US11961035B1
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for enhanced geographical caching of estimated arrival times. A method may include receiving respective user inputs indicative of respective users being in transit to a destination location from within a geographic region; determining, for the first user and the second user, a first estimated time of arrival from a first geographical area to the destination location, the first geographical area including the first location and the second location; identifying a third location of the first device at a third time, wherein the third location is within the first geographical area; determining that a time-to-live (TTL) of the first estimated time of arrival has not expired at the third time; and refraining from recalculating the first estimated time of arrival.
US11961029B2
Systems, methods, and computer machines for electronically monitoring an employee's behavior to identify risk are described. A method includes receiving first data from legal databases that includes information regarding legal activity relating to the employee, receiving second data from financial databases that includes financial activity relating to the employee, receiving third data relating to activities electronically conducted by the employee on a network, receiving fourth data from social networking databases that includes social networking activity conducted by the employee, aggregating the first, second, third, and fourth data into an employee profile relating to the employee, determining legally Protected Information regarding the employee from the employee profile, determining anomalies associated with the employee based on the employee profile and the legally Protected Information, and generating an alert relating to the anomalies. The alert does not reveal to the user any references to the legally Protected Information which was used to process the alert.
US11961027B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for optimal utilization of machines for performing tasks across a predetermined area. A request may be received to initiate a job on a predetermined area, the job comprising a plurality of tasks associated with a plurality of machines. In response to the request, a first machine of the plurality of machines may be deployed to the predetermined area to execute a first task of the plurality of tasks autonomously. A deployment event may be determined based on characteristics of the first machine and a second machine, and based on characteristics of the predetermined area. The second machine to the predetermined area, upon detection of the deployment event, to execute a second task of the plurality of tasks autonomously.
US11961001B2
A neural network structure is separated into an odd neural network including only the odd layers and an even neural network including only the even layers. In order to allow for parallel execution, for forward propagation a second input is generated from the original input, while for backward propagation a second error gradient is generated. Parallel execution may accelerate the forward and backward propagation operations without significant change in accuracy of the model. Additionally, restructuring a single neural network into two or more parallel neural networks may reduce the total time needed for training.
US11960991B2
A computer-implemented method for training a classifier, particularly a binary classifier, for classifying input signals to optimize performance according to a non-decomposable metric that measures an alignment between classifications corresponding to input signals of a set of training data and corresponding predicted classifications of the input signals obtained from the classifier. The method includes providing weighting factors that characterize how the non-decomposable metric depends on a plurality of terms from a confusion matrix of the classifications and the predicted classifications, and training the classifier depending on the provided weighting factors.
US11960988B2
A classification device receives sensor data from a set of sensors and generates, using a context classifier having a set of classifier model parameters, a set of raw predictions based on the received sensor data. Temporal filtering and heuristic filtering are applied to the raw predictions, producing filtered predictions. A prediction error is generated from the filtered predictions, and model parameters of the set of classifier model parameters are updated based on said prediction error. The classification device may be a wearable device.
US11960986B2
A neural network accelerator includes an operator that calculates a first operation result based on a first tiled input feature map and first tiled filter data, a quantizer that generates a quantization result by quantizing the first operation result based on a second bit width extended compared with a first bit width of the first tiled input feature map, a compressor that generates a partial sum by compressing the quantization result, and a decompressor that generates a second operation result by decompressing the partial sum, the operator calculates a third operation result based on a second tiled input feature map, second tiled filter data, and the second operation result, and an output feature map is generated based on the third operation result.
US11960982B1
A system and method may partition and/or execute a NN, by, for a graph including nodes and hyper edges, each node representing a data item in the NN and each hyper edge representing an operation in the NN, identifying a deep tensor column comprising a subset of the nodes and a subset of the hyper edges, such that the operations in the deep tensor column, when executed, use only data which fits within a preselected cache.
US11960977B2
Techniques for enhancing actionable opportunities through machine learning are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system includes an event listener for detecting an opportunity to perform an action using one or more computing resources. When a new opportunity is detected, the system generates a set of search criteria, which is used to search a set of external web resources for current events. The system may then generate, using a machine learning model as a function of one or more features extracted from current events satisfying the search criteria, a score representing a likelihood of success that the action leads to an optimal result. The system may tune the machine learning model based on feedback received that is indicative of how the current events affected the likelihood of success for the action.
US11960976B2
Embodiments relate to intelligent entities for providing information service over a network in a telecommunication system. An intelligent element framework manages intelligent entities, which are modular and trained using artificial intelligence or machine learning algorithms to perform prediction or inference for different types of applications. The intelligent entities may communicate with each other via the intelligent element framework. For example, an intelligent entity may generate an output and provide the output for use by one or more other intelligent entities. Thus, the intelligent element framework may distribute portions of tasks for information service across multiple intelligent entities chained together, for example, in a directed graph configuration.
US11960971B2
A method of mitigating quantum readout errors by stochastic matrix inversion includes performing a plurality of quantum measurements on a plurality of qubits having predetermined plurality of states to obtain a plurality of measurement outputs; selecting a model for a matrix linking the predetermined plurality of states to the plurality of measurement outputs, the model having a plurality of model parameters, wherein a number of the plurality of model parameters grows less than exponentially with a number of the plurality of qubits; training the model parameters to minimize a loss function that compares predictions of the model with the matrix; computing an inverse of the model based on the trained model parameters; and providing the computed inverse of the model to a noise prone quantum readout of the plurality of qubits to obtain a substantially noise free quantum readout.
US11960970B2
Systems and techniques that facilitate strategic pausing for quantum state leakage mitigation are provided. In various embodiments, a system can comprise a detection component that can detect a quantum state leakage associated with one or more qubits. In various aspects, the system can further comprise a pause component that can, in response to detecting the quantum state leakage, generate a time pause prior to execution of a quantum circuit on the one or more qubits. In various embodiments, the pause component can generate the time pause after execution of a previous quantum circuit on the one or more qubits, where the quantum state leakage arises during the execution of the previous quantum circuit. In some cases, the quantum state leakage can decay during the time pause.
US11960963B2
An example barcode reader includes a housing having a window. An imaging assembly is recessed within the housing, has an imaging field-of-view (FOV) directed toward the window, and includes an imager configured to capture an image of an object positioned within a product scanning region. An illumination assembly is recessed within the housing and has an illumination FOV directed toward the window and overlaps the imaging FOV by at least 70% from zero to 3 inches from the window. A controller is configured to receive a captured image from the imaging assembly and to process the captured image to: determine if the object is a product for sale or a hand of a user; decode a barcode if the object is a product for sale; and identify elements of the hand of the user for identification if the object is the hand of the user.
US11960962B2
Bioptic barcode readers with multiple imaging devices are disclosed herein. An example bioptic barcode reader includes a housing with a generally horizontal window and an upright window, a barcode reading device positioned within the housing, a first imaging device positioned within the housing, and a second imaging device positioned within the housing below the first imaging device. The first imaging device has a first field-of-view directed out of the upright window, the second imaging device has a second field-of-view directed out of the upright window, and a first central imaging axis of the first field-of-view intersects a second central imaging axis of the second field-of-view at an intersecting angle that is greater than or equal to 15 degrees and less than or equal to 55 degrees. The second central imaging axis of the second field-of-view extends upward above the generally horizontal window at a second angle that is greater than 0 degrees.
US11960958B1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for notifying users regarding a status of various tracked items. A system for generating these notifications comprises a tracking device, having a unique identifier, using a short-range wireless communication protocol to communicate its location; and a mobile device comprising a motion detector configured to identify/monitor movements of the mobile device; and a reader using a short-range wireless communication protocol to communicate with the tracking device. Upon receiving an indication, from the motion detector, that the mobile device has a motion that satisfies a threshold, the reader identifies one or more tracking devices within the predetermined distance from the mobile device, wherein when the reader determines that the tracking device is not within the predetermined distance and the unique identifier of the tracking device is associated with the mobile device, the mobile device outputs a notification.
US11960955B1
RFID readers may be configured to supply power to tags during frequency hops. When a reader is supplying power to a passive RFID tag via a first RF waveform having a first radio frequency and determines that it is to frequency-hop, the reader may determine whether the tag requires power during the hop. If so, the reader begins (or continues) to synthesize a second RF waveform with a second radio frequency while also synthesizing the first RF waveform, and frequency-hops by transitioning from transmitting the first RF waveform to transmitting the second RF waveform such that the power transmitted during the transition is sufficient for the tag to operate.
US11960949B2
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry that displays, on a display, form management information including form information indicating content of a form and management information for managing the form information, the form information having been acquired based on an embedment code included in form image data of the form, and in response to an instruction to output the form management information, outputs the form management information to an extraneous source.
US11960944B2
A firewall host uses a shared memory to pass arguments to, and receive results from, a remote procedure executing on a locally coupled network processing unit that offloads processing for the firewall.
US11960937B2
A system and method of dynamically controlling a reservation of resources within a cluster environment to maximize a response time are disclosed. The method embodiment of the invention includes receiving from a requestor a request for a reservation of resources in the cluster environment, reserving a first group of resources, evaluating resources within the cluster environment to determine if the response time can be improved and if the response time can be improved, then canceling the reservation for the first group of resources and reserving a second group of resources to process the request at the improved response time.
US11960934B2
A method and system for computing one or more outputs of a neural network having a plurality of layers is provided. The method and system can include determining a plurality of sub-computations from total computations of the neural network to execute in parallel wherein the computations to execute in parallel involve computations from multiple layers. The method and system also can also include avoiding repeating overlapped computations and/or multiple memory reads and writes during execution.
US11960932B2
A method for resource management includes: providing a representation of a set of resources; obtaining a set of use requests, wherein a use request can be fulfilled by allocating a resource to the use request; wherein the resources are categorized into resource classes, so that resources in a resource class are interchangeable with respect to fulfilling a use request; wherein a use request can be fulfilled for a specific use period requested by the use request, by allocating a resource to a resource class requested by the use request; wherein a target distribution of resources for use requests is determined on the basis of an optimization parameterization; wherein the optimization parameterization is based on weightings of allocations of resources to use requests; wherein, further, to determine the target distribution, a starting solution is created that represents a distribution of resources for use requests, is provided.
US11960930B2
Improved techniques for combining a plurality of distinct recordings pertaining to user interactions with one or more software applications each of which concerns performing a task. Then, the combined recording can be used to form a software automation process for performing the task in an automated fashion. Advantageously, the improved techniques enable a robotic process automation (RPA) system to capture multiple recordings, combine (e.g., merge) the recordings, and form a software automation process to perform repetitive tasks in an automated manner, all with little or no assistance from a user.
US11960926B2
An artificial intelligence, AI, planning controller control the timing of when a plan (16) to accomplish a task (14) is synthesized. The AI planning controller in this regard determines a quiescent phase (20) during which values of at least some predicates describing a state of the system (12) will remain stable. The AI planning controller then controls artificial intelligence planning to synthesize the plan (16) during at least some of the quiescent phase (20).
US11960921B2
A virtualization platform for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is provided. The virtualization platform may include a host processor coupled to an acceleration coprocessor. The acceleration coprocessor may be a reconfigurable integrated circuit to help provide improved flexibility and agility for the NFV. The coprocessor may include multiple virtual function hardware acceleration modules each of which is configured to perform a respective accelerator function. A virtual machine running on the host processor may wish to perform multiple accelerator functions in succession at the coprocessor on a given data. In one suitable arrangement, intermediate data output by each of the accelerator functions may be fed back to the host processor. In another suitable arrangement, the successive function calls may be chained together so that only the final resulting data is fed back to the host processor.
US11960920B2
A data management system comprises: a storage appliance configured to store a snapshot of a virtual machine; and one or more processors in communication with the storage appliance. The one or more processors are configured to perform operations including: identifying a plurality of shards of the virtual machine; requesting a snapshot of each of the plurality of shards; receiving the shards asynchronously; ordering the received snapshot shards sequentially into a results queue; and storing a single snapshot of the virtual machine based on the ordered snapshot shards. Operations may further include maintaining a flow control queue that limits the number of snapshot shards requested.
US11960919B2
An example method of virtualizing a hardware accelerator in a host cluster of a virtualized computing system includes: commanding, at an initiator host in the host cluster, a programmable expansion bus device to reconfigure as a virtual accelerator based on specifications of a hardware accelerator in a target host of the host cluster; executing, in the programmable expansion bus device, software to emulate the virtual accelerator as connected to an expansion bus of the initiator host; receiving, at the programmable expansion bus device, compute tasks from an application executing in the initiator host; and sending, to the target host, the compute tasks for processing by the hardware accelerator.
US11960918B2
A system can receive information about a first orchestration service that indicates a mapping from an application programming interface (API) to an executable script, and a dependency of the first orchestration service on a second orchestration service. The system can, in response to receiving the information, creating a base container image for the first orchestration service. The system can associate the API with executing the executable script on the base container image. The system can associate the dependency of the first orchestration service on the second orchestration service with the base container image. The system can, in response to receiving data indicative of a request to create an instance of the first orchestration service, creating an instance of the base container image.
US11960915B2
A method for creating a virtual machine includes receiving a virtual machine creation request comprising parameter information of a virtual network interface card occupied by a to-be-created virtual machine, obtaining current resource usage information of the network interface card resource pools of at least one computing node, wherein the at least one computing node is deployed on a cloud platform, each computing node comprises a network interface card resource pool comprising physical network interface cards, determining a target computing node, in the at least one computing node based on the parameter information and the current resource usage information, and invoking the target computing node to create the virtual machine.
US11960913B2
A system for dynamically auto-scaling allocated capacity of a virtual desktop environment includes: base capacity resources and burst capacity resources and memory coupled to a controller; wherein, in response to executing program instructions, the controller is configured to: in response to receiving a log in request from a first user device, connect the first user device to a first host pool to which the first device user is assigned; execute a load-balancing module to determine a first session host virtual machine to which to connect the first user device; and execute an auto-scaling module comprising a user-selectable auto-scaling trigger and a user-selectable conditional auto-scaling action, wherein, in response to recognition of the conditional auto-scaling action, the controller powers on or powers off one or more base capacity resources or creates or destroys one or more burst capacity resources.
US11960903B2
Provided are methods and systems for adaptive settings for a device. An example method can comprise utilizing a first configuration setting for a feature in a device, detecting a change in a device factor, and utilizing a second configuration setting for the feature in the device in response to the detected change. Another example method can comprise detecting a change in a device factor, activating a device feature, determining whether a change threshold has been exceeded, and updating a configuration setting for a device feature if the change threshold has been exceeded.
US11960900B2
Technologies for fast boot-up of a compute device with error-correcting code (ECC) memory are disclosed. A basic input/output system (BIOS) of a compute device may assign memory addresses of the ECC memory to different processors on the compute device. The processors may then initialize the ECC memory in parallel by writing to the ECC memory. The processors may write to the ECC memory with direct-store operations that are immediately written to the ECC memory instead of being cached. The BIOS may continue to operation on one processor while the rest of the processors initialize the ECC memory.
US11960897B2
In some implementations, a processor includes a plurality of parallel instruction pipes, a register file includes at least one shared read port configured to be shared across multiple pipes of the plurality of parallel instruction pipes. Control logic controls multiple parallel instruction pipes to read from the at least one shared read port. In certain examples, the at least one shared register file read port is coupled as a single read port for one of the parallel instruction pipes and as a shared register file read port for a plurality of other parallel instruction pipes.
US11960879B2
A local apparatus is configured to perform resolution on a conflict field generated by code files of a plurality of versions, and send a conflict resolution result to the service apparatus. The conflict field includes at least one conflict block, and the conflict resolution result includes at least one of a resolution result of a local resolvable conflict block and an identifier of a local irresolvable conflict block. The remote apparatus is configured to obtain the conflict resolution result from the service apparatus, generate a collaborative processing window based on the conflict resolution result, and receive a result of processing the conflict resolution result by a remote user based on the collaborative processing window.
US11960875B2
A vehicle master device includes at least one processor that is configured to: download rewrite specification data, reprogramming data, and new configuration setting information from a center device upon determining that there is a campaign notification relating to a program update based on a notification from the center device; determine whether an application program is to be rewritten or configuration setting information is to be rewritten based on the rewrite specification data; instruct a rewrite target ECU to rewrite the application program upon determining that the application program is to be rewritten; and instruct the rewrite ECU to rewrite the configuration setting information upon determining that the configuration setting information is to be rewritten.
US11960872B2
A system including a safety-oriented device and an electronic storage device which is separate therefrom and in which exactly one piece of data content for the device is stored. The exactly one piece of data content is either an operating software update or an address. The electronic storage device has a first connection unit for mechanical and electrical coupling to the device, the first connection unit comprising a first mechanical coding means. The device has a storage unit in which an operating system is stored, a microcontroller and a second connection unit for mechanical and electrical coupling to the electronic storage device, the second connection unit having a second mechanical coding means. The microcontroller is designed to recognize whether the electronic storage device is connected via its first connection unit to the second connection unit of the device, and in this case is also designed to download the exactly one piece of data content stored in the electronic storage device to the storage unit of the device.
US11960867B1
Using a natural language (NL) latent presentation in the automated conversion of source code from a base programming language (e.g., C++) to a target programming language (e.g., Python). A base-to-NL model can be used to generate an NL latent representation by processing a base source code snippet in the base programming language. Further, an NL-to-target model can be used to generate a target source code snippet in the target programming language (that is functionally equivalent to the base source code snippet), by processing the NL latent representation. In some implementations, output(s) from the NL-to-target model indicate canonical representation(s) of variables, and in generating the target source code snippet, technique(s) are used to match those canonical representation(s) to variable(s) of the base source code snippet. In some implementations, multiple candidate target source code snippets are generated, and a subset (e.g., one) is selected based on evaluation(s).
US11960865B2
The method includes receiving data characterizing a first segregator code, a first aggregator code and a plurality of configuration parameters associated with a data transmission system. The data transmission system is configured to receive operation data characterizing an operation of an industrial system and transmit a portion of the operation data to a first analytical model. The method also includes modifying the first segregator code and the first aggregator code based on one or more configuration parameters of the plurality of configuration parameters. The method further includes deploying the first segregator code and the first aggregator code in the data transmission system. The first segregator code is configured to provide a first portion of the operation data to the first analytical model via a first data transmission route that includes the first segregator code and the first aggregator code.
US11960859B2
A method for discovering optimal algorithms is provided. The method comprises defining a starting condition for a program defining a number of program targets, wherein the program targets map program user-specified inputs to expected outputs, defining a number of program objectives, and defining a number of program constraints. An iterative optimization problem is then initialized to solve for the resulting program. A determination is made if defined termination conditions have been met according to the program targets and optimization objectives. Responsive to the defined termination conditions not being met an update to the program is selected by addition or subtraction of operations, the updated program is evaluated according to the program targets, the number of program objectives are evaluated, and the optimization problem is re-iterated. Responsive to the defined termination conditions being met, the program is reassembled into an instruction set.
US11960856B1
A system and/or an integrated circuit including a multiplier-accumulator execution pipeline which includes a plurality of MACs to implement a plurality of multiply and accumulate operations. A first memory stores filter weights having a Gaussian floating point (“GFP”) data format and a first bit length. A data format conversion circuitry includes circuitry to convert the filter weights from the GFP data format and the first bit length to filter weights having the data format and bit length that are different from the GFP data format and the first bit length. The converted filter weights are output to the MACs, wherein in operation, the MACs are configured to perform the plurality of multiply operations using (a) the input data and (b) the filter weights having the data format and bit length that are different from the GFP data format and the first bit length, respectively.
US11960850B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for multilingual simultaneous interpretation using a distributed ledger are disclosed. A multilingual interpretation server determines that a new word has been added to a first language node, the first language node corresponding to a first language, and broadcasts, to a plurality of other language nodes, a request to interpret the new word, wherein each of the plurality of other language nodes corresponds to a different language. Each of the plurality of language nodes interprets the new word into a particular language and adds the new word and one or more interpretations of the new word to an entry in a dictionary ledger. A multilingual interpretation service provides simultaneous multilingual translations of from a source language to a plurality of target languages using the shared distributed dictionary ledger. A multilingual interpretation client is provided for accessing services provided by the multilingual interpretation service.
US11960847B2
Systems and methods are described to automatically generate candidate questions and responses to speed the process of response creation and editing for commercial IVAs and chatbots. Rather than create the questions and responses from scratch for a new IVA, the system uses existing questions and responses from a previous or related IVA to train a model that can generate proposed responses to provided questions. The model, or a different model, can further be trained to generate responses using data taken from company or entity-specific data sources such as websites and knowledge bases. After a set of questions and responses have been generated for an IVA they may be reviewed by one or more human reviewers to ensure they are of a suitable quality. Where no previous or related IVA exists to provide example responses, the model may be trained solely using the company or entity-specific data.
US11960843B2
Techniques and systems are provided for training a machine learning model using different datasets to perform one or more tasks. The machine learning model can include a first sub-module configured to perform a first task and a second sub-module configured to perform a second task. The first sub-module can be selected for training using a first training dataset based on a format of the first training dataset. The first sub-module can then be trained using the first training dataset to perform the first task. The second sub-module can be selected for training using a second training dataset based on a format of the second training dataset. The second sub-module can then be trained using the second training dataset to perform the second task.
US11960839B2
A cause-effect sentence analysis device including: a cause-effect sentence extraction unit configured to extract a cause-effect sentence including a cause expression and an effect expression from a text; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a reference expression for analyzing the degree of similarity; a similarity degree analysis unit, for a cause-effect sentence extracted by the cause-effect sentence extraction unit, configured to calculate a cause similarity degree, namely, the degree of similarity between the reference expression and the cause expression included in the cause-effect sentence, and an effect similarity degree, namely, the degree of similarity between the reference expression and the effect expression; and a desired cause-effect sentence extraction unit for extracting a cause-effect sentence in which one of the cause expression and the effect expression included in the cause-effect sentence is similar to the reference expression and the other is not similar to the reference expression.
US11960834B2
An attention application, such as a web browser, includes a pipeline optimized for faster, more secure, and more private, viewing of hypermedia documents using a reader mode. The reader mode is “always on” in the sense that a classifier runs on every web page and every compatible page is rendered in the reader mode and not rendered in full, referred to as the bloat page. Significant time savings are gained by avoiding fetching and rendering the bloat page at all because the bloat page devours network bandwidth and computing resources. Avoiding loading the bloat page also avoids exposing the user to what are often abusive privacy infringements and security vulnerabilities from running executable code in the browser, while providing an uncluttered viewing experience of content that is actually of interest to the user.
US11960826B2
A method is disclosed for presenting media content on a first client computer of client computers that are participating in a collaboration session. The method includes receiving, at the first client computer, the media content from a server, presenting the media content at the first client computer, receiving, at the first client computer, a selection of an option that enables annotations on the media content received from the plurality of client computers for real-time display at each client computer participating in the collaboration session, sending the option to the server to allow annotations on the media content received from the plurality of client computers to be provided at each of the plurality of client computers, receiving, at the first client computer, a first annotation provided by a user of a second client computer and a second annotation provided by a user of a third client computer, and presenting the first and second annotations on the media content at the first client computer, the first and second annotations being presented with identifiers of the second and third client computers respectively.
US11960825B2
A network-accessible toolbox permits collaborative annotation, facilitating interaction and communication among users. In an implementation, content on a Web page, or other page or document accessible through a network or the Internet, can be annotated. A user can view the page and with the toolbox, select content on the page and make an annotation or suggestion. Multiple users can view and make annotations to the same page at the same time. After annotations are made, users can view the page with annotations made by other users. The author or owner of the page can accept or reject the annotations or suggestions made to the page. If the owner accepts a particular suggestion, the selected content is replaced with the suggestion.
US11960821B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for providing an electronic book, which can provide an electronic book in which the levels of words are changed depending on the reading level of a user. The apparatus may provide an electronic book whose changeable words are each changed to a word having the same meaning and a different word level, depending on the reading level of a user, thereby enabling the user to easily read the electronic book including difficult words, and enabling the user to learn difficult words while reading the electronic book.
US11960820B2
A structural analysis system analyzes the pages of a web site, including the content of the pages and their relationships to each other. Based on the analysis, the structural analysis system additionally modifies (or suggests modification of) the web pages of the web site, such as by altering the inter-page linking structure of the web site. This improves the structure of the web site, leading search engines to be able to more quickly find and index its pages, as well as increasing the expected ranking that a search engine would provide to pages of the web site within the set of search results provided by the search engine in response to a user query.
US11960816B2
Methods and systems are provided for generating a corpus of documents from an original document or document corpus. Original documents are processed to extract document layout and elements. Elements are clustered and processed by neural networks, such as GANs, to generate additional elements that are then combined with the extracted layout to produce new documents, such as for training automated document processing systems.
US11960809B1
Provided is an improved method, system, and computer program product to implement simulation for photonic devices. A composite, multi-domain simulation model is disclosed, with connected domain-specific representations that allow the use of the most relevant simulator technology for a given domain. The model has external connection points either expressed as actual ports or virtual ones, embodied by simulator API calls in the model.
US11960807B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for using a line-of-code behavior and relation model to determine software functionality changes. Techniques include identifying a first portion of executable code and a second portion of executable code; accessing a first line-of-code behavior and relation model representing execution of functions of the first portion of executable code; constructing, based on the second portion of executable code, a second line-of-code behavior and relation model representing execution of functions of the second portion of executable code; performing a functional differential comparison of the first line-of-code behavior and relation model to the second line-of-code behavior and relation model; determining, based on the functional differential comparison, a status of functional equivalence between the first portion of executable code and the code portion of executable code; and generating, based on the determined difference, a report identifying the status of functional equivalence.
US11960805B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing integrated circuit architectures or compiler designs using an optimization engine. The optimization engine includes an auto-encoder and one or more regressors. Once trained, the optimization engine can encode initial, discrete input values of a set of input characteristics into a continuous domain and use continuous optimization techniques to identify final input values of the set of input characteristics that optimize one or more output characteristics.
US11960804B2
A peridynamic method having an added mirroring node according to embodiments of the present invention includes: a first step of calculating a shape tensor of a first node; a second step of calculating force state vectors of the first node and each of a plurality of second nodes by using the shape tensor; and a third step of calculating a peridynamic motion equation of the first node by using the force state vectors. The first node is a node located on a boundary of a structure and has a predetermined size horizon region, the plurality of second nodes is nodes in the horizon region, the plurality of second nodes includes one or more third nodes, and the third node is a second node having no node at a point which is origin-symmetrical based on the first node among the plurality of second nodes. In the first step, the shape tensor is calculated by using a position value in which the third node is origin-symmetrical based on the first node.
US11960800B2
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, perform certain acts. The acts can include obtaining an original load design for loading a trailer to deliver stacks of pallets to physical stores. The load design specifies a respective floor spot assignment for each of the stacks. The original load design satisfies center-of-gravity constraints. The acts also can include generating fluid groups of the stacks to form an initial fluid grouping. The acts additionally can include determining that the fluid groups do not collectively satisfy the center-of-gravity constraints. The acts further can include until the fluid groups collectively satisfy the center-of-gravity constraints, repeatedly determining one or more infeasible groups from the fluid groups, and adjusting at least one of the one or more infeasible groups to update the fluid groups. The acts additionally can include outputting a flexible load design comprising the fluid groups that collectively satisfy the center-of-gravity constraints. Other embodiments are described.
US11960799B2
Introduced here computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for generating measurements of physical structures and environments in an automated matter through analysis of data that is generated by one or more sensors included in a computing device. This can be accomplished by combining insights that are derived through analysis different types of data that are generated, computed, or otherwise obtained by a computing device. For instance, a computer program may enable or facilitate measurement of arbitrary dimensions, angles, and square footage of a physical structure based on (i) images generated by an image sensor included in the corresponding computing device and (ii) measurements generated by an inertial sensor included in the corresponding computing device.
US11960785B2
A multi collectible storage apparatus has a display electronic screen on the front side, the screen displaying a digital asset; and a storage protection enclosure compartment on the back side, the enclosure compartment storing a physical collectible, which is associated to the digital asset. The apparatus provides a combination of displaying a digital asset and preserving associated physical collectible, resulting in a fully and deeply experience for navigating the asset visually and acoustically, and meanwhile protecting the valuable physical collectible from damage and decaying.
US11960772B2
An apparatus includes an output bus configured to store data, a match table, one or more storage devices, and logic. The match table is configured to store a plurality of entries, each entry including a key value, wherein the match table specifies a matching entry in response to being queried by the query data. The one or more storage devices are configured to store operation information for each of the plurality of entries stored in the match table. The operation information specifies one or more instructions associated with each respective entry in the plurality of entries stored in the match table. The logic is configured to receive one or more operands from the output bus, identify one or more instructions from the one or more storage devices, and generate, based on the one or more instructions and the one or more operands, processed data.
US11960748B2
A method of operating a Solid State Drive (SSD), comprising identifying critical metadata corresponding to data previously written to the SSD. In response to a power loss event the method also includes storing the critical metadata in a non-volatile memory. Further, the method also involves writing a first table of contents corresponding to the stored critical metadata to the non-volatile memory and storing a pointer to the first table of contents. A Solid State Drive (SSD) including a memory controller, a non-volatile memory, and a power loss protection capacitor. The memory controller is configured to identify critical metadata corresponding to data previously written to the SSD. The memory controller is also configured to, in response to a power loss event, store the critical metadata in a non-volatile memory write a first table of contents corresponding to the stored critical metadata to the non-volatile memory, and store a pointer to the first table of contents.
US11960738B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus related to a memory system that manages an interface for a volatile memory device and a non-volatile memory device to control memory system power. In one approach, a controller evaluates a demand on memory performance. If the demand of a current computation task needed by the host is high, a DRAM device is powered-up to meet the demand. Otherwise, if the non-volatile memory device is adequate to meet the demand, the DRAM memory is partially or fully-powered down to save power. In another approach, a task performed for a host device uses one or more resources of a first memory device (e.g., DRAM). A performance capability of a second memory device (e.g., NVRAM) is determined. A controller of the memory system determines whether the performance capability of the second memory device is adequate to service the task. In response to determining that the performance capability is adequate, the controller changes a mode of operation of the memory system so that one or more resources of the second memory device are used to service the task.
US11960736B2
The application discloses a memory controller coupled between a memory module and a host controller to control access of the host controller to the memory module, the memory controller comprising: a central buffer coupled to the host controller via a command/address bus to receive a command/address signal from the host controller, wherein the central buffer is configured to determine whether the command/address signal conforms to an authority management rule and configure a buffer control command based on the determination result, so that the buffer control command indicates whether to restrict access of the host controller to the memory module; and a data buffer coupled via a data buffer command channel to the central buffer to receive the buffer control command, wherein the data buffer is configured to selectively restrict access of the host controller to the memory module based on the buffer control command; wherein the buffer control command comprises a plurality of time-sequenced fields, and the central buffer is configured to configure a second field or a field after the second field of the plurality of time-sequenced fields in the buffer control command based on the determination result.
US11960735B2
The present disclosure includes systems, apparatuses, and methods related to memory channel controller operation. For example, a data type associated with an access request may be determined. The access request may be executed by utilizing, responsive to determining the access request is associated with a first data type, a first memory channel controller coupled to a first memory device to access a first memory address range, associated with the first data type, allocated to the first memory device. The access request may be executed by utilizing, responsive to determining the access request is associated with a second data type, the first memory channel controller and a second memory channel controller coupled to a second memory device to access a second memory address range, associated with the second data type, allocated among the first memory device and the second memory device.
US11960734B2
Systems and methods described herein may relate to providing a dynamically configurable circuitry able to be programed using a microsector granularity. Furthermore, selective partial reconfiguration operations may be performed use write operations to write a new configuration over existing configurations to selectively reprogram a portion of programmable logic. A quasi-delay insensitive (QDI) shift register and/or control circuitry receiving data and commands from an access register disposed between portions of programmable logic may enable at least some of the operations described.
US11960730B2
Systems and methods described herein synchronize events between various components of storage device during the processing of an exception (i.e., an internal error). The storage device can have a plurality of processors which may each coordinate operations on various domains of storage device processing tasks. An exception occurring in one domain may require input and coordination from other domains within the storage device. Each exception may have a list of predetermined steps needed for completion which are coordinated via a series of sync points placed between exception action clusters which perform a series of specific operations until data or processing from another domain is needed to continue processing. The sync points can be utilized to halt processing in one domain until the other domains are in sync and complete one or more exception action operations. In this way, a streamlined and predictable synchronization between domains may occur during an exception.
US11960727B1
A system and corresponding method perform large memory transaction (LMT) stores. The system comprises a processor associated with a data-processing width and a processor accelerator. The processor accelerator performs a LMT store of a data set to a coprocessor in response to an instruction from the processor targeting the coprocessor. The data set corresponds to the instruction. The LMT store includes storing data from the data set, atomically, to the coprocessor based on a LMT line (LMTLINE). The LMTLINE is wider than the data-processing width. The processor accelerator sends, to the processor, a response to the instruction. The response is based on completion of the LMT store of the data set in its entirety. The processor accelerator enables the processor to perform useful work in parallel with the LMT store, thereby improving processing performance of the processor.
US11960725B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to an NVMe storage device having a controller memory manager and a method of accessing an NVMe storage device having a controller memory manager. In one embodiment, a storage device comprises a non-volatile memory, a volatile memory, and a controller memory manager. The controller memory manager is operable to store one or more NVMe data structures within the non-volatile memory and the volatile memory.
US11960714B2
An electronic device transitions from a power saving state to wake state in which a wake screen user interface is displayed. From the wake screen user interface, the device transitions to a home screen user interface in response to an input that includes movement in a first direction meeting first criteria, and transitions to a widget user interface in response to an input that includes movement in a second direction meeting second criteria. The widget screen user interface includes user interface objects corresponding to different applications, including a respective user interface that is larger than one or more of the application icons corresponding to different applications in the home screen user interface.
US11960706B2
An enhanced control, in which a guide line is defined relative to an object in a user interface, items aligned with the guide line are displayed without obscuring the object. A selected item is output based on receiving a selection of one of the displayed items.
US11960703B2
In this application, there are disclosed a template selection method, an electronic device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The template selection method includes: presenting a video browsing interface in response to a request of a user, wherein the video browsing interface comprises therein a shooting button; presenting a dynamic picture of an album template within an area of the shooting button in case that a specified preset condition is met, wherein the dynamic picture is associated with the album template; and in case that the dynamic picture is presented within the area of the shooting button, in response to a selection instruction of the user for the dynamic picture, entering a corresponding album template.
US11960692B2
To provide an information input device excellent in durability and visibility and configured to detect a shear force, the information input device of the present invention includes a cover panel, a housing including a support portion that supports a peripheral edge of the cover panel from a back surface, a frame-shaped shear force sensor disposed between the peripheral edge of the cover panel and the support portion of the housing and detects a horizontal input with respect to a surface of the cover panel, and a detection circuit connected to the shear force sensor. The frame-shaped shear force sensor has a layered body including a band-like first electrode, an elastic member, and a pair of band-like second electrodes disposed so as to partially overlap with the first electrode.
US11960690B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for fabricating a touch substrate, a touch substrate and a touch device. The method includes: forming, through a splicing exposure process, a first electrode layer including a metal strip in an edge region thereof and a first metal mesh pattern connected with the metal strip; forming, on one side of the first electrode layer and through a splicing exposure process, a second electrode layer including a metal strip in an edge region thereof and a second metal mesh pattern connected with the metal strip and insulated from the first metal mesh pattern, the metal strip of the first electrode layer directly contacting the metal strip of the second electrode layer to form a metal stack; and forming a wire electrically connected with one of the first and metal mesh patterns of the first and second electrode layers by using the metal stack.
US11960688B2
The present invention relates to a touch sensor and a touch input device and, more specifically, to a touch sensor formed of a circular single layer and a touch input device comprising same. A touch input device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises a circular touch sensor, wherein the touch sensor includes a plurality of electrodes disposed on a single layer and spaced apart from each other on a plurality of virtual circles having a common center.
US11960681B2
A method of capacitive sensing includes obtaining a capacitive touch profile from multiple receiver electrodes disposed in a sensing region of an input device and obtaining an active pen profile, different from the capacitive touch profile, from the multiple receiver electrodes. The method also includes adjusting, using the capacitive touch profile, the active pen profile to obtain a corrected active pen profile and determining a position of an active pen in the sensing region, using the corrected active pen profile.
US11960680B2
A touch controller includes a noise detection circuit that respectively provides a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage for detecting display noise to a first electrode and a second electrode arranged on lines except a line on which touch sensing is performed, among sensing electrodes, the second reference voltage being different from the first reference voltage, a driving signal generation circuit that receive a first noise voltage and a second noise voltage generated based on the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage and alternately selects the first noise voltage and the second noise voltage as a driving signal, and a receiving circuit that receives the driving signal, a touch sensing signal generated based on the driving signal from a third electrode arranged on the line on which touch sensing is performed, among the sensing electrodes, and generates a sensing voltage based on the touch sensing signal.
US11960676B2
A transparent display device with a touch sensor is provided, which may minimize or reduce loss of light transmittance due to a touch sensor and a touch line and may detect a defective touch sensor among a plurality of touch sensors provided in a touch block. The transparent display device comprises a substrate provided with a transmissive area and a non-transmissive area, a touch sensor provided in the transmissive area over the substrate, including a touch sensor electrode, a pixel provided in the non-transmissive area over the substrate, including a plurality of light emitting elements comprised of an anode electrode, a light emitting layer and a cathode electrode, a reference line provided in the non-transmissive area, a plurality of switching transistors connecting the reference line with each of the plurality of light emitting elements, and a touch transistor connecting the reference line with the touch sensor.
US11960662B2
A electronic device includes: a body, a light-emitting component, a photosensitive component, and a processor, wherein the light-emitting component, the photosensitive component, and the processor are all disposed in the body, and the photosensitive component is connected to the processor; the light-emitting component is configured to emit probe light; the photosensitive component is configured to acquire optical information about reflected light of the probe light in response to receiving the reflected light; and the processor is configured to determine a movement trajectory of the light-emitting component based on the optical information.
US11960650B2
Systems and methods for providing a musical or voice or sound audio perception enhanced by means of tactile stimuli are described. A signal representative of the musical or voice or sound audio is received and tactile stimuli is simultaneously generated. The tactile stimuli (ST) is modulated on the based of the received signal to generate modulated tactile stimuli (STM). The modulated tactile stimuli are applied to a listener, together with a sound diffusion of the musical or voice or sound audio so that the listener can enjoy the musical or voice or sound audio by both auditory stimuli and tactile stimuli.
US11960649B2
An electronic apparatus to be worn on a wrist of a user includes a first pulse sensor, a second pulse sensor, and a processor. The second pulse sensor is provided at a different position from the first pulse sensor in a direction from an arm to a fingertip when the user wears the electronic apparatus. The processor determines whether the electronic apparatus is worn on a right wrist or on a left wrist based on a difference between a timing at which the first pulse sensor detects a predetermined pulse and a timing at which the second pulse sensor detects the pulse.
US11960646B2
A display control device includes a processor. The processor identifies an attraction target that guides a line of sight of an occupant, acquires the line of sight of the occupant, and causes a display unit attached to an eyeball of the occupant to display a guidance display that guides the line of sight of the occupant to the attraction target based on positional relationship between the line of sight of the occupant and the attraction target.
US11960632B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for data attestation in memory. An embodiment includes a memory, and circuitry configured to detect a power off of the apparatus, generate a run-time cryptographic hash, and compare the run-time cryptographic hash with a cryptographic hash in response to detecting the power off, wherein the cryptographic hash is stored in a portion of the memory.
US11960626B2
A technology that generates a set of generalization hierarchies that reduces information loss when generalizing any kind of data that does not necessarily have a numerical meaning. Included is a second generation part that generates a second generalization hierarchy set that satisfies a predetermined property with respect to a generalization target data set and a generalization hierarchy set (in which the generalization hierarchy set contains a generalization hierarchy including any of the generalization target data included in the generalization target data set as at least one element), and provided that M is the maximum value of the length of the generalization hierarchies included in the generalization hierarchy set, D is a predetermined integer equal to or greater than 1 and less than or equal to M, and D′ is a predetermined integer equal to or greater than D and less than or equal to M.
US11960622B2
A system, method, device, and platform for managing data. Data associated with a user is automatically retrieved from one of a number of sources. The data is automatically confirmed as applicable to a user. The data is added to a data set associated with the user. A determination is made whether the data set is complete after adding the data to the data set. One or more tokens are created based on the data set of the user.
US11960621B2
Systems and methods for protecting privacy for safety, comfort, and infotainment of one or more occupants of an autonomous vehicle are disclosed. For example, the system may capture image data indicative of an interior of the autonomous vehicle via one or more cameras integrated with the autonomous vehicle. The captured image data is then transformed to remove personal identification information of the one or more occupants, and the transformed image data may be analyzed to identify a concern, e.g., an occupant safety concern or a vehicle safety concern. The level of concern may be determined, and a mitigation strategy may be deployed based on the safety concern identified.
US11960620B2
A method for distributed tokenization of sensitive strings of characters, such as social security numbers, credit card numbers and the like, in a local server is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving from a central server at least one, and preferably at least two, static token lookup tables, and receiving a sensitive string of characters. In a first tokenization step, a first sub string of characters is substituted with a corresponding first token from the token lookup table(s) to form a first tokenized string of characters, wherein the first sub string of characters is a substring of the sensitive string of characters. Thereafter, in a second step of tokenization, a second sub string of characters is substituted with a corresponding second token from the token lookup table(s) to form a second tokenized string of characters, wherein the second substring of characters is a substring of the first tokenized string of characters. Optionally, one or more additional tokenization steps is/are used.
US11960617B2
A method for the protection of files is performed on an integrated-circuit device that comprises a hardware memory protection module, which controls access to regions of the memory depending on region-specific settings. A new file is created in the memory by storing metadata and content data for the new file in a common memory region. An access condition is set for the common memory region in the configuration settings of the hardware memory protection module. A file is retrieved from the memory by searching the memory to identify a file meeting a search criterion. The searching involves comparing the metadata of files from the memory against the search criterion in order to identify a file from the memory that meets the search criterion.
US11960611B2
A computing device, in particular, for a control unit of a motor vehicle. The computing device is configured to receive messages from at least one external unit. The computing device is configured to store the received messages at least temporarily and to transmit a plurality of the received messages to a cryptographic module, which is configured to execute a check of the transmitted messages.
US11960599B2
A computer-based system and method for classifying users of a database including obtaining an activity rate time series describing activity level of a database user versus time, extracting features from the activity rate time series, the features including a measure of repetition in the activity level, mean activity load and a percentage of the time in which the user is active, and determining a type of the database user based on the extracted at least one feature. The measure of repetition in the user activity is calculated by performing a Fourier transform on the activity rate time series to produce a transformed series; detecting spikes in the transformed series; and measuring a percentage of information in the transformed series which is included in the spikes.
US11960597B2
A method and a system for analysis of executable files are provided. The method comprises: obtaining a plurality of training executable files including at least one malicious executable file and at least one benign executable file; analyzing the plurality of training executable files to extract therefrom data including a plurality of features; transforming the data organizing the plurality of features in sets of features, a given one of which includes features of a respective predetermined type; identifying, in the given set of features, informative features indicative of a given training executable file being one of malicious and benign; combining, over the plurality of training executable files, for the respective predetermined data type, the informative features to generate at least one feature vector; and training, based on the at least one feature vector, at least one of classifier to determine if an in-use executable file is one of malicious and benign.
US11960583B2
The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementations for authenticating a user. A first request is received to set up authentication information with respect to a user, wherein the first request specifies a type of information to be used for future authentication of the user. It is determined whether the type of information related to the user poses risks based on a reverse information search result. The type of information for being used for future authentication of the user is rejected when the type of information is determined to pose risks.
US11960581B2
A method is disclosed. The method includes transmitting, by a user device to an access device, a digital certificate and a seed. The access device encrypts the seed and a first access device key with a public key from the digital certificate to form encrypted data. The method also includes receiving from the access device, the encrypted data, decrypting the encrypted data using a private key corresponding to the public key to obtain the seed and the first access device key, verifying that the seed received from the access device matches the seed sent to the access device, encrypting a secret or derivative thereof with the first access device key to form an encrypted secret or derivative thereof, and transmitting to the access device, the encrypted secret or derivative thereof.
US11960567B2
A method for performing a fundamental computational primitive in a device is provided, where the device includes a processor and a matrix multiplication accelerator (MMA). The method includes configuring a streaming engine in the device to stream data for the fundamental computational primitive from memory, configuring the MMA to format the data, and executing the fundamental computational primitive by the device.
US11960560B1
Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and accessibility analysis devices are disclosed that generate an event listener hash value for event listeners identified in a web page runtime environment. The event listener hash values are generated from event listener data extracted from web page source code. A subset of the event listeners are determined to be irrelevant to an accessibility review based on a classification identified based on a comparison of the event listener hash values to stored event listener hash values. An element hash value is generated for elements of the web page associated with accessibility issue and another subset of the event listeners determined to be relevant to the accessibility review. An issue report is output to a client device that includes a review for each of a subset of the accessibility issues retrieved based on a comparison of the generated element hash values to stored element hash values.
US11960557B2
Systems and methods of inferential user matching include inferring an interest in matching between the first user and the second user based at least in part on a first profile of a first user and a second profile of a second user. Based at least in part on the inferred interest in matching, the systems and methods match the first user and the second user for a service, and transmit (i) a first representation of the first user to a portable device of the second user, and (ii) a second representation of the second user to a portable device of the first user.
US11960550B1
Described herein is a technique to facilitate filtering during candidate retrieval stage performed by an information retrieval system that utilizes embedding models. An aNN indexing structure is created for each end-user, and in some instances, each activity type. This allows a single request for candidate content items to invoke a single process to obtain content items that satisfy the filtering criteria (e.g., in this case, the in-network requirement) from the separate per-end-user indexes.
US11960547B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, system and computer program product for single view presentation of multiple query. In an embodiment of the disclosure, a method for single view presentation of multiple query includes directing a query against a database along a selected dimension of multiple different elements. In response, a primary result set is received. The result set is then organized into a tabular view of cells according to the selected dimension and values for the selected dimension. Thereafter, a set of nested queries may be directed for each of the elements in the selected dimension against the result set utilizing a different dimension. In response to each directed set of nested queries, a corresponding result set is thus received. Finally, each corresponding result set is inserted into a cell associated with a common one of the elements.
US11960541B2
A name data associating device according to one embodiment associates synonymous name data having different notation between a first database (DB) holding adjacency information and a second DB holding adjacency information and path identification information, and includes: a path information extraction unit that generates all paths having common data common between both DBs as a starting point and the name data in the second DB as vertices, and extracts path information of each path; a path creation unit that, based on the information held by the first DB, generates paths having the same conditions as the extracted path information of each path; and an associating unit that associates the name data between the first and second DBs by extracting, from the generated paths, a combination of paths having more vertices passed through and fewer overlapping parts, and associating the vertices of each extracted path with the vertices of each path generated by the path information extraction unit.
US11960534B2
Coordinating processing of audio queries is provided. A system receives a query. The system provides the query to a first digital assistant component and a second digital assistant component for processing. The system receives a first response to the query from the first digital assistant component, and a second response to the query from the second digital assistant component. The first digital assistant component can be authorized to access a database the second digital assistant component is prohibited from accessing. The system determines, based on a ranking decision function, to select the second response to the query from the second digital assistant component. The system provides, responsive to the selection, the second response from the second digital assistant to a computing device.
US11960529B2
The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for a service that can ingest a social network export and restore the integrity of threads within the social network export. The present technology can unite images in the social network export with the caption from the initial post, and with any comments within the thread. Likewise, images in the social network export can be enhanced to include metadata that reflects when the image was posted and any other contextual information that the social network provides in export file.
US11960520B2
Some techniques described herein relate to generating a hierarchical topic model (HTM), which can be used to generate custom content. In one example, a method includes determining first-level topics in a topic hierarchy related to a corpus of documents. A first-level topic of the first-level topics includes multiple words. The multiple words are grouped into clusters based on word embeddings of the multiple words. The multiple words are then subdivided into second-level topics as subtopics of the first-level topic, such that the number of second-level topics equals the number of clusters. A document of the corpus of documents is assigned to the first-level topic and to a second-level topic of the second-level topics, and an indication is received of access by a user to the document. Custom content is generated for the user based on one or more other documents assigned to the first-level topic and the second-level topic.
US11960516B2
Methods and systems are provided herein for playing back indexed conversations based on the presence of other people. When a user asks a query, the system monitors the area, determines the other users in the area, and searches its database for a conversation that addresses the query in consideration of the other users present in the area. The system filters the indexed conversations to find conversations that included all the users present and determines the best matching conversation based on the words of the query as well as the keywords from the conversation. Once the system has determined the best match conversation, the system plays back the conversation to the user.
US11960508B2
In one embodiment, a device, in communication with a plurality of data lake sites, receives a federated data lake query. The device determines a plurality of data lake operator sets that each correspond to one of the plurality of data lake sites, wherein each of the plurality of data lake operator sets is used to establish a respective data pipeline for the federated data lake query. The device selects a particular data lake site of the plurality of data lake sites as a destination for data pipelines that are established for the federated data lake query. The device sends the plurality of data lake operator sets that each correspond to one of the plurality of data lake sites to cause the plurality of data lake sites to send query results to the particular data lake site using the data pipelines, wherein the particular data lake site stitches the query results.
US11960507B2
A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for identifying ancestor objects in hierarchical data configured for processing with a query, the query having an associated abstract syntax tree. The abstract syntax tree may be processed so as to generate an augmented abstract syntax tree which includes parent identifiers configured to identify the parent nodes of the query. In this way, a need to pre-parse the data may be alleviated. Instead, the identification of a parent node of a query may be encoded into the abstract syntax tree of the query.
US11960506B2
A data processing method and system for a cloud platform, and an electronic apparatus and a storage medium. The data processing method includes: an acquisition rate of performance data of each data type in a cloud platform is determined (S101); according to the acquisition rate, a shard corresponding to each data type is determined (S102); a database mapping table according to correspondence relationships between shards and databases is generated (S103); and when a data operation request is received, according to the database mapping table, a target database corresponding to the data operation request is determined, and a corresponding operation in the target database is executed (S104). By using the above method, the load balancing of a cloud platform can be realized, and the data processing efficiency can be improved.
US11960500B1
The present invention may be embodied in a natural language processing system that conducts user interaction to identify and refine requests for data analyses, and automatically conducts data mining and prepares data visualizations in response to natural language queries. Similarly natural language processing system can be utilized for updating business system data in response to natural language requests. The system greatly improves the ease of use, intuitiveness, variety, and responsiveness of the data analytics system by converting natural language requests into requests for data analyses. This allows a much wider range of users to conduct commercially relevant data analytics without relying on specialists in the field data analytics specialists and at much lower cost than the conventional approach.
US11960499B2
A data processing method according to an embodiment acquires data including a plurality of records, divides the data based on external condition identification information such as a user ID to generate data sets Di for respective external conditions, divides each of the data sets Di based on label information indicating whether the record corresponds to a positive label indicating that a predetermined event has occurred or a negative label indicating that the predetermined event has not occurred to generate two data sets Di+ and Di− for the respective label information, generates difference data for a combination of a record included in one data set of the two data sets and a record included in the other data set, combines the generated difference data to generate integrated data Dnew, performs statistical analysis using Dnew, and outputs a result of performing the statistical analysis.
US11960490B2
In general, a computer implemented system configured to receive and retrievably share property metadata associated with an identified property or resource metadata associated with an identified resource with a user or a user group. Specifically, a program code accessible by one or more computing devices to depict a user interface configured to allow entry of property metadata associated with a property identifier of a property and entry of resource metadata associated with a resource identifier of a resource associated with the property allowing a user or each of a group of users to expediently retrieve property metadata or resource metadata associated with a property including metadata associated with one or more default resources associated with a property including: a water shut off valve, a gas shut off valve, and a circuit breaker box.
US11960480B2
Provided is a system that includes at least one processor programmed or configured to receive an XML data file, wherein the XML data file includes data associated with one or more input parameters of a machine learning model, generate a code generation template based on the data associated with one or more input parameters of the machine learning model included in the XML file, where the code generation template includes one or more keys associated with one or more parameters of a transaction aggregate for an account of a user, and generate a file of executable code based on the code generation template, wherein the file of executable code includes instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, causes at least one processor to retrieve transaction aggregate data associated with the transaction aggregate for the account of the user. A method and computer program product are also provided.
US11960479B2
A method for functionally rewriting iterative queries for a relational database management system (RDBMS) is provided. The method comprises receiving a first iterative query, the first iterative query having a first non-iterative part that defines a first main table and a first iterative part that generates values in rows of a first working table based on values in rows of the first main table, determining that the first iterative part modifies all of the rows of the first working table, and rewriting the first iterative part, including: adding a renaming operation to rename the first working table to a new first main table and to rename the first main table to a new first working table, adding a first Delete operation to delete each row of the new first working table, and adding a first loop operation to repeat the first iterative part until a first termination condition is met.
US11960478B2
A database system with a transactional commit protocol based on a safe conjunction of majorities is disclosed. In various embodiments, a directed acyclic graph comprising, for each of a plurality of database transactions, data identifying the transaction, data indicating one or more prior database transactions on which the database transaction depends, and data indicating whether the transaction has been committed is stored. A leading edge comprising a set of committed leaf nodes of the directed acyclic graph is determined. Data representing the leading edge is provided to a transaction coordinator configured to use the leading edge to determine based at least in part on the leading edge to commit a transaction.
US11960477B2
Techniques are described herein for managing transactions between data consumers and data providers using a blockchain. In some embodiments, a blockchain network receive smart contracts that govern access rights to data sets provided by blockchain members and smart contracts that execute blockchain transactions based on the usage of data sets. When a data set is provided to a blockchain member through the blockchain network, usage of the data set may be tracked. Responsive to detecting usage of the data set, one or more smart contracts may execute one or more blockchain transactions within the blockchain network.
US11960474B2
A method of generating a delta instructions record for updating a source database in-place, comprising obtaining a plurality of source data items contained in a plurality of cells of a plurality of tables organized in tuples and columns, creating a column oriented source stream serializing the source data items by concatenating a source data item of each cell of each column to a preceding source data item of a cell preceding the respective cell in the respective column, obtaining a plurality of target data items contained tables of a target database comprising data item(s) changed compared to the source database, creating a column oriented target stream serializing the plurality of target data items, delta instructions for applying changes detected between the source database and the target database by comparing between the source stream and the target stream, and outputting the delta instructions record to device(s) for updating their source database.
US11960469B2
Techniques to leveraging distributed ledgers for integrating heterogeneous database systems independent of underlying legacy systems are described herein. Heterogeneous database systems may be integrated to generate a desired analytics report. In one embodiment, DApps (i.e., smart contracts) and database drivers may be deployed to implement just-in-time data mapping in smart contracts to save substantial time in integrating these heterogeneous database systems. With the smart contract approach, the database drivers may be configured to port only the key data that are needed to be processed based upon, for example, on business considerations. As a result, only data fields that are needed may be mapped and converted into smart contracts. Because the data needed may be dynamically mapped to the inputs specified for the smart contract, which in turn handles posting to the distributed ledgers, changes to the inputs are isolated to the smart contract, rather than forcing a schema redesign.
US11960468B1
A database management system receives a command defining a view of the database. The view definition is accepted without determining whether references to schema elements within the view definition are resolvable to existing elements of the database schema. A query of the view is received. In response to the query of the view, the database management system resolves references to schema elements in the view definition by determining whether the references correspond to data available for processing the query.
US11960459B1
Systems and methods are described for merging customer profiles, such as may be implemented by a computer-implemented contact center service. In some aspects, a subset of profiles may be determined that satisfy merging criteria, where individual profiles include a plurality of data fields. At least one value in a first data field that conflicts between at least two profiles may be identified. Next a merged value may be selected for the first data field based on data deduplication criteria, where the data deduplication criteria includes at least one indicator of accuracy of values of the plurality of data fields. As a result of a determination that at least the subset of profiles of the group of profiles meet the merging criteria, at least the subset of profiles may be combined into a combined profile using the merged value.
US11960454B2
A method of universal registration and identification of legal procedures and related parties and/or component parts to achieve the unification of the identification of legal procedures, allowing an individual or organization to carry the data related to their legal procedures, the verification of the related data, the assignation of access rights for accessing the data, as well as the unification of the history of procedures and documents. The generation of a unique and non-transferable public identifier for each legal procedure and also for each related part and it consists of different fields (some of the fields are mandatory and others are optional) combining URN, UUID, OID and DID formats. An entity such as an individual, an organization or a digital service can verify the authenticity of both the identifier of a legal procedure, of the DID document associated and of the data associated with said identifier.
US11960453B2
Asynchronous snapshot invalidation techniques are described. According to various such techniques, an enhanced file handle structure may be defined that includes a snapshot generation ID that is to comprise a value that singularly identifies a snapshot performed at a particular point in time. In some embodiments, when a snapshot ID assigned to that snapshot is reused at a subsequent point in time, a different snapshot generation ID may be assigned to that subsequent snapshot. With respect to an in-core cache, the differing snapshot generation IDs may eliminate unacceptable ambiguity regarding respective file information sets corresponding to the initial and subsequent snapshots sharing the same snapshot ID. As a result, obsolete file information sets may be cleared from the in-core cache asynchronously, enabling improved performance. The embodiments are not limited in this context.
US11960450B2
The efficiency of segment cleaning for a log-structured file system (LFS) is enhanced at least by storing additional information in a segment usage table (SUT). Live blocks (representing portions of stored objects) in an LFS are determined based at least on the SUT. Chunk identifiers associated with the live blocks are read. The live blocks are coalesced at least by writing at least a portion of the live blocks into at least one new segment. A blind update of at least a portion of the chunk identifiers in a chunk map is performed to indicate the new segment. The blind update includes writing to the chunk map without reading from the chunk map. In some examples, the objects comprise virtual machine disks (VMDKs) and the SUT changes between a list format and a bitmap format, to minimize size.
US11960448B2
Techniques are provided for implementing a unified object format. The unified object format is used to format data in a performance tier (e.g., infrequently accessed data, snapshot data, etc.) into objects that are stored into an object store for low cost, scalable, long term storage compared to storage of the performance tier. With the unified object format, compression of the data may be retained when the data is stored as the objects into the object store. Additional compression may also be provided for the data in the objects. The unified object format includes slot header metadata used to track the location of the data within the object notwithstanding the data being compressed and/or stored at non-fixed boundaries. The slot header metadata may be cached at the performance tier for improved read performance and may be repaired by a repair subsystem (a slot header repair subsystem).
US11960431B2
The present application relates to a network-on-chip data processing method. The method is applied to a network-on-chip processing system, the network-on-chip processing system is used for executing machine learning calculation, and the network-on-chip processing system comprises a storage device and a calculation device. The method comprises: accessing the storage device in the network-on-chip processing system by means of a first calculation device in the network-on-chip processing system, and obtaining first operation data; performing an operation on the first operation data by means of the first calculation device to obtain a first operation result; and sending the first operation result to a second calculation device in the network-on-chip processing system. According to the method, operation overhead can be reduced and data read/write efficiency can be improved.
US11960422B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for a frontend driver that notifies a hypervisor of a map request from a guest driver of a device, wherein the device is passed through to and directly controlled by a virtual machine, and wherein the map request is associated with an attempt of the device to access a guest memory page in a virtualized execution environment. The frontend driver may also determine whether the guest memory page is pinned and send a map hypercall to the hypervisor if the guest memory page is not pinned. Additionally, the hypervisor may determine that the guest memory page is pinned, determine, based on a direct memory access (DMA) bitmap, that an unmap request from the guest driver has been issued, and unpin the guest memory page.
US11960416B2
Techniques including a memory controller with a set of memory channel queues, wherein memory channel queues of the set of memory channel queues correspond to memory channels to access a set of memory modules, a first arbitration module, and a second arbitration module. The memory controller is configured to receive a first memory request from the peripheral and place one or more portions of the first memory request in the memory channel queues of the set of memory channel queues. The first arbitration module is configured to determine an arbitration algorithm, select a first memory channel queue based on the arbitration algorithm, present the one or more portions of the first memory request in the selected first memory channel queue to the second arbitration module, and output the presented one or more portions of the first memory request based on a selection by the second arbitration module.
US11960402B2
An integrated circuit and a configuration method thereof are disclosed. The integrated circuit, applied to a neural network model calculation, includes a first operator engine, a second operator engine, a random access memory (RAM) and a direct memory access (DMA) engine. The first operator engine is configured to perform a first calculation operation. The second operator engine is configured to perform a second calculation operation. The DMA engine performs an access operation on the RAM according to a first memory management unit (MMU) table when the first operator engine performs the first calculation operation, and performs an access operation on the RAM according to a second MMU table when the second operator engine performs the second calculation operation.
US11960398B2
Methods, systems, and devices for enhanced data reliability in multi-level memory cells are described. For a write operation, a host device may identify a first set of data to be stored by a set of memory cells at a memory device. Based on a quantity of bits within the first set of data being less than a storage capacity of the set of memory cells, the host device may generate a second set of data and transmit a write command including the first and second sets of data to the memory device. For a read operation, the host device may receive a first set of data from the memory device in response to transmitting a read command. The memory device may extract a second set of data from the first set of data and validate a portion of the first set of data using the second set of data.
US11960393B2
A flash device includes user storage space for storing user data and over provisioning space for garbage collection within the flash device. The flash device receives an operation instruction, and then performs an operation on user data stored in the user storage space based on the operation instruction. Further, the flash device identifies a changed size of user data after performing the operation. Based on the changed size of data, a target adjustment parameter is identified. Further, the flash device adjusts the capacity of the over provisioning space according to the target adjustment parameter.
US11960389B2
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying, in a multi-component system, a first component with an unknown software version and/or unknown firmware version. A plurality of predetermined compatibility tests are implemented on the first component and results of the plurality of compatibility tests are recorded in a predetermined database of records shared amongst the multi-component system. A record associated with the first component indicates a compatibility of the unknown software version and/or unknown firmware version with the multi-component system. In response to a determination that the record indicates that the unknown software version and/or unknown firmware version is compatible with the multi-component system, data processing is performed between the first component and a second component. In response to a determination that the record indicates that the unknown software version and/or unknown firmware version is incompatible the multi-component system, a notification is issued that details the incompatibility.
US11960383B2
A design control architecture and software quality assurance system for analyzing stimulus-response patterns in user activity data. A design control architecture and software quality assurance system may process user activity data according to a classifier model to assess an impact of an incremental design change to one or more quality measures of a software product. In accordance with certain embodiments the one or more quality measures may include one or more efficacy, safety, and/or performance metrics associated with one or more features of the software product. In certain embodiments, the software product may comprise a digital health intervention or software as a medical device product.
US11960366B2
The disclosed technology provides techniques, systems, and apparatus for containing and recovering from uncorrectable memory errors in distributed computing environment through migration of virtual machines and associated memory to a target host machine. An aspect of the disclosed technology includes a hypervisor or virtual machine manager that receives signaling of an uncorrectable memory error detected by a host machine. The virtual machine manager then uses information received via the signaling to identify virtual memory addresses or memory pages associated with the corrupted memory element so as to allow for containment and recovery from the error, and for live migration of the virtual machine.
US11960365B2
Restoring a clustered database having a plurality of nodes each having database from a failed storage device by receiving a request to restore a backup image of a failed shared storage device associated with the clustered database to a time; performing a preflight check including at least one checklist process; terminating the restore when any checklist process fails; when each checklist process succeeds completing the restore by creating at least one flashcopy associated with the backup image, mapping to each of the plurality of nodes an associated portion of the at least one flashcopy, mounting the at least one flashcopy to the node as a diskgroup, and switching the clustered database to run from the diskgroup.
US11960357B2
Techniques for migrating virtual machines (VMs) in the presence of uncorrectable memory errors are provided. According to one set of embodiments, a source host hypervisor of a source host system can determine, for each guest memory page of a VM to be migrated from the source host system to a destination host system, whether the guest memory page is impacted by an uncorrectable memory error in a byte-addressable memory of the source host system. If the source host hypervisor determines that the guest memory page is impacted, the source host hypervisor can transmit a data packet to a destination host hypervisor of the destination host system that includes error metadata identifying the guest memory page as being corrupted. Alternatively, if the source host hypervisor determines that the guest memory page is not impacted, the source host hypervisor can attempt to read the guest memory page from the byte-addressable memory in a memory exception-safe manner.
US11960354B2
The present embodiments relate to proactive learning of network software problems. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a detection system, webpage data from a computer system. The computer system can receive the webpage data from a plurality of client devices. The webpage data can be associated with user identifiers identifying each client device of the plurality of client devices. The detection system can then receive assistance data from a user assistance computer. The user assistance computer can receive the assistance data from a plurality of user devices. The assistance data can be associated with user identifiers identifying each user device of the plurality of user devices. The detection system can label the webpage data based on the assistance data including matching user identifiers and then determine at least a pattern based on the labeled webpage data.
US11960353B2
A system for root cause analysis based on process optimization data is provided. The system receives log data associated with a first trace between a first activity and a second activity of a process. The system further determines a state of inefficiency between the first activity and the second activity based on the received log data. The system further applies a first machine learning (ML) model on the received log data. The system further determines a first label and a first value to be associated with the first trace of the process based on the application of the first ML model. The system further generates presentation data associated with the determined state of inefficiency of the first trace based on the determination of the first label and the first value and further transmits the generated presentation data on a user device.
US11960352B2
A vehicle control device includes a controller configured to control an actuator and generate state information representing a state of the actuator, a request arbitration unit configured to arbitrate requests from a plurality of application execution units, and a request generation unit configured to generate a drive request signal to the controller. The controller includes a detection unit configured to detect whether or not the request arbitration unit is abnormal, a first transmission unit configured to transmit the state information to the request arbitration unit, and a second transmission unit configured to, when the detection unit detects that the request arbitration unit is abnormal, transmit the state information to the application execution units such that the state information does not pass through the request arbitration unit.
US11960349B2
A memory sub-system comprises a power management component comprising a plurality of regulators configured to supply respective operating voltages for components of the memory sub-system. The power management component is configured to adjust a regulator voltage level provided to a particular component until an operation state change of the particular component is detected. The power management voltage level is further configured to determine a value of the regulator voltage level at which the operation state change of the particular component is detected.
US11960347B2
A computer-implemented method for testing failover may include: determining one or more cross-regional dependencies and traffic flow of an application in a first region of a cloud environment, wherein the one or more cross-regional dependencies include a dependency of the application in the first region of the cloud environment to one or more applications in at least one other region of the cloud environment; determining a risk score associated with performing failover of the application to a second region of the cloud environment at least based on the determined one or more cross-regional dependencies and traffic flow of the application; comparing the determined risk score with a predetermined risk score; in response to determining that the determined risk score is lower than the predetermined risk score, performing failover of the application to the second region of the cloud environment; isolating the second region of the cloud environment from the first region of the cloud environment for a predetermined period of time; and monitoring operation of the application in the second region of the cloud environment during the predetermined period of time.
US11960342B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to sustainability-aware computing device behavior management. In examples, a sustainability platform obtains sustainability information associated with an energy grid, as may be provided by a data provider. The sustainability platform may provide a sustainability forecast, which may be received and cached by a computing device. The computing device may use the sustainability forecast to manage various device functionality, such that functionality may be performed during one or more times that are identified to have a comparatively lower environmental impact, thereby deferring device energy consumption during a time forecasted to have a higher environmental impact. The sustainability forecast cached by the computing device may be updated on a periodic basis or in response to determining that the location of the computing device (and, potentially, the associated energy grid) has changed, among other examples.
US11960341B2
Various techniques and circuit implementations for power reduction management in integrated circuits are disclosed. Different sets of power delivery trigger circuits may be coupled to the integrated circuit by wiring or serial communication interfaces. Power reduction responses may be implemented at faster rates utilizing the wired power delivery trigger circuits while slower power reduction response can be implemented utilizing serially connected power delivery trigger circuits. The threshold for power reduction response by wired power delivery trigger circuits may also be closer to a functional failure point of the integrated circuit in order to provide fast response to avoid failure of the integrated circuit.
US11960334B2
Cable assemblies for providing electrical communication between hinged sections of an electronic device are described. The cable assemblies can include a cover that covers one or more cables that run through a hinge region of the electronic device. The cable and cover can be drawn over a mandrel of the hinge region. The cover and the portions of the mandrel can be visible to a user at the hinge region of the electronic device. The cover can be sufficiently rigid to guide a path of the cable and protect the cable from bending beyond a prescribed angle during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region. The cover can also be sufficiently rigid to prevent ceasing or folding of the cover and the cable during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region.
US11960328B2
The present application provides a foldable display device. The foldable display device includes a display panel and a rotation mechanism supporting the display panel. The rotation mechanism includes a first sliding member and a second sliding member. The first sliding member and the second sliding member are slidably connected to the first base. Relative sliding of the first sliding member and the second sliding member drives opposite sides of the rotation mechanism to be folded synchronously to improve fluency and stability in a folding process.
US11960325B2
Foldable touch screen display devices with a flexible display unit made up of segments that can be reconfigured from a compact state to an expanded state which includes a modular rigid display that may be attached to the flexible display unit. The form factor of the compact state is roughly the size of a typical handheld phone or smaller. The form factor of the expanded state is roughly the size of a larger phone or tablet computer. A third state whereby the attached rigid display is folded out such that its top surface is aligned with the top surface of the unfolded flexible display, may provide the use of both displays simultaneously. All folded states may include an integrated speaker and microphone. In one embodiment, a module attached to, situated within, or otherwise associated with at least one segment of the flexible display or rigid display may contain all or substantially all processing and memory, along with a communications system, which may be used in any state.
US11960313B2
One variation of a system for regulating power output of multiple solar substrings includes: a set of solar substrings and a power regulator. The power regulator includes: a power supply; an adder; a modulation signal generator; a de-modulator; and an integrator. The power supply is configured to receive an input voltage from the set of solar substrings. The adder is configured to modify a voltage gain of the input voltage at the power supply. The modulation signal generator is coupled to the adder and configured to generate an oscillating power signal at the power supply. The de-modulator is configured to de-modulate the oscillating power signal output from the power supply. The first integrator: is coupled to the de-modulator and the adder; and configured to define voltage gain step at the power supply based on a DC signal component output from the de-modulator.
US11960307B2
A pressure control valve for gases and/or liquids comprising a first sealing body and a second sealing body for opening and closing a first flow path and a second flow path, respectively. The first and the second sealing bodies can be installed in an inflow for gases and/or liquids in order to define the first and the second flow paths therein. The first sealing body is guided in an axially movable fashion. The second sealing body is guided in an axially movable fashion within the first sealing body. The first sealing body is movable by a force in the effective direction from an outflow to an inflow from a closing position into an opening position in which the first flow path is opened. The second sealing body is movable by a force in the effective direction from the outflow to the inflow from a closing position into an opening position in which the second flow path is opened.
US11960305B2
A pump control system includes an additive pump, the additive pump being fluidly coupled to a component of a hydraulic fracturing system. The system also includes an additive container, the additive container configured to provide an additive to the additive pump via a flow path. The system further includes a diversion system, arranged within the flow path between the additive pump and the component of the hydraulic fracturing system, the diversion system configured to redirected at least a portion of additive directed toward the component of the hydraulic fracturing system. The system includes a calibration system configured to receive the redirected portion of the additive, the calibration system adapted to adjust one or more operational parameters of the additive pump responsive to an evaluation of a flow parameter of the redirected portion of the additive.
US11960303B2
A method, preferably including: sampling inputs, determining aircraft conditions, and/or acting based on the aircraft conditions. A method, preferably including: sampling inputs, determining input reliability, determining guidance, and/or controlling aircraft operation. A method, preferably including: operating the vehicle, planning for contingencies, detecting undesired flight conditions, and/or reacting to undesired flight conditions. A system, preferably an aircraft such as a rotorcraft, configured to implement the method.
US11960298B2
An integrated speed prediction framework based on historical traffic data mining and real-time V2I communications for CAVs. The present framework provides multi-horizon speed predictions with different fidelity over short and long horizons. The present multi-horizon speed prediction is integrated with an economic model predictive control (MPC) strategy for the battery thermal management (BTM) of connected and automated electric vehicles (EVs) as a case study. The simulation results over real-world urban driving cycles confirm the enhanced prediction performance of the present data mining strategy over long prediction horizons. Despite the uncertainty in long-range CAV speed predictions, the vehicle level simulation results show that 14% and 19% energy savings can be accumulated sequentially through eco-driving and BTM optimization (eco-cooling), respectively, when compared with normal-driving and conventional BTM strategy.
US11960289B2
The present disclosure provides a moving robot including a body which forms an appearance, a traveler which moves the body with respect to a traveling surface in a traveling area, a sensing unit which acquires environment information of the traveling area, and a controller which sets a parameter tailored to the traveling area according to the environment information and performs pattern traveling of the traveling area. Accordingly, even when information on an environment in which the moving robot is installed is not obtained from a manufacture in advance, the moving robot can directly obtain information on the corresponding environment and set an optimum parameter according to the environment to increase efficiency.
US11960285B2
A method includes: detecting, through a sensor, a location and a movement direction of the user and an object around the user; specifying the type and the location of the detected object; if the object is a dangerous object and is located in the movement direction of the user, setting a relative position where the robot is to be located relative to the user to a lead position ahead of the user and in a direction different from the movement direction; driving at least one pair of legs or wheels of the robot to cause the robot to move to the lead position; and driving the at least one pair of legs or wheels to cause the robot to accompany the user in the lead position and induce a change in the movement direction of the user.
US11960284B2
This disclosure describes a method of controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The steps of controlling include acquiring images with an image capture device of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The steps include analyzing the images to determine navigation information of the UAV with a vision-based navigation system. The steps include tracking a position of the UAV with the vision-based navigation system. The steps include controlling rotors of the UAV to prevent deviations in movement from a desired flight path or position of the UAV. The steps include limiting travel or flight of the UAV to a physical region determined by the desired flight path.
US11960282B2
A system for servicing a data center using an autonomous vehicle (AV) is provided. The system comprises the AV and the AV is configured to: receive a task to perform within the data center, wherein the data center comprises a plurality of servers associated with a plurality of enterprise organizations; navigate from an initial location within the data center to a new location within the data center along a path extending through a portion of the data center, the path being determined automatically; and while navigating the path and in response to encountering a movable barrier disposed along the path, performing a procedure to bypass the movable barrier such that the AV can continue navigating along the path.
US11960266B1
Systems and processes for designing and generating personalized surgical implants and devices are described herein. In various embodiments, the process includes generating patient-specific implants with patient-specific surface(s) and/or textures designed for increased osseointegration and improved surgical outcomes. In various embodiments, the process includes extracting patient-specific data with one or more aspects of an anatomical feature, processing the one or more aspects of the anatomical feature to create a non-rigid shape reference, and generating a patient-specific implant or device.
US11960262B2
Some aspects include a schedule development method for a robotic floor-cleaning device that recognizes patterns in user input to automatically devise a work schedule.
US11960258B2
A method for controlling a smart plug of a home system, a smart plug, and a home system. The method includes acquiring conditions of currently running household appliances accessing sockets and setting the priority sequence of the currently running household appliances according to the conditions of the currently running household appliances accessing the sockets. Household appliances accessing different sockets of a smart plug can have a priority sequence, and therefore, a user can rank the priorities of a plurality of household appliances by means of the smart plug and can flexibly adjust the priority sequence according to usage habits, thereby not only facilitating integrated management of usage conditions, power consumption conditions and running states of the plurality of household appliances, but also ensuring the flexibility of setting the priority sequence, such that the entire running condition of a home system is more adapted to real-time usage requirements of the user.
US11960257B2
A building management system includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive a publication by an agent on an agent communication channel, the publication comprising timeseries data, identify, based on the publication, an object entity of an entity database associated with the agent, wherein the entity database includes one or more object entities and relationships between the one or more object entities and one or more data entities, identify a data entity related to the object entity based on a relationship of the relationships relating the object entity and the data entity, and ingest the timeseries data into the data entity.
US11960252B2
A method and system for co-ordinating control of a plurality of sensorless devices. Each device includes a communication subsystem and configured to self-detect one or more device properties, the device properties resulting in output having one or more output properties. The method includes: detecting inputs including the one or more device properties of each device, correlating, for each device, the detected one or more device properties to the one or more output properties, and co-ordinating control of each of the devices to operate at least one of their respective device properties to co-ordinate one or more output properties for the combined output to achieve a setpoint. In some example embodiments, the setpoint can be fixed, calculated or externally determined.
US11960246B2
A geometric inspection device for horological mobile components, including a headstock bearing a first spindle defining a first axis of rotation and a tailstock defining a second axis of rotation, on a common sole relative to which the headstock or the tailstock can move along a common direction parallel with the first axis of rotation. The device includes interchangeable micro-centering devices, at least one of the first spindle and the second spindle includes receiving means arranged to coaxially house a removable centering device, and at least one of the headstock and the tail stock includes pulling means arranged to pull without contact a micro-centering device axially along a common direction, opposite a space separating the headstock and the tailstock.
US11960243B2
An electrostatic image developer includes a toner including toner particles that include a binder resin and a release agent and have an exposure ratio of the release agent of 15% or more and 30% or less, and a carrier including magnetic particles and resin cover layers covering the magnetic particles and including inorganic particles, wherein the inorganic particles have an arithmetic average particle size of 5 nm or more and 90 nm or less, the resin cover layers have an average thickness of 0.6 μm or more and 1.4 μm or less, and a fine-irregularity-structure surface roughness of surfaces of the carrier three-dimensionally analyzed has, in an analysis region, a ratio B/A of an irregularity-surface area B to a plan-view area A of 1.020 or more and 1.100 or less.
US11960230B2
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body including an electric substrate and first and second main body electrical contacts electrically connected to the electric substrate, and a cartridge detachably attached to the apparatus main body, wherein the cartridge includes first and second process members, and first and second cartridge electrical contacts electrically connected to the first and second process members, respectively. The apparatus main body includes a common holding member holding a first end portion of the first main body electrical contact and a second end portion of the second main body electrical contact, wherein the holding member is configured to move between a contact position at which the first and second end portions contact with the first and second cartridge electrical contacts, respectively, and a separation position at which the first and second end portions are separated from the first and second cartridge electrical contacts, respectively.
US11960228B2
According to at least one embodiment, a failure prediction server includes an interface, a memory, and a processor. The interface is configured to communicate with equipment including a component that deteriorates over time. The memory is configured to store measurement data acquired from the equipment. The processor is configured to set a monitoring start condition for failure prediction in the corresponding equipment based on the measurement data acquired as initial data from the equipment, accumulate the measurement data acquired from the equipment in the memory after the monitoring start condition is satisfied, and predict a failure of the component based on the measurement data accumulated in the memory.
US11960223B2
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body that includes an image formation unit forming an image on a recording material, a fixation unit that includes a fixing unit fixing the image formed by the image formation unit onto the recording material and that is attachable to and detachable from the apparatus main body, a first duct that is attached to the fixation unit to face the fixing unit and through which a gas that cools the fixing unit flows, and a second duct that is attached to the apparatus main body to be adjacent to the first duct and through which a gas that cools the fixing unit flows.
US11960221B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a belt, a plurality of stretching rollers including an inner roller and an upstream roller, an outer member, an urging member, a first position changing mechanism, a storing portion, a controller, and an operating portion. The controller controls the first position changing mechanism on the basis of a kind of a recording material on which an image is formed, first set information stored in the storing portion, and first input information for changing setting of a position of the urging member inputted to the controller through the operating portion.
US11960213B2
A substrate holder for a lithographic apparatus has a main body having a thin-film stack provided on a surface thereof. The thin-film stack forms an electronic or electric component such as an electrode, a sensor, a heater, a transistor or a logic device, and has a top isolation layer. A plurality of burls to support a substrate are formed on the thin-film stack or in apertures of the thin-film stack.
US11960212B2
An operating method of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography device includes defining a target image to render an illumination system, assigning priorities to respective positions of facets of a pupil facet mirror corresponding to the target image, assigning a mirror according to the assigned priorities using linear programming, generating the illumination system by selecting one of the facets of the pupil facet mirror based on a symmetry criterion, and converting mirror assignment information and source map information corresponding to the selected facet into a form recognizable by an EUV scanner.
US11960210B2
A method for generating an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation includes simultaneously irradiating two or more target droplets with laser light in an EUV radiation source apparatus to produce EUV radiation and collecting and directing the EUV radiation produced from the two or more target droplet by an imaging mirror.
US11960209B2
A developing treatment method for performing a developing treatment on a resist film on a substrate, includes the following. (A) supplying a developing solution to the substrate and developing the resist film to form a resist pattern; (B) supplying a water-based cleaning liquid to the developed substrate to clean the substrate with the water-based cleaning liquid; (C) applying an aqueous solution of a water-soluble polymer to the substrate cleaned with the water-based cleaning liquid to form a hydrophilic layer having a hydrophilic property on a surface of the substrate; and (D) cleaning the substrate on which the hydrophilic layer has been formed, with a rinse liquid. (B) includes (a) accelerating a rotation speed of the substrate; and (b) after (a), decelerating the rotation speed of the substrate until a start of (C), wherein a deceleration in (b) is lower than an acceleration in (a).
US11960205B2
Method for manufacturing a horology component, including manufacturing (E1) a first structure (10) from a first photosensitive resin (31) having at least one layer of photosensitive resin having a first pattern obtained by polymerizing the first photosensitive resin by irradiation through at least one mask (4), then developing the first photosensitive resin; and transforming (E2) the first structure (10) into a second structure (1) by structuring at least one surface of the first structure by the addition of a second photosensitive resin (32) to the at least one surface, the second structure (1) being intended to at least partially form a manufacturing mold for the horology component.
US11960200B2
A lens device includes an imaging optical system and an optical member. The optical member is disposed near a pupil of the imaging optical system in a state where an optical axis of the optical member coincides with an optical axis of the imaging optical system. The optical member includes a frame that includes a plurality of aperture regions, a plurality of optical filters that are disposed in at least one of the plurality of aperture regions and include two or more optical filters transmitting light having at least some wavelength ranges different from each other, and a plurality of polarizing filters that are disposed in at least one of the plurality of aperture regions and have different polarization directions. The lens barrel has a slit, and the optical member is insertable into and removable from the imaging optical system through the slit.
US11960191B2
A conductive structure is applied to an e-paper device, which includes a driving substrate and an e-paper film. The e-paper film is disposed on the driving substrate, and includes a transparent substrate, a common electrode layer, and a display medium layer disposed between the common electrode layer and the driving substrate. The common electrode layer is disposed on one side of the transparent substrate facing the driving substrate. The display medium layer includes a through hole. The conductive structure is disposed in the through hole and includes a conductive member and at least one spacer. The conductive member is electrically connected to the driving substrate and the common electrode layer. The spacer is disposed in/on the conductive member, and contacts with the driving substrate and the common electrode layer. An e-paper device with the conductive structure is also disclosed.
US11960182B2
Provided is a light absorption anisotropic film capable of preparing an image display device having excellent display performance and excellent durability, and a laminate and an image display device formed of the light absorption anisotropic film. The light absorption anisotropic film is used for an image display device, which is formed of a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound and a dichroic substance, in which in a signal derived from the dichroic substance detected by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, a relationship between a maximum intensity Imax of the light absorption anisotropic film in a thickness direction and an intensity Isur1 in a surface of the light absorption anisotropic film on a viewing side of the image display device satisfies Expression (I-1) 2.0≤Imax/Isur1.
US11960180B2
A display panel, a display apparatus, and a manufacturing method are disclosed. The display panel includes a base substrate having a first through hole; a conductive structure located on the base substrate and at least partially covering the first through hole; and a display structure including a first display structure, a control line, and a second display structure that are arranged in layers on a side of the base substrate where the conductive structure is located, wherein the first display structure has a second through hole, and the control line is electrically connected to the conductive structure by passing through the second through hole.
US11960170B2
A backlight device comprises a plurality of point light sources, a luminance uniformity sheet, a light diffusion sheet, a plurality of lenses, and a partition wall. The luminance uniformity sheet includes transmission portions that are arranged opposite the point light sources. The light diffusion sheet is disposed on an opposite side of the luminance uniformity sheet relative to the point light sources. The lenses are disposed between the light diffusion sheet and the luminance uniformity sheet. The partition wall is disposed at least one of between the point light sources and the luminance uniformity sheet and between the luminance uniformity sheet and the lenses and is disposed between adjacent point light sources in a plan view or between adjacent lenses in the plan view.
US11960165B2
A display device comprises a waveguide configured to guide light in a lateral direction parallel to an output surface of the waveguide. The waveguide is further configured to outcouple the guided light through the output surface. The display device additionally comprises a broadband adaptive lens assembly configured to incouple and to diffract therethrough the outcoupled light from the waveguide. The broadband adaptive lens assembly comprises a first waveplate lens comprising a liquid crystal (LC) layer arranged such that the waveplate lens has birefringence (Δn) that varies in a radially outward direction from a central region of the first waveplate lens and configured to diffract the outcoupled light at a diffraction efficiency greater than 90% within a wavelength range including at least 450 nm to 630 nm. The broadband adaptive lens assembly is configured to be selectively switched between a plurality of states having different optical powers.
US11960155B1
A metasurface may include a substrate layer and a two-dimensional array of metallic optical pillars arranged in rows and columns. A tunable dielectric material with a tunable refractive index is positioned between row-adjacent optical resonators. A two-dimensional active-matrix driver includes integrated driver routing layer(s), capacitor layer(s), and/or transistor layer(s). The driver routing layers enable row and column addressing of the two-dimensional array of metallic pillars via a row conductor for each row of metallic pillars and a column conductor for each column of metallic pillars. A transistor layer includes transistor devices connected to and configured to be selectively driven by the row and column conductors. The capacitor layer includes a plurality of storage capacitors. Each metallic pillar is connected in parallel to one of the storage capacitors in the capacitor layer and one of the transistor devices in the transistor layer.
US11960153B2
A folding lens system includes: a polarization-dependence device, a first optical device, a first polarization controller, a second optical device and a second polarization controller. The polarization-dependence device has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first optical device is located at a side facing toward the first surface of the polarization-dependence device. The first polarization controller is located between the polarization-dependence device and the first optical device. The first polarization controller has the same curvature as the first surface of the polarization-dependence device. The second optical device is located at a side facing toward the second surface of the polarization-dependence device. The second polarization controller is located between the polarization-dependence device and the second optical device. The second polarization controller has the same curvature as the second surface of the polarization-dependence device.
US11960151B2
An eyeglass frame configured to hold corrective lenses therein is removably engageable with a protective lens. The protective lens has connectors on opposing ends which are engageable with first and second mounts engaged to the frame. A gap is formed between the protective lens and the front surface of the frame and is maintained by the engagement of the connectors with the respective mounts.
US11960149B2
Provided is technology that makes it possible to measure visual behavior with respect to objects that are at different distances in the depth direction, while reducing burden on a subject. A method for measuring visual behavior of a subject to design an eyeglass lens includes: a step (a) of ascertaining a head rotation amount that is generated by the subject in a sagittal plane of the subject when gazing at each of a plurality of gaze points that are set at predetermined distances different from each other in a forward depth direction; and a step (b) of determining an eyeball rotation amount that is generated by the subject when gazing at each of the plurality of gaze points, based on the head rotation amount.
US11960141B2
Provided is a lens assembly driving module including a photographing lens assembly, a first driving mechanism and a second driving mechanism. The photographing lens assembly includes N lens elements and has an optical axis passing through the N lens elements. The first driving mechanism drives at least N/2 said lens elements to move along the optical axis of the photographing lens assembly. The second driving mechanism enables a relative distance along the optical axis of two adjacent ones of the N lens elements to vary. Therefore, any specific one of the lens elements is capable of being driven to optimize optical imaging resolution of various fields of view independently within a real shot at different object distances.
US11960140B2
An imaging lens assembly module has an optical axis, and includes an optical element set, a light blocking element assembling surface, and a light absorbing layer. The optical element set includes an optical lens element and a light blocking sheet. The optical lens element is a plastic lens element, and includes an optical effective portion and an outer peripheral portion. The light blocking sheet is disposed on the outer peripheral portion, and spaced apart from the outer peripheral portion. The light blocking sheet includes an object-side surface, an image-side surface and an inner opening surface. The inner opening surface surrounds a through hole of the light blocking sheet. The light blocking sheet is disposed on the light blocking element assembling surface. The light absorbing layer is disposed on the image-side surface and for fixing the light blocking sheet on the light blocking element assembling surface.
US11960139B2
The present technology relates to a camera module that is enabled to have a lower height. The camera module includes a supporting component that includes an opening through which light from a lens collecting the light passes, the supporting component supporting an optical component between the lens and an imaging element that performs photoelectric conversion of the light, the optical component being placed so as to cover the opening and being supported on a side of the supporting component closer to the imaging element. In addition, around the opening, there is disposed a sloped portion inclined in the thickness direction of the supporting component, and the supporting component is placed such that the slope of the sloped portion and the lens face each other. Furthermore, the camera module is configured such that a portion of the lens is placed closer to a first face of the supporting component beyond a second face of the supporting component, the portion facing the supporting component, the optical component being placed on the first face, and the second face being opposite to the first face. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a camera module that collects light to capture an image.
US11960133B2
A converged enclosure is provided. The converged enclosure comprises a base panel, a housing coupled with the base panel and a plurality of ports housed on a front surface of the housing. The plurality of ports is arranged in a plurality of rows such that each row has one or more ports. The one or more ports in each of the plurality of rows is inclined at a predefined row angle (R1, R2, R3, R4) from a vertical base axis such that the predefined row angle of each of the plurality of rows is different. The plurality of ports is arranged in a plurality of columns such that each column has one or more ports. The one or more ports in each of the plurality of columns is inclined at a predefined column angle (C1, C2, C3) from a horizontal base axis such that the predefined column angle of each of the plurality of columns is different.
US11960132B2
A communication cable is provided that retains low signal attenuation even after multiple cycles through significant temperature changes. The cable includes a communication element, a tight buffer element that surrounds the communication element, a strengthening element that surrounds the tight buffer element, an inner jacket that surrounds the strengthening element, and an outer jacket that surrounds the inner jacket. The outer jacket protects the interior components and is made of a hard material, and the inner jacket protects the communication element from the mechanical stresses of temperature-induced thermal expansion and contraction of the outer jacket.
US11960131B2
Described herein is an integrated photonics device including a light emitter, integrated edge outcoupler(s), optics, and a detector array. The device can include a hermetically sealed enclosure. The hermetic seal can reduce the amount of moisture and/or contamination that may affect the measurement, analysis, and/or the function of the individual components within the sealed enclosure. Additionally or alternatively, the hermetic seal can be used to protect the components within the enclosure from environmental contamination induced during the manufacturing, packaging, and/or shipping process. The outcoupler(s) can be formed by creating one or more pockets in the layers of a die. Outcoupler material can be formed in the pocket and, optionally, subsequent layers can be deposited on top. The edge of the die can be polished until a targeted polish plane is achieved. Once the outcoupler is formed, the die can be flipped over and other components can be formed.
US11960129B2
An optical emitter-receiver module includes a light source, a photodetector and a fiber. The light source emits an emitted beam. The fiber includes a core and an optical axis. The fiber has an outer surface, inclined at an angle of 45° with respect to the optical axis, having a mirror. The fiber has a notch, extending to the core of the fiber and having a face having a dichroic filter for reflecting a received beam. The light source is arranged relative to the mirror so that the emitted beam is reflected by the mirror and transmitted in the fiber. The photodetector and the face of the notch are positioned so that the received beam reflected by the dichroic filter is directed towards the photodetector.
US11960125B2
Provided is an optical fiber adapter. The optical fiber adapter includes a first adapter body, a shielding gate elastically hinged to a lower end portion of the first adapter body, and a second adapter body whose a lower end portion is inserted into a cavity of the first adapter body. An end surface of the lower end portion of the second adapter body extends downward to form extension posts and an engagement arm, the extension posts are pressed against two ends of a hinge shaft of the shielding gate, and the engagement arm is exposed outside the shielding gate and is engaged with an optical fiber connector joint inserted into a lower end portion of the first adapter body. This structural design can facilitate the installation and fixation of the shielding gate, and thus a better light-shielding and dust-proof effect can be achieved.
US11960122B2
A device for optical signal processing includes a first layer, a second layer and a waveguiding layer. A lens is disposed within the first layer and adjacent to a surface of the first layer. The second layer is underneath the first layer and adjacent to another surface of the first layer. The waveguiding layer is located underneath the second layer and configured to waveguide a light beam transmitted in the waveguiding layer. A grating coupler is disposed over the waveguiding layer. The lens is configured to receive, from one of the grating coupler or a light-guiding element, the light beam, and focus the light beam towards another one of the light-guiding element or the grating coupler.
US11960116B2
A structure includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide. The first waveguide includes a first strip portion and a first tapered tip portion connected to the first strip portion. The second waveguide includes a second strip portion and a second tapered tip portion connected to the second strip portion, wherein the first tapered tip portion of the first waveguide is optically coupled to the second tapered tip portion of the second waveguide, and the first waveguide and the second waveguide are configured to guide a light. In a region where the light is coupled between the first tapered tip portion and the second tapered tip portion, an effective refractive index of the first waveguide with respect to the light is substantially equal to an effective refractive index of the second waveguide with respect to the light.
US11960111B2
An optical film, an optical film set, a backlight module and a display device are provided. The optical film includes a main body, plural first prism structures and plural second prism structures. The main body has a first optical surface and a second optical surface. The first prism structures are disposed on the first optical surface. Each of the first prism structures extends along a first direction. The second prism structures are disposed on the second optical surface. Each of the second prism structures extends along a second direction. The first direction is different from the second direction.
US11960110B2
The disclosed optical filter is provided on a substrate. The optical filter includes a first layer, an absorption layer, and a second layer in order from a substrate side. The condition of |R1−R2|≥10 is satisfied where R1 [%] represents a reflectance of the optical filter for light whose wavelength is 550 nm and that makes incident on the optical filter from a side opposite to the substrate, and R2 [%] represents a reflectance of the optical filter for light whose wavelength is 550 nm and that makes incident on the optical filter from the substrate side.
US11960108B2
A passive illumination device for use with at least one light source unit of an image receiver, in particular of a code reading device and/or code verification device, has at least one diffuser unit which is configured for converting light provided by the light source unit into at least substantially diffuse illumination light for an illumination of at least one illumination region and which comprises at least one diffuser element with at least one diffusion shell for a scattering of the light.
US11960105B2
Provided herein is a stereoscopic display device including: a display layer for displaying multi-view images having at least three viewpoints into stereoscopic images; a transparent layer arranged on one side of the display layer; and a parallax barrier layer arranged on one side of the transparent layer and including a light blocking part for blocking light and a slit for transmitting light, wherein a pixel structure of the display layer is an RG-BG pentile subpixel structure or an RG-BW pentile subpixel structure.
US11960103B2
The micro-lens array is a micro-lens array in which a plurality of micro-lenses are arranged in a matrix in a plan view, wherein each of the plurality of micro-lenses has four main sides in a plan view, and each of the four main sides is inclined with respect to a row virtual line parallel to a row direction or a column virtual line parallel to a column direction.
US11960101B2
An optical measurement device includes an optical system that focuses emitted light that is emitted from a measurement surface of a light emitting electronic display or a light emitting surface of which a speckle contrast or a sparkle contrast is to be measured; a two-dimensional sensor array having a two-dimensional sensor array surface on which the emitted light is focused, the two-dimensional sensor array capturing an image of the emitted light; and a calculation unit that calculates the speckle contrast or the sparkle contrast based on the image of the emitted light captured under an imaging condition under which a size of a light-emitting region on the measurement surface is constant, the light-emitting region contributing to formation of a diffraction limited spot of the emitted light on the two-dimensional sensor array surface.
US11960097B2
Disclosed is a combined lenses-based apparatus for line laser uniformity generation. The apparatus includes a laser diode, and an aspheric focusing lens and combined lenses that are arranged behind the laser diode sequentially. The combined lenses include a cylindrical lens and a plano-convex cylindrical lens. The cylindrical lens and the plano-convex cylindrical lens are arranged on an optical path sequentially. One end surface of the aspheric focusing lens is an aspheric surface. Light emitted by the laser diode is focused by passing though the aspheric focusing lens, and the combined lenses are able to disperse a focused beam into uniform line laser.
US11960082B2
An object detection method is suitable for a virtual reality system. The object detection method includes a plurality of first cameras of a head-mounted display (HMD) to capture a plurality of first frames. A plurality of second frames are captured through a plurality of second cameras in a tracker, wherein, the object detector searches for the object position in the first frames and the second frames.
US11960075B1
An apparatus, comprising one or more scan modules, each scan module having one or more laser sources that generate one or more laser beams and a beam deflector that deflects the one or more laser beams. A fluorescent emissive sheet (FES) receives the one or more laser beams deflected by the beam deflectors of the one or more scan modules and emits light of longer wavelength than that of the one or more laser beams at portions of the FES that are struck by the one or more laser beams. An optically transmissive viewing window coupled to a helmet wherein the light of longer wavelength than that of the one or more laser beams is projected onto the viewing window.
US11960066B2
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, first, second and third lens units having positive, negative and positive refractive powers. The first lens unit moves during zooming. During zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a distance between the first and second lens units widens, and a distance between the second and third lens units narrows. The first lens unit consists of three or less lenses. The second lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, a first single lens as a spherical lens having a negative refractive power, a cemented lens in which a lens having a negative refractive power and a lens having a positive refractive power are cemented, and a second single lens as a spherical lens having a negative refractive power. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11960051B2
Various embodiments may provide a method of fabricating a meta-lens structure. The method may include forming a first dielectric layer in contact with a silicon wafer. The method may also include forming a second dielectric layer in contact with the first dielectric layer. A refractive index of the second dielectric layer may be different from a refractive index of the first dielectric layer. The method may further include, in patterning the second dielectric layer. The method may additionally include removing at least a portion of the silicon wafer to expose the first dielectric layer.
US11960047B1
A method for locating buried utilities in a utility locator is disclosed. The method may include receiving, at an antenna array for receiving magnetic field signals, a plurality of magnetic field signals at predefined signal frequencies in a predefined frequency suite, generating, in a receiver coupled to an output of the antenna array, a first receiver output signal, generating, in a processing element coupled to the receiver, a first set of data associated with the two or more signal components, and storing, in a non-transitory memory of the locator, the first set of data.
US11960046B2
A method for obtaining a maximum horizontal stress at a depth of a geological formation, includes: setting an estimate SHmax of the maximum horizontal stress; conducting an elastoplastic modeling simulation of the geological formation around a wellbore with the estimate SHmax and obtaining a simulated value ϕb,1 of a breakout angle, wherein the breakout angle is a half-width of a breakout region; and upon determining that the estimate ϕb,1 is greater than or equal to a prescribed value and is different from a measured breakout angle ϕb,m at the depth by more than a threshold value, repeatedly changing the estimate SHmax and conducting the elastoplastic modeling simulation.
US11960045B2
Disclosed are methods of modelling a subsurface region. One method comprises defining a plurality of variables for describing said subsurface region, each variable having a corresponding, domain set neighbourhood set, and conflict set. The conflict set comprises conflict variables, which are previously assigned variable which reduces the domain set of its corresponding variable. The method comprises further sequentially performing for each variable: a) selecting an unassigned variable; b) assigning a value to the selected variable from its domain set; c) assessing whether a constraint is satisfied. The selected variable's corresponding conflict set is updated to include any previously assigned variables comprised within the selected variable's corresponding neighbourhood set when said constraint is assessed not to be satisfied at step c). Another method comprises foreseeing dead end variables before they are simulated.
US11960032B2
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system includes an optical source to emit a corresponding plurality of optical beams with synchronized chirp rates and synchronized chirp durations. The plurality of optical beams are each tuned to produce regions of constructive and destructive interference into a combined optical beam. A first optical component forms a phase-locked loop to correct nonlinearities detected in the plurality of optical beams. A second optical component transmits a combined optical beam toward a target environment and receives a target return signal. A third optical component downconverts the target return signal to a plurality of fixed frequency downconverted target return signals, each including a target range component and a target velocity component.
US11960030B2
The invention relates to the technical field of radar detection, in particular to a device for real-time detection of spectrum from airborne hyperspectral imaging LiDAR and method thereof. The device comprises a laser and a reference module; the reference module comprises a first reflecting mirror and a second reflecting mirror with a given transmittance; the first reflecting mirror and the second reflecting mirror are arranged with a focusing mirror and an optical fiber in sequence therebetween. The laser emits a laser light to the first reflecting mirror with a given transmittance, and the beam of the laser light transmitted through the first reflecting mirror after passing the focusing mirror is used as the reference beam after passing the optical fiber. The invention enables detection of the spectral line of each pulse and improves the precision of reflection spectrum of the ground object measured by the system.
US11960025B2
Systems, devices, and methods related to a radar and an artificial neural network are described. For example, the radar can have at least one processing unit configured to execute instructions implementing matrix computation of the artificial neural network. The artificial neural network is configured to identify features in the radar image in an output responsive to an input containing a radar image. Optionally, the radar can further include an image sensor to generate an optical image as part of the input to artificial neural network. Instead of outputting the radar images and/or the optical images, the radar may output a description of the features identified via the artificial neural network from the radar image.
US11960024B2
A system for measuring the orientation angle of automotive collision avoidance sensors. An adaptive spacer is supported to conformably interengage the collision avoidance sensor module of a vehicle being repaired. The adaptive spacer extends outwardly from the sensor module and the orientation angle of the sensor module is transposed by the adaptive spacer to form an angular guideline on an underlying calibration board, mat or other surface. The angle between the angular guideline and a base guideline parallel to the center line of the vehicle and the angular guideline is measured to provide the orientation angle of the vehicle's sensor module.
US11960023B2
A radar device is configured in such a manner that each of transmission radars uses, as the amount of phase modulation, a value determined from either one of a positive integer value that is less than or equal to a result of division obtained by dividing the number of hits of a transmission RF signal by the number of the transmission radars and a value of 0; a hit number h of the transmission RF signal; and the number of hits.
US11960021B2
A method for performing, by a first user equipment, wireless communication is proposed. The method may comprise the steps of: transmitting a positioning reference signal (PRS) to a plurality of second user equipments; receiving, from the plurality of second user equipments, location information of the plurality of second user equipments and time of arrival (TOA) values of the plurality of second user equipments; and determining a location of the first user equipment on the basis of the location information of the plurality of second user equipments and the TOA values of the plurality of second user equipments. For example, the TOA values may be determined on the basis of a time when the plurality of second user equipments receive the PRS.
US11960012B2
This application provide a positioning method, including: obtaining, by a first electronic device, a first location of a second electronic device; determining a plurality of candidate locations by using the first location as a center point; selecting a plurality of candidate positioning locations from the plurality of candidate locations based on elevations and azimuths of a plurality of satellites relative to the candidate locations, grid data corresponding to the plurality of candidate locations, and signal parameters of broadcast signals received by the second electronic device from the plurality of satellites; and correcting the first location based on the plurality of candidate positioning locations, to output a corrected second location.
US11960000B2
The present invention includes systems and methods for a continuous-wave (CW) radar system for detecting, geolocating, identifying, discriminating between, and mapping ferrous and non-ferrous metals in brackish and saltwater environments. The radar system (e.g., the CW radar system) generates multiple extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic waves simultaneously and uses said waves to detect, locate, and classify objects of interest. These objects include all types of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, as well as changing material boundary layers (e.g., soil to water, sand to mud, rock to organic materials, water to air, etc.). The radar system (e.g., the CW radar system) is operable to detect objects of interest in near real time.
US11959973B2
A multi-fault diagnosis method has the following steps: measuring cell voltages of a battery pack to be diagnosed; constructing a cell voltage sequence according to measured cell voltages of the battery pack to be diagnosed, and calculating a sample entropy value of the cell voltage sequence; setting a correction coefficient for representing voltage fluctuation information, and correcting the sample entropy value through the correction coefficient to obtain a corrected sample entropy value; and judging and outputting a fault type of the battery pack to be diagnosed according to a numerical value change of the corrected sample entropy value. Faults of cells can be accurately diagnosed without a model, sample entropy values under different faults can be distinguished by setting the correction coefficient, the intuitiveness and efficiency of fault detection are improved, and the fault type and time of the lithium-ion cells can be quickly, accurately and stably diagnosed and predicted.
US11959964B2
A test apparatus for testing electrical parameters of a target chip includes: a function generator; a switch matrix module; a plurality of source measurement units (SMUs); at least one of the SMUs is configured to provide power supply for the target chip; at least one of the SMUs is coupled to the switch matrix module; and at least two of said SMUs are test SMUs coupled to ports of the target chip and the function generator.
US11959963B2
Device for checking the integrity of a digital transmission for an analog output of a system. The analog output may be checked for transient errors that can be attributed to a digital transmission path embedded somewhere within the vehicle system. A test signal is introduced into a digital transmission that can be reassembled from an analog path of the analog output, and, if not, allows the test device to pinpoint that errors are appearing due to the digital path, and not because of the analog output. In this way, debugging an installation of a system becomes easier; obtaining confidence in reliability of a mixed analog and digital system becomes less of a challenge and less time consuming.
US11959962B2
Apparatus and techniques for an integrated circuit (IC) package to automatically detect, through an input/out pin, external component parameters and parasitics. An example IC package generally includes a pin for coupling to a component external to the IC package, and at least one of a resistance detector, an inductance detector, or a capacitance detector coupled to the pin, and configured to detect at least one of a resistance, an inductance, or a capacitance, respectively, of a lumped parameter model for the component external to the IC package. The resistance detector, inductance detector, or capacitance detector may also be configured to detect parasitics associated with at least one of the component, the pin, or a connection between the component and the pin.
US11959958B2
A method includes providing a detector disposed above a semiconductor structure; identifying a portion of the semiconductor structure at a temperature substantially greater than a predetermined threshold by the detector; rotating the stage; and deriving a position of the portion of the semiconductor structure based upon the rotation of the stage.
US11959950B2
A power meter for measuring power usage in a circuit includes preprocessor and a weighting network. The pre-processor is configured to receive toggle data for a number of power proxy signals in the circuit for a plurality of clock cycles of the circuit in a first time window. The power proxy signals and weighting values are determined automatically from simulated or emulated toggle data. For each power proxy signal, the pre-processor averages the toggle data over one or more clock cycles in one or more second time windows, within the first time window, to provide averaged toggle data, and outputs the averaged toggle data for each second time window. The weighting network is configured to combine the averaged toggle data from the power proxy signals, based on a set of weight values, to provide a measure of the power usage.
US11959948B2
Disclosed is a high voltage signal and low voltage signal sampling and transmission system based on a high voltage MCU, including a sampling unit, a high voltage processing unit, a communication unit and a low voltage processing unit. The sampling unit includes a bus voltage sampling module, a phase voltage detection module and an IGBT temperature detection module. The high voltage processing unit adopts the high voltage MCU, and the high voltage MCU is configured to perform state monitoring and analog-to-digital conversion on the three-way analog detection signals, and output a digital signal to the communication unit; the communication unit adopts an isolated communication unit to transmit the three-way digital signal converted by the high voltage MCU to the low voltage processing unit; the low voltage processing unit adopts a low voltage MCU to realize sampling and communication of high and low voltage sampling signals.
US11959939B2
The present application discloses a chip socket, a testing fixture and a chip testing method thereof. The chip socket includes a pedestal, a plurality of conductive traces, a plurality of clamp structures, and a plurality of electrical contacts. The plurality of conductive traces are formed in the pedestal. The plurality of clamp structures are conductive and disposed on the first surface of the pedestal, and at least one of the plurality of clamp structures is coupled to a corresponding conductive trace and configured to clamp a solder ball of a chip to be tested. The plurality of electrical contacts are disposed on the second surface of the pedestal, and at least one of the plurality of electrical contacts is coupled to a corresponding clamp structure through a corresponding conductive trace.
US11959931B2
A system and method for dispense characterization is disclosed. According to particular embodiments of the dispense characterization system and method, volumes of dispensed liquids can be determined. In more particular embodiments, additional characteristics and combinations of characteristics of a liquid dispensing event can be determined. Examples of additional characteristics that can be determined include the shape of the dispensing event, the velocity of the dispensing event, and the trajectory of the dispensing event. The dispense characterization system and method can be employed in automated biological sample analysis systems, and are particularly suited for monitoring liquid reagent dispensing events that deliver liquid reagents to a surface of a microscope slide holding a biological sample.
US11959929B2
A method of measuring and identifying LSD and its major metabolite O-H-LSD, by obtaining a sample from an individual, and measuring, identifying, and quantifying LSD and O-H-LSD in the sample by performing a LC-MS/MS analysis. A method of treating and monitoring individuals taking LSD, by administering a microdose of LSD, a prodrug of LSD, or an analog of LSD to the individual, monitoring the individual by obtaining a sample from an individual and measuring and identifying the analytes in the sample by performing a LC-MS/MS analysis, and adjusting the microdose based on the amount of LSD quantified in the LC-MS/MS analysis. A method of adjusting dosing of LSD, by administering a microdose of LSD, a prodrug of LSD, or an analog of LSD to the individual, and adjusting the microdose based on blood concentration analytics.
US11959926B2
Humanized mouse models and methods are provided for determining whether administration of an immunomodulatory drug likely elicits a severe cytokine release syndrome in a human. Humanized mouse models and methods are also provided for determining the immunotoxicity in a human of a drug candidate or of drug combinations.
US11959924B2
The invention relates to a method for obtaining APRIL-binding peptides. With this method APRIL-binding peptides may be obtained and/or selected. Further aspects of the invention relate to a cell comprising a nucleotide sequence coding for an APRIL-binding peptide according to the invention, a process for producing an APRIL-binding peptide and the APRIL-binding peptide obtainable in the production process and/or the selection method. In view of the possible utility of the APRIL-binding peptides according to the invention, further aspects of the invention relate to diagnostic uses of an APRIL binding peptide of the invention.
US11959917B2
Disclosed herein are immunoassay methods and reagents for detecting anti-Zika IgM antibody in a biological sample from a subject and/or diagnosing Zika virus infection in a subject. Also disclosed are algorithms for implementing the disclosed methods. The disclosed immunoassay methods, reagents, and algorithms enable efficient and reliable qualitative detection of anti-Zika virus antibodies and rapid determination of presumptive positive results for Zika virus infection in human subjects.
US11959908B2
A measurement device includes an acquisition unit and a calculation unit. The acquisition unit acquires a first image obtained by image-capturing liquid containing tangible components flowing through a flow path and a second image image-captured simultaneously with the first image and having an image-capturing magnification higher than the first image. The calculation unit sorts, by using clipped images obtained by clipping the tangible components included in the first image and the second image, the tangible components into different types, and that calculates, by using a total number of the tangible components clipped out of the first image and included in a specified category as well as a ratio of a number of each of the tangible components of the different types clipped out of the second image and included in the specified category relative to a total number thereof, the number of the tangible components included in the specified category.
US11959907B2
A device and method for analyte detection and analytes in a particulate bearing fluid such as whole blood having an instrument for partitioning the particles from the fluid that is integrated with a detector for analyzes of one or more particulate bearing fluid analytes while the particles in the particulate bearing fluid are partitioned.
US11959899B2
Disclosed is a 4-method for preparing original data of an odor image includes a measurement result acquiring step of acquiring each measurement result measured with respect to the odor substance included in the sample in each of a plurality of sensor elements of an odor sensor, and a data processing step of generating the original data for representing the odor of the sample in the image by processing each of the acquired measurement results. Each of the sensor elements has different detection properties with respect to the odor substance. In a case where each of the original data items is represented in a small image, the odor of the sample is represented in an odor image in a predetermined display mode in which small images are assembled, and each of the small images is varied in accordance with the magnitude of the value of each original data item.
US11959895B2
The analysis apparatus includes a standby section which is provided between a dispensing operation of an analysis item B′ prior to an analysis item C and the sample analysis channel introduction. The sample analysis channel introduction is arranged prior to a data collection section of an analysis item A. The operation is started earlier but after a sample dispensing operation section of the analysis item A. A sample dispensing operation section of the analysis item C can be started earlier and the analysis time of the analysis item C can be moved to immediately after a sample analysis operation section of the analysis item B′. The analysis item A in a second cycle can be started earlier by the early start time of the analysis item C in a first cycle. A total processing time Tc can be shorter than a total processing time Tb.
US11959890B2
The present invention relates to an experimental apparatus for researching characteristics of subsea tunnel at bottom of seabed under wave, comprising main control system, wave making test system, rock and soil confining pressure test system and water level regulation test system, wherein a bottom of the rock and soil confining pressure test system is connected with the water level regulation test system; a bottom of the wave making test system is connected with the rock and soil confining pressure test system; and all test systems are electrically connected with the main control system. The experimental apparatus, when being small, may simulate the situation of the subsea tunnel under a nonlinear complex wave, may consider the common action of the seabed and the wave, and may regulate water levels and soil pressures, having perfect functions and effectively exploring the effect of various aspects on the subsea tunnel.
US11959888B2
A device for testing overall anchorage performance of a basalt fiber reinforced plastic (BFRP) anchor cable includes an anchor cable anchoring system and a data acquisition system. The anchor cable anchoring system includes a test bed, BFRP arranged over the test bed, and a distributed optical fiber bonded to a surface of the BFRP, the test bed being provided with an anchoring section at one end and an outer anchoring section at the other end, the anchoring section anchors one end of the BFRP, and the outer anchoring section anchors the other end of the BFRP. The data acquisition system includes a modem and a grating connected to two ends of the distributed optical fiber in series, and a center hole jack and a dynamometer arranged between the outer anchoring section and an end of the test bed, and the BFRP penetrates the center hole jack and the dynamometer.
US11959880B2
System and method for characterizing material condition. The system includes a sensor, impedance instrument and processing unit to collect measurements and assess material properties. A model of the system may be used to enable accurate measurements of multiple material properties. A cylindrical model for an electromagnetic field sensor is disclosed for modeling substantially cylindrically symmetric material systems. Sensor designs and data processing approaches are provided to focus the sensitivity of the sensor to localize material conditions. Improved calibration methods are shown. Sizing algorithms are provided to estimate the size of defects such as cracks and corrosion. Corrective measures are provided where the actual material configuration differs from the data processing assumptions. Methods are provided for use of the system to characterize material condition, and detailed illustration is given for corrosion, stress, weld, heat treat, and mechanical damage assessment.
US11959876B2
A cap for use with devices, such as sensors. The cap includes protrusions on its underside, to restrict the movement of a liquid or a gel placed under cap. The protrusions may take the form of walls or pillars, depending on the application. As such, the cap retains the liquid or gel in a specified position on the device. For example, an electrochemical sensor may require a liquid electrolyte to remain in place over one or more electrodes. The protrusions may not extend far enough to touch the device, but rather leave a small gap. However, because of the surface tension of the liquid, the liquid generally stays within the protrusions.
US11959875B2
Composition and electrode for phosphate sensing. In one embodiment, the composition includes a first component, a second component, and a third component. The first component is selected from a group consisting of cobalt oxide nanoparticles, tin (IV) chloride, diphenyl tin dichloride, and ammonium molybdate. The second component includes graphene oxide or reduced graphene oxide. The third component includes pyrrole or polypyrrole.
US11959874B2
A nanostructure includes a base layer including a surface. The nanostructure further includes nano-patterned features including non-random topography located on the surface of the base layer. The nanostructure also includes an encapsulating layer including a conductive material arranged on the nano-patterned features.
US11959871B2
The application provides a method of detecting an analyte in a sample. The method comprises disposing a binding agent in an electrochemical compartment. The binding agent is configured to bind to an interfering species. The method further comprises disposing a solution comprising a sample in the electrochemical compartment. The sample comprises an analyte and the interfering species. The method then comprises applying a voltage across first and second spaced apart electrodes disposed in the solution, and thereby causing a current to flow through the solution between the electrodes. Finally, the method comprises measuring the current and/or voltage and thereby detecting the analyte.
US11959868B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include gas concentration sensors, and methods of using such gas concentration sensors. In an embodiment, a gas concentration sensor comprises a first electrode. In an embodiment the first electrode comprises first fingers. In an embodiment, the gas concentration sensor further comprises a second electrode. In an embodiment, the second electrode comprises second fingers that are interdigitated with the first fingers.
US11959867B2
A vessel includes a memory and a processor operatively coupled to the memory. The memory is configured to store a vessel identifier. The processor is configured to initiate a timer for a shelf life of a solution placed into the vessel. The processor is also configured to conduct a measurement of the solution using one or more sensors in the vessel. The processor is also configured to compare the measurement to a threshold for the solution. The processor is further configured to activate a solution indicator to indicate that the solution should be discarded responsive to a determination that the shelf life has expired or a determination that the measurement exceeds the threshold.
US11959861B2
An agricultural machine is disclosed that includes an NIR sensor configured to detect NIR spectra of plant material and output them as raw data, an evaluation unit configured to derive at least one parameter of the plant material in real time from the raw data, and an interface for the data traffic with at least one data processing unit outside of or external to the agricultural machine that is configured to transmit the raw data to the data processing unit.
US11959858B2
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is characterized by the progressive loss of renal function which eventually leads to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). CKD affects roughly 30 million Americans, costs billions of dollars in healthcare spending annually, and leaves thousands of patients reliant on burdensome dialysis treatments while waiting for a transplant. Fortunately, CKD may be controllable if diagnosed early in the disease progression. RAMETRIX™ is a novel public health screening technology for early diagnosis and detection of CKD. This technology uses Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics to analyze the molecular composition of urine and other biological fluids. RAMETRIX™ is a fast, non-invasive, accurate, and inexpensive diagnostic tool that can revolutionize the way healthcare providers detect and treat CKD. The RAMETRIX™ AutoScanner is a system enabling more efficient sample processing in large-scale settings such as hospitals and medical laboratories.
US11959857B2
Provided is a Raman scattering measurement apparatus including a light source which emits light to smoke particles, a filter configured to block light which is incident to the smoke particles and passes through the particle and to allow Raman scattered light to pass therethrough, and a photodetector which detects the Raman scattered light passing through the filter in order to distinguish fire smoke generated due to a true fire from non-fire smoke generated due to daily life or industrial activity. The present invention also provides a fire determination apparatus including a unit which reads a Raman shift from Raman scattered light detected by the photodetector of the Raman scattering measurement apparatus, estimates a smoke component from the read Raman shift, and determines fire/non-fire from the estimated smoke component and a method thereof.
US11959856B2
Methods and algorithms for a multiplexed single detection channel amplification process and quantification of generated amplicons is presented. Various mathematical approaches for quantifying and verifying the amplicons in a reaction are presented. Usage of such methods and approaches allow upgrading of existing single and multiple channel instruments for further multiplexing capabilities.
US11959855B2
The present disclosure provides resonator networks adapted to a variety of applications. The networks include fluorophores, quantum dots, dyes, plasmonic nanorods, or other optical resonators maintained in position relative to each other by a backbone (e.g., a backbone composed of DNA). The networks may exhibit optical absorption and re-emission according to specified temporal decay profiles, e.g., to provide temporally-multiplexed labels for imaging or flow cytometry. The networks can include resonators that exhibit a dark state, such that the behavior of the network can be modified by inducing the dark state in one or more resonators. Such networks could be configured as logic gates or other logical elements, e.g., to provide multiplexed detection of analytes by a single network, to permit the temporal decay profile of the network to be adjusted (e.g., to use the networks as a controllable random number generator), or to provide other benefits.
US11959849B2
Flow cytometers including light collection enhancers are provided. In embodiments, the subject flow cytometers include a flow cell, a light source, an objective lens for focusing particle-modulated light propagating within a first light collection cone and a light collection enhancer configured to collect particle-modulated light propagating along an optical path within a second light collection cone and redirect the collected light such that it is back-propagated along the same optical path and focused by the objective lens for detection. Light collection enhancers of interest include a reflective optical element (e.g., a mirror) and a condenser lens positioned between the reflective optical element and the flow cell. Methods for analyzing a sample are also provided.
US11959845B1
Cryogenic device analysis systems are provided that can include: a cold source within a first vacuum chamber; a cryogenic device mount within a second vacuum chamber, wherein the first and second vacuum chambers are separated by a vacuum barrier; a first thermal conduit extending from the cold source through the vacuum barrier to the sample mount; a first thermal switch along the first thermal conduit and operatively aligned between the cold source and the vacuum barrier. Methods for performing analysis of a cryogenic device are also provided.
US11959842B2
The present disclosure discusses a method of separating a sample (e.g., pharmaceutical drug, genotoxic impurity, biomarker, and/or biological metabolite) including coating a metallic flow path of a chromatographic system; injecting the sample into the chromatographic system; flowing the sample through the chromatographic system; separating the sample; and analyzing the separated sample using mass spectroscopy. In some examples, the coating applied to the surfaces defining the flow path is non-binding with respect to the sample—and the separated sample. Consequently, the sample does not bind to the low-binding surface of the coating of the flow path. The applied coating can increase the chromatographic peak area for the sample of the chromatographic system.
US11959840B2
A tissue sample that has been removed from a subject can be evaluated. A change in speed of the energy traveling through the sample is evaluated to monitor changes in the biological sample during processing. The monitoring can detect movement of fluid with the sample and cross-linking. A system for performing the method can include a transmitter that outputs the energy and a receiver configured to detect the transmitted energy.
US11959823B2
Apparatus and methods for measuring backlash of a drive train of an equipment unit. The drive train may comprise an input member operatively connected with an actuator and an output member operatively connected with a work portion of the equipment unit. An example apparatus may include a sensor operable to facilitate operational measurements indicative of an operational parameter associated with the drive train, and a processing device operable to cause the actuator to move the input member until the output member moves, record the operational measurements while the actuator moves the input member, and determine a backlash of the drive train by determining a difference between the operational measurements when the input member starts to move and the operational measurements when the output member starts to move.
US11959822B2
The present disclosure provides an optical integrated device and an optical time domain reflectometer. The optical integrated device includes: a packaging outer shell, a first collimator, an optical splitting device, a circulator assembly and a second collimator. The optical splitting device is provided close to the first collimator, is used to reflect a part of the detecting light from the first pigtail and couple the part of the detecting light to the third pigtail, and allows the other part of the detecting light to pass through the optical splitting device. The circulator assembly is provided close to the optical splitting device, the circulator assembly is used to couple the detecting light passing through the optical splitting device to the second pigtail, and couple the detecting light returned from the second pigtail to the third pigtail. The optical integrated device integrates the optical splitting device and the circulator assembly to be packaged in one packaging outer shell, the number of components of the optical time domain reflectometer may be reduced, the number of optical fiber fusion joints may be reduced, a space may be saved and performance may be promoted.
US11959821B2
A comprehensive test platform for fluorescence microscope objective lenses, comprising a bottom plate (1), wherein a horizontal adjustment device and a vertical fixing mechanism are provided on the bottom plate (1); the horizontal adjustment device comprises a two-dimensional translation stage (2) and a two-dimensional tilting stage (3) stacked in sequence; a reticle (4) is provided on the two-dimensional tilting stage (3); the vertical fixing mechanism comprises a back plate (6), and the back plate (6) is fixedly connected onto the bottom plate (1); an optical detection device and a guide sliding device (7) in the vertical direction are separately fixedly provided on the back plate (6); and a sliding support (8) that can slide along the guide sliding device is provided on the guide sliding device (7), and a measuring objective lens (5) is fixed on the sliding support (8).
US11959819B2
Provided is a strain sensor. The strain sensor according to embodiments of the inventive concept includes a flexible substrate, rigid patterns on the flexible substrate, the rigid patterns including a first pattern and a second pattern spaced apart from the first pattern in a first direction, a first electrode on the first pattern, a second electrode on the second pattern, the second electrode being spaced apart from the first electrode, and a piezoresistive layer connecting the first electrode and the second electrode. Here, each of the rigid patterns may have a stiffness greater than that of the flexible substrate.
US11959813B2
A device for measuring a temperature of a molten metal bath, comprising: an optical cored wire; a tube, wherein the optical cored wire is at least partly arranged in the tube, wherein the tube has an outer diameter in the range of 4 mm to 8 mm, and a wall-thickness in the range of 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm; and a plurality of separating elements comprising more than two separating elements arranged in the tube spaced apart from each other, and forming at least one compartment between two of the more than two separating elements. The invention also relates to a system and method for measuring a temperature of a molten metal bath.
US11959798B2
A method and a system for noise discrimination, the method comprising measuring noise levels of a noise source, measuring noise levels at a target location positioned at a distance from the noise source, measuring wind speed and direction in an area comprising the noise source and the target location, filtering transient short-duration events from the noise levels measured at the noise source, yielding filtered noise levels of the noise source, filtering transient short-duration events from the noise levels measured at the target location, yielding filtered noise levels of the target location, measuring a sound transfer function between the noise source and the target location using the filtered noise levels, comparing the measured sound transfer function with a reference transfer function; and when the difference between the measured transfer function and the reference transfer function is above a predetermined threshold, determining a probability that noise at the location originates from the noise source.
US11959791B2
A triple authentication waste level monitoring system for an aircraft includes a point level sensor for monitoring a wastewater level within a waste tank, a load cell for measuring a weight of the waste tank, and a flush counter for counting a number of toilet flushes since a previous service to the waste tank. A controller receives data from these three sensors and determines whether the waste tank is at capacity. The controller can determine waste tank capacity whether or not the point level sensor is faulty and compares the sensor data with various thresholds to ensure accuracy of the waste tank fluid level determination.
US11959785B2
A method for measuring conditions in a pipe includes measuring a chosen electrical characteristic in the flow, measuring the density in essentially the same flow volume, and calculating a curve representing the relationship between the density and the electrical characteristic. The method further includes at least one of calculating the derivative of the curve, indicating the water to liquid ratio of the flow volume, and extrapolating the curve to the value representing density at no liquid, the value of the electric characteristic representing the characteristic of a possible deposit layer on the inner surface of the pipe.
US11959779B2
A pest monitoring system may include a sensor and a sensor unit. The sensor may be configured to measure a change in fringe capacitance. The sensor unit may include a housing, at least one microprocessor, a non-volatile memory, a transceiver, a clock, and a connector operatively connected to the sensor. The housing may include a power source. The sensor unit may be programmed to manage power usage.
US11959778B2
A device has a sensor unit for detecting measurement data about a relative movement of two components that are moved relative to one another. The sensor unit includes a scale unit connected to one of the components and extending in a movement direction of the relative movement over a measuring section. The scale unit includes a structure having magnetic bodies repeating in a defined manner along the measuring section. The magnetic bodies are axially magnetized and are arrayed having identical magnetic poles along the measuring section and/or the magnetic bodies are radially magnetized and are arrayed in alternation with respect to their magnetic poles along the measuring section. The sensor unit includes a pre-tensioning unit which fixes the arrayed magnetic bodies using a pre-tensioning force.
US11959777B2
The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method and an Internet of Things (IoT) system for safety management of a smart gas underground gas pipeline network. The method is implemented by a smart gas safety management platform and includes: obtaining basic monitoring information of at least one pipeline network partition collected by distributed monitoring components arranged at a plurality of monitoring points; determining at least one key monitoring point and monitoring content of the at least one key monitoring point; determining an inspection plan and a performance allocation plan for the smart gas safety management platform; adjusting the preset monitoring frequency of the distributed monitoring components located at different key monitoring points and at areas surrounding the different key monitoring points; and generating an alarm message to be sent to a user terminal based on an inspection result of the inspection robot.
US11959758B2
The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for optimizing vehicle deployment. A software application is used to obtain information about a travel route. The information is used to evaluate an energy storage depletion characteristic of a battery that is used to operate a battery-operated vehicle and to determine whether the battery-operated vehicle can be deployed on the travel route. One of the factors that can affect the energy storage depletion characteristic of the battery is ambient temperature, because battery performance may be adversely affected by extreme temperatures. Consequently, a range of operation of the battery-operated vehicle may be impacted if the travel route has extreme ambient temperatures. If the evaluation indicates that the energy storage depletion characteristic of the battery is unsuitable for the travel route, another battery-operated vehicle with a better battery may be deployed on the travel route.
US11959746B2
A controller controls precession of a gyroscope that oscillates about a precession axis perpendicular to a spin axis and a roll axis of the gyroscope. To do so, the controller detects a deviation of a center of the oscillation away from a nominal center. The precession is caused by roll of the gyroscope about the roll axis and imposes decreasing amounts of damping upon the roll as the precession moves away from the nominal center. The controller reduces the deviation of the center of the oscillation by applying an asymmetric amount of braking to the precession when the precession and the deviation are in a same direction relative to when the precession and the deviation are in opposing directions.
US11959745B2
The instant innovation presents a real-time environmental-sensing platform and system and method for water level monitoring, reporting and human warning. The platform, system, and method monitors rising water levels throughout a given geographical area and provides real-time and trending data on flooding and flooding risks. The instant innovation utilizes an environmental sensing platform comprised of a plurality of sensor nodes that may be geographically dispersed for both collecting environmental data on a regular or variable-frequency schedule, and transmitting the environmental data. The instant innovation further utilizes one or more wireless communication protocols configured to receive and transmit the environmental data, a cloud platform configured to receive, store, analyze and support real-time stream processing of the environmental data and generating environmental data reports thereof, and an external device for receiving, relaying and/or displaying report and alert information received from the cloud platform.
US11959743B1
A dimensionless kinematics calibration method based on a virtual point and a related apparatus thereof. The method comprises: establishing a kinematics model of a motion mechanism, and arranging a plurality of virtual points at a tail end of the motion mechanism to establish a dimensionless kinematics model and a dimensionless error model; converting a measurement coordinate system into a motion mechanism coordinate system, acquiring a rotation matrix and a translation matrix of a target virtual point measured by the measurement device, and calculating actual coordinates of all virtual points to obtain a measured value of the dimensionless kinematics model; calculating a theoretical value of the dimensionless kinematics model according to a spatial relationship between a reflecting head and the tail end of the motion mechanism; and optimizing the dimensionless error model according to the measured value and the theoretical value to obtain a calibration result.
US11959737B2
A method and system implementing the method for characterising structures etched in a substrate, such as a wafer, includes at least one structure etched in the substrate, an imaging step including the following steps: capturing, with an imaging device positioned on the top surface of the substrate, at least one image of a top surface of the substrate, and measuring a first data relating to the structure from at least one captured image, at least one interferometric measurement step, carried out with a low-coherence interferometer positioned on the top surface, for measuring with a measurement beam positioned on the structure, at least one depth data relating to a depth of the structure; and a first adjusting step for adjusting the measurement beam according to the first data.
US11959736B2
A method for characterising high aspect ratio (“HAR”) structures etched in a substrate includes, for at least one structure, an interferometric measurement step, carried out with a low-coherence interferometer positioned on a top surface of the substrate, for measuring with a measurement beam, at least one depth data relating to a depth of the HAR structure, and a first adjusting step for adjusting a diameter, at the top surface, of the measurement beam according to at least one top critical dimension (“top-CD”) data relating to a width of the HAR structure.
US11959734B2
A cartridge to be fired through a barrel comprises a cartridge body with a maximum outer diameter, and a removable and replaceable driving band with an outer diameter greater than the diameter of the cartridge body. The driving band is positioned on the cartridge body such that it is the only part of the cartridge that engages the barrel through which it is fired.
US11959729B2
A terrain-referenced navigation system for an aircraft comprises: a stored digital terrain map; a position calculation unit arranged to calculate aircraft position relative to the stored digital terrain map to determine a terrain-referenced aircraft position; a fall line calculation unit arranged to calculate a fall line for a projectile starting from the terrain-referenced aircraft position as a launch point; and an impact point calculation unit arranged to directly compare the fall line with the digital terrain map, by incrementally comparing a height of the projectile along the fall line with a height of the terrain according to the stored digital terrain map in order to find an expected impact point on the terrain.
US11959728B2
A hypersonic self-guided missile system is described. Particularly, embodiments describe missiles whose trajectories are controlled by an on-board control unit that decrease the effect of damaging heat to sensitive internal components by employing one or more annular windows, internal mirrors, lenses, and/or cameras. Embodiments may have an internal camera oriented substantially toward or away from the nose of the missile.
US11959721B2
A manually operated toy pneumatic launcher for launching a ball projectile. The pneumatic launcher has a housing with a first section and a second section that move relative to each other. At least one handle extends from the second section that rotates through a range of motion. A base tube is affixed to the second section. A launch tube is affixed to the first section. The launch tube extends into the base tube creating a telescoping tube assembly. A mechanism is provided that is powered by the handle moving through its range of motion. The mechanism includes a gear box, a lever arm, and a slide that act together to linearly move the first section of the housing relative to the second section. This selectively changes the length of the telescoping tube assembly, therein enabling the telescoping assembly to compress and release air in the launching of the projectile.
US11959708B2
A heat exchanger includes an inlet for receiving bulk solids, a plurality of heat transfer plate assemblies, a plurality of spacers disposed between adjacent heat transfer plate assemblies, and supports for supporting the heat transfer plate assemblies. The heat transfer plate assemblies include a first plate having a first pair of holes extending therethrough, the first plate having channels extending along a surface thereof, for the flow of fluid through the channels, and a second plate bonded to the first plate to enclose the channels, the second plate including a second pair of holes generally aligned with the first pair of holes to form through holes to facilitate flow of the fluid through the through holes and the channels.
US11959688B2
A water gathering and distribution system and related techniques for operating in freezing environmental conditions are disclosed. The system may include a water diverter unit or a water flow regulation unit configured to receive water from a water source situated at a location that is remote, inaccessible (or difficult to access), and/or experiences freezing environmental conditions and to deliver a controlled volume of that water for downstream use. The system further may include a water supply unit configured to receive that water and to supply it to downstream snowmaking equipment. In some instances, the supply unit also may cool the water to a temperature suitable, for example, for snowmaking. In a general sense, the disclosed system may be considered modular, in that multiple system components may be placed in flow communication with one another, as desired, to provide a distributed network of water collection and distribution elements.
US11959687B2
An icemaker appliance includes a container defining a liquid reservoir, an ice mold selectively received within a portion of the liquid reservoir, a temperature sensor provided within the liquid reservoir and configured to monitor a temperature of the liquid, a water level sensor provided within the liquid reservoir and configured to determine a level of the liquid within the container, and a controller attached to the container, the controller being operably connected with the temperature sensor and the water level sensor, the controller including a wireless communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with a remote terminal.
US11959685B2
An ice maker of a refrigerator includes an upper assembly having an upper tray that defines upper portions of a plurality of spherical ice making chambers. The ice maker also includes a lower assembly located vertically below the upper assembly and configured to rotate relative to the upper assembly about a rotation shaft and having lower tray that defines lower portions of the plurality of spherical ice making chambers. The ice maker also includes a lower ejector unit that is located vertically below the lower tray and that is configured to, based on the lower assembly rotating away from the upper assembly, push the lower tray through the lower support to thereby discharge the ice piece from the ice making chamber. The lower tray includes a deformable portion at each of the plurality of spherical ice making chambers that is configured to be pushed by the lower ejector unit.
US11959677B2
A refrigeration apparatus includes: a refrigerant circuit through which refrigerant circulates; a controller to execute a plurality of refrigerant shortage sensing functions of sensing a shortage of an amount of the refrigerant; and an input device through which an operation mode to be set is input into the controller. The operation mode includes: a first mode in which energy-saving performance is emphasized; and a second mode in which the refrigeration apparatus is permitted to operate in a range in which reliability is ensured. In accordance with the operation mode set through the input device, the controller determines which one of sensing results obtained by the refrigerant shortage sensing functions is enabled and which one of sensing results obtained by the refrigerant shortage sensing functions is disabled. When a sensing result determined to be enabled shows a refrigerant shortage, the controller gives a notification about the refrigerant shortage.
US11959671B2
A refrigerant distributor (4) includes: a box body (42); a refrigerant inlet (41) arranged on an upper surface (421) of the box body (42); liquid exit openings (46) evenly arranged on a lower surface (422) of the box body (42); and end plates arranged at both ends of the box body (42) in a length direction and enclosing the box body (42) from the two ends; wherein, in a height direction from the lower surface (422) of the box body (42) to the upper surface (421) and within a predetermined height range starting from the lower surface (422), a width of the box body (42) increases gradually; and a pre-distributor (3) is arranged inside the box body (42).
US11959663B2
An electrical heater device comprises an heating element, which includes two electrodes and a heating body made of a polymer-based material having a PTC effect, in contact with the electrodes. Each electrode comprises a meshed structure, which extends in a length direction and in a width direction, and is embedded at least partially in the heating body. Each electrode further comprises an electrical-distribution element which is fixed to the meshed structure and includes a distribution portion that extends in the length direction, or in the width direction, or in both the length and width directions of the meshed structure.
US11959659B2
An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, having a compressor, a top cover configured to cover an upper surface of the compressor, and a side cover configured to cover a side of the compressor and a side of the top cover, the side cover including a rectangular cutout portion formed in a part of an upper end of the side cover. The outdoor unit has a non-water-absorbent draining element disposed across from a central portion of the top cover to a bottom portion of the cutout portion, and tilts down from the central portion of the top cover toward the bottom portion of the cutout portion.
US11959653B2
An integrated energy optimizer having an edge side and a cloud side. The edge side may incorporate an energy optimizer, a building management system connected to the energy optimizer, a controller connected to the building management system, and equipment connected to the controller. The cloud side may have a cloud connected to the energy optimizer and to the building management system, and a user interface connected to the cloud. Data from the field sensor may go to the optimizer and the building management system. The data may be processed at the optimizer and the building management system for proper settings at the building management system.
US11959649B2
An air-conditioning apparatus includes a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger that operates as an evaporator. A first heat exchange unit of the outdoor heat exchanger includes: first heat transfer tubes extending in an upward/downward direction, and arranged apart from each other in a lateral direction; a first junction pipe extending in the lateral direction, and connected to the lower ends of the first heat transfer tubes; an outflow pipe connected to the first junction pipe at or below a center position of the first junction pipe in the upward/downward direction; second heat transfer tubes extending in the upward/downward direction, and arranged apart from each other in the lateral direction; a first distribution pipe extending in the lateral direction, and connected to the lower ends of the second heat transfer tubes, and a first connection part connecting upper ends of the first heat transfer tubes and upper ends of the second heat transfer tubes.
US11959642B2
A micro-mixer includes a plurality of fuel tubes through which air and fuel flow, a casing accommodating the plurality of fuel tubes therein, and a plurality of injection parts each formed as a pyramidal protrusion on one side of the casing and connected to a front end of the fuel tube to inject the air and the fuel, wherein each of the plurality of injection parts has an inclined injection hole formed obliquely with respect to an extension direction of the plurality of fuel tubes on at least one side of the pyramidal protrusion.
US11959641B2
A combustor for use in a gas turbine engine including a heat shield panel having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface of the heat shield panel and a combustor shell having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface. The inner surface of the combustor shell and the second surface of the heat shield panel being in a facing spaced relationship defining an impingement cavity therebetween. The combustor shell further includes an impingement aperture that has a nonaxisymmetric shape. The impingement aperture extending from the outer surface to the inner surface through the combustor shell.
US11959627B2
A night light includes a housing, a light source provided in the housing, a speaker provided in the housing, a battery provided in the housing to power the night light, a controller configured to control operation of the night light, a stand adapted to receive the housing to charge the battery, and a sensor configured to detect whether the housing is positioned on the stand or not. The controller is configured to reduce sound volume output from the speaker, or disable a wireless communication port associated with the housing when the housing is not detected to be on the stand.
US11959622B2
An example electric lighting system includes a lighting device that includes a housing including a lighting element and a power device holding portion. The power device holding portion includes a cavity. The cavity includes a first and a second electrical contact disposed within the cavity. The power device includes a third and a fourth electrical contact. The power device includes a coupling component. The coupling component is removably couplable to the power device holding portion such that an electrical communication is established when the power device is inserted into the cavity at any rotational position relative to the lighting device about a shared central axis. The power device is operable to power the lighting device through the electrical communication. The electrical communication is established between the first electrical contact and the third electrical contact and between the second electrical contact and the fourth electrical contact.
US11959608B2
The disclosure relates to a vehicle headlight (20), for example a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the vehicle headlight comprises a light source assembly (11) and a primary optics (200A), for example a press-molded primary optics, for example a one-piece primary optics (200A), wherein the primary optics (200A) comprises at least one light tunnel (208) and a wedge-shaped light conducting part (209) having at least one light exit surface (209A), for example optically effective light exit surface (209A), wherein the light tunnel (208) comprises at least one light entrance surface (201), for example an optically effective light entrance surface (201), into which light generated by means of the light source assembly (11) can be irradiated, wherein the light tunnel (208) transitions into the light conducting part (209) at a bend (207), and wherein the vehicle headlight comprises a secondary optics (200B) with an optically effective light exit surface (202) for imaging a light exit surface (209A) of the primary optics (200A) and/or of the light conducting part (209) or for imaging the bend (207).
US11959607B2
A vehicle lamp for forming a predetermined beam pattern using a plurality of lamp modules is provided. Each of the lamp modules includes a light source unit that generates light and includes a plurality of light source chips; an optical path adjustment unit that guides a path of the light irradiated from the light source unit; and an optical unit that transmits the light guided by the optical path adjustment unit to form a beam pattern including at least one light irradiation pattern formed by at least one of the plurality of light source chips. In particular, the plurality of light source chips are arranged in a left-right direction.
US11959601B2
A lighting assembly can include a lamp module group including a first housing defining a protruding column, the first housing defining a cavity, the first housing defining a housing opening to the cavity positioned opposite from the protruding column; a power supply driving module positioned within the cavity; and a first concentric terminal connected in electrical communication with the power supply driving module, the first concentric terminal extending through the protruding column; and a second housing including a second concentric terminal, the second housing receiving a portion of the first housing, the second concentric terminal connected in electrical communication with the first concentric terminal, the second concentric terminal configured to supply power to the power supply driving module through the first concentric terminal.
US11959592B2
A self-adjusting band that includes one or more banding segments, one or more buckling assemblies, a pair of one pin and two links for each buckle assembly, a rotary joint base for each pair of one pin and two links, and a high-load, low-deflection compression spring for each section of the buckle assembly.
US11959589B2
An aircraft oil management system includes a generator, pump, and pump control system. The generator is mechanically coupled to a prime mover via a the rotor shaft and is configured to output three-phase power. The pump is mechanically decoupled from the rotor shaft and delivers oil to the generator. The pump control system drives the pump independent of a rotational speed of the rotor shaft.
US11959588B2
A mounting bracket for an electrical box can be configured for use with a support that has a first and a second rail. The mounting bracket can include a first attachment device that is secured to mounting body and a second attachment device that is secured to the mounting body opposite the first attachment device. To secure the mounting bracket to the support, the first attachment device can be configured to engage one of the first rail or the second rail and the second attachment device can be configured to engage the other of the first rail or the second rail. Each of the first and second attachment devices can include a first arm configured to extend on a first side of the corresponding first or second rail, and a second arm configured to extend on a second side of the corresponding rail, opposite the first arm.
US11959586B2
An attachable foot assembly designed to be attached to a lower portion of a camera tripod stand leg is provided. The bottom surface of the foot attachment is interchangeable and is chosen depending on the environment in which the tripod is to be used. For example, if the tripod is to be used for lateral movement upon a smooth ground surface (e.g., carpeted floors, hardwood floors, tiled surfaces, natural grass, AstroTurf, etc.), the bottom surface of the foot attachments may be chosen to be wide, convex, and smooth to enable the tripod to smoothly slide laterally upon the surface. In addition, the attachable foot assembly includes a rotatable mount enabling the attachment to fit upon tripod legs at various angles and to move over uneven surfaces.
US11959585B1
Disclosed is a mobile phone clip, including: a clamping member, a supporting member, and a base. The clamping member is rotatably connected to the supporting member through a first rotating assembly, the supporting member is rotatably connected to the base through the second rotating assembly, and a third rotating assembly is provided on the base. The second rotating assembly is configured to rotate supporting member to adjust a pitch angle of the mobile phone, the base is provided with a third rotating assembly for connecting an external equipment, and the third rotating assembly is configured to horizontally rotate the base to change an orientation of the mobile phone.
US11959576B2
A pipe repair device includes a body defining a first body end, a second body end, and a middle body section therebetween; a foldable arm pivotably attached to the body to radially reposition the foldable arm relative to the body, the foldable arm comprising a first segment and a second segment, the first segment extending between the body and the second segment, wherein the second segment is substantially parallel to the body; and a locomotion subsystem configured to drive the pipe repair device through a pipe, the locomotion subsystem mounted to the second segment of the foldable arm and configured to engage an inner surface of the pipe.
US11959566B2
A tensioning clamp (10) with a tensioning band (12), two tensioning elements (14a, 14b), a pulling element (16) and an insert (18). The tensioning band (12) comprises two ends folded over to form a loop. Each of the loops (20a, 20b) receives a tensioning element and has openings (24, 26). The pulling element (16) connects the tensioning elements (14a, 14b) through the openings (24, 26) and transmits a pulling force applied to tension the tensioning clamp (10). The insert (18) is arranged in a circumferential region of the loops (20a, 20b) between the tensioning band (12) and a binding material, and has two radially inwardly projecting ribs (30a, 30b) extending in the circumferential direction of the tensioning band (10) and a trough (32) formed between the ribs (30a, 30b). A rear side of the insert (18) facing the tensioning belt (12) in the region of the trough (32) forms a support surface (34) The support surface (34) has at least one recess (40a, 40b) in a circumferential region lying below the tensioning elements (14a, 14b).
US11959557B2
An evacuation unit is configured to remove entrapped fluid from a flow control. These configurations may incorporate devices that can passively discharge fluid in response to loss of system pressure. These devices may use gravity or spring-assist as mechanisms to move fluid out of spaces in the device. This feature mitigates risks that the entrapped fluid freezes and expands, which can cause damage to metal components and lead to extensive downtime of process lines. As an added benefit, the features can reduce product costs or complexity because the proposed designs avoid the need for additional, peripheral “accessories,” like pumps or heating elements, resident at the location of the flow control.
US11959555B2
A plate or check valve, for diaphragm pumps, including a valve chamber in which at least one valve seat is provided that interacts with a valve plate that is elastically pretensioned via outer edge mountings such that a closing body of the valve plate can be moved from a closed position, in which it sealingly lies on the valve seat, into an open position against the elasticity of the valve plate. The outer edge mountings have webs and connecting brackets which are connected to the web ends facing away from the closing body. The outer edge mountings are disconnected from one another and only engage on the closing body, each of the outer edge mountings has at least two webs that are connected together via a connecting bracket, and each connecting bracket engages behind at least one paired holding base of the valve housing.
US11959546B2
A drive with an electric motor and transmission connected to the electric motor at a drive shaft. Transmission has gears with different transmission ratios. The transmission performs a shifting process in which a coupling of the drive shaft, driven by the electric motor rotating at a first rotational speed, to the output shaft via a first gear with a first transmission ratio is first released, whereby the drive shaft is no longer rotationally coupled to the output shaft, after which the drive shaft is rotationally coupled to the output shaft via a second gear with a second transmission ratio. An electric synchronizing device is provided to change a rotational speed of the electric motor to a second rotational speed for a duration of the shifting process. The second rotational speed corresponds to the first rotational speed multiplied by a quotient of the second transmission ratio and first transmission ratio, and the drive is designed to produce a releasable rotational coupling between the drive shaft and the output shaft via the second gear by positive engagement. The drive shaft is releasably coupled to the output shaft via a gear by at least one dog engaging a depression in a window extending along a direction of an element coupled to the drive shaft movable relative to an element coupled to the output shaft when not coupled to the drive shaft during a shifting process, so that the dog is movable into the depression through the window.
US11959532B2
A one-way power conversion device (24) and a power system having the one-way power conversion device are provided. The one-way power conversion device (24) includes a one-way gearbox (18), a first transmission shaft (15), a second transmission shaft (16), and a swing rotation component (19). The device includes a combination of one or more one-way power conversion devices (24), which can absorb swinging powers coming from different directions and convert the swinging powers into an available one-way rotation power. The device can absorb the swinging power in any direction, and has the advantages of a high absorption and conversion efficiency, a stable power output, low costs of construction and maintenance, a high stability, and a wide application range.
US11959528B2
A vehicle output shaft includes a torque transmission shaft, a drive-side end which is connected to a differential by way of a differential-side joint, and an output-side end which is connected to a driven wheel of the motor vehicle by way of a wheel-side joint, as well as at least one torsional vibration damper. The torsional vibration damper is arranged in a series circuit between the torque transmission shaft and at least one of the joints.
US11959527B2
In a vibration isolator of the present invention, an orifice passage (24) configured to allow a main liquid chamber (14) and an auxiliary liquid chamber (15) to communicate with each other, a plurality of first communication holes (42a) configured to allow the main liquid chamber and an accommodation chamber (42) to communicate with each other, and a second communication hole (42b) configured to allow the auxiliary liquid chamber and the accommodation chamber to communicate with each other are formed in a partition member (16), a tubular member (21) that protrudes in an axial direction toward an elastic body is formed on a first wall surface (16b) of the partition member in which the first communication holes are opened and which constitutes part of an inner surface of the main liquid chamber, and the plurality of first communication holes are opened in both of an inner portion (16f) of the first wall surface positioned inside the tubular member and an outer portion (16g) of the first wall surface positioned outside the tubular member.
US11959523B2
The invention relates to a brake assembly, including a brake housing; a wheel rotor rotatable around a rotational axis; a friction member coupled to the wheel rotor; a first braking member and a second braking member arranged to sandwich the friction member; and a wear indicator assembly for indicating wear of the at least one friction member at an indication position on an outside of the brake housing. The wear indicator assembly includes an indicator rod having a first end inside the brake housing and a second end visible from the outside of the brake housing. The second end of the indicator rod is at a second distance from the rotational axis, greater than the first distance of the first end.
US11959519B2
A preload inspection method for a bearing device for a vehicle wheel comprises: a first bearing preload value calculation step for calculating a first bearing preload value; a first rotating torque measurement step for measuring a first rotating torque; a caulking step for swaging the small-diameter stepped part to the inner ring; a second bearing preload value calculation step for calculating a second bearing preload value; a second rotational torque measurement step for measuring a second rotational torque; a third bearing preload value calculation step for calculating a third bearing preload value by adding, to the first bearing preload value, a preload change amount based on a differential torque between the first rotating torque and the second rotating torque; and a determination step for determining the suitability of the preload from the second bearing preload value and the third bearing preload value.
US11959516B2
This hollow shaft member 10 includes paired diameter-reduced sections 11 respectively formed at both shaft ends of a hollow shaft-like tubular material by performing swaging processing on both the shaft ends, and an intermediate section 12 located between the paired diameter-reduced sections, and having an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the paired diameter-reduced sections. Shapes of connection boundaries between the intermediate section 12 and the diameter-reduced sections 11 are formed as perpendicular step-shaped sections 13 stepped substantially perpendicular to an axial direction, and the perpendicular step-shaped sections 13 are formed by the swaging processing.
US11959511B2
The present invention concerns a rod end that has a locking mechanism where the locking mechanism has an insert, a fork end, a female torque locking element, and a male torque locking element. Upon activation of the locking mechanism, the female torque locking element engages with the male torque locking element in a form-fitting connection. The locking mechanism of the present invention can easily be activated and is capable of withstanding a torque.
US11959502B2
A system includes a pressure exchanger (PX) configured to receive a first fluid via a first inlet and a second fluid via a second inlet. The PX is to exchange pressure between the first fluid and the second fluid and provide the first fluid at a first outlet and the second fluid at a second outlet. The system further includes a first sensor to provide first sensor data associated with the first fluid prior to the first fluid entering the first inlet and a second sensor to provide second sensor data associated with the second fluid prior to the second fluid entering the second inlet. The system further includes a controller to receive user input and cause a first adjustment of the flowrate of the first fluid into the first inlet and cause a second adjustment of the flowrate of the second fluid into the second inlet.
US11959499B2
An Environmental Control System (ECS) for an aircraft includes a ram air system having a ram inlet and a ram outlet. The ECS includes a cabin air compressor motor, a diverter valve, and a dedicated outlet. The cabin air compressor motor has a motor inlet passage and a motor outlet passage with the motor inlet passage being coupled to the ram inlet. The diverter valve includes a first diverter inlet, a first diverter outlet, and a second diverter outlet. The first diverter inlet is coupled to the motor outlet passage. The dedicated outlet is connected to the first diverter outlet in a flight mode of operation of the aircraft and the ram outlet is connected to the second diverter outlet in a ground mode of operation of the aircraft.
US11959484B2
Disclosed is a direct-drive refrigerant screw compressor, having: a housing; a compression chamber in the housing; a pair of rotors, each rotor of the pair of rotors being rotationally disposed in the compression chamber and including an outer surface with a screw-geared profile; wherein, for each rotor, the compressor includes: a plurality of bearing packs disposed within a respective plurality of bearing chambers; a working fluid disposed within each of the plurality of bearing chambers, the working fluid providing oil-free lubrication to the plurality of bearing packs; a plurality of bearing lubrication ports extending through the housing and into each of the plurality of bearing chambers, and configured for injecting the working fluid into each of the plurality of bearing chambers when the compressor is running.
US11959472B2
A pump device includes a piezoelectric pump, a piezoelectric pump, and a driving circuit. The piezoelectric pump is driven at a first frequency when singly driven. The piezoelectric pump is driven at a second frequency when singly driven. The driving circuit drives the piezoelectric pump and the piezoelectric pump at the same driving frequency.
US11959468B2
An apparatus for conveying thick matter has a drive cylinder for receiving hydraulic fluid, a drive piston, which is arranged in the drive cylinder, a conveying cylinder for receiving thick matter, a conveying piston, which is arranged in the conveying cylinder, and a piston rod, which is fastened to the drive piston for coupling motion together with the conveying piston. The drive cylinder has a rod-side opening for applying pressure to a rod side of the drive piston by way of hydraulic fluid and a crown-side opening for applying pressure to a crown side of the drive piston facing away from the rod side by the hydraulic fluid. A drive pump is designed to generate a drive volume flow having a drive pressure of hydraulic fluid for moving the drive piston. A pump connection is designed for variable connection of the drive pump to the rod-side opening or the crown-side opening for the flow of hydraulic fluid. A sensor is designed for automatic detection of whether the pump connection is connected to the rod-side opening or the crown-side opening. A control unit controls the apparatus in a rod-side operating mode, when the rod-side pump connection is detected, and in a crown-side operating mode, when the crown-side pump connection is detected.
US11959467B2
A control device of a piston pump unit comprising at least two piston-cylinder units that operate in a phase-shifted manner for the purpose of liquid chromatography and to a piston pump unit is described. The control device corrects fluctuations of the system pressure while switching from one piston cylinder unit to the respective other piston cylinder unit. The fluctuations can occur as a result of the cooling of the liquid medium that is heated in an adiabatic manner during a pre-compression phase in the working piston. The control unit controls the piston speed of at least one piston-cylinder unit during the transition phase depending on at least one characteristic, which is ascertained from chronologically previously detected pressure values, such that variations of the system pressure as a result of the cooling of the adiabatically heated medium are at least partially compensated for.
US11959466B2
Systems and methods for generating and a controller for controlling generation of geothermal power in an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) operation to thereby supply electrical power to one or more of in-field operational equipment, a grid power structure, and an energy storage device. In an embodiment, during hydrocarbon production, a temperature of a flow of heated fluid from a source or working fluid may be determined. If the temperature is above a vaporous phase change threshold of the working fluid, heat exchanger valves may be opened to divert flow of heated fluid to heat exchangers to facilitate heat transfer from the flow of wellhead fluid to working fluid through the heat exchangers, thereby to cause the working fluid to change from a liquid to vapor, the vapor to cause a generator to generate electrical power via rotation of an expander.
US11959455B1
Provided are control method and device of an energy-storage coordinated floating wind turbine, relating to the technical field of wind turbines. The control method of an energy-storage coordinated floating wind turbine can construct a primary frequency regulation model of a floating wind farm based on a frequency response unit, construct a second frequency regulation model according to an energy storage system, further construct, according to the primary frequency regulation model and the second frequency regulation model, a frequency regulation model of a hybrid power system containing the floating wind farm, the energy storage system, and a pre-set thermal power unit, and design an overall frequency regulation control strategy of the hybrid power system based on the frequency regulation model of the hybrid power system.
US11959453B2
The utilization of hydro-generation technology is provisioned inside of water distribution systems within large urban buildings that require water pressure reduction. These micro-hydro-generators reduce the water pressure for tenant use and converts the energy into electricity to be used or sold.
US11959452B1
A wave energy capture, storage, and conversion assembly, comprising at least one pump assembly, and a point absorber operatively arranged to displace the at least one pump assembly in a first circumferential direction.
US11959450B2
A system and method includes a secondary energy storage system (SESS) and a control system. The SESS is configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle and conductively connected via switch devices to a primary battery and a cranking device of the vehicle. The control system is configured to control the switch devices to close a conductive path to discharge electric current from the SESS for powering the cranking device to rotate an engine shaft during a cranking operation. The control system is configured to control the switch devices to open the conductive path and prevent discharge of electric current from the SESS after the cranking operation is complete.
US11959449B2
A control device for a hybrid electric vehicle includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform a start-up control of shifting the connection and disconnection clutch to a coupled state at the time of starting the internal combustion engine to rotate the internal combustion engine by the driving torque of the electric motor, and starting the first fuel injection mode using the direct injection injector. The electronic control unit is configured to switch from the first fuel injection mode to a second fuel injection mode for using the port injector prior to an end of the start-up control when the number of times of combustion cycles of the internal combustion engine with the first fuel injection mode reaches a predetermined first target number of times.
US11959446B2
A director plate retainer of a fluid injector includes an outer wall which is annular in shape and which extends from an outer wall first end to an outer wall second end and which is centered about an axis. The director plate retainer also includes a lateral wall which is annular in shape and which extends toward the axis from a radially outer extent, which is proximal to the outer wall, to a radially inner extent, which is distal from the outer wall. The director plate retainer also includes an inner wall which is annular in shape and which extends from an inner wall first end, which is proximal to the lateral wall, to an inner wall second end, which is distal from the lateral wall, the inner wall extending along the axis in a direction that is opposite from the outer wall.
US11959444B2
A boot includes an annular body that defines a thru-bore with a thru-bore diameter, and a bore axis. The boot further defines an overall axial length, an exterior, a first axial end, a second axial end, and an aperture that radially extends from the thru-bore to the exterior.
US11959439B2
A thrust reverser includes a diverter configured to divert at least a portion of an air flow from a nacelle and a cowl movable relative to an outer fixed structure of the thrust reverser. The thrust reverser further includes at least one rotatably hinged flap. The cowl configured to move from a closure position in which it provides aerodynamic continuity of the nacelle with the flap and covers the diverter. The flap is movable from a retracted position to an opening position in which it opens a passage in the nacelle and uncovers the diverter. The flap obstructs a portion of an annular channel of the nacelle when in the opening position. The thrust reverser also includes a cable-pulley system for driving the flap. The cable-pulley system includes at least one cable associated with at least one pulley to connect the flap to the thrust reverser.
US11959433B2
At least one server comprising at least one processor coupled to at least one memory storing instructions. The server can receive a first signal from a first monitored system comprising an internal combustion engine and a first sensor, the first signal associated with a first occurrence of an internal combustion engine event, a second occurrence of the internal combustion engine event, and first measurement data of the first sensor. The server can determine a first measurement from the first measurement data. The server can determine a second measurement from the first measurement data. The server can determine a measurement deviation between the first measurement and the second measurement. The server can compare the measurement deviation to a stored measurement threshold. The server can determine a first exhibited useful life of the first sensor based on the measurement deviation and at least one of the first measurement or the second measurement.
US11959430B2
A vehicle controller includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to perform an intermittent stop of an engine in accordance with a traveling state of a vehicle, cause the engine to restart by self-sustaining resumption when restart of the engine is requested in a state in which the engine is rotating during the intermittent stop, and perform a retarded injection control that retards, in a combustion cycle of the engine, a starting time of a first fuel injection at the time of the restart of the engine by the self-sustaining resumption as compared to a starting time of a second fuel injection.
US11959426B2
A conventional gasoline engine is retrofitted and calibrated to operate as a bi-fuel engine using Hydrogen as the second fuel. When operated with Hydrogen, which typically leads to a reduction of engine output power, the engine is preferably operated in a charged mode and in a lean mode with the engine throttle kept in a wide-open position during charged and lean mode operation resulting in a more efficient engine with a reduction of engine output power loss.
US11959417B2
A gas turbine (A, B, C) is provided that includes at least a compressor (1), a combustor (2), and a turbine (3) and combusts ammonia serving as fuel in the combustor (2), including a reducing agent supply device (6) configured to supply a reducing agent for reducing nitrogen oxides in a combustion gas to at least one of: a combustion gas flow path between the combustor (2) and the turbine (3); and the turbine (3).
US11959416B1
An engine includes a cylinder head, a wire assembly including multiple wire harnesses and a protector that holds the wire harnesses together, a sound absorber, and an engine cover. The engine cover is attached to the cylinder head in a state in which the wire assembly and the sound absorber are held between the cylinder head and the engine cover to elastically deform the sound absorber. The protector is held in a state of being pressed against the cylinder head by a restoring force of the sound absorber. The sound absorber includes a contact region pressed against the protector. The sound absorber includes an engagement portion located at an edge of the contact region. The engagement portion is thicker than the thickness of the contact region. The engagement portion is adjacent to a side surface of the protector.
US11959408B2
The present invention relates to a system for ammonia combustion and exhaust gas treatment, the system comprising: an internal combustion engine for combusting ammonia; and an exhaust system comprising an intake for receiving an exhaust gas from the combustion engine, an upstream injector for adding hydrogen gas to the exhaust gas and a downstream catalyst article, wherein the downstream catalyst article comprises a three-way catalyst (TWC) composition. The invention further relates to a method for the treatment of an exhaust gas from an ammonia internal combustion engine.
US11959406B2
A car having: two front wheels; two rear wheels; a bottom wall, which delimits a lower surface, which faces a road surface and, in use, is brushed by an air flow flowing under the car; an internal combustion engine; and an exhaust system, which is coupled to the internal combustion engine and is provided with an exhaust duct, which originates from the internal combustion engine and has an end chamber, which ends with an outlet opening, through which exhaust gases are released into the atmosphere. The end chamber of the exhaust duct has at least one movable partition, which can be moved to different positions so as to change the width of the outlet opening. The movable partition delimits a lower surface of the end chamber, which faces the road surface and, in use, is brushed by the air flow flowing under the car.
US11959400B2
The present invention relates to a fan rotor with variable pitch blades, comprising a rotor disc, equipped at its periphery with a plurality of rotary fasteners (16), each fastener (16) comprising a cell (17) for receiving the root (150) of a blade (15). This rotor is characterised in that an elongated wedge (2) and a prestressing rod (3) with at least one cam (33) are also arranged in each cell (17), the bottom of the cell (17) comprising as many retraction cavities (173) as the rod (3) comprises cams (33), in that the prestressing rod (3) is interposed between the wedge (2) and the bottom (171) of the cell (17), so that said cam (33) is facing a corresponding retraction cavity (173) and in that the prestressing rod (3) can rotate about its longitudinal axis (X2-X′2), between a rest position, in which the cam (33) is housed in the retraction cavity (173), and an armed position, in which the cam (33) exerts a radial pressure on the central region (22) of the wedge (2) so as to move the wedge (2) towards the blade root (150).
US11959395B2
A rotor blade system. The rotor blade system includes a rotor and a plurality of blades coupled to the rotor. The plurality of blades are arranged in an airfoil distribution pattern. The airfoil distribution pattern includes one or more baseline blades and one or more intentionally mistuned blades including an intentional mistuning feature.
US11959391B2
A method for provisionally ensuring the functional capability of a housing of a machine in the event of damage to the housing, the housing having a housing upper part and a housing lower part, which are detachably fastened to each other by housing flanges and by threaded bolts that extend through the housing flanges and are secured by nuts, the damage to the housing being at least one crack in one of the housing parts, which extends toward the other housing part. The housing is reinforced by support plates, which are each fastened to the outside of the housing flanges. A housing is reinforced by support plates of this type.
US11959388B2
The invention relates to a turbocharger which contains a bearing device which is arranged between a compressor and a turbine and which is designed to support a shaft. This bearing device has a bearing housing, in which an oil-lubricated bearing for supporting the shaft is arranged. The shaft has a slinger element extending in the circumferential direction for centrifugally dispersing lubricating oil. The bearing housing has an oil drainage channel for discharging the lubricating oil from the bearing housing. The inner region of the bearing housing forms an oil delimitation chamber, which is sealed off by seals arranged between the shaft and the bearing housing. The oil delimitation chamber has a deflection means which is formed in such a way that, during operation of the turbocharger, lubricating oil that is centrifugally dispersed by the slinger element is deflected by the deflection means and is conducted in the opposite direction to the seals. The oil delimitation chamber is formed in the vicinity of the slinger element in such a way that the lubricating oil centrifugally dispersed by the slinger element during operation of the turbocharger can be transferred directly from said slinger element to the deflection means. A collection channel prevents lubricating oil centrifugally dispersed from the slinger element from flowing back into the seal region. The slinger element is formed in such a way that the lubricating oil sprayed away from the slinger element has a radial and an axial directional component, and the axial directional component runs in the opposite direction to the seals.
US11959385B2
The present invention concerns an adjustment mechanism (200) for variable adjustment of an inlet cross-section (321) of a compressor inlet (322). The adjustment mechanism comprises a plurality of rotatably mounted baffle elements (210) which are arranged in a circumferential direction (26) and are adjustable between a first position and a second position. At least one baffle element (210) of the plurality of baffle elements (210) comprises an eddy-reducing feature (220).
US11959384B1
Systems and methods for power generation are provided. An example method includes pretreating water by a water pretreatment system to obtain purified water, providing the purified water to a chemical reaction chamber containing a catalyst, applying a focused magnetic field and an electric field to a mixture of the purified water and the catalyst to cause generation of structurally altered gas molecules from the purified water, wherein the structurally altered gas molecules are a combination of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen and the structurally altered gas molecule has a hydrogen-oxygen-hydrogen bond angle between 94 degrees and 104 degrees and a hydrogen-oxygen bond length between 0.95 Angstrom and 1.3 Angstrom, and providing the structurally altered gas molecules to a turbine, wherein the turbine combusts gas includes the structurally altered gas molecules to drive a turbine generator in order to generate electrical power.
US11959383B2
A method for carrying out grouting between adjacent gateroads in internal-staggered split-level coal mining. A return air gateroad of a stoping face and an inlet air gateroad of a heading face are not on the same level. The return air gateroad of the stoping face is arranged along a roof of a coal seam. The inlet air gateroad of the heading face is arranged along a floor of the coal seam. There is a height difference between the return air gateroad and the inlet air gateroad in a vertical direction. During the construction process, the inlet air gateroad is excavated at a delay distance of 180-200 meters from the return air gateroad. The drilling and grouting are performed while excavating the roadway, where grouting holes are arranged in a single row. A device for implementing the method is also provided.
US11959380B2
A method for detecting the occurrence of an event at a well comprising: recording a first set of measurements collected from the well; processing the recorded measurements to provide a first set of data; calculating a first score based on the first set of processed data; recording a second set of measurements collected from the well; processing the second set of recorded measurements to provide a second set of data; calculating a second score based on the second set of processed data; wherein the first set of processed data and the second set of processed data is the number median of absolute difference from normal; combining the first score and the second score using a weighted average; and comparing the combined scores to a predetermined rule based on a specified time frame; and allowing an operator to adjust parameters of the well operation based on the score comparison.
US11959371B2
An electrically powered hydraulic fracturing system includes pumps for pressurizing fracturing fluid, piping for carrying fracturing fluid, and field connections in obliquely oriented segments of the piping. The connections are between lead lines that couple directly to the pumps and lines carrying fluid to and from the pump; and are assembled and disassembled in the field. Operations personnel can more easily manipulate connections that are obliquely oriented than those that are horizontal or vertical.
US11959364B2
A method for operating a kerogen-rich unconventional gas reservoir characterized by there being multiple hydraulically-fractured wells drilled thereinto comprises: recovering a methane-containing gas from a first hydraulically-fractured well drilled into the gas reservoir, steam-methane reforming the recovered methane-containing gas to yield a hydrogen gas and an inorganic carbon-containing gas, injecting at least a portion of the hydrogen gas into a second hydraulically-fractured well drilled into the gas reservoir, and injecting at least a portion of the inorganic carbon-containing gas into a third hydraulically-fractured well drilled into the gas reservoir.
US11959358B2
An apparatus, system, and method for bleeding off a hydraulic fracturing manifold used in oil and gas extraction operations.
US11959357B2
Systems and methods include a computer-implemented method for handling loss circulation zones in wells. A tool is deployed on a work string. The tool includes isolation packers in an un-inflated state and a stinger in a closed position. The tool is run to a target depth along the work string. The isolation packers are inflated, setting the isolation packers in place adjacent to the stinger at the target depth. Circulation ports are opened after the isolation packers are inflated, exposing a diversion flow path. A cement slurry is pumped through the diversion flow path into a loss circulation zone. The circulation ports are closed after the cement slurry is pumped. The work string is disengaged from the stinger.
US11959352B2
A packer assembly includes a packer mandrel and a packing element disposed about the packer mandrel. An upper recovery sleeve is disposed about the packer mandrel and extending between the packer mandrel and an upper end of the packing element, and a lower recovery sleeve is disposed about the packer mandrel and extending between the packer mandrel and a lower end of the packing element. An upper backup assembly is movably disposed about the upper recovery sleeve and adjacent to the upper end of the packing element. A lower backup assembly is movably disposed about the lower recovery sleeve. The lower backup assembly has a lower backup ring assembly configured to enclose an outer surface of the lower end of the packing element. A retrieval sleeve is selectively movable relative to the lower backup ring assembly and configured to at least partially retract the lower backup ring assembly.
US11959346B2
A method for offshore dual-drive core drilling with three layers of casings under surge compensation is provided. According to the method, a drilling vessel is located at set latitude and longitude coordinates by a dynamic positioning system; drill pipes are stabilized by a seabed template; torques and drilling pressures can be transmitted during drilling of the casings by means of surge compensation of the casings at a wellhead; during drilling for sampling, the surge compensation can compensate to a certain extent for a change in water depth caused by rising or falling tides, or surge, thereby preventing the casings from colliding with equipment and ensuring the safety of wellhead operation; and the drilling of three layers of casings is achieved by means of dual driver heads to effectively protect a wellbore wall, such that high core-drilling rate and good core-drilling quality are achieved during drilling for sampling.
US11959345B2
A separable tool including a mill section, a mill face disposed on the mill section and having a bore therethrough that is offset from a longitudinal axis of the mill section, a tool adapter section, and a release configuration releasably securing the mill section to the tool adapter section with the mill face disposed between the mill section and the tool adapter section. A method for operating a wellbore system including in a single run, setting a plug in the wellbore system, releasing the plug, pumping cement, dressing the cement, and testing the cement.
US11959344B2
In an embodiment, a sample conditioning system includes a first valve subsystem, a controller, and a signal generator. The first valve subsystem includes a first electrically activated valve and a first timed switch in electrical communication with the first electrically activated valve, where the first timed switch is configured with a first time duration. The controller is configured to receive drilling data from a data source and, responsive to the drilling data satisfying a trigger associated with a timed sequence, cause the signal generator to apply a signal to at least the first timed switch. The signal causes the first timed switch to close for at least the first time duration and power the first electrically activated valve, the powered first electrically activated valve switching to allow air from a first air line to pass therethrough to a sample line.
US11959335B1
A manual switching type drive device is provided which comprises an outer tube, and a speed reducer, a motor core, an electrical control board, a power source and a travel unit are provided in the outer tube; the electrical control board is fixed through a fixing bracket inside the outer tube; the electrical control board is provided with a voltage sensor for controlling the stop and start of the drive device; the electrical control board is further provided with a trigger switch; the fixing bracket is provided with a slide piece which can be abutted against or separated from the trigger switch; the slide piece is connected with an actuator capable of driving the slide piece to abut against or separate from the trigger switch; an end of the actuator penetrates through the travel unit and naturally drops down for hand pull for a more convenient operating.
US11959333B2
A louvre window having: a frame, the frame having a head, a sill and at least two jambs; a drive bar located in one or both of the jambs that is movable by a handle; a plurality of blades located within the frame and connected to the drive bar by a pivot drive connector, such that movement of the drive bar urges the blades to pivot, each blade having: a first windowpane attached to the blade; and a second windowpane attached to the blade, wherein operation of the handle causes movement of the blades between an open position and a closed position, wherein in the open position the first windowpanes are aligned to form a barrier against airflow and the second windowpanes are aligned to form a barrier against airflow and in the closed position the first windowpanes are pivoted out of alignment to allow airflow and the second windowpanes are pivoted out of alignment to allow airflow.
US11959332B2
A method and system for achieving compliance for a fire-rated door assembly. To comply with fire rated door assembly codes and compliance, all components, including hardware must be listed and labeled by a certification agency, such as Underwriters Laboratories (UL). The disclosure may include a hardware preparation filler solution which allows fire-rated doors to maintain fire rating and compliance when removing or modifying hardware, or converting between hardware types.
US11959331B2
The present disclosure relates to an aperture covering, such as a building aperture covering. The aperture covering comprises a VIG unit 3 and a frame. The frame (2) comprises elongated fixation profiles (6) each of which are fixed to and arranged parallel to an elongated structural frame member (8). The fixation profile (6) comprises a fixation wall (6a) which extends opposite to an exterior major surface (S1) of the vacuum insulated glass unit (3) and is fixed to the exterior major surface (S1) of the vacuum insulated glass unit (3) by means of a bonding seal (9). The fixation profile (6) comprises a connection member (6b) extending from the fixation wall (6a), wherein the connection member (6b) is fixed to the elongated, structural frame member (8). The elongated structural member (8) faces the opposite interior major surface (S2) of the vacuum insulated glass unit (3) placed opposite to the exterior major surface (S1) of the vacuum insulated glass unit.
US11959315B2
A latch assembly for a closure panel and corresponding method of operation are provided. The assembly includes an actuation group to latch and unlatch the closure panel using power from a main power source during normal operation. A first backup energy source is selectively coupled to the actuation group and stores energy during normal operation and supplies the energy during a failure. A second backup energy source is selectively coupled to the first backup energy source and supplies energy thereto during the failure. A latch controller is coupled to the backup energy sources and detects latch operation and whether there is normal operation. The latch controller charges the first backup energy source using energy from the second backup energy source based on the detection of latch operation and the failure and disconnects the second backup energy source during normal operation to conserve energy stored in the second backup energy source.
US11959308B2
According to some exemplary embodiments described herein, a door lock may include a driveshaft operatively couplable to a bolt configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position to selective secure an associated door. The door lock may also include a transmission coupled to the driveshaft, where the driveshaft includes at least one gear configured to rotate with the driveshaft. The door lock may also include a magnetic encoder coupled to the transmission and configured to measure a position of the at least one gear. The magnetic encoder may include a diametrically polarized magnet coupled to the at least one gear.
US11959307B2
A magnetically-triggered lock mechanism for interengaging two relatively movable components. The lock mechanism includes a bolt mounted within a first component composed of a first material and displaceable between retracted and extended positions to interengage with a second component when the first and second components are in a predetermined position relative to each other and the bolt is extended, and a magnetically-releasable latch mechanism positioned to latch the bolt in a retracted position, the latch mechanism including a first magnet and mounted for movement between a biased latch engaging position and a latch releasing position. A support collar composed of a second material having higher strength than that of the first material is disposed around the bolt between an inner casing and outer casing of the first component and is spaced from the bolt to allow for sliding movement of the bolt through the support collar as the bolt moves between the extended and retracted positions. The support collar absorbs and distributes to the inner and/or outer casing a load generated from the bolt as the bolt moves to the extended position through the support collar. A second magnet is positioned to displace the latch mechanism to the latch releasing position when the first component is in the predetermined position relative to the second component.
US11959303B2
An insulated door lock assembly including a base member with an aperture for the cylinder of a lock. The base member is configured to be mounted to a door around a hole for the door lock. The inner volume of the base member can be filled with an insulating material. A cover member can be coupled to the base member through a hinge joint. The cover member can be configured to switch between an open state and a closed state. A keyway or a thumb turn of the door lock can be accessible in the open state and the keyway or the thumb turn is covered by the cover member in the closed state. An O-ring can also be provided around a periphery of the base member for sealably engaging the cover member to the base member.
US11959298B1
A modular canopy device having rotatably adjustable canopy panels that rotatable substantially through a range of 180 degrees that is removably secured to a base support assembly including a cantilever support member. A canopy fabric is provided on the canopy panel frame members to provide shelter and concealment attributes.
US11959297B2
A stowable and deployable shelter may include a frame structure with a first support arch pivotably attached to a base at a pair of pivot points, and a second support arch pivotably attached to the first support arch via a pair of slidable hinges. The slidable hinges are positioned to translate along the first support arch toward and away from the pair of pivot points. In some embodiments, at least one of the slidable hinges includes a locking mechanism for releasably locking the at least one slidable hinge at a selected location along the first support arch. In some embodiments, the hinges may be fixed instead of being slidable. The support arches support a fabric shell to form an interior of the shelter. The base may include a sled container having runners for sliding through snow or across terrain.
US11959290B2
The present invention relates to a support frame for use with an edge protection system for elevated structures, such as building rooves. The support frame includes a first frame portion and a second frame portion mounted together so as to be axially slidable relative one another between an extended position for locating a post of the edge protection system alongside a roof edge of a building and a retracted position. The support frame further includes a coupling mount extending from an uppermost frame member for coupling to a portion of the building adjacent the roof edge and for receiving and supporting the post in an upright position alongside the roof edge of the building.
US11959288B2
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for a mold system for molding structures (e.g., sand castles) from one or more various types of molding substances (e.g., sand, clay, snow). In one embodiment, a mold system comprises a split mold comprising at least two mold sections. In one embodiment, a modular mold system allows for different types of mold sections with corresponding joining elements to be joined together to create forms for molding various types of structures. In some embodiments, mold sections are configured to facilitate the breaking of a vacuum created when molding substances are packed into the mold system, thus making it easier to separate a mold from the formed structure.
US11959278B2
The invention relates to a supporting beam, in particular of composite design, for slab systems, in particular of composite design, wherein the supporting beam extends in a longitudinal direction and has: a support extending in the longitudinal direction, in particular a steel support, which is formed in at least two pieces and has at least two support parts which each extend in the longitudinal direction.
US11959267B2
The present invention provides for an apparatus and a method for automating the dispensing a liquid agent into a toilet.
US11959266B2
A hands-free flushing device and method of using same to allow a user to flush a toilet with their foot instead of their hands, thereby avoiding the spread of germs and bacteria. The hands-free flushing device is removably attached to the toilet flush handle of an existing toilet with little to no modification, allowing for easy installation. An embodiment of the hands-free flushing device comprises a foot pedal configured to suspend above the floor which allows for easy cleaning and avoids of the transmission of germs and bacteria.
US11959263B2
A drain for sanitary fixtures such as sinks, tubs or the like is described. The drain is provided with an automatic overflow mechanism, of the magnetic type, configured to be automatically activated when the water level in the sanitary fixture reaches the maximum level allowed. The overflow mechanism comprises a first magnetic element arranged on a stem of the plug, and a second magnetic element integral with the head of the plug and in-between the base and the first magnetic element. In the raised position of the plug, corresponding to the raised position of the head, the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are magnetically coupled. When a threshold value of the water pressure acting on the head is exceeded, the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are automatically uncoupled, causing the descent of the head towards the lowered position, corresponding to the opening of the mouth of the sanitary fixture initially closed by the plug. The drain preferably further comprises a manual lifting mechanism to lift the plug, configured to bring back the plug to the raised closed position following activation. Preferably, also the lifting mechanism is magnetic.
US11959258B2
A device for removing a wear member from a ground engaging surface, the device comprising: a body having cavity and a wear member engaging portion to engage the wear member when the wear member extends into the cavity; a gripper movable relative to the body, the gripper having a bracing member adapted to bear against a portion of the ground engaging surface to thereby provide a load path from the ground engaging surface to the wear member engaging portion; and a first actuator connected to the gripper and the body, to apply a force to the gripper, to urge the gripper to move relative to the body, such that, when the bracing member bears against the ground engaging surface, movement of the gripper relative to the body removes the wear member from the ground engaging surface.
US11959253B2
An excavator includes a lower traveling structure, an upper swing structure swingably mounted on the lower traveling structure, an attachment attached to the upper swing structure, a display device, and a hardware processor. The display device is configured to display multiple ranges including a first range and a second range lower in stability degree than the first range in the working range of the attachment such that the multiple ranges are distinguishable. The hardware processor is configured to determine a setting with respect to the multiple ranges.
US11959241B2
The disclosure relates to an assembly, and a method of use for the assembly, for staging a pile on the ground, including: at least one stand having a mainframe assembly on the ground, having a front end and a rear end, wherein each stand has: a roller assembly slidably mounted on the main frame assembly, wherein the roller assembly further has a roller located towards the front end; and a pivoting arm assembly having a pivoting arm configured for pivoting towards the ground and away from the ground; and a second roller connected to an end of the pivoting arm.
US11959233B2
In the method for transferring material between a truck and a driving road construction vehicle, a distance between the driving road construction vehicle and a truck driving in front of the road construction vehicle without contact to the road construction vehicle truck is kept constant by a distance control system. While the distance between the driving road construction vehicle and the truck is kept constant, material is being dumped from a loading cavity of the truck into a material hopper of the road construction vehicle. The road construction vehicle is a road finishing machine or a feeder for a road finishing machine.
US11959227B2
The creped multi-ply tissue products are durable, smooth and have low levels of Slough. In certain instances, the creped multi-ply tissue products are produced using a creping composition comprising a non-crosslinked latex polymer. The creped multi-ply tissue products may have a geometric mean tensile (GMT) from about 700 to about 1,500 g/3″, a basis weight from about 45 to about 60 gsm and a Slough less than about 2.00 mg, such as from about 0.10 to about 2.00 mg. The inventive tissue products also have good durability, such as a Durability Index from about 10.0 to about 20.0, smooth surfaces, such as a TS750 value from about 15.0 to 40.0 and low stiffness, such as a Stiffness Index less than about 10.0.
US11959221B2
A laundry dryer includes: a cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet and configured to receive hot air and steam, a steam unit disposed inside the cabinet and configured to generate the steam, a storage tank configured to detachably couple to an inside of the cabinet and receive water to be supplied to the steam unit, a tank accommodating the storage tank, and a floater placed inside the storage tank and configured to move in a vertical direction according to a volume of water in the storage tank. The floater includes a body portion having a first outer surface and a second outer surface, a third outer surface and a fourth outer surface, and a fifth outer surface and a sixth outer surface, where the first outer surface defines an upper surface of the floater and the second outer surface defines a lower surface of the floater.
US11959215B2
A method for detecting entrapment of an article within a laundry washing machine. The method includes rotating the drum to a target rotation speed, determining a respective drum motor torque value for each rotation, determining a distribution characteristic value of the drum motor torque values, comparing the distribution characteristic value to a predetermined threshold value, performing a correction operation to address an entrapment condition upon determining that the distribution characteristic value is above the predetermined threshold value, and proceeding with the laundry washing cycle upon determining that the distribution characteristic value is below the predetermined threshold value.
US11959204B2
A full-width temple device for a loom including: a base body including a base plate; a cover provided on the base plate; and a temple bar accommodated in a space defined by the base plate and the cover, where the temple bar is a ring bar temple constituted by a rod-shaped inner bar and ring temples provided continuously to both sides of the inner bar and having shaft parts for support at both ends. The base body has support parts at both end portions for supporting the ring bar temple on the shall parts. The full-width temple device includes attachment members each detachably attached to each of the support parts and comprising a plate-shaped shaft fixing part having an engaging part formed to engage with a circumferential surface of the shaft part.
US11959203B2
The glass roving cloth includes glass rovings each composed of glass filaments, each having a filament diameter Dt of 9.5 to 30.0 μm, bundled in a number bundled Ft of 400 to 8000 as a warp yarn and glass rovings each composed of glass filaments, each having a filament diameter Dy of 9.5 to 30.0 μm, bundled in a number bundled Fy of 400 to 8000 as weft yarns, wherein the weaving density of the warp yarns and weft yarn is 2.0 to 14.0 yarns/25 mm, the average yarn width of the warp yarn and the weft yarn are each 500 to 8000 μm, the widening rate of the warp yarn and the weft yarn are each 3.0 to 30.0%, the glass occupancy in the warp yarn direction is 90.0 to 106.0%, and the glass occupancy in the weft yarn direction is 75.0 to 99.0%.
US11959198B2
A knit fabric production method includes a step of producing a knit fabric K1 from an untwisted yarn Y0 while producing the untwisted yarn Y0 by disposing a fiber bundle FB around a linear core member CP formed of a soluble polymer, falsely twisting the fiber bundle FB by using an air flow swirling in a predetermined first direction and simultaneously causing open end fibers OF to adhere to an outer circumferential surface of the falsely twisted fiber bundle FB by using an air flow swirling in a second direction opposite the first direction, and untwisting the falsely twisted fiber bundle FB.
US11959190B2
A device is provided to fasten a susceptor of a CVD reactor to a drive shaft, and by the device, the susceptor can be set into rotation. The device includes one or more of a base plate, a support plate, adjusting levers, and a flange element. The drive shaft carries the base plate, to which the support plate, which carries the susceptor, is fastened. The inclination of the support plate relative to the base plate can be adjusted by the adjusting levers. The support plate is connected to the flange element by a screw. A through opening aligned with the screw is closed with a plug.
US11959188B2
A coating method for a cationic electrodeposition coating material includes steps for immersing a metal object to be coated in a first solution bath, a second solution bath and a third solution bath, and wherein: at least one step among the three steps is cationic electrodeposition coating that is accompanied by application of a current; a coating film which is formed through the three steps contains at least a base resin component (A), a reaction component (B) and a catalyst (C); and the first solution bath, the second solution bath and the third solution bath contain one or a combination of two of the base resin component (A), the reaction component (B) and the catalyst (C).
US11959179B2
The invention relates to a coating system, more particularly a corrosion control coating system, for generating cathodic corrosion protection on a metallic substrate, comprising at least two layers, and also to a method for producing it and to a substrate coated with the coating system.
US11959177B2
A component comprising a core part and a surface layer is provided. The core part contains C: 0.01%≤ and <0.20%, Si: ≤1.0%, Mn: 1.5%≤ and ≤3.0%, P: 0.02% or less, S: ≤0.06%, Cr: 0.30%≤ and ≤3.0%, Mo: 0.005%≤ and ≤0.40%, V: 0.02%≤ and ≤0.5%, Nb: 0.003%≤ and ≤0.20%, Al: 0.010%≤ and ≤2.0%, Ti: 0.005%< and <0.025%, N: ≤0.0200%, Sb: 0.0005%≤ and ≤0.02%, and the balance consisting of Fe and incidental impurities; and a steel microstructure that contains bainite phase in an area ratio of more than 50%. The surface layer has high nitrogen and carbon contents relative to the chemical composition of the core part.
US11959176B2
A metallic coating includes a first metal, a second metal, phosphorous, and graphene nanoparticles. The first metal may be nickel and the second metal may be a refractory metal, such as tungsten, rhenium, molybdenum, niobium, tantalum, or mixtures thereof. The metallic coating may have, by weight, 1.0% to 40.0% of refractory metal, 1.0% to 20.0% of phosphorous, 0.01% to 5.0% of the graphene nanoplatelets, and a remainder of the nickel.
US11959172B2
A gas delivery system includes a 2-port valve including a first valve located between a first port and a second port. A 4-port valve includes a first node connected to a first port and a second port. A bypass path is located between the third port and the fourth port. A second node is located along the bypass path. A second valve is located between the first node and the second node. A manifold block defines gas flow channels configured to connect the first port of the 4-port valve to a first inlet, configured to connect the second port of the 4-port valve to the first port of the 2-port valve, the third port of the 4-port valve to a second inlet, the second port of the 2-port valve to a first outlet, and the fourth port of the 4-port valve to a second outlet.
US11959171B2
Methods of forming a transition metal containing film on a substrate by a cyclical deposition process are disclosed. The methods may include: contacting the substrate with a first vapor phase reactant comprising a transition metal halide compound comprising a bidentate nitrogen containing adduct ligand; and contacting the substrate with a second vapor phase reactant comprising a reducing agent precursor. The deposition methods may also include forming a transition metal containing film with an electrical resistivity of less than 50 μΩ-cm at a film thickness of less than 50 nanometers.
US11959170B2
Provided are a precursor supply unit, a substrate processing system, and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device using the same. The precursor supply unit may include an outer container, an inner container provided in the outer container and used to store a precursor source, a gas injection line having an injection port, which is provided below the inner container and in the outer container and is used to provide a carrier gas into the outer container, and a gas exhaust line having an exhaust port, which is provided below the inner container and in the outer container and is used to exhaust the carrier gas in the outer container and a precursor produced from the precursor source.
US11959166B2
Thin films of lithium-containing materials and methods for fabricating them are generally described. In some embodiments, the formation of a first vapor is induced from a first target and the formation of a second vapor is induced from a second target, resulting in the formation of a thin film. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the formation of the first vapor and the formation of the second vapor occurs under vacuum conditions. In some embodiments, the thin film has a relatively high ionic conductivity, mixed ionic/electronic conductivity, or other properties beneficial for applications such as active electrode materials or solid-state electrolytes.
US11959154B2
A process for making modified diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA)-associated media for use in solid-liquid extraction of rare earth elements is disclosed. The process includes functionalizing DTPA with hydrophobic groups to form modified DTPA; dissolving the modified DTPA into a methanol solution; loading the modified DTPA solution to a solid support; rotating the modified DTPA-loaded solid support to allow for association; and removing the methanol to obtain the modified-DTPA-associated media.
US11959148B2
A preventive maintenance method includes performing abrasive blast-cleaning; performing shot peening: applying a fluorescent coating material before the shot peening is performed; and irradiating a portion applied with the fluorescent coating material with an ultraviolet ray after the shot peening is performed. Coverage is calculated based on a residual fluorescent coating material that fluoresces.
US11959146B2
A disease screening device (100) comprising a substrate (101) and a sonication chamber (102) formed on the substrate (101). The sonication chamber (102) is provided with an ultrasonic transducer (105) which generates ultrasonic waves to lyse cells in a sample fluid within the sonication chamber (102). The device (100) comprises a reagent chamber (111) formed on the substrate (101) for receiving a liquid PCR reagent. The device (100) comprises a controller (23) which controls the ultrasonic transducer (105) and a heating arrangement (128) which is provided on the substrate (101). The device (100) further comprises a detection apparatus which detects the presence of an infectious disease, such as COVID-19 disease.
US11959144B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a kit or a device for the detection of prostate cancer and a method for detecting prostate cancer. The present invention provides a kit or a device for the detection of prostate cancer, comprising a nucleic acid capable of specifically binding to a miRNA in a sample of a subject, and a method for detecting prostate cancer, comprising measuring the miRNA in vitro.
US11959132B2
Methods and devices are provided for simultaneously amplifying a plurality of sample wells for a predetermined amount of amplification, detecting whether amplification has occurred in a first set of the wells, amplifying for an additional amount of amplification and detecting whether amplification has occurred in a second set of the wells. Methods are also provided for analyzing a target nucleic acid sequence using melt curves that were generated in a plurality of amplification cycles.
US11959131B2
The present invention relates to a method for measuring a mutation rate, comprising preparing a library for next generation sequencing (NGS). Accordingly, the present invention can measure the effect of drugs, radiation, gene composition, aging, and various stresses experienced by an individual, etc. on the occurrence of mutations in a subject sample, and thus can be used for testing, diagnosis, management and evaluation related to toxicity tests, medical tests, maintenance and management of health, etc.
US11959127B2
Temperature sensitive transcriptional bioswitches and related genetic circuits and in particular bandpass and/or multiplex genetic circuits, vectors, cells, compositions methods and systems are described.
US11959119B2
Systems and methods that include starch derived from grain as a carbon source for propagation of microorganisms.
US11959116B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for producing nicotinamide mononucleotide, that produces nicotinamide mononucleotide using a single enzyme and using nucleoside monophosphate, pyrophosphate, and nicotinamide as starting materials. This problem is solved by a nicotinamide mononucleotide production method that includes at least the following steps 1) and 2): 1) a first step of producing phosphoribosyl diphosphate by the action of substantially one enzyme on nucleoside monophosphate and pyrophosphate; and 2) a second step of producing nicotinamide mononucleotide by the action of only substantially the aforementioned one enzyme on nicotinamide and the phosphoribosyl diphosphate that is the product of the first step.
US11959109B2
A horseshoe crab Factor C protein having activity of Factor C, wherein the horseshoe crab is selected from Tachypleus tridentatus, Limulus polyphemus, and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda, and wherein the horseshoe crab Factor C protein is produced through being recombinantly expressed from a Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) DG44 cell or HEK cell.
US11959106B2
The present invention relates to compositions, methods and use of a mixture of enzymes having DNase activity and an enzyme having hexosaminidase activity.
US11959104B2
The presently disclosed subject matter provides for in vitro methods of inducing differentiation of human stem cells into neural crest, cranial placode or non-neuro ectoderm precursors, and cells generated by such methods. The presently disclosed subject matter also provides for uses of such cells for treating neurodegenerative and pituitary disorders.
US11959101B2
A cell activation reactor and a cell activation method are provided. The cell activation reactor includes a body, a rotating part, an upper cover, a microporous film, and multiple baffles. The body has an accommodating space, which is suitable for accommodating multiple cells and multiple magnetic beads. The rotating part is disposed in the accommodating space and includes multiple impellers. The microporous film is disposed in the accommodating space and covers multiple holes of the accommodating space. The baffles are disposed in the body. When the rotating part is driven to rotate, the interaction between the baffles and the impellers separates the cells and the magnetic beads.
US11959096B2
Provided herein are methods of reducing or eliminating undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells, where the methods comprise contacting an effective amount of a compound to a heterogeneous cell population or sample comprising or suspected of comprising differentiated cell types and undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells, whereby the contacting selectively reduces or eliminates undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells from the cell population or sample. Also provided are methods for obtaining a population of stem cell-derived cell types substantially free of undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells as well as isolated populations of such of stem cell-derived cell types.
US11959091B2
The present invention relates to methods of developing genetically engineered, preferably non-alloreactive T-cells for immunotherapy. This method involves the use of RNA-guided endonucleases, in particular Cas9/CRISPR system, to specifically target a selection of key genes in T-cells. The engineered T-cells are also intended to express chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) to redirect their immune activity towards malignant or infected cells. The invention opens the way to standard and affordable adoptive immunotherapy strategies using T-Cells for treating cancer and viral infections.
US11959089B2
The disclosure provides recombinant LAC polynucleotides encoding a laccase (LAC) polypeptide capable of polymerizing caffeyl alcohol, vectors and cells including the recombinant LAC polynucleotide. The disclosure also provides transgenic plants including cells having the recombinant LAC polynucleotide of the present disclosure and methods of increasing production of C-lignin in a plant.
US11959065B2
Provided are bioactive compositions and metabolites derived from Bacillus and particularly Bacillus megaterium cultures responsible for controlling pests as well as their methods of use for controlling pests. Further provided are pesticidal Bacillus megaterium strains.
US11959062B2
The invention relates to systems and methods for effective production and use of microorganisms and/or the fermentation broth in which they are produced. Advantageously, the system is cost-effective, scalable, quick, versatile, efficacious, and helpful in reducing resistance to chemical compounds and residue that concerns consumers.
US11959045B2
The present invention is for an acidic cleaning composition which has excellent cleaning performance, low toxicity and good antimicrobial efficacy. The inventive acidic cleaning compositions are capable of sanitizing or disinfecting a variety of hard surfaces. The inventive acidic cleaning compositions can take a variety of forms, such as: disinfecting wipes, all-purpose disinfecting sprays, kitchen cleaners, bathroom cleaners, toilet cleaners, etc. The compositions may meet EPA DfE requirements, EPA category III or IV requirements, and/or be safe for use on food contact surfaces without rinsing. The compositions may include citric acid, an anionic surfactant, a non-volatile glycol solvent, a fatty acid, and water. The compositions may be free of other sanitizing acids, quaternary ammonium compounds, biguanides, peroxides, hypohalites, etc., and have a pH of less than 2.5. The composition may provide sanitization or disinfection against a target microbe within 5 minutes or less, or 4 minutes or less.
US11959041B2
A device includes a tribological assembly including first and second mechanical components in relative motion with respect to each other, the assembly having a silver-alloy surface and an additive lubricant including at least one component of the formulas (Ia) or (II): MxNOy (Ia), where M is Ca, V, Sb, Ni, or Ag, x (M:N ratio) is any number between 0.25 and 2, and y (O:N ratio) is any number between 1 and 8; MxSiOy (II), where M is Mg or Al, x (M:Si ratio) is any number between 0.5 and 2, and y (O:Si ratio) is any number between 2.5 and 6, the device being a sealed constant-pressure device.
US11959031B2
An integrated process and associated system for conversion of crude oil to value added petrochemicals. The process includes separating crude oil into light and heavy crude fractions and processing the heavy fraction in a solvent deasphalting unit and a delayed coker unit, and then providing the light fraction and selected effluents of the solvent deasphalting unit and the delayed coker unit to a hydrotreater. The process further includes separating the effluent of the hydrotreater to generate a C1 fraction passed to a methane cracker, a C2 fraction passed to an ethane steam cracker, a C3-C4 fraction passed to a dehydrogenation reactor, a hydrotreated light fraction passed to an aromatization unit, and a hydrotreated heavy fraction passed to a steam enhanced catalytic cracking unit. The process further includes separating effluents of the various unit operations into product streams including a BTX stream and a light olefin stream.
US11959024B2
A single pass method of production of an improved biocoal product according to which biomass is thermo-chemically broken down into its constituent components, the components are modified, and selected components are recombined to form a much more valuable fuel product which is more waterproof, more durable, and has a higher energy density than the original biomass. Other non-selected components may be used to provide energy to the biocoal production process.
US11959023B1
A pyrolyser including (i) a pyrolysis chamber defining an interior compartment having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the pyrolysis chamber includes a feed inlet, a product outlet, an exhaust gas outlet, and an operational length comprising a linear distance from the feed inlet to the product outlet; (ii) a trough located in the lower portion of the interior compartment and extending through the pyrolysis chamber along the operational length of the pyrolysis chamber; and (iii) a material handling system comprising an paddle auger located within the trough and configured to convey biomass from the feed inlet towards the product outlet; wherein the paddle auger comprises an auger shaft, a plurality of sets of paddles directly or indirectly connected to the auger shaft, and a plurality of flights interconnecting the plurality of paddles is provided.
US11959020B2
This disclosure relates to acidizing retarder compositions and methods of reducing the rate of carbonate dissolution in carbonate acidizing treatments of carbonate formations using the acidizing retarder compositions. The methods may include dissolving one or more retarder compounds in a solution comprising a strong acid to form acidizing retarder compositions, and introducing the acidizing retarder compositions to carbonate formations. The acidizing retarder compositions may include one or more retarder compounds and a strong acid. At least one of the one or more retarder compounds may be a poloxamer. A concentration of the strong acid in the acidizing retarder composition may be 5 weight percent or greater.
US11959005B2
The invention relates to novel polymerizable liquid crystals of formula (I), to LCP mixtures comprising these compounds and to their uses for optical and electro-optical devices: with the proviso the at least one of the polymerisable groups G1 or G2 is a naphthalenediyl group.
US11959004B2
An alkaline etching solution comprising a hydroxide salt (e.g., an alkali metal hydroxide, an ammonium hydroxide, or a combination thereof), a polyol having at least three hydroxyl (—OH) groups, and water. Also provided is a method of producing a semiconductor device by obtaining a semiconductor substrate having masked and unmasked surfaces; exposing the semiconductor substrate having the masked and unmasked surfaces to an alkaline etching solution, such that the unmasked surfaces of the substrate are anisotropically etched, wherein the alkaline etching solution comprises: a hydroxide salt; a polyol having at least three hydroxyl (—OH) groups; and water; and performing additional processing to produce the semiconductor device.
US11958997B2
Described are luminescent components with excellent performance and stability. The luminescent components comprise a first element 1 including first luminescent crystals 11 from the class of perovskite crystals, embedded a first polymer P1 and a second element 2 comprising a second solid polymer composition, said second polymer composition optionally comprising second luminescent crystals 12 embedded in a second polymer P2. Polymers P1 and P2 differ and are further specified in the claims. Also described are methods for manufacturing such components and devices comprising such components.
US11958995B2
A method is provided for sealing discontinuities in vehicle bodywork, using an at least two-layer adhesive product which comprises at least one thermally activatable adhesive layer and a film layer of a polymeric material, where first the adhesive product is positioned with the adhesive layer onto the discontinuity for sealing, the adhesive layer sealingly wets the discontinuity, optionally after temperature increase, at elevated temperature the thermal activation of the adhesive ensues, characterized in that the adhesive layer used comprises a layer of a thermally activatable adhesive, specifically a layer based on a vulcanizable adhesive, and the thermal activation takes place with vulcanization of the adhesive.
US11958993B2
Adhesive protective film, optical member comprising the same and optical display comprising the same
Disclosed herein are an adhesive protective film, an optical member including the same, and an optical display including the same. An adhesive protective film is formed of a composition including a (meth)acrylic binder derived from a monomer mixture including: an alkyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer; and at least one selected from among a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer, a carboxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer, and a polysiloxane (meth)acrylate, the adhesive protective film having an initial peel strength of about 100 gf/inch or less and a peel strength decrease rate of about 50% or less, as calculated according to Equation 1.
US11958982B2
A materials kit for three-dimensional (3D) printing can include a powder bed material including electroactive polymer particles including electroactive polymer having a melting temperature from about 100° C. to about 250° C. and a fusing agent including a radiation absorber to selectively apply to the powder bed material.
US11958979B2
This invention deals with effect pigment mixture comprising platelet-like aluminum effect pigments obtained by grinding of aluminum or aluminum based alloy shot and silvery pearlescent pigments, wherein the silvery pearlescent pigments are taken from the group consisting of: a) pearlescent pigments comprising a transparent substrate which is coated with a high-refractive index layer with n>1.8, which comprises or consists of an iron-oxide with Fe(II)-ions, b) pearlescent pigments comprising a transparent substrate which is coated with a high-refractive index layer with n>1.8, which comprises or consists of titanium suboxide or a pearlescent pigment comprising a substrate with a high-refractive index with n>1.8 layer, which comprises or consists of a titanium suboxide that is optionally coated with a high-refractive index layer with n>1.8, c) pearlescent pigments comprising a transparent substrate which is coated with a high-refractive index layer with n>1.8, which comprises or consists of titanium oxynitride, d) pearlescent pigments comprising a transparent substrate which is coated with a layer comprising carbon, wherein the carbon is enclosed in a particulate form in another metal oxide layer or is formed as a separate, individual layer, e) a transparent substrate coated with a first layer comprising or consisting of a mixture of the oxides of titanium, iron and at least one of cobalt and chromium and a second layer on the first layer, wherein the second layer comprises an oxide of titanium, and mixtures or combinations of the pearlescent pigments a) to e) or pearlescent pigments with mixtures or combinations of the various coating layers mentioned in the pearlescent pigments a) to e), wherein the weight ratio of the pearlescent pigment to the aluminum effect pigment is in a range of 0.4 to 5.0. The invention deals also with a coating formulation containing this effect pigment mixture.
US11958978B2
A coloring compound comprises a triphenylmethane structure having specific substituents.
US11958976B2
Provided are a photoactive fluorophore, a photoactive ligand, and a photoactive complex. The photoactive fluorophore includes a photoactivatable derivative of an azetidine-containing Janelia-Fluor dye. The photoactive ligand includes a photoactive fluorophore and a protein tag. The photoactive complex includes a photoactive ligand conjugated to a protein. Also provided are methods of in vivo labeling with and photoactivation of the photoactive fluorophore, ligand, and complex.
US11958974B2
The present invention relates to an asphalt product. The asphalt product includes an asphalt binder and a bio-oil blend comprising a mixture of a non-hydrogenated bio-oil and a partially hydrogenated bio-oil, where the bio-oil blend is mixed with the asphalt binder to form an asphalt product having a shear stiffness of 0.20 kPa to 11,000 kPa at a temperature ranging from 25° C. to 85° C. and/or a viscosity of 0.15 Pa·s to 1.50 Pa·s at a temperature ranging from 120° C. to 165° C. The present invention further relates to methods of producing an asphalt product and methods of applying an asphalt product to a surface.
US11958973B2
To provide a resin composition having large light transmittance and capable of providing a molded article which is highly laser-weldable to an absorbing resin member, as well as a kit, a method for manufacturing the resin composition, a method for manufacturing a formed article, and a formed article. The resin composition contains a polyamide resin, a maleic anhydride-modified polyphenylene ether-based resin, a phosphazene-based flame retardant, a zinc metal oxide, and a light transmitting dye.
US11958965B2
Provided are a thermoplastic resin composition and a molded product using same, wherein the thermoplastic resin composition includes a base resin including (A-1) 10 wt % to 30 wt % of a first acrylate-based graft copolymer having an acrylate-based rubbery polymer with an average particle diameter of 300 nm to 400 nm; (A-2) 10 wt % to 35 wt % of a second acrylate-based graft copolymer having an acrylate-based rubbery polymer with an average particle diameter of 100 nm to 200 nm; (B) 10 wt % to 15 wt % of an aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound copolymer; and (C) 35 wt % to 55 wt % of α-methylstyrene-based copolymer, and (D) 1 to 5 parts by weight of an ultrahigh molecular weight styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of greater than or equal to 5,000,000 g/mol, based on 100 parts by weight of the base resin.
US11958960B2
Scratch resistant polymer composition, in particular for the manufacturing of rigid, scratch resistant and dimensionally stable building bricks, comprising: a) a bio-based HDPE granulate, produced from ethanol or ethylene obtained from biomass; b) an amorphous polymer and/or (semi)crystalline polymer; c) optionally a mineral filler and optionally a colouring pigment; Furthermore, a method for manufacturing an injection moulding article from the scratch resistant polymer composition is disclosed.
US11958953B2
A hard coating film may include a substrate and a hard coating layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate, in which, when the hard coating film is folded and unfolded 200,000 times with a bending radius of 1 mm in the direction in which the hard coating layer is oriented inwards under 60° C. and 90% relative humidity (RH), breakage does not occur, and the amount of change in transmission b* (chromaticity) of the film after UV irradiation for 100 hr using a 15 W UV-B lamp is 1.5 or less. The hard coating film may exhibit superior anti-curling properties, superior bending resistance under high-temperature and high-humidity conditions, and high light resistance, and can thus be applied not only to an image display device but also to a window for a flexible display device.
US11958948B2
A rotary member rotatable along a circumferential direction includes: carbon fibers wound in the circumferential direction; a matrix resin in which the carbon fibers are embedded; and a structure which includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes having a bent shape with a bent portion, forms a network structure including a contact portion where the carbon nanotubes are in direct contact with each other, and is provided on surfaces of the carbon fibers.
US11958947B2
Provided herein are core-shell microcapsules useful for compartmentalizing biological molecules in solution. Also provided are processes for manufacturing core-shell microcapsules and methods for using core-shell microcapsules to compartmentalize and optionally process biological entities and molecules.
US11958945B2
Low concentration surfactant emulsions and methods of making and using the same are disclosed herein. The emulsions have the benefit of employing less surfactant than conventional emulsions. Further, the emulsions are dilutable and retain their stability upon dilution. A benefit of the emulsions is that they leave a low residue, preferably no residue, on a surface after contact.
US11958943B1
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of microbial applications, and in particular to Roseibium aggregatum and use, a culture method and a method for degrading plastics thereof. The Roseibium aggregatum provided by the present disclosure has an accession number of CGMCC No. 25240, and has a function of degrading plastic, which can degrade plastic in seawater with high degradation efficiency.
US11958929B2
Organometallic complex, catalyst composition employing the same, and method for preparing polyolefin
An organometallic complex, a catalyst composition employing the same, and a method for preparing polyolefin are provided. The organometallic compound has a structure represented by Formula (I) wherein M is Ti, Zr, or Hf; X is —O—, or —NR6—; R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl group, C6-12 aryl group, or R1 and R2 are combined with the carbon atoms, to which they are attached, to form an C6-12 aryl moiety; R3, R4 and R5 are independently fluoride, chloride, bromide, C1-6 alkyl group, C6-12 aryl group, C3-6 hetero aryl group, C7-13 aryl alkyl group or C7-12 alkyl aryl group; and R6 is hydrogen, C6-12 aryl group or C7-12 alkyl aryl group.
US11958922B2
The present invention provides vinyl-based resin particles capable of easily smoothing the surface of a thermosetting resin film when the particles are used as a pore-forming material for a thermosetting resin. Specifically, the present invention provides vinyl-based resin particles for use in making a thermosetting resin porous, the particles having a temperature of 230° C. or higher and lower than 300° C. at 10% mass loss when heated at a rate of 10° C./min in an air atmosphere, and the particles having a mass loss percentage of 85 to 100% after being heated at 350° C. for 5 hours in an air atmosphere.
US11958916B2
A hydrocolloid or aqueous solution comprising a poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compound is disclosed having a viscosity of at least about 10 centipoise (cPs). The poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compound in these compositions has a degree of substitution of about 0.05 to about 3.0. Also disclosed is a method for increasing the viscosity of a hydrocolloid or aqueous composition using a poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compound.
US11958907B2
This disclosure relates to antibodies that bind an epitope present on CD73 expressed at the surface of cells, including tumor cells, and that inhibit the enzymatic (ecto-5′ nucleotidase) activity of the CD73 enzyme. Such agents can be used for the treatment of diseases such as cancers.
US11958905B2
Disclosed is a fusion protein containing a brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). The fusion protein is a fusion protein of BDNF and a specific range of human anti-transferrin receptor antibody, which makes BDNF administered into the blood able to pass through the blood-brain barrier.
US11958893B2
The present disclosure provides methods of modulating an immune response in an individual. The present disclosure provides methods of treatment. The present disclosure provides methods comprising administering a multimeric polypeptide (synTac) and an immune checkpoint inhibitor to an individual. The present disclosure provides methods comprising administering a multimeric polypeptide (synTac) to an individual who is undergoing treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitor.
US11958892B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer in a human. The invention includes administering a genetically modified Th17 cell to express a CAR having an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, and an ICOS intracellular signaling domain.
US11958888B2
Nucleotide sequences including a micro-dystrophin gene are provided. The micro-dystrophin genes may be operatively linked to a regulatory cassette. Methods of treating a subject having, or at risk of developing, muscular dystrophy, sarcopenia, heart disease, or cachexia are also provided. The methods may include administering a pharmaceutical composition including the micro-dystrophin gene and a delivery vehicle to a subject. Further, the methods may include administering the pharmaceutical composition a subject having Duchenne muscular dystrophy or Becker muscular dystrophy.
US11958877B2
Disclosed herein, interalia, are compounds, compositions, and methods of using the same for the sequencing of a nucleic acid.
US11958876B2
Provided is a degradation inhibitor that delays the progress of the degradation reaction of 2ccPA and has an excellent stabilization effect by using a carbacyclic phosphatidic acid compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 represents hydrogen, alkali metal, alkyl, arylalkyl, or aryl; bonds indicated by solid and dotted lines represent single or double bonds; wavy lines represent single bonds; and when the single bond is adjacent to a double bond, the steric configuration is E-configuration, Z-configuration, or any mixture thereof.
US11958866B1
A synthetic protocol to use a thiourea or urea compound and auric chloride as starting materials to obtain thiazole and benzothiazole derivatives. The synthesis can be conducted at room temperature and the final compound can result from cyclization of the thiourea or urea compound in the presence of an Au salt from the auric chloride.
US11958860B2
The present invention discloses a crystal form A of a compound, where the compound is S-(−)-2,3-methylenedioxy-5,8,13,13a-tetrahydro-10,11-dimethoxy-6H-dibenzo[a, g]quinolizine, and an X-ray powder diffraction pattern of the crystal form A includes three or more 2θ values selected from the group consisting of: 12.21±0.2°, 13.381±0.2°, 15.181±0.2°, 16.171±0.2°, 17.101±0.2°, 19.801±0.2°, 21.511±0.2°, 24.391±0.2°, and 25.321±0.2°. The crystal form A of the compound of the present invention does not contain water and a solvent, has high stability and low hygroscopicity, and is suitable for patent medicine.
US11958857B1
Methods of treating cancer in a patient by administering 5-(1H-indol-3-yl)-1,3-substituted pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidine-2,4,7(1H,3H,8H)-trione to a patient in need thereof.
US11958841B2
Benzoxazine compounds, methods of making them, polymers made therefrom and methods of polymerizing the benzoxazines. These renewable benzoxazine monomers and polymers that utilize the variety of building blocks found in renewable plant biomass, demonstrate excellent processability and large temperature windows for processing of resin systems.
US11958840B2
The present disclosure relates generally to eukaryotic initiation factor 2B modulators, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, stereoisomer, mixture of stereoisomers, or prodrug thereof, and methods of making and using thereof.
US11958826B1
A 6′-(2-chlorophenyl)-2′-ethoxy-3,4′-bipyridine-3′-carbonitrile compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US11958825B2
The present invention includes novel compounds containing deuterated or partially deuterated xanthene and thioxanthene structures. These compounds may be useful as host materials with high triplet energies for phosphorescent electroluminescent devices.
US11958822B2
Compounds represented by formulae I, II, III, and IV including pro-drugs for treprostinil and prostacyclin analogs. Uses include treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH) or pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The structures of the compounds can be adapted to the particular application for a suitable treatment dosage. Transdermal applications can be used.
US11958815B1
A N′-(2-(5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-ylthio)acetoxy)-2-naphthimidamide compound, its synthesis, and its use as an anti-microbial agent.
US11958811B1
An 1-[4,5-bis(4-bromophenyl)-1-hexyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl]-2-naphthol compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US11958809B2
Provided are omecamtiv mecarbil dihydrochloride salt forms, compositions and pharmaceutical formulations thereof, and methods for their preparation and use.
US11958805B2
Provided herein are formulations, processes, solid forms and methods of use relating to (E)-1-(4-(1-(((4-cyclohexyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl)oxy)imino)ethyl)-2-ethylbenzyl)azetidine-3-carboxylic acid.
US11958796B2
The present invention relates to a compound having the general formula (1) wherein in the general formula (1) the residues R1 to R8 and Ar are the same or different and are independently from each other selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, unsubstituted hydrocarbon groups, substituted hydrocarbon groups and inorganic groups, wherein at least one of the residues R1 to R8 and Ar is a hydrophilic group, such as for instance a group comprising one or more polyethylene groups.
US11958793B2
A urea production plant including a synthesis and recovery section has a first evaporation section connected with the synthesis and recovery section and a first condensation section. A granulation section is connected to the first evaporation section. A scrubbing section is connected to the granulation section. A second evaporation section is connected to the scrubbing section. The second evaporation section is connected to the granulation section. A second condensation section is connected to the second evaporation section. A quenching section includes a liquid inlet for the distribution of a quenching liquid is located and connected between the granulation section and the scrubbing section and the quenching section is connected to a quenching liquid providing section and the second condensation section.
US11958779B2
The MnZn ferrite material includes principal components and auxiliary components, where the principal components include: 52.5 mol % to 53.8 mol % of Fe2O3, 8.8 mol % to 12 mol % of ZnO, and the balance of MnO; the auxiliary components include: 0.35 wt % to 0.5 wt % of Co2O3, 0.03 wt % to 0.08 wt % of CaSiO3, 0.01 wt % to 0.04 wt % of Nb2O5, and 0.05 wt % to 0.12 wt % of TiO2 and RE elemental components; the RE elemental components include one or more from the group consisting of 0 wt % to 0.04 wt % of Gd2O3, 0 wt % to 0.02 wt % of Ho2O3, and 0 wt % to 0.03 wt % of Ce2O3; the auxiliary components are all represented by a mass percentage relative to a total mass of the Fe2O3, the MnO, and the ZnO.
US11958763B2
A system and method for water purification by capture of contaminants in an aqueous mixture is described herein. A system and method for regenerating the capture system is also described. An integrated capture and regeneration system and method is also described including a separation vessel that houses a capture bed and an electrode in electrical contact with the bed and a power source for applying a voltage to the electrode. The applied voltage enhances capture of the contaminant from aqueous liquid on the capture bed and modulation of the applied voltage enhances release of contaminant on the capture bed into aqueous wash liquid to regenerate the bed. The aqueous wash liquid may contain a counter ion that binds to the contaminant forming an aggregate contaminant phase that separates from the aqueous wash liquid.
US11958759B2
A ternary oxide based composite cathode material for a lithium-sulfur battery and a preparation method thereof are provided wherein the composite cathode material includes: sulfur and LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 or LiNixCoyMn1-x-yO2 (0
US11958758B2
Disclosed is a ferromagnetic element-substituted room-temperature multiferroic material having ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity at room temperature, wherein the ferromagnetic element-substituted room-temperature multiferroic material includes a compound of chemical formula 1:
US11958749B2
The invention relates to methods of production of a silica concentrate from geothermal fluids. More particularly, although not exclusively, the invention relates to the production of a colloidal silica concentrate, colloidal silica or precipitated silica from high temperature geothermal fluids by ultrafiltration to produce size-specific silica colloids and step-wise concentration of silica to avoid precipitation or gelling.
US11958748B2
The present invention provides for an ice-nucleating particle for cloud seeding and other applications, which can initiate ice nucleation at a temperature of −8° C. Further, the ice nucleation particle number increased continuously and rapidly with the reducing of temperature. The ice nucleating particle in the present invention is a nanostructured porous composite of 3-dimensional reduced graphene oxide and silica dioxide nanoparticles (PrGO-SN). The present invention also provides for a process for synthesizing the PrGO-SN.
US11958746B2
A hydrocarbon reforming catalyst for producing a synthesis gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide from a hydrocarbon-based gas, the hydrocarbon reforming catalyst containing a complex oxide having a perovskite structure including at least Ba, Zr, and Ru; and a hydrocarbon reforming apparatus that includes the hydrocarbon-reforming catalyst.
US11958741B2
Apparatus and methods for facilitating an intramolecular reaction that occurs in single collisions of CO2 molecules (or their derivatives amenable to controllable acceleration, such as CO2+ ions) with a solid surface, such that molecular oxygen (or its relevant analogs, e.g., O2+ and O2− ions) is directly produced are provided. The reaction is driven by kinetic energy and is independent of surface composition and temperature. The methods and apparatus may be used to remove CO2 from Earth's atmosphere, while, in other embodiments, the methods and apparatus may be used to prevent the atmosphere's contamination with CO2 emissions. In yet other embodiments, the methods and apparatus may be used to obtain molecular oxygen in CO2-rich environments, such as to facilitate exploration of extraterrestrial bodies with CO2-rich atmospheres (e.g. Mars).
US11958737B2
A dispensing tap for liquids containers includes a main containing body equipped on one side with a liquid dispensing end and on the opposite side with an end designed to perform a connection with a container of liquids; a cap for actuating dispensing operations placed above the liquid dispensing end; and a stem for opening and closing the dispensing of liquids, placed inside the dispensing end and operatively coupled to the cap.
US11958716B2
A rope adjustor and a wearable item. The rope adjustor includes a base, a rope reel, a first linkage portion is arranged on the rope reel; a rotation-stopping tray, the rotation-stopping tray is arranged on and connected to the base, and the rope reel is arranged inside the rotation-stopping tray, a first rotation-stopping portion is arranged on one side of the rotation-stopping tray away from the base; and a rotatable cover, the rotatable cover is arranged on and rotationally connected to the rotation-stopping tray, and the rotatable cover is insertably connected to the rope reel, and one side of the rotatable cover facing the rotation-stopping tray is provided with a second linkage portion and a second rotation-stopping portion, the first linkage portion is cooperated with the second linkage portion, and the first rotation-stopping portion is cooperated with the second rotation-stopping portion.
US11958706B2
A consumer width sized roll comprising wound web material comprising a tail. The tail may comprise a bonding material. The bonding material may be arranged in a novel pattern.
US11958685B2
A lawn refuse bag insert includes a rear wall disposed at a rear end of the lawn refuse bag insert; a first side wall hingedly coupled to the rear wall at a first side of the lawn refuse bag insert; and a second side wall hingedly coupled to the rear wall at a second side of the lawn refuse bag insert opposite the first side; wherein the lawn refuse bag insert further defines a front end opposite the rear end, and wherein the lawn refuse bag insert is unobstructed at the front end from a top end of the lawn refuse bag insert to a bottom end of the lawn refuse bag insert.
US11958676B2
A container device that has an outer shell with an opening that is sealed by a closure mechanism. The closure mechanism can include magnetic strips that are configured to partially or wholly seal the opening.
US11958675B2
The present invention relates to a novel PTP blister packaging material, a PTP blister package comprising the same, and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a PET-based blister package which is easy to cut and can be formed with a smooth cut surface, a blister package manufactured using the same as well as a method of manufacturing the same.
US11958665B2
Provided is a system a push and turn child safety container with finger indents. The child safety container has an outer body having a first circular element bounded by a first circumferential wall extending normally away from the first circular element for a first distance, the distal end of the first outer wall having a retainer with an inner body having a second circular element bounded by a second circumferential wall extending normally away from the second circular element a second distance less than the first distance with an inner surface of the second circumferential wall having a first screw thread, the inner body nested with in the outer body and retained by the retainer. The screw element characterized by a circular first element having an outer circumferential wall having a plurality of indents structured and arranged to receive a user's finger, each of the plurality of indents providing an abutment surface to receive a substantial portion of a user's fingertip, the circumferential wall sections between the indents being substantially smooth; and a threaded circular wall extending normally from a circular first element below the indents, the threaded collar structured and arranged to be disposed within the inner body and engage the first threads of the inner surface of the second circumferential wall to temporarily bind the screw element with the inner body, the threaded collar defining at least a portion of a storage space for the safety container.
US11958657B2
Disclosed is a lidded magazine (100) for holding plural generally flat sample collection cards (10) in spaced parallel relation, the magazine is open at its top and includes upstanding opposed side walls (110,120), each wall (110,120) further including plural opposed pairs of inwardly extending wall ribs (112,122) spaced along each wall (110,120) to provide therebetween card accepting slots, a first slot dimension (W) being defined by the spacing between an interior face (154) of each wall, the magazine being characterised in that the walls (110,120) at the top (152) of each slot (150) are tapered outwardly such that the first dimension (W) is greatest at the top of the slot (150).
US11958656B2
The present disclosure relates to storage boxes commonly used to organize and store items such as school-related supplies that may be carried by a student. The storage boxes generally include a lid and a base. The base optionally includes a divider which provides for two or more storage portions within an interior of the base, while also acting as a functional grip on the outside of the box. A latch mechanism is provided which securely latches the lid and base together in a closed configuration.
US11958655B2
A pharmaceutical storage box to be stored in a pharmaceutical refrigerator so as to be freely movable in and out of the pharmaceutical refrigerator, the pharmaceutical storage box including: a bottom plate on which a pharmaceutical is placed, the pharmaceutical having an attached IC tag; a first side plate having an attached first antenna, the first side plate removably connected to a first end surface of the bottom plate; a second side plate removably connected to a second end surface of the bottom plate; and a back plate removably connected to a third end surface of the bottom plate, wherein the first side plate has a first connection structure connectable to the second end surface, wherein the second side plate has a second connection structure that is connectable to the first end surface.
US11958651B1
A device for filling containers has a top tray that engages with a bottom tray to fill containers. The bottom tray has a plurality of receiving slots to hold the containers and the top tray has a series of sleeves to insert into the containers for filling. An optional side tray collects excess food for later use or disposal. A method of using the device has the containers being secured by a plurality of receiving slots on the bottom tray, the plurality of sleeves on the top tray inserting into the plurality of containers, and food transferred or poured onto the top surface of the top tray, travelling through top openings on each of the plurality of sleeves to the containers.
US11958649B2
A plurality of strips of tape, attached to a single release liner and separated from the adjacent strip of material by a perforated area, i.e. perforated slits separate each strip of adhesive material and separate the base layers into sections. These perforations allow for the base layer featuring the strips of adhesive material to be folded such that the strips of adhesive material are aligned and for easy separation of the different sections of base layer featuring the strips of adhesive material. This configuration allows a single release liner, featuring a plurality of strips of adhesive material to be divided into separate release liners each featuring less than all the strips of adhesive material attached to same. The release liner can be folded along the perforations and packaged into a wrapper featuring a hanging hole making the finished product convenient to display.
US11958639B2
A supporting frame for aerospace applications comprises a plurality of rods, which are arranged along two bases substantially parallel and opposite each other, and along two sides, which are substantially parallel and opposite to each other and are coupled to each other via the two bases; the rods are coupled to each other in a mutually rotating manner by nodes so as to be able to configure the supporting frame between a deployed operating condition and a compacted operating condition; the nodes are spaced apart from one another in the deployed operating condition and are each hinged to at least two of the rods; in the compacted operating condition, each of the nodes is placed side by side with two adjacent nodes so as to form, together, two supporting members arranged at opposite longitudinal ends of the supporting frame and each being ring-shaped.
US11958633B2
The present technology relates to an artificial satellite and a control method thereof that enable to ensure quality of a captured image while suppressing battery consumption. An artificial satellite includes: an imaging device configured to perform imaging of a predetermined region on the ground; and a management unit configured to change accuracy of attitude control in accordance with a remaining battery amount at an instructed imaging time, and configured to change an imaging condition in accordance with accuracy of the attitude control. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an artificial satellite or the like that performs satellite remote sensing by formation flight.
US11958632B2
A data processing system for generating predictive maintenance models is disclosed, including one or more processors, a memory, and a plurality of instructions stored in the memory. The instructions are executable to receive a historical dataset relating to each system of a plurality of systems, the historical dataset including maintenance data and operational data. The instructions are further executable to evaluate correlation between each of a plurality of operational data features and maintenance events of the maintenance data, using a supervised machine learning classification model. The instructions are further executable to display a quantitative result of the evaluation for each operational data feature in a graphical user interface, receive a selection of one or more operational data features of the plurality of operational data features, and generate a predictive maintenance model using the selected one or more operational data features according to a machine learning method.
US11958626B2
An aircraft has a first principles takeoff processor (PCE), a predictive flight envelope protection processor (PFEP), and a maximum takeoff weight processor. The PCE is programmed to predict a liftoff location and an energy state of the aircraft at a liftoff on a runway. The PFEP is programmed to assess each of a plurality of potential trajectories for compliance with or violation of a predetermined flight envelope. The maximum weight processor is programmed to: indicate that the aircraft may takeoff at the aircraft weight when any one of the plurality of potential trajectories is in compliance with the predetermined flight envelope; iteratively reduce an input of the aircraft weight to the PCE until the PCE indicates that any one of the plurality of potential trajectories is in compliance with the predetermined flight envelope; and indicate that the input of the aircraft weight as reduced is a maximum allowable takeoff weight.
US11958623B2
A thermal management system for a gas turbine engine includes an additively manufactured nacelle component, at least a portion of the additively manufactured nacelle component forming an additively manufactured heat exchanger that extends into a fan bypass flow.
US11958621B1
An electric propulsion system for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, the electric propulsion system including an electrical motor having a stator and a rotor. The electric propulsion system may include a main shaft possessing at least one shoulder on an outer surface of the main shaft. The electric propulsion system may include a gearbox assembly comprising a sun gear that is concentrically aligned with the main shaft at least one planetary gear that interfaces with the sun gear. The electric propulsion system may include a planetary carrier, wherein a center of the planetary carrier is concentrically aligned with the main shaft. The electric propulsion system may include a propeller flange assembly that travels through the rotor, and an axial buttress positioned in the at least one shoulder located on the main shaft.
US11958619B2
A remote piloted aircraft comprising a secondary flight assembly adapted to intervene in case of failure or an emergency of the aircraft, said secondary flight assembly being provided with an additional control unit configured to process flight relevant data and which includes an additional receiver configured to receive commands from the remote pilot by means of a remote control unit, in case of failure or emergency said additional control unit being configured to generate, as a response, an activation command adapted to activate a first device to expel an upper wing placed in a first compartment of the aircraft and to inflate a lower wing housed in a second compartment of the aircraft, and also to generate an interdiction command of the primary propulsion unit, said upper wing being maneuverable by means of a further remote control unit.
US11958616B2
Air distribution nozzles, aircraft that include air distribution nozzles, and methods of utilizing air distribution nozzles are disclosed herein. The air distribution nozzles include an elongate inlet chamber, an elongate outlet chamber, and an elongate slot that extends between, and fluidly interconnects, the elongate inlet chamber and the elongate outlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles also include a suction inlet chamber that extends from a suction inlet port to the elongate inlet chamber. The suction inlet port opens into the suction inlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles further include a motive fluid inlet port that extends into the elongate inlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles also include a sensor port that extends into the suction inlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles further include an elongate outlet port that extends from the elongate outlet chamber.
US11958598B2
A wing for an aircraft is disclosed including a main wing, a leading edge high lift assembly having a leading edge high lift body, and a connection assembly movably connecting the leading edge high lift body to the main wing, wherein the connection assembly includes a drive system that is mounted to the main wing and connected to the leading edge high lift body for driving the leading edge high lift body between the retracted position and the extended position. The drive system includes a first drive unit and a second drive unit, the first drive unit has a first input section coupled to a drive shaft, a first gear unit and a first output section coupled to a first connection element and including a first output wheel. The second drive unit has a second input section coupled to the drive shaft, a second gear unit, and a second output section coupled to a second connection element and including a second output wheel.
US11958597B2
An aircraft wing assembly including a wing (3) and a wing tip device (4) at the tip of the wing (3), the wing tip device (4) having front and rear spars (14, 13), wherein the wing tip device (4) has a cross-brace spar (18) that links the front and rear spars and is oriented such that it is oblique to the front and rear spars (14, 13).
US11958595B2
An actuator for aviation applications, in particular for adjusting rotor blades in a helicopter, may include an electromechanical drive assembly connected to an output drive via a downstream transmission, where the drive assembly is divided into sub-drives that can be operated independently, and where at least two sub-drives are spatially separated from one another in that the transmission is placed between these sub-drives. The transmission may include at least two harmonic gearings coupled to one another by at least one first coupling element, where a first harmonic gearing is located inside a non-rotating first housing, where a second harmonic gearing is located inside a rotating second housing, and where the second housing is connected to the output drive.
US11958594B2
A cyclic pitch angle adjustment apparatus for a rotor or propeller and to a rotorcraft with such a rotor. The cyclic pitch angle adjustment apparatus may include levers that rotate rotor blades around associated pitch axes rods that mechanically link the levers with a bearing such that the rods are movable relative to the central point, the bearing being attached to a central rod that is movable and adapted for adjusting the cyclic pitch angle of the rotor blades from one pitch angle in one position to another pitch angle in another position.
US11958589B1
A rotor blade control system includes a main control valve having an inlet for receiving liquid and an outlet for issuing liquid to a rotor pitch change actuator. The main control valve is configured to control flow of liquid from the inlet to the outlet to modify pitch angle of rotor blades. A feathering system has a first conduit in fluid communication with the outlet of the main control valve, a second conduit in fluid communication with the rotor pitch change actuator, and a drain conduit in fluid communication with a liquid return system. The feathering system has a normal operation mode for supplying liquid from the main control valve to the rotor pitch change actuator, and a feathering mode for allowing drainage from the rotor pitch change actuator to the drain conduit across a range of flow rates.
US11958584B2
In a method for producing a PBO fiber with increased resistance against UV-caused degradation, a coating is provided on the PBO fibers, wherein the coating comprises graphene oxide cross-linked by polymerization with glutaraldehyde and resorcinol. The fibers are useful for lighter than air vehicles.
US11958580B2
An underwater communications network may include spaced apart nodes on a bottom of a body of water. The underwater communications network may also include fiber optic cabling connecting the spaced apart nodes. Each node may include a frame, a node short-range navigation device carried by the frame, and an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) carried by the frame after delivering a fiber optic cable along a navigation path from an adjacent node. The UUV may be configured to cooperate with the node short-range navigation device during an end portion of the navigation path adjacent the frame.
US11958579B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a system and method for performing an inspection of an underwater environment. Embodiments may include providing an autonomous underwater vehicle (“AUV”) and performing an inspection of an underwater environment using the AUV. Embodiments may further include acquiring real-time sensor data during the inspection of the underwater environment and applying an active simultaneous localization and mapping (“SLAM”) algorithm during the inspection, wherein applying includes estimating one or more virtual landmarks based upon, at least in part, at least one past measurement and a current estimate of AUV activity.
US11958577B1
A modular boat that includes a main body that is hollow and has suitcase like dimensions; inflatable floating elements that are detachable coupled to the main body via first mechanical interfaces; a boat control unit that is movably coupled to the main body and is configured to move between a first position to a second position, the first and second positions differ from each other by at least a distance of a distal part of the boat control unit from the main body; a propulsion unit; wherein a when the modular boat is at a disassembled state, the one or more inflatable floating elements are not detachably coupled to the main body.
US11958576B2
A method of determining the draft of a vessel comprising the steps of: measuring the draft of the vessel using at least one optical imaging device to provide optical draft measurement data; measuring the draft of the vessel using elevation data provided by at least one GNSS or GPS device so as to provide elevation draft measurement data; and using the elevation draft measurement data and the optical draft measurement data to determine the draft of the vessel.
US11958570B1
A sandwich cable fairing designed for attachment to cables that are towed at operational speeds by marine vessels. The sandwich cable fairing has a design that combines layers of elastic and damping materials. The fairing dampens the vibration caused when the cable is towed at operational speeds. The outer layers (“bread”) of the fairing are made from a material with a modulus of elasticity that provides a desired amount of stiffness. In the middle of the sandwich cable fairing is damping layer made from a viscoelastic material. The layering of materials allows the fairing to have the flexibility to be crushed by cable equipment while maintaining the requisite stiffness to reducing flapping and the resulting vibration.
US11958560B1
A kids bicycle balance training handle is provided, including a fastening base, a handle bar, and a grip cover. The fastening base includes a handle clamp portion and a seat-post clamp portion. The handle clamp portion and the seat-post clamp portion are arranged opposite to each other. The seat-post clamp portion is movably clamped on and fixed to a seat post of a bicycle. The handle clamp portion is movably clamped on and fixed to a fixed section of the handle bar. The handle bar includes the fixed section and a sleeved section, and the fixed section is arranged non-coaxially with respect to the sleeved section. The grip cover is sleeved on an outer surface of the sleeved section. The seat-post clamp portion can be clamped on an outer surface of the seat post, and the handle clamp portion can be clamped on the handle bar.
US11958550B2
A track system for traction of a vehicle (e.g., a compact track loader or other construction vehicle) which may be designed to improve ride quality (e.g., reduce vibrations) for an operator and/or enhance other aspects of its performance or that of the vehicle. For example, a track of the track system may be frictionally driven and without transversal rigid parts (e.g., metallic cores). Also, power generation and transmission functions may be implemented by the track system. For instance, a motor and a transmission may be at least mostly contained within the track system.
US11958543B2
A motor control system includes an inverter, and a control calculation unit that feedback-controls the inverter. The control calculation unit includes a voltage control calculation unit that calculates a voltage command value indicating a voltage to be applied to the motor from the inverter on the basis of a current deviation between a current command value and an actual current detection value, a torque ripple compensation calculation unit that adds a compensation value for compensating a torque ripple in the motor to a signal value on at least one of an upstream side and a downstream side in a signal flow that passes through the voltage control calculation unit, and a current limit calculation unit that limits the current command value by adaptive control based on an actual angular velocity value indicating an angular velocity at which the motor rotates.
US11958538B2
Embodiments of the disclosure include a mud flap for a vehicle having a mounting section and a barrier section. The barrier section is configured to deflect matter discharged from a tire during vehicle operation. The width of the mounting section is greater than the width of the barrier section. The mounting section optionally includes a first set of mounting features, each of the mounting features forming a recess or aperture. One mounting feature of the first set of mounting features is arranged at and/or beyond a widthwise extent of the barrier section width. The one mounting feature is also arranged at least partially within a portion of the mounting section width extending outwardly from a widthwise extent of the barrier section width. Further embodiments include mounting a single wide mud flap on a vehicle configured to receive a dual wide mud flap.
US11958535B2
An apparatus and methods are provided for a modular front drivetrain comprising a single assembly that may be installed onto and removed from a vehicle. The modular front drivetrain comprises a modular chassis supporting a transaxle, a front differential, and a steering gear for operating front wheels of the vehicle. The transaxle, the front differential and drive axles convey torque from an engine onboard the vehicle to the front wheels. A spindle assembly is coupled with each front wheel of the vehicle and pivotally joined with the modular chassis by way of a front suspension system. Steering rods coupled with the spindle assemblies horizontally rotate the front wheels according to operation of a steering wheel onboard the vehicle. The modular front drivetrain advantageously facilitates replacing an entire drivetrain and suspension assembly quickly and easily in the event of a part failure during racing applications.
US11958533B2
A side frame assembly for a vehicle includes a rocker structure and an inboard stiffening beam. The rocker structure includes a metal sheet that has longitudinal bends along a length of the rocker structure separating the upper wall, the lower wall, and the inner wall of the rocker structure. The inboard stiffening beam is disposed along an inboard-facing surface of the inner wall of the rocker structure. The inboard stiffening beam includes a second metal sheet that is formed to define a tubular shape along a length of the inboard stiffening beam. The tubular shape includes a planar upper wall and/or a planar lower wall, the planar extent of which intersects a portion of the rocker structure, such as the inner wall, to form a lateral load path from the rocker structure to the tubular shape of inboard stiffening beam.
US11958531B2
The invention relates to a vehicle, comprising a chassis extending between the rear end and the front end of the vehicle, the chassis comprising two frame members having their main directions of extension along the longitudinal direction and being located on a respective side of a longitudinal geometrical centre axis of the chassis. Resilient elements, such as bushings, are provided on the chassis. A collision protection structure is located between said two frame members and is configured to absorb energy by becoming deformed when the chassis is subjected to a rearwardly directed impact force which is greater than a threshold force, wherein the collision protection structure is suspended from the chassis by said resilient elements so as to act as a mass damper under normal operating conditions.
US11958524B1
A handle assembly for an infant carrier is provided. The handle assembly allows the handle to be oriented in one of a plurality of positions, such as a stroller position, and infant carrier position and a car seat position. The handle assembly may include a locking mechanism allowing a handle extension to be extended only when the handle rotated to the stroller position. The handle assembly may also include a blocking mechanism that prevents the handle from rotating from the stroller position if the handle is extended.
US11958519B2
A method for operating a railway system. Cryptographic data which includes at least one key and/or at least one digital certificate is stored in a storage device of a vehicle of the railway system. The vehicle transmits the cryptographic data to at least one track-side device of the railway system when the vehicle is in communication range of the least one track-side device as part of the train travel. There is also described a corresponding rail vehicle of a railway system.
US11958517B2
The present invention relates to an intelligent train operation adjustment system and method based on real-time passenger flow. The system includes a real-time passenger flow counting module, a real-time passenger flow and transport capacity matching module, and an intelligent train operation adjustment module, the real-time passenger flow counting module counts current real-time passenger flow and inputs the current real-time passenger flow into the real-time passenger flow and transport capacity matching module, the real-time passenger flow and transport capacity matching module matches a current passenger flow demand with a current transport capacity of a line, and the intelligent train operation adjustment module adjusts a working diagram in real time based on the real-time passenger flow and an operation result of the matching module, and adds or removes a train and arranges a path plan for the train with reference to a dispatching plan and device information. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages: quick, flexible, and accurate.
US11958514B2
A device for detecting railway equipment defects, comprising at least three diagnostic modules mounted on a generic railway vehicle: a first module (geometrical module) configured to measure at least a geometrical feature of the track; a second module (acceleration module) configured to measure in at least a point of said vehicle the side and/or vertical accelerations transmitted from the track to said vehicle; a third module (visual module) configured to acquire the images of the track elements and to analyze them to verify the presence of anomalies; said modules being configured to associate with each detection carried out when the railway vehicle passes, on which they are mounted, the position where the detection was carried out and to calculate, for each detection, a severity index representative of the deviation of the detection with respect to the standard condition without defects.
US11958506B2
A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a position of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to control one or both of acceleration/deceleration and steering of the vehicle and to cause the vehicle to travel in one of a plurality of driving modes in which tasks imposed on an occupant of the vehicle are different, and a mode determiner configured to determine a driving mode which is to be performed by the driving controller. The recognizer recognizes first road information including road marking objects near the vehicle with respect to a position of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result from an external sensor, recognizes second road information including road marking objects near the vehicle from map information on the basis of position information of the vehicle, and performs a process of recognizing the position of the vehicle through matching between the first road information and the second road information. The mode determiner switches the driving mode of the vehicle to a driving mode in which a task imposed on the occupant of the vehicle is heavier than that of a driving mode which is being performed by the vehicle when switching conditions for switching the driving mode of the vehicle are satisfied after the position of the vehicle has become unable to be recognized.
US11958505B2
The technology relates to determining a source of a horn honk or other noise in an environment around one or more self-driving vehicles. Aspects of the technology leverage real-time information from a group of self-driving vehicles regarding received acoustical information. The location and pose of each self-driving vehicle in the group, along with the precise arrangement of acoustical sensors on each vehicle, can be used to triangulate or otherwise identify the actual location in the environment for the origin of the horn honk or other sound. Other sensor information, map data, and additional data can be used narrow down or refine the location of a likely noise source. Once the location and source of the noise is known, each self-driving vehicle can use that information to modify current driving operations and/or use it as part of a reinforcement learning approach for future driving situations.
US11958499B2
The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods to classify a road based on a level of support offered by the road for autonomous driving operations. An example method may involve a computer receiving sensor data from a vehicle, the sensor data containing information about a current functional condition of a road. The computer may predict a future functional condition of the road by using a deterioration model to evaluate the sensor data. The computer may then determine a level of support offered by the road for autonomous driving operations based on the future functional condition of the road, and assign a classification to the road based on the level of support offered by the road for autonomous driving operations. The level of support offered by the road for autonomous driving operations may also be based on items such as road markings, traffic signs, traffic signals, and/or infrastructure elements.
US11958491B2
A target vehicle, for example a two-wheeled vehicle, for mounting onto an ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) testing platform is provided. The target vehicle comprises one or more sensors and an actuation assembly comprising an actuator. The sensors are arranged to measure a parameter relating to the dynamics of the target vehicle and may for example comprise accelerometers. The actuation assembly adjusts the tilt of the target vehicle in dependence on the output of the sensor(s), for example by means of a control unit. The tilting of the vehicle during cornering may thus be simulated. The measuring of such a parameter and the adjusting of the tilt may be conducted remotely from the testing platform. The sensor(s), control unit and actuator assembly may be self-contained within the target vehicle. A method of modeling a VRU (Vulnerable Road User) for ADAS testing is also provided.
US11958487B2
An example operation includes one or more of traveling, by a first transport, in a first lane, determining, by the first transport, that a speed of a second transport is greater than a speed of the first transport when the second transport is behind the first transport, determining, by the first transport, that no other transports are ahead of the first transport by a first distance in the first lane and beside the first transport by a second distance in a second lane, maneuvering, by the first transport, to the second lane allowing the second transport to pass the first transport in the first lane, and maneuvering, by the first transport, to the first lane when there are no other transports traveling in the first lane at a third distance behind the first transport and at or near the speed of the second transport.
US11958473B2
A system and method for using human driving patterns to detect and correct abnormal driving behaviors of autonomous vehicles are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: generating data corresponding to a normal driving behavior safe zone; receiving a proposed vehicle control command; comparing the proposed vehicle control command with the normal driving behavior safe zone; and issuing a warning alert if the proposed vehicle control command is outside of the normal driving behavior safe zone. Another embodiment includes modifying the proposed vehicle control command to produce a modified and validated vehicle control command if the proposed vehicle control command is outside of the normal driving behavior safe zone.
US11958471B2
A four-wheel drive vehicle includes: a drive-power distribution device for distributing a drive power from an engine to main and auxiliary drive wheels with a drive-power distribution ratio between the main drive wheels and auxiliary drive wheels; and a control apparatus for controlling an electric motor such that the drive-power distribution ratio becomes a target distribution ratio value, by setting an electric-current command value for driving an electric motor. The control apparatus is configured, in a drive-power transmitted state in which the drive power is transmitted to the drive-power distribution device, to execute a command-value reduction control operation for causing the electric motor to be driven with the electric-current command value being set to a value smaller than in a drive-power non-transmitted state in which the drive power is not being transmitted to the drive-power distribution device.
US11958468B2
A method for operating a motor vehicle including a drive mechanism having at least a first drive unit and at least a second drive unit is provided. The method includes providing a drive torque directed at the driving of the motor vehicle in a first setting of the drive mechanism only by means of the second drive unit and in a second setting by means of both drive units, wherein upon exceeding a start-up threshold value by a demanded preset power there is a switching from the first setting to the second setting, and upon falling below a shut-off threshold value by the demanded preset power there is a switching from the second setting to the first setting. It is provided that the start-up threshold value and/or the shut-off threshold value is determined in dependence on a driving resistance of the motor vehicle and/or a vehicle weight of the motor vehicle. A motor vehicle employing the method is also provided.
US11958458B2
A vehicle controller includes a collision detector, a braking controller, a motional state detector, and a minor collision determiner. The collision detector is configured to detect a collision between a vehicle and another object. The braking controller is configured to cause a braking device of the vehicle to generate a braking force in accordance with the detecting of the collision by the collision detector. The motional state detector is configured to detect a motional state of the vehicle. The minor collision determiner is configured to determine, based on an output from the motional state detector, that a minor collision occurs that is a collision not detected by the collision detector. The braking controller is configured to cause the braking device to generate the braking force if the collision detector does not detect the collision and the minor collision determiner determines that the minor collision occurs.
US11958444B2
An aircraft windshield wiper system includes a wiper blade with a composite support member and a blade element that interfaces with the windshield of the aircraft to clear the windshield of rain and other debris. The composite support member includes a wash tube integral with the composite support member, such that the wash tube receives windshield washing fluid from a fluid reservoir and dispenses the fluid onto the windshield of the aircraft. A plurality of clips can be used to couple the composite support member to the blade element.
US11958440B2
A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The component may comprise a track and a console configured to latch to the track and unlatch from the track to move along the track. The component may comprise a drive mechanism comprising a motor, a first cable to move the console forward and a second cable to move the console rearward. The component may comprise a controller and a retaining mechanism comprising an actuator and a lock mechanism. The controller may send a signal to the actuator to actuate the lock mechanism and may send a signal to the drive mechanism to move the console. The actuator may be configured to move a pin into engagement with a hole in the track to secure the console to the track. The lock mechanism may comprise a set of pins configured to engage a set of holes in the track.
US11958431B1
An assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle body having a body side. A seat is adjacent the body side. The seat includes a seatback and a seat bottom extending in a seat-forward direction from the seatback. The seatback and seat bottom defines an occupant-seating area. A head airbag is mounted to the seatback and is inflatable over the occupant-seating area. A knee airbag is mounted to the body side. The knee airbag is inflatable from the body side to an inflated position. The knee airbag in the inflated position is adjacent to the seat bottom in the seat-forward direction from the seat bottom.
US11958420B2
A wire harness includes a wiring member, an exterior member through which the wiring member is inserted, and a protector that is fixed to a vehicle and holds the exterior member. The protector includes a holding member that holds the exterior member, a fixing member that is fixed to the vehicle, and a tubular member that is formed in a tubular shape and on which the holding member and the fixing member are disposed. At least one of the holding member or the fixing member includes a columnar structure that is formed in a columnar shape and is slidingly fittable into the tubular member.
US11958417B2
A system or device for mounting personal electronics such as tablet computers, smart phones, or laptops to seatbacks during travel. The device uses a series of jointed elements to allow for securing the device to a variety of seatbacks commonly found in automobiles, buses, trains, aircraft, and watercraft. The device also allows for personal electronics of varying shapes, sizes, and configurations to be secured to the seatback through the device so that a user may comfortably use his or her personal electronics without interfering with a tray table or requiring the user to hold his or her personal electronic items.
US11958416B2
A sensor that includes a switch unit and that detects a pressure applied from the front side to the switch unit or a finger approaching the switch unit from the front side is located on the back side of upholstery. A base member has a protruding portion on its surface. The upholstery includes: a light-transmitting region that is located over a light guide portion of the base member and the switch unit of the sensor and that allows light from a light source to transmit therethrough to the front side; and a non-light-transmitting region that blocks the light from the light source. A raised portion that is raised on the front side of the upholstery is located near the light-transmitting region in the non-light-transmitting region of the upholstery. The protruding portion of the base member is placed in the raised portion from the back side of the upholstery.
US11958396B2
A hidden type holder device includes: a stationary assembly, a movable assembly, and a first return spring, the movable assembly is accommodated in the stationary assembly and movable to the inside or outside of the stationary assembly, the movable assembly has a retractable holder assembly for accommodating an article, and two opposite end portions of the return spring are respectively mounted on the stationary assembly and the movable assembly.
