplane are prompted for deplaning, updating the script for a travel segment of the airplane using a first input comprising a passenger information for the travel segment or a second input comprising a travel configuration of the airplane during the travel segment or a third input from onboard crew of the airplane; and controlling onboard electronic equipment of the airplane by executing the script at an end of the travel segment by prompting passengers to deplane the airplane in the order.
US11780596B2
A system and method for an aircraft evacuation system with hydrogen inflation is disclosed. The system includes an aircraft having an integrated hydrogen-electric engine. A fuel cell stack for powering an aircraft motor of the integrated hydrogen-electric engine. A hydrogen fuel source in fluid communication with the fuel cell stack, the hydrogen fuel source containing hydrogen. An inflatable slide and a pump operably coupled with the hydrogen fuel source and the inflatable slide to selectively pump the hydrogen to the inflatable slide for inflating the inflatable slide.
US11780593B1
An aircraft air conditioning system comprises intakes ram air from outside the aircraft, and uses a heat exchanger to pretreat (preheat or precool) some of the ram air. The system further includes a heat recovery unit that uses the cabin exhaust, air to further heat the pretreated ram air, resulting in conditioned ram air. The system further includes an air conditioning pack unit to produce a first conditioned air stream from the conditioned ram air. The system further includes a mixing box to mix the first conditioned air stream with another subflow of ram air to produce a second conditioned air stream.
US11780591B2
An example system for determining a performance status of an environmental control system (ECS) in a vehicle includes memory and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on one or more of the aircraft data, the weather data, or the trending data, an estimated compressor exit temperature. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a current residual compressor exit temperature based on the estimated compressor exit temperature and a current compressor exit temperature. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether a residual condition is met based at least in part on the residual compressor exit temperature and whether a pack condition is met based at least in part on a pack temperature. The processing circuitry is configured to provide an indication of the performance status of the ECS based on at least one of the residual condition or the pack condition being met.
US11780589B2
An airplane is provided. The airplane includes an environmental control system coupled to an engine and an inlet. The engine provides a bleed. The inlet provides a fresh medium. The environmental control system includes a compressing device comprising a compressor and a turbine. The environmental control system also includes a moisture removal circuit that separately removes moisture from each of the first and second mediums prior to combining the first medium and the second medium to form mixed air.
US11780583B2
Methods and systems for efficiently loading cargo transports, such as cargo aircraft, are described. The methods and systems rely upon payload profiles for various payloads where the payloads include repeatable payloads that have the same characteristics. Based on the payload profile, the payload is positioned at a designated location in an interior cargo bay of the cargo transport. The designated location is denoted by one or more pre-formed markings in the interior cargo bay that establish where a payload having the respective payload profile should be positioned in the bay. The payload can then be secured in the bay. Because the designated location accounts for centers of gravity, the payload can be loaded and secured in the bay without having to run various calculations each time a payload is loaded. Systems and methods related to how the payloads are packaged in an efficient, expeditious manner are also provided.
US11780577B2
A paramotor assembly, a unibody frame for such a paramotor assembly, and a method of making a paramotor assembly are provided. The paramotor assembly includes a monolithic, non-metallic molded body, a hoop extending at least partially around the molded body, and spars coupling the hoop and the molded body. Each of the spars includes an inner end coupled to the molded body and an outer end coupled to the hoop. The inner ends of the spars are spaced from one another and held in position relative to one another by the molded body. The method includes molding the monolithic molded body from the non-metallic material, attaching inner ends of the spars to the molded body at spaced apart inner locations, and attaching outer ends of the spars to the hoop at spaced apart outer locations.
US11780576B1
An aircraft includes a fuselage and a wing system having first and second oppositely disposed wings that extend laterally from the fuselage. A tiltable propulsion system is rotatably coupled to the fuselage between the first and second wings. The tiltable propulsion system includes a frame system having four diagonally extending arms each having a propulsion assembly coupled thereto. A flight control system is configured to independently control each of the propulsion assemblies and the orientation of the tiltable propulsion system. In a VTOL flight mode of the aircraft, the tiltable propulsion system is substantially perpendicular to the aircraft's yaw axis in a vertical thrust orientation such that the propulsion assemblies are configured to provide vertical thrust. In a forward cruise flight mode of the aircraft, the tiltable propulsion system is substantially perpendicular to the aircraft's roll axis in a forward thrust orientation such that the propulsion assemblies provide forward thrust.
US11780573B2
A vertical take-off and landing aircraft which uses fixed rotors for both VTOL and forward flight operations. The rotors form a synthetic wing and are positioned to achieve a high span efficiency. The rotors are positioned to even out the lift across the span of the synthetic wing. The synthetic wing may also have narrow front and rear airfoils which may provide structural support as well as providing lift during forward flight. The wing rotors are tilted forward and provide some forward propulsion during horizontal flight.
US11780566B2
A flow body for an aircraft includes a skin having a first flow surface, having a flow influencing section with at least one first layer, at least one separator layer, at least one third layer, and at least one base layer. The first layer includes lithiated carbon fibers embedded into a matrix to form a negative electrode. The third layer includes carbon fibers with an electrode active material coating to form a positive electrode. The separator layer includes a non-conductive material for electrically isolating the first layer and the third layer from each other. The flow influencing section is configured for selectively raising a region of the arrangement of first layer, separator layer and third layer from the base layer upon application of a voltage between the first and third layers to form a bump on the flow body.
US11780564B2
A spoiler for an aircraft wing is movable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration in a “pop-up” manner. The spoiler includes a hinged top flap movable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the hinged top flap is constrained by an actuator, and in the second position the hinged top flap is unconstrained by the actuator. When the hinged top flap is in the second position, airflow over the top surface of the aircraft wing acts to pull the spoiler into the deployed position.
US11780554B2
Deployment system for adjusting a leading edge high-lift device, in particular a slat, between a retracted position, in which, in use, the high-lift device is retracted with respect to an airfoil, and at least one deployed position, in which, in use, the high-lift device is deployed with respect to the airfoil, comprising at least one actuation unit that is configured to actuate the high-lift device between the retracted position and the at least one deployed position, at least one guidance unit that is configured to guide the high-lift device during adjustment between the retracted position and the at least one deployed position along an adjustment path, wherein the guidance unit is independent from the actuation unit.
US11780548B2
An outboard motor and methods of use thereof in general, includes a powerhead removeably affixed to the transom of a boat, and a gear case rotationally connected to a propeller shaft, the outboard motor including a telescopic drive shaft, the telescopic drive shaft having a first drive shaft section rotationally connected to the motor and a second drive shaft section rotationally connected to the gear case, and a telescopic drive shaft housing, the telescopic drive shaft housing configured to support the telescopic drive shaft internally therethrough, whereby the telescopic drive shaft and the telescopic drive shaft housing are configured to provide depth adjustment for the gear case and the propeller shaft, and thus enable the propeller to be raised and lowered during propulsion to improve propulsion efficiency.
US11780534B2
A telescoping device mount is configured to hold an electronic device. The telescoping device mount is configured to fully extend or fully retract the electronic device. The telescoping device mount includes a telescoping post, a mount segment, and a base. The telescoping post includes an inner post segment and an outer post segment. The mount segment is configured to secure an electronic device thereto. The mount segment includes an outer collar slidably securable to the outer post segment of the telescoping post. The base is secured to the inner post segment such that the outer post segment telescopes relative to the inner post segment. In a fully retracted position, the electronic device is proximate to the base and/or an underlying surface.
US11780531B2
A vehicle may have a seat and front wheel similar to those of a bicycle. However, the vehicle may have two rear wheels. The position of the two rear wheels may be adjustable. When the two rear wheels touch each other, the vehicle may function as a bicycle. When they are moved apart, the vehicle may function as a tricycle. In tricycle mode, the vehicle may travel autonomously without a human rider. In bicycle mode, a human may ride the vehicle like a bicycle. To transition between bicycle and tricycle modes, each rear wheel may rotate about a horizontal axis that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. In some cases, a bike chain is connected to only one of the rear wheels. In bicycle mode, motion imparted by the chain to one rear wheel may be transferred to the other by friction.
US11780530B2
A spacer for connecting a suspension component to a frame of a bicycle includes a spacer body and a flexible portion disposed at one end of the spacer body and configured to exert an axial bias force under compression. The spacer body and the flexible portion form a unitary part.
US11780529B2
An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base structure, a first switch unit, and a second switch unit. The base structure defines a mounting axis. The first switch unit comprises a first switch base member, a first switch, and a first point. The first point is closest to the mounting axis along a first direction parallel to a first pivot axis. The second switch unit comprises a second switch base member, a second switch, and a second point. The second point is closest to the mounting axis along a second direction parallel to a second pivot axis. A second minimum distance is longer than a first minimum distance. A third minimum distance is longer than a fourth minimum distance.
US11780525B2
A saddle ride type vehicle including a movable windscreen structure capable of improving operability at low cost. A shaft is supported by a fixing member so as to be vertically movable, the shaft passes through a lower upright portion of a screen attachment member provided on the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the fixing member, and an operation unit is slidably provided at the end portion of the shaft. The operation unit includes a grip portion gripped when being slid and a flange portion disposed inside in the vehicle width direction of the grip portion, the grip portion includes an outer grip portion disposed outside in the vehicle width direction and an inner grip portion disposed inside in the vehicle width direction of the outer grip portion, and the flange portion is formed to have a larger diameter than the inner grip portion.
US11780523B2
A vehicle seat includes a seat base, a seat foam supported by the seat base, and a support pad positioned between the seat base and at least a portion of the seat foam. The support pad being formed of a combination of a first material and a second material. A seat cover covering the support pad and the seat foam. The first material has a first recovery hysteresis and the second material has a second recovery hysteresis that is less than the first recovery hysteresis.
US11780522B2
A bicycle seat post structure includes an upper tube and a lower tube. The lower tube includes an inserted space and a wire passage. The inserted space is configured for the upper tube to be movably disposed therein. The wire passage is located at one side of the inserted space and is configured to receive at least one wire.
US11780511B2
An active front wheel deflector assembly (10) including a deflector panel (20) moveable between a stowed position and at least one deployed position wherein the deployment of the deflector panel (20) moves the deflector panel (20) into an airflow to direct air and improves aerodynamics. The active front wheel deflector assembly (10) combines linear actuation with rotational motion.
US11780488B2
A steering wheel arrangement includes a steering wheel rotatable about a rotation axis, a steering shaft, a stationary housing covering at least partially the steering shaft and supporting at least one accessory, a plurality of coupling elements adapted to couple the steering wheel to the steering shaft, such that rotation of the steering wheel causes rotation of the steering shaft. Each coupling element is integral in rotation with the steering shaft and slidably movable along an axial direction between an upper position and a lower position, and wherein each coupling element is detachably connected to the steering wheel, each coupling element being connected to the steering wheel in its upper position, such that rotation of the steering wheel causes rotation of the coupling element, and being disconnected from the steering wheel in its lower position, such that rotation of the steering wheel does not cause rotation of the coupling element.
US11780479B2
A crossing gate mechanism includes a swingable gate arm, a rotatable gate arm shaft fixed to the gate arm, and an electronic sensor assembly coupled to the gate arm shaft. Rotation of the gate arm shaft corresponds with swinging of the gate arm. The electronic sensor assembly senses an angular position of the gate arm shaft and transmits a position signal corresponding thereto. The electronic sensor assembly includes a driving element that is attached to the gate arm shaft to rotate therewith. the electronic sensor assembly also includes a driven element that is driven by the driving element such that rotation of the gate arm shaft causes the driven element to rotate. The electronic sensor assembly is configured to generate the position signal based on a position of the gate arm shaft.
US11780472B2
A computing system can input first relative location embedding data into an interaction transformer model and receive, as an output of the interaction transformer model, motion forecast data for actors relative to a vehicle. The computing system can input the motion forecast data into a prediction model to receive respective trajectories for the actors for a current time step and respective projected trajectories for the actors for a subsequent time step. The computing system can generate second relative location embedding data based on the respective projected trajectories from the second time step. The computing system can produce second motion forecast data using the interaction transformer model based on the second relative location embedding. The computing system can determine second respective trajectories for the actors using the prediction model based on the second forecast data.
US11780467B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for creating a driving route of an autonomous vehicle and a computer program therefor. A method of creating a driving route of an autonomous vehicle, the method being performed by a computing device, includes obtaining information about a start point and an end point, setting an intermediate point between the start point and the end point, and creating a driving route by connecting the start point, the set intermediate point, and the end point, wherein the driving route includes a set of a curve connecting the start point and the set intermediate point and a curve connecting the set intermediate point and the end point, is expressed by a polynomial function for an angle of movement of the autonomous vehicle, and satisfies one or more continuity conditions related to a curvature.
US11780465B2
A system and method for estimating free space including applying a machine learning model to camera images of a navigation area, where the navigation area is broken into cells, synchronizing point cloud data from the navigation area with the processed camera images, and associating probabilities that the cell is occupied and object classifications of objects that could occupy the cells with cells in the navigation area based on sensor data, sensor noise, and the machine learning model.
US11780457B2
Various aspects of a system and method to provide driving assistance to safely overtake a vehicle are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, an electronic control unit used in a first vehicle is configured to detect a second vehicle in front of the first vehicle. A first position associated with the first vehicle and a second position associated with the detected second vehicle is determined for a first time instance. It may be determined whether a lateral distance between the determined first position and the determined second position is below a pre-defined threshold distance. A first alert is generated when the determined lateral distance is below the pre-defined threshold distance.
US11780455B2
This disclosure provides a vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a recording medium. The vehicle control device according to one aspect of an embodiment includes a recognition unit that recognizes an object in a periphery of the own vehicle, a road information acquisition unit that acquires road information in the periphery of the own vehicle, and an alarm control unit that causes an alarm device to give an alarm when the object recognized by the recognition unit exists in a predetermined region set with reference to a position of the own vehicle, in which the alarm control unit does not give the alarm regarding the object when at least part of the object existing in the predetermined region recognized by the recognition unit exists outside a road from a boundary the road where the own vehicle acquired by the road information acquisition unit exists.
US11780450B2
A tire management system assigns work to each of a plurality of vehicles and manages a loaded state of a tire mounted on each of the vehicles that perform the assigned work. The tire management system includes: an overload vehicle detection unit configured to detect an overloaded vehicle in which a tire load of the work assigned to each of the vehicles exceeds a predetermined tire load set in the tire itself of the vehicle; and a work contents changing processing unit configured to perform, when the overloaded vehicle is detected, processing of changing work contents of the overloaded vehicle such that the tire load of the overloaded vehicle becomes equal to or less than the predetermined tire load.
US11780447B2
A torque vectoring system for a hub motor drive system uses a motor control unit instead of a vehicle control unit to conduct torque vectoring calculation, so that a target motor torque can be obtained more reasonably and the real-time property is improved. In addition, as it is unnecessary to conduct calculation with the vehicle control unit, torque distribution and torque change can be evaluated on a testbed of the motor control unit prior to integrating the torque vectoring system into the vehicle.
US11780446B1
A vehicle device may execute one or more neural networks (and/or other artificial intelligence), such as based on input from one or more of the cameras and/or other sensors associated with the dash cam, to intelligently detect safety events in real-time. The vehicle device may further pass the input to a backend server for further analysis and the backend server can detect safety events based on the input. The vehicle device may analyze the output of the vehicle device and the output of the backend server to determine whether the output of the vehicle device is correct. If the output of the vehicle device is incorrect, the vehicle device can adjust how the vehicle device identifies safety events.
US11780445B2
Embodiments describe a vehicle configured with a brain machine interface (BMI) for a vehicle computing system to control vehicle functions using electrical impulses from motor cortex activity in a user's brain. A BMI training system trains the BMI device to interpret neural data generated by a motor cortex of a user and correlate the neural data to a vehicle control command associated with a neural gesture emulation function. A BMI system onboard the vehicle may receive a neural data feed of neural data from the user using the trained BMI device, determine, a user intention for a control instruction to control a vehicle infotainment system using the neural data feed, and perform an action based on the control instruction. The vehicle may further include a headrest configured as a Human Machine Interface (HMI) device that reads the electrical impulses without invasive electrode connectivity.
US11780441B2
A traveling control apparatus is mounted on a vehicle that includes an electric motor and an internal combustion engine as power sources. The traveling control apparatus includes an electronic control unit configured to create a speed profile obtained by predicting speed of the vehicle at each time, derive, based on at least the speed profile, a coefficient profile that is a coefficient at each time used at the time of predicting an amount of regenerative energy recoverable by regenerative braking of the electric motor, approximate the speed profile with a predetermined approximation model and estimate a predicted amount of regenerative energy based on an approximation result and the coefficient profile, and determine the power source used for traveling based on the predicted amount of regenerative energy.
US11780438B1
A motor vehicle having a combustion engine for vehicle propulsion can be automatically stopped when engine propulsion is not needed, such as during a gliding condition when the vehicle is coasting down to a slower speed (e.g., stopping) or down an incline. The engine is automatically restarted as needed. To ensure a capacity of a battery or other electrical storage device to support nominal operation of electrical loads (including a starter motor for restarting the engine) during an Auto Stop event, predicted future states of a vehicle battery are determined using a battery state of function (SOF) in response to load transients that may need to be supported.
US11780421B2
A method for controlling an electric drive unit (EDU) having a motor-driven torque converter includes receiving a request signal indicative of a requested output torque of the EDU, and operating the motor at a target motor speed using the requested output torque. The target motor speed minimizes system losses while achieving the requested output torque. When the requested output torque remains below a calibrated threshold and a turbine speed is less than a corner speed of the motor, a torque converter clutch (TCC) transitions to or remains in a locked state. The controller commands the TCC to transition to an unlocked state to reach the target motor speed, thereby selectively enabling torque multiplication. A powertrain system includes a driven load and the EDU. A computer readable storage medium may include executable instructions for performing the method.
US11780420B2
A modular hydraulic braking system for a rail vehicle includes a medium that transmits to an electronic unit of a vehicle. The braking system includes at least one functional module, and one universal interface for transmitting control data via a signal channel, to the transmission medium between the at least one functional module and the vehicle electronic unit.
US11780406B2
A kidnapping notification system, including a notification device to removably connect to at least a portion of a vehicle, a first display unit disposed on at least a portion of the notification device to alert at least one third party of a threat to a user, and a transmitter removably connected to at least a portion of the vehicle to adjust a position of the notification device.
US11780404B1
An assembly includes a track. The assembly includes a first plate slidably engaged with the track. The assembly includes a second plate spaced from the first plate and coupled to the first plate. The second plate is releasably lockable to the track. The assembly includes a webbing guide supported by the first plate. The assembly includes a seatbelt webbing extending through the webbing guide. The assembly includes a spring coupled between the first plate to the second plate.
US11780400B2
An airbag comprises an airbag panel defining an inflatable volume. A discharge port having a closure is formed in the airbag panel. A tether extends through the inflatable volume from a first end tightly connected to the airbag panel in the direction of the discharge port to an opposite second end. The discharge port closure is connected to the second tether end and the airbag panel. The tether at least in portions has a two-ply design and includes two strap layers. A control strap extends transversely to the tether through the inflatable airbag volume. A first control strap portion is fastened to the airbag panel and to the first strap layer. A second control strap portion is fastened to the airbag panel and to the second strap layer.
US11780399B2
An emblem assembly arranged in an airbag cover coupled with a vehicle structure such as a steering wheel in a motor vehicle includes an electronic unit, a decorative unit, and a control device. The electronic unit is held by the airbag cover and has at least one light source. The decorative unit is arranged in the airbag cover and attached to the electronic unit such that the decorative unit covers at least a part of the electronic unit. The control device is electrically connected to the electronic unit and is adapted to control illumination of the decorative unit. Further, at least one light source of the electronic unit is adjusted by the control device arranged in the vehicle structure.
US11780398B2
A coupling structure includes a first coupling portion formed by one end portion of a first tube, and a second coupling portion formed by one end portion of a second tube, and is configured such that the first coupling portion is inserted in the second coupling portion, the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion are coupled, with the second tube being pivotable with respect to the first tube, and a gap is formed between an outer surface of the first coupling portion and an inner surface of the second coupling portion in a first state in which a fluid is not flowing through the flow path, and in a second state in which the fluid is flowing through the flow path, pressure of the fluid causes the first coupling portion to deform to expand toward an outer side of the flow path to reduce the gap.
US11780394B2
A capacitive detection device includes a capacitive sensor having a sense electrode and an auxiliary electrode that are arrangeable in the vicinity of an electric heater member for mutual capacitive coupling. The capacitive detection device has a signal voltage source providing an alternating measurement voltage, a complex impedance measurement circuit for measuring complex sense currents and for determining a complex impedance based on the measured complex sense current, and for electrically connecting the auxiliary electrode either with the reference voltage or with the guard signal. The method includes providing the measurement signal to the sense electrode and electrically connect the auxiliary electrode selectively either to the reference voltage or to the guard voltage; determining capacitance values in the two different connection states of the auxiliary electrode; and calculating a compensated capacitance value as a weighted sum of the two determined capacitance values, wherein the weighting factors are predefined constant values.
US11780389B2
A system and method for decoding an unknown automotive controller area network (“CAN”) message definitions. CAN data vehicle signal mappings are typically held in secret and varied by automotive model and year. Without knowledge of the mappings, the wealth of real-time vehicle data hidden in the automotive CAN packets is uninterpretable—impeding research, after-market tuning, efficiency and performance monitoring, fault diagnosis, and privacy-related technologies. This technology can ascertain the CAN signals' boundaries (start bit and length), endianness (byte ordering), signedness (binary-to-integer encoding) from raw CAN data. This allows conversion of CAN data to time series. Interpreting the translated CAN data's physical meaning and finding a linear mapping to standard units (e.g., knowing the signal is speed and scaling values to represent units of miles per hour) can be achieved for many signals by leveraging diagnostic standards to obtain real-time measurements of in-vehicle systems. The system and method can be integrated into lightweight hardware enabling an OBD-II plugin for real-time in-vehicle CAN decoding or run on standard computers. The system can output a standard DBC file with the signal definition information.
US11780386B2
The disclosure provides a cable connection structure of a power control unit that can improve the work efficiency of assembling the power control unit. A power control unit 10 is attached to an upper portion of a motor case 12 that houses a motor. The power control unit 10 has a unit-side terminal 24 connected to a power supply passage inside the power control unit 10. The motor case 12 has a cable-side terminal 20 connected to a power supply cable. The unit-side terminal 24 and the cable-side terminal 20 are arranged to face each other in an up-and-down direction at an abutting portion between a lower surface of the power control unit 10 and an upper surface of the motor case 12. The unit-side terminal 24 and the cable-side terminal 20 are connected to each other via a conductive spring member.
US11780382B2
A vehicle mountable camera is provided which includes an imaging device, an exposure controller, and an image processor. The imaging device is configured to be installed behind a windshield of a subject vehicle to capture an image of a forward view in front of the subject vehicle. The exposure controller controls the degree of exposure of the imaging device. The image processor executes an image processing operation on the captured image. The camera determines whether a brightness boundary exists in front of the subject vehicle and, when the brightness boundary is determined to exist, controls the exposure of the imaging device and/or adjustment of brightness of the image quickly when the subject vehicle passes the brightness boundary. This minimizes a risk that the captured image may be darkened or brightened suddenly immediately after the subject vehicle moves from a sunny area to a shaded area or vice versa.
US11780381B2
A camera arm (16) for a vehicle mirror replacement system includes a housing (22) having an exterior surface (38). The camera arm (16) also includes a camera assembly (32) that is mounted to the housing (22), the camera assembly (32) having a lens (34). The camera arm (16) further includes a peripheral wall (36) extending from the exterior surface (38) and at least partially circumscribing the camera assembly (32). The camera arm (16) also includes a discontinuity (41) provided on the peripheral wall (36), the discontinuity (41) is configured to create a high pressure region (PH) near the lens (34) that encourages debris (52) to migrate away from the lens (34) in response to a fluid flow over the peripheral wall (36).
US11780380B2
A rearview device for a vehicle (17) includes at least one sensor for detecting information of the environment of the vehicle, where the rearview device is attachable to the supporting structure of the vehicle by using at least one first fastening device, and the rearview device includes at least one arm which is rotatably mounted by the first fastening device about at least one first axis of rotation which has at least one vertical component about at least one first pivot point for a first rotation.
US11780376B1
The vehicular sanitary product dispenser comprises a storage structure, a compartment, and a vehicle. The vehicle further comprises a headliner. The compartment is formed in the headliner. The storage structure rotates into and out of the compartment. The storage structure forms a console used to store, dispense, and distribute personal protective products.
US11780373B2
Various vehicle systems are proposed for accessing and utilizing vehicle cargo spaces on vehicles equipped with a tailgate assembly. The vehicle systems may include deployable and/or rotatable stairgate systems, deployable step systems, etc. designed for the accessing the vehicle cargo spaces. The proposed systems may include various deployment mechanisms that enable the stairgate/step systems to slide, pivot, rotate, swing, and/or otherwise adjust for providing ease of access and increased flexibility when stepping up to access the vehicle cargo space.
US11780368B2
An electronic mirror system presents circumstances surrounding a moving vehicle by displaying an image presenting the circumstances surrounding the moving vehicle. The electronic mirror system includes an image display and an optical system. The image display displays, every time image data is acquired from an image capturing unit, the image, based on the image data acquired from the image capturing unit, on a display screen. The image capturing unit continuously shoots video presenting the circumstances surrounding the moving vehicle. The optical system condenses, into an eye box, a light beam representing the image displayed on the display screen to make a user, who has a viewpoint inside the eye box, view a virtual image based on the image displayed on the display screen. The display screen is arranged to be tilted with respect to an optical path that leads from the display screen to the optical system (30).
US11780367B2
A decorative component for an interior space of a motor vehicle includes an at least translucent first layer. The first layer has at least one first light-refraction edge. The decorative component further includes an at least translucent further layer which is placed areally on a preceding layer, wherein the further layer has at least one further light-refraction edge. At least some of the light-refraction edges of successive layers are positioned laterally offset with respect to one another for the purpose of creating a visual three-dimensional depth effect.
US11780361B2
The present disclosure relates to optical systems, vehicles, and methods that are configured to illuminate and image a wide field of view of an environment. An example optical system includes a camera having an optical axis and an outer lens element disposed along the optical axis. The optical system also includes a plurality of illumination modules, each of which includes at least one light-emitter device configured to emit light along a respective emission axis and a secondary optical element optically coupled to the at least one light-emitter device. The secondary optical element is configured to provide a light emission pattern having an azimuthal angle extent of at least 170 degrees so as to illuminate a portion of an environment of the optical system.
US11780359B2
A cylindrical cargo container is formed of longitudinal, extruded arcuate panels joined pairwise at abutting edges to form a cylindrical tube. The container is mountable on a separate wheeled chassis to form a semi-trailer or railcar, or a chassis integral with a truck. The container may be substantially smooth on inner and outer surfaces, to provide optimal aerodynamics and freedom of motion of cargo within the container. The panels may have inner and outer skins bridged by multiple webs. Such structure may provide protection from punctures to the outer or inner skins. The container is useful to transport waste including municipal or industrial waste, and may be part of a tipper trailer. The container, trailer, truck, or railcar may be used with a compactor for compacting the waste within the container.
US11780358B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing portable containers for users of vehicle services. In an embodiment, a method includes associating a portable container with a user. The method also includes providing a plurality of storage areas disposed about a geographic area. The plurality of storage areas are configured to temporarily store the portable container. The method also includes receiving a request to pick up the portable container from one of the plurality of storage areas. In addition, the method includes delivering, by way of a vehicle service, the portable container to a user location, a specified location, a different storage area of the plurality of storage areas, or a carrier vehicle.
US11780356B1
A vehicle includes a body defining a door opening, a door movable between a closed position closing the door opening in an open position exposing the door opening, and a support structure located proximate to the door opening. The vehicle also includes a deployable assist handle having a handle body configured to be gripped by a user, the handle body being deployable amongst a plurality of positions including at least a first position and a second position, the assist handle comprising a lighting device, wherein the lighting device provides an illumination beam directed to a first region when the handle is in a first position and directed to a second region when the handle is in the second position.
