US11941509B2
A method for determining information on an expected trajectory of an object comprises: determining input data being related to the expected trajectory of the object; determining first intermediate data based on the input data using a machine-learning method; determining second intermediate data based on the input data using a model-based method; and determining the information on the expected trajectory of the object based on the first intermediate data and based on the second intermediate data.
US11941497B2
A feature engineering tool automatically generates a group of features for training a machine learning model. The feature engineering tool selects primitives for a dataset and synthesizes a plurality of features based on the selective primitives and the dataset. The feature engineering tool iteratively applies the plurality of features to a different portion of the dataset to evaluate usefulness of the plurality of features. Based on the evaluation, it removes some of the plurality of features to obtain the group of features. The feature engineering tool also determines the importance factor for each feature in the group. The machine learning model is generated based on the features and their importance factors and can be used to make a prediction based on new data.
US11941486B2
Computational systems and methods employ characteristics of a quantum processor determined or sampled between a start and an end of an annealing evolution per an annealing schedule. The annealing evolution can be reinitialized, reversed or continued after determination. The annealing evolution can be interrupted. The annealing evolution can be ramped immediately prior to or as part of determining the characteristics. The annealing evolution can be paused or not paused immediately prior to ramping. A second representation of a problem can be generated based at least in part on the determined characteristics from an annealing evolution performed on a first representation of the problem. The determined characteristics can be autonomously compared to an expected behavior, and alerts optionally provided and/or the annealing evolution optionally terminated based on the comparison. Iterations of annealing evolutions may be performed until an exit condition occurs.
US11941470B2
An electrical device includes an electrical cable and a connector coupled to the electrical cable. The connector is configured to receive electrical current from an external power source. The connector includes an RFID tag, and an electrical storing device configured to store electrical energy from the external power source and provide electrical energy to the RFID tag when the connector is disconnected from the external power source. The RFID tag transmits a signal independent of the connector being coupled to the external power source.
US11941466B1
A system of hardware and software for identifying website users, recording said users' internet behavior and displaying said users' internet behavior. More specifically, the present invention discloses a system of combining at least five separate hardware units which identify website users who have visited a specific internet site. Said system records and displays said users' internet behavior related to purchasing goods and services using a graphical interface.
US11941465B2
The present disclosure describes creating a cache of discovered directories in a filesystem stored on a data storage device wherein said cache of discovered directories describe packages that are semantically constructed as microservices, among numerous other aspects.
US11941463B1
There is provided method of centralized control of event messages for accessing services by processes that generate event messages, comprising: monitoring event messages from an event broker server of a distributed event streaming technology service monitoring a central event dataset storing the event messages streamed over a network from the processes for accessing the services, counting a number of event messages for combination(s) of event attribute(s) according to set(s)-of-rules, dynamically generating a lock that includes instructions for blocking the event messages having the certain combination of event attributes(s) in response to the number reaching a threshold for a certain combination of event attribute(s), and dynamically providing the lock to each process that generates event messages having the combination of event attribute(s), wherein each process is configured for implementing the lock for locally blocking the event messages having the certain combination of event attribute(s).
US11941461B1
A method and a system for providing a shared state module that acts as a common interface for facilitating data sharing among microservice front-end modules that are being used in conjunction with one another within a single application are provided. The method includes: receiving an input that includes information that relates to a set of microservice modules to be utilized for constructing an application; uploading each of the set of microservice modules and a shared state module that is configured to facilitate data sharing; transmitting, to each of the set of microservice modules, an instruction that provides access to the shared state module; and when a particular microservice module requests a subset of data that is accessible via the shared state module, causing the requested subset of data to be received by the particular microservice module.
US11941457B2
An apparatus to facilitate disaggregated computing for a distributed confidential computing environment is disclosed. The apparatus includes a source remote direct memory access (RDMA) network interface controller (RNIC); a queue to store a data entry corresponding to an RDMA request between the source RNIC and a sink RNIC; a data buffer to store data for an RDMA transfer corresponding to the RDMA request, the RDMA transfer between the source RNIC and the sink RNIC; and a trusted execution environment (TEE) comprising an authentication tag controller to: initialize a first authentication tag calculated using a first key known between a source consumer generating the RDMA request and the source RNIC; associate the first authentication tag with the data entry as integrity verification; initialize a second authentication tag calculated using a second key; and associate the second authentication tag with the data buffer as integrity verification for the data buffer.
US11941449B2
The field of high-speed data acquisition and network data processing, and particularly relates to an Ethernet data stream recording method, an Ethernet data stream recording system, and an Ethernet data stream recording device for a high-speed data acquisition system. It is intended to solve problems such as a low utilization rate of CPU, poor system compatibility, difficulty in packaging and deployment and low reliability of system transmission of the traditional high-speed data acquisition system. The method of the present disclosure includes: isolating a preset number of CPU cores after a Linux operating system is booted; uninstalling a kernel network card driver of the operating system and creating a hugepage memory pool; for each 10-gigabit network card, allocating a corresponding data-receiving buffer pool and a corresponding lock-free FIFO buffer, and initializing a PCIE register of each 10-gigabit network card such that each 10-gigabit network card enters into an acquisition state; and continuously receiving packets acquired by each 10-gigabit network card in a driving manner of user space polling and performing disk recording. According to the present disclosure, the utilization rate of CPU, system compatibility and transmission reliability are improved and the difficulty in packaging and deployment is decreased.
US11941436B1
An integrated-circuit retimer selectively logs information corresponding to mission-mode data, received and transmitted via counterpart high-bandwidth data interfaces, in real-time and accordance with contents of a logging control storage written by an external component during retimer run time.
US11941428B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to an I/O agent circuit. The I/O agent circuit may include one or more queues and a transaction pipeline. The I/O agent circuit may issue, to the transaction pipeline from a queue of the one or more queues, a transaction of a series of transactions enqueued in a particular order. The I/O agent circuit may generate, at the transaction pipeline, a determination to return the transaction to the queue based on a detection of one or more conditions being satisfied. Based on the determination, the I/O agent circuit may reject, at the transaction pipeline, up to a threshold number of transactions that issued from the queue after the transaction issued. The I/O agent circuit may insert the transaction at a head of the queue such that the transaction is enqueued at the queue sequentially first for the series of transactions according to the particular order.
US11941419B2
In some embodiments, a robotic process automation (RPA) design application provides a user-friendly graphical user interface that unifies the design of automation activities performed on desktop computers with the design of automation activities performed on mobile computing devices such as smartphones and wearable computers. Some embodiments connect to a model device acting as a substitute for an actual automation target device (e.g., smartphone of specific make and model) and display a model GUI mirroring the output of the respective model device. Some embodiments further enable the user to design an automation workflow by directly interacting with the model GUI.
US11941418B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for providing improved rendering of graphical user interfaces for remote applications executing within remote sessions. A remote session client that renders the graphical user interface (GUI) for a remote application is configured to detect certain mouse events that would trigger window move events. In doing so, the remote session client may handle rendering the window GUI locally rather than wait for window move events from the remote application. The remote session client may be further configured to predict using calculated resize patterns how the window content image changes while the remote application's window is being resized.
US11941412B1
A method of customizing a personal software program for a user, comprising collecting attributes of each of a plurality of users registered to access the personal software program, generating a plurality of user profiles based on the collected attributes of the users, monitoring the interactions or non-interactions of the users with a module of the personal software program, deriving a reference user profile from the plurality of user profiles, linking the module with the reference user profile based on the monitored interactions or non-interactions of the users with the module, acquiring attributes of the user, generating a user profile based on the acquired attributes of the user, comparing the user profile to the reference user profile, determining a match between the user profile and the reference user profile based on the comparison, and setting the availability of the module to the user.
US11941406B2
Example methods are provided for configuring a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) cluster managed by a cluster manager. The method may comprise retrieving, by a workflow session from the cluster manager. The workflow session may include a plurality of workflow operations, and a first workflow operation selected from the plurality of workflow operations is marked as incomplete. The method may transmit o the cluster manager a request to invoke the first workflow operation. The cluster manager may be configured to perform the first workflow operation by batch-configuring a plurality of nodes in the HCI cluster. In response to a determination that the first workflow operation is completed, the method may request the cluster manager to mark the first work operation in the workflow session as completed.
US11941405B2
An example device includes a plurality of computational memory banks. Each computational memory bank of the plurality of computational memory banks includes an array of memory units and a plurality of processing elements connected to the array of memory units. The device further includes a plurality of single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) controllers. Each SIMD controller of the plurality of SIMD controllers is contained within at least one computational memory bank of the plurality of computational memory banks. Each SIMD controller is to provide instructions to the at least one computational memory bank.
US11941399B2
A streaming engine employed in a digital data processor specifies a fixed read only data stream. Once fetched data elements in the data stream are disposed in lanes in a stream head register in the fixed order. Some lanes may be invalid, for example when the number of remaining data elements are less than the number of lanes in the stream head register. The streaming engine automatically produces a valid data word stored in a stream valid register indicating lanes holding valid data. The data in the stream valid register may be automatically stored in a predicate register or otherwise made available. This data can be used to control vector SIMD operations or may be combined with other predicate register data.
US11941383B1
Techniques to speed up code compilation may include caching code analysis results such that the analysis of subsequent code having a similar structured can be omitted. For example, a loop-nest construct in the code can be parsed, and an execution statement in the loop-nest construct can be analyzed by a compiler to generate an analysis result indicating a set of execution conditions for the execution statement. A lookup key can be generated from the control statements bounding the execution statement, and the analysis result can be stored with the lookup key in a cache entry of the cache. The execution statement is then modified according to the analysis result for optimization. Instead of having to analyze a subsequent execution statement bounded by the same control statements, the analysis result of the subsequent execution statement can be retrieved from the cache and be used to modify the subsequent execution statement.
US11941379B1
A system performs static program analysis with artifact reuse. The system identifies artifacts associated with the software program being analyzed. The system processes the identified artifacts for performing static program analysis and transmits either the artifacts or identifiers for the artifacts to a second processing device for performing program analysis. The second processing device receives the artifacts and uses the received identifiers to retrieve the artifacts from a networked storage system. The second device also retrieves stored summaries of previous program analysis from the networked storage system. The program analysis uses the retrieved artifacts to generate work units for static program analysis. The analysis is performed only for those work units that are determined to remain unchanged from previous static program analysis cycles.
US11941355B2
Techniques are described herein for using operational transforms to perform operations on parallel copies of a document model. A method includes: determining that a first operation is to be performed on a second parallel copy; and in response: determining that a revision of a first parallel copy matches a revision of the second parallel copy; and in response: performing the first operation on the second parallel copy to obtain a calculation result including a first list of commands; applying the first list of commands to the second parallel copy; performing an operational transform on at least one command in the first list of commands based on queued user edits to the first parallel copy, the queued user edits including a second list of commands, to obtain a transformed list of commands; and applying the transformed list of commands to the first parallel copy.
US11941352B2
A method of simultaneous multiuser collaborative access to a spreadsheet includes transmitting the spreadsheet to a first device of a first user having a first privilege for a first part that includes a first cell, transmitting the spreadsheet to a second device of a second user having a second privilege for a second part, receiving a first edit of the first cell from the first device, and a second edit of the second cell from the second device, and in response to the first cell and the second cell being different, the first privilege including an edit privilege, and the second privilege including the edit privilege, accepting the first edit, accepting the second edit, forwarding the first edit for display with the first cell at the second device, and providing, to the second device, a real-time visual indication identifying the first user as a last user editing the first part.
US11941350B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for the conversion of documents to reusable content types are disclosed herein. Embodiments may extract the content and metadata of the original document and identify a set of reusable resources from the content and metadata. These reusable resources can each be one of a set of content types common across a plurality of document authoring platforms. Each of the content types may be represented using a content type object associated with that content type. The reusable resources identified by the parsing of the content and metadata of the original document may thus be represented with corresponding reusable objects in a content type format common to a plurality of document authoring tools.
US11941348B2
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for abstractive summarization of text by viewing sequence transduction as a language modeling problem. One method comprises an operation for training a machine-learning program to create a machine-learning model that estimates a word to be added to a running summary for the text being summarized. The method further comprises operations for detecting the text to be summarized, initializing the running summary, and performing a plurality of iterations. Each iteration comprises providing, to the machine-learning model, the source text and the running summary, and adding, using the machine-learning model, a new word to the running summary. Further, the method comprises an operation for storing, on a memory, the running summary as the summary of the text.
US11941334B1
Embodiments include herein are directed towards a system and method for intelligent intent recognition based electronic design. Embodiments may include receiving, using a processor, a natural language input from a user at an intent recognition model. Embodiments may also include performing intent recognition on the natural language input at the intent recognition model and providing an output from the intent recognition model to a command generator. Embodiments may further include generating a command based upon, at least in part, the output and executing the command at a target tool environment.
US11941328B2
Systems and techniques for auditing computer-aided design documents are described. A described technique includes receiving a computer-aided design document for import to a space management program; determining whether the computer-aided design document violates a rule set, wherein the rule set is configured to detect issues that inhibit importation of data from the computer-aided design document to the space management program; selectively modifying the computer-aided design document by resolving a violation of the rule set; and providing the modified computer-aided design document to the space management program.
US11941322B2
Provided is a display control device including: a voice receiver configured to receive a voice utterance from a user; a communication unit configured to receive information for the voice utterance from a server via a network; and a controller configured to select an item corresponding to the voice utterance on the basis of the information that has been received, and configured to control an action in response to the item that has been selected, in which the item includes a first item in an inside of a display screen and a second item that becomes displayable by scrolling, and the controller selects either the first item or the second item on the basis of the information that has been received. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a television receiver.
US11941321B2
An example playback device is a first playback device in a media system. The first playback device is configured to resolve audio conflicts with one or more other playback devices in the media system by: (i) capturing, via a microphone of the first playback device, audio content played back by a second playback device, (ii) identifying the second playback device as a source of the captured audio content; and (iii) responsive to identifying the second playback device as the source of the captured audio content, altering a playback characteristic of the second playback device or the first playback device to reduce an audio interference between the first and second playback devices.
US11941315B2
Wearable electronic device for displaying augmented reality object and method for operating the same
A wearable electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a communication circuit, a display including a transparent lens and displaying content through the lens, and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to obtain first information about a first device indicated by a first object through the communication circuit when the first object is selected from among a plurality of objects for controlling devices displayed on an external electronic device, identify a first position for displaying the first information corresponding to the first object as an augmented reality image, based on a gaze direction of a user identified through the camera, determine a property of the augmented reality image, based on a user input, and control the display to display the augmented reality image having the property at the first position.
US11941313B2
A control device for a working machine includes a position designation receiving unit configured to identify a designated position in a state image which is displayed on a display panel and a screen control unit configured to perform screen control based on an image displayed at the identified position out of part images constituting parts of the state image.
US11941305B2
An inspection apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: conducts an inspection on an image by comparing a scanned image with a correct image, the image being formed on paper in accordance with a print job, the scanned image being generated by reading the image, the correct image serving as a reference for the inspection of the image; and determines whether a page is a target for the inspection in accordance with a type of the paper on which the image will be formed according to print setting of the print job, wherein the hardware processor conducts the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to be the target for the inspection by the hardware processor, and does not conduct the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to not be the target for the inspection.
US11941288B1
Coalescing write operations in a cloud-based storage system including receiving, from a storage controller application of the cloud-based storage system, a first plurality of write operations, wherein each of the first plurality of write operations comprises a respective write to a storage volume; coalescing the first plurality of write operations into a plurality of coalesced write operations, wherein each of the coalesced write operations are configured to effect two or more of the first plurality of write operations; and performing the plurality of coalesced write operations on the storage volume.
US11941281B2
A system and method for a memory system are provided. A memory device includes an array of non-volatile memory cells. A memory controller is connected to the array of non-volatile memory cells. The memory controller is configured to perform the steps of receiving a request to read a value of a memory flag, wherein the memory flag includes a 2-bit value stored in a first memory cell and a second memory cell of the array of non-volatile memory cells, reading a first value of the first memory cell, reading a second value of the second memory cell, and determining the value of the memory flag based on the first value and the second value. In embodiments, the memory flag may have more than 2-bits.
US11941272B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a memory system and an operating method of the memory system. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the memory system may, with respect to data stored in the memory device, write the data to a first target memory block or a second target memory block among the plurality of memory blocks according to whether a data type of the data is a read-intensive type or a write-intensive type.
US11941268B2
Systems and methods are disclosed comprising receiving a request for a descriptor of a storage system, sending the descriptor to the host including an indication that a component of the storage device is in a restricted operation mode, wherein the host device utilizes the indication to determine a boot mode of the host device.
US11941266B2
A method includes receiving, at a controller of a computational storage (CS) device, a request to allocate computational storage to an application of a host device. The request includes a resource set ID associated with the application. The method further includes identifying a memory range within a memory region of the CS device. The method further includes storing, in a data structure associated with the resource set ID, an association between a memory range identifier (ID) of the memory range, the memory region, and an offset within the memory region. The method further includes sending the memory range ID to the host device.
US11941264B2
A data storage apparatus with a variable computer file system is disclosed. The variable computer file system adopts the concept of a dedicated sub-file system and is activated or deactivated according to whether authentication is granted. Each dedicated sub-file system is activated or deactivated according to whether authentication is granted, and is recognized by a host computer. Deactivated dedicated sub-file systems cannot be recognized or accessed by the host computer. Accordingly, since a third party accessing the host computer cannot access a dedicated sub-file system without possessing a means for activating the dedicated sub-file system, security is greatly strengthened.
US11941254B2
A memory sub-system, such as a solid state drive (SSD), having host interface configured to receive at least read commands and write commands from an external host system. The SSD has memory cells formed on at least one integrated circuit die, and a processing device configured to control executions of the read commands to retrieve data from the memory cells and executions the write commands to store data into the memory cells. During an autonomous self-test operation of the memory sub-system, the memory sub-system is configured to generate random challenges of proof of space, generate using a proof of space plot, stored in the memory cells, responses to the random challenges respectively, and determine validity of the responses to evaluate health of the memory cells.
US11941246B2
Disclosed are a data processing system comprising: a memory system for providing a host with a memory map segment including map pieces; and the host for storing the memory map segment as a host map segment and converting a logical address into a physical address using the host map segment. The memory system stores changed map pieces in a map cache, inserts the changed map pieces in a response to a first command, and provides the host with the response. The host updates the host map segment based on the changed map pieces. When a read command includes a logical address and a physical address, the memory system accesses a memory device using the physical address of the read command according to whether the logical address of the read command is stored in the map cache.
US11941239B2
Systems and methods for amplifying the collective intelligence of networked human groups engaged in collaborative forecasting of future events having two possible outcomes. During a real-time session a computing device for each user displays a forecasting prompt and a dynamic user interface which includes a user-manipulatable marker moved by the user between a first limit and a second limit, where the position of the marker defines a forecasted probability of each possible outcome. The display also includes a first reward value and a second reward value, both of which are interactively responsive to the marker position. During a first time period, users manipulate the markers. After the first time period, a perturbation stimulus is displayed. During a second time period, users again manipulate the markers. After the second time period, a final group forecast is calculated based on the data collected during the first and second time periods.
US11941238B2
A method for visualizing and managing entities and connections between entities based on a graphical user interface (GUI) node editor includes constructing an entity datablock, wherein the entity datablock is a data structure describing an entity and comprises entity descriptive information, an entity category, an entity name, entity relationships, and an entity identifier. The method includes establishing the entity relationships as bi-directional relationships, wherein the bi-directional relationships link two disparate entities. The method further includes representing the entity datablock as a node and the bi-directional relationships as lines connecting two nodes, wherein the node comprises at least one of the entity descriptive information, the entity category, or the entity name.
US11941235B2
The present disclosure generally relates to managing weather information. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing weather information are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for displaying daily weather information are described.
US11941234B1
A system and method for allowing a user to manage transactions in an online credit card application. The system includes a back-end server operating the online application and including a processor for processing data and information, a communications interface communicatively coupled to the processor, and a memory device storing data and executable code. When the code is executed, the processor can link one or more external bank accounts to the online application, provide a list of transactions that were made using the credit card, enable a user to select one or more of the transactions in the list to be paid independent of the other transactions, and enable the user to pay the selected transactions using the one or more external bank accounts.
US11941231B2
Systems and methods for interfacing augmented reality (AR) camera devices to Internet of Things (IoT) devices include pairing an AR camera device to an IoT device to establish which actions recognized by the AR camera device may control the IoT device, receiving an action identifier representing a gesture or position of a body part that has been recognized by the AR camera device, and sending a command to the IoT device paired with the AR camera device to perform a requested action in response to the action identifier received from the AR camera device. Context information relating to the action identifier from the AR camera may be used to modify the command sent to the IoT device. The AR camera device may be paired with an IoT device pointed at by the AR camera device, selected through a user interface of the AR camera device, or determined from context information.
US11941225B1
In one embodiment, a system includes a user interface generation system comprising one or more processors configured to generate a graphical user interface configured to be displayed via a display of a user computing device. The graphical user interface is configured to receive one or more inputs relating to a financial trade. The user interface generation system is also configured to transmit the graphical user interface to the user computing device. In addition, the graphical user interface includes executable code defining a plurality of components encapsulated within the graphical user interface. Each component includes one or more properties and one or more states. The one or more properties and the one or more states relate to the financial trade. The executable code of the graphical user interface is configured to receive the one or more inputs relating to the financial trade from the plurality of components, and to update and render the one or more properties and/or the one or more states of the plurality of components based at least in part on the one or more inputs.
US11941222B2
A channel graphical user interface (GUI) of a content sharing platform is provided for presentation to a channel owner. A request is received, via the channel GUI, to enable an online community option that (i) facilitates an online conversation between the channel owner and a subset of viewers of the channel of the channel owner on the content sharing platform, and (ii) allows the channel owner to control viewer responses that are permitted during the online conversation. In response to the request of the channel owner to enable the online community option, the online community option is associated with the channel in a data store, and the channel GUI is modified, the modified channel GUI presenting an online community GUI element representing the online community option. Upon a selection of the online community GUI element representing the online community option by the channel owner, a post creation GUI is provided to allow the channel owner to submit a post to initiate the online conversation between the subset of viewers and the channel owner. In response to a selection of the GUI element representing the online community option by a viewer of the channel in the channel GUI, providing the online community GUI comprising a title and/or a content of the post of the channel owner, and allowing the viewer of the channel to provide a permissible viewer response to the post of the channel owner.
US11941214B2
Touch sensor panels/screens can include metal mesh touch electrodes and routing in the active area. In some examples, the touch sensor panel/screen can include row electrodes and column electrodes disposed over the active area of the display. In some examples, the routing traces for the row electrodes and/or column electrodes can be disposed in a border region and some of the routing traces for the row electrodes and/or column electrodes can be disposed in the active area. In some examples, some row electrodes can be shaved down to create an offset from the edge of the active area to accommodate routing traces in the active area. In some examples, the row electrodes can be formed in a first metal mesh layer and some routing traces in the active area can be formed in a second metal mesh layer, different from the first metal mesh layer.
US11941208B2
An input device includes: a housing including a transparent base; a touch sensor installed on the transparent base; and a camera installed inside the housing to monitor an outside of the housing via the transparent base.
US11941207B2
Disclosed is a touch control method for a display. The method includes: after a reflection signal is received by means of a receiving component of a laser sensor, generating an image according to a laser signal and the reflection signal; acquiring gesture information of a user according to the image; and executing a control operation corresponding to the gesture information. Further disclosed are a terminal device and a computer-readable storage medium.
US11941201B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: at least one first touch line and at least one second touch line that are located in different layers; and a first dielectric layer located between the at least one first touch line and the at least one second touch line. The display panel has a first region and a second region, in the second region, one of the at least one first touch line is electrically connected to one of the at least one second touch line by passing the first dielectric layer. A thickness A of the first dielectric layer in the first region in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the display panel, and a thickness B of the first dielectric layer in the second region in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the display panel satisfy: A>B≥0.
US11941198B2
A first substrate including a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, the first surface being a detection surface for detecting unevenness of an object coming is contact or close, a second substrate facing the other surface of the first substrate, and a sensor unit provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and which detects the unevenness of a finger coming in contact with or close to the detection surface.
US11941191B2
Button functionalities for user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. Exemplary button functionalities are described for an electronic device with a display, a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, and/or a button. Different device features may be accessed, depending on whether the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button is activated, and further depending on whether the activation represents a single press, a double press, or an extended press on the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button.
US11941190B1
A full-area touch device includes a base plate of a support unit. Multiple resilient sheet sets are connected to the base plate. An adjusting unit is mounted to the supporting unit, and includes a limiting member and an adjusting member. The adjusting member is disposed under and abuts against the limiting member such that a top end of the limiting member is disposed above the base plate, and is movable to adjust a distance between the top end of the limiting member and the base plate. A touch control unit is mounted to the resilient sheet sets, includes a tact switch that is disposed above and aligned with the limiting member, and is downwardly movable relative to the supporting unit against a resilient force of the resilient sheet sets for contacting the limiting member.
US11941187B2
An electronic pen includes a signal generator, a power supply, and a resonance circuit. The signal generator is configured to generate a signal. The power supply is configured to supply power to the signal generator. The resonance circuit is configured to generate a current based on the signal and emit a magnetic field based on the current.
US11941186B2
Provided is an electronic pen including a rod-shaped core body having conductivity, a pen pressure transmitter which is connected to the core body and has conductivity and which, in operation, transmits a pen pressure applied to the core body to a pen pressure detector, and a signal transmitter which, in operation, generates a signal to be transmitted from the core body, in which the pen pressure transmitter includes a shock-absorbing mechanism which, in operation, when the pen pressure applied to the core body has a predetermined value or more, absorbs the pen pressure, and the signal from the signal transmitter, in operation, is supplied to the core body through the pen pressure transmitter and transmitted to an outside of the electronic pen through the core body.
US11941185B1
Systems and methods are described in which user reactions to one or more interactions initiated by a handheld device are a basis for controlling the broadcasting of serial content on a content delivery device such as a television or tablet. Interactions initiated on the handheld device may include visual, acoustic and/or haptic components based on the one or more contexts of concurrent (i.e., current or recently broadcast) or ensuing (i.e., not yet broadcast) content. User reactions may be determined based on device movements or orientations (sensed by a camera or inertial measurement unit), verbal replies (sensed by a microphone), and/or pushbutton indications. Based on user reactions and/or predetermined preferences, serial content may be replayed, paused, bypassed, played in slow-motion, or played in a so-called “fast forward” mode. Systems and methods may provide simple and intuitive methods to control serial content delivery that may be particularly well-suited for young children.
US11941182B2
A housing of an example of an electronic apparatus has a top surface and a bottom surface and has a flat shape. A power supply section having a flat shape is a power supply section, which is a housing case capable of accommodating a battery or is a battery, and the power supply section is provided at a position inside the housing that intersects with a reference plane perpendicular to the up-down direction. A first substrate is provided parallel to the reference plane on the top surface side relative to the power supply section. A second substrate is provided parallel to the reference plane on the bottom surface side relative to the power supply section. The electronic apparatus includes at least one of a vibrator and a speaker at a position that intersects with the reference plane.
US11941179B2
A system and method for displaying images of internal anatomy includes an image processing device configured to provide high resolution images of the surgical field from low resolution scans during the procedure. The image processing device digitally manipulates a previously-obtained high resolution baseline image to produce many representative images based on permutations of movement of the baseline image. During the procedure a representative image is selected having an acceptable degree of correlation to the new low resolution image. The selected representative image and the new image are merged to provide a higher resolution image of the surgical field. The image processing device is also configured to provide interactive movement of the displayed image based on movement of the imaging device, and to permit placement of annotations on the displayed image to facilitate communication between the radiology technician and the surgeon.
US11941176B1
Methods and systems used in calibrating the position and/or orientation of a wearable device configured to be worn on a wrist or forearm of a user, the method comprises sensing a plurality of neuromuscular signals from the user using a plurality of sensors arranged on the wearable device, and providing the plurality of neuromuscular signals and/or signals derived from the plurality of neuromuscular signals as inputs to one or more trained autocalibration models, determining based, at least in part, on the output of the one or more trained autocalibration models, a current position and/or orientation of the wearable device on the user, and generating a control signal based, at least in part, on the current position and/or orientation of the wearable device on the user and the plurality of neuromuscular signals.
US11941171B1
An eye gaze tracking method, apparatus and system are provided, which belong to the technical field of image processing. The eye gaze tracking method includes: capturing, by at least two cameras, frames of facial images when a viewer views display screen; segmenting a current frame of facial image with pre-trained eye detection model to obtain an image for left and right eyes; calculating a similarity between the current frame of facial image and each of previous N frames of facial images; if the similarity between the current frame of facial image and each of previous N frames of facial images is less than the preset threshold, detecting a position on display screen at which the eyes of the viewer gaze with pre-trained eye detection model. Embodiments of the present disclosure can improve accuracy and efficiency of eye gaze tracking.
US11941163B2
The technology disclosed relates to a method of realistic simulation of real world interactions as virtual interactions between a control object sensed acting in a three-dimensional (3D) sensory space and the virtual object in a virtual space that the control object interacts with. In particular, it relates to detecting free-form gestures of a control object in a three-dimensional (3D) sensory space and generating for display a 3D solid control object model for the control object during the free-form gestures, including sub-components of the control object and in response to detecting a free-form gesture of the control object in the 3D sensory space in virtual contact with the virtual object, depicting, in the generated display, the virtual contact and resulting motions of the virtual object by the 3D solid control object model.
US11941161B2
Data manipulation using remote augmented sensing is disclosed. Wireless connectivity is provided between a processor and a wireless transceiver. The wireless transceiver is embedded in an oral sensing interface. A tongue position sensor (TPS) is coupled to the wireless transceiver. The tongue position sensor is attached to the interface. An inertial measurement unit (IMU) is coupled to the wireless transceiver. The IMU is attached to a location along the interface. An interface-embedded preprocessor is further coupled between the wireless transceiver and the output from the TPS and the IMU. Data manipulation is enabled in the processor, based on the wireless connectivity and outputs from the TPS and the IMU. Other sensors are coupled, including a barometric sensor, an ambient condition sensor, a microphone, and a sound generating device. At least one additional inertial measurement unit is coupled to the wireless transceiver.
US11941132B2
Embodiments described herein provide a system and method for controlling access to electronic files by linking the files to a file access monitoring system, called the file access monitor in this application. The file access monitor then authorizes the use of the one or more files by performing one or more qualifying steps on the accessing computer system. The file access monitor may be a standalone program or an embedded logic within a closed system like an application, an operating system (O/S), an external device like a printer, a web browser or a web browsing application. Access to electronic files can include the exchange, modification, execution, printing, viewing, listening, copying and replication of these files to name a few. A given protected electronic file is transferred from a sending computer system to a receiving computer system for eventual access. The receiving computer may also become the accessing computer should a user on the receiving computer wish to access the transferred file. To access a given protected file one or more qualifying steps must be performed to grant access and to unlock the file. In some cases the qualifying step involves a specific activity called a system attribute identification process.
US11941131B1
An example method for execution on a system on a chip (SoC) having a plurality of subsystems includes receiving, by a storage controller from a subsystem of the plurality of subsystems, a command to fetch, from a local memory, task descriptor data comprising access parameters for accessing a storage device, the access parameters including a storage device address; obtaining, by an encryption engine of the SoC, the command to fetch the task descriptor data; determining, by the encryption engine based on an access rule, whether the subsystem has sufficient privilege to access the storage device address; in response to determining that the subsystem has sufficient privilege to access the storage device, encrypting, source data in the local memory according to an encryption key associated with the subsystem; and providing the encrypted source data to the storage controller for writing to the storage device at the storage device address.
US11941120B2
Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing Internet of Things (“IoT”) functionality, and, in particular embodiments, implementing added services for OBD2 connection for IoT-capable vehicles. In various embodiments, a portable device (when connected to an OBD2 DLC port of a vehicle) might monitor wireless communications between a vehicle computing system(s) and an external device(s), might monitor vehicle sensor data from vehicular sensors tracking operational conditions of the vehicle, and might monitor operator input sensor data from operator input sensors tracking input by a vehicle operator. The portable device (or a server) might analyze either the monitored wireless communications or a combination of the monitored vehicle sensor data and the monitored operator input sensor data, to determine whether vehicle operation has been compromised. If so, the portable device (or the server) might alert the operator of the vehicle via a user interface, and might initiate one or more remediation operations.
US11941119B2
Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to allow for the mitigation of ransomware. For example, the system can determine that an application begins to execute, determine that the application attempts to modify a file, determine a file type for the file, and create a security event if the application is not authorized to modify the file type. In another example, the system determines an entropy value between the file and the attempted modification of the file, and create a security event if the entropy value satisfies a threshold or determine a system entropy value that includes a rate at which other files on the system are being modified by the application, and create a security event if the system entropy value satisfies a threshold.
US11941112B2
Configuration discrepancies, such as server drift among different servers or malicious code installed on one or more servers, can be identified using system attribute information regarding processes, CPU usage, memory usage, etc. The system attribute information can be used to generate an image, which can be compared to other images to determine if a configuration discrepancy exists. Image recognition algorithms can be used to facilitate image comparison for different systems. By identifying configuration discrepancies, downtime and other issues can be mitigated and system performance can be improved.
US11941101B2
A fingerprint unlocking method and a terminal are provided. The method may be applied to a terminal having an in-screen fingerprint detection function. When the terminal is in a screen-locked state, the terminal determines whether an operation of a user meets a preset condition. If the operation of the user meets the preset condition, a fingerprint recognition identifier is displayed on a touch display screen of the terminal. A display area of the fingerprint recognition identifier is an area in which fingerprint recognition can be performed. The method resolves a problem that the user cannot perform fingerprint unlocking because the user cannot see a position of a fingerprint detector.
US11941100B2
An apparatus verifies hosted information associated with a user. The apparatus establishes, by the online host serving as a relying party system (RPS), a secure connection between the RPS and a user mobile-identification-credential device (UMD). The RPS sends a mobile identification credential (MIC) user information request to the UMD, via the secure connection, seeking release of MIC user information (official information). The RPS obtains from authorizing party system (APS) verification of the MIC user information received in response to the MIC user information request. The RPS stores the MIC user information as hosted information pertaining to the user. The RPS designates the hosted information as base truth information representing the user.
US11941098B2
An authentication device includes: a wearing position determination unit that determines a wearing position, the wearing position being a position at which a wearable article comprising a sensor is being worn on a body; and an authentication unit that performs authentication by using biometric information of the body, the biometric information being detected by the sensor at the wearing position.
US11941094B2
A screen unlocking method and apparatus, and a computer device and a storage medium. The method comprises: obtaining interactive information generated when a user performs a predetermined operation; dynamically updating the generated interactive information to a pre-built interactive information database; upon receiving a screen unlocking request, invoking first interactive information in the database according to a first predetermined mode; generating an unlock tag according to said first interactive information; generating, according to the unlock tag, multiple interference tags that are different from the unlock tag; and sending the unlock tag and the multiple interference tags to a terminal device for display, receiving a user's operation for triggering the unlock tag, and unlocking a screen.
US11941088B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing images using recurrent attention. One of the methods includes determining a location in the first image; extracting a glimpse from the first image using the location; generating a glimpse representation of the extracted glimpse; processing the glimpse representation using a recurrent neural network to update a current internal state of the recurrent neural network to generate a new internal state; processing the new internal state to select a location in a next image in the image sequence after the first image; and processing the new internal state to select an action from a predetermined set of possible actions.
US11941074B2
A query scheme is presented in which a query filter data structure is created and utilized to determine whether to obtain live query data from a storage server or aged data within an associated dataset. The number of queries to the storage server may be reduced and overall efficiency of the query system is increased. Another query scheme is presented to adjust the frequency of a dataset refresh based upon a user defined data age parameter indication that is contained a subsequent query and/or based upon whether a frequency of storage server queries is above a predetermined threshold. The propensity of obtaining query results from a dataset is increased while the propensity of queries to the storage server decreases, thereby increasing query system efficiency.
US11941072B1
A method and system that proactively generate alerts for updating a scraping script to avoid scraping script errors. A predetermined number of webpages targeted by the scraping script are randomly sampled. The scraping script is appended to each webpage in the sample. A structured list of text fragments across the webpages with the appended script is generated. At predetermined time intervals, a fresh set of webpages is sampled, the scraping script is appended to the webpages, and a new structured list is generated. If the new structured list and the previous structured list do not match, the webpages may have been changed and the scraping script may have to be updated. An alert is generated indicating that such update is required and may include a location of the mismatch. Therefore, scraping script errors are proactively detected and can be rectified before an actual error occurs and propagates.
US11941050B2
Systems and methods for segmenting surgical videos are disclosed. One example method includes receiving, by a processor of a computing device, surgical video, the surgical video comprising at least a sequence of video frames of a surgical procedure; in response to receiving an identification of a video frame, generating, by the processor, a bookmark based on the video frame; associating, by the processor, the bookmark with the video frame; and storing, by the processor, the bookmark in a non-transitory computer-readable medium.
US11941048B2
In one aspect, an example method to be performed by a computing device includes (a) receiving a request to use a camera of the computing device; (b) in response to receiving the request, (i) using a microphone of the computing device to capture audio content and (ii) using the camera of the computing device to capture an image; (c) identifying reference audio content that has at least a threshold extent of similarity with the captured audio content; and (d) outputting an indication of the identified reference audio content while displaying the captured image.
US11941029B2
A system includes a database that stores a database table and at least one processor configured to detect a trigger event that triggers extending of a current data partitioning definition defined for partitioning data stored in the database table, obtain a partition configuration to extend the current data partitioning definition, obtain the current data partitioning definition of the database table, generate a new data partitioning definition for the database table based on the current data partitioning definition and the partition configuration, and perform data partitioning for the database table based on the new data partitioning definition.
US11941026B2
Described herein is a system for syncing asynchronously received sequential data from disparate sources. In an embodiment, a central system may receive data transmissions from disparate sources. Each data transmission includes a timestamp and an identifier of the disparate source. The central system may sort the data from the data transmissions of disparate sources in chronological order based on the timestamps. The central system may group the data based on the identifier of the disparate source and normalize the data of the data transmissions to be in a specified format. The central system may store the normalized data of the data transmission in a data storage facility based on the identifier of the disparate source and the sorted order of the data.
US11941019B2
A computer-implemented method comprising receiving, from a user computer at a server computer, a configuration file specifying one or more data source identifiers of source database tables in a target database system, one or more data sink identifiers of sink database tables in the target database system, and two or more data transformations; the server computer initiating execution of a data transformation framework by loading one or more configuration parameters of the configuration file into main memory of the server computer to define a workflow; creating and storing a configuration table based on the configuration file, the configuration table comprising a plurality of dynamic queries, a plurality of identifiers of transformation functions, and names of the one or more data transformations; in the configuration table, for each of the transformations, creating a plurality of dynamic common table expression queries, each of the dynamic common table expression queries being associated with a particular transformation function matching one of the identifiers of the transformation functions; based on the configuration table, serially executing the dynamic common table expression queries to serially execute the one or more data transformations of the source database tables to the sink database tables.
US11941018B2
Techniques for generated regular expressions are disclosed. In some embodiments, a regular expression generator may receive input data comprising one or more character sequences. The regular expression generator may convert character sequences into a sets of regular expression codes and/or span data structures. The regular expression generator may identify a longest common subsequence shared by the sets of regular expression codes and/or spans, and may generate a regular expression based upon the longest common subsequence. A negative example may be used to generate the regular expression. Context from the negative example may be determined in order to generate the regular expression.
US11941016B2
Using specified performance attributes to configure machine learning pipepline stages for an ETL job
Specified performance attributes may be used to configure machine learning transformations for ETL jobs. Performance attributes for a machine learning pipeline that applies a model to as part of a transformation for an ETL job may be used to configure a parameter in a stage of the machine learning pipeline. The configured stage may then be used when training the model. The trained machine learning pipeline may then be applied as part of a transformation operation included in an ETL job performed by the ETL system.
US11941015B2
An example computing system may operate on episodes stored in an episodic memory using a semantic query language. The semantic query language may associate contextual labels with the data ingested from the data sources. Systems described herein may determine probabilities of an event based on the episodes including previous observations, counts, similarities, anomalies, and causality among many other techniques and methodologies. In some examples, the systems described herein may provide result explanations by providing references to source data pertinent to a given result. The user may provide feedback to the query results and update the semantic query.
US11941004B1
Disclosed are systems, devices, methods, and computer-readable media for performing various actions for bringing data stores into compliance with a policy. The actions include generating a global scan index (“scan index”) for SAS® software and using the scan index to handle data management operations. Unlike traditional B-tree indices that consume a larger quantity of resources to parse through data, the scan indices may include a table of three columns. A first column may include an indication of a search value, a second column may include an indication of what table(s) in the data store(s) include the requested value, and a third column may include an indication of the row number for the tables in column two in which the value resides. The actions further include batching requests to perform a data management operation on data of a certain category by employing the scan index.
US11941000B2
An embodiment includes processing a dataset to generate a set of feature vectors that include a first feature vector corresponding to a first concept within a user's areas of interest and a second feature vector corresponding to a second concept within the user's areas of study. The embodiment identifies clusters of the feature vectors and identifies key features that most contribute to influencing the clustering algorithm. The embodiment selects the first feature vector in response to a user query, and then selects the second feature vector based on an overlap between key features of the first and second feature vectors and a degree of dissimilarity between the first and second concepts. The embodiment outputs a query response that includes the second concept. The embodiment also determines an effectiveness value based on sensor data indicative of a user action responsive to the outputting of the response to the query.
US11940995B1
The subject technology determines a derived encryption key using a cryptographic hash function applied to a hybrid tenant master encryption key and a local random generated identifier. The subject technology encrypts a record value and a key value associated with a transaction using the derived encryption key. The subject technology determines a non-leaf node using a tenant prefix of a tenant. The subject technology inserts the encrypted record value at a leaf node below a non-leaf node of a tree structure associated with the tenant. The subject technology receives a second transaction for performing a read operation on a distributed database. The subject technology retrieves a set of encryption keys based at least in part on an account and the tenant. The subject technology decrypts, using the set of encryption keys, data from the distributed database. The subject technology provides the decrypted data as a result of the second transaction.
US11940992B2
A model file management method includes that a terminal device receives a storage address of a target model file package from a server and the terminal device obtains the target model file package based on the storage address of the target model file package, where the target model file package is based on a parameter of a model file package locally stored in the terminal device and a parameter of a model file package managed by the server. In an artificial intelligence (AI) field, an application may implement a specific function by using an AI model file. An application is decoupled from an AI model file such that the terminal device performs centralized management on a general model file.
US11940991B2
An indication to remove one or more data in a time series database is received. A metadata index associated with the time series database is updated to indicate a soft removal of each data of the one or more data. A data hole index associated with the time series database is updated to indicate a data hole at a location of each data of the one or more data in the time series database. Responsive to an input/output rate for the time series database being below a threshold, the data hole of each data of the one or more data is optimized.
US11940982B2
A system and a method for locating application-specific data that has been previously deleted and located in an address of the data storage device marked as being available for storing new data. The method includes accessing unidentified data from at least one data storage device; examining the unidentified data to detect at least one application-specific data pattern associated with at least one application; for each detected application-specific data pattern, executing an application-specific validation process to determine whether the unidentified data includes valid data associated with a corresponding application; and if it is determined that the unidentified data includes valid data associated with the corresponding application, then recovering the valid data.
US11940981B2
A method for enabling a user to define a Life Based VR experience to align with the user's life. The user and partners provide custom information and settings about the user's life state which allows the user to integrate information to the Life Based VR experience. The partners may use the user's information to integrate its information, which is then interacted with in a Life Based VR experience by a user, according to various custom VR parameters. The partners may also use the user's interactions with the Life Based VR experience to assess behavior as compared to the user's life state, and the users may assess the partner's accuracy of information delivery when compared to the user's life state. The method also enables the user and partner to interact in a marketplace to procure the information relating to the user's life, user ratings, and partner ratings.
US11940975B2
A computer-implemented method that includes receiving an ingestion request to ingest data to a database comprising physical shards and detecting that the ingestion request is directed to a first hotspot shard. The first hotspot shard has a contention level over a threshold value. The method also detects context characteristics within the data and generates a first virtual shard based on a first virtual shard key selected from the detected context characteristics. The first virtual shard virtually duplicates at least a portion of the first hotspot shard. The method also includes ingesting the data to the first virtual shard.
US11940973B1
Disclosed herein is a method of limiting concurrent updates in a database, comprising adapting each of plurality of computing devices executing one or more applications capable of updating data in one or more databases accessible by a plurality of applications to execute a DB update limiter. The DP update limiter is configured for each update access of the one or more applications to the database(s), identify a DB segment identifier of a destination segment of the database targeted by the respective update access, check an access counter associated with the identified DB segment identifier which is indicative of a number of update accesses currently in progress to the destination segment, enable the respective update access responsive to determining that the access counter is smaller than a certain threshold, and prevent the respective update access responsive to determining that the access counter equals the certain threshold.
US11940972B2
Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are disclosed for utilizing partition-based locking mechanisms to improve execution of overlapping data definition language (DDL) and data manipulation language (DML) operations on a partitioned database table. A first node receives a DML statement associated with a first transaction. The first node acquires a intent exclusive lock on table metadata. A second node receives a DDL statement associated with a second transaction and acquires an exclusive metadata lock on the partitioned table metadata. Next, an intent exclusive lock is acquired for the relevant partition table data on the second node and an exclusive lock on table metadata on the second node. The second transaction waits for the DML operation of the first transaction to complete. Then the first transaction is committed. Finally exclusive locks are acquired on table data and metadata and the second transaction is executed and committed.
US11940968B2
Systems and methods are provided to structure event description data.
US11940962B2
A method for creating a database for a domain specific application includes providing a centralized data repository comprising data from different sources, identifying a set of data units of the repository that represent a specific domain, determining a pivotal entity type for an application, determining a mapping between different identifiers of the pivotal entity type, creating a reference set by selecting a first subset of the set of data units using the mapping, wherein the first subset represents the pivotal entity type, selecting, based at least in part on the mapping, a second subset of the set of data units, wherein the second subset represents non-pivotal entity types which are related to instances of the pivotal entity type in the reference set; and creating a database from data units and associated attributes selected from the reference set of data units and the second subset of data units.
US11940955B2
A computer implemented system and method for automated estimation of relationships among a plurality of data elements. The approach includes processing elements of one or more data sets to establish linkage relations among the data records, and then extending the linkage relations based on one or more equivalence relations, stored as linkage data structures. The generated data structures are used for computationally simplifying the data sets by consolidating data records or removing redundancies, such as duplicates, and may be used to yield a compressed data representation or data structure.
US11940947B2
In various examples, a VPU and associated components may be optimized to improve VPU performance and throughput. For example, the VPU may include a min/max collector, automatic store predication functionality, a SIMD data path organization that allows for inter-lane sharing, a transposed load/store with stride parameter functionality, a load with permute and zero insertion functionality, hardware, logic, and memory layout functionality to allow for two point and two by two point lookups, and per memory bank load caching capabilities. In addition, decoupled accelerators may be used to offload VPU processing tasks to increase throughput and performance, and a hardware sequencer may be included in a DMA system to reduce programming complexity of the VPU and the DMA system. The DMA and VPU may execute a VPU configuration mode that allows the VPU and DMA to operate without a processing controller for performing dynamic region based data movement operations.
US11940946B2
A vector reduction circuit configured to reduce an input vector of elements comprises a plurality of cells, wherein each of the plurality of cells other than a designated first cell that receives a designated first element of the input vector is configured to receive a particular element of the input vector, receive, from another of the one or more cells, a temporary reduction element, perform a reduction operation using the particular element and the temporary reduction element, and provide, as a new temporary reduction element, a result of performing the reduction operation using the particular element and the temporary reduction element. The vector reduction circuit also comprises an output circuit configured to provide, for output as a reduction of the input vector, a new temporary reduction element corresponding to a result of performing the reduction operation using a last element of the input vector.
US11940944B2
A computer platform is disclosed. The computer platform comprises a non-volatile memory to store fuse override data; and a system on chip (SOC), coupled to the non-volatile memory, including a fuse memory to store fuse data and security micro-controller to receive the fuse override data and perform a fuse override to overwrite the fuse data stored in the fuse memory with the fuse override data.
US11940941B2
A PCIe switch working mode updating method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium, which are applied to a controller. The PCIe switch working mode updating method includes: determining a required switch firmware version of a system according to system configuration information; determining the current switch firmware version according to the current port definition state of a PCIe switch; determining, according to the required switch firmware version and the current switch firmware version, whether a switch port reallocation operation needs to be executed; and under the condition that the switch port reallocation operation needs to be executed, sending, to the PCIe switch, a data file corresponding to the required switch firmware version, so that the PCIe switch updates a working mode according to the data file.
US11940933B2
A computing system includes at least one peripheral bus, a peripheral device connected to the at least one peripheral bus, at least one memory, and first and second system components. The first system component is (i) associated with a first address space in the at least one memory and (ii) connected to the peripheral device via the at least one peripheral bus. The second system component is (i) associated with a second address space in the at least one memory and (ii) connected to the peripheral device via the at least one peripheral bus. The first system component is arranged to cause the peripheral device to access the second address space that is associated with the second system component.
US11940931B2
A turnstile OS primitive is provided that enables support for owner tracking and waiting. The turnstile primitive enables a common framework that can be adopted across multiple different types of synchronization primitives to provide a common service for priority boosting and wait queuing. A turnstile can also provide a mechanism to enable a turnstile to block on another turnstile, allowing multi-hop priority boosting within a chain of multiple blocking turnstiles.
US11940929B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to reduce read-modify-write cycles for non-aligned writes. An example apparatus includes a memory that includes a plurality of memory banks, an interface configured to be coupled to a central processing unit, the interface to obtain a write operation from the central processing unit, wherein the write operation is to write a subset of the plurality of memory banks, and bank processing logic coupled to the interface and to the memory, the bank processing logic to determine the subset of the plurality of memory banks to write based on the write operation, and determine whether to cause a read operation to be performed in response to the write operation based on whether a number of addresses in the subset of the plurality of memory banks to write satisfies a threshold.
US11940902B2
The invention discloses a code testing method. The method includes the following steps of: acquiring a code set to be tested; loading the code set to a corresponding operating chip, and executing the code set by using the operating chip; judging whether a target code subset which is not successfully executed exists in the code set; and if yes, performing an audit testing operation on the code set. The code testing method provided by the invention is simple and feasible to apply, which improves a testing reliability and reduces a testing cost. The invention also discloses a code testing apparatus and device, and a storage medium, which have corresponding technical effects.
US11940896B2
Erroneous ignitions of a process of a device caused by characteristics of speeches/behaviors of a user are efficiently prevented. Provided is an information processing device having: a notification control unit configured to notify a user of information about a candidate speech/behavior estimated to be suitable as a trigger for executing a predetermined process among a plurality of speeches/behaviors extractable from a behavior log of the user, wherein the notification control unit further notifies the user of an inquiry whether or not execution of the candidate speech/behavior estimated from the behavior log is to be applied as the trigger, and the candidate speech/behavior is estimated based on a number of times by which the speech/behavior is extracted from the behavior log.
US11940894B2
A computer system includes processor hardware configured to execute instructions from memory hardware. The instructions include training first and second machine learning models with the measured historical performance metrics to generate a component health status output and a component health score output, respectively, and generating a plurality of elements for display in a multi-level application monitoring interface. The measured historical performance metrics include at least one of a component response time, a component volume, a component memory utilization, and a component processor utilization. The instructions include obtaining measured performance metrics of an application infrastructure component, processing the measured performance metrics with the first machine learning model to produce the component health status output for the component, processing the measured performance metrics with the second machine learning model to produce the component health score output for the first component, and generating an output to transform a display visible to an operator.
US11940887B2
Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for performing cache program operations in a non-volatile storage system. A method may comprise issuing a first cache program operation from a storage controller to a non-volatile storage device to write data to a first regular block, writing the data to the first regular block and a copy of the data to a backup block, determining that a program error has occurred while writing the data to the first regular block, asserting the program error to the storage controller, retrieving a mapping between the first regular block and the backup block, issuing a read operation to read the copy of the data from the backup block, reading the copy of the data from the backup block and issuing a second cache program operation to write the data to a second regular block and marking the first regular block as defective.
US11940884B2
A portable, self-contained data mover container with all required packages for data management, and which can be hosted on a physical host, VM, cloud or appliance, such as a storage array. The data mover container protects multiple workloads such as NAS, native OS filesystem, applications, and so on. An automated process spins up and tears down containers without any impact on the host. If a container fails to run on a host if desired resources are not available, it automatically runs on other hosts for same data set. Minimal user intervention to achieve scale and performance is required, as the system automatically computes the desired number of containers required depending upon dataset and available resources. Containers can be patched and upgraded independently on a host without making any change to the hosting environment.
US11940878B2
Methods and systems for restoring data are described. According to some embodiments, the method, in response to receiving a first restore request, initiates a second restore request to a hybrid data buffer to route blocks of backup data to the hybrid data buffer. The method further invokes an interrupt service routine (ISR) that is initialized with reserved addresses. When the blocks of backup data are transmitted to the hybrid data buffer, the method further tags, by the ISR, the blocks of backup data to a specified location, where the specified location is one of the reserved addresses.
US11940872B2
A memory device comprising a memory array including memory cells to store memory data, error correcting code (ECC) circuitry configured to generate ECC data and use the ECC data to detect errors in the memory data, and an ECC circuitry checker. The ECC circuitry checker is configured to substitute the ECC data with check ECC data, compare an output of the ECC circuitry to an expected output when the substituted check ECC data is applied to the ECC circuitry, and generate an alert when the comparing indicates an error in the ECC circuitry.
US11940870B2
A method and a device for automatically detecting potential failures in mobile applications implemented on an operating system for mobile devices, a mobile application being executable on the operating system installed on a hosting device by executing code instructions stored in an associated executable file. Provided an executable file associated to a mobile application, the device implements a module for decompiling the executable file to obtain at least one descriptive file of the mobile application containing descriptive code formatted with a markup language, a module for providing a plurality of predetermined string patterns related to potential failures, and a module for searching for the presence of at least one of the string patterns in the at least one descriptive file, and in case of presence, outputting an indication of presence of a potential failure associated to the detected string pattern.
US11940869B2
A safety module having a plurality of microcontrollers receives an analog input and determines a value of the analog input. The microcontrollers each determine a respective ternary state of the device by identifying, from three candidate ranges of values, a range of values in which the value falls, wherein at least two of the plurality of microcontrollers uses different candidate ranges of values, determining, based on the identified range, a ternary state corresponding to the range, and assigning the determined ternary state as the respective ternary state. The safety module determines whether the ternary states from the two microcontrollers map to a fault state, and, where they do, cause a command a command to be output to the device to enter a safe state.
US11940862B2
A storage controller communicates with an external device including a submission queue and a completion queue. An operation method of the storage controller includes receiving a notification associated with a command from the external device, based on a first clock, fetching the command from the submission queue, based on a second clock, performing an operation corresponding to the fetched command, based on a third clock, writing completion information to the completion queue, based on a fourth clock, and transmitting an interrupt signal to the external device, based on a fifth clock. Each of the first clock to the fifth clock is selectively activated depending on each operation phase.
US11940860B2
Systems and methods for managing a power budget are provided. The method includes designating, by a power budget manager implemented on at least one processor, each of one or more applications with an individual quality of service (QoS) designation, the one or more applications executable by the at least one processor, assigning, by the power budget manager, a throttling priority to each of the one or more applications based on the individual QoS designations, determining, by the power budget manager, whether a platform mitigation threshold is exceeded, and responsive to determining that the platform mitigation threshold is exceeded, throttling, by the power budget manager, processing power allocated to at least one application of the one or more applications based on the throttling prioritization.
US11940851B2
In one embodiment, a hinge apparatus includes two curved rack apparatuses, each curved rack apparatus defining an arcuate surface and an arcuate set of gear teeth concentric with the arcuate surface, where the radius of curvature of the arcuate set of gear teeth being non-uniform. The hinge apparatus further includes a gear assembly that includes a first gear, a second gear, a third gear coupling the first and second gears, a fourth gear coupling the first gear and the arcuate set of gear teeth of the first curved rack apparatus, and a fifth gear coupling the second gear and the arcuate set of gear teeth of the second curved rack apparatus.
US11940849B2
A display device includes a display module, a module support disposed below the display module, and a housing which receives the display module and the module support. The module support includes: a support layer disposed below the display module, and a plurality of support bars disposed in the support layer and having a modulus greater than a modulus of the support layer.
US11940848B2
An electronic device display may have pixels formed from crystalline semiconductor light-emitting diode dies, organic light-emitting diodes, or other pixel structures. The pixels may be formed on a display panel substrate. A display panel may extend continuously across the display or multiple display panels may be tiled in two dimensions to cover a larger display area. Interconnect substrates may have outwardly facing contacts that are electrically shorted to corresponding inwardly facing contacts such as inwardly facing metal pillars associated with the display panels. The interconnect substrates may be supported by glass layers. Integrated circuits may be embedded in the display panels and/or in the interconnect substrates. A display may have an active area with pixels that includes non-spline pixels in a non-spline display portion located above a straight edge of the display and spline pixel in a spline display portion located above a curved edge of the display.
US11940846B2
A display device includes a display panel including a rear surface and a front surface, where the front surface is provided with a display surface and including a folding axis extending in a first direction, a first barrier member disposed on the rear surface of the display panel and having a modulus of about 1 GPa to about 300 GPa, a first coupling member disposed on a rear surface of the first barrier member, and a metal plate disposed on a rear surface of the first coupling member and including a first plate portion and a second plate portion which are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction and a connection portion connecting the first plate portion and the second plate portion, where the first coupling member does not overlap the connection portion in a plan view.
US11940845B2
A display device includes a display panel which includes a display area and a non-display area, a plurality of signal wirings arranged in the display area, a plurality of fanout wirings arranged in the non-display area and electrically connected to the signal wirings, and a plurality of connecting wirings connecting the signal wirings to the fanout wirings, where some of the plurality of fanout wirings intersect and are overlapped with each other in a plan view.
US11940843B2
A display device includes a display unit and a roller configured to wind or unwind the display unit, and comprising a flat portion, a first curved portion extending from the flat portion, and a second curved portion extending from the first curved portion toward the flat portion, in which a radius of curvature of the first curved portion is larger than a radius of curvature of the second curved portion, and a radius of curvature of the display unit wound around the second curved portion is larger than the radius of curvature of the second curved portion, thus the second curved portion is formed to support the display unit so that the display unit is not curved with a small radius of curvature between the first curved portion and the flat portion.
US11940841B2
A flexible display of a flexible display device can be divided and have removable sections for use as one or more wearable devices. The flexible display can be divided into a plurality of portions. The plurality of portions are divided along a plurality of dividing lines each having a locking mechanism, respectively. A power supply is electrically connected to the locking mechanisms to activate and deactivate the locking mechanisms. A portion of the plurality of portions border corresponding locking mechanisms along corresponding dividing lines of the plurality of dividing lines. The portion is selectable for decoupling and removal, in response to deactivation of the corresponding locking mechanisms for the portion of the flexible display.
US11940829B2
A voltage regulator and method. The voltage regulator includes a first amplifier having: a first input couplable to a reference voltage; a second input coupled to a feedback path; a current mirror; first and second branches coupled to an input and output of the current mirror. A node of the second branch forms an output of the first amplifier. The voltage regulator includes a second amplifier comprising a transistor having: a first terminal couplable to a supply voltage; a gate coupled to the output of the first amplifier; and a second terminal coupled to an output of the voltage regulator. The feedback path is coupled to the output of the voltage regulator. The voltage regulator includes a compensation network having at least one passive component to reduce variations in an output current of the voltage regulator caused by the parasitic capacitance of the transistor and variations in the supply voltage.
US11940828B2
A voltage tracking circuit is provided. The voltage tracking circuit includes first and second P-type transistors and a control circuit. The drain of the first P-type transistor is coupled to a first voltage terminal. The gate and the drain of the second P-type transistor are respectively coupled to the first voltage terminal and a second voltage terminal. The control circuit is coupled to the first and second voltage terminals and generates a control voltage according to the first voltage and the second voltage. The sources of the first and second P-type transistors are coupled to an output terminal of the voltage tracking circuit, and the output voltage is generated at the output terminal. In response to the second voltage being higher than the first voltage, the control circuit generates the control signal to turn off the first P-type transistor.
US11940812B2
A method for a zone passage control system for an underground worksite having a plurality of operation zones for autonomously operating mobile vehicle operations includes the steps of associating a first passage control unit with a first zone and a second zone, detecting state parameter information of the first zone and the second zone, merging the first zone and the second zone into a fusion zone on the basis of the state parameter information of the first zone and the second zone, and adapting the zone passage control system to allow a first autonomously operating mobile vehicle to pass the first passage control unit in the fusion zone without interrupting operation of a second autonomously operating mobile vehicle in the first zone and/or the second zone.
US11940809B2
A movement control method, an electronic device, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first polygonal grid map corresponding to a target work region, determining an avoidance subregion non-traversable for the autonomous mobile mowing apparatus in the target work region according to three-dimensional information of each of polygonal planes in a first polygonal grid map and parameters of an autonomous mobile mowing apparatus; deleting a polygonal plane corresponding to the avoidance subregion from the first polygonal grid map to obtain a second polygonal grid map; and controlling the autonomous mobile mowing apparatus to move according to a second polygonal grid map. Based on the method, the region non-traversable for the autonomous mobile mowing apparatus can be avoided, thereby avoiding a danger caused by an abnormal handling behavior triggered by the autonomous mobile mowing apparatus, and improving safety of movement of the autonomous mobile mowing apparatus.
US11940805B2
Systems and methods for enhancing task performance and computer readable maps produced by robots using modular sensors is disclosed herein. According to at least one non-limiting exemplary embodiment, robots may perform a first set of tasks, wherein coupling one or more modular sensors to the robots may configure a robot to perform a second set of tasks, the second set of tasks includes the first set of tasks and at least one additional task.
US11940794B2
A vehicle video control apparatus includes a support control unit configured to control left and right support parts so that they can be positioned at first positions and at second positions, the left and right support parts being configured to support left and right image-pickup apparatuses disposed on left and right sides of a vehicle, the first positions being positions at which the left and right image-pickup apparatuses face in directions to the left-rear and right-rear of the vehicle, and the second positions being positions at which the left and right image-pickup apparatuses face in directions to the left/right of the vehicle, a display control unit configured to display video images taken by the left and right image-pickup apparatuses on a monitor, the monitor being configured so that a driver of the vehicle can see the monitor.
US11940788B1
A system and method includes a wireless receiver and/or receiver-transceiver integrated into one of a powertrain electrical system, ECU, MCU, and vehicle speed output sensors of the high-performance vehicle, a speed command control device integrated into the wireless receiver and/or receiver-transceiver to automatically turn ON at a predetermined vehicle speed, and a transmitter and/or transmitter-transceiver operable by law enforcement to transmit RF messaging packets to the wireless receiver and/or receiver-transceiver when the speed command control device is activated by the transmitter and/or transmitter-transceiver to reduce the speed of the high-performance vehicle. The method may implement Vehicle Speed Ship Mode (VSSM) with the same, similar, or different RF receiver and/or receiver-transceiver by turning ON the speed bit indefinitely by use of custom factory software and or factory tool.
US11940783B2
A computing system for building a virtual factory includes database and a virtual factory building module. The database stores modeling data. The virtual factory building module builds the virtual factory in which a progress situation of a work performed from a first portion to a second portion is displayed, based on the modeling data and a time difference between an output time of a first signal and an output time of a second signal, which is calculated based on the first signal output when a product is at a first portion on one or more facilities monitored from a first location present in an outside of the one or more facilities used in a real factory and the second signal output when the product is at a second portion on the one or more facilities monitored from a second location present in the outside of the one or more facilities. The first location is spaced from the second location, and the first portion is spaced from the second portion.
US11940776B2
A system is provided that predicts motor wear and failures before they occur. Telemetry data from motors in a motor application is collected and predictive algorithms are used to determine when a motor is aging and when it may fail. Identifying a potential failure in these types of applications can help mitigate risk of other equipment failures and realize cost savings. In one example, a motor aging detection system is provided that includes one or more DC motors, and a motor controller coupled to each motor. The motor controller reads three phase currents from each motor and converts the phase currents to digital values, calculates telemetry data including applied voltages, back electric-motive force, inductance, and resistance of each motor at periodic intervals, stores this telemetry data for each motor in a memory. An age detection circuit retrieves this information from the memory and determines age factors of the motor.
US11940770B2
Described are platforms, systems, and methods to automatically discover, extract, map, merge, and enrich data found in on-premises in automated industrial and commercial environments and cloud systems for purposes of providing developers access to normalized, merged, and enriched data through an API. The platforms, systems, and methods identify a plurality of data sources associated with an automation environment; retrieve data from at least one of the identified data sources; apply a first algorithm to map the retrieved data to a predetermined ontology; merge the mapped data into a data store comprising timeseries of the mapped data; apply a second algorithm to identify patterns in the merged data and enriching the data based on one or more identified patterns; and provide one or more APIs or one or more real-time streams to provide access to the enriched data.
US11940768B2
A multi-function cooking apparatus control system and control method for improving the reproducibility of cooking results of a multi-function cooking apparatus includes a recipe program interface component to access a plurality of recipe programs. Predefined operating conditions include an operating parameter setting for a technical capability parameter of the cooking apparatus. An operating parameter interface component receives actual operating parameter values reflecting actual operating conditions of the cooking apparatus. If an actual technical capability parameter deviates from the predefined operating conditions and indicates a non-compensable deficiency of a technical capability of the cooking apparatus, instructions are sent to the cooking apparatus to prevent or stop automatic execution of the particular recipe program. If the actual technical capability parameter deviates from the predefined operating conditions and indicates a compensable deficiency of the technical capability of the cooking apparatus, compensation instructions are determined for the cooking apparatus according to predefined compensation rules.
US11940767B2
Systems and methods of operating a collaborative building network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of operating a building management system includes acquiring, by a first computing system, data using one or more sensors of a first building of a first entity, providing, by the first computing system, a set of sharing rules for the acquired data, determining, by the first computing system by applying the set of sharing rules, whether to share the acquired data with a second computing system associated with a second building of a second entity, and providing, by the first computing system, the acquired data to the second computing system responsive to the determination.
US11940764B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first plate comprising an inner surface defining a part of a space inside the housing and an outer surface forming a part of the exterior of the housing, and a side member formed integrally with the edge of the inner surface and formed substantially perpendicular to the inner surface so as to form a recess together with the inner surface, the side member comprising an opening; a speaker structure arranged adjacent to the opening inside the recess, the speaker structure comprising a first surface comprising a speaker vibration plate facing the opening, and a second surface facing away from the first surface; an engaging member mounted substantially perpendicularly to the inner surface so as to fix the speaker structure to the housing; and a fixing member fixed to the housing so as to contact at least a part of the second surface and arranged so as to pressurize the second surface. The electronic device described above may be varied according to embodiments.
US11940762B2
The invention is a device that attaches to musical equipment/instruments or fitness equipment, that can automatically track and display the duration of time a user has used the equipment using novel multi-factor verification from multiple sensors. The device includes a piezo vibration sensor, an accelerometer/gyroscope, a light sensor and IR sensor, a microprocessor, a battery for power, non-volatile memory, a mounting system, an inbuilt display, an antenna with means of wireless communication, and at least one button. The device functions via a multi-level verification process to ensure correct usage has been detected. The sensors to detect use are a piezo vibration sensor, accelerometer/gyroscope and a light sensor. In addition, the device also allows a user to select and create configurations to detect use of a variety of different objects. This could involve changing different sensor priorities, changing sensors sensitivity or disabling sensors.
US11940761B2
A manufacturing method includes a first repeating step of irradiating a base material with a pulse laser, having a spot diameter S, while relatively moving a laser head and the base material in a first direction, moving the laser head by a predetermined pitch width P in a second direction that intersects the first direction, and repeating irradiation by the pulse laser along the first direction and movement of the laser head in the second direction, and a second repeating step of irradiating the base material with the pulse laser while relatively moving the laser head and the base material in the second direction, moving the laser head by the pitch width in the first direction, and repeating irradiation by the pulse laser along the second direction and movement of the laser head in the first direction, wherein S
US11940760B2
A moon phase display mechanism driven by a horological movement, this moon phase display mechanism including a transparent support provided with an upper face and a lower face which extends at a distance from the upper face, a representation of the Moon being transferred, for example by printing or by engraving, to one of the upper or lower faces of this transparent support, a substrate being disposed under the transparent support, at a distance therefrom, the moon phase display mechanism also including a shutter which is driven by drive means moved by the horological movement and which is arranged so as to displace between the transparent support and the substrate, the shutter and the substrate having display contrasts which are inverted relative to each other.
US11940759B2
A projector arranged to project an image within a display area on a display plane. The image comprises a light feature. A light sensor is spatially separated from the display plane. In an aligned state, light forming the light feature of the image on the display plane is at least partially disposed around the light sensor. In the aligned state, substantially no light forming the light feature impinges on the light sensor. The aligned state defines a selected alignment between the display area and the display plane (i.e. a selected position of the display area on the display plane).
US11940754B2
A container member includes a container body that contains a recording medium and that tilts with respect to a horizontal direction such that a leading edge of the contained recording medium is higher than a trailing edge, a trailing edge restriction portion that comes into contact with the trailing edge of the recording medium that is contained in the container body in a front-rear direction of the recording medium and that restricts a position of the trailing edge of the recording medium, and a restriction portion that restricts movement of the trailing edge in a thickness direction of the recording medium that is contained in the container body.
US11940746B2
An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance guide, a measurement unit, an opposing member, and a holding member. The conveyance guide has an opening and forms a conveyance path through which a sheet with an image formed on the sheet is conveyed. The measurement unit measures, through the opening, a color of the image on the sheet being conveyed through the conveyance path. The opposing member opposes the measurement unit at a measurement position of the measurement unit. The holding member holds the opposing member so that the opposing member is movable between a first position where the opposing member presses the sheet against the opening and a second position where the opposing member is separated from the opening as compared with the first position. The holding member includes an abutment portion that abuts against the conveyance guide in a state where the opposing member is at the first position.
US11940737B2
A method includes receiving a device design layout and a scribe line design layout surrounding the device design layout. The device design layout and the scribe line design layout are rotated in different directions. An optical proximity correction (OPC) process is performed on the rotated device design layout and the rotated scribe line design layout. A reticle includes the device design layout and the scribe line design layout is formed after performing the OPC process.
US11940733B2
Provided are a treatment device and a treatment method capable of easily reusing a used rinsing liquid, and reducing the amount of waste liquid. A treatment device has: a developing portion which is provided with a developing unit which performs development by removing a non-exposed portion of a flexographic printing plate precursor after imagewise exposure using a developer containing a washing solution; a rinsing portion which is provided with a rinsing liquid supply portion which supplies a rinsing liquid containing substantially only water as a component to at least a surface of the flexographic printing plate precursor after development, from which the non-exposed portion of the flexographic printing plate precursor has been removed; a developer storage portion which has a developer storage tank which stores the developer which is used for the development in the developing portion; a first liquid feeding path through which the developer after development is fed to the developer storage tank of the developer storage portion; and a second liquid feeding path different from the first liquid feeding path, through which the rinsing liquid supplied by the rinsing portion is fed to the developer storage tank of the developer storage portion, and the developing portion repeatedly uses the developer stored in the developer storage tank of the developer storage portion to perform the development.
US11940726B2
A lithography apparatus comprises a light source for emitting light; a mask mounting zone where a mask for reflecting the light is disposed; and a mask protective module disposed on the mask to transmit the light from the light source toward the mask. The mask protective module comprises a frame and a membrane supported by the frame, wherein the membrane includes a penetration region for transmitting the light and a peripheral region of which a light transmittance is lower than that of the penetration region.
US11940724B2
Provided herein are apparatus, systems and methods for processing reticle blanks. A reticle processing system includes a support assembly having a plate coupled to a frame, and a carrier base assembly supported on the support assembly. The carrier base assembly comprises a wall extending from a top surface of the carrier base and defining a containment region for a reticle.
US11940714B2
A quantum EIT-based optical switch includes a first waveguide, linear or nonlinear, a separate nonlinear waveguide evanescently coupled to the first waveguide, and a pump coupled to the nonlinear waveguide. A quantum STIRAP-based optical transduction device, which includes an auxiliary, intermediate spectral state for the quantum signal that aids efficient transduction of the quantum signal from the input spectral state to the output spectral state in a single device.
US11940712B2
The present disclosure provides an acousto-optic device comprising an acousto-optic layer, an electromagnetic radiation source, and an acoustic source. In an embodiment, the acousto-optic layer has a substantially planar shape defining an x-y plane and functions as an optical waveguide to optical waves and as an acoustic waveguide to acoustic waves propagating in the x-y plane. In an embodiment, the electromagnetic radiation source is optically coupled to the acousto-optic layer and configured to deliver electromagnetic radiation therein. In an embodiment, the acoustic source is acoustically coupled to the acousto-optic layer and configured to deliver acoustic energy therein and is configured to adjust a wavelength of the acoustic energy. In an embodiment, the electromagnetic radiation source and the acoustic energy source are positioned to provide an intersection between the electromagnetic radiation and the acoustic energy, which at least partially scatters light from the intersection out of the x-y plane.
US11940697B2
To improve viewing angle characteristics by varying voltage which is applied between liquid crystal elements. A liquid crystal display device in which one pixel is provided with three or more liquid crystal elements and the level of voltage which is applied is varied between the liquid crystal elements is varied. In order to vary the level of the voltage which is applied between the liquid crystal elements, an element which divides the applied voltage is provided. In order to vary the level of the applied voltage, a capacitor, a resistor, a transistor, or the like is used. Viewing angle characteristics can be improved by varying the level of the voltage which is applied between the liquid crystal elements.
US11940695B2
A manufacturing method of a light modulation panel, a light modulation panel and a light modulation device. The light modulation panel comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged in align with each other, a liquid crystal filled between the first substrate and the second substrate, and spacer structures located between the first substrate and the second substrate and configured to maintain a cell gap of the liquid crystal; wherein the spacer structures comprise a first post spacer and a second post spacer arranged in a cascaded manner, the first post spacer is arranged on a side of the first substrate close to the second substrate, the second post spacer is arranged on a side of the second substrate close to the first substrate.
US11940693B2
The present disclosure relates to a display device, and more particularly, a display device comprises: a plurality of light sources; a resin layer disposed to cover the plurality of light sources; and a display panel disposed on the resin layer and including a display area and a non-display area, wherein the resin layer comprises: a first region configured to overlap the display area; and a second region configured to overlap the non-display area, and wherein a plurality of fine holes are provided in at least a part of the second region. Therefore, the decomposed materials, which are produced by the decomposition of the backlight unit and the components around the backlight unit in a high-temperature, high-humidity environment, may be discharged through the fine holes.
US11940685B2
An antiglare transparent substrate includes a transparent substrate which includes a chemically strengthened glass and has a first main surface and a second main surface. The first main surface includes: a first smooth region having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.05 nm or more and 2 nm or less; and a first rough region having an arithmetic average roughness Ra larger than the arithmetic average roughness Ra of the first smooth region. The second main surface includes, in at least a part of a region facing the first smooth region, a second smooth region having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.05 nm or more and 2 nm or less.
US11940682B2
Embodiments described and discussed herein generally relate to flexible or foldable display devices, and more specifically to flexible cover lens assemblies. In one or more embodiments, a flexible cover lens assembly contains a glass layer, an adhesion promotion layer on the glass layer, an anti-reflectance layer disposed on the adhesion promotion layer, a dry hardcoat layer having a nano-indentation hardness in a range from about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa and disposed on the anti-reflectance layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hardcoat layer.
US11940681B2
A display device includes a front plate, a display panel disposed on a back surface side of the front plate, a backlight disposed on a back surface side of the display panel, a housing that accommodates the backlight, a support member disposed on the back surface side of the front plate and outside the housing, the support member supporting the front plate, and a clamping member clamping an outer edge of the front plate and an outer edge of the support member.
US11940678B2
An optical modulator includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer over the substrate, a rib waveguide including a PN junction on the first dielectric, a second dielectric layer over the rib waveguide and a stressor layer including a metal, where the first or the second dielectric is between the stressor layer and the PN junction.
US11940672B2
A one-piece eyeglass temple arm attachment that provides for straightening (i.e., leveling) of eyeglasses relative to a wearer's eyes. The invention relates to straightening eyeglasses relative to the eyeglass wearer's eyes necessitated by asymmetries of the wearer's ears relative to their eyes, or by other weight or height imbalances that create eyeglass crookedness relative to the wearer's eyes. The invention also provides the means for holding and/or shielding small devices or fashionwear. The invention is adjustable by the wearer, requires no tools, will not damage eyeglass frames (e.g., no heat or bending required), and is easily attached to or removed from an eyeglass temple arm. The invention can be manufactured from biocompatible polymers, and is washable, comfortable, and waterproof. The invention can be attached anywhere along an eyeglass temple arm in both conspicuous and inconspicuous locations.
US11940671B2
An eyeglass-shaped frame includes: a pair of temples; a connecting bar connecting ends of the pair of temples; a shaft hanging from a middle of the connecting bar; nose pads fixed to the shaft; a pair of holding frames holding vertically arranged optical members; a bridge connecting the pair of holding frames; and a slider allowing the holding frames to slide vertically in front of the connecting bar. The bridge is provided at a position lower than a center of the lower optical member of the holding frames. The holding frames are slidable for a distance at least corresponding to a distance between a center of an upper optical member and the center of the lower optical member.
US11940670B2
The present disclosure provides eyeglasses including an eyeglass rim; an eyeglass temple, the eyeglass temple comprising a control circuit or a battery; a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft being configured to connect the eyeglass rim and the eyeglass temple, so that the eyeglass rim and the eyeglass temple are relatively rotated around the rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft being disposed with a rotating shaft wiring channel along an axial direction; a connection wire, the connection wire passing through the rotating shaft wiring channel and extending to the eyeglass rim and the eyeglass temple, respectively; and a speaker, the speaker comprising an earphone core, and a core housing for accommodating the earphone core, the speaker being connected to the eyeglass temple.
US11940669B2
The present disclosure provides glasses including: a glasses rim; a glasses temple; a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft being configured to connect the glasses rim and the glasses temple, so that the glasses rim and the glasses temple are able to relatively rotate around the rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft being disposed with a rotating shaft wiring channel along an axial direction; a connection wire, the connection wire passing through the rotating shaft wiring channel and extending to the glasses rim and the glasses temple, respectively; and a speaker, the speaker comprising an earphone core, the speaker being connected to the glasses temple, the control circuit or the battery in the glasses temple driving the earphone core to vibrate to generate a sound through the connection wire.
US11940667B2
An optical photographing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has two surfaces being both aspheric. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein two surfaces thereof are aspheric. The fifth lens element has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, wherein two surfaces thereof are aspheric.
US11940662B2
The semiconductor structure includes a die, a dielectric layer surrounding the die, a photoelectric device disposed adjacent to the die and surrounded by the dielectric layer, a first opening extending through the redistribution layer and configured to receive a light-conducting member, and a metallic shield extending at least partially through the redistribution layer and surrounding the first opening. A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes receiving a die; forming a dielectric layer to surround the die; and disposing a photoelectric device surrounded by the dielectric layer; forming a redistribution layer over the die, the dielectric layer and the photoelectric device; and removing a portion of the redistribution layer to form a first opening over the photoelectric device. A metallic shield extending at least partially through the redistribution layer and surrounding the first opening is formed during the formation of the redistribution layer.
US11940660B2
An OSFP optical transceiver having split multiple fiber optical port using reduced amount of MPO terminations is provided that includes two adjacent sockets integrated into the optical port of the OSFP optical transceiver. The two adjacent sockets are vertically oriented with respect to the mounting baseplate of the OSFP optical transceiver, and each of the two adjacent sockets is adapted to receive an MPO receptacle that terminates the proximal end of a bundle of fibers. The OSFP optical transceiver also includes an optical connection between each socket and a corresponding lens in the OSFP optical transceiver, for transmitting optical signals received from other transceivers into the OSFP optical transceiver and optical signals generated in the OSFP optical transceiver to other transceivers.
US11940658B2
An optical fiber module is provided and includes an optical fiber structure, a light-absorbing area and a photoelectric sensor in a housing. The optical fiber structure collectively arranges a plurality of first optical fibers to form at least one optical fiber bundle with a tapered end, and a second optical fiber is connected to the tapered end of the optical fiber bundle to converge the optical fiber bundle to the second optical fiber. The light-absorbing area corresponds to an end of the second optical fiber, such that the light-absorbing area absorbs scattering signals escaped and scattered when signals are transmitted from the plurality of first optical fibers to the second optical fiber. The photoelectric sensor is arranged corresponding to the plurality of first optical fibers to receive target signals escaped and refracted when the signals are transmitted from the second optical fiber to the plurality of first optical fibers.
US11940657B2
A fiber optic connector assembly is mated with a bracket on a printed circuit board at one end and inserted into a backplane adapter that is adjacent a backplane. In particular a spring push in slidingly attached to the bracket and also to the housing of the fiber optic connector assembly. The housing of the fiber optic connector assembly insertable into the backplane adapter using passive alignment features. A fiber optic ferrule in the fiber optic connector assembly is biased in a forward direction by a spring in the spring push. At the same time the spring allows for movement of the spring push within the housing to allow for movement of the printed circuit board relative to the backplane adapter.
US11940647B2
Light control body (6) has first incident surface (7) and first reflection surface (9). First incident surface (7) condenses part of light emitted from light source (1) and emits the light toward incident surface (3) of light guide plate (2). First reflection surface (9) reflects the light that is emitted from light source (1) and does not pass through first incident surface (7), and emits the light toward incident surface (3) of light guide plate (2). First focal position (11) of first incident surface (7) and second focal position (12) of first reflection surface (9) are set at positions that are different from each other and away from the light emission surface of light source (1).
US11940636B2
The present disclosure relates to a decoration member comprising: a color expression layer comprising a light reflection layer and a light absorption layer provided on the light reflection layer; and a substrate provided on one surface of the color expression layer, in which the light absorption layer comprises a copper nickel oxide (CuaNibOx).
US11940635B2
A light diffusion control body includes at least two light diffusion control layers each having a regular internal structure. The regular internal structure includes a plurality of regions having a relatively high refractive index in a region having a relatively low refractive index. The at least two light diffusion control layers includes a first light diffusion control layer and a second light diffusion control layer each having a minimum value of a haze value of 35% or more. The haze value is measured when one surface of each of the first light diffusion control layer and the second light diffusion control layer is irradiated sequentially with a light ray at an incident angle of −70° to 70° with respect to the normal direction of the surface being 0°.
US11940633B2
An illuminator has phase scrambling particles to reduce speckle.
US11940632B2
A virtual image display device is provided. Included in the virtual image display device are: an image light generating device; a projection optical system configured to project image light emitted from the image light generating device; a folding mirror configured to reflect, in an intersecting direction, the image light from the projection optical system; a semi-transmissive mirror configured to reflect a portion of the image light from the folding mirror; a concave surface mirror configured to reflect, toward the semi-transmissive mirror, the image light reflected at the semi-transmissive mirror to form an exit pupil, in which an entrance pupil is formed between the projection optical system and the semi-transmissive mirror.
US11940629B2
An optical system for a head-worn computer includes an upper optical module adapted to convert illumination into image light by illuminating a reflective display through a field lens, wherein the image light is transmitted back through the field lens, then through a partially reflective partially transmissive surface and into a lower optic module adapted to present the image light to an eye of a user wearing the head-worn computer and the upper optical module being positioned within a housing for the head-worn computer and having a height of less than 24 mm, as measured from the reflective display to the bottom edge of the rotationally curved partial mirror.
US11940624B2
An optical device and a wearable image display device are provided with a light guiding plate, a plurality of half mirrors, and an incident angle adjustment member. The optical member that causes the video light to be incident as a virtual image on a person's eye and be displayed as a display image, and has a reflection characteristic that a part of the video light is reflected on a back surface thereof. The incident angle adjustment member is an optical member configured to adjust the incident angle of the video light according to the reflection characteristic of the half mirror to form video light that does not satisfy a total reflection condition in another part of the video light, to balance the brightness of the display image.
US11940621B2
An apparatus comprises: a first integrated circuit comprising: a plurality of sets of optical waveguides, each set of optical waveguides including a plurality of optical waveguide segments, and a plurality of optical emitter elements arranged over a first surface of the first integrated circuit, each optical emitter element coupled to a distal end of one of the optical waveguide segments; and a second integrated circuit comprising: a plurality of optical phase shifters that each provide a phase-shifted optical wave that is coupled to the first integrated circuit from a first edge surface of the second integrated circuit. The first edge surface of the second integrated circuit is in proximity to a row of proximal ends of the optical waveguide segments of a first set of the plurality of sets of optical waveguides.
US11940620B2
A method of cleaning a collector of an extreme ultraviolet light source system includes introducing the collector separated from the extreme ultraviolet light source system into a chamber; capturing an optical image of a reflective surface of the collector; measuring a contamination level of the reflective surface by comparing the optical image with a prestored standard image; performing a first cleaning operation if the contamination level exceeds a preset first reference value, the first cleaning operation including cleaning the reflective surface by spraying dry ice particles onto the reflective surface; and performing a second cleaning operation if the contamination level is less than or equal to the preset first reference value. The second cleaning operation includes cleaning the reflective surface by radiating atmospheric plasma onto the reflective surface and measuring a microcontamination level and a damage level of the reflective surface.
US11940617B2
Examples are disclosed herein that relate to driving a resonant scanning mirror system using a linear LC resonant driving scheme. In one example, a resonant scanning mirror system includes a scanning mirror, first and second mirror drive elements, and a drive circuit to drive the scanning mirror at a resonant frequency. The drive circuit includes one or more signal sources configured to create a first source signal and a second source signal that is 180 degrees out of phase with the first source signal. The drive circuit further includes a buffer stage configured to receive the first and second source signals and output first and second drive signals, a first resonant LC stage configured to amplify the first drive signal for provision to the first mirror drive element, and a second resonant LC stage configured to amplify the second drive signal for provision to the second mirror drive element.
US11940614B2
The eye cover system has a scope attachment portion, an adjustment portion, and an eye cover portion. The scope attachment portion is arched so as to receive a cylindrical eyepiece of a spotting scope. The scope attachment portion couples to the eyepiece via an adjustable elastic band. Further, the scope attachment portion is coupled to a shaft that receives the eye cover portion. The eye cover portion comprises a removably attachable hood with a protrusion that receives the shaft through a slide aperture. In use, the unused eye's view is blocked by the hood.
US11940608B2
A dark field metrology device includes an objective lens arrangement and a zeroth order block to block zeroth order radiation. The objective lens arrangement directs illumination onto a specimen to be measured and collects scattered radiation from the specimen, the scattered radiation including zeroth order radiation and higher order diffracted radiation. The dark field metrology device is operable to perform an illumination scan to scan illumination over at least two different subsets of the maximum range of illumination angles; and simultaneously perform a detection scan which scans the zeroth order block and/or the scattered radiation with respect to each other over a corresponding subset of the maximum range of detection angles during at least part of the illumination scan.
US11940606B2
An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a first focus lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a second focus lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first lens unit is fixed during focusing. The first focus lens unit and the second focus lens unit move so that a distance between the first focus lens unit and the second focus lens unit changes during focusing. The first lens unit includes a single lens which is disposed closest to an object and has a negative refractive power. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11940605B2
A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Each second, third, fourth and fifth lens element has refractive power. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, and both of the surfaces of the sixth lens element are aspheric. The seventh lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof.
US11940601B2
The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The first lens has negative refractive power; the second lens has negative refractive power; the third lens has positive refractive power; the fourth lens has positive refractive power; the fifth lens has refractive power, and an object-side surface thereof is a concave surface; the sixth lens has refractive power; and the seventh lens has negative refractive power. An effective focal length f1 of the first lens and a total effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfy −3.5
US11940595B2
A method is provided for producing an optical member. The method includes removing a portion of a low refractive index layer, which is the outermost layer of a multilayer structure in which the low refractive index layer and a high refractive index layer are layered on each other. Non-heating processing is performed on an antireflection film that is formed to cover an optical surface of an optical base member and has the multilayer structure, through irradiation with an ultrashort pulse laser beam, so as to expose the high refractive index layer.
US11940594B2
Textured cover assemblies for electronic devices are disclosed. The textured cover assemblies may be placed over a display and may provide anti-glare and anti-reflection properties to the electronic device.
US11940591B2
A system including a logging tool that can detect gamma rays in a wellbore, where the logging tool can have a window formed in an outer surface of a drill collar that allows increased sensitivity of a gamma ray detector assembly housed within the drill collar, with a body of the drill collar radially surrounding the gamma ray detector assembly, where the window can be filled with a material, and where the windows provide increased sensitivity to gamma rays in a wellbore in an azimuthal direction allowing azimuthal mapping of the gamma rays in formation surrounding the wellbore.
US11940589B2
Turning points in stratigraphy (TPS) can be determined, which then can be used to improve the representation of the borehole path in relation to layers of the subterranean formation. The TPS can be determined by analyzing each directional survey point in relation to the nearest layer of the subterranean formation. In determining which layer is the nearest layer, the process can analyze the layer type, such as conformable or unconformable, whether a fault intersects the borehole, the angle of the layer in relation to the borehole path, or whether the true stratigraphic thickness (TST) changes from one of a positive parameter or negative parameter to the other. The generated TPS can be used by a system as input or can be displayed for a user where the segmented borehole path can be aligned using the calculated TST to improve the ability of the user to analyze the representation.
US11940576B1
Various technologies presented herein relate to a method and equipment for detecting both airborne radioisotope and molecular effluent gases. Multi-Axis Sensing can be conducted by utilizing a pressurized MOF sorbent, such as a scintillating Metal-Organic Frameworks (S-MOFs). These MOFs are crystalline nanoporous materials that have synthetic versatility that allow adjustment of pore size, chemical environment, and luminescence properties. A method for detecting an analyte in a fluid sample is provided that comprises: loading a sorbent with a sample fluid, wherein the sorbent comprises a MOF material; pressurizing the sample fluid to increase the fluid in the sorbent thereby making a pressurized sorbent; and detecting ionizing radiation or a chemical property of the analyte in the pressurized sorbent.
US11940573B1
A navigation-communication-integrated metamaterial sonar for underwater vehicles is provided, and belongs to the field of ocean detection and communication. The metamaterial sonar is a metamaterial composite structure including a group of disc array with the same diameters, a disc backboard and water gaps. By adjusting the period p of the disc array, a board thickness t1 of each disc, the thickness g of each water gap, the radius w1 of the disc array, the radius w2 and the thickness t2 of the backboard, the working states of underwater navigation and underwater acoustic communication may be flexibly switched by changing working frequencies, and the navigation-communication-integrated sonar may be realized.
US11940571B2
A method of operating a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system is provided that includes generating a beam of polarized light; and transforming a polarization state of the beam of polarized light at a rate faster than a rate of data collection at a plurality of detectors configured to detect light reflected from a target for the purpose of speckle-reduction.
US11940562B2
Provided is a sensor apparatus including: a laser ranging device that scans a predetermined scan range with a laser light such that at least a part of the emitted laser light passes through a region including a predetermined detection region; and a reflection mirror that reflects at least a part of the laser light to a direction not parallel to an incident direction and is provided so that the laser light occurring after reflection passes through the detection region.
US11940557B2
A processor in an object detection device is configured to: acquire settings data for one or more radar grids, each radar grid being set for a measurement area of a corresponding radar and consisting of radar cells; acquire settings data for a processing grid for clustering operations, the processing grid being set for the one or more measurement areas and consisting of processing cells; calculate, for each processing cell, one or more likelihoods associated with measurements of one or more related radar cells based on distances between the processing cell and the one or more related radar cells; calculate a grid value of each of the processing cells in the processing grid based on the one or more likelihoods; and perform a clustering operation on each processing cell based on distances between and/or grid values of the processing cell and one or more different processing cells.
US11940549B2
A positioning method and device used for solving the problems of the existing method for determining an integer ambiguity being relatively difficult and relatively time-consuming. During positioning, the method includes a receiving device determining a virtual phase measured value according to at least two received C-PRS signals (600); determining a TOA measured value according to a received PRS signal (601); determining a virtual integer ambiguity according to the TOA measured value and the virtual phase measured value (602); and finally, determining the location of the receiving device according to the virtual integer ambiguity (603). An integer ambiguity search space is reduced, and the integer ambiguity is determined faster, thus improving the efficiency of determining the location of the receiving device.
US11940544B2
Position enhancement for vehicle positioning is provided. Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) messages are received from a roadside unit (RSU) to an onboard unit (OBU) of a vehicle via a transceiver of the vehicle, the V2X messages indicating a location of the RSU. Image sensors of the vehicle are utilized to capture sensor data of the RSU. A current position of the vehicle is updated to a corrected current position of the vehicle based the RSU as shown in the sensor data and the location of the RSU indicated in the V2X messages.
US11940538B2
In one arrangement, a system includes a light source to provide outgoing light having at least one time-varying attribute at a selected one of multiple wavelength channels, the at least one time-varying attribute including either/both of (a) a time-varying intensity profile and (b) a time-varying frequency deviation, a beam director to spatially direct the outgoing light into one of multiple directions in two dimensions into an environment having a spatial profile, the one of the multiple directions corresponding to the selected wavelength channel, a light receiver to receive at least part of the outgoing light reflected by the environment, and a processing unit to determine at least one characteristic associated with the at least one time-varying attribute of the reflected light at the selected one of the multiple wavelengths for estimation of the spatial profile of the environment associated with the corresponding one of the multiple directions.
US11940536B2
The present technology relates to a light receiving element and a ranging system to reduce power consumption. A light receiving element includes a pixel which includes an SPAD, a first transistor configured to set a cathode voltage of the SPAD at a first negative voltage, a voltage conversion circuit configured to convert the cathode voltage of the SPAD upon incidence of a photon and output the converted cathode voltage, and an output unit configured to output a detection signal indicating the incidence of the photon on the SPAD on the basis of the converted cathode voltage. The present technology is applicable to a ranging system that detects a range in a depth direction to a subject, for example.
US11940530B2
Provided are an ultrasonic fingerprint identification circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device. The ultrasonic fingerprint identification circuit comprises fingerprint identification units each including an ultrasonic fingerprint identification sensor connected to a first node; a control module connected to a composite signal line, a first control signal line and the first node and configured to provide a reset potential to the first node and to provide a pull-up potential to the first node in response to a first level provided by the composite signal line; a reading module connected to a second control signal line, the first node and a reading signal line, and configured to read a detection signal of the first node. The first control signal line connected to one fingerprint identification unit is reused as the second control signal line connected to another fingerprint identification unit.
US11940522B2
A radar apparatus includes a transmission-reception antenna unit including a plurality of transmission antennas and a plurality of reception antennas along a predetermined array direction, which form a virtual array in which a plurality of virtual reception antennas are arranged along the array direction. Based on virtual reception signals received by the virtual reception antennas, the radar apparatus detects an object that reflects transmission signals, calculates a transmission phase difference between the transmission antennas of the transmission signals transmitted by the transmission antennas, and calculates a reception phase difference between the reception antennas of reception signals received by the reception antennas. The radar apparatus calculates a transmission-reception phase difference that is a difference between the calculated transmission phase difference and the calculated reception phase difference, and determines that the detected object is a ghost, in response to the calculated transmission-reception phase difference being greater than a predetermined phase threshold.
US11940521B2
Disclosed is a medical system (100, 300, 500, 700) comprising: a memory (128) storing machine executable instructions (130); a processor (122) configured for controlling the medical system; and a pilot tone system (106). The pilot tone system comprises a radio frequency system (108) comprising multiple transmit channels (110) and multiple receive channels (112). The multiple transmit channels are configured for each transmitting unique pilot tone (132) signals via multiple transmit coils. The multiple receive channels are configured for receiving multi-channel pilot tone data (134) via multiple receive coils. Execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to: transmit (200) multi-channel pilot tone signals by controlling at least a portion of the multiple transmit channels to transmit the unique pilot tone signals; acquire (202) multi-channel pilot tone data (134) by controlling at least a portion of the multiple receive channels to receive the multi-channel pilot tone data; and determine (204) a motion state (136) of the subject using the multi-channel pilot tone data.
US11940518B2
The disclosure relates to a technique for providing an image of diagnostically relevant area of a jaw region of a patient by means of a magnetic resonance apparatus by capturing information about the jaw region of the patient, which comprises at least one reference to a position and/or an extent of the diagnostically relevant area of the jaw region. The technique also includes adjusting a parameter of a magnetic resonance measurement as a function of the captured information about the jaw region of the patient, carrying out the magnetic resonance measurement with the adjusted parameter, capturing image data of the jaw region of the patient, reconstructing an image of the diagnostically relevant area of the jaw region as a function of the captured image data, and providing the image of the diagnostically relevant area of the jaw region of the patient.
US11940512B2
Methods and systems are provided for cooling hot spots on a body coil assembly of an MRI system. In one embodiment, an airflow guide of a body coil assembly of an MRI system comprises a first surface that forms an air passage when the airflow guide is positioned on the body coil assembly, the air passage enclosed by the first surface and a second, outer surface of an RF coil of the body coil assembly, the airflow guide configured to channel cool air generated by a fan to the second, outer surface of the RF coil. The airflow guide may be arranged circumferentially around a portion of the RF coil at one or more ends of the RF coil. The airflow guide may be manufactured as a plurality of airflow guide segments that are glued together.
US11940506B2
A magnetic sensor includes at least one MR element and a coil. The coil includes at least one conductor portion. The at least one conductor portion is each located at a position such that a partial magnetic field generated by the conductor portion is applied to one of the at least one MR element, the one corresponding to the conductor portion, and extends along an imaginary curve curving to protrude in a direction away from the corresponding MR element.
US11940498B2
Passive monitoring the integrity of current sensing devices and associated circuitry in GFCI and AFCI protective devices is provided. A protection circuit interrupter employs a capacitively coupled noise signal obtained by an arrangement of one or both of line side arms relative to a Rogowski coil. The noise signal is monitored while the line and load sides of a protective circuit interrupter are disconnected, and the connection of the line and load sides disabled if the noise signal fails to correlate sufficiently to a reference noise cycle. When the line and load sides are connected, the RMS value of the observed current signal is monitored such that the line and load sides are disconnected if the observed current signal fails to meet an RMS threshold. The observed current signal is compensated by subtracting the reference noise cycle prior to monitoring for the fault condition applicable to the protective device.
US11940494B2
A system on chip includes a one-time programmable (OTP) memory configured to store secure data, an OTP controller including at least one shadow register configured to read the secure data from the OTP memory and to store the secure data, a power management unit configured to receive an operation mode signal from an external device and to output test mode information indicating whether an operation mode is a test mode according to the operation mode signal and a test valid signal corresponding to the secure data, and a test circuit configured to receive the test mode information from the power management unit, to receive test data from the external device, and to output a scan mode signal and a test mode signal according to the test data and a test deactivation signal, wherein the test deactivation signal corresponds to development state data indicating a chip development state in the secure data.
US11940492B2
Test stimulus signals applied to at least one circuit under test are produced in a set of test stimulus generators as a function of test stimulus information loaded in test stimulus registers. Loading of the test stimulus information in the test stimulus registers is controlled as a function of test programming information loaded via a programming interface in a respective control register in a set of control registers. The test stimulus generators are activated as a function of the test programming information loaded in said control registers. Test outcome signals received from the at least one circuit under test are used to produce signature comparison signals, which are compared with respective programmable signature reference signals stored in a set of input signature registers, are produced in response to the signature comparison signals produced from the test outcome signals failing to match with the respective reference signals.
US11940488B2
A precise optical technique for measuring electronic transport properties in semiconductors is disclosed. The sensitivity of the technique to electronic transport properties follows from a simple analytic expression for the Z dependence of a photo-modulated reflectance signal in terms of the (complex) carrier diffusion length. The sensitivity of the technique to electronic transport properties also enables a trained neural network to predict electronic transport properties directly from Z-scan photo-modulated reflectance data. Synthetic data and/or physical constraints may be derived from the analytical expression and incorporated into a machine learning algorithm. Moreover, electronic transport properties as determined or predicted may be used to enable machine learning based control of semiconductor process tools and/or manufacturing processes, including via advanced reinforcement learning algorithms.
US11940487B2
An apparatus for thermal control of a device under test (DUT) includes a cooling structure operable to provide cooling, the cooling structure operable to inlet cooling material via an inlet port thereof and operable to outlet cooling material via an outlet port thereof, a variable thermal conductance material (VTCM) layer disposed on a surface of the cooling structure, and a heater layer operable to generate heat based on an electronic control, and wherein the VTCM layer is operable to transfer cooling from the cooling structure to the heater layer. A thermal interface material layer is disposed on the heater layer. The thermal interface material layer is operable to provide thermal coupling and mechanical compliance with respect to the DUT. The apparatus includes a compression mechanism for providing compression to the VTCM layer to vary a thermal conductance of the VTCM layer. The compression mechanism is also for decoupling the VTCM layer from the heater layer.
US11940479B2
A system for determining the leakage current of a field effect transistor over temperature includes a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) having first and second current terminals and a control terminal, wherein the first current terminal is coupled to a current measurement device. A switch is coupled to the control terminal and to a voltage source. The switch is configured to apply a voltage between a control terminal and a current terminal of the (MOSFET) responsive to a first signal, and apply approximately zero volts to the control terminal of the (MOSFET) responsive to a second signal.
US11940475B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and tangible computer readable storage media are disclosed to determine an operational status of a device. Disclosed example apparatus include memory and processor circuitry to execute computer readable instructions to at least measure with a first sensor, a first magnetic field in at least three dimensions, the first magnetic field including a device magnetic field caused by a wire attached to a device to supply electricity to the device, the first sensor proximately arranged to the wire, measure with a second sensor, a second magnetic field associated with an environment at least a first distance from the wire, and compare (a) the first magnetic field as measured by the first sensor arranged proximate to the wire and (b) the second magnetic field as measured by the second sensor.
US11940462B2
A test socket assembly which can stably transmit a signal at high communication speed comprises: a test socket having a plurality of conductive parts for electrically connecting a device terminal of the device to be tested and a board terminal of the tester board; a guide housing including a housing body having a housing opening into which the device to be tested can be inserted, and a socket supporting section disposed beneath the housing opening so as to protrude from one surface of the housing body; and a socket frame including a frame body, which is coupled to the test socket so as to be secured to the socket supporting section so that the test socket is supported beneath the housing opening, and a frame wing which is bent from the frame body toward the housing body so as to be secured to the housing body.
US11940458B2
A measurement tool includes: a measurement tool body including a sample collection unit for collecting a liquid sample by a capillary phenomenon, and a liquid feed channel; and a lid body attachable to and detachable from the measurement tool body. The liquid feed channel includes an upstream side channel and a downstream side channel. A space is defined, into which an upstream side end of the sample collection unit and a downstream side end of the upstream side channel open, when the lid body is attached to the measurement tool body. The downstream side channel is connected to a downstream side end of the sample collection unit. The space is open when the lid body is separated from the measurement tool body, and the space is closed and the upstream side channel and the sample collection unit are connected when the lid body is attached to the measurement tool body.
US11940457B2
A robotic arm of an automated pipetting system has a pipetting tip adapter and a slide switch to detect the presence of pipetting tips on the pipetting tip adapter is disclosed. The slide switch has first support member and second support member configured to slide relative to one another between first and second positions along a movement axis, an electrically conducting contact pad arranged on the first support member, an electrically conducting terminal physically attached to second support member in physical contact with the contact pad when support members are in first position, where the terminal is a first resilient wiping member expanding along the movement axis, first wiping member is not in physical contact with the contact pad when support members are in second position, and an electric current can flow between first wiping member and the contact pad when support members are in first position.
US11940456B2
An automated apparatus can provide pre-analytical processing of samples, racking and forwarding to an adjacent analyzer for analysis. The apparatus may have a controller that implements an auto-learn process to teach robotic handlers the locations within the workspace(s) of the apparatus. A robotic sample handler may include a sensor configured to generate a detection signal when in a near vicinity of a fiducial beacon in the workspace of the apparatus for biological sample preparation, preprocessing and/or diagnostic assay performed by one or more analyzers of the automated apparatus. The controller may control the robotic sample handler to conduct a search pattern so that a location of the fiducial beacon may be detected and thereafter calculated to obtain a more accurate location of the beacon. The calculated positions may then serve as a basis for the controlled movement of samples by the robot to and from locations of the workspace.
US11940447B2
The field of this invention relates to immunohistochemistry (IHC) and in situ hybridization (ISH) for the targeted detection and mapping of biomolecules (e.g., proteins and miRNAs) in tissues or cells for example, for research use and for clinical use such by pathologists (e.g., biomarker analyses of a resected tumor or tumor biopsy). In particular, the use of mass spectrometric imaging (MSI) as a mode to detect and map the biomolecules in tissues or cells for example. More specifically, the field of this invention relates to photocleavable mass-tag reagents which are attached to probes such as antibodies and nucleic acids and used to achieve multiplex immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization, with MSI as the mode of detection/readout. Probe types other than antibodies and nucleic acids are also covered in the field of invention, including but not limited to carbohydrate-binding proteins (e.g., lectins), receptors and ligands. Finally, the field of the invention also encompasses multi-omic MSI procedures, where MSI of photocleavable mass-tag probes is combined with other modes of MSI, such as direct label-free MSI of endogenous biomolecules from the biospecimen (e.g., tissue), whereby said biomolecules can be intact or digested (e.g., chemically digested or by enzyme).
US11940444B2
The present application is directed to methods of performing chemical reactions, including multi-step chemical reactions in which two or more of the reagents in the chemical reaction are incorporated or entrapped in a solid polymeric structure comprising pullulan. In certain embodiments, the chemical reaction or multi-step reaction serves as a sensor. Accordingly the present application is also directed to sensors for performing the methods of the application. In certain embodiments, at least one of the reagents is a biomolecule and the sensor is a biosensor. In certain other embodiments, the solid polymeric structure comprising pullulan and the reagents for performing a chemical reaction form a convenient device for performing a chemical reaction.
US11940415B2
A fluidic device includes at least one bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator structure with a functionalized active region, and at least one first (inlet) port defined through a cover structure arranged over a fluidic passage containing the active region. At least a portion of the at least one inlet port is registered with the active region, permitting fluid to be introduced in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the active region bearing functionalization material. Such arrangement promotes mixing proximate to a BAW resonator structure surface, thereby reducing analyte stratification, increasing analyte binding rate, and reducing measurement time.
US11940413B2
The invention provides methods and compositions, including, without limitation, algorithms, computer readable media, computer programs, apparatus, and systems for determining the identity of nucleic acids in nucleotide sequences using, for example, data obtained from sequencing by synthesis methods. A plurality of smaller flow cells is employed, each with a relatively small area to be imaged, in order to provide greater flexibility and efficiency.
US11940410B2
Disclosed are methods and devices for biomolecular detection, comprising a nanopipette, exemplified as a hollow inert, non-biological structure with a conical tip opening of nanoscale dimensions, suitable for holding an electrolyte solution which may contain an analyte such as a protein biomolecule to be detected as it is passed through the tip opening. Biomolecules are detected by specific reaction with peptide ligands chemically immobilized in the vicinity of the tip. Analytes which bind to the ligands cause a detectible change in ionic current. A sensitive detection circuit, using a feedback amplifier circuit, and alternating voltages is further disclosed. Detection of IL-10 at a concentration of 4 ng/ml is also disclosed, as is detection of VEGF.
US11940407B2
A microsensor for detecting ions in a fluid, comprises: a field-effect transistor having a source, a drain, an active region between the source and the drain, and a gate disposed above the active region, an active layer, in which the active region is formed, a dielectric layer positioned beneath the active layer, a support substrate disposed under the dielectric layer and comprising at least one buried cavity located plumb with the gate of the field-effect transistor in order to receive the fluid.
US11940406B2
A sensor element includes an element body having a measurement-object gas flow section being provided therein, a first measurement pump cell that includes a first measurement electrode being disposed in a first measurement chamber and a first outer measurement electrode and that pumps out oxygen produced in a first measurement chamber, and a second measurement pump cell that includes a second measurement electrode being disposed in a second measurement chamber and a second outer measurement electrode and that pumps out oxygen produced in a second measurement chamber. The measurement-object gas flow section is configured such that a measurement-object gas passes through an oxygen concentration adjustment chamber and a first measurement-electrode diffusion-rate-controlling section in this order and reaches the first measurement chamber and that the measurement-object gas passes through the first measurement chamber and a second measurement-electrode diffusion-rate-controlling section in this order and reaches the second measurement chamber.
US11940404B2
Disclosed herein are systems and devices for detecting molecules. In some embodiments, a system for detecting molecules comprises an amplifier and a nanopore unit, wherein the nanopore unit comprises a nanopore, a sense electrode, a counter electrode, and a shield situated between the sense electrode and the counter electrode and coupled to an output of the amplifier. The shield may be recessed from a hole in the nanopore. A system or device may include an array of nanopore units that may share some components, such as a read amplifier, a digitizer, drive circuitry, control logic, and/or a multiplexer.
US11940402B2
A circuit arrangement comprises a first branch comprising a resistor of variable resistance and a diode-connected bipolar transistor and a second branch comprising a resistor of fixed resistance and another diode-connected bipolar transistor. A control loop reproduces a voltage drop at the resistor of variable resistance to a voltage drop at the resistor of fixed resistance. Output terminals are connected to the bipolar transistors to supply a differential voltage. The circuit arrangement may be used as an analog frontend circuit in a gas sensor or a temperature sensor arrangement.
US11940391B2
A defect inspection apparatus has a defect detection unit 152 that acquires first defect information on a defect of a photomask blank MB as a substrate; and a comparative information acquisition unit 150 that acquires a result of comparison between predetermined defect information stored in a storage unit 155 and the first defect information.
US11940385B2
We describe apparatuses, systems, method, reagents, and kits for conducting assays as well as process for their preparation. They are particularly well suited for conducting automated sampling, sample preparation, and analysis in a multi-well plate assay format. For example, they may be used for automated analysis of particulates in air and/or liquid samples derived therefrom in environmental monitoring.
US11940382B2
A homogeneous assay method that employs a device is provided. In some embodiments, the device contains a pair of plates that can be opened and closed. The sample is placed between two plates. In some embodiments, the thickness of the sample in a closed configuration, the concentration of labels, and amplification factor of the amplification surface are configured to make the label(s) bound on the amplification surface visible without washing away of the unbound labels.
US11940381B2
Methods for calibrating a multispectral analysis system include calibrating the system to detect fluorescence emission from a first fluorescent entity in a biological sample that includes the first fluorescent entity and a second fluorescent entity using a calibration sample, where the calibration sample features a first concentration of the first fluorescent entity and a second concentration of the second fluorescent entity, and where the first concentration is larger than the second concentration.
US11940378B2
A spectrometer system comprises a housing provided with a window, an illumination source, a spectrometer and a standard for internal recalibration being disposed in said housing. Specific absorption bands of a filling gas present in the housing are identified in a reference spectrum, which was recorded using the standard, wherein a wavelength characterizing the relevant identified specific absorption band is measured in each case such that measured values are obtained for the wavelengths of the absorption bands. A test spectrum is recorded by the spectrometer using the standard. The specific absorption bands of the filling gas are identified in the test spectrum, wherein a wavelength characterizing the relevant identified specific absorption band is measured in each case such that measured values are obtained for the wavelengths of the specific absorption bands.
US11940376B2
A system for detecting a concentration of free SiO2 in coal dust includes a first sampling tube and a second sampling tube for sampling the coal dust, a three-way control valve communicated with the first sampling tube and the second sampling tube respectively, a photoacoustic spectrometry detection device communicated with the three-way control valve through a connecting pipeline, and a SiO2 reaction tube for reacting SiO2 in the coal dust; and the SiO2 reaction tube is disposed on the second sampling tube. In the present disclosure, a coal dust sampling line is convenient to change by disposing the three-way control valve, and the first sampling tube and the second sampling tube are respectively communicated with the photoacoustic spectrometry detection device, so as to perform a differential accurate detection of the reacted CO content, and to obtain the SiO2 content.
US11940372B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include a method for sorting cells of a sample based on an image of a cell in a flow stream. Methods according to certain embodiments include detecting light from a sample having cells in a flow stream, generating an image mask of a cell from the sample and sorting the cell based on the generated image mask. Systems having a processor with memory operably coupled to the processor having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to generate an image mask of a cell in a sample in a flow stream and to sort the cell based on the generated image mask are also described. Integrated circuit devices (e.g., field programmable gate arrays) having programming for generating an image mask and for determining one or more features of the cell are also provided.
US11940371B2
The present disclosure provides apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing particle analysis through flow cytometry at comparatively high event rates and for gathering high resolution images of particles.
US11940369B2
Aspects of the disclosure include a system for performing cytometry that can be operated in three operational modes. In one operational mode, a fluorescence image of a sample is obtained by exciting one or more fluorophore(s) with a top-hat-shaped excitation beam with a plurality of beams that are radiofrequency shifted relative to one another. In another operational mode, a sample can be illuminated successively over a time interval by a laser beam at a plurality of excitation frequencies in a scanning fashion to generate an image of the sample from the detected fluorescence. In another operational mode, the system can be operated to illuminate a plurality of locations of a sample concurrently by a single excitation frequency (e.g., a horizontal extent), which is generated, e.g., by shifting the central frequency of a laser beam by a radiofrequency and detected fluorescence is used to analyze the sample.
US11940366B1
A centrifugal testing device for simulating ground subsidence induced by buried pipeline leakage and infiltration includes a model box provided with a transparent observation window at a front side, a chamber partitioning plate, a damaged pipeline model, permeable plates, and a water-soil separation device. A front part of the model box is divided into a test soil chamber for filling model soil and seepage chambers located at two sides of the test soil chamber. A rear part of the model box is divided into a soil filtration chamber and water circulation supply chambers located at two sides of the soil filtration chamber. The damaged pipeline model includes a front end provided with an electric push rod for controlling a crack of the damaged pipeline model to be opened and closed and a rear end provided with a ball valve device and connected to a water pump.
US11940362B2
A method including one or more steps of a procedure for preparing a microscopic sample for a high-pressure freezing process is provided, wherein the sample is provided using an arrangement comprising a middle plate of a high-pressure freezing cartridge and an incubation chamber, wherein the middle plate is attached to a lower surface of a bottom of the incubation chamber by an adhesive and detachable from the incubation chamber by effecting a relative movement between the middle plate and the incubation chamber, wherein the sample is provided on an enclosing element which is fitted into an opening of the middle plate, and wherein, when the sample is to be subjected to the high-pressure freezing process, the relative movement between the middle plate and the incubation chamber is effected, thereby detaching the middle plate with the sample from the incubation chamber. Means to implement the method are also part of the present disclosure.
US11940357B2
A system (1) for predicting anomalies of machining, in particular the anomalies generating a defect on a part machined by a machine tool, comprising: a. a signal-processing unit (10) configured to acquire raw data, in particular sensor data and machining parameters from a machine tool (2) and to process the raw data to neuromorphic-circuit input data including features extracted by the signal-processing unit; b. a neuromorphic circuit (20) connected to the signal-processing unit configured to build a neural network on an integrated circuit, wherein the neural network is trained by training data and the trained neural network enables to determine anomaly data describing anomalies of the machining in response to the neuromorphic-circuit input data, in particular to the features; and c. a controller configured to receive the determined anomaly data from the signal-processing unit and to determine at least one action, which can be taken to overcome the determined anomalies.
US11940346B2
A micromechanical pressure sensor device including a semiconductor base substrate of a first doping type on which an intermediate layer of the first doping type is situated, a cavity sealed by a sealing layer of a second doping type and including a reference pressure, a first grating of the second doping type, suspended inside the cavity on a buried connection region of the second doping type, the buried connection region laterally extending away from the cavity into the semiconductor base material, a second grating of the second doping type, situated on a side of the diaphragm region pointing to the cavity and suspended on the diaphragm region, the first grating and the second grating being electrically insulated from each other and forming a capacitance, a first connection electrically connected to the first grating via the buried connection region, and a second connection electrically connected to the second grating.
US11940343B2
A bearing providing a first ring, a second ring and at least one row of rolling elements radially located between raceways disposed on the first and second ring, a single optical sensing fiber mounted in a groove provided on a surface of the first ring radially opposite to the raceway of the first ring, the fiber having at least a sensing part. The groove including a first branch extending from a first frontal surface of the first ring and being at least partially incurved along at least one radius of curvature to extend towards a circumferential groove parallel to the first frontal surface; a second branch extending from a second frontal radial surface of the first ring, axially opposite to the first frontal surface, connected to the first branch, the second branch being at least partially incurved along at least one radius of curvature.
US11940340B2
An apparatus is described. The apparatus may include a substrate and one or more sensors mounted to the substrate. The one or more sensors may be mounted to the substrate using adhesive material and one or more spot welds.
US11940337B2
The pressure sensing device includes a substrate and a pressure sensor. The pressure sensor used is a thin-film piezoresistive sensor with a certain area, and a power wire, a ground wire, and two differential wires are led out from ends of the pressure sensor respectively, and the pressure sensor is arranged on the substrate. The substrate is simply attached to the object being tested that is to be subjected to pressure, the pressure sensor is connected to a pressure sensing detection circuit, the object being tested deforms under pressure, and the thin-film piezoresistive sensor deforms as the substrate deforms. The deformation of the substrate is detected through detecting the voltage drop between the two differential wires, which is converted to obtain the pressure on the object being tested, thereby realizing a pressure-sensitive touch function. A pressure sensing method and an electronic terminal with the pressure sensing device are also provided.
US11940333B2
A heat flux sensor including two temperature sensors is used to obtain time-series data of a core temperature of a living body, and a blood flow rate in a vicinity of the heat flux sensor is measured by a blood flow sensor. In an arithmetic circuit, a delay time until a fluctuation of the core temperature of the living body is reflected on an epidermis temperature is calculated on the basis of the blood flow rate measured by the blood flow sensor and a previously prepared relation between the blood flow rate and the delay time until the fluctuation of the core temperature of the living body is reflected on the epidermis temperature, and a time corresponding to the core temperature of the living body on the basis of the delay time is corrected.
US11940332B2
A cooking oven wet bulb sensor system having: a reservoir configured to be secured to a cooking chamber wall of the cooking oven, with a cavity of the reservoir in an upward-facing orientation; a temperature sensor probe configured to be mounted at least partially within the cavity of the reservoir; and a water fill opening positioned to dispense water into the cavity. A cooking oven having a wet bulb sensor system and a method for operating a cooking oven are also provided.
US11940331B2
Packages for wireless temperature sensor nodes are described. These wireless temperature sensor nodes are suitable for sensing the temperature of remote objects, such as objects that are difficult to access. These packages are designed to enhance the sensor's ability to sense temperature. For example, these packages may be designed to provide a low thermal resistance path between the object and the temperature sensor, a high thermal resistance between an antenna of the wireless temperature sensor node and the object, and at least in some embodiments, immunity to vibrations. One such package includes means for providing a thermal conductive path from the temperature sensor to a thermally conductive support in contact with the object (for example with a thermal resistance less than 10 K/W), and means for thermally conductively decoupling the circuit board from the thermally conductive support (for example by at least 100 K/W).
US11940329B2
A panel audio loudspeaker having a panel extends in a plane and an actuator is coupled to the panel. The actuator includes a voice coil attached to and extending from the panel along an axis, a magnet assembly suspended from the panel via one or more springs, and a temperature sensor in electrical contact with the coil at three different axial locations. The temperature sensor is configured, during operation of the device, to measure a temperature of the coil based on voltage measurements at the three different axial locations.
US11940327B2
A color measuring system includes a receiving section configured to receive designation of a color group including a plurality of colors, a determining section configured to determine whether a color measured by the color measuring section and a comparison target color in the color group coincide, and a control section configured to, when it is determined that the measured color and the comparison target color coincide, automatically advance a color measuring process to a color measuring process for performing the color measurement for a next color in the color group.
US11940325B2
Embodiments of the systems can be configured to receive electromagnetic emissions of a substrate (e.g., a build material of a part being made via additive manufacturing) by a detector (e.g., a multi-spectral sensor) and generate a ratio of the electromagnetic emissions to perform spectral analysis with a reduced dependence on location and orientation of a surface of the substrate relative to the multi-spectral sensor. The additive manufacturing process can involve use of a laser to generate a laser beam for fusion of the build material into the part. The system can be configured to set the multi-spectral sensor off-axis with respect to the laser (e.g., an optical path of the multi-spectral sensor is at an angle that is different than the angle of incidence of the laser beam). This can allow the multi-spectral sensor to collect spectral data simultaneously as the laser is used to build the part.
US11940324B2
Described herein are systems and methods that may efficiently detect multi-return light signals. A light detection and ranging system, such as a LIDAR system, may fire a laser beam that may hit multiple objects with a different distance in one line, causing multi-return light signals to be received by the system. Multi-return detectors may be able to analyze the peak magnitude of a plurality of peaks in the return signals and determine a multitude of peaks, such as the first peak, the last peak and the maximum peak. One embodiment to detect the multi-return light signals may be a multi-return recursive matched filter detector. This detector comprises a matched filter, peak detector, centroid calculation and a zeroing out function. Other embodiments may be based on a maximum finder that algorithmically selects the highest magnitude peaks from samples of the return signal and buffers for regions of interests peaks.
US11940322B2
The present invention relates to a device for classifying a light source, comprising: a sensor adapted to receive a luminous flux emitted by a light source, the sensor comprising a plurality of pixels grouped in sets, each set comprising a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel, each first pixel being adapted to generate a first signal relating to a first portion of luminous flux in a first spectral band received by said first pixel, each second pixel being adapted to generate a second signal relating to a second portion of luminous flux in a second spectral band received by said second pixel, a computer configured to compare the first and second signals and to classify the emitting light source according to the result of the comparison.
US11940321B2
A photodetection device including: first optical fibers; a second optical fiber; an optical combiner having: an end face connected to an end face of each of the first optical fibers; and another end face connected to an end face of the second optical fiber; a first photodetector that detects an intensity of light propagating through at least one of the first optical fibers; a second photodetector that detects Rayleigh scattering of light propagating through the second optical fiber; and a calculator that calculates the intensity of light propagating in a predetermined direction through the first optical fibers or the second optical fiber, from a result of detection by the first photodetector and a result of detection by the second photodetector.
US11940320B1
A load sensor compares generated values of load signals to predicted values of the load signals. Where an error between a generated value and a predicted value is less than a threshold, a value of zero is transmitted by the load sensor to an external systems, in an encoded stream of bits, and the error are used to calculate a predicated value of a next load signal, such that insubstantial changes in loading resulting in small errors are not transmitted to the external system. Where an error between the generated value and the predicted value exceeds the threshold, however, a value representative of the error is transmitted to the external system, in an encoded stream of bits. The external system processes the stream of bits to calculate the error, to determine that an item has been placed on a storage system or removed therefrom, or to identify the item.
US11940319B2
A truck scale management system comprising a server including a processor and a memory having executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor cause the processor to connect to a truck scale system through a communication interface via a virtual scale, the virtual scale comprising a data connection to a physical truck scale in the truck scale system and including attributes of the physical truck scale, retrieve a given virtual kiosk associated with the virtual scale from a database, the given virtual kiosk communicatively accessible from a client device and including one or more customizable functionalities and workflows that interact with the truck scale system, and facilitate communication between the client device and the truck scale system via the given virtual kiosk.
US11940316B2
An optical operating fluid detector for optical detection of operating fluid for a hand-guided garden, forestry and/or construction machining appliance includes a light source, an operating fluid line and a light receiver. The light source is designed for radiation of rays of light. The operating fluid line is designed for optical interaction of rays of light from the light source with operating fluid in line for the optical detection of operating fluid. The light receiver is designed for differing reception of rays of light from the line in dependence on the presence or the absence of operating fluid in the line. The operating fluid detector has an optical deflecting device. The deflecting device is designed for deflection of rays of light from the light source to the operating fluid line and/or for deflection of rays of light from the line to the light receiver. The operating fluid line is designed for differing diversion of rays of light from the light source in dependence on the presence or the absence of operating fluid in the line for optical detection of operating fluid.
US11940315B2
A filling level determination system, for determining a filling level of a product in a tank, comprising a measurement unit for arrangement at a measurement position, the measurement unit including a transceiver; and an antenna arrangement coupled to the transceiver for radiating an electromagnetic transmit signal generated by the transceiver from the measurement position towards a target position on the tank wall, and for returning an electromagnetic first reflection signal resulting from reflection of the transmit signal at the target position back towards the transceiver; and processing circuitry coupled to the transceiver of the measurement unit and being configured to determine the filling level based on tank deformation data indicative of a known relation between the level of the product in the tank and deformation of the tank at the first target position, and a timing relation between the first transmit signal and the first reflection signal.
US11940309B2
An apparatus for use with a Coriolis meter is provided. The apparatus includes an array of strain-based sensors, a filtering module, and a processing unit. The sensor array is configured for sensing a meter flow tube. The array is configured for mounting on the flow tube. The sensors are configured to produce sensor signals representative of strain within the flow tube. The processing unit controls the sensor array to produce the sensor signals representative of the strain within the flow tube. The strain includes a first portion associated with the flow tube vibrating at a resonant frequency of the flow tube and a second portion associated with a fluid flow passing through the flow tube. The filtering module filters the sensor signals to remove a sensor signal portion representative of the strain associated with the flow tube vibrating at the resonant frequency of the flow tube.
US11940308B2
Techniques are disclosed for promoting more desirable fluid flow within a section of pipe between upstream and downstream transducers in a fluid meter (e.g., a water or gas meter). To create better fluid flow characteristics, an insert may be installed within the section of pipe. The insert may be configured with an upper portion and a lower portion that are connected in the manufacturing process. The insert may include mirror supports configured to result in low pressure drop and stable flow conditions. The mirror supports (upstream and downstream) reflect the ultrasonic signals sent between the upstream and downstream piezo transducers. A fluid stabilizer may be connected to one of the upper portion or the lower portion of the insert. The fluid stabilizer may include a conical central portion and four blades to smooth fluid flow between the transducers and associated mirrors.
US11940300B2
The magnetic sensor of the invention has an element portion that is elongate, that exhibits magnetoresistive effect and that has a magnetically sensitive axis in a direction of a short axis thereof. The element portion is non-oval and can be arranged in an imaginary ellipse, wherein the imaginary ellipse has a major axis that connects both ends of the element portion with regard to a direction of a long axis thereof to each other and a minor axis that connects both ends of the element portion with regard to a direction of the short axis thereof to each other, as viewed in a direction that is perpendicular both to the short axis and to the long axis of the element portion.
US11940290B2
A navigation system may include a processor programmed to receive, from a camera of the host vehicle, one or more images captured from an environment of the host vehicle, and analyze the one or more images to detect an indicator of an intersection. The processor may also be programmed to determine, based on output received from at least one sensor of the host vehicle, a stopping location of the host vehicle relative to the detected intersection, and analyze the one or more images to determine an indicator of whether one or more other vehicles are in front of the host vehicle. The processor may further be programmed to send the stopping location of the host vehicle and the indicator of whether one or more other vehicles are in front of the host vehicle to a server for use in updating a road navigation model.
US11940285B2
Methods and apparatus for route selection to a destination may include receiving a starting point and one or more destinations, and transmitting a request to a server for routes associated with the starting point and the one or more destinations. Additionally, the methods and apparatus may include receiving, from the server, a plurality of routes to the one or more destinations. Furthermore, the methods and apparatus may include selecting a route from the plurality of routes based at least on one or more reliability parameters associated with each route of the plurality of routes, the one or more reliability parameters comprising a likelihood of determining a position location along each route, the likelihood being based at least on detectability of features in each route by one or more object detection modalities.
US11940276B2
An inertial point-source matter-wave atom interferometer gyroscope includes an analyzer that receives fringe images of gyroscope atoms and includes: a first fringe image that includes a first fringe phase, a second fringe image that includes a second fringe phase; and a third fringe image that includes a third fringe phase, wherein the first fringe phase, the second fringe phase, and the third fringe phase are different; a phase mapper of the analyzer that produces a interferometric phase map for the gyroscope atoms from the fringe images of the gyroscope atoms; and a fitter of the analyzer in communication with the phase mapper and that receives the interferometric phase map from the analyzer and determines inertial parameters of the gyroscope atoms from the interferometric phase map, the inertial parameters including an acceleration and a rotation rate of the inertial point-source matter-wave atom interferometer gyroscope relative to the gyroscope atoms.
US11940266B2
Processes for rapidly and accurately measuring the coefficient of moisture expansion for materials, such as adhesives, are disclosed. A replication technique may be used to manufacture highly flat and smooth adhesive samples. Moisture is introduced in a controlled humidity atmosphere, distortion is monitored with an accurate laser interferometer (e.g., ˜1 nanometer (nm) accuracy), and measurements are correlated with moisture content change. Such processes decrease sample size by three orders of magnitude as compared with conventional techniques and have a smaller adhesive mass requirement, which enables measurement of expensive microelectronic adhesives that were previously cost-prohibitive to measure. Also, thinner films allow CME measurements of ultraviolet (UV) cured adhesives that would otherwise have depth of penetration issues. Furthermore, saturation occurs quickly, allowing pre-stabilization at room temperature, which enabled parametric studies as a function of processing or cure state. Additionally, testing occurs within hours versus months, enabling short lead times for root-cause investigations.
US11940264B2
A method for calibrating a mirror of an interferometer system configured to measure a position of an object using two interferometers of the interferometer system that are arranged at opposite sides of the object and configured to measure the position of the object in the same X-direction, wherein two sets of measurements are obtained for different rotational orientations about an axis perpendicular to the X-direction to determine a shape of the mirror. There is also provided a position measuring method in which the obtained shape of the mirror is used to adjust measurements in the X-direction, a lithographic apparatus and a device manufacturing method making use of such a lithographic apparatus.
US11940263B2
Described herein is a detector for determining a position of at least one object. The detector includes: at least one transfer device; at least one illumination source adapted to generate at least one light beam for illuminating the object; at least one first optical receiving fiber and at least one second optical receiving fiber; at least two optical sensors; and at least one evaluation device being configured for determining at least one longitudinal coordinate z of the object by evaluating a combined signal Q from the sensor signals.
US11940260B2
A device for detecting the absence of a mechanical barrier for a missile comprises a rod constrained by a first elastic element and a free end capable of coming into contact with the mechanical barrier and a cam constrained by a second elastic element. The rod can assume one or more of the following positions: an initial entry position wherein the rod is held in a stable position between the cam and the mechanical barrier, an extended position wherein the cam moved the rod in the direction of the free end, and a final entry position wherein the rod is acted upon by the first elastic element after the rod has been released by the cam once the rod has completely entered the missile in the final entry position so as to no longer present a danger to its environment or a hindrance to the proper functioning of the missile.
US11940254B2
A projectile designed to be lead-free and have a ballistic coefficient ranging from about 0.13 to about 0.80 or greater for enhanced energy/performance at extended ranges may have an elongated body formed with a jacket including a wall having an end defining an ogive portion and a cavity or recess defined within the jacket and in which a core is received. The projectile can be configured in various calibers and sizes. The projectile core may be formed from a plurality of core sections, and at least one of the plurality of core sections may include tungsten powder and a lead-free binder material pressed together to form a substantially cylindrical shape or compact. One or more of the core sections further can be sintered, and the one or more core sections may be received in an end-to-end relationship within the cavity defined by the jacket to form a stacked, sectional core.
US11940253B2
A chemiluminescent projectile having multi-spectral output, including daytime viewable, nighttime viewable and thermal outputs. The chemiluminescent projectile has a payload that permits the visualization of the fired projectile using a variety of detecting methods including human vision, night vision equipment/infrared devices, and thermal detecting devices during day and night conditions. The chemiluminescent projectile comprises a body having reagents that produce both chemiluminescent and exothermic reactions that generate light and heat sufficient to act as a visual and thermal marker.
US11940244B2
An automatic zoom-sensing riflescope display adapter (RDA) system can illuminate an iris of a user with a beam from a light emitter. The RDA system can activate a display which includes at least one graphical element visible by the user through an eyepiece. Additionally, the RDA system can focus an image of the iris on a sensor. The RDA system can determine a diameter of the iris from the image of the iris using an iris analyzer. The RDA system can develop a calibration table that correlates the diameter of the iris to a zoom level of an optical scope. The RDA system can estimate the zoom level of the optical scope from the diameter of the iris via the calibration table. Additionally, the RDA system can adjust, to match the zoom level, a font size of the at least one graphical element of the display.
US11940243B2
Rifle scope turrets with spiral cam mechanisms include a scope body, a movable optical element defining an optical axis enclosed by the scope body, and a turret having a screw operably connected to the optical element for adjusting the optical axis in response to rotation of the screw. The turret has a spiral cam mechanism engaged thereto. The turret defines first and second stop surfaces positioned for engagement by the spiral cam to limit rotation of the turn The first stop surface defines a zero position of the screw and the movable optical element. The second stop surface defines a maximum point of displacement of the screw and the moveable optical element. The stop surfaces may be defined by a spiral cam groove in the indexing portion of the turret. The groove may overlap itself at least partially. The turret may be an elevation turret or a windage turret.
US11940233B2
In one embodiment, a thermal management device includes a heat sink base and heat sink fins comprising a single element formed from a plurality of graphene layers with carbon nanotubes interposed between the graphene layers. A method is also disclosed herein.
US11940227B2
A cooling system includes a heat exchanger having one or more rows of multiple flat tubes, louvered fins disposed between pairs of flat tubes, and special header tube connections to form a counter flow heat exchanger. Heat exchangers having multiple rows may be placed near or close to the server racks and may be in fluid communication with an outdoor heat exchanger having one or more rows. A single-phase fluid is pumped through a fluid circuit or loop, which includes the heat exchangers at the server racks and the outdoor heat exchanger. The single-phase fluid circuit including the heat exchangers at the IT racks may alternatively be in thermal communication with a water circuit that includes an outdoor fluid cooler. The flat tubes can be formed tubes with one or more channels, or extruded tubes with multiple channels. The heat exchangers include header tubes/connections, which facilitate easy fabrication and connection between rows and inlet/outlet, and lower the pressure drop.
US11940226B2
Thermal energy storage system with phase change material and method of its operation An energy storage system (100) comprises a hot thermal energy storage medium (5′) and a cold thermal energy storage medium (4′), which are interconnected in a thermo-dynamic gas flow circuit. An energy converter with a motor/generator system (1A, 1B) is functionally connected to a compressor/expander system (2) for converting between electrical energy and thermal energy of the gaseous working fluid in the thermodynamic fluid circuit. A latent thermal energy storage working fluid is thermally connected to the gas flow circuit through heat exchanger (8) for providing a limit for the temperature in the cold TES medium (4′).
US11940221B2
A multi-stacked heat exchanger comprises a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger. A first end of the first heat exchanger receives a first fluid in a first conduit flowing in a first direction within a plane. A first end of the second heat exchanger receives the first fluid from the first heat exchanger in a second direction flowing opposite to the first direction within the plane. A flow of a second fluid is communicated through the second heat exchanger and then through the first heat exchanger, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The second fluid is in thermal communication with the first fluid in the second heat exchanger and then in the first heat exchanger. By doubling the flowed first fluid back upon itself, embodiments achieve counterflow between the first fluid and second fluid within a compact space.
US11940211B2
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a food storage chamber with a door movably coupled to the cabinet whereby the door is movable between a closed position and an open position. A method of operating the refrigerator appliance may include, or the refrigerator appliance may be operable for, receiving an intentional door open input and disabling a door alarm of the refrigerator appliance in response to the intentional door open input. Such methods or operations may further include automatically re-enabling the door alarm after disabling the door alarm.
US11940210B2
A method to control a refrigerator includes changing a transparent display assembly to be in a first or transparent state allowing an inner space of the refrigerator to be visible through the transparent assembly, a second or opaque state so as to conceal the inner space, and a third or a display state to display information on a display of the transparent assembly. The transparent display assembly includes a front panel, a rear panel, an outer spacer configured to maintain a first distance between the front panel and the rear panel, a display provided on a rear surface of the front panel, a light guide plate spaced apart from the display, and a first spacer configured to support the light guide plate and to maintain a second distance between the display and the light guide plate.
US11940206B2
The refrigerator includes a body having a storage space for storing a predetermined storage object, wherein the body includes an inner case having the storage space, an outer case having an inside surface spaced a predetermined gap from an inside surface of the inner case to house the inner case, a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case enclosed to maintain a vacuum state for heat insulating between the inner case and the outer case, and a sealing unit for sealing a front of the vacuum space formed between a front of the inner case and a front of the outer case and reducing a heat transfer rate between the inner case and the outer case.
US11940204B2
A modular box assembly includes a box defining a box cavity within the box, the box further defining a top end and a bottom end, the top end defining a box opening connected to the box cavity, the box including a side panel extending from the top end to the bottom end; a shoulder attached to the side panel, the shoulder extending inward from the side panel and into the box cavity, the shoulder including a first sub-shoulder and a second sub-shoulder, the first sub-shoulder, the second sub-shoulder, and the side panel defining a shoulder channel; and an inner box disposed in the box cavity, the inner box including a channel tab, the channel tab frictionally engaging the shoulder channel to secure and suspend the inner box within the box cavity between the top end and the bottom end.
US11940195B2
An electrochemical compressor utilizes an anion conducting layer disposed between an anode and a cathode for transporting a working fluid. The working fluid may include carbon dioxide that is dissolved in water and is partially converted to carbonic acid that is equilibrium with bicarbonate anion. An electrical potential across the anode and cathode creates a pH gradient that drives the bicarbonate anion across the anion conducting layer to the cathode, wherein it is reformed into carbon dioxide. Therefore, carbon dioxide is pumped across the anion conducting layer. The compressor may be part of a refrigeration system that pumps the working fluid in a closed loop through a condenser and an evaporator.
US11940194B2
A power converting apparatus includes: a rectifying unit configured to rectify an input AC power, a buck converter that is configured to step down a voltage of the rectified power and that is configured to output DC power having the step down voltage, a first inverter that is connected to an output terminal of the buck converter and that is configured to convert the DC power into AC power to drive a first motor, a second inverter that is connected to the output terminal of the buck converter, that is disposed in parallel to the first inverter, and that is configured to convert the DC power into AC power to drive a second motor, and a converter controller configured to control an output voltage of the DC power of the buck converter.
US11940189B2
The present disclosure relates to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC”) system include a supply damper, a return damper, and a defrost damper which are operable to control a supply airflow, a return airflow, and a defrost airflow to flow between a supply duct, a return duct, and an indoor heat exchanger without substantially flowing into and substantially cooling an indoor space. A reheat coil may also warm the supply air flow and a defrost return line may be used to bypass a bi-flow expansion device and an indoor heat exchanger.
US11940178B2
A gas-fired atmospheric pressure steam humidifier having high efficiency and ultra-low NOx(3) emissions is disclosed. In some examples, the gas-fired humidifier can have an efficiency of greater than 90 percent and a NOx(3) output of less than 20 parts per million (ppm). In one aspect, the humidifier includes a secondary heat exchanger having a first heat exchange section for pre-heating combustion air and a separate second heat exchange section for pre-heating make-up water, wherein the first and second heat exchange sections are in heat transfer communication with exhaust gases generated by the gas-fired burner and combustion blower assembly. In some examples, the first heat exchange section includes orifices for enabling flue gas recirculation.
US11940168B2
An electronic device includes an image capture device that can be an always on image capture device. The electronic device includes one or more processors operable with the image capture device and a wireless communication circuit operable with the one or more processors. The one or more processors determine, from images of a face and torso of a user of the electronic device captured by the image capture device, that a heartrate of the user of the electronic device increases by a predetermined threshold above a resting level heartrate of the user of the electronic device. In response, the one or more processors cause the wireless communication circuit to transmit a climate adjustment request to a climate control device.
US11940158B2
Example dual-burner assemblies for cookboxes of gas grills are disclosed. An example dual-burner assembly includes a first burner tube and a second burner tube. The first burner tube has a first maximum heat output. The second burner tube has a second maximum heat output. The second burner tube is spaced apart from the first burner tube by a distance of no more than 0.750 inches. The second maximum heat output is less than the first maximum heat output.
US11940151B2
A turbine engine and associated methods for a combustor as shown and described. The turbine engine including a combustor with a combustor liner having dilution openings and a geometry that changes along an axial direction. The combustor further having a baffle surrounding a combustor liner defining a combustion chamber of the combustor. A method for controlling nitrogen oxides within the combustor, including injecting compressed air into the annular combustion chamber through any of the dilution openings described herein.
US11940149B2
An elevated flare system in a synthesis gas production plant for thermal disposal of offgases having at least two different contents of carbon monoxide arising in synthesis gas production and/or synthesis gas treatment.
US11940137B2
The explosion-proof lamp provided includes a light source cavity and a drive cavity independent of each other. The drive cavity is has a power driver and a junction box, is connected to the light source cavity via a conducting wire, and drives and controls a light source in the light source cavity to be turned on. The light source cavity includes a heat sink, a glass cover, and the light source. The glass cover and the heat sink are connected to form the cavity, and the light source is mounted in the cavity. The heat sink includes a heat dissipation bottom plate and a plurality of heat dissipation fins annularly mounted on the heat dissipation bottom plate, absorbs heat generated in the light source cavity, and dissipates the heat into an external environment.
US11940128B2
A modular LED light for explosive areas includes a housing module including a central power supply module, at least one LED module receiving element, and an LED power supply interface arranged in the LED module receiving element such that the LED power supply interface is in the housing module. At least one LED module is configured to be detachably attached to the housing module. The LED power supply interface supplies electrical power to the at least one LED module when the at least one LED module is attached to the housing module in a usage positon.
US11940125B2
An adaptive lighting system comprises an array of independently controllable LEDs, and a metalens positioned to collimate, focus, or otherwise redirect light emitted by the array of LEDs. The adaptive lighting system may optionally include a pre-collimator positioned in the optical path between the array of LEDs and the metalens.
US11940124B2
A light source is provided with a digitally addressable lampshade that includes a plurality of regions of controllable opacity. Systems and methods are described for controlling the digital lampshade. In an exemplary embodiment, an addressable lampshade effects a time-varying pattern of changes to the opacity of the regions to generate a lamp identification pattern. A lamp is identified from the patterns by a camera-equipped mobile device. The mobile device then causes the identified lamp to generate a position-determining pattern of light. The mobile device determines its own position relative to the lamp based on the pattern of light received by the camera. The mobile device then instructs the digital lampshade, according to user input, to allow illumination or to provide shade at the determined position of the mobile device.
US11940120B2
A desktop illumination device includes a light source; and a light guide including a light guide plate. The light guide plate has a light incident surface and first and second main surfaces. An angle at which an intensity becomes maximum in a light distribution of light emitted from the first main surface is in a range of −90° or more to less than 0°, in a case where an axis passing through a center of the first main surface and perpendicular to an installation surface is defined as a vertical axis, and in a plane including the vertical axis and perpendicular to the installation surface, a direction parallel to the installation surface is defined as vertical 0°, an upward angle with respect to the vertical 0° is defined as a positive angle, and a downward angle with respect to the vertical 0° is defined as a negative angle.
US11940119B2
The present disclosure relates to a logo lamp device for a vehicle which may include an inner housing and an outer housing, the inner housing and the outer housing having an open end; an encapsulant configured opposite to the open end of the inner housing and the outer housing; a printed circuit board (PCB) enclosed within the inner housing; at least one light source connected to the PCB and enclosed within the inner housing; and an optical assembly having plurality of lenses, wherein the plurality of lenses comprises at least one first lens and at least one second lens. The logo lamp device may include at least one retaining mechanism configured between the at least one first lens and the inner housing, wherein the at least one first lens is configured to push the at least one second lens against the inner housing, and/or the at least one first lens is detachably mounted onto the inner housing.
US11940105B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of candle lamps, and in particular, to a lamp with a flame simulation effect achieved by light emission from through holes. The lamp includes a base, and further includes: a light emitting module, arranged on the base and configured to generate a light source; a light guide portion, arranged on the base and covering the light emitting module, wherein the light guide portion is configured to guide and diffuse the light source generated by the light emitting module; a light shield, arranged on the base and covering the light emitting module, wherein dense through holes for exporting the light source to the outside are formed in the light shield.
US11940104B2
An Illumination device includes light emitting devices and an optical system for collimating light emitted by the light emitting devices. A first group of the light emitting devices are arranged in a first array having first gaps, and a first optical system is arranged near the first group of light emitting devices. At least one second group of the light emitting devices are arranged in a second array, and the second array has second gaps. The second optical system is arranged near the second group of light emitting devices. The first and second optical systems are arranged so that, in a distance from the illumination device, light emitted by the first group of light emitting devices, collimated by the first optical system, and light emitted by the second group of light emitting devices, collimated by the second optical system, are superimposed to form a gap-free illumination field.
US11940099B2
Aspects and embodiments relate to a gas flow alarm apparatus and gas flow alarm method. The apparatus comprises: a device configurable to introduce back pressure into a flow of gas, a supply sensor configured to determine whether gas flow to the device is enabled; a pressure sensor configured to determine whether a flow of gas through the device has developed back pressure; and logic circuitry in communication with the supply sensor and the pressure sensor configured to determine whether gas flow to the device is enabled and whether a flow of gas through the device has developed back pressure and, if not, to activate an alarm condition. Aspects and embodiments can provide a system which operates to warn a user against various adverse conditions in which a flow of therapeutic gas to a patient is required, yet not being provided.
US11940094B2
A central lubricating station for lubricating one or more machine part(s), having a container base adapted for holding at least two replaceable containers. Each replaceable container holds at least one type of lubricant; and one or more pump(s) is configured for pumping at least one type of lubricant interchangeably from the at least two replaceable containers to the one or more machine part(s); and a motor is configured for driving the one or more pumps.
US11940092B1
A modular mounting system includes a panel with a hexagonal array of primary apertures each of which has at least three planes of symmetry. Each of the primary apertures is separated from an adjacent primary aperture by a secondary aperture comprising an elongated opening having a length that is greater than the width of a PALS strap. A mounting system comprising a backing plate, an optional separate indexing plate and a front mounting bracket can be assembled to the panel to provide a rigid attachment between the equipment and the panel.
US11940091B1
An adjustable clamp with hidden adjustment structure includes a first clamp body, a second clamp body, and an adjustment device. The adjustment device is disposed between the first and the second clamp bodies for adjusting the clamp opening size therebetween to clamp an object. The adjustment device includes a first screw member, a second screw member, and a support member. The support member is disposed on the first clamp body. The first screw member is disposed on the second clamp body. The second screw member is slidably disposed on the support member and screwedly combined with the first screw member. When the second screw member is rotated, the first screw member generates a linear movement with respect to the second screw member. The originally exposed length of the second screw member does not change, causing no inconvenience of usage, and achieving a hidden adjustment function.
US11940090B1
An outer base of annular form surrounds an open space. The base includes a magnet for attachment of the outer base to a rear of a smartphone. A center ring surrounds the open space. This ring has a bearing on an outside edge which rotates relative to a race on an inner edge of the base, allowing the center ring to rotate relative to the base. A pair of ears extend radially inwardly into this open space, with the ears attached either to the ring or base. The ears are sized and spaced apart an appropriate distance to allow one ear to lift a crimped edge of a bottle cap while the other ear rests upon a top of the bottle cap. A loop is pivotably attached to the center ring and provides a stand or a finger loop or allows a smartphone to be suspended from a hook.
US11940076B2
A method for coupling a fitting to a tubing end includes pressing a collar over the outer surface of the tubing until the strain on the collar in the hoop direction is at a predetermined level, or pressing a collar with a predetermined axial load.
US11940073B2
The hose clamp described herein consists of a clamping band (10) with overlapping band sections in the closed state of the hose clamp, on which hooks (12, 19) are arranged for closing the hose clamp, and with a tightening device (15) arranged in the outer band section for tightening the hose clamp around an object to be clamped. The hooks (12, 19) are stamped out from the clamping band under cold working and each have a lug (21, 25). In the closed state of the hose clamp, the lug (21) of a hook (12) arranged on the inner band section and the lug (25) of a hook (19) arranged on the outer band section engage over each other, and the force is transmitted via transverse surfaces (27, 32) of the hooks (12, 19) that are in contact with each other.
US11940072B2
A pipe mounting system comprising support cables is provided for use in mounting an above-ground elevated pipe or an underwater pipe. The pipe mounting system includes a suspended composite pipeline and a support cable. Multiple cable carriers are provided to carry the support cable along the length of the pipeline, and cradles or rings are provided that extend from the cable carriers and receive and support the pipeline.
US11940069B2
A part of a gasket that conducts electricity across the otherwise nonconducting gasket. Versions of the insert provide an electrical connection when installed even if the parts sealed by the gasket deflect, and do not deform under compression due to their resilient nature. The gaskets can be used in pipe joints, among other uses, resulting in a pipe joint that conducts electricity between the pipe spigot and the socket of a pipe or fixture even if a deflection event occurs.
US11940068B2
A pipe joint and elongated cementitious pipe is formed by joining abutting ends of adjacent pipe sections with a fiber reinforced composite material without the need for the pipe sections to have other connection means, such as the standard bell and spigot end connections. Also disclosed is a cementitious pipe including at least two cementitious pipe sections having ends that are joined together with a fiber reinforced polymer composite material. The cementitious pipe sections and resulting cementitious pipe may have a substantially uniform wall thickness and substantially uniform inner and outer diameters near the opposite ends of the pipe sections. Also provided is a method for joining cementitious pipe sections with a fiber reinforced composite material to manufacture an elongated cementitious pipe, such as an elongated concrete pipe.
US11940064B2
A tubular connection includes a tubular joint including a pin with a first pin thread having a first pitch and a second pin thread having a second pitch, and also includes a connector that includes a box with a first box thread having the first pitch and a second box thread having the second pitch. The connection also includes an elastomeric seal ring comprised of a material that swells in the presence of hydrocarbons. Upon make-up of the connection, the first pin thread engages with the first box thread, the second pin thread engages with the second box thread, and the elastomeric seal ring is disposed around the tubular joint between the first pin thread and the second pin thread and forms a metal-to-elastomer seal between the tubular joint and the connector.
US11940063B2
A mounting group for a press fitting is provided. The mounting group includes cylindrical pressing sleeve with a pressing area and a stop ring fixed to a first axial end of the pressing sleeve and limiting the pressing area in an axial direction of the pressing sleeve. The stop ring has a first inner contour on a side opposite the pressing area and as a first circular segment and a second circular segment, which extends over a smaller part of the first inner contour than the first circular segment. The stop ring has a constant cross-section in the region of the first circular segment and an element arranged in the region of the second circular segment which projects inwardly beyond the constant cross-section of the first circular segment and causes a tilting of an axis of symmetry of the pressing sleeve.
US11940057B2
A valve device includes a flow path formation member provided with at least one flow path hole through which a fluid passes, and a drive part that outputs a rotational force. The valve device includes a shaft, and a rotor having a sliding surface that slides while facing an opening surface of the flow path formation member where the flow path hole is opened, and the rotor is configured to increase or decrease an opening degree of the flow path hole with rotation of the shaft. The valve device includes an energization member that energizes the rotor toward the flow path formation member. The valve device includes a coupling structure configured to tiltably couple the shaft to the rotor such that a contact state between the sliding surface and the opening surface is held regardless of a posture or a position of the shaft.
US11940041B2
A power take off unit includes an input gear, an output gear, and an intermediary gear that cooperate to transfer power from a rotational power source to an operating target. The power take off unit has a control module that biases the intermediary gear relative to the input gear and the output gear to reduce gear rattle vibrations associated with intermeshed tooth looseness.
US11940034B2
A planetary mechanism has a stationary frame on which are supported a first gear with a central axis of rotation, a second gear and carrier. The second gear and the carrier are configured to rotate freely and endlessly about the central axis of rotation. Planetic shafts are supported on the carrier coaxially with respective planetic axes equally angularly distributed around the central axis of rotation. The planetic shafts are configured to undergo rotation freely and endlessly about the respective planetic axes. Third gears cooperate with the first gear and are connected to respective first ends of the planetic shafts. Fourth gears cooperate with the second gear and are connected to respective second ends of the planetic shafts. The first gear, the second gear, each of the third gears, and each of the fourth gears have a teeth number Z1, Z4, Z2 and Z3, respectively, satisfying the relation (Z1−Z2)*(Z4−Z3)>0.
US11940025B2
A friction assembly for a brake system able to collect vapors resulting from the friction of a lining. The friction assembly for a disc brake system includes: —a lining made of friction material, including a friction face, an attachment face opposite the friction face, and a collection groove that is open on the friction face; —a sole plate, supporting the lining, including a hole; —a negative pressure source configured to create negative pressure in the collection groove and the hole. The friction assembly includes a gas filtration device, in pneumatic communication with the collection groove and the hole, able to collect gases resulting from friction of the lining and coming from the collection groove.
US11940013B1
A clutch device includes a clutch center, and a pressure plate movable toward or away from the clutch center, rotatable relative to the clutch center, and operable to press input-side rotating plates and output-side rotating plates. The pressure plate holds the output-side rotating plates and includes pressure-side fitting teeth projecting radially outward from an outer peripheral surface of an outer peripheral wall and arranged in circumferential directions, and an oil channel in an end portion of at least one of the pressure-side fitting teeth in a first direction. The oil channel allows clutch oil flowing at least at an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral wall to be discharged to the outside of the pressure plate.
US11939999B2
A fastener, in particular of a chassis component, has at least one sensor and at least one transmitter of a monitoring device for monitoring at least one mechanical fastening parameter. At least one power supply unit is associated with the transmitter, that the transmitter and the power supply unit are connected to one another by means of a switching contact, that an electrical connection can be closed by means of the switching contact, that the switching contact is designed in such a way that the electrical connection is open when the fastener is installed properly and is closed only when the fastener is released, and that the transmitter is supplied with current and transmits a signal only when the electrical connection of the switching contact is closed.
US11939994B2
A molten metal rotor receives and retains an end of a molten metal rotor shaft. The rotor shaft has one or more projections at the end received in the rotor. The rotor has an inner cavity, a top surface with an opening leading to the inner cavity, and at least one abutment. The opening includes one or more portions for allowing each projection to pass through the opening and into the inner cavity. The rotor and/or shaft are then rotated so at least one of the outwardly-extending projections is under the top surface of the rotor and is against an abutment. A molten metal pump, rotary degasser scrap melter or other device used in molten metal may utilize a rotor/shaft combination as disclosed herein.
US11939993B2
The present invention is directed to a molten metal pump comprising an elongated pumping chamber tube with a base end and an open top end. A shaft extends into the tube and rotates an impeller therein, the impeller rotates proximate the base end. The tube has a diameter at least 1.1 times the diameter of the impeller. The pumping chamber tube preferably has a length at least three times the height of the impeller. The base end includes an inlet and the top end includes a tangential outlet. Rotation of the impeller draws molten metal into the pumping chamber and creates a rotating equilibrium vortex that rises up the walls of the pumping chamber. The rotating vortex adjacent the top end exists the device via the tangential outlet.
US11939982B2
A system for distributing particulate material from an agricultural machine includes a fan configured to provide an airflow in a supply line for distributing particulate material, a hydraulic system configured to drive the fan at a plurality of fan speeds, and a control system configured to control the hydraulic system. The control system executes a program stored in a non-transient medium operable to: determine a given product application rate for distributing the particulate material; determine a given ground speed of the agricultural machine; determine a fan speed for achieving the given product application rate at the given ground speed; and control the hydraulic system to drive the fan at the fan speed.
US11939971B2
A four-cylinder diaphragm pump includes a pump body having four pump chambers, and a drive mechanism that expands and contracts the four pump chambers with a predetermined phase difference, in which the pump body includes a first diaphragm having two diaphragm portions on a same plane, and a second diaphragm having two diaphragm portions on a same plane disposed to be located to be parallel to or coplanar with the plane of the first diaphragm, each of the diaphragm portions of the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm constitute a portion of a different pump chamber, and the drive mechanism is configured to move the diaphragm portions of the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm forward or backward with respect to the corresponding pump chambers with a predetermined phase difference.
US11939967B2
A mobile thick matter pump for conveying thick matter includes a trailer chassis, a pump unit, and a drive motor. The pump unit is arranged on the trailer chassis. The drive motor is arranged on the trailer chassis and configured to drive the pump unit to convey thick matter. The pump unit is arranged eccentrically on the trailer chassis such that the pump unit is laterally offset in a first direction relative to a longitudinal center plane of the trailer chassis. The drive motor is arranged eccentrically on the trailer chassis such that the drive motor is laterally offset relative to the longitudinal center plane in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US11939965B2
A system and a process for producing gas and generating power is disclosed herein. The system may be configured to include a produced gas, a production pipe, an indirect heat exchange system, a heat exchange medium, a concentrated solar power system, an energy conversion device, and a heat exchange circulation system. The process may include producing a gas from a reservoir that has a first temperature, heating the produced, via indirect heat exchange with a heat exchange medium, to a second temperature. This indirect heat exchange may produce a cooled heat exchange medium that may be heated again via concentrated solar power. The heated produced gas may be then expanded across an energy conversion device to produce electricity.
US11939960B2
A method and apparatus for applying optimized yaw settings to wind turbines including receiving operating data from at least one wind turbine on a wind farm and sending the data to a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system on the at least one wind turbine to generate current SCADA data. The current SCADA data is sent a central processing center away from the wind farm. The central processing center includes an optimization system that can generate a new look up table (LUT) including at least one new wind turbine yaw setting calculated using information comprising wind direction, wind velocity, wind turbine location in the wind farm, information from a historic SCADA database, and yaw optimizing algorithms. The new LUT is then sent to a yaw setting selection engine (YSSE) where instructions regarding the use of the new LUT are generated.
US11939955B2
A condition monitoring system includes a monitoring terminal, an acceleration sensor, and a data processor. The data processor calculates a diagnostic parameter from data measured by the acceleration sensor, determines a degree of damage to a bearing or a gear included in a wind turbine generator based on the diagnostic parameter, and controls the monitoring terminal to show information indicating a degree of suppression of electric power generated by the wind turbine generator in accordance with the degree of damage to the bearing or the gear.
US11939954B2
A bracket assembly for securing a tower section to a deck includes a lower support bracket, columns, and a pair of upper upper support brackets, which all have vertical plates with circular apertures. Each circular aperture spans at least two tower flange bolt holes. Attachment yokes are inserted into the circular apertures, and each have at least two bolt apertures, which match the bolt holes size and spacing. The yokes are rotated to align the holes for insertion of bolts. Specific yokes are provided to fit various tower sizes. The brackets can be stacked, and the yoke arrangement substantially reduces bolt torque requirements.
US11939938B2
Systems and methods for equalizing fluid levels within a vent line and a propellant tank in which the vent line is located are discussed herein. The vent line includes a vent valve and an equalization valve. The vent valve can be included in a vent duct of the vent line. The equalization valve is included in a bottom wall (i.e., a low point) of the vent duct of the vent line. A controller is also included in the system to instruct a vent valve and the equalization valve to open and close.
US11939936B2
A cascade type thrust reverser device for a turbomachine of an aircraft, comprising a cascade including first partitions, second partitions intersecting the first partitions, and cavities, and a casing including a housing into which the cascade can be inserted in a first direction, the casing and the cascade being in relative translation with respect to one another in the first direction. The casing comprises a perforated wall intended to be in contact with an air flow and including orifices and wall strips with no orifices and intended to face the first walls of the cascade when the device is in a first position in which the cascade is entirely positioned in the housing.
US11939917B2
An apparatus for oil lubrication of a rotationally fixed connection between two shafts. A first shaft engages with a hollow region of the second shaft. The shafts are operatively connected to each other in a form-fitting manner in the overlapping region. Oil is introduced into a first chamber in the hollow region, which chamber is connected to a second chamber in the hollow region. The second chamber is connectable to a third chamber is arranged in the overlapping region. The fluidic connection between the second chamber and the third chamber is separated above a defined oil volume in the second chamber and above a rotational speed threshold of the shafts via a sealing element. The sealing element is reversibly deformable by the oil volume in the second chamber and the centrifugal force acting thereon and, in the deformed state, seals the connection between the second and third chambers.
US11939913B2
An engine system includes a turbine engine including a compressor section, a combustor section having a burner, a turbine section, and a nozzle in an open-loop configuration. The engine system also includes a bottom-cycle apparatus and an exhaust heat exchanger downstream of the turbine section of the turbine engine configured to reject heat from the turbine engine to the bottoming-cycle apparatus and create a cooled turbine exhaust in the turbine engine. The engine system further includes an exhaust compressor arranged downstream of the exhaust heat exchanger and upstream of the nozzle of the turbine engine configured to compress the cooled turbine exhaust stream and increase a pressure of the cooled turbine exhaust stream prior to exiting the nozzle of the turbine engine.
US11939910B2
Described is a power system having an engine, a generator, a belt-driven component, a first pulley, a second pulley, a third pulley, and a fourth pulley. The engine outputs a rotational force at a first rotational speed to rotate the first pulley. The generator converts mechanical power driving the generator shaft to electric power. The second pulley is drivingly coupled to the first pulley via a first belt and configured to rotate the generator shaft at a second rotational speed based on the first rotational speed. The fourth pulley coupled to the generator shaft having a first diameter that is greater than a second diameter of the second pulley. The fourth pulley configured to drive the third pulley at a third rotational speed to drive the belt-driven component
US11939898B2
An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, in the exhaust duct of which a sensor is arranged for determining the exhaust gas composition. Furthermore, upstream of the sensor a guide vane is arranged, which is designed to increase the flow velocity of the exhaust gas in a local flow cross-section of the exhaust duct at the height of the sensor. This makes it possible to provide sufficiently high flow velocities of the exhaust gas at the sensor.
US11939897B2
An auxiliary system with purge control automatically supplies diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) to an onboard DEF tank of a diesel engine to enable prolonged unattended operation. The system includes an auxiliary DEF tank, an auxiliary DEF supply line, a controller, a pump, an air inlet, and a three-way valve configured to switch the pump inlet between the auxiliary DEF tank and air. In response to low-level DEF, the pump delivers DEF through the supply line to replenish the onboard DEF tank. The controller may automatically calculate onboard DEF tank volume based on the delivered volume of DEF, and DEF level data received from an ECM, to enable replenishment control regardless of engine make and model. In response to high-level DEF, engine stoppage, or other system fault, the controller switches the valve to air and runs the pump for a predetermined time to purge DEF from the supply line.
US11939891B2
A combustion engine for a vehicle includes a first centrifugal device for varying timing of a first plurality of suction or relief valves with respect to the drive shaft. A driving disc is mounted idle on a first camshaft which controls the valves, and at least one driven disc is integral with the camshaft. Drive elements for transmitting motion from the driving disc to the driven disc are interposed between the two discs causing a relative rotation of the driven disc with respect to the driving disc when the rotation speed of the discs exceeds a predetermined threshold. A distribution system connects the drive shaft with the driving disc so as to cause the rotation thereof. A second gear meshes with a first gear so that rotation of the driving disc mounted on the first camshaft causes the rotation of the second camshaft to control other valves of the engine.
US11939889B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing an engine component having a cooling duct arrangement which has a plurality of cooling ducts, each having an inflow opening, the inflow openings being arranged according to a predefined pattern in an inflow surface of the engine component, and each cooling duct opening into a recess in a wall of the engine component, along which wall a cooling film is to be formed. According to the invention, the pattern is formed in at least one subregion of defined size of the inflow surface, from a plurality of identical isosceles triangles, which are defined by a minimum spacing (k) and by a mean diameter (a) of the inflow openings correlating to the minimum spacing (k). This procedure reduces the complexity of the design process.
US11939884B2
A blade for a gas turbine includes a removed portion space, and further includes an airfoil portion defining the removed portion space, the airfoil portion formed from a base material, and a replacement component formed to fill the removed portion space. The replacement component is formed from a material that includes 50%-80% base material, 0%-30% braze material, and 0%-8% aluminum. A braze joint is formed between the airfoil portion and the replacement component to attach the replacement component to the airfoil portion and fill the removed portion space.
US11939882B2
A turbine rotor blade includes a leading edge portion having a plurality of cooling holes. The plurality of cooling holes includes: m cooling holes arranged in a first range in the blade height direction, where m is an integer of 2 or more; and n cooling holes arranged in a second range on the blade tip side of the first range in the blade height direction, where n is an integer of 2 or more, and n/b
US11939880B1
A turbine engine stage includes a plurality of airfoils extending between an inner band and an outer band. Each airfoil in the plurality of airfoils can have an outer wall defining a pressure side and a suction side, with the outer wall extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. An intervening flow passage is defined between two adjacent airfoils in the plurality of airfoils.
US11939875B2
A drive system of a gas turbine engine includes a first drive shaft and a second drive shaft operable to rotate within the gas turbine engine, a first sensor operable to detect rotation of the first drive shaft, a second sensor operable to detect rotation of the second drive shaft, and a processing system coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor. The processing system is operable to determine a timing variation based on output of the first sensor and output of the second sensor, determine a torsional deflection between the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft based on the timing variation, and detect a health status of the drive system based on the torsional deflection.
US11939872B2
A miniaturized turbogenerator (200) to directly provide electrical propulsion (307 308, 309) to small land, air, and maritime vehicles without an intervening electricity storage battery (315). The invention comprises of a process of miniaturization (500) of a turbine engine core (100), in particular its compressors and turbines (400), by means of hyper-feed machining by linear force alone, i.e. without rotation of either the workpiece or the cutting tool (505), and a resulting apparatus of a miniaturized turbogenerator (200) that has sufficient power density to provide high-performance electrical propulsion (310) for commercially feasible automobiles, urban air mobility vehicles, and other small vehicles and vessels with greater performance than battery-electric vehicles (300).
US11939871B1
An abradable material for a rub strip of a gas turbine engine component includes a polymer matrix, and an organic or inorganic filler distributed through the matrix, wherein the abradable material has a compression spring rate profile including: less than 50,000 lb/in at −65° F., less than 35,000 lb/in at room temperature, and less than 35,000 lb/in at 200° F.
US11939868B2
A cutting assembly for a rock excavation machine having a frame includes a boom and a cutting device supported on the boom. The boom includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion supported for pivotable movement relative to the frame. In some embodiments, the first portion includes a first structure extending along a longitudinal base axis and a second structure moveable relative to the first portion in a direction parallel to the longitudinal base axis, and at least one bearing supports the second portion for movement relative to the first portion. In some embodiments, the second portion is pivotably coupled to the first portion by a universal joint, and a suspension system including a plurality of biasing members may be coupled between the first portion and the second portion.
US11939866B2
A method and system for identifying a fluid sample. The method may comprise disposing a fluid sampling tool into a wellbore. The fluid sampling tool may comprise at least one probe configured to fluidly connect the fluid sampling tool to a formation in the wellbore and at least one passageway that passes through the at least one probe and into the fluid sampling tool. The method may further comprise drawing a wellbore fluid as a fluid sample through the at least one probe and through the at least one passageway, obtaining a fluid measurement of the fluid sample, comparing the fluid measurement to a plurality of fingerprints that populate a database, and identifying the fluid sample based at least in part on one of the plurality of fingerprints.
US11939862B2
A wellbore pumping unit comprising a main pump, a power source, a controller, and a plurality of sensors is provided. A method of performing a diagnostic check of the unit controller and the plurality of sensors when power is applied to the unit controller. A diagnostic application executing in memory writes a status of the plurality of analog inputs of a plurality of valve position sensors, a status of a plurality of frequency inputs of a plurality of flowmeters, and a plurality of calibration data files that correlate to a plurality of sensors to a diagnostic report file. The status of the sensor inputs and calibration data files can be a pass or a fail. The status of the sensor inputs can be displayed on a human machine interface.
US11939860B2
A downhole tool includes a body configured to move in a wellbore formed from a terranean surface to a subterranean formation in a direction downhole of the terranean surface independent of a downhole conveyance attached to the body; one or more sensors positioned in the body, the one or more sensors configured to measure a value associated with at least one of the wellbore or the terranean surface; and at least one mass positioned in the body and configured to adjust an orientation of the body in response to one or more forces acting on the body as the downhole tool moves in the wellbore in the direction downhole of the terranean surface.
US11939859B2
Systems and methods for utilizing performance based condition monitoring to determine health condition of wellsite equipment. A method may include operating a piece of equipment at an oil and gas wellsite by performing a plurality actions by a component of the piece of equipment, and generating a plurality of sensor measurements, wherein each sensor measurement is indicative of a corresponding action. The method may further include receiving the plurality of sensor measurements by a processing system, calculating a condition indicator for each component based on a corresponding sensor measurement, recording each condition indicator over a period of time, and determining condition of the piece of equipment based on at least one of the condition indicators recorded over time.
US11939853B2
Systems and methods for operating hydraulic fracturing units to pump fracturing fluid into a wellhead may include receiving a target flow rate and/or a target pressure for fracturing fluid supplied to the wellhead. The systems and methods may increase a flow rate from the hydraulic fracturing units according to a controlled increasing flow rate schedule toward the target flow rate and/or target pressure. When it has been determined the target flow rate and/or target pressure has been achieved, the systems and methods also may include operating the hydraulic fracturing units to maintain the target flow rate and/or target pressure. When the target flow rate has not been achieved, the systems and methods also may include generating notification signals, and/or when the target pressure has not been achieved, the systems and methods further may include operating the hydraulic fracturing units to maintain a maximum flow rate.
US11939848B1
Solidified nitrogen is placed at a downhole location within a wellbore formed in a subterranean formation. The solidified nitrogen is encapsulated by an emulsifying agent. The emulsifying agent is configured to dissolve in response to exposure to a downhole fluid. The solidified nitrogen encapsulated by the emulsifying agent is exposed to the downhole fluid at the downhole location within the wellbore, thereby dissolving the emulsifying agent and releasing the solidified nitrogen. The solidified nitrogen is allowed to sublimate into nitrogen gas within the wellbore, thereby reducing hydrostatic column in the wellbore. The downhole fluid is produced from the wellbore to a surface location.
US11939832B2
A wellbore system includes a slip hanger arranged within a wellbore component, the slip hanger having a mechanical receptacle formed in a face of the slip hanger. The wellbore system also includes an adapter configured to couple to the slip hanger, the adapter having one or more engagement members arranged to engage the mechanical receptacle, wherein the one or more engagement members extend into the mechanical receptacle to secure the slip hanger to the adapter.
US11939822B2
A control line protector for protecting one or more downhole control lines running alongside a pipe, comprising a body with one or more channels, wherein each of the one or more channels is adapted to receive a control line, and an attachment assembly coupled to the body for attachment to an outer surface of the pipe, wherein the attachment assembly comprises an inner collar comprising a tubular portion and a plurality of gripping arms extending axially away from the tubular portion and arranged to deflect radially inwards and an outer sleeve adapted to slide at least partially over the inner collar, wherein when the inner collar and the outer sleeve are arranged axially around the pipe and pressed together each of the plurality of gripping arms is deflected radially inwards by the outer sleeve to grip the pipe and thereby secure the body to the outer surface of the pipe.
US11939811B2
Embodiments herein relate to fenestrations exhibiting coastal impact performance. In an embodiment, a fenestration unit includes a frame assembly forming a first lower corner and a second lower corner. A first sill corner bracket can fit on a top of a sill and extend from the first lower corner partway along the top of the sill and partway along one side jamb of the frame assembly. A second sill corner bracket can be configured to fit on the top of the sill and extend from the second lower corner partway along the top of the sill and partway along the other side jamb. A bottom sash can include a bottom rail defining a channel to receive at least a portion of the first corner bracket and the second corner bracket therein when the bottom sash is in the closed position. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US11939808B2
An automatic door operator and a drive mechanism thereof are disclosed. The drive mechanism of the automatic door includes a planetary reducer driven by an electric motor, and a drive shaft driven by a planetary reducer. The planetary reducer includes a housing and a planetary gear train mounted in the housing. The planetary gear train includes a final-stage planet carrier configured to output torque, and a center of the final-stage planet carrier is provided with a torque output hole. A first end of the drive shaft is detachably inserted in the torque output hole and is non-rotatably connected to the torque output hole, and a second end of the drive shaft extends out of the housing. The drive mechanism of the automatic door operator is advantageous to the miniaturization design of the automatic door operator.
US11939807B2
A vertical pivoting gate operator for positioning a gate between an open position and a closed position is provided. The gate operator includes a motor drive assembly including a motor and a linkage assembly mechanically connecting a motor output to the gate such that in response to actuation of the motor, the linkage assembly transmits an opening force to positioning the gate toward the open position, and a closing force, for positioning the gate toward the closed position. A counterbalance assembly including a biasing member is operable to release stored energy against an input link to rotate a gate arm shaft so as to urge the gate toward the open position and to increase stored energy in response to rotation of the gate traveling toward the closed position to act against the gate as it approaches the closed position.
US11939804B2
One aspect relates to a frameless glass fencing hinge (10) for a frameless glass fencing installation a first leaf assembly (12) for operative attachment to a first glass panel or building structure. The frameless glass fencing hinge (10) includes a second leaf assembly (14) for operative attachment to a second glass panel. The second leaf assembly (14) is operatively adapted to undergo pivotal movement about a hinge axis (16) so as to move the second glass panel between a closed position an open position. The first leaf assembly (12) and the second leaf assembly (14) define a cam formation (16) operatively adapted to cause the second leaf assembly (14) to undergo axial movement along the hinge axis (16) between a rest position and a biased position when the second leaf (14) assembly undergoes pivotal movement about the hinge axis (16).
US11939800B2
A cover plate according to certain embodiments is configured for use with a mounting plate and a control system, and has a front side and a rear side opposite the front side. The cover plate includes a support substrate, a cover plate coupler, and an electronic device. The support substrate includes an opening sized and shaped to receive a spindle of a door hardware apparatus associated with the rose assembly. The cover plate coupler is configured to releasably couple with a mounting plate coupler of the mounting plate. The electronic device is mounted to the support substrate, and includes a first electrical connector accessible from the rear side of the cover plate and configured for electrical connection with a second electrical connector of the control system, and an electronic component electrically connected with the first electrical connector.
US11939792B2
A sheltering system comprised of a housing unit made of at least one panel connected to a base with one or more entrances into the housing unit and a structural framework with at least one beam that extends the length or width of a panel or base on the housing unit. The beam has at least one notch near the joining of two panels or a panel and the base. The housing unit may be connected to an air intake system that allows for air to move into the interior of the housing unit and then egress out.
US11939790B2
A swim spa cover having a first bottom protection layer and may be positioned over the body of water. The first bottom protection layer includes a first radiant barrier. The swim spa cover includes a series of support rods that are adapted to engage across the first bottom protection layer. The swim spa cover includes a second rounded support layer positioned on top of the support rods. A third waterproof top layer is adapted to engage across the second rounded support layer. A first air gap is created between the body of water and first bottom protection layer. A second air gap is created between the series of support rods, the first bottom protection layer and the second rounded support layer. A third air gap is created within the second rounded support.
US11939775B2
The invention relates to an arrangement for securing a vertical panel (14) in a longitudinal groove (28), the panel (14) comprising an inner face (20) and an outer face (22), the securing being carried out by transverse clamping between transversely opposed wedges (36A, 36B; 38A, 38B), the arrangement comprising: an upper outer wedge (38A) and a lower outer wedge (38B) which are each positioned between an outer face (34) of the groove (28) and the outer vertical face (22) of the panel (14); at least two movable transmission members (62A, 62B) which are each capable of transmitting a sliding force to an associated outer wedge (38A, 38B), the force being applied from an inner side (24) of the panel (14); the arrangement is characterized in that the upper and lower outer wedges (38A, 38B) slide vertically upwards from the released position thereof to the clamped position thereof above the released position.
US11939773B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to roofing composites. In some embodiments, the roofing composite includes a first layer having a top surface. In some embodiments, the top surface of the first layer comprises a first embossed surface portion, a second embossed surface portion, and a flat surface portion between the first and second embossed surface portions. In some embodiments, the flat surface portion is between the first and second embossed surface portions. In some embodiments, the roofing composite is configured to attach to a roof structure, such as a roof deck. Methods of forming roofing composited are also disclosed.
US11939769B1
A structure for supporting reinforcement bars includes a base, and first legs extending upwardly from the opposite sides of the base. Attached to shoulders of the first legs are first and second cradles, each having opposing sidewalls that form channels therebetween. Reinforcement bars inserted into the first and second cradles are retained within the channels by retaining members protruding from the opposing sidewalls. A first base support member spans a central opening in the base between the first legs. Second legs extend upwardly from the first base support member and connect to the cradles. Third and fourth legs extend upwardly from opposing ends of the base and connect to the cradles. The structure includes fillets at various points on the cradles, including fillets connecting the cradles to the shoulders of the first legs.
US11939768B1
Disclosed are a sleeve grouting device and method for prefabricated building, relating to the technical field of engineering construction. The grouting device includes a sleeve, a driver and an oscilloscope, sleeve openings at two ends of the sleeve each are configured to be penetrated by connection rebars of each of two different prefabricated components, a piezoelectric ceramic is provided horizontally at each of the sleeve openings at two ends of the sleeve, a corresponding one of the piezoelectric ceramics is electrically connected to the driver and another corresponding one of the piezoelectric ceramics is electrically connected to the oscilloscope; a bottom end of the sleeve is connected to an inlet pipe to be communicated with a g grout injection equipment, and a top end of the sleeve is connected to an outlet pipe.
US11939766B2
A system includes at least one interior wall having a first interior facing side and a second side opposite the interior facing side, at least one exterior wall having a first interior facing side and a second exterior facing side, at least one first attachment device for each interior wall, and at least one second attachment device for each exterior wall, each first attachment device connecting to a respective second attachment device to temporarily attach a respective interior wall to a respective exterior wall and create a cavity between the second side of the interior wall and the first interior facing side of the exterior wall.
US11939763B2
A robotised construction system is provided that includes a cartesian robot that can be automatically lifted as the construction is becoming higher, that is provided with a system of robotic supply of the materials and of the electric and electronic installations and that is provided with specific fabrication tools which work some by the contribution of layers of fluid construction materials. In a cement-based usage in which the cement is setting and having been deposited, by projection of these same materials and others by forming and placing construction elements in a determined position.
US11939760B2
A vacuum sewage system includes a collection station, a variable speed vacuum pump, a variable speed drive, a control system, a sewage pump, a collection tank, a valve pit, a first conduit extending from the collection station to the valve pit, a second conduit extending from the valve pit and terminating in a closed end, a sensor located adjacent the closed end of the second conduit, and a valve located in the valve pit for selectively permitting sewage and waste water to flow from the valve pit toward the collection station upon activation of the valve. The control system, variable speed drive and sensor may be utilized to adjust the vacuum level and vacuum level range at the collection station so as to reduce the speed and operation time of the variable speed vacuum pump while maintaining the desired vacuum level in the vacuum sewage system.
US11939759B2
Sewage flowing into a second water branching device is accurately controlled to separate into the following: sewage with a maximum sewage volume that can be discharged into a public water body W, the sewage sequentially passing through a first regulating tank, a first orifice, a second regulating tank, a second orifice, a third regulating tank and a third orifice to flow into a second discharge pipe; and sewage with an excess sewage volume, the sewage overflowing first to third overflow weirs to flow into an inflow pipe for a regulating reservoir.
US11939753B2
A sink includes a basin including a base wall and lateral walls adjoining the base wall, with the basin including a receiving area delimited by the base wall and the lateral walls. An insert plate separate from the basin is inserted into the receiving area and moveable by a lifting device relative to the basin. The lifting device extends into the base wall through an opening such that the lifting device is arranged on both sides of the base wall. A securing device secures the lifting device to the base wall.
US11939741B2
A work vehicle comprising a frame supported by a ground engaging device. A boom assembly is coupled to the frame. An attachment coupler is coupled to the boom assembly. An electronic data processor is communicatively coupled to a boom actuator, an attachment coupler actuator, a boom sensor, an attachment coupler sensor, and an operator input device. A computer readable storage medium comprising machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an operator input and for a tilt forward command, command the boom actuator to move the boom assembly to a frame contact position and then command the attachment coupler actuator to move the attachment coupler towards a lower position. For a tilt rearward command, command the attachment coupler actuator to move the attachment coupler towards an upper position and then command the boom actuator to move the boom assembly towards a raised position.
US11939738B2
A pile driver driven foundation bracket system includes a foundation bracket drive unit and a foundation bracket unit. The foundation bracket drive unit includes a pile driving unit interface configured to engage with a pile driving unit, a hollow sleeve, and a foundation bracket drive interface. The pile driving unit interface is connected to a first end of the hollow sleeve, and the foundation bracket drive interface is connected to a second end of the hollow sleeve. The foundation bracket drive interface is removably connected to the foundation bracket unit. The foundation bracket unit includes a horizontal foundation bracket support arm, a foundation bracket brace having an opening, the opening being configured to allow soil to flow therethrough when the foundation bracket unit is rotated, and a foundation bracket hollow sleeve.
US11939737B2
A composite manhole cover includes a body made of a polymer adapted to accommodate an embedded magnetic material embedded as well as function enhancing electronics.
US11939735B2
The invention relates to a watercraft having a hull (10), an introduction installation (20) for an object (70) to be anchored in the water, said introduction installation (20) being disposed on said hull (10), and at least one compressor (30) having at least one compressed-air line (40) which leads into the water and is coupled to at least one compressed-air distribution installation (45) which has a horizontal extent and for generating a bubble curtain (50) below the hull (10) has a multiplicity of mutually spaced apart outflow openings (46), characterized in that the hull (10) has at least two sub-hulls (11, 12) which are disposed so as to be mutually spaced apart and connected to one another, and a void (15) which is at least partially surrounded by the bubble curtain (50) is situated between the sub-hulls (11, 12).
US11939722B1
The invention may utilize shaft horsepower for rotating cylinders to move a fluid in an axial direction within the cylinder. The cylinder may comprise a spiral blade on or in its inner surface with a pitch relative to a central axis of the cylinder. The blade's pitch may be variable or uniform with respect to the central axis. In some applications, plural blades may be positioned within the cylinder. The invention is particularly suitable for imparting kinetic energy sufficient to assist with the evacuation of condensate from a paper dryer cylinder with reduced or no blow through steam. The invention also has applications for spinner wheels.
US11939720B2
A laundry folding appliance includes one or more folding panels mechanically coupled to a cabinet and at least partially defining a folding surface for receiving articles of clothing. An actuating assembly selectively pivots the folding panels to fold the articles of clothing and a camera assembly is positioned in view of the folding surface. A controller obtains one or more images using the camera assembly, identifies the laundry articles positioned on the folding surface by analyzing the one or more images using a laundry identification model, determines a folding protocol for folding the laundry article, and operates the actuating assembly to fold the laundry article in accordance with the folding protocol.
US11939714B2
Various examples are provided related to attachment of bands about a garment opening. In one example, among others, a sleeve band can be attached to a garment by loading the sleeve band on a band guide, aligning an opening of a garment over the sleeve band, and attaching the band to the garment along the edge of the opening. Alignment of the edges of the opening and the sleeve band can be maintained by ply aligners during attachment. In another example, a garment holding system includes a garment holder that can receive a garment and a band positioning system includes a band guide that can receive a band. Edges of the opening of the garment and the band can be controlled and maintained with ply aligners of the band positioning system.
US11939713B2
A plant (1) for the production of spunbonded nonwoven (8), comprising a spinning solution production (3), a spinning system (2), a device (6) for the delivery of coagulation liquid, at least one conveying device (7, 9) for depositing the spunbonded nonwoven (8), and a collecting device (13) for the spunbonded nonwoven (8), wherein at least one discharge device (14) is provided between the device (6) for the delivery of coagulation liquid and the collecting device (13) for the spunbonded nonwoven (8).
US11939709B2
Articles of wear having one or more textiles that include a low processing temperature polymeric composition and a high processing temperature polymeric composition, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The low processing temperature polymeric composition and the high processing temperature polymeric composition can be selectively incorporated into a textile to provide one or more structural properties and/or other advantageous properties to the article. The textile can be thermoformed to impart such structural and/or other advantageous properties to the article of wear. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
US11939693B2
There is provided a surface-treated steel sheet (1) comprising: a tin-plated steel sheet (10) obtained by tin-plating a steel sheet (11); a phosphate compound layer (20) containing tin phosphate formed on the tin-plated steel sheet (10); and an aluminum-oxygen compound layer (30) on the phosphate compound layer (20), a main constituent of the aluminum-oxygen compound layer (30) being an aluminum-oxygen compound; wherein, when the 3d5/2 spectrum of tin in the aluminum-oxygen compound layer (30) is determined using an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the ratio of the integration value of the profile derived from tin oxide to the integration value of the profile derived from tin phosphate (tin oxide/tin phosphate) is 6.9 or more.
US11939692B2
A steel sheet for can making and methods for manufacturing the same. The steel sheet includes, in order from a steel sheet side, an iron-nickel diffusion layer, a metallic chromium layer, and a chromium oxide layer. The iron-nickel diffusion layer has a nickel coating weight of 50 mg/m2 to 500 mg/m2 per surface of the steel sheet and a thickness of 0.060 μm to 0.500 μm per surface of the steel sheet. The metallic chromium layer includes a flat-like metallic chromium sublayer and a granular metallic chromium sublayer placed on a surface of the flat-like metallic chromium sublayer. The total chromium coating weight of both sublayers per surface of the steel sheet is 60 mg/m2 to 200 mg/m2. The chromium oxide layer has a chromium coating weight 3 mg/m2 to 10 mg/m2 per surface of the steel sheet in terms of metallic chromium.
US11939684B2
The present invention relates to the use of a composition of formula (I): Fe9-a-b-cNiaCobMcS8-dSed, wherein M stands for one or more elements having in the ionic state an effective ionic radius in the range of 70-92 pm, a is a number within the range of 2.5≤a≤3.5, more preferably 2.7≤a≤3.3, b is a number within the range of 1.5≤b≤5.0, more preferably 1.5≤b≤4.0, most preferably 2.5≤b≤3.5, c is a number within the range of 0.0≤c≤2.0, more preferably 0.0≤c≤1.0, d is a number within the range of 0.0≤d≤4.0, more preferably 0.0≤d≤1.0, wherein the sum of a, b and c is in the range of 5≤a+b+c≤8 and wherein ≥90 wt. % of the composition is in the pentlandite phase for electrocatalytic splitting of water, preferably for hydrogen evolution reaction.
US11939680B2
A method includes applying a material coating on a surface of a machine component using a thermal spray, wherein the material coating is formed from a combination of a hardfacing material and aluminum-containing particles. The method also includes thermally treating the material coating to generate an oxide layer comprising aluminum from the aluminum-containing particles, wherein the oxide layer is configured to reduce oxidation of the hardfacing material.
US11939679B2
The invention discloses a method for preparing an anticorrosive surface layer of a metal material in a marine environment by laser, which belongs to the technical field of laser processing. First, the laser cladding method is used to prepare a cladding surface layer on the surface of the metal material that is not easy to undergo chemical substitution reaction with the chlorides (NaCl, MgCl2 , CaCl2 etc.) in the seawater. Then, on the surface of the cladding surface layer, ultrafast laser processing is used to form a surface layer with a wetting angle (and water) greater than 90 degrees and with hydrophobic characteristics.
US11939677B2
A coated metal alloy substrate with at least one chamfered edge, a process for producing a coating a metal alloy substrate, and an electronic device having a housing comprising a coated metal alloy substrate are described. The coated metal alloy substrate with at least one chamfered edge comprises a hydrophobic anti-fingerprint layer deposited on the metal alloy substrate, a passivation layer deposited on the at least one chamfered edge, and a water based paint layer deposited on the passivation layer.
US11939672B2
A nanoscale plate structure includes base plates and rib plates with nanoscale thickness and macroscopic lateral dimensions. The base plate resides in the first plane, the ribs can reside out-of-plane and form at least one strengthening rib, and additional base plates can reside in planes parallel to the first plane. The strengthening rib can be patterned such that there is no straight line path extending through a lateral dimension of the plate structure that does not intersect the at least one base plate and the at least one strengthening rib. The plates and ribs used in the structure have a thickness between about 1 nm and about 100 nm. The plate structures can be fabricated using a conformal deposition method including atomic layer deposition.
US11939670B2
Methods for depositing inorganic particles including titanium carbonitride on a metal substrate via chemical vapor deposition (CVD). In some embodiments, the CVD process may be supplied by two or more source gasses that react to form the inorganic particles. At least one of the sources gases includes a titanium source gas. And a source of carbon and nitrogen may be (a) a single source gas including a carbon and nitrogen source gas with a heat of formation energy that is less than 65.9 kilojoules per mole and/or (b) two source gases including a carbon source gas with a gas molecule having a carbon-nitrogen single bond and a nitrogen source gas. In some embodiments, the CVD process may be supplied by a source gas including a metalorganic compound to form the inorganic particles. In some embodiments, the CVD process may be supplied by an aluminum-containing metalorganic reducing agent.
US11939667B2
A method for manufacturing a wavelength conversion member, includes: providing a wavelength conversion layer having a phosphor-containing portion and a light reflecting portion surrounding the phosphor-containing portion, and the wavelength conversion layer having an upper surface, a bottom surface and at least one side surface; forming a light-blocking film on the upper surface of the wavelength conversion layer; and removing a part of the light-blocking film by laser processing to expose at least a part of the phosphor-containing portion from the light-blocking film.
US11939666B2
Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate include cleaning and self-assembly monolayer (SAM) formation for subsequent reverse selective atomic layer deposition. An apparatus may include a process chamber with a processing volume and a substrate support including a pedestal, a remote plasma source fluidly coupled to the process chamber and configured to produce radicals or ionized gas mixture with radicals that flow into the processing volume to remove residue or oxides from a surface of the substrate, a first gas delivery system with a first ampoule configured to provide at least one first chemical into the processing volume to produce a SAM on the surface of the substrate, a heating system located in the pedestal and configured to heat a substrate by flowing gas on a backside of the substrate, and a vacuum system fluidly coupled to the process chamber and configured to control heating of the substrate.
US11939643B2
A pre-coated steel strip is provided. The steel strip includes a strip of base steel having a length, a width, a first side, and a second side. The length of the strip is at least 100 m and the width is at least 600 mm. An aluminum or an aluminum alloy pre-coating is on at least part of at least one of the first or second sides of the strip of base steel. A thickness tp of the pre-coating is from 20 to 33 micrometers at every location on at least one of the first or second sides. Processes, coated stamped products and land motor vehicles are also provided.
US11939638B2
Method and systems for identifying and distinguishing subjects using a detection system comprising pooled probes are described. The pooled probes described comprise subject specific features allowing for identification and distinction of subjects in a complex sample and can be utilized in a variety of detection platforms. The methods and systems can further comprise the use of isotachophoresis to concentrate analytes in a sample.
US11939635B2
The present disclosure provides methods of treating subjects having obesity and/or increased body mass index (BMI), and methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing obesity and/or BMI.
US11939634B2
The invention provides methods for simultaneously amplifying multiple nucleic acid regions of interest in one reaction volume as well as methods for selecting a library of primers for use in such amplification methods. The invention also provides library of primers with desirable characteristics, such as minimal formation of amplified primer dimers or other non-target amplicons.
US11939631B2
Four-color DNA sequencing by synthesis using cleavable fluorescent nucleotide reversible terminators
This invention provides a process for sequencing single-stranded DNA by employing a nanopore and modified nucleotides.
US11939628B2
Methods and compositions are provided for identifying any of the presence, location and phasing of methylated and/or hydroxymethylated cytosines in nucleic acids including long stretches of DNA. In some embodiments, the method may comprise reacting a first portion (aliquot) of a nucleic acid sample with a dioxygenase and optionally a glucosyltransferase in a reaction mixture containing the nucleic acid followed by a reaction with a cytidine deaminase to detect and optionally map 5mC in a DNA. Optionally, a second portion can be reacted with glucosyltransferase followed by reaction with a cytidine deaminase to detect and optionally map 5hmC in a DNA.
US11939624B2
A method of barcoding is provided. The method comprises performing a ligation assay on target nucleic acid molecules that are in or on cells or cell organelles to produce ligation products and adding cell-origination barcodes onto the ligation products or complements thereof by a split-pool barcoding process.
US11939623B2
A method of use and reagent kit for nucleic acid stabilization and room temperature transport of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses, followed by rapid identification are disclosed. Using the methods and compositions herein, molecular diagnostics or detection of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses from the biological sample is performed without extraction or purification of viral DNA or RNA.
US11939621B2
Provided is a device for determining the live/dead bacterial state, with which it is possible to ascertain the accurate state of live bacteria/dead bacteria via a captured image in a relatively easy operation with which ascertaining the state of a bacterial cell is more accurate than conventional methods. This device for determining the live/dead bacterial state comprises: a case body in which a measurement mechanism is housed; an opening/closing lid body that allows a fungus base insertion port formed in the case body to be opened and closed; and the measurement mechanism, which is housed in the case body and is configured to measure the number of bacteria. The measurement mechanism comprises: a fungus base holding mechanism that inserts and fixes a fungus base on which a bacterial cell collected from a specimen is placed; an excitation light irradiating mechanism configured so as to be capable of focusing and irradiating an excitation light toward the bacterial cell on the fungus base; an imaging camera disposed above the bacterial cell on the fungus base; and an XY-axes adjustment mechanism that minutely adjusts and moves, in the XY-axes, an XY stage supporting the fungus base holding mechanism and comprising two separately moving layers.
US11939602B2
The present disclosure provides engineered transaminase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type transaminase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered transaminase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered transaminase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered transaminase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
US11939597B2
This invention relates to modified parvovirus inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) that do not functionally interact with wild-type large Rep proteins, synthetic Rep proteins that functionally interact with the modified ITRs, and methods of using the same for delivery of nucleic acids to a cell or a subject. The modifications provide a novel Rep-ITR interaction that limits vector mobilization, increasing the safety of viral vectors.
US11939594B2
The present application relates to plasma cells and plasma cell precursors that express a macromolecule, such as a protein, protein mimetic or a peptide and compositions comprising these plasma cells or plasma cell precursors. The application further relates to methods of using and making the plasma cells and plasma cell precursors that express the macromolecule. Methods of treatment comprising administering the plasma cells or plasma cell precursors are also contemplated.
US11939593B2
Compositions and methods for improving embryo development, treating idiopathic male factor infertility, and enabling infertile/sub-fertile/sterile men to father their own genetic offspring are provided. Typically, the methods include administering into a male or female gamete or fertilized embryo an effective amount of a compound that increases bioavailability of a TET protein to improve development of an embryo resulting from fertilization of the female gamete by a male gamete. The compound can be administered into the gamete or embryo before, during, or after fertilization. The compound can be administered by an injection such as intracytoplasmic injection. The compound and the male gamete can be administered in combination by intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Methods of making male gametes, and methods of modifying the genome of a male gamete or embryo using an effective amount of a gene editing composition to correct a gene mutation or anomaly in the genome thereof are also provided.
US11939589B2
The present invention relates to control of pest infestation by inhibiting one or more biological functions. The invention provides methods and compositions for such control, By feeding one or more recombinant double stranded RNA molecules provided by the invention to the pest, a reduction in pest infestation is obtained through suppression of gene expression. The invention is also directed to methods for making transgenic plants that express the double stranded RNA molecules, and to particular combinations of transgenic pesticidal agents for use in protecting plants from pest infestation.
US11939588B2
Described herein are modified plants, plant cells, and plant seeds that have at least one mutant loss-of-function JAZ gene and at least one loss-of-function cdk8 gene. Such plants are highly resistant to pests and environmental stress and have restored growth and increased seed yield compared to plant lines with a jazD genetic background.
US11939558B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a sport beverage, comprising the steps of providing malt and/or unmalted grains, providing mashing liquor produced from spent grains, processing the malt and the mashing liquor to obtain a wort, fermenting the wort by using a yeast and optionally, blending with flavour(s) and/or vitamin(s); and/or adding of sugar(s). The present invention further relates to a sport beverage obtained by said method, wherein said sport beverage is non-alcoholic or has an alcohol content of less than about 1.2 vol-%, preferably less than about 0.5 vol-%. The present invention also relates to the use of the sport beverage before and/or after physical activities.
US11939547B2
Pre-ground plastics of small particle size not more than 2 mm are co-fed into a solid fossil fuel fed entrained flow partial oxidation gasifier. High solids concentrations in the feedstock stream can be obtained without significant impact on the feedstock stream stability and pumpability. A consistent quality of syngas can be continuously produced, including generation of carbon dioxide and a carbon monoxide/hydrogen ratio while stably operating the gasifier and avoiding the high tar generation of fluidized bed or fixed bed waste gasifiers and without impacting the operations of the gasifier. The subsequent syngas produced from this material can be used to produce a wide range of chemicals.
US11939546B2
Pre-ground plastics of small particle size not more than 2 mm are co-fed into a solid fossil fuel fed entrained flow partial oxidation gasifier. High solids concentrations in the feedstock stream can be obtained without significant impact on the feedstock stream stability and pumpability. A consistent quality of syngas can be continuously produced, including generation of carbon dioxide and a carbon monoxide/hydrogen ratio while stably operating the gasifier and avoiding the high tar generation of fluidized bed or fixed bed waste gasifiers and without impacting the operations of the gasifier. The subsequent syngas produced from this material can be used to produce a wide range of chemicals.
US11939541B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments herein, an integrated process for upgrading a hydrocarbon oil feed stream utilizing a delayed coker, steam enhanced catalytic cracker, and an aromatics complex includes solvent deasphalting the hydrocarbon oil stream; delayed coking the heavy residual hydrocarbons; hydrotreating the delayed coker product stream and the deasphalted oil stream to form a light C5+ hydrocarbon stream and a heavy C5+ hydrocarbon stream; steam enhanced catalytically cracking the light C5+ hydrocarbon stream; steam enhanced catalytically cracking the heavy C5+ hydrocarbon stream; passing at least a portion of the light steam enhanced catalytically cracked stream, the heavy steam enhanced catalytically cracked stream, or both to a product separator to produce a olefin product stream, a naphtha product stream, and a BTX product stream; and processing the naphtha product stream in the aromatics complex to produce benzene and xylenes.
US11939535B2
The present invention relates to a process for the conversion of plant oils, animal fats, waste food oils and carboxylic acids into renewable liquid fuels, such as bio-naphtha, bioQAV and renewable diesel, for use in combination with fossil fuels. The process is composed of two steps: hydrotreatment and hydrocracking. The effluent from the hydrotreatment step contains aromatics, olefins and compounds resulting from the polymerization of esters and acids. This is due to the use of partially reduced catalysts without the injection of a sulfiding agent and allows for the production of bioQAV of suitable quality for use in combination with fossil kerosene. Concurrently, the process generates, in addition to products in the distillation range of naphtha, kerosene and diesel, high molecular weight linear paraffins (up to 40 carbon atoms).
US11939532B2
The present application provides a method and a system for recycling a polymer. The method includes introducing polymer into a primary melting extruder, producing a polymer melt that is combined with a fluid oil to at least partially dissolve the polymer melt. A secondary mixing extruder mixes these to form a polymer solution that is introduced into a refinery oil stream, producing a polymer-comprising oil stream, which is fed into a refinery process unit. The system includes a primary melting extruder for forming a polymer melt from polymer. A secondary mixing extruder receives the polymer melt. One or more hydrocarbon inflow conduits for providing a fluid oil to the primary melting extruder and/or the secondary mixing extruder are configured to form a polymer solution from the fluid oil and the polymer melt. There is a feed system outlet for feeding the polymer solution to a refinery oil stream.
US11939530B2
The present invention relates to a process for oiling essentially organic starting products with a higher molecular weight, in which hydrocarbons, preferably in liquid or semi-solid form, and a residual material with a high carbon content are obtained by the impact of high temperatures.
US11939526B2
The present technology is generally directed to vent stack lids and associated systems and methods. In particular, several embodiments are directed to vent stack lids having improved sealing properties in a coke processing system. In a particular embodiment, a vent stack lid comprises a first lid portion proximate to and at least partially spaced apart from a second lid portion. The vent stack lid further comprises a first sealing portion coupled to the first lid portion and a second sealing portion coupled to the second lid portion. In several embodiments, the second sealing portion at least partially overlaps the first sealing portion over the space between the first and second lid portions. In further embodiments, at least one of the first or second sealing portions includes layers of tadpole seals, spring seals, rigid refractory material, and/or flexible refractory blanket.
US11939521B2
A solution for injection to a formation containing hydrocarbons includes an ionic liquid and a brine having a salinity of at least 60,000 ppm total dissolved solids (TDS). The ionic liquid is configured to lower an interfacial tension between the solution and the hydrocarbons in the formation.
US11939519B2
The disclosure relates to methods and systems that include an alkaline chemical to reduce (e.g., prevent) scale formation. Examples of alkaline chemicals include inorganic salts, organic salts and metal oxides. Typically, the alkaline chemical is used in combination with a scale inhibitor
US11939515B2
The present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant (mixed refrigerant), the composition having three types of performance; i.e., a coefficient of performance (COP) and a refrigerating capacity (Cap) that are equivalent to or higher than those of R404A and/or R410A, and a sufficiently low GWP. The present disclosure specifically provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising difluoromethane (HFC-32), 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), and at least one of 1,1-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132a) and tetrafluoroethylene (FO-1114).
US11939513B2
A solid surfactant composition includes a water-wetting surfactant and a plant fiber carrying agent. A process includes forming a solid surfactant composition comprising a water-wetting surfactant and a plant fiber carrying agent and injecting the solid surfactant composition into a wellbore.
US11939491B2
The present invention provides means capable of achieving both a reduction in the number of defects and a reduction in haze in an object to be polished after polishing at a high level in a method of polishing the object to be polished containing a material having a silicon-silicon bond. The present invention relates to a method of polishing an object to be polished containing a material having a silicon-silicon bond, and the polishing method includes a final polishing step Pf. In this polishing method, the final polishing step Pf has a plurality of polishing sub-steps, the plurality of polishing sub-steps are continuously performed on the same polishing platen, a final polishing sub-step in the plurality of polishing sub-steps is a polishing sub-step Pff of polishing using a polishing composition Sff, a polishing sub-step provided before the polishing sub-step Pff in the plurality of polishing sub-steps is a polishing sub-step Pfp of polishing using a polishing composition Sfp, and the polishing composition Sff satisfies at least one of the following condition (A) or the following condition (B): condition (A): a value of a haze parameter of the polishing composition Sff obtained in a standard test 1 is smaller than a value of the haze parameter of the polishing composition Sfp obtained in the standard test 1, and condition (B): the polishing composition Sff contains an abrasive Aff, a basic compound Bff, and hydroxyethyl cellulose.
US11939489B2
Solution composition for surface treatment of steel sheet and surface-treated steel sheet using same
Provided is a composition for surface treatment of a steel sheet, the composition having excellent resistance to an acid, such as sulfuric acid, and to a coated steel sheet to which the composition for surface treatment is applied, wherein the composition for surface treatment comprises 30-50% wt % of colloidal silica containing 5-20 nm-sized silica, 40-60% wt % of silane containing three or more alkoxy groups, 5-15 wt % of an acrylate-based organic monomer, 0.01-1 wt % of an acid, and 1-15 wt % of a solvent.
US11939486B2
An aqueous dispersion of polymeric particles comprising an emulsion polymer and a polyalkylene oxide with a weight average molecular weight in the range of 450 to 1,500 g/mole, and an aqueous coating composition with low VOCs comprising the aqueous dispersion and providing coatings made therefrom with improved water whitening resistance and hardness.
US11939478B2
The present disclosure is directed to a metallic ink composition for use in digital offset printing, comprising: metallic effect pigment particles, wherein an average equivalent sphere diameter of at least about 90% of the metallic effect pigment particles ranges from greater than 1 micrometer (μm) to 150 μm; at least one dispersant; at least one curable oligomer; and a photo initiator, wherein the metallic ink composition has a viscosity ranging from 150,000 to 1,000,000 millipascal seconds (mPa·s) at 0.1 rad/s at 25° C. Also provided is a method of digital offset printing using the metallic ink composition of the present disclosure.
US11939477B2
A high temperature heat integration method of making carbon black. A method of making carbon black is described, including reacting a carbon black forming feedstock with hydrogen gas in a plasma reactor to produce effluent gas containing carbon black and unused hydrogen, cooling the effluent gas for further processing, and recycling the unused hydrogen back into the carbon black forming process, where the unused hydrogen gas is pre-heated in a heat exchanger to a temperature up to the reaction temperature in the reactor before being recycled into the carbon black forming process. The heat exchanger for use in such process is also described.
US11939473B2
A thermoplastic vulcanizate composition comprises: (i) a dispersed phase of rubber that is at least partially cured; (ii) a continuous thermoplastic phase including at least one thermoplastic polymer; (iii) a first polysiloxane composition comprising a migratory siloxane polymer physically dispersed in a first thermoplastic material and (iv) a second polysiloxane composition comprising a non-migratory, siloxane polymer bonded to a second thermoplastic material.
US11939466B2
Provided is a thermoplastic polyester resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of (A) a non-liquid crystal thermoplastic polyester resin, 45 to 150 parts by weight of (B) a thermoplastic resin that is different from the non-liquid crystal thermoplastic polyester resin and has a dielectric loss tangent of not more than 0.005 when measured at a frequency of 5.8 GHz by the cavity resonance perturbation method, 2 to 20 parts by weight of (C) a compatibilizer having at least one reactive functional group selected from epoxy, acid anhydride, oxazoline, isocyanate, and carbodiimide groups, and 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of (D) at least one compound selected from tertiary amines, amidine compounds, organic phosphines and salts thereof, imidazoles, and boron compounds, wherein the ratio of the sum of the thermoplastic resin (B) and the compatibilizer (C) is in the range of 50 to 150 parts by weight and the weight ratio (B)/(C) of the thermoplastic resin (B) to the compatibilizer (C) is in the range of 8 to 50. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition can be molded into an article with low dielectric properties, excellent mechanical properties, and high bondability to metals.
US11939465B2
A prepreg having high processability and laminating performance and a method to produce such a prepreg is described, the prepreg comprising at least the components [A] to [E] shown below, and having a structure incorporating a first layer composed mainly of the component [A] and a first epoxy resin composition that contains the components [B] to [D] but which is substantially free of the component [E], and a second layer composed mainly of a second epoxy resin composition that contains the components [B] to [E], [A] carbon fiber, [B] epoxy resin, [C] curing agent, [D] thermoplastic resin, and [E] particles containing a thermoplastic resin as primary component and having a volume-average particle diameter of 5 to 50 μm.
US11939463B2
Provided is a resin composition having a large proportion of polyolefin components, allowing preparation of a solution having a high solid content, having a good solution property after long-term storage, having good pigment dispersibility, and including a modified product of component (A): polyolefin resin with component (B): (meth)acrylic acid and/or (meth)acrylic acid ester, in which the weight ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) ((A)/(B)) is 90/10 to 30/70, and the component (B) contains 20% by weight or more of component (B1): an alkoxy (poly)alkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylic acid ester.
US11939453B2
A plasticizer composition including a citrate-based material and an epoxidized oil, and the plasticizer composition capable of maintaining an excellent plasticization efficiency and providing an improved mechanical properties and stress resistance when compared with conventional phthalate-based plasticizer products.
US11939446B2
The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of thermally expandable thermoplastic microspheres. The process comprises, providing a mixture of monomeric materials suitable for polymerisation to form a thermoplastic polymer and at least one blowing agent, providing to the mixture a colloidal silica that is surface-modified with at least hydrophobic organosilane groups and forming an emulsion. A polymerisation is performed to form the thermally expandable thermoplastic microspheres. The invention further relates to thermally expandable thermoplastic micro spheres, expanded micro spheres and their use in the manufacture of products.
US11939443B2
A polyphenylene ether resin composition includes (A) polyphenylene ether, and (B) a block copolymer including a butadiene block having a molar ratio of a 1,2-bonding structure to a 1,4-bonding structure of 80:20 to 100:0 and a styrene block. The number average molecular weight (Mn) of the component (A) may be 1,000 to 7,000, the weight ratio of the styrene block to the butadiene block in the component (B) may be 10:90 to 80:20, and the weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the component (B) may be 2,000 to 100,000.
US11939438B2
A process for preparing a semifinished product comprising a PAEK-based resin and reinforcing fibers, including: preparing a dispersion comprising a PAEK-based resin in pulverulent form dispersed in an aqueous phase including at least one volatile organic compound and optionally a surfactant; bringing the reinforcing fibers into contact with said aqueous dispersion; drying the fibers impregnated with dispersion; and heating the impregnated fibers to a temperature sufficient for the melting of the resin, so as to form a semifinished product, wherein the aqueous phase of the dispersion has a dynamic viscosity, measured at 25° C. under a shear stress of 6.8 s−1 on a Brookfield DV2T Extra viscometer, is between 0.1 and 25 Pa·s; and wherein when the surfactant is present, its content is less than 1% by weight relative to the mass of dispersed resin.
US11939432B2
Synthetic amino acid-modified polymers and methods of making the same and using the same are disclosed. The synthetic amino acid-modified polymers possess distinct thermosensitive, improved water-erosion resistant, and enhanced mechanical properties, and are suitable of reducing or preventing formation of postoperative tissue adhesions. Additionally, the amino acid-modified polymers can also be used as a vector to deliver pharmaceutically active agents.
US11939430B2
Polyphosphate compositions are produced by a process that includes the steps of continuously introducing a phosphate compound into a polymerization vessel, polymerizing the phosphate compound at a temperature of 250-450° C. for a time period sufficient to form the polyphosphate composition, and continuously discharging the polyphosphate composition from the polymerization vessel. The phosphate compound can be fed to the polymerization vessel in the form of an aqueous slurry containing 5-50 wt. % of the phosphate compound. Resulting polyphosphate compositions often contain at least 8 wt. % of a polyphosphate and less than 35 wt. % of the phosphate compound.
US11939421B2
A curative system comprising a combination of adipic acid dihydrazide and/or isophthalic dihydrazide and a clathrate in which the guest compound of the clathrate comprises an imidazole, an imidazoline or diazabicycloalkanes (DBCA).
US11939418B2
A photo-curable composition can include a photo-curable resin and a photoinitiator. The photo-curable composition can typically have a shear viscosity of less than 1 Pa·s at 100° C. at a shear rate of 50 s−1 and can typically include a first prepolymer, a second prepolymer, and a reactive diluent.
US11939414B2
A polymerisable radiation-curable composition comprising: (i) monomers, comprising at least (a) a first monomer having a TG (glass-transition point) of the homopolymer of said first monomer ≥120° C. and at least (b) a second monomer having a TG (glass-transition point) of the homopolymer of the second monomer ≤100° C., wherein at least one of the at least one first monomer or of the at least one second monomer has an alicyclic group, and comprising (ii) at least one further component, comprising at least one photo-initiator for the UV and/or Vis spectral region or a photo-initiator system for the UV and/or Vis spectral region. Also disclosed is a blank in the form of a three-dimensional moulded body of a polymerised composition, in particular radiation-cured composition, for producing 3D moulded bodies, dental prosthetic parts, orthopaedic appliances or dental pre-forms in a rapid prototyping, rapid manufacturing, or rapid tooling method.
US11939403B2
Molecular scaffolds, including cyclic peptides, that have high (large) cell permeability.
US11939401B2
A method of treating a patient who has glioblastoma and/or gastric cancer includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has glioblastoma and/or gastric cancer. A method of treating a patient who has glioblastoma and/or gastric cancer includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the glioblastoma and/or gastric cancer.
US11939393B2
Provided herein, inter alia, are isolated, humanized antibodies that bind an extracellular domain of a human SIRP-α polypeptide. Also provided are polynucleotides, vectors, host cells, and methods of production and use related thereto.
US11939389B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with expression of BCMA. The invention also relates to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) specific to BCMA, vectors encoding the same, and recombinant T cells comprising the BCMA CAR. The invention also includes methods of administering a genetically modified T cell expressing a CAR that comprises a BCMA binding domain.
US11939386B2
Disclosed are a new AXL-targeting monoclonal antibody and antibody-drug conjugate. Also disclosed is a method for preparing said antibody and antibody-drug conjugate. The AXL antibody of the present invention can bind with purified human AXL protein and multiple AXL on tumor cell surface with high effectiveness and high specificity. Said humanized antibody also has high affinity and low immunogenicity. Said AXL antibody-drug conjugate has markable performance against tumors having high AXL expression.
US11939383B2
The present disclosure provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to human B7-H4. The anti-B7-H4 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof are useful, for example in detecting B7-H4. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) can be used to detect B7-H4. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating cancer wherein increased B7-H4 has been detected, by administering a therapeutic anti-B7-H4 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof.
US11939379B2
Chemically induced dimerizers (AbCIDs) have emerged as one of the most powerful tools to artificially regulate signaling pathways in cells; however, no facile method to identify or design these systems currently exists. The present invention provides a methodology to rapidly generate antibody-based chemically induced dimerizers (AbCIDs) from known small-molecule-protein complexes by selecting for synthetic antibodies that recognize the chemical epitope created by the bound small molecule. Success of this strategy is demonstrated by generating ten chemically-inducible antibodies against the BCL-xL/ABT-737 complex. Three of the antibodies are highly selective for the BCL-xL/ABT-737 complex over BCL-xL alone. Two exemplary important cellular applications of AbCIDs are demonstrated by applying them intracellularly to induce CRISPRa-mediated gene expression and extracellularly to regulate CAR T-cell activation with the small molecule, ABT-737. ABT-737 is not toxic at the concentrations used to activate AbCIDs in cells. AbCIDs provided by this invention are new and orthogonal AbCIDs, expanding the limited toolbox of available CIDs.
US11939362B2
A light-inducible intracellular protein aggregation system is described herein, which provides invaluable tools to study the role of protein aggregates in proteinopathies and to screen for novel therapeutic compounds. The system generally comprises a cell expressing an alpha-synuclein polypeptide or another proteopathic polypeptide that self-aggregates under pathogenic conditions, operably linked to a photoactivatable polypeptide. Illumination of the photoactivatable polypeptide with light having a wavelength sufficient for photoactivation triggers irreversible accumulation of intracellular protein aggregates comprising the alpha-synuclein polypeptide or proteopathic polypeptide. The intracellular protein aggregates can be made to accumulate in real-time during the illumination, thereby enabling spatiotemporal control of protein aggregation. In some embodiments, the intracellular protein aggregates may exhibit pathologically-relevant properties of those found in disease-associated proteinopathies, such as irreversibility, auto-perpetuation (seeding) activity, and comprising misfolded proteins rich in beta-sheet conformation.
US11939359B2
The invention relates to mutant forms of lysenin. The invention also relates to analyte characterisation using the mutant forms of lysenin.
US11939357B2
The inventors have identified residues within variant 2 and variant 3 of meningococcal fHpb which can be modified to enhance their properties.
US11939355B2
The present disclosure provides AAV variants that exhibit a preference for retrograde movement in neurons and methods of using such variants.
US11939350B2
Provided are methods for labeling target molecules, such as nucleic acids, with fluorescent dye compounds having the formula One method embodiment includes contacting reactive group Z of the fluorescent dye compound with the target molecule such that reactive group Z reacts with the target molecule to form a covalent bond between the group and the target molecule. Another method embodiment includes contacting a fluorescent dye compound that further includes a first member of a binding pair, with a target molecule that includes a second member of the binding pair. Also provided are target molecules labeled with the fluorescent dye compounds.
US11939347B2
Compounds and methods of using said compounds, singly or in combination with additional agents, and pharmaceutical compositions of said compounds for the treatment of viral infections are disclosed.
US11939324B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or a tautomer thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5, have the same meaning as that defined in the claims and the description. The present invention also relates to compositions, in particular pharmaceuticals, comprising such compounds, and to uses of such compounds and compositions for the prevention and/or treatment of epilepsy and/or neurodegenerative diseases.
US11939320B2
Provided herein are compounds, compositions, and methods useful for modulating the integrated stress response (ISR) and for treating related diseases; disorders and conditions.
US11939319B2
The present invention relates to pyridinyl and pyrazinyl-(aza)indolsulfonamides having GPR17 modulator activity. The compounds have utility in the treatment of a variety of GPR17-associated disorders.
US11939316B1
A 9-(6-fluoro-2-hydroxyquinolin-3-yl)-10-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3,6-diphenyl-3,4,6,7,9,10-hexhydroacridine-1,8(2H,5H)-dione compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US11939311B2
Provided herein are surfactant compounds that can be used to aid in preparation of protein samples for analysis, for example by mass spectrometry.
US11939307B2
Disclosed are a benzyl piperazine compound, a preparation method there for and an application thereof in an antivirus. The benzyl piperazine compound has a structure represented by the following general formula(I). It is proven by experiments that the benzyl piperazine compound not only has significant antiviral activity, but also has the advantages of low cytotoxicity, a high selectivity index and soon.
US11939297B2
A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, comprising (i) a CB1 receptor mediating scaffold conjugated to (ii) a second therapeutic scaffold.
US11939284B2
Systems and methods for acetic acid production include synthesizing acetic acid from carbon monoxide produced by a carbon dioxide electrolyzer and hydrogen produced by a water electrolyzer.
US11939283B1
An integrated process for hydrogenating olefins wherein the hydrogen stream is generated from electrolysis of water is described. Water is derived from a first reaction step wherein a first feed stream comprising oxygenated hydrocarbons is reacted to produce a first reacted product stream comprising olefins and a second reacted product stream comprising water. The second reacted product stream is electrolyzed to produce an electrolyzer product stream comprising hydrogen. Hydrogen is used to hydrogenate olefins. A paraffin stream can be obtained from the hydrogenated effluent.
US11939282B2
The present disclosure provides a method for decomposing a phenolic by-product, the method including: a step S10 of injecting and mixing a bisphenol A by-product produced in a bisphenol A production process, a mixed by-product stream of phenol by-products produced in a phenol production process, a decomposition apparatus side discharge stream, and a process water stream in a mixing apparatus; a step S20 of injecting a mixing apparatus discharge stream discharged from the mixing apparatus into a phase separation apparatus and phase-separating the mixing apparatus discharge stream into an oil-phase stream and a liquid-phase stream; a step S30 of feeding the oil-phase stream, which is phase-separated in the step S20 and discharged from the phase separation apparatus, to a decomposition apparatus to decompose the oil-phase stream; and a step S40 of circulating the decomposition apparatus side discharge stream obtained by the decomposition in the step S30 to the mixing apparatus in the step S10.
US11939275B2
A controlled release fertilizer includes a core including plant nutrient particles and a biodegradable coating composition forming at least one layer surrounding the core, the composition comprising cellulose, the at least one layer being structured as a semi-permeable surface membrane configured to release the plant nutrients from the core in a linear manner.
US11939263B2
Described are cementitious reagent materials produced from globally abundant inorganic feedstocks. Also described are methods for the manufacture of such cementitious reagent materials and forming the reagent materials as microspheroidal glassy particles. Also described are apparatuses, systems and methods for the thermochemical production of glassy cementitious reagents with spheroidal morphology. The apparatuses, systems and methods makes use of an in-flight melting/quenching technology such that solid particles are flown in suspension, melted in suspension, and then quenched in suspension. The cementitious reagents can be used in concrete to substantially reduce the CO2 emission associated with cement production.
US11939258B2
A glass powder of the present invention is a glass powder, which is formed of alkali borosilicate glass, wherein the glass powder includes 0.1 mol % to 1.0 mol %, provided that 1.0 mol % is excluded, of Li2O+Na2O+K2O in a glass composition, has a molar ratio Li2O/(Li2O+Na2O+K2O) of from 0.35 to 0.65, a molar ratio Na2O/(Li2O+Na2O+K2O) of from 0.25 to 0.55, and a molar ratio K2O/(Li2O+Na2O+K2O) of from 0.025 to 0.20, and has a specific dielectric constant at 25° C. and 16 GHz of from 3.5 to 4.0 and a dielectric dissipation factor at 25° C. and 16 GHz of 0.0020 or less.
US11939257B2
A method of producing glass includes receiving unrefined molten glass in a stilling chamber of a stilling tank at a fluctuating flow rate. An intermediate pool of molten glass is held within the stilling chamber of the stilling tank and is heated therein by one or more non-submerged burners. Molten glass flows from the intermediate pool of molten glass to a transfer pool of molten glass held in a spout chamber of a feeding spout that is appended to the stilling tank. A molten glass feed can be drawn from the transfer pool of molten glass and delivered from the feeding spout at a controlled flow rate.
US11939247B2
A method by which an environmental energy (e.g., wave energy) is harvested, converted into electrical power, and thereafter used to electrolyze seawater into hydrogen and chlorine gases. Those gases are recombined into hydrogen chloride from which is formed hydrochloric acid solution which is diluted and deposited at a depth sufficient to ensure its neutralization and sequestration for a significant period of time (e.g., for over a millennium). By removing chloride ions from a portion of the sea adjacent to its upper surface and depositing them into a portion of the sea more adjacent to its bottom, acidity is shifted from the surface to base of the sea, and the surface ocean is given a greater ability to absorb and buffer atmospheric carbon dioxide without a corresponding increase in acidity.
US11939241B2
The present invention relates generally to stable percarboxylic acid compositions comprising, inter alia, at least two stabilizing agents, and various uses for water treatments, including water treatments in connection with oil- and gas-field operations. The present invention also relates to slick water compositions and gel based compositions that comprise stable percarboxylic acid compositions and the use thereof in oil- and gas-field operations.
US11939240B2
A sterilizing device includes a pipe having an inlet and an outlet and allowing fluid to move therethrough and a light source provided on one side of the pipe and providing light to the fluid. At least a portion of the pipe is provided in a spiral shape and the inlet and/or the outlet are arranged in a light emitting region.
US11939239B2
A sterilization module including a light source configured to irradiate ultraviolet light, a board on which the light source is mounted, a protective tube accommodating the board therein and configured to transmit ultraviolet light irradiated from the light source, a first base coupled to one side of the protective tube, and a second base coupled to the other side of the protective tube, in which at least one of the first base and the second base includes an insertion part to be inserted into the protective tube, the insertion part having a first diameter when viewed in a first cross-section perpendicular to a length direction of the protective tube, and a cover part integrally formed on the insertion part and having a second diameter greater than the first diameter in the first cross-section.
US11939237B2
A fluid vapor distillation system. The system includes a control system for controlling a fluid vapor distillation apparatus including a blow down controller for controlling a blow down valve, a source flow controller for controlling a source flow valve, and a blow down level sensor in communication with a blow down controller and a source flow controller, the blow down level sensor sends signals related to the blow down level to the blow down controller and the source flow controller indicative of the blow down level, wherein the source flow controller actuates the source flow valve based at least on the blow down level sensor signals, and wherein the blow down controller actuates the blow down valve based at least on the blow down level sensor signals, whereby the blow down level and the source flow level are maintained using the blow down level sensor signals as input.
US11939234B2
A water purification apparatus and method for optimizing efficiency of the water purification apparatus comprising a fluid circuit including a Reverse Osmosis, RO, unit (3), providing a permeate flow, and an electrically controlled deionization unit (4) downstream the RO unit (3) receiving at least part of the permeate flow. The method comprises obtaining (S1) a value indicative of power consumption by the electrically controlled deionization unit and determining (S2) whether the obtained value indicative of the power consumption meets at least one criterion. The method further comprises controlling recirculation of reject water produced by the water purification apparatus, based on a result of the determining (S2), in order to optimize efficiency of the water purification apparatus.
US11939229B2
The present invention provides a method for treating a copper-containing waste etching solution, which includes: preparing basic copper chloride nanometer seed crystals and synthesizing basic copper chloride mono-crystals; making an acidic waste etching solution subjected to agglomeration reaction with an ammonium-containing solution and slurry containing the basic copper chloride mono-crystals to obtain basic copper chloride crystal particles and copper-removed waste solution; making an alkaline waste etching solution react with sulfuric acid to obtain a copper sulfate mixed solution; and then evaporating, concentrating, cooling and crystallizing the copper sulfate mixed solution obtained by the reaction of the alkaline waste etching solution and the sulfuric acid in sequence to obtain copper sulfate pentahydrate solids. In a case of low investment, the present invention not only can realize the recycling of copper in the copper-containing waste etching solution, but also can obtain various high-value products, and can achieve both environmental and economic benefits.
US11939225B2
A composition can include a Rho zeolite with a RHO topology having a Si to B ratio or a Si to Al ratio greater than or equal to 8. Making such a composition can include heating an aqueous reaction mixture having a molar ratio of atomic Si to atomic B of about 4 to about 50 or a molar ratio of atomic Si to atomic Al of about 4 to about 50 in the presence of a C4-C6 diquat of N,2-dimethylbenzimidazole structure directing agent to a temperature of at least 75° C. to produce a Rho zeolite.
US11939219B2
Carbon nanotube assembled wire, carbon nanotube assembled wire bundle, and carbon nanotube structure
The carbon nanotube assembled wire includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes oriented at a degree of orientation of 0.9 or more and 1 or less.
US11939215B2
A microelectromechanical structure, including a functional element situated in a cavity of the microelectromechanical structure. The functional element includes an aluminum nitride layer. The cavity is closed by a cap layer. The cap layer includes epitaxial silicon. A method for manufacturing a micromechanical structure is also described.
US11939206B2
Some embodiments include a fluid control system with an outlet valve assembly, an inlet valve assembly including a venturi inlet valve, and an actuator coupled to the inlet valve assembly. In some embodiments, the actuator can enable a user to control a flush volume of fluid control system. Some embodiments include a moveable float positioned in a chamber of the outlet valve assembly, where the chamber includes a variably-sized upper portion with a volume that is based at least in part on a variable position of the moveable float in the chamber. Some embodiments include a adjustable control valves coupled to an outer surface of the outlet valve assembly and the inlet valve assembly. Some embodiments also include a bellows positioned in and coupled to the variably-sized upper portion. In some embodiments, the bellows are fluidly coupled to the venturi inlet valve and at least one of the control valves.
US11939201B2
A replaceable component for a dispense head includes a first pipe disposed to pass through an inside of a dispense head, a pressing portion capable of pressing a valve body of a beverage supply valve in a beverage container, and a sealing member. The sealing member includes a first sealing portion capable of coming in contact with a beverage outlet of the beverage container, and a membrane connected to the first sealing portion and inhibiting a beverage from adhering to the dispense head.
US11939200B2
Apparatus for treating containers includes a handling device for the containers wherein the handling devices has a movable carrier with which the containers can be moved on a transport path, and wherein the handling devices is assigned at least one handling station, wherein the transport speed of the handling device can be controlled in such a way that the transport speed of the handling device can be synchronised with the transport speed of the transport device and/or a further transport device during transfer and/or discharge of the containers and the transport speed of the handling device can be reduced after the transfer of the containers.
US11939195B2
An overhead-line using system includes: a plurality of supports; a main rope supported by the supports and configured such that both ends of the main rope are fixed; a work rope movably supported by the main rope; a winding device configured to wind up the work rope; a moving device movably supported by the main rope and connected to the work rope, the moving device being movable in the air when the work rope is wound up by the winding device; and a power generator configured to move along with movement of the work rope. The power generator generates electric power by moving relative to the main rope.
US11939194B2
The present disclosure presents systems and methods for assisting a crane operator. An imaging system automatically images each building material object contained within a shakeout field on a construction site and processes the images to determine each object's identifying indicium and its geometric properties. These values are compared with a construction site database to ensure that all necessary building materials are present. A positioning device tracks, in real time, the location of the imaging system, the location of structural members within the shakeout field, and/or other important features of the job site, such as obstacles that the crane operator will need to avoid while lifting a structural member from its initial location to its destination location. Real-time images of the construction site, including indications of the next building material object to be hoisted and/or a path between the object's initial and final locations, can be generated to guarantee that the crane operator hoists the expected object to the expected location.
US11939193B2
Providing energy to an energy consuming piece of equipment and/or tool during offshore operations. Use is made of a crane including a substructure, a boom mounted on the substructure, one or more hoist winches and cables, as well as an object suspension device suspended from the boom by the cables. A piece of equipment or tool is suspended from the object suspension device. An energy storage unit is provided on the object suspension device and has an input connector. The boom may be provided with an output connector of an energy charging unit and in a lower supply position of the object suspension device it is disconnected from the input connector of the energy storage unit. The piece of equipment or tool is then run on energy supplied by the energy storage unit. Moving the object suspension device to a charging position thereof by employing the hoist assembly of the crane brings the input connector of the energy storage unit in close proximity of the output connector of the energy charging unit which are then interconnected to charge the energy storage unit from a separate energy source.
US11939192B2
A combination including a crane and a load guiding arrangement arranged for mounting to the crane for controlling the orientation of a load suspended in a crane boom from a bearing wire about the bearing wire is provided. The load guiding arrangement includes: —two winches placed on the crane, —two taglines connected with the winches and two attachment brackets attached in a top zone of the crane boom and being connected to the load for applying a controlled torque to the load about the bearing wire. The load guiding arrangement furthermore includes: —for each winch a winch frame, which is arranged for mounting directly on the crane next to or on the crane counterweight in positions at each side of the crane and —two tagline redirection devices, for example snatch blocks which are connected with the load.
US11939186B2
Provided are a wireless signal apparatus and an elevator service request system and method, which belong to the field of intelligent elevator control technologies. In the elevator service request system of the present invention, a corresponding wireless signal is broadcast by a wireless signal apparatus of an elevator system and the wireless signal is received by a personal mobile terminal. The personal mobile terminal is provided with an elevator service request application component running at an application layer of an operating system thereof. The wireless signal apparatus includes a location notification unit used for broadcasting corresponding location marker data. The elevator service request system includes a wake-up module running at a system layer of the operating system of the personal mobile terminal. The wake-up module is used for waking up the elevator service request application component in response to reception of the location marker data.
US11939185B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a spring loaded retractable device comprising a frame, a movable part hinged to a first pin and comprising an opening radially aligned to the first pin, wherein a strap is movable through the opening, and wherein the movable part is configured to move from a first position into a second position by rotating around an axis of rotation due to friction between the movable part and the moving strap.
US11939182B2
A hand tool is provided for removing a secondary liner from a tape carrier of a two-sided adhesive tape where the opposing primary side of the tape carrier is attached to a surface. The hand tool includes a handle. One end of the handle may include a handle fulcrum depending from the handle. A plurality of sharp points together define a mathematical line. The plurality of sharp points also define point axes which together define a mathematical plane. The mathematical line is coincident with the mathematical plane. The mathematical plane defines an acute angle with respect to the handle and to the handle fulcrum.
US11939175B2
An apparatus that forms bundles of glass articles includes a glass article infeed station including an infeed conveyor that continuously transports individual glass articles to a layer separating conveyor. The layer separating conveyor includes a conveyor belt that forms a layer of side-by-side glass articles. A robotic lift assembly is configured to place the layer of side-by-side glass articles together on a layer separation insert. The layer separation insert has side-by-side slots that each receive a single glass article of the layer of side-by-side glass articles.
US11939166B2
A traveling roller includes a left roller, a right roller, a support shaft, a driving device and a sealing device, wherein the traveling roller may also include an intermediate roller; the support shaft is provided on an axis of the left and right rollers; inner walls of the left and right rollers are respectively connected to support plates; an outer ring of each of the support plates is provided with a notch for dust to flow out; the driving device includes an outer rotor motor sleeved on the support shaft; transmission devices are provided between two end cap seats of a rotor body of the outer rotor motor and the support plates; pawl members of the transmission devices are fixedly sleeved on the end cap seats, or driving planetary gears of the transmission devices are fixed to the rotor body.
US11939163B2
An article accommodation facility includes: an article container that contains one or more types of articles; a container accommodation member that has an accommodation compartment capable of accommodating the article container on a plurality of levels in a vertical direction; an accommodation member transport apparatus that transports the container accommodation member between a storage portion and a pick-up position; a container pick-up apparatus that takes out the article container from the container accommodation member at the pick-up position; and a container transport apparatus that transports the article container taken out from the container accommodation member by the container pick-up apparatus to a picking section.
US11939150B2
A transformable cargo container for use with ground and air transportation vehicles is disclosed. The cargo container includes a main container body defining a storage chamber therein and including at least one inlet. The cargo container also includes a transformable assembly coupled to the main container body and positioned at an exterior of the main container body. The transformable assembly includes one or more supplemental containers and one or more supply ducts, at least one of the supplemental container(s) being configured to house refrigeration equipment. The transformable assembly is moveable between an aircraft configuration and a ground configuration. Based on the transformable assembly being in either the aircraft configuration or the ground configuration, the refrigeration equipment is configured to supply coolant into the main container body via the supply duct(s) and the inlet(s).
US11939148B2
A hollow container or box formed from a roof, a first side (i.e., or first upper and lower sides), a second side (i.e., for second upper and lower sides), a rear side (i.e., or rear upper and lower sides), a door (i.e., or upper and lower door), and a base placing the container or box in a fully assembled position. Unique side and end access doors are provided. Each of the sides are releasably coupled or hingedly connected to one another and the adjacent sides are hingedly coupled to the base. Upon releasing the sides from one another and rotating each relative to one another in a particular order along various axis rotation, the container or box is transitioned from a fully assembled position into a flat, parallel orientation, fully collapsed position.
US11939142B2
A capsule for extraction of a beverage of the filter-coffee type has a capsule body (2), made of water-impermeable material, which defines a chamber (3), present inside which is a precursor of the beverage, comprising soluble coffee and roast and ground coffee. At least 51 wt % of the precursor is roast and ground coffee having a grain size expressed in x50 comprised between 350 and 800 μm, and the complement to 100 wt % of the precursor is soluble coffee having a grain size expressed in x50 comprised between 1000 and 5000 μm. The roast and ground coffee is laid out to form a first layer (GC) in the lower part of the capsule body (3), and the soluble coffee (SC) is laid out to form a second layer (SC) in the upper part of the capsule body, i.e., in a position corresponding to the inlet wall (5) and/or above the first layer (GC). The first layer of roast and ground coffee (GC) is pressed inside the capsule body (3), and the second layer of soluble coffee (SC) is present inside the capsule body (3) substantially unpressed.
US11939141B2
A bag for enclosing a cushion is disclosed. The bag comprises a tubular sleeve having first and second end pieces coupled to first and second longitudinal ends thereof, a plurality of reinforcing straps encircling a circumference of the tubular sleeve, and at least one handle extending between the plurality of reinforcing straps. The at least one handle is configured to lay flush against the tubular sleeve during shipping. Methods for packaging and shipping a cushion in the bag include roll packing a cushion into a cylindrical shape, disposing the cushion in a compressed form into the bag, and shipping the bag to a customer without inserting the bag in any other container. Methods of unpacking the cushion from the bag includes uncoupling the first end piece from the tubular sleeve, opening the tubular sleeve along a longitudinal length thereof, and unrolling the compressed cushion to an expanded form.
US11939137B2
A flexible container (10) is disclosed. The flexible container (10) includes four panels (18, 20, 22, 24), each panel comprising a flexible multilayer film. Each flexible multilayer film is composed of a polymeric material. The four panels form (i) a body, (ii) a neck, and (iii) a handle. The handle (12) has an upper handle portion (12a) and a pair of spaced-apart legs (13, 15). The legs extend from the upper handle portion to the body on opposing sides of the neck. The flexible container includes a fitment (70) sealed to the neck. The flexible container includes a dispensing pump (100) attached to the fitment. The flexible container can provide a metered dose from a dispensing pump and the dispensing pump can also function as a handle to hand-carry the flexible container.
US11939136B2
A composite liquid agent package containing a first pouch filled with a first liquid and a second pouch filled with a second liquid; and a kit for preparing a multicomponent composition, the kit including an outer bag housing the composite liquid agent package. With an opposite end section of the first pouch and an opposite end section of the second pouch being superposed, the superposed parts are heated and pressurized to exclude sealants, which are present within the opposite end sections, outwardly of the extremities of the outer layers of the opposite end sections, while heat-fusing the two extruded sealants together to join the two pouches.
US11939131B2
A blister package is provided that includes a base made from cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) and a lidding film that includes polyolefin layer(s) or a combination of polyolefin and COC layers, that allows both the lidding film and base to be recycled in a single plastic waste stream.
US11939125B2
A closure system having a container neck portion and a closure both with tread formations offering multiple angular distributed mutual engagement options. The closure has a closure shell and a tamper-evident band connected through frangible connections that break when the closure shell is fully unengaged for the first time forming an unattached tether. The tamper-evident band and a lodging section of the container neck portion are configured to provide for a strong grip between them, so as to impede the free rotation of the tamper-evident band during the first and subsequent opening operations of the container neck portion, and specific optimal sizing for the tether are selected, such that the closure system offers the user different re-closing options, at least one of which forces the tether to adopt an exposed state determining a protruding handle.
US11939114B2
A bottle stopper adapted for self-opening and self-plugging a bottle, comprising a cylindrical cover having a bottom end and a top end. The cylindrical cover is sized and shaped to plug a bottle. A cartridge is encompassed by the cylindrical cover and has a fluid chamber; the cartridge also has at least one lateral protrusion thereon to form between the cartridge and the cylindrical cover. There is at least one fluid channel for fluidly connecting between a space below the bottom end and above the top end. A conduit having at least one inlet and at least one outlet is for fluidly connecting transferring the fluid of the fluid chamber to outside of the bottle stopper. An activation cap is mounted to push the conduit along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical cover from a closed state to an open state.
US11939113B2
T-Shirt bag with a front foil layer, a rear foil layer and side folds, where the front foil layer and the rear foil layer and the two side folds at the bottom edge and at the top edge are joined together; and where at the top edge of the T-shirt bag two handles are formed by a recess, both handles being provided with a continuous suspension opening; where the perforation openings with incisions and a spot connection are provided in the front foil layer and in the front side fold portions of each handle.
US11939106B2
A foldable package includes a box defining a stowage volume, the box having a bottom and a peripheral rim including: a first panel; a second panel opposite to the first panel; a third panel; a fourth panel opposite to the third panel. The box is able to adopt: a stowage configuration in which each panel extends substantially parallel to the bottom; and an operating configuration in which each panel, of the second panel, of the third panel and of the fourth panel extends substantially perpendicular to the bottom. The package further includes a mechanism for returning the first panel and the second panel into the operating position, tending to make them pass from their stowage position to their operating position in the inactive position of the locking mechanism.
US11939101B2
Device for emptying flexible bags containing fluids, comprising traction means and draining means, the draining means being physically connected to the traction means by means of positioning means such that they are rotatably movable around the traction means and the traction means and the draining means being arranged and mutually enabled to stretch a flexible bag from the traction means and simultaneously to pass and circulate the bag through the draining means.
US11939100B2
A product unpacking system includes a work surface at a first height and a product unloading position at a second height. An adjustable cutter is positioned adjacent to the work surface and configured to cut a plurality of sides of each case. A case movement device, such as a robot or manual mover, is configured to retrieve a case from a group of cases and move the case to the cutter to cut a plurality of sides of the case. The case movement device may then move the cut case to an unload position over a product container to allow products within the case to drop into the product container. A system of conveyors may be used to convey empty product containers toward the work surface and to convey filled product containers away from the work surface. The system may be automated to receive recipe information for each case to be unloaded and modify parameters of the system based on the case.
US11939098B2
A device for post-forming the gable surfaces of packaging with a diagonal gable, including a conveying device with cells secured thereto for receiving the packaging and for transporting the packaging along a transport direction, at least one gable folder for folding a fin seam in the gable region of the packaging, and at least two lug folders for folding lugs in the gable region of the packaging. Both the gable folder and the lug folders are movably mounted relative to the conveyor device and the packaging transported therewith.
US11939094B2
A method for producing a portion unit of a detergent by inserting a base element made from a first film portion into a deep-drawing mold that forms a holding volume from the first film portion, the holding volume having a plurality of chambers spaced apart from one another; pouring at least one detergent composition into the chambers; placing a cover element made from a second film portion onto the filled chambers; connecting the cover element to the base element, which forms a film wrapping, sealing seams being formed between adjacent wall portions of the chambers; removing the portion unit from the deep-drawing mold, wherein the outside of the film wrapping is then wetted at least in the region of the adjacent wall portions and, by pressure being exerted, the sealing seams are compressed and the adjacent wall portions are brought into contact with one another and interconnected.
US11939091B2
The present application relates to a method for manufacturing an improved package of compressed mineral wool insulation blowing wool fibers.
US11939090B2
An apparatus for the treatment of articles such as rolls made of paper material, and/or packets, packs, envelopes, bags, pallets or boxes, or another type of packaging. The apparatus includes a feeding device for feeding the articles, at least one unit for treating the articles, a transferring device for transferring the articles from the feeding device to the treatment unit, and an arranging device able to arrange the articles in respective groups of articles, each group including one or more articles arranged according to a respective and desired configuration of utilization by the treatment unit. In the apparatus, the arranging device is defined by the transferring device.
US11939081B2
End effectors and systems may capture, release, and/or create a mating engagement between the end effector and a target object. Said end effectors are tolerant of positional and rotational misalignment of the target object, and include a plurality of roller wheels, one or more of which is arranged in a non-parallel plane with respect to one or more other roller wheels. A first roller wheel configured to rotate in a first plane, a second roller wheel configured to rotate in a second plane, and a third roller wheel configured to rotate in a third plane may be arranged such that the end effector is configured to engage a passive receptacle of the target object, to capture the target object. Rotating the roller wheels in the opposite direction may cause the target object to be released or launched, by urging the passive receptacle off of or away from the roller wheels.
US11939071B2
A safe, quiet, easy to control, efficient, and compact aircraft configuration is enabled through the combination of multiple vertical lift rotors, tandem wings, and forward thrust propellers. The vertical lift rotors, in combination with a front and rear wing, permits a balancing of the center of lift with the center of gravity for both vertical and horizontal flight. This wing and multiple rotor system has the ability to tolerate a relatively large variation of the payload weight for hover, transition, or cruise flight while also providing vertical thrust redundancy. The propulsion system uses multiple lift rotors and forward thrust propellers of a small enough size to be shielded from potential blade strike and provide increased perceived and real safety to the passengers. Using multiple independent rotors provides redundancy and the elimination of single point failure modes that can make the vehicle non-operable in flight.
US11939069B2
A transportation system and method serve passenger-conveying VTOL air vehicles (AVs) at a vertiport. The vertiport has a flight deck including at least one landing pad, a passenger terminal, and a dynamic partition arrangement that defines a capsule for receiving one of the AVs at a time. The dynamic partition arrangement assumes a first open state in which it is open to the flight deck and closed to the passenger terminal and a second open state in which it is closed to the flight deck and open to the passenger terminal. A robotic system includes a handling robot that automatically approaches and docks with the AV after landing, and conveys the AV between the landing pad and the capsule via an opening provided by the first open state of the dynamic partition.
US11939067B2
Briefly, the disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods to enclose electrical contacts for de-icing equipment utilized on fixed-wing aircraft and rotary-wing aircraft, such as helicopters and tiltrotor aircraft. In some implementations, enclosing electrical contacts for a de-ice heater blanket may ensure that high-quality electrical connections are made between conductors of one or more de-icing cables and the electrical contacts of the de-ice heater blanket. Such high-quality electrical connections may be maintained even during aircraft operations conducted in below-freezing ambient environments, rainy and/or wet environments, dusty desert environments, and so forth.
US11939057B2
The technical description relates to perimeters for vehicles. Specific examples relate to vehicle perimeters established by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), such as autonomous drones, for a variety of vehicle types, including manually-driven, partially autonomous, and fully autonomous vehicles. Perimeter devices, vehicles, including autonomous vehicles and human-controlled vehicles, UAVs, and related systems and methods are described. Perimeter devices respond to triggering events, such as vehicle-immobilizing events, GPS-based events, and environment-based events, to establish a perimeter adjacent a vehicle such that observers can visually detect the presence of a signal member, such as a warning triangle having a reflective surface. An example vehicle includes a tractor unit, a trailer connected to the tractor unit, a storage enclosure associated with the tractor unit, and a plurality of perimeter devices disposed in the chamber. Each perimeter device of the plurality of perimeter devices includes a triangular signal member, a base member, and a UAV. Each perimeter device is adapted to deploy from the chamber and establish a perimeter by the vehicle in response to a triggering event, such as parking of the vehicle in a location for which a perimeter must be established, impact of the vehicle with another object, such as during a traffic accident, rollover of the vehicle, or mechanical and/or electrical failure of the vehicle.
US11939056B2
Device installation systems, methods, and media for providing ubiquitous connectivity in outdoor environments are provided. In some embodiments, a device installation system comprises: a host connector that includes a controller, a host power subsystem, a host communication subsystem, and a lock; and a client connector that is connected to a client device and that is connected to the host connector, wherein the client connector includes a client power subsystem, a client communication subsystem, and a latch; wherein the host power subsystem is connected to a power source, the client power subsystem is charged by the host power subsystem of the host connector, and the client power subsystem transmits power to the client device; wherein the controller is configured to transmit a locking instruction to the lock that causes the lock of the host connector to actuate with the latch of the client connector; and wherein the client communication subsystem is configured to communicate with the client device such that data from the client device can be communicated over a communications network.
US11939054B2
Provided is a process that includes: obtaining, using one or more surface tension sensors, one or more surface tension measurements of a surface, determining a reaction force for an aircraft using the one or more surface tension measurements and a weight of the aircraft. The process includes causing one or more engines included in the aircraft to generate thrust based on the reaction force.
US11939050B2
An autonomous thrust vectoring ring wing pod is disclosed. A plurality of distributed propulsion element (thruster) layout within a self-articulating ring wing pod allows the pod to selectively control its thrust vector by controlling each propulsion element in the pod. This arrangement allows autonomous and independent control of the tilting of the ring wing relative to the aircraft. The ring wing pod acts as both a nacelle to house the propulsion elements as well as a lifting surface when in wing-borne flight. The autonomous thrust vectoring ring wing pod also provides superior aircraft attitude control in wing-borne flight, thus negating the need for conventional surface controls.
US11939049B2
In an air mobility vehicle, an engine operates as required to provide mechanical driving force or electric energy. A battery is charged with the electric energy from the engine. Main rotors operate using the electric energy of the battery and electric power generated by the engine to perform takeoff, landing, and cruising. Auxiliary rotors are disposed at or adjacent to the center of gravity of a vehicle body and mechanically connected to the engine via a clutch. The auxiliary rotors perform the takeoff, the landing, or the cruising by receiving the mechanical driving force from the engine when the clutch is in an engaged position. A controller monitors the states of the battery and the main rotors and controls the operations of the engine and the clutch.
US11939047B2
A method and a device for assisting the piloting of a propeller rotorcraft having a rotary wing and at least one propeller. The piloting assistance device comprises a computer configured to display the following on a display: (i) a first scale representing a power consumed by the at least one propeller and carrying a minimum power mark and a maximum power mark, (ii) a second scale graduated in forward speed of the propeller rotorcraft, (iii) an index comprising a power section representing a current power consumed by the at least one propeller, the index comprising a speed section indicating a current forward speed on the second scale.
US11939046B1
A plurality of propellers generate vertical thrust at least some of the time. An attachment sub-system detachably couples to a vertical connector, where a plurality of vertically-stacked multicopters are configured to detachably couple to the vertical connector in order to transport a load at a bottom end of the vertical connector. There is an opening in a vehicle frame that is configured to: (1) receive the vertical connector prior to the attachment sub-system detachably coupling to the vertical connector and (2) hold the vertical connector while the attachment sub-system is detachably coupled to the vertical connector.
US11939040B2
A hinge assembly of a system for operating a door of an aircraft includes a bracket secured to a structure of the aircraft. The bracket includes a first forward joint and a first aft joint separated by a first distance along a first line. A forward link is coupled to the first forward joint. An aft link is longer than the forward link, and is coupled to the first aft joint. A door coupler is secured to a door. The door coupler includes a second forward joint and a second aft joint separated by a second distance that is less than the first distance. The second distance is along a second line that is parallel to the first line in a stowed position. The forward link is further coupled to the second forward joint, and the aft link is further coupled to the second aft joint.
US11939039B2
An aircraft door drainage system includes a precipitation receptacle disposed longitudinally along an upper edge of an aircraft door opening. The receptacle is mounted along the upper edge of the door opening by a plurality of brackets that connect the receptacle to an inside ceiling panel of the aircraft. The receptacle protrudes outward from the upper edge of the door opening into a path followed by precipitation falling off of an outer peripheral surface of a fuselage of the aircraft from locations above, forward, and aft of the door opening into the door opening when the aircraft door is in an open position. The receptacle remains clear of the aircraft door when the aircraft door is closed into the door opening. Drain hoses are connected at first and second ends of the receptacle to direct precipitation collected in the receptacle to an outside of the aircraft.
US11939036B2
A device for coupling a propulsor to a marine vessel. A rail is configured for attachment to the marine vessel. A carriage is moveable relative to the rail into first and second positions. A shaft has a first end pivotally coupled to the marine vessel and a second end for coupling to the propulsor. An actuator is configured to pivot the shaft relative to the marine vessel to thereby move the propulsor into and between stowed and deployed positions. A lock is manually operable to fix the carriage in the first position in which the actuator prevents manual pivoting of the shaft and alternatively in the second position in which the shaft is permitted to be manually pivoted.
US11939021B2
A motorcycle includes a camera stay, a camera, a vibration reduction cover, and an attachment cover. The camera photographs the front area of the motorcycle. The vibration reduction cover is made of the elastic material and covers at least two surfaces of the camera facing each other. The attachment cover holds the camera via the vibration reduction cover and is attached to the camera stay.
US11939011B2
A stand-up vehicle includes a vehicle upper portion, a handrail, one or more biometric information sensors, and one or more processors. The vehicle upper portion has a riding surface on which a user stands. The handrail is provided at an upper portion of the vehicle and is gripped by a user. The one or more biometric information sensors are at least one of a sensor provided on a handrail and a weight sensor provided below a riding surface and having the riding surface as a weight detection surface, and detect biometric information of the user. The one or more processors perform notification processing for notifying a user of biometric information detected by the one or more biometric information sensors.
US11939009B2
The present disclosure relates to a steering control apparatus and method. The steering control apparatus includes a first steering control module and a second steering control module. The first and second steering control modules respectively include first and second temperature sensors detecting respective internal temperatures of the first and second steering control modules. The first steering control module can transmit information on a first temperature detected by the first temperature sensor to the second steering control module, and the second steering control module can receive the information on the first temperature and transmit information on a second temperature detected by the second temperature sensor. The first and second steering control modules can transition according to the information on the first and second temperatures, and the first steering control module or the second steering control module can control a steering motor.
US11939008B2
A steer-by-wire type power steering apparatus according to embodiments disclosed herein includes a cylinder provided inside a housing and including a first spline on an inner circumferential surface thereof, and a sliding bar inserted into the cylinder and including a second spline engaged with the first spline and a screw connected to a motor, so that friction and noise can be reduced when a sliding bar connected to a tie rod so as to steer a wheel is slid, the durability and strength of the sliding bar can be improved, and the position of the sliding bar can be determined based on a phase difference between the rotation information items of respective motors.
US11939006B2
The present embodiments relate to a steer-by-wire-type steering apparatus, and may provide a steer-by-wire-type steering apparatus comprising: an outer member which is rotated by a driving motor and has oblique grooves formed in the inner circumferential surface thereof; an inner member which is formed in a cylindrical shape and spaced inward from the inner circumferential surface of the outer member, fixed to a steering column, and provided with a guide part open in a radial direction; a sliding member, of which the outer surface is supported by the oblique grooves when the outer member rotates, and which moves along the guide part in an inward radial direction; and a support member which moves in the radial direction in association with the sliding member, and which supports the outer circumferential surface of the steering shaft and thereby prevents the steering shaft from rotating.
US11938997B1
A zero turn vehicle is disclosed, having an operator platform located adjacent to the rear of the frame. An upright riser is disposed on the frame. The vehicle uses first and second electric drive transmissions to drive the output wheels. An electrical bus or controllers may be mounted on a panel of the upright riser or on the drive transmissions to assist in providing a compact design. A pair of drive levers is mounted on the upright riser for controlling the output of the vehicle.
