US11989458B2
Technology is disclosed herein for handling of mixed random read and sequential read command sequences. Plane read commands are formed from one or more sequential read commands. A sequential read command may be split into multiple plane read commands at plane boundaries. The plane read commands are submitted to the respective planes as asynchronous independent plane read commands. Random read commands may be submitted to the planes as asynchronous independent plane read (AIPR) commands on par with the split sequential read commands. Therefore, AIPR may be used for both sequential read commands and random read commands. Submitting a split sequential read command to one or more planes while one or more other planes are performing a random read command can significantly improve performance.
US11989453B2
A production host can learn the production state awareness (PSA) modes supported by a memory device and select a particular of one of the supported PSA modes. The memory device can receive host image data from the production host and write the host image data according to the selected PSA mode. The memory device can set a PSA state to load complete after writing the host image data. The memory device can thereby be better situated for being soldered to a memory sub-system.
US11989451B2
A method for operating a memory controller, the method including: receiving a first command from a first host; storing the first command in a queue; when the first command has a higher priority than a second command currently being performed, pausing an operation of the second command and performing a read operation of the first command; and continuing the operation of the second command after completion of the read operation of the first command.
US11989448B2
Provided herein may be a memory controller and a memory system including the same. The memory controller includes a scanning period controller configured to reset, whenever scanning points sequentially arrive, access information indicating whether each of a plurality of pages is accessed, and set a scanning interval for each of the pages between the scanning points for the page based on an attribute of the page, an attribute determiner configured to determine, as a hot page or a cold page, the attribute of each of the pages based on an access interval for the page from the first scanning point among the scanning points for the page to time at which access to data stored in the page is requested, and a memory allocator configured to control first and second memory devices based on the attributes of the pages.
US11989446B2
The present technology relates to a storage device that allows access to the storage device without accessing a main memory of a host by allocating a portion of a mapping area of a buffer memory to a cache area. The storage device includes a memory device including a plurality of memory cells, a memory controller configured to control an operation performed on the memory device, and a buffer memory including a cache area and a mapping area in which mapping data indicating a mapping relationship between a logical block address and a physical block address corresponding to the operation is stored. The buffer memory allocates a portion of the mapping area to the cache area according to an allocation request received from a host, and stores data except for the mapping data in the cache area.
US11989444B2
A memory controller that controls a nonvolatile memory in response to commands from a host includes a normal transfer queue and a priority transfer queue, a transfer packet priority determination unit, a transfer queue selector, and a transfer packet selector. The transfer packet priority determination unit determines whether a transfer packet is a priority packet based on transmission information of the transfer packet. The transfer queue selector selects the priority transfer queue and stores the transfer packet in the priority transfer queue if the transfer packet is determined as a priority packet, and selects the normal transfer queue and stores the transfer packet in the normal transfer queue if the transfer packet is not determined as a priority packet. The transfer packet selector transfers to the host a priority packet stored in the priority transfer queue preferentially with respect to a normal packet stored in the normal transfer queue.
US11989440B2
Numerous embodiments of a hybrid memory system are disclosed. The hybrid memory can store weight data in an array in analog form when used in an analog neural memory system or in digital form when used in a digital neural memory system. Input circuitry and output circuitry are capable of supporting both forms of weight data.
US11989439B2
Methods, systems, and devices for memory operations are described. A host system may obtain data for writing to a memory system. The host system may send, to the memory system, an indication that the data is to be written to the memory system, and the memory system may remove invalid data at the memory system until the memory system has sufficient resources to store the data. Based on the memory system having sufficient resources, the memory system may delay background operations at the memory system until the data has been written to the memory system. The memory system may also create a restore point based on the memory system having sufficient resources and receiving the data. In other examples, the removal of invalid data at the memory system may be delayed until after the data is written to the memory system.
US11989432B2
Techniques for rebuilding space accounting counters in mapping layers of storage appliances. The techniques include uniquely associating top levels of a mapping layer of a storage appliance with respective storage objects. The techniques further include determining amounts of logical storage space consumed by the respective storage objects from mappings of LBAs of the respective storage objects to virtual blocks of a virtual layer of the storage appliance. The techniques further include determining amounts of physical storage space consumed by the respective storage objects from logged information pertaining to each leaf pointer of a leaf level of the mapping layer that points to a virtual block in the virtual layer, each virtual block being mapped to a physical block in a physical layer of the storage appliance. The techniques further include using multi-threading to determine amounts of logical storage space consumed by dynamically adjustable ranges of the respective storage objects.
US11989426B2
Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for power management of non-volatile storage (NVM) systems. A non-volatile storage system may include a first interface to be coupled to a host, a NVM device, a storage controller including a command queue and a processor, and a second interface coupling the storage controller and the NVM device. The processor may be configured to handle data transfer requests from the host in an active power state, monitor the command queue and a data transfer rate on the first interface, determine that the data transfer rate falls below a predetermined threshold and the command queue is empty, enter a pseudo-idle power state, determine that there is a new command from the host, and exit the pseudo-idle power state and enter the active power state.
US11989422B2
A memory device, an electronic device, and a method of operating the memory device are provided. The memory device includes: a volatile memory including a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines, and configured to provide output data stored in target memory cells, among the plurality of memory cells, based on a first read command and an address received from a host; a recovery logic circuit configured to provide hint data indicating first bit lines to which defective cells are connected, and second bit lines to which normal cells are connected, among the plurality of bit lines; and an Error Correction Circuit (ECC) configured to generate corrected data by correcting an error in the output data based on the output data and the hint data, and to provide the corrected data to the host.
US11989421B2
Apparatuses and methods can be related to implementing adjustable data protection schemes using artificial intelligence. Implementing adjustable data protection schemes can include receiving failure data for the plurality of memory devices and receiving an indication of a failure of a stripe of the plurality of memory devices based on the failure data. Based on failure data, and the indication of the failure of the stripe of the plurality of memory devices, a data protection scheme adjustment can be generated for the memory device. The data protection scheme adjustment can be received from the AI accelerator and can be implemented by a plurality of memory devices.
US11989419B2
The disclosure provides an approach for storage device write performance improvement in a remote computing environment. Embodiments include creating, on a remote device that is remote from a client device, a virtual storage device corresponding to a physical storage device physically connected to the client device. Embodiments include receiving, by a driver on the remote device, a request from an application on the remote device to perform a write operation with respect to the virtual storage device. Embodiments include sending, by the remote device, a write operation to the client device based on the request. Embodiments include prior to receiving a confirmation from the client device that the write operation was received or completed, sending, by the driver, to the application, a message indicating that the write operation is complete. Embodiments include receiving, by the driver, based on the message, an additional request to perform an additional write operation.
US11989416B2
A computing device includes a system-on-a-chip. The computing device comprises a network interface controller (NIC) that hosts a plurality of virtual functions and physical functions. Two or more compute nodes are coupled to the NIC. Each compute node is configured to operate a plurality of Virtual Machines (VMs). Each VM is configured to operate in conjunction with a virtual function via a virtual function driver. A dedicated VM operates in conjunction with a virtual NIC using a physical function hosted by the NIC via a physical function driver hosted by the compute node. The computing device further comprises a fabric manager configured to own a physical function of the NIC, to bind virtual functions hosted by the NIC to individual compute nodes, and to pool I/O devices across the two or more compute nodes.
US11989415B2
In some examples, a system computes a measure of data overwrites to a data segment stored in a storage structure, where the measure of data overwrites indicates a quantity of overwrites of data in the data segment. The system compares the measure of data overwrites to a criterion. In response to determining that the measure of data overwrites has a first relationship with respect to the criterion, the system disables data reduction for the data segment.
US11989412B2
A storage system includes a CPU, a first memory module, a second memory module, and a storage device. The processor and the first memory module are installed in the same node. The second memory module are replaceable without shutting down power supply of the node. The first memory module stores an operating system and a program for managing user data to be stored in the storage device. The second memory module stores cache data of the user data to be stored in the storage device. The processor is configured to store a copy of data to be stored in the second memory module in the third memory module.
US11989411B2
An electronic apparatus and a hotkey prompt method thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps. A power-on self-test (POST) procedure of a basic input output system (BIOS) is performed. During the POST procedure, a display panel of a keyboard module is controlled to display a first keyboard layout, so as to display at least one hotkey corresponding to at least one hotkey function of the BIOS via the display panel. After a hotkey input operation is received via the keyboard, a first hotkey function of the at least one hotkey function of the BIOS is performed. The hotkey input operation is used to enable the first hotkey function. In response to performing the first hotkey function, the display panel of the keyboard module is controlled to display a second keyboard layout.
US11989408B2
A touch sensor system includes touch sensors, drive-sense circuits (DSCs), memory, and a processing module. A DSC drives a first signal via a single line coupling to a touch sensor and simultaneously senses, when present, a second signal that is uniquely associated with a user. The DSC processes the first signal and/or the second signal to generate a digital signal that is representative of an electrical characteristic of the touch sensor. The processing module executes operational instructions (stored in the memory) to process the digital signal to detect interaction of the user with the touch sensor and to determine whether the interaction of the user with the touch sensor compares favorably with authorization. When not authorized, the processing module aborts execution of operation(s) associated with the interaction of the user with the touch sensor. Alternatively, when authorized, the processing module facilitates execution of the operation(s).
US11989407B2
A method is provided for modifying an image. The method comprises displaying an image, the image comprising a portion of an object; and determining if an edge of the object is in a location within the portion. The method further comprises detecting movement, in a member direction, of an operating member with respect to the edge. The method still further comprises moving, if the edge is not in the location, the object in an object direction corresponding to the detected movement; and modifying, if the edge is in the location, the image in response to the detected movement, the modified image comprising the edge in the location.
US11989403B2
Provided is an information processing device including at least one processor, the at least one processor executing a first obtaining process for obtaining accessory equipment data transmitted from each of pieces of accessory equipment included in an accessory equipment group, a first converting process for converting the accessory equipment data, which has been obtained in the first obtaining process, into a particular format, and a first providing process for providing, to main equipment, the accessory equipment data whose format has been converted in the first converting process.
US11989397B2
A method of updating a display of a symbol representative of changes in price during a time period, the method includes generating and displaying a first symbol comprising an intra-body fill area for each intra-time period of a first plurality of equal intra-time periods in the time period, receiving an input event, and in response to the received input event, generating and displaying a second symbol in place of the first symbol, the second symbol comprising an intra-body fill area for each intra-time period of a second plurality of equal intra-time periods in the time period wherein a number of the second plurality of equal intra-time periods is different from a number of the first plurality of equal intra-time periods.
US11989393B2
Systems and methods for aggregating data. The system is configured to receive metadata from an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) of a user device, aggregate field values from the data stored on one or more databases based on the received metadata and generate filter instructions based on the received metadata. The system is further configured to transmit the aggregated field values and the filter instructions to the user device, receive a user-customized filter set and subscription request for a synthetic symbol associated with the user-customized filter set from the user device, and create the synthetic symbol responsive to the subscription request. Moreover, the system aggregates one or more data values from the data stored on the databases associated with the created synthetic symbol and generates instructions to display the data values on the interactive GUI in accordance with the user-customized filter set associated with the created synthetic symbol.
US11989389B2
An embodiment terminal system for a taxi vehicle includes a first terminal positioned for a passenger of the taxi vehicle, and a second terminal positioned for a driver of the taxi vehicle and configured to display a first communication user interface (UI) for receiving information to be transferred from the driver to the passenger on a first screen, and in response to any one of first options included in the first communication UI being selected, to transmit first message information that is determined based on the selected any one first option to the first terminal, wherein the first options included in the first communication UI are chosen based on driving status information of the taxi vehicle, a boarding type of the passenger, or surrounding environment information of the taxi vehicle.
US11989385B2
This application provides a cursor display method and an electronic device. The method includes: a cursor system may display a cursor on a display interface and move the cursor on the display interface based on a user operation. When the cursor moves to a control, a view system may redraw and display the cursor in the control to implement an adsorption feedback effect of the cursor, so that a user may determine that an actual position of the cursor has moved to the control.
US11989371B2
A display device includes a display panel, an input sensor having a plurality of first sensing electrodes and a plurality of second sensing electrodes, and a readout circuit that includes a noise filter electrically connected to the plurality of first sensing electrodes and the plurality of second sensing electrodes to remove noise of a receiving signal received from the plurality of first sensing electrodes and the plurality of second sensing electrodes. The readout circuit determines which of the first sensing electrodes are influenced by a touch based on the receiving signal as influenced electrodes, during a first sensing mode. The readout circuit adjusts a passband of the noise filter based on the number of influenced electrode and transmits a transmitting signal to the influenced electrodes, during a second sensing mode.
US11989367B2
Provided are a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes: a substrate; a plurality of touch electrodes at least partially located on the substrate in a display area; a plurality of touch leads located on the substrate, one ends of the touch leads being coupled to the touch electrodes, and the other ends of the touch leads being located in a peripheral area; a plurality of data leads located on the substrate in the peripheral area; and a plurality of shield lines located on the substrate in the peripheral area, orthographic projections of the shield lines on the substrate being located between orthographic projections of the touch leads on the substrate and orthographic projections of the data leads on the substrate, and at least two of the plurality of shield lines in the display panel being connected to each other in a shorted manner.
US11989359B1
Embodiments relate to virtualization of digital crown actions based on actions performed with an electronic pen. A technique includes communicatively coupling a smartwatch to an electronic pen, the smartwatch including a rotatable piece, where the rotatable piece controls a plurality of functionalities of the smartwatch. The technique includes receiving data from the electronic pen, and in response to receiving the data from the electronic pen, controlling at least one of the plurality of functionalities.
US11989357B1
Systems and methods are described in which a light beam generated by a handheld device is used to point toward a selected object or location within a printed page containing visual content, for example displayed in a book or magazine. The object(s) and/or location being pointed at may be determined using a device camera pointed in the same direction as the beam coupled with computer vision methods to determine locations of camera-acquired images within a database of page-content templates. The database may include interactive sequences and/or scenarios associated with page objects and locations. Such interactive sequences may augment the visual content of a printed book to include audible elements, additional visual components, and/or haptic stimulation enacted by the handheld device. Systems and methods may provide simple and intuitive methods for human-machine interactions that may be particularly well-suited for children and other learners.
US11989354B2
Apparatus for detecting movements of a person using the apparatus for the purpose of transforming the movements into a virtual space, comprising a seat (110; 210; 410), sensors which detect the movements of the feet of the person using the apparatus, and cyber foot covers (50a; 50b; 50c; 50d) for receiving at least one of the sensors. The seat (110; 210; 410) comprises a support member (103; 203) adapted in that a seat element (105; 205), on which the person using the apparatus can sit, is attachable to an upper portion of the support member (103; 203) and in that the load of the seat element (105; 205) is received substantially along a vertically arranged longitudinal axis of the support member (103; 203) and transferred downwards to a ground. The seat (110; 210; 410) is rotatably arranged relative to the ground and is shaped such that at least a movement of the legs from the knee to the distal end of the legs of the person using the apparatus is allowed. The cyber foot covers (50a; 50b; 50c; 50d) each have a sole (58; 71) and fastening means (61; 62; 74; 76) with which the cyber foot covers (50a; 50b; 50c) can be fastened to the legs of the person using the apparatus. The sole (58; 71) of the cyber foot covers (50a; 50b; 50c; 50d) is curved so as to allow a continuous sliding rolling movement of the feet of the person using the apparatus during movement of the legs of the person using the apparatus.
US11989352B2
An interaction method for a display device includes: receiving a laser signal emitted by an emission device, wherein the laser signal is displayed on a laser sensing screen of the display device in at least one laser cursor; obtaining position information of the at least one laser cursor on the laser sensing screen; obtaining operation information transmitted by the emission device; and performing a corresponding operation according to the operation information and the position information of the at least one laser cursor. A display device and a non-transitory storage medium are also provided.
US11989351B2
A system is disclosed, comprising an array of sensors disposed on a plurality of aerial vehicles, a sensor array controller for controlling the plurality of aerial vehicles, a physical feedback mechanism for providing physical feedback to a user, the physical feedback mechanism being configured to be worn on the user's body, and a feedback controller. The sensor array controller is configured to reposition the plurality of aerial vehicles so as to provide a line of sight between each one of the plurality of sensors and a respective part of the user's body monitored by said one of the plurality of sensors. The feedback controller is configured to determine a current position of the user's body based on information obtained using the plurality of sensors, and to control the physical feedback mechanism to provide physical feedback to the user in dependence on the determined position of the user's body.
US11989348B2
Method for generating haptic feedback responses using haptic augmentations starts with processor receiving a media content item from a first client device and receiving from the first client device a selection of a haptic overlay associated with a haptic feedback response to be applied to the media content item. The processor generates a modified media content item by overlaying the haptic overlay on the media content item. The processor receives from the first client device a selection of a second user associated with the second user and causes the modified media content item to be displayed by a second user interface of the second client device. The processor detects a selection of the haptic overlay from the second client device, and in response to detecting the selection of the haptic overlay, causing the second user interface to generate the haptic feedback response. Other embodiments are described herein.
US11989343B2
An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: transmit a pose and interactivity stream to a server, the pose and interactivity stream comprising data based on information obtained from at least one sensor; determine a validity of the pose and interactivity stream, the validity comprising at least one criterion for which the data within the pose and interactivity stream is considered valid; signal at least one parameter that defines the validity of the pose and interactivity stream; and signal a current state of the validity of the pose and interactivity stream.
US11989333B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a request to install a guest virtual machine on a physical host; identifying a UUID of the physical host; generating a virtual machine reference value; defining a modified UUID of the guest virtual machine comprising the UUID of the physical host and the virtual machine reference value; and assigning the modified UUID to the guest virtual machine, the physical host being identifiable via the modified UUID of the guest virtual machine. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11989325B1
Protecting membership in secure multi-party computation and communication is provided. A method of protecting membership includes generating a padding dataset, up-sampling a first dataset with the padding dataset, transforming and dispatching the first dataset, receiving a second dataset, and performing a private set intersection operation based on the first dataset and the second dataset to generate a third dataset. Each of the first dataset, the padding dataset, and/or the second dataset includes one or more personal identification information for each user or member in the dataset.
US11989315B2
An information processing apparatus, a service providing system, and a method. The information processing apparatus stores in one or more memories, information on execution of each of a plurality of applications, which are available for use under a license contract and outputs suggestion to change the license contract according to a usage count of each application obtained from the information on execution of each application.
US11989314B2
Methods and systems for a document-level attribute-based access control service are provided. The document-level attribute-based access control service may be positioned between a directory service and a search engine service. The directory service can manage information and permissions for users. The document-level attribute-based access control service can map security attributes to the user based on the information and permissions. Based on the mapping, it can be determined whether to permit the user making a query to the search engine service to access documents based on the query. Information and permissions attributes can be injected into queries dynamically via a template. Attributes may be combined with role query templates to create document-level attribute-based access control on top of role-based access control. The present technology can enable enforcement of security policies requiring all of a combination of attributes to be satisfied before permitting certain access.
US11989308B2
One example method includes collecting container information concerning a container, analyzing the container information to identify a security tool needed to perform a vulnerability scan of the container, accessing the security tool from a knowledge lake, running the security tool on the container information to identify a security vulnerability of the container, based on the running of the security tool, generating an alert indicating that the container has the security vulnerability, capturing the security vulnerability and, based on the captured security vulnerability, updating a container image that was used to spawn the container.
US11989303B2
The present embodiments relate to a secure boot partition for a cloud computing device of a cloud computing system. The computing device of the cloud computing system can transmit a first request for a pre-boot execution environment executable from a smart network interface card (SmartNIC). The computing device can receive the pre-boot environment executable from the SmartNIC and verify the pre-boot execution environment executable. The computing device can execute the pre-boot execution environment executable. Executing the pre-boot execution environment executable can include transmitting a second request secure boot metadata from the SmartNIC and receiving the secure boot metadata. Executing the pre-boot execution environment executable can further include mounting a boot partition, loading a boot loader obtained from the boot partition, verifying the boot loader based at least in part on the secure boot metadata, and executing the boot loader in response to verifying the boot loader.
US11989300B2
An information handling system may include memory circuitry comprising a BIOS and a database including a first set of one or more cryptographic keys usable to authenticate code executable by the BIOS; and a physical storage medium other than the memory circuitry, wherein the physical storage medium includes a custom database including a second set of one or more cryptographic keys usable to authenticate code executable by the BIOS. The information handling system is configured to load a BIOS extension into the BIOS by: determining that the first set of one or more cryptographic keys does not include any key usable to authenticate the BIOS extension; determining that the second set of one or more cryptographic keys includes a particular key usable to authenticate the BIOS extension; authenticating the BIOS extension via the particular key; and in response to the authenticating, loading and executing the BIOS extension.
US11989293B2
Systems, methods, and media for identifying and responding to malicious files having similar features are provided. More particularly, in some embodiments, systems for identifying and responding to malicious files having similar features are provided, the systems comprising: a memory; and a hardware processor coupled to the memory and configured to: receive feature information extracted from a file, wherein the feature information includes at least two of static feature information, environmental feature information, and behavioral feature information; create clusters based on the feature information; determine if a file corresponding to one of the clusters is malicious; and report to a plurality of endpoints that other files corresponding to the one of the clusters is malicious.
US11989290B2
An action plan estimation apparatus 10 includes: an information acquisition unit 11 that acquires an operation log indicating an operation and a context information indicating a status of the operation for each operation performed by a software on a computer system, a group generation unit 12 that divides each of the operation logs into groups based on a similarity between the context information, an action plan estimation unit 13 that executes abduction for each group by applying knowledge data indicating a relationship between an action plan executed by the software and an operation of the software to the operation log included in the group, and uses the result of the abduction to estimate an action plan to reach a preset target state, that is executed by the software from which the operation log is acquired, based on the operation indicated by the operation log included in the group.
US11989288B2
A system including a deep learning processor receives one or more control signals from one or more of a factory's process, equipment and control (P/E/C) systems during a manufacturing process. The processor generates expected response data and expected behavioral pattern data for the control signals. The processor receives production response data from the one or more of the factory's P/E/C systems and generates production behavioral pattern data for the production response data. The process compares at least one of: the production response data to the expected response data, and the production behavioral pattern data to the expected behavioral pattern data to detect anomalous activity. As a result of detecting anomalous activity, the processor performs one or more operations to provide notice or cause one or more of the factory's P/E/C systems to address the anomalous activity.
US11989284B2
A service application programming interface (API) invoking method where a security method applied to an API exposing function entity is updated from an original security method to a new security method, and where the security method of the API exposing function entity is used for communication between the API exposing function entity and an invoker. The method includes: obtaining, by the invoker, a new security method of the API exposing function entity; and sending, by the invoker, a first invoking request to the API exposing function entity using the new security method, where the first invoking request includes a name of a service API, and where the first invoking request is used to invoke the service API.
US11989279B2
A method and system for service image deployment in a cloud computing system based on distributed ledger technology are described. A first signed message including a request to authorize installation of a service image, a service image identifier, a service installer account identifier, and one or more hashes of the service image is received. Responsive to determining, based on the service installer account identifier and a distributed ledger, that the service installer is authorized to install a service image identified with the service image identifier in a cloud computing system: the one or more hashes of the service image are recorded in a list of valid service images of the distributed ledger; and a first message is transmitted to the service installer. The message includes a first service installation token and the service image identifier, that cause the service installer to install the service image in the cloud computing system.
US11989269B1
An association management system for establishing, maintaining, and monitoring associations between a personal identifier and an electronic device, includes a provider subsystem in operable communication with at least one of the personal identifier and the electronic device. The provider subsystem is configured to provision a person associated with the personal identifier, authenticate both of the personal identifier and the electronic device, and establish an association of the authenticated personal identifier to the authenticated electronic device. The system further includes a certificate authority subsystem for issuing at least one digital certificate to verify an identity of one or more digital entities operating on the management system, and a digital distributed ledger including a plurality of a consensus pool of participating processors. The digital distributed ledger is configured to verify, using the at least one digital certificate, transaction events of the association management system.
US11989267B2
Embodiments securely control an electronic asset. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method of securely controlling an electronic asset includes identifying an asset NFT pertaining to the electronic asset. An ownership status of the electronic asset is computationally evaluated according to a proof of ownership provided by an owner node paired with the electronic asset. Responsive to evaluating the ownership status of the electronic asset, the asset NFT is bound with a representation of an identity of the owner node or of an authorized user node paired with the electronic asset. The bound representation of the identity and the asset NFT are registered on a blockchain associated with the electronic asset. A task is computationally performed involving the electronic asset, and the bound representation of the identity, and the electronic asset is securely controlled, in response to receiving a task request from the owner node or the authorized user node.
US11989264B2
An automatic generation system of a training image and a method thereof are provided. The disclosure generates a training image and records the target category and the target position. The disclosure adds the target image to the container image as a candidate image, calculates a reliability of the candidate image, and repeatedly executes the process until the reliability of the candidate image meets a threshold condition for generating the training image. The disclosure is able to generate the training images automatically, and the recognition difficulty of the training image is adjustable by the user, so as to be suitable for customized recognition training.
US11989252B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are disclosed for enabling users to alter website presentations based on selected web accessibility profiles. In one implementation, an accessibility graphical user interface (GUI) for a website is displayed. A selection of one of the plurality of web accessibility profiles included in the GUI is received. A first and second predefined adjustments to website display parameters associated with the selected web accessibility profile are identified and initiated. The initiation of the first change and the second change is configured to transform a presentation of the website to conform with needs of a user having the disability associated with the selected web accessibility profile.
US11989251B2
A system for reconstructing browser interaction data from session data having incomplete tracking data is described. The system comprises: a data ingestion engine for ingesting data from a plurality of different data sources including an on-line user-interaction tracking source which provides the session data relating to different users' interaction with a website, some of the session data including tracking identifiers, and a non-interaction tracking source for providing non-session data relating to user activity other than session data; a data store for storing the ingested data; a data cleansing engine for cleansing the ingested data, the data cleansing engine comprising: a data re-evaluation engine for evaluating the non-session data and recovering user identifiers within the non-session data; and a path view building engine for linking together session data from different user interaction sessions to form linked session data using the tracking identifiers within the session data; wherein the data re-evaluation engine is arranged to compare the recovered user identifiers from the non-session data with user identifiers associated with the session data, and to associate any unlinked session data not previously linked with the linked session data, with linked session data which has an association via the recovered user identifiers, and wherein the path view building engine is arranged to link together any unlinked session data with linked session data having an association via the recovered user identifiers.
US11989247B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for determining that a native application limits access to the native application using account credential requirements, the native application generating an application environment for display on a user device within the native application and operating independent of a browser application that can operate on the user device; obtaining a set of account credentials for indexing environment instances of the native application; instantiating the native application with the set of account credentials; and accessing environment instances of the native application, and for each of the environment instances: generating environment instance data describing content of the environment instance, the content described by the environment instance data including text that a user device displays on the environment instance when the user device displays the environment instance; and indexing the environment instance data for the native application in an index that is searchable by a search engine.
US11989241B2
Disclosed is a method in which an electronic apparatus processes information, the method including acquiring information for requesting access to a second page from a user terminal through a first page, confirming address information reflecting information on the first page, and providing the second page to the user terminal according to the address information.
US11989220B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for automatically determining the relevance of matches between entities. A set of one or more indicators of relevance for each of a plurality of matches may be detected, where each of the plurality of matches exists between a first entity and a different one of a plurality of entities. Each set of one or more indicators of relevance indicates a degree of two-way interest for a corresponding one of the plurality of matches, the degree of two-way interest indicating both a degree of interest of the first entity in the corresponding one of the plurality of entities and a degree of interest of the corresponding one of the plurality of entities in the first entity. A probability of relevance of each of the plurality of matches may be determined based at least in part upon a corresponding set of one or more indicators of relevance. Each of the plurality of matches may be ranked based at least in part on the corresponding probability of relevance. A ranking function may be trained based upon the probability of relevance of each of the plurality of matches. The ranking function may subsequently be applied to identify and rank matches (e.g., in the absence of indicators of relevance).
US11989211B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein a data clustering program that causes a computer to execute a process. The process includes calculating, for each of plural points included in a set of point group data, an eigenvector by using principal component analysis for a set of point group data that is present within a predetermined distance from a point; calculating a curvature of a multidimensional function having an extreme point that is a point positioned nearest to the eigenvector calculated; executing, on the basis of the curvature for each of the plural points of the set of point group data, clustering of the plural points; and outputting a result of execution of the clustering.
US11989209B2
The present disclosure provides an information sharing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, relating to the field of data processing. The information sharing method includes: acquiring information to be shared, and extracting a first parameter of the information to be shared; acquiring object groups to share with; grouping, based on a first preset rule, the information to be shared according to the first parameter to obtain information groups; matching, based on a second preset rule, the information groups with the object groups; and processing, in response to the operation of acquiring the object groups, the matched information groups respectively, and sharing the matched information groups to corresponding object groups.
US11989205B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to data replication in an active-active databases having a source site and a target site. Aspects include creating a subscription activation message in a capture address space, the subscription activation message having a timestamp after a latest committed timestamp of the active-active databases and transmitting the subscription activation message to a subscription activation module of the target site of the active-active databases. Based on a determination that one or more tables associated with the subscription activation message are inactive, aspects also include repairing the one or more tables. Based on a determination that all tables associated with the subscription activation message are active, aspects include initiate replication of the capture address space from the source site to the target site with a timestamp of the latest committed timestamp.
US11989204B2
A stream of tuples is processed by a stream application. The stream application includes a plurality of processing elements that operate on one or more compute nodes, each processing element includes one or more stream operators. One or more databases that are capable of communicating with the stream application are monitored during the processing of the stream of tuples. A potential performance condition of a first database of the one or more databases is detected based on the monitoring. An output adjustment is performed, in response to the potential performance condition.
US11989203B1
In one aspect, a method of outputting a representation of data is described. The method is executed by a digital electronic processor communicatively coupled to at least one display device and comprises receiving a dataset comprising a plurality of data items, each data item comprising one or more parameters. In response to determining that a first representation of the plurality of data items fits within a display area of the at least one display device, outputting the first representation to the display area. In response to determining that the first representation exceeds the display area: determining one or more clusters of data items by performing a clustering analysis based on at least one of the one or more parameters, wherein the or each cluster of data items corresponds to a sub-region of the display area.
US11989196B2
A low-latency database analysis system using an object index may include obtaining data expressing a usage intent, and, in response to a determination that the data expressing the usage intent includes object search request data including a user identifier and zero or more object search terms, obtaining, from an object-index responsive to the object search request data, object indexing data for an object, obtaining object detail data for the object, obtaining an object visualization capture for the object, and outputting object search response data including the object visualization capture and at least a portion of the object detail data for presentation to a user.
US11989175B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer-readable media, for generating context data for an information card are disclosed. Upon receiving a selection of a data element to include in an information card, a plurality of dimensional view types available for the data element are determined and provided to a user. Upon receiving a selection of a dimensional view type from the plurality of dimensional view types, a set of attributes associated with the dimensional view type are determined and provided to the user. A selection of an attribute from the set of attributes is received, and a dimensional view is generated based on the selection of the dimensional view type and attribute.
US11989173B2
A method includes generating a defined access clean room in a provider database account, as well as installing, in a consumer account, an application instance that implements the defined access clean room. The method also includes sharing, by the provider database account, source provider data with the defined access clean room, where the sharing makes the source provider data accessible to the consumer database account via the application instance. The method further includes sharing, by the provider database account, a query template with the consumer database account via the application instance. Additionally, the method includes receiving a query generated by the consumer database account based on the query template, validating that the query is consistent with the query template, responsively generating query results by executing the query, as well as storing the query results in the consumer database account.
US11989167B1
The present application disclose a method and a device for detecting and correcting abnormal scoring of peer reviews, which includes: converting collected scoring data into a two-dimensional matrix and preprocessing the data; determining the anomaly of the processed structured data with a one-way anomaly detection method, a consistency check method and a two-way anomaly detection method, and classifying the detected abnormal data into an abnormal data set; repairing the abnormal data for the abnormal data set with an information entropy correction method; generating an ability evaluation report according to the abnormal data set, performing weighed averaging on the corrected scoring data according to the scoring weights of reviewers in the ability evaluation report to obtain a final scoring result, and generating an abnormal scoring correction report. The present application can effectively detect the abnormal phenomenon of peer reviews in the performance appraisal of enterprise personnel.
US11989163B2
Systems and methods for inferring a schema for a text file are provided. The systems and methods perform operations including: accessing a file comprising a plurality of textual records, each textual record of the plurality of textual records being associated with one or more columns of data; sampling a set of textual records from the plurality of textural records; obtaining a hierarchy comprising a plurality of levels of schema types; determining whether an individual column of the one or more columns of data corresponding to the set of textual records is successfully associated with a first level of the plurality of levels of the schema types and, in response, associating a schema type represented by the first level with the individual column of the one or more columns of data corresponding to the plurality of textual records.
US11989158B2
One example method includes maintaining a deduplication data structure including one or more entries that each identify a respective fingerprint, and pointer, and also maintaining a ClientBlockList data structure comprising one or more entries that each identify a respective handle, retention date, and block, receiving a write request that identifies a handle, retention date, and block, computing a fingerprint of the block identified in the write request, determining, by the server, whether the fingerprint is in the deduplication data structure, and when the fingerprint is not in the deduplication data structure, storing the block identified in the write request at location ‘L’ in the deduplication data structure, and adding, to the deduplication data structure, an entry that identifies the fingerprint and the location ‘L,’ and adding, to the ClientBlockList data structure, an entry that identifies the handle, retention date, and fingerprint.
US11989156B1
An apparatus comprises at least one processing device that includes a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device is configured to store configuration information, for utilization by software of a host device, in at least one file of a first database of a first type, and in conjunction with an upgrade of at least a portion of the software, to export the configuration information from the at least one file of the first database to one or more files in an intermediate format, to remove the at least one file of the first database, to export the configuration information from the one or more files in the intermediate format to at least one file of a second database of a second type different than the first type, and to configure the upgraded software to utilize the configuration information of the at least one file of the second database.
US11989147B2
An LCS networking device multi-host primary circuit board system includes a primary circuit board having a host processing system that provides an operating system for an LCS. A networking device connector on the circuit board is configured to connect to a networking device that performs networking operation(s) for the LCS, with the networking device connector also coupled via the circuit board to the host processing system to provide a first host coupling that is used by the networking device to access the host processing system. A first orchestrator device connector on the circuit board is configured to cable to an orchestrator device including an orchestrator processing system that performs orchestration operations for the LCS, with the first orchestrator device connector also coupled via the circuit board to the networking device connector to provide a second host coupling that is used by the networking device to access the orchestrator processing system.
US11989144B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a centralized interrupt controller to aggregate interrupts generated across multiple semiconductor dies are disclosed. A system includes multiple interrupt sources on multiple semiconductor dies. A centralized interrupt controller on one of the semiconductor dies receives and aggregates interrupts from the multiple interrupt sources on the multiple semiconductor dies. This facilitates a single transmission point for forwarding the interrupts to the processor and operating system responsible for handling interrupts. Each interrupt source embeds an ID when conveying an interrupt to the interrupt controller. This allows the interrupt controller to differentiate between the interrupt sources and to identify which source generated a given interrupt. The interrupt controller conveys an indication of the source of the interrupt to the processor when forwarding the interrupt to the processor.
US11989142B2
An accelerator is disclosed. A circuit may process a data to produce a processed data. A first tier storage may include a first capacity and a first latency. A second tier storage may include a second capacity and a second latency. The second capacity may be larger than the first capacity, and the second latency may be slower than the first latency. A bus may be used to transfer at least one of the data or the processed data between the first tier storage and the second tier storage.
US11989137B2
Logging cache line lifetime hints when recording an execution trace. A microprocessor detects occurrence of a first cache event that initiates a lifetime of a cache line within a memory cache, and initiates logging first trace information indicating a beginning of the lifetime of the cache line within the memory cache. Subsequently, the microprocessor detects occurrence of a second cache event that ends the lifetime of the cache line within the memory cache. Based on detecting the second cache event, the microprocessor initiates logging second trace information indicating an ending of the lifetime of the cache line within the memory cache.
US11989129B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that identifies a NUMA node, defines a first virtual proximity domain within the NUMA node, and defines a second virtual proximity domain within the NUMA node, wherein the first virtual proximity domain and the second virtual proximity domain are defined via one or more OS interface tables.
US11989120B2
An example method for visual testing and issue communication of programmed display of content includes obtaining a workflow of test scenarios for visual testing a display. The content displayed on the display is controlled by a set-top box (STB) device executing target instructions. The example method further includes identifying a visual testing issue associated with executing the test scenarios, and communicating the workflow and issue to a remote device for reproduction of the issue.
US11989103B2
A device is configured to index file system names and paths of a single chain of backed-up snapshots. The device is configured to obtain a first snapshot of the file system. Further, the device is configured to scan the first snapshot of the file system to obtain a first scan of the nodes and the tree structure at a first time point. The device is further configured to insert the first scan into a database. Then the device is configured to index the nodes in the database.
US11989101B2
A streamlined approach enables customers to retain management control over their data in a database-as-a-service (“DBaaS”) setting, by providing managed backup copies outside cloud service providers' sphere of control. An illustrative data storage management system provides control over performing backup operations to generate managed backup copies, storing managed backup copies, recovering managed backup copies in whole or in part, migrating managed backup copies, and migrating DBaaS instances. Management control also extends to choices of where to store the managed backup copies, whether on the same cloud computing platform as the source DBaaS, on a different cloud computing platform, and/or in a non-cloud data center.
US11989095B2
The described embodiments set forth techniques for preserving clone relationships between files at a computing device. In particular, the techniques involve identifying clone relationships between files in conjunction with performing operations on the files where it can be beneficial to preserve the clone relationships. The operations can include, for example, preserving clone relationships between files that are being copied from a source storage device (that supports file cloning) to a destination storage device that supports file cloning. Additionally, the operations can include preserving clone relationships when backing up and restoring files between a source storage device (that supports file cloning) and a destination storage device that does not support file cloning. In this manner, the various benefits afforded by the clone relationships between files can be retained even as the files are propagated to destination storage devices that may or may not support file cloning.
US11989091B2
A method of operating a memory system that comprises a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks and a memory controller, includes detecting a first memory block having a degradation count greater than or equal to a first reference value by the memory controller. A first command for the first memory block is transmitted to the memory device by the memory controller. A first voltage is applied to all of a plurality of word lines connected to the first memory block and a second voltage to a bit line connected to the first memory block in response to the first command by the memory device. The first voltage is greater than a voltage applied to turn on memory cells connected to all of the plurality of word lines. The second voltage is greater than a voltage applied to the bit line during program, read or erase operations.
US11989078B2
A vehicle control device and a method thereof are provided. A master processor and a slave processor simultaneously receive, monitor or process signals of a vehicle, a power management module monitors the master processor via a first watchdog signal, and the master processor monitors the slave processor via a second watchdog signal. When the power management module sends the first watchdog signal to the master processor and no response message is received, the power management module sends a first reset signal to reset the master processor, and when the master processor sends the second watchdog signal to the slave processor and no response message is received, the master processor sends a second reset signal to reset the slave processor. When the master processor and the slave processor are abnormal, a forced wake-up module outputs a high level signal to forcibly wake up the master processor and the slave processor.
US11989074B2
An apparatus is provided, where the apparatus includes a plurality of components; a first sensing system to measure first power consumed by first one or more components of the plurality of components; a second sensing system to measure second power consumed by the apparatus; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to generate an identification (ID) that is representative of the second power consumed by the apparatus; and a controller to allocate power budget to one or more components of the plurality of components, based on the measurement of the first power and the ID.
US11989070B2
An electric movable body transmits a signal including identification information identical to identification information retained in a first power storage pack via near-field communication when the first power storage pack is detached from the electric movable body. A charging device wiredly transmits the identification information received from the electric movable body to a second power storage pack. The second power storage pack transmits via near-field communication a signal including the identification information received from the charging device. The electric movable body collates whether or not the identification information included in the received signal matches the identification information retained in the first power storage pack.
US11989063B2
A flexible display apparatus includes a display panel, a case and a plurality of driving circuits. The display panel is configured to display an image. The display panel includes a first display part, a second display part and a hinge display part. The hinge display part is interposed between the first and second display parts. The hinge display part is configured to be foldable. The case is configured to cover the display panel. The case forms a hinge thickness with the hinge display part and it also forms a peripheral thickness at an end of the case facing away from the hinge display part. The peripheral thickness is greater than the hinge thickness. The driving circuits are disposed between a rear surface of the first display part and the case. Therefore, thickness of the display panel is decreased and its portability is improved.
US11989053B2
A display device includes a display panel that has a display region in which an image is displayed, a first adhesive layer disposed below the display panel, a translucent protective film disposed below the first adhesive layer, a fingerprint sensor disposed below the protective film and that overlaps the display region, the first adhesive layer, and the protective film when viewed in a plane, and a cover layer disposed below the protective film and in which an opening for accommodating the fingerprint sensor is formed.
US11989046B2
Disclosed herein are related to an integrated circuit to regulate a supply voltage. In one aspect, the integrated circuit includes a metal rail including a first point, at which a first functional circuit is connected, and a second point, at which a second functional circuit is connected. In one aspect, the integrate circuit includes a voltage regulator coupled between the first point of the metal rail and the second point of the metal rail. In one aspect, the voltage regulator senses a voltage at the second point of the metal rail and adjusts a supply voltage at the first point of the metal rail, according to the sensed voltage at the second point of the metal rail.
US11989038B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments for providing contingency automation to emergency response. One embodiment of a method includes determining a route for a vehicle to a primary destination, and determining a first upcoming area along the route that has been previously identified as an emergency response zone, where the emergency response zone may be used as a secondary destination in a contingency route for the vehicle in an emergency. In some embodiments, the method may include reserving airspace for the contingency route, determining that the emergency response zone is no longer useful, based on an updated position of the vehicle, and canceling the contingency route from reservation.
US11989037B2
A method for controlling a aircraft with a plurality of drive units, in particular a plurality of electrical drive units, and a controller for flight control. At least one lateral control signal is entered into the controller for flight control in order to initiate a lateral movement of the aircraft. The significant point is that a speed (V) of the aircraft is ascertained through a speed estimation (6) and, depending on the estimated airspeed (V), a commanded roll angle (ϕC) and a commanded pitch angle (θc), a rate of turn ({dot over (ψ)}) is calculated. The lateral movement is automatically initiated with the calculated rate of turn ({dot over (ψ)}) through input of the lateral control signal.
US11989035B2
Systems and methods to control gain of an electric aircraft are provided in this disclosure. The system may include gain scheduling to provide stability of the electric aircraft at various dynamic states of operation. The system may include a sensor to obtain measurement datum of an operating state. The system may further include a controller that adjusts a control gain of the electric aircraft as a function of the measurement datum. The gain control may be determined by a gain schedule generated by the controller.
US11989028B2
A mobile robot is configured to navigate on a sidewalk and deliver a delivery to a predetermined location. The robot has a body and an enclosed space within the body for storing the delivery during transit. At least two cameras are mounted on the robot body and are adapted to take visual images of an operating area. A processing component is adapted to extract straight lines from the visual images taken by the cameras and generate map data based at least partially on the images. A communication component is adapted to send and receive image and/or map data. A mapping system includes at least two such mobile robots, with the communication component of each robot adapted to send and receive image data and/or map data to the other robot. A method involves operating such a mobile robot in an area of interest in which deliveries are to be made.
US11989022B2
There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.
US11989009B2
Methods and systems to control stacked hexapod platforms for use as tools, which function with both high accuracy and high precision are provided. In some embodiments, the methods and systems include a convergence of modern control theory, and machine learning. Furthermore, some embodiments provide control algorithms to carry out autonomous in-space assembly operations using assemblers. Some embodiments provide methods and systems which combine long-reach low precision manipulators and smaller, high-precision assembler with interchangeable tools.
US11989005B2
A system performs adaptive thermal ceiling control at runtime. The system includes computing circuits and a thermal management module. When detecting a runtime condition change that affects power consumption in the system, the thermal management module determines an adjustment to the thermal ceiling of a computing circuit, and increases the thermal ceiling of the computing circuit according to the adjustment.
US11989003B2
A system and method of creating a shape-conforming lattice structure for a part formed via additive manufacturing. The method includes receiving a computer model of the part and generating a finite element mesh. A lattice structure including a number of lattice cellular components may also be generated. Some of the mesh elements of the finite element mesh may be deformed so that the finite element mesh conforms to the overall shape of the part. The lattice structure may then be deformed so that the lattice structure has a cellular periodicity corresponding to the finite elements of the finite element mesh. In this way, the part retains the benefits of its overall shape and the benefits of lattice features without introducing structural weak points, directional stresses, and other structural deficiencies.
US11988992B2
An energy harvesting system for use with the human body may use an eccentrically mounted weight winding a mainspring that drives a mechanical clock mechanism. The mechanical clock mechanism in turn may produce pulses of electricity, for example, through periodic flexing of a piezoelectric or triboelectric material during the regular motion of the mechanical timing mechanism. By remaining in a mechanical rather than electrical domain, improved simplicity and efficiency may be obtained in the generation of regularly spaced uniform pulses.
US11988975B2
An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photosensitive member, a charging member, a developing device, a blade, a detecting portion, and a controller. The controller causes the photosensitive member to rotate through one full circumference or more on the following conditions during a predetermined operation: (i) a voltage which is a discharge start voltage or more is applied to the charging member, and (ii) an operation condition of the developing device is a first condition on which an amount of fog toner deposited from the developer carrying member on the photosensitive member is less than an amount of the fog toner in a second condition which is an operation condition of the developing device during a sheet interval before the image formation during the continuous image formation is interrupted.
US11988959B2
Organometallic radiation resist compositions are described based on tin ions with alkyl ligands. Some of the compositions have branched alkyl ligands to provide for improved patterning contrast while maintaining a high degree of solution stability. Blends of compounds with distinct alkyl ligands can provide further improvement in the patterning. High resolution patterning with a half-pitch of no more than 25 nm can be achieved with a line width roughness of no more than about 4.5 nm. Synthesis techniques have been developed that allow for the formation of alkyl tin oxide hydroxide compositions with very low metal contamination.
US11988949B2
A wavelength conversion element includes an illumination system, a light valve, and a projection lens. The illumination system is configured to provide an illumination beam. The light valve is disposed on a transmissive path of the illumination beam to convert the illumination beam into an image beam. The projection lens is disposed on a transmissive path of the image beam. The illumination system includes an excitation beam source and the aforementioned wavelength conversion element. The excitation beam source is configured to provide an excitation beam. The wavelength conversion element is disposed on a transmissive path of the excitation beam. A projection apparatus adopting the aforementioned wavelength conversion element is further provided. The substrate has good structural strength and the surface of the substrate has better flatness, so the excitation beam can be accurately focused on the wavelength conversion layer to maintain stable excitation efficiency.
US11988945B2
An optical imaging lens assembly having a zooming function includes, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path: a reflection group and a lens group. The reflection group includes a prism having an object-side surface being convex. The prism includes a reflection surface configured to reflect an imaging light passing through the object-side surface of the prism and send the imaging light to an image-side surface of the prism. The lens group includes at least three lens elements arranged along the optical path, and each of the at least three lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The lens group includes a movable group, and the movable group moves along a direction parallel to an optical axis in a zooming process.
US11988943B2
A method according to embodiments of the invention includes creating a three-dimensional profile of a scene, calculating a relative amount of light for each portion of the scene based on the three-dimensional profile, and activating a light source to provide a first amount of light to a first portion of the scene, and a second amount of light to a second portion of the scene. The first amount and the second amount are different. The first amount and the second amount are determined by calculating a relative amount of light for each portion of the scene.
US11988940B2
A method of making a microstructured optical fiber including loading the core and cladding materials of the fiber with hydrogen and deuterium at a loading temperature; annealing the fiber at a selected temperature Tanneal; pumping the fiber with radiation; and reducing the temperature of the fiber and storing the fiber at the reduced temperature before the step of pumping the fiber; and wherein the method allows the hydrogen and the deuterium to become bound to the core material and the cladding material.
US11988933B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel configured to modulate a first polarization component, a first viewing angle control panel including a first liquid crystal layer containing twisted liquid crystal molecules, a second viewing angle control panel including a second liquid crystal layer containing twisted liquid crystal molecules, and a polarization axis rotation element provided between the first viewing angle control panel and the display panel. A second polarization axis of a second polarization component which passed through the first viewing angle control panel is different from a first polarization axis of the first polarization component. The polarization axis rotation element is configured to rotate the second polarization axis.
US11988931B2
A display module includes a display panel and a dimming panel stacked on the display panel. The display panel has a plurality of pixel regions. The dimming panel has a plurality of dimming regions, and in a direction perpendicular to the display panel, a dimming region covers at least one pixel region. The dimming panel includes a plurality of dimming electrodes and a plurality of signal lines. Each dimming electrode is located in a dimming region in the plurality of dimming regions, and any two adjacent dimming electrodes have a gap therebetween. Each dimming electrode directly electrically connected to at least one signal line. The at least one signal line is configured to transmit a control voltage signal to the dimming electrode electrically connected to the at least one signal line for controlling a transmittance of the dimming region where the dimming electrode is located.
US11988930B2
A strip-shaped display structure, a display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The strip-shaped main body part includes a strip-shaped display part, extending along a first direction and including a plurality of pixels arranged in an array and a driver circuit; the strip-shaped display part is at a first end part of the strip-shaped main body part; the extension part is connected to a second end part opposite to the first end part of the strip-shaped main body part, and is configured to be bendable from the second end part of the strip-shaped main body part along a bend axis parallel to the first direction to be away from a light exit side of the light emitting device of the pixels; the extension part includes a connection signal line; the connection signal line is connected to the driver circuit to provide a display signal to the driver circuit.
US11988929B2
There is provided a repair technique capable of repairing interconnect lines and the like in an electronic device with ease and with reliability and capable of suppressing the increase in the number of manufacturing steps associated with the repair to suppress the increase in manufacturing costs. The electronic device having a multi-layer interconnection structure includes: a foundation layer; a patterned interconnect line provided on the foundation layer; and an insulation film formed on the foundation layer and the interconnect line. The insulation film includes at least one thin film part in which at least part of the insulation film which lies on the interconnect line has a thickness less than that of its surroundings.
US11988925B2
The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a driving backplate including a base substrate, and an insulation layer and a plurality of conductive structures on the base substrate. The insulation layer insulates the plurality of conductive structures from each other. The plurality of conductive structures includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer sequentially stacked along a direction away from the base substrate. At least one portion of a region in which the first conductive layer is in contact with the second conductive layer includes a flat contact region. An opening is formed at a position in the insulation layer corresponding to the conductive structure. An edge of the opening in the insulation layer is between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer and is correspondingly in edge regions of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
US11988920B1
A direct-lit backlight module includes a substrate, an optical layer that forms an accommodating space with the substrate, first light emitting units in the accommodating space, second light emitting units in the accommodating space and a control unit electrically connected to the first light emitting units and the second light emitting units. The first light emitting units emit light towards the optical layer and have a first viewing angle. The second light emitting units emit light towards the optical layer and have a second viewing angle. The control unit provides a control signal to selectively drive the first light emitting units and the second light emitting units. The first light emitting units are adjacent to the second light emitting units. The first light emitting units and the second light emitting units are arranged alternately. The first viewing angle is larger than the second viewing angle.
US11988913B2
The present invention relates to a liquid crystal device comprising a first portion, a second portion and a liquid crystal layer, wherein said first portion comprises a first substrate, said first substrate at least partially covered by a first electrode layer, wherein said second portion comprises a second substrate, said second substrate at least partially covered by a second electrode layer, wherein at least one of said first and second electrode layers comprises a plurality of electrodes that are electrically insulated of each other, wherein one of said first and second electrode layers is at least partially covered by said at least one photovoltaic semiconductor conversion layer and wherein said first portion is parallel to said second portion and at least one of them is transparent, wherein said liquid crystal layer is disposed between said first and second portions.
US11988912B2
The disclosure provides an intelligent window system and an in-vehicle system, and relates to the technical field of window display. The intelligent window system of the disclosure includes: a plurality of dimming glasses and a central processer. The plurality of dimming glasses are communicatively coupled to the central processor and configured to adjust light transmittance according to a dimming instruction sent by the central processor.
US11988909B2
A Faraday rotator includes: a disk-shaped magneto-optical solid-state medium, a magnet generator configured to generate a magnetic field in the magneto-optical solid-state medium, a heat sink with a support surface for the magneto-optical solid-state medium, a reflector mounted between the heat sink and the magneto-optical solid-state medium and configured to reflect a laser beam entering the magneto-optical solid-state medium in a first impingement region on a first side of the magneto-optical solid-state medium facing away from the support surface, and a deflector configured to deflect the laser beam emerging from the magneto-optical solid-state medium back to a second impingement region at least partly overlapping with the first impingement region on the first side. An optical isolator can have at least one such Faraday rotator. A driver laser arrangement can have at least one such optical isolator. An EUV radiation generation apparatus can have such a driver laser arrangement.
US11988905B2
A phase shifter includes a substrate, waveguides and a wiring portion. The substrate includes optical waveguide regions and contact regions. Each contact region has contact portions. The waveguides are disposed at the substrate, and each of the waveguides accumulates carriers to modulate a phase of light for guiding propagation of the light. The wiring portion electrically connects each of the waveguides and each of the contact portions. Each of the contact portions connecting each of the waveguides to a corresponding one of electrodes to inject the carriers into each of the waveguides. Each of the waveguides has a lengthwise direction defined as a first direction, and a direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and is parallel to a surface of the substrate is defined as a second direction. The optical waveguide regions and the contact regions are disposed to be alternately aligned along the second direction.
US11988902B2
Provided is a spectacle lens including multilayer films on both surfaces of a lens substrate, in which a sum of mean reflectances on both surfaces of the spectacle lens in a wavelength band of 360 to 400 nm is 6.0% or less, a sum of the mean reflectances on both surfaces of the spectacle lens in a wavelength band 400 to 440 nm is 20.0% or more, and a sum of the mean reflectances on both surfaces of the spectacle lens in a wavelength band 480 to 680 nm is 2.0% or less.
US11988901B2
A system includes a pair of electronic contact lenses that obtain respective motion sensor measurements in response to eye movements. A tracking module derives estimated orientations for both eyes based on the sensor measurements and a set of correlations and constraints that describe human eye movement. The model describes the limited number of ways that an individual eye can move and relationships between relative movement of the left and right eye. The tracking module performs filtering based on the measurements and the eye model to suppress noise and generate orientation estimates for both eyes.
US11988899B2
A protective shield for eyewear includes a body having opposite facing top and bottom major surfaces and a perimeter. The perimeter is defined by front, rear, and side regions. The rear region of the body is configured to have a concave surface to conform to the surface of a wearer's forehead. The bottom surface of the body includes one or more attachment members configured to permit the removable attachment of the body to eyewear.
US11988884B2
A cable management device for mounting to a telecommunications fixture includes an outer barrel disposed over an inner barrel, one of the outer barrel and the inner barrel defining a plurality of discrete detents positioned in a stacked arrangement axially along an length thereof, and the other of the outer barrel and the inner barrel defining at least one flexible cantilever arm defining a tab configured to lock into a selected one of the detents for allowing adjustment of a length of the cable management device.
US11988883B2
Certain types of fiber termination enclosures include an enclosure and at least one of a plurality of plate module mounting assemblies. Example plate module mounting assemblies include a termination panel plate assembly; a splice tray plate assembly; a cable spool plate assembly; and a drop-in plate assembly. Example cable spool plate assemblies include a cable spool arrangement rotationally coupled to a mounting plate, which fixedly mounts within the enclosure housing. A stand-off mount element may be disposed on the front of the cable spool arrangement to rotate in unison with the cable spool arrangement. The stand-off mount element may include one or more termination adapters.
US11988866B2
A light guide plate including a light emitting surface, a bottom surface, a light incident surface, multiple protrusion structures, and multiple grooves is provided. The light incident surface is connected between the light emitting surface and the bottom surface. The protrusion structures are disposed along a first direction and extend toward a second direction. The protrusion structures have a light condensing angle along the first direction, and the light condensing angle ranges from 10 degrees to 40 degrees. The grooves are disposed in the protrusion structures of the light guide plate. The grooves extend toward the first direction. The protrusion structures have a light receiving surface that defines each groove and is closer to the light incident surface. An angle between the light receiving surface and the bottom surface ranges from 35 degrees to 65 degrees. A display apparatus adopting the light guide plate is also provided.
US11988865B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel having a first side surface extending along a first direction and including a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer, and a first light emitting module provided along the first side surface. The first light emitting module includes a plurality of first light sources arranged in the first direction, a plurality of second light sources arranged in the first direction, a first light guide provided between the plurality of first light sources and the first side surface, and a second light guide provided between the plurality of second light sources and the first side surface, and an end surface of the first light guide and an end surface of the second light guide face each other with an air layer interposed therebetween.
US11988850B2
A removable lens stack includes a base layer, a first removable lens layer, and a second removable lens layer. The base layer may include a substrate and a moth eye coating. The first removable lens layer may include a substrate, a single or multi-layer interference antireflective coating on a first side of the substrate, and a fluoropolymer coating on a second side of the substrate. The first removable lens layer may be stacked on top of the base layer with the fluoropolymer coating being molded to fit the moth eye coating. The second and any subsequent removable lens layer may include a substrate, a single or multi-layer interference antireflective coating on a first side of the substrate, and an acrylic or polyurethane adhesive on a second side of the substrate. The second removable lens layer may be stacked on top of the first removable lens layer and so on.
US11988849B2
An imaging device is provided. The imaging device may sense light passing through a corresponding imaging lens and a corresponding color filter in sensing elements disposed in a sensing region for each color channel, and generate sensing data based on a grouping of color intensity values sensed by the sensing elements for each sensing region based on a binning size determined based on an illuminance of light.
US11988843B2
An HMD includes first and second batteries mounted therein, and includes a plurality of power receivers that receive power from the first and second batteries by wireless transmission, a power supply manager that monitors states of the first and second batteries, a communication interface that performs wireless communication with the first and second batteries, and a plurality of limiters that limit the power received by the plurality of power receivers. A controller causes the limiters to limit power, which is supplied to a load, according to a power use state of the load in the device, and the power supply manager acquires information of remaining power storage amounts of the first and second batteries through the communication interface and displays the acquired information on a display. Therefore, since it is possible to supply power required for driving the device while wearing the HMD, the HMD can be continuously used.
US11988840B2
A wearable image display device includes: a wearing member worn on a head of a user; a supporting member configured to support a display device that displays video; a coupling member that is coupled to the wearing member and the supporting member and that is configured to move the display device and the like from a first position enabling the user to visually recognize the video to a second position; and a control device configured to control an output of sound output from a speaker disposed at the supporting member. The control device makes the sound output from the speaker when the display device and the like are located in the second position louder than the sound output from the speaker when the display device and the like are located in the first position.
US11988835B2
A system for power efficient image acquisition is configurable to capture, using an image sensor, a plurality of partial image frames including at least a first partial image frame and a second partial image frame. The first partial image frame is captured at a first timepoint using a first subset of image sensing pixels of the plurality of image sensing pixels of the image sensor. The second partial image frame is captured at a second timepoint using a second subset of image sensing pixels of the plurality of image sensing pixels of the image sensor. The second subset of image sensing pixels includes different image sensing pixels than the first subset of image sensing pixels, and the second timepoint is temporally subsequent to the first timepoint. The system is configurable to generate a composite image frame based on the plurality of partial image frames.
US11988815B2
There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of a low profile and a low F-number. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power being formed in a meniscus shape having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a second lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a fourth lens with positive refractive power in a paraxial region, a fifth lens having aspheric surfaces on both sides, and a sixth lens with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
US11988814B2
The present disclosure discloses a camera lens group including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a stop; a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power; a sixth lens having positive refractive power; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power. An aperture number Fno of the camera lens group satisfies: Fno≤1.53. A distance TTL along the optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of the camera lens group and half of a diagonal length ImgH of an effective pixel area on the imaging plane of the camera lens group satisfy: TTL/ImgH≤1.31.
US11988808B2
A functional lens comprising a functional laminate (A) having a functional layer (Ac) having photochromic properties and/or polarizability between a first optical sheet (Aa) and a second optical sheet (Ab) both made of a resin such as polyamide resin and a synthetic resin layer (B) made of a resin such as allyl resin or polythiourethane resin on the first optical sheet (Aa) and/or the second optical sheet (Ab) of the functional laminate (A) and having an adhesive strength between the first optical sheet (Aa) and/or the second optical sheet (Ab) and the synthetic resin layer (B) of not less than 50 N.
US11988805B2
The system as described collects and utilizes weather data sensor information in order to rapidly collect and update weather forecasts using real-time weather data collected at high rates of frequency, and use this collected high frequency weather data to rapidly correct and update the weather forecasts generated by the system.
US11988803B2
Devices and systems for determining personal outdoor comfort are described herein. One device includes instructions executable to receive inputs corresponding to characteristics of a user associated with a mobile device, determine a location of the mobile device, communicate an indication of the characteristics and the determined location to a computing device, and receive an outdoor comfort determination from the computing device, wherein the outdoor comfort determination is particular to the user based on the characteristics of the user and particular to the location of the mobile device based on a plurality of environmental parameters associated with the location of the mobile device.
US11988801B2
Methods to operate an NMR tool, methods to simulate a numerically-controlled oscillator of an NMR tool in real time, and downhole NMR tools are presented. A method to operate an NMR tool includes determining a phase shift of a sinusoidal wave, determining a number of look-up tables and a number of terms of Taylor Expansions performed to obtain a value corresponding to a phase angle of the phase shift, and separating the phase angle into a first component and a second component. The method also includes obtaining a first value corresponding to the first component from the number of look-up tables, performing the number of terms of Taylor Expansions on the second component to obtain a second value corresponding to the second component, combining the first value and the second value to obtain the value of the phase angle, and generating the sinusoidal wave having the phase shift.
US11988794B2
Systems and methods include a method for using reservoir simulations. Permeabilities are measured from a rock sample at different pressures using single-component gas and bulk gas viscosity values. The rock sample is representative of rock used in a reservoir simulation. For each gas component of reservoir gas, porosities are determined, including determining mean free paths for a range of temperatures and pressures encompassing conditions for both reservoir simulation input and the measured permeabilities. A characteristic pore radius for the rock is determined using the measured permeabilities and the determined porosities. Viscosity adjustment factors for a predefined range of temperatures and pressures are determined using the measured permeabilities. Adjusted gas viscosities for the predefined range of temperatures and pressures and the measured permeabilities are determined using the viscosity adjustment factors. The reservoir simulator is executed using the adjusted gas viscosities.
US11988790B2
A method for processing an image includes receiving an input image including a signal and noise, and generating a filtered image based on the input image by removing at least a portion of the noise from the input image. A portion of the signal is also removed from the input image. The method further includes generating a residual image based on the input image. The residual image comprises the at least a portion of the noise and the portion of the signal that are removed from the input image to generate the filtered image. The method also includes identifying at least some of the portion of the signal that is in the residual image, and inserting the at least some of the portion of the signal identified in the residual image into the filtered image.
US11988783B2
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system scans a plurality of planar slices in a volumetric region which are parallel to each other. Following detection of the image data of the slices the slice data is combined by projecting the data in the elevation dimension to produce a “thick slice” image. Combining may be by means of an averaging or maximum intensity detection or weighting process or by raycasting in the elevation dimension in a volumetric rendering process. Thick slice images are displayed at a high frame rate of display by combining a newly acquired slice with slices previously acquired from different elevational planes which were used in a previous combination. A new thick slice image may be produced each time at least one of the slice images is updated by a newly acquired slice. Frame rate is further improved by multiline acquisition of the slices.
US11988782B2
A cleaning device for a lidar sensor set-up. The cleaning device includes a movable cleaning element, and is configured, for a cleaning operation, to move the cleaning element over a window of the lidar sensor set-up, on a side facing away from the lidar sensor device and facing the field of view of the lidar sensor set-up. The movable cleaning element has an optical element. The optical element is configured to send back and, in particular, reflect back primary light from a transmitting path of the lidar sensor set-up, which is incident upon the optical element, into a receiving path of the lidar sensor set-up.
US11988772B2
Remote recovery of acoustic signals from passive sources is provided. Wideband radars, such as ultra-wideband (UWB) radars can detect minute surface displacements for vibrometry applications. Embodiments described herein remotely sense sound and recover acoustic signals from vibrating sources using radars. Early research in this domain only demonstrated single sound source recovery using narrowband millimeter wave radars in direct line-of-sight scenarios. Instead, by using wideband radars (e.g., X band UWB radars), multiple sources separated in ranges are observed and their signals isolated and recovered. Additionally, the see-through ability of microwave signals is leveraged to extend this technology to surveillance of targets obstructed by barriers. Blind surveillance is achieved by reconstructing audio from a passive object which is merely in proximity of the sound source using clever radar and audio processing techniques.
US11988770B2
Time-division quadrature sampling may be used in a pulse-modulated continuous wave (PMCW) radar receiver circuit, e.g., as may be employed in various types of radar sensors used in automotive and other applications, to enable a quadrature sampling circuit to sequence between digitally sampling different complex components of a received radar signal at different times.
US11988764B2
A jobsite computer network has a local server connectable to a remote server via the internet, a network access transceiver connected to the local server, and a wireless device in wireless communication with the network access transceiver. The network access transceiver receives a message from the wireless device and sends a message to the local server. The local server utilizes information from the message to determine the location of the wireless device. The network access transceiver and/or the wireless device generate data which is sent to the remote server.
US11988762B2
An interference detection system in a network determines that an unknown radio frequency (RF) interference source that causes RF interference experienced by a first wireless station is a persistent RF interference source over a plurality of time intervals in a selected time period. A predicted interference source location is identified for each time interval in the selected time period. An aggregated predicted interference source location is calculated based on the identified one or more predicted interference source locations.
US11988753B2
Systems and methods are described for classification of interference for GNSS receivers. One or more neural networks are utilized to classify RF signal data received by a GNSS receiver. The classification associates the RF signal data with an RF environment. Appropriate interference mitigation techniques can be implemented by the receiver based on the classification.
US11988750B2
A distance measurement device includes: an image capturer that captures N segmental images corresponding to N segmental distances into which a distance measurement range is divided; and a range image generator that generates a range image from the N segmental images. The range image generator determines: among segmental pixels included in the N segmental images, a segmental pixel having a maximum signal value from N segmental pixels at the same pixel position among pixel positions; a value indicating a segmental distance of the segmental pixel having the maximum signal value to be a distance value of the pixel position of the range image, when the maximum signal value is greater than or equal to a threshold; and a value indicating a value outside the distance measurement range to be the distance value of the pixel position of the range image, when the maximum signal value is less than the threshold.
US11988741B2
Methods and systems are described that enable vehicle routing based on availability of radar-localization objects. A request to navigate to a destination is received, and at least two possible routes to the destination are determined. Availabilities of radar-localization objects for the possible routes are determined, and a route is selected based on the availabilities of the radar-localization objects. Furthermore, while traveling along a route, the vehicle is localized based on radar detections of radar-localization objects. A radar-localization quality of the localizing is monitored, and a determination is made that the radar-localization quality has dropped or will drop. Based on the radar-localization quality dropping, the route is modified and/or an operation of a radar module is adjusted. In this way, availabilities of radar-localization objects may be used to select an optimal route and to adjust a current navigation along a route to minimize driver takeover.
US11988736B2
A system for virtual aperture array radar tracking includes a transmitter that transmits first and second probe signals; a receiver array including a first plurality of radar elements positioned along a first radar axis; and a signal processor that calculates a target range from first and second reflected probe signals, corresponds signal instances of the first reflected probe signal to physical receiver elements of the radar array, corresponds signal instances of the second reflected probe signal to virtual elements of the radar array, calculates a first target angle between a first reference vector and a first projected target vector from the first reflected probe signal, and calculates a position of the tracking target relative to the radar array from the target range and first target angle.
US11988734B2
The invention discloses a method for measuring the intracellular water transmembrane efflux rate (kio): setting magnetic resonance imaging parameters and measuring the noise level during scanning. Optimizing the flip angle and resetting it through Monte Carlo simulation. Scanning quantitative T1 imaging. Scanning dynamic-contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and injecting contrast agent. The full shutter speed model (SSMfull) is used to analyze every voxel in the tumor area and obtain the kio of them. This method significantly improves the accuracy of kio. The invention discloses the measuring method, system and application of kio as a magnetic resonance imaging biomarker of glioma, which is not for disease diagnosis, to evaluate the expression level of AQP4. The invention discloses the application of kio as a magnetic resonance imaging marker of glioma in the preparation of a product for predicting the sensitivity of glioma radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Through the above methods, systems and applications, the non-invasive and quantitative measurement and imaging of AQP4 expression level in glioma have been realized.
US11988731B2
A magnet arrangement arranged radially around a sample volume generates a changing magnetic field B with a z-direction component. A circuit board arrangement (6;14) is arranged radially within the magnet arrangement and has electrical conductor tracks (7; 12) divided into conductor track sections (10), at least two adjoining ones of which form a structure section (11a, 11b) spanning an area (A1, A2). For each conductor track (7; 12), two structure sections (11a, 11b) respectively form a structure section pair (11), wherein the conductor tracks are arranged on the circuit board arrangement (6; 14) such that equal and opposite voltages and/or currents are induced by a change in the magnetic field B of the magnet arrangement in the two structure sections of each structure section pair. As a result, eddy currents and resultant interference in the circuit board and the components thereof are avoided or at least minimized.
US11988725B2
A method for determining a connection status between an antenna amplifier and an antenna structure includes applying a first diagnostic voltage to a connecting link between the antenna amplifier and the antenna structure, reading out a first voltage value at a measuring point of the connecting link, and comparing the first voltage value with the first diagnostic value. The method includes applying a second diagnostic voltage different from the first diagnostic voltage to the connecting link, reading out a second voltage value at the measuring point, and comparing the second voltage value with the second diagnostic voltage. A faulty connection between the antenna amplifier and the antenna structure is determined if the first voltage value corresponds to the first diagnostic voltage and the second voltage value corresponds to the second diagnostic voltage.
US11988724B2
The invention provides a signal detector. The signal detector comprises a housing, having a connector and a display unit; a tuner, configured to receive a cable signal; a microcontroller unit (MCU), electrically connected with the tuner and the display unit; a scanning switch, electrically connected with the MCU; a power supply, configured to supply a power to the MCU; and a power switch, electrically connected with the MCU.
US11988715B2
A device for diagnosing a turn-short fault of an induction motor, the device including an induction motor; and a fault detecting unit to detect a current flowing in a supply line that supplies power to an input terminal of the induction motor and diagnose whether the induction motor has a fault, in which the fault detecting unit diagnoses whether the induction motor has the fault by applying a dynamic model. A method thereof is also disclosed.
US11988714B2
A gas density relay check device and a check method thereof are provided. In check, a temperature adjusting mechanism and a gas density relay are relatively set. Temperature rise and fall of a temperature compensation element of the gas density relay is adjusted through the temperature adjusting mechanism, then the gas density relay is enabled to have a contact signal action. A gas density value is obtained according to the pressure value and the temperature value in the contact action. A contact signal operating value of the gas density relay is detected to check on the contact signal operating value of the gas density relay. The gas density relay check device of the present disclosure is capable of accurately checking gas density relays, and is particularly applicable to a gas density relay without a three-way valve, and check can be achieved without disassembling the gas density relay.
US11988708B2
The disclosed technology generally relates to integrated circuit devices with wear out monitoring capability. An integrated circuit device includes a wear-out monitor device configured to record an indication of wear-out of a core circuit separated from the wear-out monitor device, wherein the indication is associated with localized diffusion of a diffusant within the wear-out monitor device in response to a wear-out stress that causes the wear-out of the core circuit.
US11988705B2
The present disclosure provides a carrier mechanism including at least one rotator, a supporting unit, and a driving unit. The rotator rotates about an axis and has a gradually enlarged cam surface. The supporting unit has at least one carrier. The carrier has a first passive member and a second passive member contacting two sides of the rotator respectively. The driving unit has at least one driver to drive the rotator to rotate about the axis so as to push the first passive member and the second passive member. Thus, the carrier can precisely adjust the location of the carrier.
US11988701B2
In the fault diagnosis method, apparatus, and computer device, the method includes acquiring line voltage values in real time according to a voltage collector connected to phase lines (S100); according to the line voltage values and preset system parameters, obtaining a voltage peak balance degree and a phase angle offset of the three-phase power grid (S200); and obtaining a fault diagnosis result according to the voltage peak balance degree and the phase angle offset (S300). In such a way, a real-time diagnosis operation of whether a three-phase power grid is balanced can be implemented only by performing on-line calculation and analysis on line voltage values, which has simple analysis operation to reduce the system complexity; and only a voltage collector is added, and no other hardware costs are required, moreover high diagnosis reliability is obtained.
US11988691B2
The current measurement device (1, 2) includes a first sensor (SE1) configured to detect a direct current magnetic field and a low-frequency alternating current magnetic field generated due to the current (1) flowing through the conductor (MC) to be measured, a second sensor (SE2) configured to detect alternating current magnetic fields from a low frequency to a high frequency generated due to the current (I) flowing through the conductor to be measured, a first calculator (21, 21A) configured to calculate the current flowing through the conductor to be measured from a detection result of the first sensor using distance information indicating a distance (r) between the first sensor (SE1) and the conductor (MC) to be measured, a second calculator (22) configured to calculate the current flowing through the conductor to be measured from a detection result of the second sensor, and a synthesizer (23) configured to synthesize a calculation result of the first calculator with a calculation result of the second calculator.
US11988688B2
A voltage dividing device includes: a plurality of resistive voltage dividing boards each being a plate-like board having a front face, the board having a plurality of conductor patterns arranged on the front face, the conductor patterns being connected in series with one another through capacitors and resistors connected in parallel on the front face of the board. The resistive voltage dividing boards are connected in series with one another through connecting members, and adjacent ones of the resistive voltage dividing boards are arranged so that a rear face of one of the adjacent resistive voltage dividing boards and a front face of the other resistive voltage dividing board face each other and that the conductor patterns arranged on the front face of the one resistive voltage dividing board are disposed oppositely from the conductor patterns arranged on the front face of the other resistive voltage dividing board.
US11988679B2
Methods, systems and circuits evaluate a subject's CVD risk using a risk parameter that includes at least one HDL and inflammatory biomarker interaction parameter. The inflammatory biomarker may optionally comprise NMR derived measurements of GlycA from at least one biosample of the subject. The risk parameter may be gender-specific.
US11988678B2
Test strips for determining the activity of a coagulation factor in a blood sample are provided. The strip comprises a support, a sample inlet port for deposition of a blood sample, and a reaction area comprising a blood coagulation reagent. The sample inlet port is connected to the reaction area, and the coagulation reagent comprises blood plasma deficient in the coagulation factor for which activity is to be measured, an ionic citrate source an ionic calcium source, and either one or more coagulation contact phase activator reagents and phospholipids or a mixture of tissue factor and phospholipids. The disclosure further relates to in vitro methods for measuring an activity of a coagulation factor.
US11988669B2
The present invention relates to a method for the absolute quantification of naturally processed HLA-restricted cancer peptides, i.e. the determination of the copy number of peptide(s) as presented per cell. The present invention can not only be used for the development of antibody therapies or peptide vaccines, but is also highly valuable for a molecularly defined immuno-monitoring, and useful in the processes of identifying of new peptide antigens for immunotherapeutic strategies, such as respective vaccines, antibody-based therapies or adoptive T-cell transfer approaches in cancer, infectious and/or autoimmune diseases.
US11988666B2
A lectin-binding substance measurement method is a method for measuring a lectin-binding substance in a sample, and includes a measuring step of bringing a blocked labeled lectin including a water-soluble carrier made of a first water-soluble polymer and a labeling substance and a lectin immobilized on the water-soluble carrier into contact with the sample.
US11988665B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for determining viruses. For instance, some aspects are directed to systems and methods for determining viruses using a partitioning system. Within the partitioning system, the virus may partition into one or more phases. In some cases, a virus-binding moiety facilitates partitioning of the virus. The phases may be assayed to determine the virus based on, e.g., quantitative or qualitative assessments of the distribution of virus-binding and/or signaling moieties. The virus-binding moiety may be attached to particles that may form a complex around a virus. The complex may be detectable without a signaling moiety (e.g., as a color change) in some embodiments. In some cases, more than one virus may be determined. For example, a virus-binding moiety may substantially alter the partitioning behavior of one virus or complex, relative to another, by being selective for the first virus.
US11988660B2
The present invention provides a device and process that rapidly assesses volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in a gaseous state by reading gas emitted through a subject's skin into the ambient surroundings. The device delivers rapid high-sensitivity capture, classification and pattern recognition to identify a unique VOC profile derived from that bio-sample. A flexible probe module can be appropriately configured with attachments to collect gases from the air surrounding any person, any area enclosed or proximal to a potential VOC source, and/or in clinical applications, near any skin surface, from zones or areas within or immediate adjacent to a body orifice such as nasal passage, otic canal, mouth, armpit, vagina, urethra, navel, anus, vagina, scalp, torso, palm, foot, etc. The device thus provides a practical screening device for clearing persons of interest, e.g., in a waiting room, planning to enter a room or building, a client seeking a personal meeting, etc., and/or providing a handyman, health care worker, or other service provider, a means of assurance when entering a place of service.
US11988658B2
Methods are provided for assessing a cellular breast sample. Aspects of the methods include flow cytometrically obtaining sample data, cellular data, and combinations thereof, and then assessing the cellular breast sample based on the obtained data. In addition, compositions, e.g., kits, systems and programming, useful in practicing various embodiments of the methods are provided.
US11988647B2
A mixer arrangement for use in a chromatography system includes a first frequency targeting mixer including a first flow channel coupled between an inlet and an outlet and a second flow channel coupled between the inlet and the outlet, the second flow channel including a volume offset region configured to delay fluid propagation through the second flow channel, wherein the volume offset region is configured to reduce or eliminate fluidic compositional oscillations in a compositional solvent stream that depart from a desired composition at a first target frequency, and a residual noise targeting mixer fluidically connected in series to the frequency targeting mixer, the residual noise targeting mixer configured to dampen aperiodic baseline noise in the compositional solvent stream.
US11988629B2
A method for manufacturing a biological field-effect transistor (BioFET) is disclosed. In some implementations, the method may include preparing a carbonaceous dispersion by adding a three-dimensional (3D) graphene into a solvent; depositing the carbonaceous dispersion onto a p-type silicon wafer; spin-coating a positive photoresist over the carbonaceous dispersion; forming source and drain terminals on the p-type silicon wafer, the source and drain terminals in contact with the 3D graphene of the carbonaceous dispersion; removing residual photoresist from the carbonaceous dispersion by placing the p-type silicon wafer in 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP); and biofunctionalizing the carbonaceous dispersion with a molecular recognition element configured to alter one or more electrical properties of the Bio-FET in response to exposure of the molecular recognition element to the analyte.
US11988628B2
A container for storing one or more items is disclosed. The container may include a surface defining a volume of the container and a label printed on the container. In various implementations, the label includes a substrate, a plurality of carbon-based sensors printed on the substrate, and one or more electrodes printed on the substrate. The sensors may be collectively configured to detect a presence of one or more analytes within the container. Each sensor may be configured to react with a unique group of analytes in response to an electromagnetic signal received from an external device. The electrodes may be configured to provide one or more output signals indicating the presence or absence of the one or more analytes within the container.
US11988622B2
A water quality analyzer includes a combustion tube (2) for burning a liquid sample inside, a sample injector (6; 8) that executes sample injection operation into the combustion tube (2), a pressure sensor (28) that detects pressure inside the combustion tube (2), a temperature sensor (38) that detects a temperature of the combustion tube (2), and a determination part (46) configured to determine whether the combustion tube (2) and/or the sample injector (6; 8) is normal or abnormal based on an output of the pressure sensor (28) and an output of the temperature sensor (38) immediately after the sample injection operation by the sample injector (6; 8) is executed.
US11988617B2
A scanner comprises an electromagnetic wave source; and a detector positioned to measure emissions from the electromagnetic wave source, wherein the electromagnetic wave source comprises a first technology, and the electromagnetic wave source is interchangeable with a second electromagnetic wave source comprising a second technology and/or wherein the detector comprises a first technology, and the detector is interchangeable with a second detector comprising a second technology. Training the scanner to inspect for contaminants includes generating electromagnetic wave emissions at a plurality of combinations of parameters; moving a conveyor belt to expose product having a plurality of contaminants of different sizes to the emissions generated at more than one combination of parameters; recording attenuated emissions that pass through the product at more than one combination of parameters; and selecting a combination of parameters to use when inspecting for the contaminant.
US11988614B2
An inspection probe is configured by inserting a cylindrical hollow glass pipe configured by quartz glass into a cylindrical exterior member configured by stainless steel or the like. The glass pipe transmits a laser beam from a laser light emission device as irradiation light to a leading end part through a hollow region. In the inspection probe, the irradiation light is transmitted to the leading end part through the hollow region of the glass pipe and is reflected by a reflection mirror provided at the leading end part, whereby the inner face of an inspection target is irradiated by the irradiation light, and reflected light reflected from the inner face of the inspection target is reflected by the reflection mirror and transmitted to a photoelectric conversion unit via a region other than the hollow region of the glass pipe.
US11988612B2
The present disclosure provides methods for determining a focus spot window of a wafer and judging whether the wafer needs to be reworked, belonging to the field of semiconductor technology. The method for determining a focus spot window of a wafer includes: acquiring flatness information and location information of a local region of the wafer before exposure; acquiring distribution information of abnormal dies, process information corresponding to the abnormal dies, and data information related to wafer yield; and determining the focus spot window corresponding to a process according to the flatness information and the location information of the local region of the wafer, the distribution information of the abnormal dies, the process information corresponding to the abnormal dies, and the data information related to wafer yield.
US11988610B2
Systems and methods here may be used for analyzing images of gemstones to automatically assign a haziness and/or fluorescence grade to the gemstone using contrast analysis on pixelated, digital images of the gemstones.
US11988607B2
There is provided a chemiluminescence detector sample enclosure. The enclosure comprises a first interface member forming part of a chemiluminescence detector and having a first sealing element and a second interface member comprising a plurality of sample holders, each sample holder having a second sealing element. The first interface member is engagable with and moveable between sample holder subsets of the plurality of sample holders, engagement with a respective sample holder subset providing engagement of the first interface member with each sample holder of the respective sample holder subset and relative movement of the first and second interface members providing movement between sample holder subsets; and when the first interface member is engaged with each respective sample holder, the first sealing element and the respective second sealing element are adapted to interact so as to form a light restricting seal between the first interface member and said sample holder.
US11988604B2
Imaging a sample that includes phototransformable optical labels (“PTOLs”) with an optical system having a diffraction-limited resolution volume (DLRV), includes providing activation radiation to the PTOLs to activate a statistical subset of the PTOLs. A density of the PTOLs of the activated subset is less than an inverse of the DLRV. Excitation radiation is provided to the activated subset to excite activated PTOLs. Radiation emitted from the activated and excited PTOLs located at different focal planes of the optical system within the sample is detected with the optical system. The preceding steps are repeated one or more times, each time activating a different statistical subset of the plurality of PTOLs. Three-dimensional locations within the sample are determined, with a sub-diffraction-limited accuracy, of the activated and excited PTOLs based on the radiation emitted from the activated and excited PTOLs that is detected from the different focal planes of the optical system.
US11988603B2
A tissue imaging system includes a laser module for outputting a laser pulse, an optical delay module configured to split a laser pulse received from the laser module into a plurality of time-delayed sub-pulses, a telescope for delivering the sub-pulses from the optical delay module to a target volume and a photodetector configured to collect photons generated within the target volume in response to excitation of the target volume by the first and second sub-pulses. The system may further include a spatial multiplexing module configured to receive the temporally multiplexed laser pulse from the optical delay module and splitting the temporally multiplexed laser pulse into a plurality of sub-beams including a first sub-beam and a second sub-beam, wherein the first sub-beam and the second sub-beam are spatially separated with respect to a first image plane formed at a first depth within the target volume and with respect to a second image plane formed at a second depth within the target volume.
US11988602B2
An example SPR detection system includes a first prism having a first surface adjacent to a first metal layer exposed to a sample gas, and a second prism having a second surface adjacent to a second metal layer exposed to a reference gas. At least one light source is configured to provide respective beams to the first and second surfaces, where each of the beams causes SPR of a respective one of the metal layers. At least one photodetector is configured to measure a reflection property of reflections of the respective beams from the metal layers during the SPR. A controller is configured to determine whether a target gas is present in the sample gas based on a known composition of the reference gas and at least one of an electrical property of the first and second metal layers during the SPR and the reflection property of the metal layers.
US11988599B2
A miniature Fourier transform mid-infrared (FT-MIR) spectrometer is provided. The FT-MIR includes a metasurface IR source to emit radiation when heated, a microelectromechanical (MEMS) interferometer, and a metasurface microbolometer to measure an interferogram from the MEMS interferometer, wherein the miniature FT-MIR spectrometer is less than about 20 mm in outer diameter.
US11988598B2
Systems, devices, and methods for an optical head enclosure of a sensor; one or more imbedded nozzles disposed on a surface of the optical head enclosure; an inlet of the one or more imbedded nozzles, where the inlet comprises a nozzle channel for receiving a cleaning solution; a flow channel internal to the optical head enclosure, where the nozzle channel is connected to the flow channel, and where the flow channel comprises an outlet for dispersing the cleaning solution received from the nozzle channel; wherein the inlet comprises a break to stop a nozzle of a cleaning device from reaching a mirror of the sensor; where the outlet directs the cleaning solution from the inlet onto the mirror.
US11988570B2
A sub-slab monitor includes a housing configured to extend through a foundation such that an upper surface of the housing is in contact with an indoor air environment and a lower surface of the housing is in contact with a sub-slab environment. A pressure sensor contained within the housing is configured to measure a differential pressure between the indoor air environment and the sub-slab environment, and electronics contained within the housing include a communication circuitry for communicating differential pressure data from the pressure sensor to a computer and a battery. A system and method for sub-slab monitoring includes providing and installing one or more sub-slab monitors and uploading differential pressure data from the one or more sub-slab monitors onto a central computer.
US11988558B2
Described herein is a method for identifying an interference pigment in a coating. Also described herein is a corresponding device and a computer-readable medium.
US11988553B2
An optical module is disclosed. The optical module includes a carrier, an optical emitter disposed over the carrier, and a monitor disposed over the carrier and configured to adjust a property of a first light emitted from the optical emitter.
US11988546B2
A sieving device includes a mount, and a vibration unit configured to perform reciprocating vibration relative to the mount in one direction in plan view and including a sieve frame. The vibration unit includes a first sensor unit and a vibration state measurement unit. The first sensor unit includes a vibration-unit acceleration sensing unit capable of sensing acceleration of the vibration unit, and a vibration-unit angular velocity sensing unit capable of sensing angular velocity of the vibration unit. The vibration state measurement unit measures a vibration state of the vibration unit based on the acceleration and the angular velocity of the vibration unit, which are sensed by the first sensor unit.
US11988537B2
A powder supply device that continuously supply a fixed amount of powder, including a powder accommodation container including a powder delivery hole in an circular outer shape bottom plate, and a disk that continuously rotates and conveys the powder by a groove facing the powder delivery hole and provided on circumference, wherein the disk is disposed to be slidably rotatable with respect to the circular outer shape bottom plate in a state in which a part of a region where the groove is located is covered with the circular outer shape bottom plate of the powder accommodation container.
US11988536B2
A system for capture of dose delivery information is provided. The system includes a medication delivery device, a dose information capture device adapted to be attached to the medication delivery device, and a target element adapted to be attached to the medication delivery device. The target element comprises a magnet or ferrous element and the target element attaches to the medication delivery device on a dose delivery mechanism of the medication delivery device. The dose information capture device includes a magnetic position sensor adapted to detect a position of the target element. As an alternative to magnetic sensing, MEMS flow sensors, and the like may also be used. Exemplary systems preferably transmit dose information in real time to remote devices for further processing.
US11988528B2
A position sensor is provided. The position sensor includes a target and a segment sensor element. The segment sensor element defines a circumferential direction and a radial direction. The segment sensor element includes a transmit coil. The segment sensor element includes a plurality of receive coils positioned within a space defined by the transmit coil. The plurality of receive coils are offset relative to one another. The shape of each of the plurality of receive coils corresponds to a periodic waveform having a radial width that varies along the circumferential direction. Furthermore, the shape of at least one receive coil of the plurality of receive coils is distorted along at least one of the radial direction or the circumferential direction.
US11988525B2
An autonomous vehicle operates in a Follow Mode, wherein an apparatus for controlling movement of a vehicle includes an exterior monitoring system comprising at least one sensor to monitor an exterior region and to detect a location of a target user. A controller is configured to A) interactively map an activity zone having a selected expanse in the exterior region relative to the vehicle, B) compare a monitored location of the target user to the activity zone, C) detect a relocation event when the comparison of the monitored location of the target user to the activity zone exceeds a predetermined deviation, and D) send a navigation command in response to detecting the relocation event in order to autonomously reposition the vehicle so that a relative location of the target user is restored to the activity zone.
US11988523B2
Techniques described herein may be used to using a medial axis of an overlap or gap to assign portions of the gap or overlap to adjacent polygons. For example, a computer system may identify a subject polygon defined by a first polygon and a second polygon. The computer system may determine a plurality of line segments within the subject polygon and that define a medial axis of the subject polygon. The computer system may assign a first face of the plurality of faces to the first polygon. The computer system may update a first boundary of the first polygon to include a first face area corresponding to the first face. The computer system may cause rendering, on a display, of a map view that includes the updated first boundary.
US11988522B2
Aspects concern a method for generating map data, the method including: generating of a plurality of cells of a real space area, each cell representing a two-dimensional sub-space of the real space area, wherein each of the cells comprise at least one global positioning system (GPS) point, and wherein the real space area comprises a road network; determining a number of GPS points for each cell of the plurality of cells; determining a road network based on the numbers of GPS points using a Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) analysis, wherein the cells of the plurality of cells are particles of the SPH analysis and the number of GPS points per cell of the plurality of cells are a scalar of each cell of the plurality of cells in the SPH analysis; and comparing the road network determined using the SPH analysis with the road network of the real space area.
US11988521B2
The present invention is to perform appropriate display on a display of a navigation system. A navigation system that displays an image on a display and presents the image to an occupant of a vehicle, acquires data for generating drawing elements from at least one information source and stores the data in a temporary storage for each of the drawing elements included in the image, selects, from among normal available data stored in the temporary storage, data based on the information source determined in accordance with a predetermined setting, and causes a drawing processor to draw an image combining the drawing elements based on the selected data.
US11988512B2
A method for estimating the movement of an object moving in an ambient magnetic field. The method includes acquiring by a magnetic measuring device integral with the object at least one component of the magnetic field and/or at least one i-th derivative of the magnetic field, with n+1≥i≥1, n≥1, at the level of the magnetic measuring device. The method then estimates at least one component of the movement of the object using at least one component of the equation ∇{dot over (n)}B=fn(Ω)·∇nB+gn(∇n+1B)·V, where ∇nB is an n-th derivative of the magnetic field, Ω is the instantaneous angular velocity, V is the instantaneous linear velocity, and fn and gn are predetermined functions.
US11988507B1
Disclosed are a calculation method and an installation mechanism for compressor unit single meter alignment pad iron adjustment. The installation mechanism includes: a bracket and a connecting piece installed on the bracket; and an installation piece arranged on an end portion of the bracket. The bracket is provided with an installation box, the installation box is internally and rotatably provided with a rolling rod, the rolling rod is winded with a connecting rope, one end, away from the rolling rod, of the connecting rope is provided with a fixing piece, one end of the rolling rod extends to an outer side of the installation box and is connected with a cam, the cam is provided with a groove, the installation box is provided with a limiting piece, one side, towards the cam, of the limiting piece is provided with an open slot.
US11988505B2
A tool such as a tape measure, including a lighting system is shown. The lighting system includes a light source configured to direct light forward and strong enough to act as a flashlight. The tape measure further includes a housing designed to be compact and rugged enough to protect the internal components related to the lighting system from coming loose or suffering damage due to an impact or vibrations.
US11988504B2
A service tool and method of using for calibrating a position of a cutting edge of a blade. The service tool may comprise an inward-side face disposed between a first face and a second face. The inward-side face may include a curved portion, a leg portion and a notch configured to receive the cutting edge. The first face includes a curved edge, a plurality of horizontal lines and a plurality of vertical lines. When the cutting edge is received in the notch, and the curved portion abuts the top face of a bolt, the plurality of horizontal lines is configured to measure a vertical distance from a center of the top face to the cutting edge, and the plurality of vertical lines is configured to measure a horizontal distance from the center of the top face to the cutting edge.
US11988502B2
A system to characterize a film layer within a measurement box is disclosed. The system obtains a first mixing fraction corresponding to a first X-ray beam, the mixing fraction represents a fraction of the first X-ray beam inside a measurement box of a wafer sample, the measurement box represents a bore structure disposed over a substrate and having a film layer disposed inside the bore structure. The system obtains a contribution value for the measurement box corresponding to the first X-ray beam, the contribution value representing a species signal outside the measurement box that contributes to a same species signal inside the measurement box. The system obtains a first measurement detection signal corresponding to a measurement of the measurement box using the first X-ray beam. The system determines a measurement value of the film layer based on the first measurement detection signal, the contribution value, and the first mixing fraction.
US11988499B2
The invention relates to a THz measuring device for measuring a layer thickness of a wall (4a) of a measurement object (4) and/or of a distance (18) between boundary surfaces (4a, 4b) of a measurement object (4), comprising a transmitter and receiver unit (2) including a Terahertz-Sender and a Terahertz receiver, a controller means configured to determine the layer thickness of the wall (4a) of the measurement object (4) and/or a distance (18) between boundary surfaces (4b, 4c) of the measurement object (4) from a time-of-flight difference of the Terahertz radiation reflected on a first boundary surface (4b, 4c) of the wall (4a) of the measurement object (4) and the Terahertz radiation reflected on a second boundary surface (4b, 4c) of the wall (4a), where in the beam path (5) of the at least one transmitter and receiver unit (2) an adjustable optical unit (7) including a reflector is arranged, where a surface of the reflector is designed to deflect the irradiated Terahertz radiation and/or the Terahertz radiation reflected from the respective boundary surface (4b, 4c) for adjusting the optical axis (C) of the transmitter and receiver unit (2). Hereby, according to the invention, it is provided that the reflector is designed to be deformable so that a beam cross-section of the irradiated Terahertz radiation can be modified in a focusing plane (17) lying downstream from the reflector in the radiation direction of the irradiated Terahertz radiation, the focusing plane being adjustable by deforming the reflector.
US11988497B2
An optical unit includes an input portion configured to have measurement light having a wavelength extending from an ultraviolet region to a visible region input thereto, an optical system configured to condense the measurement light in a state where a chromatic aberration is caused to occur, and an opening portion configured not to image light having a wavelength in the visible region and to image light having a wavelength in the ultraviolet region of the measurement light having a chromatic aberration having occurred therein.
US11988495B2
Provided is a through-focus image-based metrology device including an optical device, and a computing device configured to acquire at least one through-focus image of a target from the optical device, generate an intensity profile based on the acquired at least one through-focus image, and perform metrology on the target based on the generated intensity profile, wherein the optical device includes a stage on which the target is disposed, the stage being configured to move by one step in at least one direction based on control of the computing device, and to acquire the at least one through-focus image, an image sensor disposed on the stage, an objective lens disposed between the image sensor and the stage, the objective lens being configured to transmit reflected light from the target, and a light source configured to emit illumination light to the target through the objective lens.
US11988491B1
A caseless cartridge with a projectile, a propellant, and an ignition source. The ignition source is configured to ignite the propellant in response to an activation of the firearm. The propellant is molded around the projectile and is configured to propel the projectile from the firearm upon ignition. When the firearm is activated, the propellant is consumed, and the projectile and the ignition source are discharged from the firearm. The projectile has a bullet, an ignition housing, and a shaft. The bullet is positioned on a leading end of the projectile, while the ignition housing is positioned on a trailing end opposite the leading end. The shaft extends between the projectile and the ignition housing. The projectile may also have a plurality of fins to stabilize the projectile during flight and a plurality of ignition ports. The ignition source may ignite the propellant through the plurality of ignition ports.
US11988490B2
The present invention relates to a novel fireworks safety device. The device is an adjustable tool for securing fireworks in an upright position. The device comprises a square-shaped base component of wood or metal with openings on top to retain fireworks. The device also comprises a sliding tray component and at least one chamber to separate the sliding tray component away from other portions of the device. The sliding tray component slides to adjust to secure different sizes and amounts of fireworks. Further, the device is portable via an attached carrying strap for easy transportation.
US11988485B2
An embodiment firearm accessory mount includes: a main base including: a firearm groove at a bottom of the main base; and a mating groove at a top of the main base, the mating groove extending from a front of the main base to a rear of the main base, a first width of the mating groove decreasing continually in a first direction extending from the front of the main base to the rear of the main base; and an accessory mount including: an accessory groove at a top of the accessory mount; and a mating slide at a bottom of the accessory mount, the mating slide extending from a front of the accessory mount to a rear of the accessory mount, a second width of the mating slide decreasing continually in a second direction extending from the front of the accessory mount to the rear of the accessory mount.
US11988484B2
Storage plugs configured to receive batteries, tools, and/or accessories are provided. The storage plug includes an insert, insertable within a recess of a firearm grip, and one or more channels, each extending from a top surface of the insert. A wall disposed between indents extending from a bottom surface of the insert is configured to be held by a user during insertion or removal of the insert. One or more ridges disposed around the insert frictionally engage with an inner surface defining the recess of the firearm grip. Each channel is configured to receive one or more batteries, tools, and/or accessories. Each battery is one of a cylindrical battery, a square or rectangular battery, or a coin- or button-cell battery. Each tool is a multi-tool, a hex key, or another tool or accessory associated with a firearm or otherwise desirable to be carried in the storage plug.
US11988480B2
Lever action firearms have an upper frame defining a bolt passage, a bolt carrier assembly received in the upper frame and operable to reciprocate between an open position and a closed position, a lower frame defining a magazine well configured to removably receive a box magazine, the lower frame removably connected to the upper frame by a transverse takedown pin, an action lever movable between a retracted position and an extended position and having a first pivot, and pivotally connected to the lower frame at the first pivot, a first link pivotally connected to the lower frame, a second link pivotally connected to the bolt carrier assembly, the first link and second link pivotally interconnected to each other, the first link defining a cam path, and a cam follower on the action lever operably engaged to the cam path such that movement of the action lever generates movement of the bolt carrier assembly.
US11988477B2
An apparatus is disclosed for a firearm suppressor. In certain examples, the firearm suppressor includes an outer cylinder defining a longitudinal axis, and an inner cylinder having an inner chamber, where the inner cylinder is disposed at least partially within the outer tube and defines an outer chamber with the outer cylinder, where the outer chamber is disposed between an inner surface of the outer cylinder and an outer surface of the inner cylinder. The suppressor also includes a reversing baffle disposed at one end of the inner cylinder and configured to reverse a flow of gasses from the inner chamber and direct the gasses into the outer chamber, and at least one reverse flow pathway comprising a reverse section and a forward section, and where the at least one reverse flow pathway fluidly couples the inner chamber with an end cap.
US11988468B2
A heat sink includes a heat sink body having a plurality of stacked fins and a mounting base. The mounting base has a first heat dissipation plate and a second heat dissipation plate. A first surface of the first heat dissipation plate is connected to a bottom of the heat sink body. The second heat dissipation plate is mounted on a second surface of the first heat dissipation plate opposite to the first surface.
US11988459B2
A core assembly for a plate-and-fin heat exchanger includes a pair of core plates and a heat-absorbing member disposed within the passageway that secures the pair of core plates together. The heat-absorbing member defines a plurality of fins that each include one or more bending points, and each bending point creates two points of contact between a core plate and the heat-absorbing member.
US11988455B2
The invention relates to a thermal energy storage with at least one thermal energy storage volume. The thermal energy storage comprises at least one primary borehole extending from ground level to a first predetermined depth in a rock body; at least one set of secondary boreholes located around the at least one primary borehole; and at least an upper and a lower fracture plane extending in a radial and/or oblique plane from the at least one primary borehole towards adjacent secondary boreholes. At least one fracture plane permits a hydraulic flow between at least one of the secondary boreholes and the primary borehole. Each thermal energy storage volume is defined by one set of secondary boreholes and its upper and lower fracture planes. The set of secondary boreholes diverge away from the at least one primary borehole at each fractured plane level, without intersecting the at least one primary borehole.
US11988451B2
A drift eliminator is provided that includes a plurality of blades interleaved by a plurality of spacers. Each spacer has a first leg, a second leg, and a support strip, each of the first and second legs including an upper edge and a lower edge, with the support strip extending laterally from the upper edge of the first leg to the upper edge of the second leg. Each blade includes at least one portion having a plurality of alignment slots formed therein, the plurality of alignment slots extending from an upper surface of the blade portion to a lower surface of the blade portion. Each spacer includes a plurality of alignment tabs extending from the first leg and the second leg, each of the plurality of alignment tabs interfiting with a corresponding one of the plurality of alignment slots in the at least one first blade portion.
US11988448B1
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of mineral powder processing, and provides a mineral powder pellet drying device, the device includes a drying box body and a material preparation trough, and shunting buffer assemblies are configured to withstand the impact of falling mineral powder pellets in an elastically concave mode and guide the mineral powder pellets to two sides for dispersion. The device in the present disclosure has a simple structure, and is capable of buffering the impact strength of the falling mineral powder pellets, so that the breakage of the mineral powder pellets caused by a fast falling speed is avoided, therefore, the device in the present disclosure has a better drying effect and is highly applicable.
US11988445B2
A system and process that are configured to prepare incoming hydrocarbon feedstocks for storage. For incoming ethane gas, the embodiments can utilize a plurality of vessels to distill the incoming feedstock to vapor and liquid ethane that is suitable for storage. The embodiments can direct the vapor to a demethanizer column that is downstream of the vessels and other components. The process can include stages for distilling an incoming feedstock at a plurality of vessels to form a vapor and a liquid for storage; directing the vapor to a demethanizer column; and circulating liquid from the demethanizer column back to the plurality of vessels.
US11988440B2
A system can include a fluid tank for a refrigeration appliance. The fluid tank can include a plurality of chambers. Each chamber of the plurality of chambers can include an inlet port and an outlet port. At least part of the outlet port can be on a horizontal plane that is offset in an upward direction with respect to the inlet port. At least two chambers of the plurality of chambers can be fluidly coupled in series.
US11988439B2
An anchor assembly for securing a subcomponent to a refrigerator includes a receiving portion and a cover portion. The receiving portion has a first end configured to engage the subcomponent, a second end defining threads, and tabs extending radially outward at a position that is between the first and second ends. The cover portion has a hub and a skirt extending radially outward from the hub. The hub is configured to engage the second end of the receiving portion via the threads to secure the second portion to the first portion. The skirt is configured to engage a wall and extend about the keyed-orifice. The tabs and skirt are collectively configured to generate a compression force on the wall to secure the anchor assembly to the wall.
US11988434B2
A high efficiency airflow management system can be used to reliably and consistently draw air through palletized product stacks with a minimum of energy expenditure. A racking system is provided with a grid of pallet bays separated from an air plenum/chamber by a wall having an airflow opening for each pallet bay. An air dam selectively permits or prevents airflow through portions of the airflow opening such that airflow may be allowed to flow through the entire opening, only a portion of the opening, or none of the opening.
US11988429B2
A refrigerant compressor for refrigeration plants having a compressor unit driven by a drive unit. At least one of the compressor and drive units has a control unit which is controllable by delivery rate control system to control the refrigerant compressor at different delivery rates. An external delivery rate setpoint value is communicated to the delivery rate control system to prevent critical operating states. The delivery rate control system is configured to acquire, via a sensor, a compressor unit reference temperature. The delivery rate control system is configured to ascertain an operating state value group to acquire an operating state of the refrigerant compressor, and specify a delivery rate for operation of the refrigerant compressor outside of the critical operating states, if the value of the ascertained operating state value group based upon the compressor reference temperature permits a critical operating state of the refrigerant compressor.
US11988427B2
A pumped refrigerant system can include a condenser, a pump coupled downstream of the condenser, an evaporator assembly coupled downstream of the pump, the condenser being coupled downstream of the evaporator assembly, and a refrigerant heating assembly coupled downstream of the pump, the condenser being coupled downstream of the refrigerant heating assembly. The refrigerant heating assembly can include a tank and a heating element coupled to the tank and configured to heat refrigerant within the tank. An input valve can be configured to selectively allow the pump to push refrigerant into the tank. An output valve can be configured to selectively inject heated refrigerant from the tank into plumbing upstream of the condenser.
US11988419B2
A refrigerant circuit includes a compressor, a high-pressure side heat exchanger, a decompressor, and a low-pressure side heat exchanger, which are annularly interconnected by a refrigerant pipe, and is configured to circulate refrigerant. The refrigerant circuit performs an oil recovery operation based on an operation history of the compressor during a normal operation of the refrigerant circuit and an amount of oil in the compressor detected by an oil depletion sensor.
US11988418B2
Cooling systems include a cold sink thermally coupled to a heat load, a separator configured to separate liquid and vapor portions of a working fluid, and a cooling cycle having a vapor loop and a liquid loop, the cooling cycle having the working fluid configured to pass through both the vapor loop and the liquid loop. The vapor loop includes the separator, a compressor, a condenser, and a valve. A vapor form of the working fluid flows from the separator into the compressor, and the working fluid then flows to the condenser, and then through the valve, and returned to the separator. The liquid loop includes the cold sink, the separator, and a pump. A liquid form of the working fluid flows from the separator into the pump and the working fluid is increased in pressure and supplied to the cold sink and then returned to the separator.
US11988409B2
A partition wall for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a frame defining a perimeter of the partition wall, and one or more panels extending within the frame. Each of the one or more panels comprises a flange configured to abut another of the one or more panels or the frame to provide a substantially air-tight engagement there between.
US11988407B2
A dehumidifier includes a machine body having a dehumidification function and a water tank including a receiving cavity. The receiving cavity includes a support boss on an inner side wall of the receiving cavity. The dehumidifier has a working state, in which a bottom of the machine body abuts against the support boss.
US11988405B2
An air duct which extends substantially in a longitudinal direction (X), having a duct wall which encloses a flow cross section and has, on its inner side, at least one fastening means for fastening at least one functional element, which can be accommodated in the air duct, in a variable position in the longitudinal direction (X) of the duct.
US11988391B2
A pan support for a gas cooker includes a support structure for a container for food to be cooked. The support structure of the pan support has a contact surface for the container and a channel for a flammable combustion gas and air mixture, which channel leads to gas outlet openings.
US11988383B2
A combustion chamber inside a combustion box has disposed therein a burner positioning frame having: a rear frame part positioned on a rear side of a burner-disposed portion; and a burner positioning frame having side frame part positioned on each laterally outside of the burner-disposed portion. The rear frame part has formed therein a laterally elongated drawn part which is dented rearward. The secondary air flowing from the distribution holes positioned in such a portion of the partition plate as is closer to the rear end of the partition plate is restrained by the drawn part from flowing upward from between the partition plate and a lower edge of the rear frame part through a clearance between the rear frame part and a rear plate part of the combustion box.
US11988378B2
A premix burner made up of an air inlet tube of length L and a single specific gas injection, the gas injection includes an upstream gas injector, a mixer, a downstream gas injection situated at a distance L3 from an upstream end of the air inlet tube and a stabilizing element, where the gas injection constitutes a one-piece mechanical assembly that ensures a self-stable elementary flame.
US11988376B2
A LED module (24) for a blinder (10) having several LEDs (30) of the color warm white, one LED or several LEDs (30) of the color red, and one LED or several LEDs (30) of the color amber.
US11988368B1
The portable light system may comprise a base, a boom, an extender, a first tool holder, a second tool holder, a third tool holder, a floodlight, and a flashlight. The portable light system may be a system of armatures that is self-standing and operable to direct light towards one or more objects. The base may comprise a quadripod stand with a telescoping vertical support. The extender and the boom may extend and redirect the system of armatures. A plurality of tool holders comprising the first tool holder, the second tool holder, and the third tool may be individually coupled to the system of armatures to hold a tool. The floodlight and the flashlight may be operable to provide illumination.
US11988354B2
A lamp for a vehicle forms a rear road surface pattern when the vehicle moves backward. The lamp for the vehicle includes a light source unit configured to generate light, a shield unit configured to selectively transmit a portion of the light generated from the light source unit, and a lens unit configured to concentrate the light transmitted through the shield unit onto a road surface. The lens unit includes a first lens part and a second lens part, and the second lens part includes an inner space through which the light emitted from the light source unit is transmitted.
US11988347B2
A strobe module can include a Fresnel lens that defines an external surface of the strobe module and a sidewall at least partially defining an internal volume and defining an external channel. A gasket can be disposed in the external channel. A substrate can be coupled to the sidewall to further define the internal volume and a light source can be disposed on the substrate in the internal volume.
US11988343B2
The disclosure generally relates to generating lighting in an efficient way while in the outdoors. The designs are meant to maximize the amount of light generated, by the smallest assembly that is rugged to use in general outdoor activities and water sports. Further designs are related to hands-free mounting capabilities on outdoor equipment such as bikes, surfboards, snowboards and other similar equipment. Additional features include various filters, waterproofing, recharging or lighting differences which provide greater visual or photographic advantages to the user.
US11988338B2
The invention relates to a method (200) for operating a tank device (1) for storing compressed fluids, having a tank (2), a valve device (100), a feed line (29), a flow-regulating element (27) situated in the feed line (29), and a control unit (64). The valve device (100) comprises a magnet apparatus (11), by means of which magnet apparatus (11) the opening and closing process of the valve device (100) can be controlled, the magnet apparatus (11) comprising a solenoid (10). A characteristic map (80) is stored in the control unit (64), in which characteristic map (80) reference pressure differences (70) with associated electrical current strengths for the solenoid (10) are stored, the electrical current strength being selected such that the valve device (100) is still open, an initial electrical current strength being stored in the characteristic map (80). The method is characterised by the following steps: a. applying (60) the initial electrical current strength to the solenoid (10); b. determining (61) the pressure p0 in the tank (2) and determining (61) the pressure p1 in the feed line (29) between the valve device (100) and the flow-regulating element (27); c. determining (62) the difference between the pressure p0 in the tank (2) and the pressure p1 in the feed line (29) between the valve device (100) and the flow-regulating element (27); d. assigning the determined difference between the pressure p0 in the tank (2) and the pressure p1 in the feed line (29) between the valve device (100) and the flow-regulating element (27) to one of the reference pressure differences (70) in the characteristic map (80) such that,—if the determined difference between the pressure p0 in the tank (2) and the pressure p1 in the feed line (29) between the valve device (100) and the flow-regulating element (27) can be assigned to one of the reference pressure differences (70): i. selecting (64) an electrical current strength assigned to the determined reference pressure difference (70) for the solenoid (10); ii. applying (65) the selected electrical current strength to the solenoid (10); iii. cyclically repeating (66) steps a. to d.; —if the determined difference between the pressure p0 in the tank (2) and the pressure p1 in the feed line (29) between the valve device (100) and the flow-regulating element (27) cannot be assigned to one of the reference pressure differences (70): returning (67) to step a.
US11988336B2
Scalable greenhouse gas capture systems and methods to allow a user to off-load exhaust captured in an on-board vehicle exhaust capture device and to allow for a delivery vehicle or other transportation mechanism to obtain and transport the exhaust. The systems and methods may involve one or more exhaust pumps, each with a multi-function nozzle assembly including an exhaust nozzle corresponding to a vehicle exhaust port and a fuel nozzle for supplying fuel to a vehicle fuel tank. Upon engagement with the vehicle exhaust port, the exhaust nozzle may create an air-tight seal between the exhaust nozzle and the vehicle exhaust port. An exhaust conduit may be configured to transport captured exhaust therethrough from the exhaust nozzle to an exhaust holding tank connected to and in fluid communication with the exhaust conduit.
US11988331B2
A gravity oiler assembly for for passively managing a fluid within an input fluid reservoir for use in an equipment fluid reservoir. The gravity oiler assembly comprises a fitting, the input fluid reservoir, and a nozzle. The fitting comprises an outer surface, an inner cavity, a top aperture, and a side aperture. The input fluid reservoir comprises a bottle being arranged with a fluid passage attached to the nozzle. The nozzle is arranged below the input fluid reservoir and inserted into the top aperture of the fitting. The gravity oiler assembly is configured to allow the fluid in the input fluid reservoir to enter a portion of the nozzle, the inner cavity and the side aperture. The gravity oiler assembly is configured to store the fluid in the input fluid reservoir and passively dispense the fluid into an equipment fluid cavity of the equipment fluid reservoir.
US11988329B1
A grease delivery with accumulated pressure system includes a grease accumulator comprising a first compartment containing a pressurized fluid and a second compartment containing a grease, a pressurized fluid source in communication with the first compartment, a grease reservoir connected to the second compartment through a supply conduit, and a discharge conduit extending from the second compartment to a receiving component.
US11988327B2
A plurality of brackets and hooks form a kit of ceiling mounted devices configured for removably storing plastic storage/container bins. Each bracket has a channel disposed below a top plane where the bracket is configured to abut against an underside of a ceiling. Each hook has an axle configured to be pivotably captured by the channel, where at least one prong extends from and is connected to the hook. The at least one prong extends upwards when the hook is pivotably hanging from the bracket when the bracket is attached to the underside of the ceiling. A portion of the bracket is configured to pass through an aperture of the hook, wherein the axle of the hook is configured to be disposed within the channel of the bracket. The at least one prong is configured to removably capture a rim of the plastic storage/container bin.
US11988325B2
An expandable device includes a base having a top side and a bottom side, an expanding mechanism operably coupled to the base, and a button. The bottom side of the base is adapted to engage a portion of a portable electronic device. The button has a top side and a bottom side and is operably coupled to the expanding mechanism. The expanding mechanism is selectively movable between a first configuration whereby the button is disposed in a first, collapsed configuration and a second configuration whereby the button is disposed in a second, expanded configuration. Upon urging the button to the first configuration, the expandable device retains the button in the first configuration, and upon further urging the button towards the base, the button is released from the first configuration and moves to the second configuration.
US11988322B2
A tripod may be provided herein with nesting flip locks on inside faces of the tripod legs. The tripod may comprise a hub and a plurality of telescoping legs. Each of the telescoping legs may be coupled, at a proximal end of each of the plurality of legs, to the hub. Each of the plurality of legs may comprise a plurality of hollow leg sections and at least one nesting flip lock. The nesting flip lock may be coupled to an inward-facing side of one hollow leg section of the plurality of hollow leg sections. The nesting flip lock may comprise a collar coupled to a distal end of the one hollow leg section and a lever coupled to the collar, wherein the lever may comprise a cam mechanism to manage an engagement and disengagement of the nesting flip lock.
US11988320B2
A shooting stand with a balancing weight includes a standing frame, a top base, an installing support, a telescopic member, a guide wheel, a rope and a balancing rod. The balancing rod is hinged with the top base, and the balancing rod is extended along a direction away from the top base, the rope goes around the guide wheel, one end of the rope is connected to the telescopic part or the installing support, and the other end is connected to the balancing rod away from the top base. When the telescopic part is extended, the rope is pulled to cause the balancing rod to pivot to approach the cantilever arm; when the telescopic part is retracted, the rope is loosened to cause the balancing rod to pivot away from the cantilever arm, and the rope is pulled to move again. The stability and reliability are improved.
US11988318B2
The present embodiments include new methods for low-cost inertial measurement units (IMU) using an extended Kalman filter (EKF) to increase the navigation parameters accuracy or reduce the total RMS errors even during the unavailability of Above Ground Markers (AGM) using new developed method called PipeLine Junctions (PLJ) detection. This method detects the pipeline junctions and adds heading and pitch constraints to the Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG) motion between junctions. The results of this such embodiments with a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) based IMU showed that the position RMS errors have been reduced around 85% of the original applied EKF solution. Therefore, this approach is a useful solution for PIG navigation system.
US11988313B2
A push-to-connect and quick-release coupler can be provided. In an example, the coupler can be used with or coupled to a fire extinguisher nozzle. The coupler can include a socket body and an automatic locking assembly. In an example, the locking assembly can include a collar movably coupled with the socket body, and a movable locking element. In a locked configuration, a fire extinguisher nozzle can be retained in the socket body, and the collar can be disposed in a first position, and the locking element can be biased by the collar toward the plug portion of the fire extinguisher nozzle. In a released or unlocked configuration, the nozzle can be removable from the socket body, the collar can be disposed in a second position, and the locking element can be unbiased by the collar.
US11988311B2
The present invention relates to a steel wire and transmission shaft connecting structure, a surgical robot, and a method. A base is included. Multiple transmission shafts penetrate through the base. A clamping block is arranged at one end of the transmission shaft. The transmission shaft is detachably clamped and fixed to a quick-connect shaft through the clamping block and a clamping slot structure arranged at one end of the quick-connect shaft. The other end of the quick-connect shaft penetrates through a butting seat and is then detachably fixed to a steel wire extending from a pipeline member. A shifting clamp is arranged between the butting seat and the pipeline member. The shifting clamp is provided with a through hole configured for the butting shaft to penetrate through. The through hole is composed of a first hole portion and a second hole portion.
US11988302B2
A fluid control device, capable of detecting leaks even if the leaks is slight, is provided. Further, a fluid leak abnormality is identified as a change accompanying an operation of the fluid control device and the fluid leaks is detected with high accuracy. A fluid control device, having a flow path and a closed space isolated from the flow path by a diaphragm and capable of detecting an abnormality, includes a pressure sensor detecting a pressure inside of the closed space, a processing module executing a predetermined information process, and an operation detecting mechanism detecting an operation of the fluid control device. The processing module executes a discriminating process discriminating abnormality of the fluid control device by comparing a detected value detected by the pressure sensor with a predetermined threshold value, and a correcting process correcting the predetermined threshold value in accordance with the operation of the fluid control device.
US11988300B2
This system is a pneumatic actuation valve assembly that can include a frame; a timing spool housing; a timing spool carriage; a timing spool; a magnet configured to bias the timing spool in a forward position; a main spool and configured to travel toward a frame forward portion when a fluid is received into a mid-main spool pressure area wherein the main spool actuates a bolt carried by the frame and is configured to receive a projectile in an open position and chamber the projectile in a closed position; and, a bore defined in the timing spool configured to allow pressure in a rear main spool pressure area to escape through the bore releasing rearward pressure on the timing spool allowing the timing spool to travel from the rearward position to the forward position according to an attraction of the magnet.
US11988297B2
Improved valve assemblies (e.g., multi-position valve assemblies) are provided. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for high efficiency multi-position rotary backwash valve assemblies. In exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides for a four-position rotary high efficiency valve assembly for a swimming pool or spa filter. The present disclosure provides multi-position valve assemblies having infrequent maintenance and allowing for user-friendly service. The present disclosure provides for improved multi-position valve assemblies and related features, systems and methods of use. Improved, convenient and effective systems and methods for utilizing improved multi-position valve assemblies (e.g., high efficiency multi-position rotary backwash valve assemblies) are provided. The valve assembly can be utilized in fluid systems as a flow control assembly (e.g., as a backwash valve associated with a pool or spa filter).
US11988291B2
A valve unit includes an actuator, a first valve and a second valve. The first/second valve includes a first/second valve housing and a first/second valve body. The first/second valve body is rotatably arranged in the first/second valve housing. The two valves are arranged coaxially to one another and rotatable about a common adjusting axis. The actuator is non-releasably coupled to the first valve body and releasably coupled to the second valve body via the first valve body. The first valve body is rotatable in a first and second direction of rotation with the actuator. The second valve body in the coupled state is co-rotatable with the first valve body in the first/second direction of rotation and in the decoupled state is not co-rotatable with the first valve body at least in the second direction of rotation. In addition, a method for adjusting the valve unit is provided.
US11988285B2
A sealing device includes a reinforcing ring and an elastic body part formed from an elastic body and attached to the reinforcing ring. The elastic body part includes a seal lip projecting toward one side in a direction of an axis, a secondary lip portion projecting toward another side in the direction of the axis, and an outer peripheral portion covering the reinforcing ring from an outer periphery side. The seal lip projects beyond the reinforcing ring toward the one side, and the secondary lip portion projects beyond the reinforcing ring toward the other side. In the outer peripheral portion, at least one identification part acting as a mark is formed further on the one side or the other side than a middle of the outer peripheral portion.
US11988276B2
A rotary table (1) includes a base body (10), a worm wheel (21), an inner ring (22), a plurality of rolling elements, and a worm screw unit (30). The worm screw unit (30) includes a worm screw (31) held to be rotatable around an axis and having a second gear (31A) meshing with the first gear (215), and a worm screw housing (32) surrounding and holding the worm screw (31) and being fixed to contact the holding surface at a planar contacting surface thereof. One of the holding and contacting surfaces has a cylindrical pin (33) arranged to protrude therefrom. The other of the holding and contacting surfaces has a first recess (11) formed to receive the pin (33), the first recess having a width corresponding to the pin (33) and being elongated in the radial direction of the worm wheel (21).
US11988266B2
A shock absorber includes a hard-side damping element that gives resistance to a flow of liquid from an extension side chamber toward a compression side chamber, an electromagnetic valve capable of changing an opening area of an extension side bypass passage that bypasses the hard-side damping element and communicates the extension side chamber and the compression side chamber, and a soft-side damping element provided in the extension side bypass passage in series with the electromagnetic valve, in which the hard-side damping element includes an orifice and a leaf valve provided in parallel with the orifice, and in which the soft-side damping element includes an orifice having an opening area larger than an opening area of the orifice.
US11988265B2
This shock absorber includes: a friction member including an annular elastic rubber portion and an annular base portion (to which the elastic rubber portion is fixed; and a communication path that decreases a pressure difference between both sides of the friction member. The base portion includes an annular disk portion. The elastic rubber portion includes a minimum inner diameter portion on an inner peripheral side and includes an inner peripheral connection portion connected to an inner peripheral portion of the annular disk portion. A protrusion suppression structure portion that suppresses protruding of an inner peripheral surface formed from the minimum inner diameter portion toward the inner peripheral connection portion is provided at least partially in a circumferential direction between the inner peripheral connection portion and the minimum inner diameter portion of the elastic rubber portion.
US11988264B2
A baffle press-fit against an inner portion of an outer tube defining an interior of a hydraulic damper. The baffle comprising a first wall, a second wall, opposite the first wall, a circumferential third wall, and a channel formed between at least a portion of the circumferential third wall and the inner portion of the outer tube. The channel comprising an inlet formed along at least a portion of the first wall, an outlet formed along at least a portion of the second wall, and a groove formed along at least a portion of the circumferential third wall and fluidly coupling the inlet to the outlet.
US11988259B2
A friction disc has a flat carrier ring which includes a first surface and a second surface, wherein a first annular friction lining is arranged on the first surface, the first annular friction lining including a geometry that deviates from the circular ring shape, wherein the carrier ring also includes the geometry of the first friction lining, each as viewed in the axial direction, and/or the first annular friction lining including at least one opening in the axial direction, which extends in the axial direction also through the carrier ring, wherein the opening is formed to start at the inner circumference or at the outer circumference of the carrier ring.
US11988256B2
A clutch control method, including: determining whether a current vehicle state satisfies a condition for a clutch to enter a sliding friction state; if so, controlling the clutch to enter the sliding friction state, and determining a target sliding friction rotating speed of the clutch; determining whether the current vehicle state satisfies a condition for entering a clutch torque deviation collecting state; if so, collecting a torque deviation once and storing the torque deviation; at an end of an adjustment period, accumulating all torque deviations collected previously and taking an average value according to an accumulation number of times, so as to obtain an average torque deviation; if the average torque deviation exceeds a preset deviation threshold, recording the average torque deviation; and if the current vehicle state satisfies a condition for entering a deviation applying state, adjusting a current clutch friction coefficient according to the recorded average torque deviation.
US11988253B2
A bearing assembly is disclosed herein that is configured for use in a rubber boot arrangement. The bearing assembly includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of rolling elements supported between the outer ring and the inner ring, and a cage configured to retain the plurality of rolling elements. A thrust washer is provided that is configured to prevent wear, abrasion, or other damage to the bearing components. The thrust washer can be configured to be directly attached to any of the bearing components, such as the inner ring or the inner sleeve.
US11988248B2
A bushing assembly for tubular structures is disclosed. The bushing assembly includes a body having a substantially flat configuration and defining a planar surface and an outer edge; and a plurality of projections extending from the outer edge and traverse to the planar surface, each projection defining a longitudinal axis, each projection including at least one ridge extending at least partially along a surface of the projection and along the longitudinal axis.
US11988232B2
An e.g. fluid powered linear actuator is provided with a helical orientation surface in a fixed angular position relative to a first component; and a follower in a fixed angular position relative to a second component. When the first and second components are moved towards one another as the actuator is retracted, the follower engages and moves along the helical orientation surface to rotate the first and second components to a predetermined relative angular position.
US11988231B2
A diagnostic device diagnoses a hydraulic pressure control actuator which drives a line pressure control valve to regulate a pressure of hydraulic oil between upper and lower limit line pressures, so that the pressure approaches a predetermined target line pressure. The diagnostic device includes: an actual hydraulic pressure detection unit to detect an actual hydraulic pressure; a determination value setting unit to set a high pressure fixation determination value which is increased as the driving revolution rate is increased so as to substantially match a characteristic of the actuator at a time of high pressure fixation; and a fixation determination unit to determine high pressure fixation of the actuator when the actual hydraulic pressure substantially matches the high pressure fixation determination value with a difference between the target line pressure and the upper limit line pressure not lower than a predetermined value.
US11988221B2
This disclosure relates to a refrigerant compressor including an impeller. The impeller has a blade with a wavy contour. The wavy contour reduces flow separation relative to smooth, non-wavy blades. In particular, the disclosed wavy contour creates smaller trailing edge vortexes adjacent the blades. In turn, the wavy contour of the blades improves overall compressor efficiency.
US11988220B2
A volute assembly includes a volute body, a cover plate, and a seal. The volute body includes a top plate, a side plate protruding axially from an edge of the top plate, a cavity formed by the top plate and the side plate, and an exhaust duct disposed on the side plate and communicating with the cavity. The side plate includes a first bottom edge and a plurality of clamping blocks disposed at intervals on the first bottom edge. The cover plate includes a bottom plate and an annular sleeve surrounding the bottom plate. The annular sleeve includes a second bottom edge and a flange protruding from the second bottom edge. The flange includes a plurality of buckles disposed at intervals. The seal is disposed around the annular sleeve and is supported by the flange. The side plate is matched with the annular sleeve in shape.
US11988218B2
An electric coolant pump system is presented including a housing having a main body and an end cap. The main body having a hollow interior and an open end. The end cap is operably connected to the main body and closes the open end of the main body. The system includes a rotor shaft operably connected to the housing. The system includes a rotor operably connected to the rotor shaft and positioned within the hollow interior. The system includes an impeller operably connected to the rotor. The system includes a stator configured to generate a rotating electromagnetic field during operation. The rotor is configured to rotate the impeller in response to the rotating electromagnetic field. The impeller is configured to pump a coolant when rotated. One or more components of the electric coolant pump system thermally expand and contract as the coolant is heated and cooled.
US11988215B2
A blower unit includes at least a blower case that is hollow and a centrifugal fan coupled to a rotational shaft of a motor that is housed in the blower case and has the rotational shaft in an integrally rotatable manner. The blower case includes an outer surface including two side surfaces facing each other at a predetermined interval, and an outer circumferential surface continuous with the two side surfaces. The blower case includes a suction port, an air discharge portion provided with an exhaust port at a distal end, and a wire harness outlet. The exhaust port and the wire harness outlet face in the same direction as viewed from the side surface.
US11988203B2
A metering pump system for supplying an aqueous chemical to a destination stock includes a first metering pump and a second metering pump connected to a common suction line and a common discharge line and operable to supply a desired chemical feed rate, an electronic flowrate sensor in communication with one of the common suction line and the common discharge line to measure an actual flowrate of the metering pump system, a controller in communication with the first metering pump, the second metering pump, and the electronic flowrate sensor, a control loop in use implemented by the controller to operate one or more of the first metering pump and the second metering pump to correct a deviation between the desired chemical feed rate and the actual flowrate measured by the electronic flowrate sensor.
US11988202B2
A blowing apparatus includes a housing including an accommodating space and one or more blowing holes and a vibration apparatus in the accommodating space, wherein the vibration apparatus includes a first active vibration member, a second active vibration member connected to an inner lateral surface of the housing and connected to intersect with the first active vibration member, and a passive vibration member between the one or more blowing holes and the first active vibration member and connected to the first active vibration member.
US11988200B2
A compressor, which includes a cylinder block and a piston assembly arranged inside the cylinder block; the piston assembly includes a first piston, a second piston arranged inside the first piston, and a movable assembly connected to the first piston, and the movable assembly is configured to drive the first piston and the second piston to reciprocate; the cylinder block is provided with a first compression chamber that defines a space for the first piston to move up and down; the cylinder block is provided with a gas storage chamber for storing the gas after the first compression, and the gas storage chamber is connected to the first compression chamber; and the cylinder block is also provided with a second compression chamber that defines a space for the second piston to move up and down, and the second compression chamber is connected to the gas storage chamber.
US11988193B2
A wind turbine has an object position and/or speed detection device including: at least one leaky feeder, at least one electromagnetic transmitter connected to the least one leaky feeder for transmitting a first electromagnetic signal along the at least one leaky feeder towards a target object, whose position is to be detected, at least one electromagnetic receiver connected to the least one leaky feeder for receiving from the at least one leaky feeder a second electromagnetic signal, the second electromagnetic signal reflected from the target object when the first electromagnetic signal hits the target object, a processing unit connected to the electromagnetic transmitter and the electromagnetic receiver and configured to analyze the first electromagnetic signal and the second electromagnetic signal for determining the position and/or speed and/or direction and/or the size of the target object.
US11988187B1
A blade for a rotor of a wind turbine, the blade comprising: an inboard portion; an outboard portion connected to the inboard portion, wherein the outboard portion is deflectable by a variable sweep angle in an edgewise direction of the blade; and a passive mechanism configured to adjust the sweep angle in response to an amount of flapwise moment acting on the blade, such that the magnitude of the sweep angle increases in response to an increased flapwise moment, and decreases in response to a decreased flapwise moment.
US11988186B2
An airflow guiding device for the sound- and pressure-optimized supply of an airflow to an inlet nozzle of a fan, in particular a radial fan, wherein the inlet nozzle has a nozzle input opening with an incident flow angle, the airflow guiding device having: a frame device which extends along a longitudinal axis in an axial direction with a height between an inlet opening, through which the airflow flows into the frame device in an operating state, and an outlet opening, through which the airflow flows out of the frame device in the operating state, wherein the inlet opening has an inlet cross section with a minimum inlet cross-sectional width, and the outlet opening has an outlet cross section with a minimum outlet cross-sectional width which corresponds to the minimum inlet cross-sectional width or which is smaller than the minimum inlet cross-sectional width, and the frame device comprises a flow duct which connects the inlet opening and the outlet opening in terms of flow, wherein the outlet opening is configured to be connected in terms of flow to the inlet nozzle of the fan in the operating state, characterized in that the height of the frame device according to the following formula h≥(D−d)/(2·tan(β)) corresponds to a ratio of a difference of the minimum inlet cross-sectional width and a diameter of the inlet nozzle and double the value of the tangent of the incident flow angle or is greater than the ratio, and a grid element, which is arranged on the inlet opening.
US11988185B2
An example valve includes: a seat member; a spool configured to be seated on the seat member to block fluid flow from a first port to a second port when the valve is in a closed state, wherein fluid at the first port applies a fluid force on the spool; a spring applying a biasing force on the spool toward the seat member, wherein as the fluid force overcomes the biasing force, the spool moves in the proximal direction off the seat member, thereby allowing fluid flow from the first port to the second port through a flow area formed between the spool and the seat member; a turbine configured to rotate as fluid flowing through the flow area flows downstream across the turbine; and an electric generator coupled to the turbine, such that rotation of the turbine causes the electric generator to generate electric power.
US11988182B2
A system and method of remotely enabling and disabling the starting of one or more vehicles using hardware components installed within a case and a data processing device (DPD), such as a smart phone, in logical communication with one of the vehicle and the case via a WAN, wherein an ignition request is relayed via the WAN to server which parses the ignition request into one or more encrypted ignition instructions, each encrypted ignition instruction sent to a separate vehicle exclusively associated with the encrypted ignition instruction.
US11988177B2
An exhaust system includes a supercharger, a first communication path, a negative pressure generator, and an exhaust sensor. The supercharger includes a turbine and compressor. The turbine is provided in an exhaust pipe of an engine. The compressor is provided in an intake pipe and coupled to the turbine by a shaft. The supercharger supercharges intake air using energy of exhaust air. The first communication path communicates with the exhaust pipe on a downstream side of the turbine and communicates with the intake pipe on an upstream side of the compressor. The exhaust pipe and the intake pipe communicate through the first communication path. The negative pressure generator is interposed in the first communication path and generates a negative pressure. The exhaust sensor is provided in the first communication path between a location where the first communication path is coupled to the exhaust pipe and the negative pressure generator.
US11988168B2
Resonating patch for acoustic treatment comprising a resonant plate, a transducer and an electrical circuit electrically connected to the transducer, the resonant plate comprising a peripheral strip extending along the perimeter of the resonant plate. The patch comprises cutouts together defining deformable lamellae having at least one end connected to the peripheral strip.
US11988161B2
Systems and methods are provided for providing redundant pulse-width modulation (PWM) throttle control. The system includes a manual throttle controller configured to generate a manual PWM throttle control signal, and an automated throttle control system. The automated throttle control system includes a plurality of automated throttle controllers, each of which being configured to independently control a throttle of a vehicle, and each including a processor configured to generate and output an automated PWM throttle control signal, a first double pole double throw (DPDT) relay that, when engaged, is configured to receive and output the manual PWM throttle control signal, and a second DPDT relay, configured to receive and output the automated PWM throttle control signal to an engine, when the second DPDT relay is engaged; and receive and output the manual PWM throttle control signal to the engine, when the DPDT relay is disengaged.
US11988157B2
A gas turbine engine comprising a combustor and a fuel management system. The fuel management system comprises a fuel supply line, recirculation line and heat exchanger. The fuel supply line is configured to supply fuel to the combustor. The recirculation line is configured to recirculate excess fuel from the fuel supply line to an engine-located fuel tank via a fuel cooling device. The fuel cooling device is configured to reject heat from the excess fuel in the recirculation line. The heat exchanger is configured to reject heat from a thermal load of the gas turbine engine to fuel in the fuel management system. The heat exchanger is disposed on the fuel supply line or on the recirculation line. The fuel supply line is configured to receive fuel from an external source and from the engine-located fuel tank.
US11988151B1
Gas turbine engines include an engine frame defining an inner radial surface, a shaft rotatably mounted in the engine frame along a longitudinal axis, and an electric machine that includes a rotor coupled to the shaft and a stator coupled to the engine frame and defining an outer radial surface. In some gas turbine engines, the engine frame includes inlet and outlet fluid passages, each extending to a portion of the inner radial surface. The portion of the inner radial surface of the engine frame is spaced from the outer radial surface of the stator to form an annular fluid passage around the stator of an electric machine. The annular fluid passage is configured to direct a cooling fluid around the stator to remove heat from the stator. Some gas turbine engines include two or more positioning keys configured to fix the stator relative to the engine frame.
US11988149B1
A coil-on-plug (COP) exciter includes a COP and a housing configured to be coupled to and positioned at least partially between the COP and an engine. The COP exciter also includes an electrode core positioned at least partially within the housing. The electrode core has a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to be coupled to the COP. The COP exciter also includes an electrode tip configured to be coupled to the second end of the electrode core. A voltage is conducted from the COP, through the electrode core, and to the electrode tip, which generates a spark that is configured to energize a first propellant to start the engine.
US11988146B2
A gas turbine engine includes a fan rotor, a compressor section, a combustor section, and a turbine section. The turbine section is positioned downstream of the combustor section. A fan drive turbine in the turbine section, and a shaft connects the fan drive turbine to the fan rotor. An inlet duct is connected to a cooling air source and connected to a cooling compressor downstream of the fan drive turbine. The cooling compressor is connected to an air source, and connected to a turning duct for passing compressed air in an upstream direction through the shaft. A method is also disclosed.
US11988142B2
An inlet filter housing includes a plurality of components that collectively form a complete filtering and conditioning system for filtering and conditioning a fluid along a housing flow path. Each component is fitted within an external structure of an International Organization of Standards (ISO) shipping container, which provides a rectangular cuboid enclosure. Each component includes operative structure of at least one of: a) only a portion of an axial extent of the filtering and conditioning system, and b) only a portion of a lateral cross-sectional area of the housing flow path.
US11988141B2
An aircraft comprises a machine body. The machine body encloses a turbofan gas turbine engine and a plurality of ancillary systems. The turbofan gas turbine engine comprises, in axial flow sequence, a heat exchanger module, a fan assembly, a compressor module, a turbine module, a combustor module, and an exhaust module. The machine body comprises either one or two fluid inlet apertures. The or each fluid inlet aperture is configured to allow a fluid flow to enter the machine body and to pass through the heat exchanger module. The heat exchanger module is configured to transfer a waste heat load from the gas turbine engine and the ancillary systems to the fluid flow prior to an entry of the fluid flow into the fan module, and thence into the compressor module, the turbine module, the combustor module, and the exhaust module.
US11988128B2
A method (200) for operating an exhaust gas burner (120) in an exhaust section (102) of an internal combustion engine (110), comprising introducing a purging fluid comprising at least air (20) into the exhaust gas burner (120) during a purging operating phase (205), which lies outside the time of a normal operating phase (201) of the exhaust gas burner (120), and discharging a discharge mixture formed using the purging fluid from the exhaust gas burner (120), wherein the exhaust gas burner (120) is operated for the purpose of heating a component (130, 150) of the exhaust section (102) to its operating temperature during the normal operating phase (201). A processor unit (140) and a computer program for carrying out such a method (200) are furthermore proposed.
US11988127B2
An assembly for induction heating an exhaust gas flow includes a substrate and linear cells for the flow of the gas through the substrate from a front end of the substrate body to a back end. Metal members such as pins or wires have linear supporting parts projecting from a front end of the substrate into front-end parts of the cells. The metal members have turbulence-inducing part to generate turbulence in the exhaust gas flowing into the cells and through the substrate. The turbulence-inducing parts are integral with respective linear supporting parts and extend away from the substrate. Configurations of an induction heating coil and a magnetic flux concentrator are adapted for the particular location and form of the pins.
US11988124B2
An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine and having an end chamber having a first inlet opening and a second inlet opening, which are separate from and independent of one another, and an outlet opening, through which exhaust gases are released into the atmosphere; an exhaust duct, which originates from the internal combustion engine and leads to the first inlet opening of the end chamber; a silencer device, which has an outlet opening, which directly leads to the second inlet opening of the end chamber; a bypass duct, which originates from the exhaust duct in the area of a bifurcation and ends in an inlet opening of the silencer device; and an adjustment valve, which can be electronically controlled, is arranged along the exhaust duct downstream of the bifurcation where the bypass duct originates and is designed to adjust the exhaust gas flow towards the first inlet opening of the end chamber.
US11988112B2
An aircraft turbomachine having a centrifugal compressor, an annular combustion chamber, an annular casing extending around the chamber and delimiting an annular space (E) in which the chamber is situated, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger can include a first circuit supplied with exhaust gas from the turbomachine, and a second circuit connected by first and second volutes respectively to an outlet of the compressor and to the annular space. The first and second volutes can be positioned at an axial distance from one another, and the second volute can be connected to the annular space by a straightener which is situated at least in part outside the casing and which is integrated into an annular connecting pipe which connects the second volute to this casing.
US11988107B2
A housing for an aircraft turbine engine includes an annular body extending around an axis A. The body includes a securing flange extending radially outwards at each of the axial ends thereof, and an abradable layer arranged inside the body. A method for manufacturing the housing includes a step b) of bonding the layer to the first surface, during which the housing is heated and compressed by a system present at least partially inside the housing. The method further includes, prior to step b), a step a) of mounting at least two tools between the flanges, each of the tools being located in a circumferential area outside the body so as to exert bearing forces in opposite axial directions on the flanges.
US11988106B2
Described is a heat-protection element (50) for a gas turbine (10), in particular an aircraft gas turbine, the heat-protection element (50) being adapted to at least partially surround a bearing chamber (60) of the gas turbine (10) and having at least one connecting portion (52) which is disposed in an axially forward region (VB) and connectable or connected by a material-to-material bond to a protective element (54) of a seal carrier, in particular a seal carrier with a carbon seal, at least one supporting portion (58) which is disposed in an axially central region (MB) and adapted to support the heat-protection element (50) radially on the bearing chamber (60), an end portion (64) which is disposed in an axially rearward region (HB) and forms a free end (66) of the heat-protection element (50) and which is configured such that the end portion surrounds (64) the bearing chamber (60) in a contactless manner.
US11988104B1
A plurality of static stator vane are circumferentially spaced in a row axially intermediate the rows of turbine blades. Each stator vane has at least an outer platform with mount structure. Each of the stator vanes are formed of composite materials. The mount structure is provided with sacrificial material. At least a first of the stator vanes is circumferentially adjacent to a second of the stator vanes. An orientation of the first of the stator vanes is re-staggered relative to the second of the stator vanes. The sacrificial material of the first of the stator vanes is machined away such that a final trailing edge of the first of the stator vanes mount structure is now better axially aligned with the trailing edge of the second of the stator vanes mount structure trailing edge.
US11988092B2
A downhole drilling system is disclosed. The downhole drilling system may include a bottom-hole assembly having a pulse-generating circuit and a switching circuit within the pulse-generating circuit, the switching circuit comprising a solid-state switch. The downhole drilling system may also include a drill bit having a first electrode and a second electrode electrically coupled to the pulse-generating circuit to receive a pulse from the pulse-generating circuit.
US11988091B2
The present disclosure provides a method including: launching a drone-type device into a subsurface terrain, wherein the drone-type device is configured to navigate the subsurface terrain along a path while searching for a source of one or more pollutants; obtaining, using one or more sampling compartments on the drone-type device, at least one sample along the path as the drone-type device travels in the subsurface terrain; measuring, using one or more sensors on the drone-type device on the drone-type device, concentration levels of the one or more pollutants at corresponding locations along the path where the drone-type device obtains the at least one sample; determining a gradient map of the measured concentration levels in the subsurface terrain surrounding the path taken by the drone-type device; and based on, at least in part, the gradient map, determining whether the source of the one or more pollutants has been located.
US11988086B2
A method and apparatus for controlled charging of blasting boreholes with a flowable/pourable explosive, in particular in open-cast mining, includes: providing a radar head with at least one radar unit operated in a non-rock penetrating frequency range; arranging the radar head on a pulling element; introducing the radar head into the borehole in that the radar head is lowered into the blasting borehole in an arrangement at the pulling means from an upper aperture opening of the blasting borehole; and detecting at least one measurement value comprising a base distance of the radar head from the blasting borehole base and/or a charge level distance to determine the charge level of the explosive in the blasting borehole; and/or comprising the shape of the jacket section over at least a portion of the depth of the blasting borehole by means of the operation of at least one of the radar units.
US11988079B2
A perforation tool, and a bulkhead member for a perforation tool, are disclosed. The perforation tool has a loading tube, an initiator module, and a bulkhead member connected between the loading tube and the initiator module. The bulkhead member has a hollow body member with a central transverse plate having a central bore through the transverse plate along a longitudinal axis of the body member and an electrical conductor disposed in the central bore, the electrical conductor having a pin connection at a first end thereof and a box connection at a second end thereof.
US11988057B2
A downhole wireline tool string has an electric motor powered through a wireline for providing rotational output, a tool section for anchoring the downhole wireline tool string inside a well tubular metal structure, an operational tool rotated by the rotational output and defining the front end and an end surface arranged axially opposite the wireline and having an annular wall with a circumference and a wall thickness defined by an inner wall radius and an outer wall radius from the centre tool axis. The operational tool comprises a first grinding section having an inner face being arranged at a first distance from the centre tool axis, the first distance being smaller than the inner wall radius, and a second grinding section having an outer face being arranged at a second distance from the centre tool axis, the second distance being greater than the outer wall radius.
US11988052B2
A method, and related apparatus, involves providing one or more drill pipe segments and disposing a quantity of lost circulation material objects within the one or more drill pipe segments. A retention element is provided to retain the lost circulation material objects within the one or more drill pipe segments. The one or more drill pipe segments are connected to a drill string at a wellbore, and drilling fluid is flowed through the drill string. The flowing of drilling fluid through the drill string causes the retention element to release the lost circulation material objects to propagate further.
US11988051B2
The invention relates to a control for at least one retainer of a transfer device for a rod section of a ground drilling device, wherein the ground drilling device is configured for moving a drill string, and the transfer device is configured for transferring the received rod section from a position in a rod magazine to a position on the drill string or vice versa, and the control is configured to move the retainer between a position above the rod magazine and the position on the drill string while the drill string is still moving.
US11988050B2
A centralizer for a downhole probe disposed within a pipe, the centralizer having an elongated, primary tubular member with two or more elongated centralizer strip assemblies extending along the primary tubular member. Each strip assembly has inner and outer hollow portions on the wall of the primary tubular member and spaced apart from one another about the circumference of the wall. The outer portion of each strip assembly comprises a flexible outer spring, and the inner portion of the strip assembly comprises a flexible inner spring. The inner portions of the strip assemblies engage the outer diameter of a probe and the outer portions of the strip assemblies engage the inner diameter of a pipe.
US11988039B2
An assembly to frictionally secure a material sheet to a surface or to cover an opening for any frame that includes a Base Piece secured to the desired area and a Clamp Arm connected to the Base Piece via a ball and joint allowing radial motion of the Clamp Arm. Using any standard flat-headed tool to apply force, the Clamp Arm can move to an open or secured position allowing repeated uninstall and re-install of a material sheet. Excess length of the Material Sheet is forced into the cavity in the Base Piece and hidden, avoiding the need for the Material Sheet to be cut to the exact smallest size to cover the area, giving the edges a straight, clean look, with the Material Sheet taut.
US11988034B1
Compound fenestration assembly mull joints including one or more mull end connectors, compound fenestration assemblies using those mull joints, and methods of making and using the same are described herein. The compound fenestration assembly mull joints including one or more mull end connectors described herein are configured to be attached to the building opening using a flowable bonding agent (in addition to attachment of the fenestration units to the building openings).
US11988033B2
A door sensor may include one or more emitters configured to emit an emission beam comprising IR light during an emitting phase. The door sensor may further include one or more receptors configured to receive a reception beam comprising the IR light reflected off of a surface during a listening phase and an interference beam from an adjacent door sensor. The door sensor may further include a controller operatively coupled to a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to: determine one or more of the frequency and phase of the interference beam; determine whether the door sensor should be primary or secondary to the adjacent door sensor; and adjust a timing of one or more of the emitting phase and the listening phase to reduce interference from the adjacent door sensor.
US11988032B2
A vehicle door control system includes a door assembly, which includes a side door and a liftgate. The door assembly includes an actuation assembly that adjusts each of the side door and the liftgate between opened and closed positions. A sensor assembly defines a rear sensor field, a first side sensor field, and a second side sensor field. A controller determines whether a person in at least one of the rear sensor field, the first side sensor field, and the second side sensor field is a recognized passenger, determines a speed of the recognized passenger, determines whether the recognized passenger is carrying an object, and activates the actuation assembly to open at least one of the liftgate and the side door based on whether the recognized passenger is carrying an object, where timing of activation of the actuation assembly is based on the speed of the recognized passenger.
US11988028B2
A door hinge has a first leaf assembly, a second leaf assembly, and a link assembly connected to the leaf assemblies for pivoting of the second assembly on the first assembly. An adjuster in the first leaf assembly can displace the link assembly relative to the first leaf assembly and thereby adjust a position of the door in the frame. The adjuster has an adjusting element projecting from the first leaf assembly in the closed position. The second leaf assembly is formed with a recess in which the projecting adjuster engages in the closed position.
US11988023B2
The disclosure is an intelligent electronic lock. The intelligent electronic lock includes: an electronic lock shell, a wireless communication module, an instruction input device, the instruction input device is arranged on the electronic lock shell for instruction input, a processor, the processor is connected to the wireless communication module and the instruction input device is connected to receive and send signals, and the electronic rope.
US11988022B1
The housing lock includes a barrel, a screw and a bumper. The screw and bumper are threadedly engaged with one another and slidably engaged with the barrel. A barrel passageway includes a screw stop limiting sliding of the screw and bumper assembly in the distal direction and a bumper stop limiting sliding of the screw and bumper assembly in the proximal direction. The barrel includes feet. The perimeter defined by the feet is selected to closely fit within a housing passage in order to limit rotational movement of the housing lock within the housing passageway. The length of the feet is selected to prevent manipulation of the lockout of the housing passageway once the lock is secured to the housing. The barrel provides an exterior housing stop limiting movement of the housing lock relative to the housing in a distal direction. The bumper provides an interior housing stop limiting movement of the housing lock relative to the housing in a proximal direction. When secured to housing, the housing lock prevents removal of the housing cover from the housing chassis.
US11988021B2
A miniature smart lock comprises a lock shell, and a magnetic rod, a push head, a bolt, a V-shaped push rod, an anti-prising guide slot, and a positioning guide pin, which are mounted in the lock shell, wherein a magnetic coil is mounted surrounding an outer portion of the magnetic rod; a magnetic rod spring is mounted on the magnetic rod on the left side of the magnetic coil; the push head is mounted at the right end of the magnetic rod; the V-shaped push rod is connected to the right end of the push head via a V-shaped push rod connection pin; and the V-shaped push rod is movably connected to the bolt via an anti-prising pin.
US11988004B2
A method for, in particular completely or partially, disassembling a tower of a wind power plant, comprising the following steps: selecting suitable disassembly measures as a function of the tower location and the tower characteristics; preparing the disassembly, in particular of the tower and optionally the surroundings; carrying out the disassembly; and transporting the disassembled tower away.
US11988002B2
A supporting device for the construction industry. Said device has a fixing element which rests against a side wall and is fixed at a fixing point of the side wall. Said device also has a cantilever which is connected to the fixing element and, when the fixing element is in the fixed state, projects from the side wall such that a load element can rest against a bearing point of a bearing element of the cantilever. The load element can now be displaced in a displacement direction substantially parallel to the side wall relative to the cantilever and, when the load element rests against the bearing element of the cantilever, the cantilever is coupled to the load element such that a displacement force component acts on the cantilever in the displacement direction when the load element is displaced, said displacement force component resulting in a torque on the cantilever.
US11987998B2
A climbing device is proposed having at least one climbing rail for adjusting and/or climbing a scaffolding and/or a formwork and/or a platform, at least one climbing shoe being arranged on the climbing rail, at least one hydraulic cylinder comprising at least one drive piston, arranged in a cylinder housing, and having a hydraulic fluid being provided for raising the climbing shoe and/or the climbing rail and/or the scaffolding and/or the formwork and/or the platform, which at least partially avoids or at least reduces the disadvantages of the prior art. According to the invention this is achieved in that the hydraulic cylinder is embodied as a hydraulic unit, the hydraulic unit comprising at least one hydraulic tank for storing hydraulic fluid, an electric motor and a hydraulic pump driven by the electric motor for pressurizing the hydraulic fluid.
US11987992B2
A set of panels each including a main surface, a first edge, an opposite second edge, a third edge which is adjacent to the first edge and a fourth edge which is opposite to the third edge. The set includes a mechanical locking device which is configured to lock the first edge to the second edge. The locking device includes a flexible tongue. The flexible tongue includes a central part configured to cooperate with a tongue groove for locking. A first edge part and the tongue groove are configured such that when in the locked position a force P′ is applied adjacent the first edge and the third edge of the first panel and another force P is applied adjacent the second edge and the third edge of the second panel, the first edge part is pushed towards a bottom surface of an insertion groove which allows a disassembling.
US11987975B2
A modular building unit for construction of a building comprises a structural frame 40 suitable for interconnection to another modular building unit in construction of the building; and a stud frame wall 80/82 internal to and fixed to the frame. The modular building unit is suitable for handling as a shipping container for transport.
US11987972B2
A moment frame is disclosed for a sloped roof construction. The moment frame includes a lateral bracing system having a high initial stiffness and including yield links capable of effectively dissipating energy generated within the lateral bracing system under lateral loads.
US11987962B2
A method of designing an optimized seawater pumping apparatus, using a computer in a system in which a seawater pumping apparatus including a pumping pipe and a well disposed to surround a lateral surface of a land-buried portion of the pumping pipe is installed to reduce seawater intrusion in a land in which an aquifer with a seawater-fresh water boundary surface is formed, includes applying an optimization algorithm to initial condition data of the aquifer to generate n decision variable sets of the seawater pumping apparatus, applying an underground water flow model to each of the n decision variable sets to generate n prediction results of change in the seawater-fresh water boundary surface, calculating a performance evaluation value of each of the n prediction results, and selecting a decision variable set having a maximum performance evaluation value, where n is an integer and equal to or greater than 2.
US11987957B2
A shovel includes a lower traveling structure, an upper swing structure swingably mounted on the lower traveling structure, an attachment, and processing circuitry. The attachment includes a boom attached to the upper swing structure, an arm attached to the distal end of the boom, and an end attachment attached to the distal end of the arm. The processing circuitry is configured to automatically move the attachment in such a manner as to relatively reduce the movement of the attachment.
US11987952B2
Provided is a construction machine in which a pair of boss parts (17L, 17R) coupled via a boss pipe (18) are welded to a tip end of an arm (7), a coupling pin (16) is rotatably supported in bushes (20L, 20R) of the respective boss parts (17L, 17R), and brackets (8b) of a bucket (8) are coupled to opposite ends of the coupling pin (16). An inner pipe (25) is fitted onto the coupling pin (16) on an inner circumferential side of the boss pipe (18), and defines a grease passage (26) between the coupling pin (16) and the inner pipe (25). Left and right gaps between the boss pipe (18) and the inner pipe (25) are closed with side plates (27L, 27R), and a pair of grease chambers (28L, 28R) communicating with each other via the grease passage (26) are defined. A grease supply pipe (29, 30) has a base end welded to a center of an outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe (25) in an axis (C) direction, and a tip end opened in a left side plate (7L) of the arm (7), so that a nipple (33) is mounted to the tip end.
US11987950B2
A method and apparatus of forming two or more waving rip lines across a sloping surface, wherein the rip lines are formed at substantially right angles to the downward direction of the sloping surface and have a plurality of peaks and troughs. The troughs form catchment areas for water and the peaks separate the troughs limiting the amount of water stored in the catchment areas. Each of the rip lines can be substantially parallel with each other or offset relative to an adjacent rip line. The plurality of waving rip lines contribute to the stability of the landform, long term conservation and maintenance of the landform, and thereby encourage establishment and growth of vegetation in the remediation process.
US11987943B1
A traffic marker illumination device for improving the visibility of a traffic marker to provide warnings for constructions sites and roadways. The traffic marker illumination device is designed to removably attach to an interior portion of a traffic marker. The traffic marker illumination device generates a light to illuminate the traffic marker based on the geographic position of the traffic marker and surrounding environmental elements.
US11987942B2
Provided is a finger type expansion joint not having a drainage sheet, including: first and second support members (10, 10′); a connection block plate (20); and a gap maintenance member (30).
US11987939B2
The invention provides for a method of manufacturing artificial turf (1000). The method includes creating a polymer mixture, such as polymer mixture (400), where the polymer mixture is at least a three-phase system. The polymer mixture includes a first polymer, a second polymer and a compatibilizer. The first polymer is a polyamide (PA) and the second polymer is a polyethylene (PE). The first polymer is included in an amount of 0.125 percent to 5 percent by weight, the second polymer is included in an amount of 60 percent to 97 percent by weight and the compatibilizer is included in an amount of 0.375 percent to 15 percent by weight. The first polymer and the second polymer are immiscible, and the first polymer forms polymer beads surrounded by the compatibilizer within the second polymer.
US11987936B2
A tie plate inserter assembly on a track mounted machine is provided that is configured to ensure appropriate location of a tie plate and a tie relative to a rail of a railway. The assembly includes a frame supported, at least indirectly, on a chassis of the machine and having a tie plate clamp assembly that includes a self-centering mechanism that centers the tie plate relative to a longitudinal centerline the tie. The tie plate clamp assembly has a first clamp plate and a second clamp plate configured to clamp together to hold the tie plate. The tie clamp assembly also has first and second clamp plates configured to clamp together to hold the tie in place. The assembly may additionally include a tie clamp assembly that can actuated to center the tie relative to a reference point on the frame.
US11987930B2
Provided herein is a method for forming an image on a dyed synthetic fabric, using a dye-discharge agent, the method is effected by printing an ink composition on the fabric and applying a dye-discharge agent essentially on the same area of the ink composition, wherein applying the dye-discharge agent is effected while the ink composition is still wet (uncured), prior to a curing of the image, and followed by curing the fully formed image, whereas the dye-discharge agent discharged the dye that migrated during the curing step, but not the dyed fabric.
US11987927B2
An activated cotton material and a method for processing cotton to form the activated cotton material are provided. The activated cotton material includes a layer of natural wax that is locked to the surface of cotton fibers by a wax lock.
US11987925B2
The invention relates to a waterproof membrane for building applications comprising at least one support carrier and at least one layer of a cross-linked coating composition comprising at least one polyurethane. The invention also relates to a waterproof membrane comprising at least one support carrier and at least one layer of a cross-linked coating composition comprising at least one polyurethane, an optional pre-coating layer to facilitate the manufacturing process, and to join the support carrier with the cross-linked coating composition in the most optimal and durable manner to achieve good surface appearance and chemical bonding between reinforcing carrier and crosslinked polyurethane coating. The waterproof membrane can be prepared and installed with lower cost in comparison to current flat roof waterproofing systems based on liquid two-component polyurethane systems.
US11987923B2
A stack-type laundry treating apparatus includes upper and lower treating apparatuses and aligning legs. The upper treating apparatus includes an upper cabinet including an upper side panel and an upper base panel. The lower treating apparatus includes a lower cabinet including a lower side panel. A top of the lower cabinet is covered with the upper base panel. The aligning legs can be inserted into the upper base panel in a direction in which the upper treating apparatus is supported. The aligning legs can slide inwardly the upper base panel, and support the upper cabinet with respect to the lower cabinet.
US11987921B2
A laundry treatment appliance comprising: a fresh water supply; a treatment chamber; a water softener; a liquid delivery system connected to the water supply, the water softener, and a treatment agent delivery system configured to store a water-soluble treating agent pod and/or a steam generator. The liquid delivery system is configured to supply fresh water from the water supply or soft water from the water softener into the treatment chamber. The appliance can perform one or more treatment cycles including at least one of: a first cycle in which the process liquid supplied by said process liquid delivery system further includes laundry treatment agents contained in the pod, and a second cycle in which the steam generator is activated to steam into the treatment chamber. The appliance further comprises a control unit to activate the water softener to provide the process liquid delivery system with soft water.
US11987912B2
An upper for an article of footwear may have a knitted component, where the knitted component has a first edge extending from a first side of a throat area of the upper, through a heel area of the upper, and to a second side of the throat area. At least a portion of the first edge may include a lattice structure, the lattice structuring having a first lattice band and a second lattice band, the first lattice band and the second lattice band having loops that are intermeshed in at least one location, where a plurality of first openings are located between the first lattice band and the second lattice band. At least one of the lattice bands may include a yarn having a tenacity of at least 5 g/d, and/or the first and second lattice bands may be formed from separate yarns.
US11987906B2
A method of recycling a mixed textile, wherein the method comprises: i) supplying the mixed textile, wherein the mixed textile comprises cellulosic fibers and synthetic fibers, wherein the synthetic fibers comprise at least one synthetic plastic, ii) at least partially depleting the synthetic plastic from the cellulose, and iii) further processing the depleted mixed textile after depleting.
US11987904B2
Oligonucleotide constructs are described, each comprising a functional element and a coding element, wherein the functional element comprises a functional sequence, the functional sequence comprising a sequence of nucleotides in which one or more, or each, nucleotide is modified and the coding element comprises a coding sequence, the coding sequence comprising a sequence of nucleotides which do not contain the modifications of the functional sequence, wherein the coding sequence encodes the sequence structure of the functional sequence.
US11987902B2
A manufacturing method of a silicon carbide wafer includes the following. A raw material containing carbon and silicon and a seed located above the raw material are provided in a reactor. A nitrogen content in the reactor is reduced, which includes the following. An argon gas is passed into the reactor, where a flow rate of passing the argon gas into the reactor is 1,000 sccm to 5,000 sccm, and a time of passing the argon gas into the reactor is 2 hours to 48 hours. The reactor and the raw material are heated to form a silicon carbide material on the seed. The reactor and the raw material are cooled to obtain a silicon carbide ingot. The silicon carbide ingot is cut to obtain a plurality of silicon carbide wafers. A semiconductor structure is also provided.
US11987899B2
Methods for preparing an ingot in an ingot puller apparatus are disclosed. Thermal simulations are performed with the length of the ingot puller apparatus side heater being varied in the thermal simulations. A side heater is selected based on the thermal simulations. An ingot puller apparatus having the selected side heater length is provided. A seed crystal is lowered into a melt within a crucible of the ingot puller apparatus and an ingot is withdrawn from the melt.
US11987897B2
In one embodiment, an electroplating cell for depositing a metal onto a surface of a substrate includes an electroplating chamber configured to receive an electrolyte containing metal ions and a substrate having a surface disposed to contact the electrolyte, wherein the surface of the substrate is configured to serve as a cathode and wherein the surface of the substrate includes an anomaly region at or near the outer perimeter of the surface of the substrate, an anode disposed in the electrolyte chamber, a shielding device disposed between the cathode and the anode to shield the anomaly section, an oscillator configured to impart a relative oscillation between the cathode and the shielding device, and a power source to cause an electric field between the anode and the cathode.
US11987895B2
A modification method of an anode for hydrogen production via electrolysis, the anode for hydrogen production via electrolysis and use thereof are provided. The modification method of the anode for hydrogen production via electrolysis includes providing an anode substrate which can be used for hydrogen production via catalytic electrolysis; and depositing a plurality of silver nano particles on the active surface of the anode substrate to form a silver nano layer, wherein gaps are present between the silver nano particles, and a part of the active surface is exposed from the gaps. In the modification method provided by the present application, the silver nano layer covers on the surface of the anode substrate, and chlorine ions are adsorbed onto the surface of silver in the process of hydrogen production via electrolysis to form a chlorine removal layer.
US11987886B2
The present application provides a preparation method for a core-shell structured tungsten/gadolinium oxide functional fiber for X and γ ray protection, comprising: first preparing a core-shell structured tungsten/gadolinium oxide powder; preparing a W@Gd2O3/PP blended melt from the powder; and preparing a W@Gd2O3/PP composite fiber from the blended melt. The core-shell structured tungsten/gadolinium oxide functional fiber prepared by the method can play a role in synergistic protection in the aspect of radiation protection, eliminate a weak protection area, and effectively absorb secondary radiation generated by radiation. Secondly, the prepared functional fiber has the characteristics of no lead and light weight, and has good application prospects in the aspect of X and γ ray radiation protection.
US11987875B2
Methods of patterning semiconductor devices comprising selective deposition methods are described. A blocking layer is deposited on a metal surface of a semiconductor device before deposition of a dielectric material on a dielectric surface. Methods include exposing a substrate surface including a metal surface and a dielectric surface to a heterocyclic reactant comprising a headgroup and a tailgroup in a processing chamber and selectively depositing the heterocyclic reactant on the metal surface to form a passivation layer, wherein the heterocyclic headgroup selectively reacts and binds to the metal surface.
US11987870B2
Provided is a Cu-based alloy powder that is suitable for a process involving rapid melting and rapid solidification and that can provide a shaped object superior in characteristics. The powder is composed of a Cu-based alloy, which contains an element M being one or more elements selected from Cr, Fe, Ni, Zr, and Nb: 0.1% by mass or more and 10.0% by mass or less, Si: more than 0% by mass and 0.20% by mass or less, P: more than 0% by mass and 0.10% by mass or less, and S: more than 0% by mass and 0.10% by mass or less, the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities. This powder has a ratio (D50/TD) of the average particle diameter D50 (μm) thereof to the tap density TD (Mg/m3) is 0.2×10−5·m4/Mg or more and 20×10−5·m4/Mg or less, and has a sphericity of 0.80 or more and 0.95 or less.
US11987863B2
A plated steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; and a plating layer that is formed on at least a part of a surface of the steel sheet, in which a chemical composition of the plating layer includes, b mass %, Al: 6.00% to 35.00 %, Mg: 3.00% to 15.00%, La+Ce: 0.0001% to 0.5000% in total, and Zn, and in a surface of the plating layer, the area ratio of a lamellar structure in which an (Al—Zn) phase and a MgZn2 phase are arranged in layers is 10% to 95%, the lamellar spacing of the lamellar structure is 2.5 μm or less, and the area ratio of an (Al—Zn) dendrite is 10% or less.
US11987858B2
A method for the manufacturing of an object. The method includes receiving a desired alloy composition for the object, depositing a plurality of foils in a stack to form the object, applying heat to the stack at a first temperature to bond the plurality of foils to each other, and applying heat to the stack at a second temperature to homogenize the composition of the stack. The homogenized stack has the desired alloy composition.
US11987848B2
A method of processing a fecal sample from a human subject comprising combining a first portion of a collected fecal sample with a stabilizing buffer that maintains DNA integrity in a fecal sample, and combining a second portion of the sample with a solution that prevents denaturation or degradation of blood proteins found in a fecal sample. Embodiments comprise testing DNA extracted from the first portion of the fecal sample for the presence of a human DNA, and testing the second portion of the fecal sample for the presence of human blood.
US11987847B2
Provided herein is technology relating to detecting neoplasia and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, compositions, and related uses for detecting premalignant and malignant neoplasms such as colorectal cancer.
US11987845B2
The present invention relates to a method of creating a biomarker profile, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a sample of biofluid from a subject, wherein the sample is stored on a sample collection apparatus; removing the sample from the sample collection apparatus; extracting nucleic acids from the sample; sequencing the extracted nucleic acids to generate sequence data; and analyzing the sequence data using a two-step analytical methodology to create the biomarker profile. The present invention is also directed to methods of determining the sex of an in utero fetus, predicting onset of a migraine in a subject, and of tracking athletic performance in a subject.
US11987844B2
The present invention provides methods for detecting donor cell-free DNA in the circulation of an organ transplant recipient for the early identification of transplant rejection.
US11987841B2
Embodiments of a method and/or system (e.g., for improved single molecule sequencing, etc.) can include preparing a set of unique molecular identifier (UMI)-based molecules associated with a set of target nucleic acid sequences; facilitating generation of (e.g., generating, etc.) a set of tagged nucleic acid molecules based on the set of UMI-based molecules and a set of nucleic acid molecules corresponding to (e.g., including, etc.) the set of target nucleic acid sequences; and/or facilitating (e.g., performing, etc.) single molecule sequencing with the set of tagged nucleic acid molecules.
US11987829B2
The present invention relates to a recombinant microorganism which is modified to be capable of producing diosmin and hesperidin and to the use thereof for producing diosmin and/or hesperidin.
US11987828B2
A process for producing maltitol includes at least: producing a maltose syrup, by hydrolysis of a granular starch, in a first stage of liquefaction of granular starch to form a liquefied starch, followed by a stage of saccharification of the liquefied starch to which an aqueous solution of beta-amylase has been added, to form the maltose syrup; hydrogenating the maltose syrup to form an aqueous maltitol composition; and recovering the maltitol composition. The aqueous solution of beta-amylase also includes potassium sorbate, glycerol, and sodium carbonate.
US11987826B2
The present invention provides a nitrilase mutant protein with increased thermal stability and its application in the synthesis of an anti-epileptic drug intermediate, wherein the mutant is obtained by mutating one or two of the amino acids at position 151, 223 and 250 of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 2. the thermal stability of the nitrilase mutant AcN-T151V/C223A/C250G was increased by up to 1.73 folds. The yield of the final product was up to 95% using the recombinant Escherichia coli containing the nitrilase mutant to hydrolyze 1M 1-cyanocyclohexylacetonitrile to produce 1-cyanocyclohexyl acetic acid at 35° C. And the yield of the final product was up to 97% when hydrolyzing 1.2M 1-cyanocyclohexylacetonitrile at 35° C. The final yield was up to 80% when using the nitrilase mutants obtained by the present invention to synthesize gabapentin.
US11987816B2
The present invention relates to a composition for inducing dedifferentiation form somatic cells to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSs) and method of inducing dedifferentiation using same, wherein the composition for inducing dedifferentiation and the method of inducing dedifferentiation increases the efficiency of dedifferentiation from somatic cells to iPSs by stimulating CXC chemokine receptor 2 (CXCR2), which is a receptor on human somatic cells, and thus may be effectively used for inducing the dedifferentiation to iPSs.
US11987811B2
An object of the present invention is induction of CD4-positive T cells from pluripotent stem cells. This object is achieved by production of CD4-positive T cells by introducing a CD4 gene or a gene product thereof into T cells induced from pluripotent stem cells.
US11987802B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure may provide an oncolytic virus vector and an application thereof. The oncolytic virus vector may comprise a recombinant nucleic acid. The recombinant nucleic acid may include: (i) a first nucleic acid fragment encoding a soluble PD-1 molecule; (ii) a second nucleic acid fragment encoding a CD86 molecule; and (iii) a third nucleic acid fragment encoding an antibody to a CD3 molecule.
US11987801B2
This disclosure provides compositions and methods for altering or changing the tissue tropism, e.g., liver tropism, of adeno-associated viruses (AAV).
US11987800B2
A pesticidal protein class of PirA, PirB, and PirAB fusion proteins exhibiting toxic activity against Coleopteran, Lepidopteran, and Hemipteran pest species is disclosed. DNA constructs are provided which contain a recombinant nucleic acid sequence encoding the PirA, PirB, and PirAB fusion proteins. Transgenic plants, plant cells, seed, and plant parts resistant to Coleopteran, Lepidopteran, and Hemipteran infestation are provided which contain recombinant nucleic acid sequences encoding the PirA, PirB, and PirAB fusion proteins. Methods for detecting the presence of the recombinant nucleic acid sequences or the proteins of the present invention in a biological sample, and methods of controlling Coleopteran, Lepidopteran, and Hemipteran species pests using the PirA, PirB, and PirAB fusion proteins are also provided.
US11987796B2
The present invention provides a small hairpin nucleic acid molecule that is capable of stimulating interferon production. The nucleic acid molecule of the present invention has a double-stranded section of less than 19 base pairs and at least one blunt end. In certain embodiments, the molecule comprises a 5′ triphosphate or a 5′ diphosphate.
US11987792B2
The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) compositions targeting the LECT2 gene, and methods of using such dsRNA compositions to alter (e.g., inhibit) expression of LECT2.
US11987786B2
A device for reducing the size of biological tissue according to an embodiment includes a plate, and a thru-hole which penetrates the front and the rear of the plate and is defined by a plurality of edges of the plate, wherein each of the plurality of edges includes a protruding part protruding toward a center part of the thru-hole, and biological tissue may be reduced in size by being scratched and torn by the protruding parts while passing through the thru-hole.
US11987778B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for preparing cell-based meat products (i.e., comestible meat products). In particular, a pipe-based bioreactor is disclosed having one or more substrates disposed therein. In one or more embodiments, the one or more substrates comprise a plurality of nominally spaced substrates conforming to an interior profile of an elongated enclosure of the pipe-based bioreactor. In some embodiments, multiple pipe-based bioreactors are interconnected a fluid source for preparing cell-based meat products. In addition, various methods and procedures for utilizing embodiments of pipe-based bioreactors are disclosed.
US11987774B2
Processes and systems for recovering products from a corn fermentation mash. In one example, a process for recovering products from a corn fermentation mash can include separating ethanol from a fermentation mash to produce a whole stillage. The fermentation mash can be derived from a ground corn product milled from a plurality of corn pieces. The plurality of corn pieces can include whole corn kernels, fragmented corn kernels, size-reduced corn kernels, milled corn kernels, or a mixture thereof. Greater than 25 wt % of the ground corn product can have a particle size of greater than 105 μm and greater than 80 wt % of the ground corn product can have a particle size of 425 μm or less, as measured according to AOAC 965.22-1966. The process can also include separating the whole stillage to produce a fiber rich portion and a filtrate.
US11987772B2
One of the problems is to provide a solvent composition which has a little adverse effect on the global environment and has excellent stability when a compound having a perfluoropolyether (PFPE) group is in a solution state. In an embodiment, the problem is solved by providing a solvent composition for dissolving a compound having a perfluoropolyether (PFPE) group includes Z-1,2-dichloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1223xd(Z)) as a main component.
US11987770B2
The need for a hand-dishwashing composition which is highly effective at removing grease, providing long-lasting suds under soiled conditions, while having a Newtonian viscosity which is less sensitive to changes on surfactant and solvent levels, is met by formulating the liquid hand dishwashing cleaning composition to comprise a surfactant system having a combination of alkyl sulphate anionic surfactant having little or no alkoxylation and an alkyl polyglucoside surfactant.
US11987765B2
The composition according to the present disclosure is a composition for forming a lubricant coating layer on or above a threaded connection for pipes, and contains polyisobutylene, a metal soap, a wax and a basic metal salt of an aromatic organic acid. The threaded connection for pipes according to the present disclosure includes: a pin having a pin-side contact surface which includes a pin-side threaded portion; a box having a box-side contact surface which includes a box-side threaded portion; and a lubricant coating layer formed from the aforementioned composition as an outermost layer on or above at least one of the pin-side contact surface and the box-side contact surface.
US11987764B2
A product resulting from the reaction of at least: a hydroxybenzoic acid, optionally substituted by a hydrocarbyl group, or an alkali and/or alkaline earth metal salt thereof, a boron compound, a polyalkylamine component selected from triamine and tetramine compounds. Also, a lubricant composition including this product. Use of this product as a lubricant for two-stroke marine engines and four-stroke marine engines, more preferably two-stroke marine engines.
US11987760B2
Processes for the production of coke, and one or more volatile products comprise the steps of: (i) providing a purified coal product (PCP), wherein the PCP is in particulate form, and wherein at least about 90% v of the particles are no greater than about 100 μm in diameter; wherein the PCP has an ash content of less than about 10% m and a water content of less than around 5% m; (ii) combining the PCP with a liquid residue oil to create a combined solid-liquid blend, wherein the solid-liquid blend comprises at least around 0.1% m and at most around 30% m PCP; (iii) subjecting the solid-liquid blend to a temperature in excess of 375° C. for a time period sufficient to induce cracking of at least 1% of the PCP particles to generate the one or more volatile products, and (iv) producing coke from the product of step (iii).
US11987759B2
The present disclosure relates to the thermal liquefaction of lignin, and more particularly to lignin solvolysis of a lignin feedstock chosen based on its molecular weight. The process comprises subjecting a feed mixture (30) of lignin feedstock (10) and solvent (20) to a thermal liquefaction step by heating (110) the feed mixture (30) at a temperature between 360 and 420° C., separating (120) a liquid product mix (50) from a product mix (40); and recirculating at least part of said liquid product mix (50) as an oil fraction of said solvent (20).
US11987756B2
A process for pyrolysis of a mixed plastic stream that contains polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is provided in which the chloride from PVC is removed from an initial melting reactor that melts the mixed plastic stream. Chloride is removed in a vapor stream from the initial melting reactor with additional chloride removed from addition of sorbents to the pyrolysis reactor and in adsorbent beds downstream of the pyrolysis reactor. The pyrolysis reactor has a configuration comprising two cylindrical ring structures, an inner cylindrical ring structure within an outer cylindrical ring structure wherein a circulation liquid supply stream enters said pyrolysis reactor tangentially relative to a ring edge of said two cylindrical ring structures and wherein solid particles move in a downward direction to a bottom of the pyrolysis reactor.
US11987749B2
A method and compounds for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) including flooding of a mixture of water and one or more of the compounds in a geological formation. The compounds have a fluoroalkyl group.
US11987738B2
The present invention relates to a curable resin composition comprising a curable resin mixture and at least one C2-C3-alkenyl-substituted compound of formula (I) wherein m is 1, 2 or 3; Rm1, Rm2, Rm3 and Rm4 are hydrogen or C6-C14-aryloxy, which is substituted by one or more radicals selected from C1-C24-alkyl and C6-C14-aryl-C1-C10-alkylene; R5, R6, are hydrogen or optionally substituted C6-C14-aryl, or R5 and R6 together are a diradical of the formula A; A is a diradical of the formulae A.1 or A.2 wherein R7 is C2-C3-alkenyl; R8, n are as defined in the claims and in the description. The present invention also relates to a polymer comprising in copolymerized form at least one compound of formula (I) and an organopolysiloxane and to novel compounds of formula (I).
US11987733B2
An acrylic adhesive composition including an acrylic copolymer formed by polymerizing a monomer mixture is provided. The monomer mixture includes a monomer represented by [Formula 1], a (meth)acrylic monomer having a crosslinkable functional group, and an alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer. The acrylic copolymer has a branched polymer structure. The acrylic composition also includes a polyfunctional acrylate having two or more radically polymerizable functional groups, a first photoinitiator, and a second photoinitiator, wherein the first photoinitiator is an acetophenone-based photoinitiator, and the second photoinitiator is a phosphine oxide-based photoinitiator.
US11987727B2
The disclosure relates to the technical field of inorganic filler and superhydrophobic coating, and in particular, to an inorganic filler dispersion, a superhydrophobic insulating and wear-resistant coating and preparation methods thereof. The inorganic filler dispersion is formed by a primary modification of the micro-nano-meter sized inorganic filler composed of a mixture of a nanometer sized inorganic filler and a submicron-meter sized inorganic filler with a hydrophobic silane coupling agent, and a secondary modification of the primary modified micro-nano-meter sized inorganic filler in an organic solvent with a hydrophobic hydroxy-terminated blocking agent and a catalyst. The inorganic filler dispersion and the hydroxyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane and other components are ground to obtain a pre-coating mixture, which can be used as reinforcing component and mixed evenly with the latent curing agent and the solvent to obtain a one-component superhydrophobic insulating and wear-resistant coating.
US11987724B2
Nanocomposite blends include metal oxide nanoparticles and at least two (meth)acrylic acid polymers where the nanoparticles are surface modified with a carboxylic acid silane and where the (meth)acrylic acid polymers are at least partially neutralized. The compositions are transparent, with high transmission and low haze up to very high nanoparticle loading. The compositions also exhibit improved mechanical properties of impact resistance and tensile modulus.
US11987720B2
Provided is a metal-particle dispersion composition as a composition containing dispersed metal particles and being suitable for use in aqueous coating compositions, etc., the metal-particle dispersion composition comprising 10-80 mass % metal particles, 0.01-10 mass % organic titanate compound in a chelate form, 1-40 mass % water, and 2-30 mass % organic solvent having a higher boiling point than water, the amounts being based on the whole composition, wherein the organic titanate compound is an organic compound represented by Ti(OR)4 (the OR groups include at least one chelatable substituent based on triethanolamine) and the organic solvent having a higher boiling point than water is a C7 or lower alcohol compound.
US11987719B2
The present disclosure is directed to an aqueous dispersion of inorganic fibers and a method for formulating an aqueous coating composition therefrom. The aqueous dispersion of inorganic fibers comprises water, inorganic fibers, a dispersing agent, an anti-settling agent and optionally additional additives, wherein the inorganic fibers have an average fiber diameter of from 1 micron to 100 microns and have a number average aspect ratio of from 1.1:1 to 10:1; and wherein the aqueous dispersion does not contain a film-forming amount of a polymeric resin.
US11987706B2
An elastomer composition including (a) an elastomer blend component; (b) at least one first odor-reducing component; and (c) at least one second odor-reducing component; the elastomer component (a) including a hydrogenated block copolymer, a propylene polymer, a maleic anhydride grafted polymer, a mineral oil, and a filler, and/or a nucleating agent. The elastomer composition can be particularly suitable for fabricating injection molded non-carpet vehicle flooring with a reduced amount of undesirable odor.
US11987703B2
The present invention aims to provide rubber compositions and tires which provide improved overall performance in terms of wet grip performance and dry grip performance. The present invention relates to a rubber composition having a hardness that reversibly changes with water and satisfying the following relationship (1): Hardness when dry−Hardness when water-wet≥10 (1) wherein each hardness represents the JIS-A hardness at 25° C. of the rubber composition.
US11987702B2
A thermoplastic resin composition comprising 80 to 99.9 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin (I), and 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of a silicone-acryl core-shell resin (II), a total mass of the thermoplastic resin (I) and the silicone-acryl core-shell resin (II) being 100 parts by mass, wherein a core particle of the silicone-acryl core-shell resin (II) is composed of an organopolysiloxane (A), and a shell layer of the silicone-acryl core-shell resin (II) is composed of a poly (meth) acrylate ester (B), a mass ratio of the organopolysiloxane (A) to the poly (meth) acrylate ester (B) is in a range of 40:60 to 90:10, and a length (β) of the part of a circumference occupied by the poly (meth) acrylate ester in the silicone-acryl core-shell resin (II) accounts for at least 90% of a whole circumferential length (α) of the silicone-acryl core-shell resin (II).
US11987701B2
The disclosure provides a thermosetting resin composition which contains at least: (a) a benzoxazine resin and (b) bismaleimide. The disclosure provides a flame-retardant resin composition which contains at least: (a) a benzoxazine resin, (b) bismaleimide, and (c) a flame retardant. The thermosetting resin composition and the flame-retardant resin composition may be used as a constituent element of a semiconductor liquid packaging material, or an interlayer insulating film.
US11987693B2
Biochemical carriers are provided. Each of the biochemical carriers includes: biochemical molecules having a sequence into which digital data information is encoded; a carrier particle composed of a polymer matrix and in which the biochemical molecules are connected to the surface or inside of the polymer matrix; and an index code introduced into the carrier particle. Also provided is a method for fabricating biochemical carriers. The fabrication method includes: encoding digital data into a sequence of biochemical molecules; synthesizing the biochemical molecules based on the encoded sequence; mixing the biochemical molecules with a photocurable material; curing the mixture to obtain carrier particles including a polymer matrix; and introducing an index code into the carrier particles simultaneously with or separately from the curing. Also provided is a method for restoring digital data from the biochemical carrier. The restoration method includes: analyzing the index code of the biochemical carrier; reacquiring the biochemical molecules from the biochemical carrier based on the analytical results of the index code; sequencing the biochemical molecules; and decoding the sequencing results to restore digital data.
US11987692B2
Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition or an adhesive coating material capable of adhering a cyclic polyolefin-based polymer with a metal or metal compound such as aluminum foil or an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer with sufficient strength. The thermoplastic resin composition contains (A) 100 parts by mass of thermoplastic resin; (B) 0.05 to 5 parts by mass of one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and an unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative; and (C) 0.01 to 3 parts by mass of organic peroxide; which component (A) contains (a1) 10 to 90% by mass cyclic polyolefin-based polymer; and (a2) 90 to 10% by mass a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer comprising a polymer block composed mainly of an aromatic vinyl compound and a random copolymer block of a conjugated diene compound and an aromatic vinyl compound (with the proviso that the total of the component (a1) and the component (a2) is 100% by mass).
US11987687B2
A thermally conductive sheet comprising an anisotropic filler 12 in a polymer matrix 14, wherein the anisotropic filler 12 appears on at least one surface and the at least one surface has an arithmetic mean peak curvature (Spc) of 18000 (1/mm) or less.
US11987682B2
Provided are a photocatalyst transfer film allowing a uniform and highly transparent photocatalyst layer to be transferred to the surfaces of various transfer base materials; and a production method thereof. The photocatalyst transfer film has, on a biaxially oriented polypropylene film, a photocatalyst layer containing a titanium oxide particle-containing photocatalyst, a silicon compound and a surfactant. The production method of the photocatalyst transfer film includes applying a photocatalyst coating liquid to a biaxially oriented polypropylene film; and performing drying. The photocatalyst coating liquid contains a titanium oxide particle-containing photocatalyst, a silicon compound, a surfactant and an aqueous dispersion medium.
US11987675B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide an ultrafine cellulose fiber-containing sheet that is excellent in terms of weather resistance. The present invention relates to a sheet comprising cellulose fibers having a fiber width of 1000 nm or less, wherein the cellulose fibers have anionic functional groups, and the YI increase percentage calculated according to the following equation is 1500% or less. YI increase percentage (%)=(yellowness of the sheet after heating−yellowness of the sheet before heating)/yellowness of the sheet before heating×100, wherein the yellowness of the sheet after heating is a yellowness measured in accordance with JIS K 7373, after the sheet is subjected to hot pressing at 180° C. at 0.5 MPa for 1 minute, whereas the yellowness of the sheet before heating is a yellowness measured in accordance with JIS K 7373, before the sheet is subjected to the hot pressing.
US11987659B2
Provided are a hydrogenation reaction catalyst and a preparation method therefor, and more particularly, to a hydrogenation reaction catalyst including sulfur as a promoter, thereby selectively hydrogenating an olefin by changing a relative hydrogenation rate of the olefin and an aromatic group during a hydrogenation reaction of an unsaturated hydrocarbon compound containing an aromatic group, and a preparation method therefor.
US11987658B2
A curable resin composition that is capable of forming a cured product having impact resistance and a high elastic modulus, and has a low viscosity, thereby being suitable for three-dimensional shaping. The curable resin composition contains: (A) an α-(unsaturated alkoxyalkyl)acrylic acid or an ester thereof; (B) a bifunctional radically polymerizable oligomer; optionally (C) a radically polymerizable compound other than the component (A) and the component (B); (D) rubber particles; and (E) a radical polymerization initiator, wherein the component (A) is represented by the following formula (1).
US11987655B2
The present invention relates to polyolefin. More specifically, the present invention relate s to polyolefin having excellent dart drop impact strength, and exhibiting improved transparency and satisfying one of the following 1)˜4): 1) when density is 0.9165 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.9175 g/cm3, the content of SCB (Short Chain Branch) is 9.5 to 10.5 wt %, 2) when density is 0.9175 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.9185 g/cm3, the content of SCB (Short Chain Branch) is 9.0 to 10.0 wt %, 3) when density is 0.9185 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.9195 g/cm3, the content of SCB (Short Chain Branch) is 8.5 to 9.5 wt %, 4) when density is 0.9195 g/cm3 or more and less than 0.9205 g/cm3, the content of SCB (Short Chain Branch) is 7.5 to 8.5 wt %, wherein the density is measured according to ASTM D1505.
US11987653B1
A method of preparing a polyolefin is disclosed. In some examples, the method comprises contacting an olefin monomer with an olefin polymerization precatalyst and a photoacid generator (PAG) to provide an olefin polymerization mixture; and irradiating the olefin polymerization matrix for a first period of time with ultraviolet or visible light, activating the precatalyst to catalyze polymerization of the olefin monomer, thereby preparing a polyolefin. Additive manufacturing approaches employing the methods are also disclosed, as are ink compositions comprising an olefin polymerization precatalyst and a PAG.
US11987650B2
Methods for producing an activated pectin-containing biomass composition are provided. The method includes (A) mixing a starting pectin-containing biomass material including an insoluble fiber component and an insoluble protopectin component with an aqueous solution of an alcohol to form a mixture; (B) activating the starting pectin-containing biomass material to form an activated pectin-containing biomass material comprising the insoluble fiber component and a soluble pectin component by subjecting the starting pectin-containing biomass material to (i) an activating solution formed by adding acid to the mixture to adjust the pH of the mixture within the range from at or about 0.5 to at or about 2.5 and (ii) heat to a temperature greater than at or about 40 degrees Celsius; and (C) applying mechanical energy either (i) to the mixture of step A), (ii) during the activating of step B), or (iii) to the mixture of step A) and during the activating of step B); and (D) separating the activated pectin-containing biomass material from the mixture; wherein during the method the alcohol present in the mixture is at or greater than about 40 weight percent based on the total weight of the mixture. Activated pectin-containing biomass compositions are also provided.
US11987649B2
The present invention provides process for treating crop kernels, comprising the steps of a) soaking kernels in water to produce soaked kernels; b) grinding the soaked kernels; c) treating the soaked kernels in the presence of an effective amount of GH62 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity or a GH43 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity, wherein step c) is performed before, during or after step b).
US11987642B2
Provided herein are compositions, methods, and uses involving bispecific binding molecules that specifically bind to HER2, a receptor tyrosine kinase, and to CD3, a T cell receptor, and mediate T cell cytotoxicity for managing and treating disorders, such as cancer. Also provided herein are uses and methods for managing and treating HER2-related cancers.
US11987638B1
The invention concerns methods for preventing the reduction of disulfide bonds during the recombinant production of disulfide-containing polypeptides. In particular, the invention concerns the prevention of disulfide bond reduction during harvesting of disulfide-containing polypeptides, including antibodies, from recombinant host cell cultures.
US11987628B2
Disclosed herein are engineered cells and/or hypoimmunogenic cells including engineered and/or hypoimmunogenic stem cells, engineered and/or hypoimmunogenic cells differentiated therefrom, engineered and/or hypoimmunogenic CAR-T cells (primary or differentiated from engineered and/or hypoimmunogenic stem cells) and related methods of their use and generation. Provided herein are engineered and/or hypoimmunogenic cells exhibiting reduced expression of MHC class I and/or MHC class II human leukocyte antigens and T-cell receptors. In some embodiments, such cells also exogenously express one or more tolerogenic factors such as CD47 and one or more chimeric antigen receptors (CAR)s.
US11987624B2
The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind human monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) (“anti-human MCT1 antibodies”), compositions comprising such anti-human MCT1 antibodies, and methods of using such anti-human MCT1 antibodies.
US11987616B2
The invention provides, in various embodiments, polypeptides (e.g., camelid antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof) that specifically bind to Spike glycoprotein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (e.g., SARS-CoV-2-Spike). The invention also provides, in various embodiments, fusion proteins comprising one or more of the polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, vectors and host cells suitable for expressing the polypeptides, and methods for treating viral infections (e.g., COVID-19).
US11987614B2
The invention provides polymeric H-NOX proteins for the delivery of oxygen with longer circulation half-lives compared to monomeric H-NOX proteins. Polymeric H-NOX proteins extravasate into and preferentially accumulate in tumor tissue for sustained delivery of oxygen. The invention also provides the use of H-NOX proteins as radiosensitizers for the treatment of brain cancers.
US11987612B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to Siglec-9 ECDs and Siglec-9 ECD fusion molecules, and methods of treatment using Siglec-9 ECDs and Siglec-9 ECD fusion molecules.
US11987610B2
The present disclosure provides variant immunomodulatory polypeptides, and fusion polypeptides comprising the variant immunomodulatory peptides. The present disclosure provides T-cell modulatory multimeric polypeptides, and compositions comprising same, where the T-cell modulatory multimeric polypeptides comprise a variant immunomodulatory polypeptide of the present disclosure. The present disclosure provides nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the T-cell modulatory multimeric polypeptides, and host cells comprising the nucleic acids. The present disclosure provides methods of modulating the activity of a T cell; the methods comprise contacting the T cell with a T-cell modulatory multimeric polypeptide of the present disclosure.
US11987607B2
Computational systems and methods are described for identifying new α-helical antimicrobial peptides using a systemic consensus formula. Newly identified α-helical antimicrobial peptides are tested experimentally and show potent microbiocidal activities.
US11987605B2
The present disclosure provides technologies for MYC inhibition, including, e.g. MYC fusion polypeptides and compositions comprising the same as well as methods of using the same. In particular, the present disclosure, among others, provides fusion polypeptides comprising a mutant MYC polypeptide and a repressor domain. In some embodiments, such fusion polypeptides and compositions comprising the same can be useful for inducing cancer cell apoptosis. Accordingly, in some embodiments, such fusion polypeptides and compositions comprising the same can be useful for cancer treatment.
US11987588B2
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (Ia) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the beta-3 adrenergic receptor. Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are directed to methods useful in the treatment of a beta-3 adrenergic receptor-mediated disorder, such as, heart failure and related disorders thereto.
US11987572B2
The invention provides a compound of formula I: or a salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, A, B, D, E, F and G have any of the values described in the specification, as well as compositions comprising a compound of formula I. The compounds are useful as bromodomain inhibitors.
US11987567B2
The present invention discloses a synthesis method of lactide by confinement effect catalysis of crystalline porous polymer material, wherein the method comprising: (I) synthesis of catalyst; (II) synthesis of lactide by confinement effect catalysis; and (III) purification of lactide. In the present invention, a yield of L-lactide by catalysis of L-lactic acid by crystalline polymers is as high as 85.6%, which is 10% higher than the yield of lactide by H-β molecular sieve reported in documents currently available; it is easy to prepare the crystalline porous polymer material catalyst, which is environmental friendly, has a high yield and is recyclable, for consecutive 7 times the catalysis yield is maintained to be higher than 70%, and catalysis yield conservation rate is far higher than catalysis effects of catalysts reported in documents currently available.
US11987563B1
Compounds for treating a microbial infection and/or tuberculosis and, particularly, antimicrobial and/or antitubercular compounds that are 3-cyano 4,5-diphenyl furan-2-carboxamides and their use as antimicrobial and/or antitubercular agents are provided.
US11987561B2
A resist underlayer composition includes (A) a polymer including a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1, a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2, or a combination thereof; (B) a polymer including a structure in which at least one moiety represented by Chemical Formula 3 or Chemical Formula 4 and a moiety represented by Chemical Formula 7 are bound to each other; and (C) a solvent:
US11987553B2
Impurities such as sulfur dioxide (SO2) are removed from trifluoroacetyl chloride (TFAC) through distillation, adsorption, or a combination thereof, and/or including the formation of an azeotrope or azeotrope-like composition including effective amounts of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and trifluoroacetyl chloride (TFAC). The trifluoroacetyl chloride (TFAC) thus purified may then be used in the manufacture of trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I). Also disclosed are azeotropes and azeotrope like compositions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and trifluoroacetyl chloride (TFAC).
US11987551B2
Novel Styryl Carboxylate derivatives are provided which exhibit activity for the treatment of immunological diseases, inflammation, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, neurological diseases, and diabetes.
US11987545B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing m-dialkylbenzaldehyde by using a reaction starting material containing 1,4-dialkylbenzene. The method for producing m-dialkylbenzaldehyde represented by formula (3), comprising a step of allowing carbon monoxide to react on a reaction starting material containing 1,4-dialkylbenzene represented by formula (1) in the presence of a Bronsted acid and a Lewis acid, wherein the reaction starting material is 1,4-dialkylbenzene represented by formula (1), or a mixture of 1,4-dialkylbenzene represented by formula (1) and 1,3-dialkylbenzene represented by formula (2), containing 10 mol % or more of the 1,4-dialkylbenzene represented by formula (1), wherein in formulae (1) to (3), R1 represents a methyl group or an ethyl group, and R2 represents a chain or cyclic alkyl group having 3 or more and 6 or less carbon atoms that has a tertiary carbon at the benzyl position.
US11987540B2
Aspects of the disclosure include crystalline solids of 3-palmitoyl-amido-1,2-propanediol and 3-palmitoyl-amido-2-hydroxy-1-dimethoxytriphenylmethylether-propane. Methods for preparing the crystalline solids of 3-palmitoyl-amido-1,2-propanediol and single crystals of 3-palmitoyl-amido-2-hydroxy-1-dimethoxytriphenylmethylether-propane are also provided. Methods for preparing a 3-palmitoyl-amido-2-hydroxy-1-dimethoxytriphenylmethylether-propane from a crystalline solid of 3-palmitoyl-amido-1,2-propanediol are also described.
US11987539B2
The present invention relates to novel dicarboxylic diesters as well as the use thereof as for inhibiting the methane production in ruminants.
US11987514B1
A system that moves water to a vessel on a water body includes a retractable tube with water intake that descends to a selectable depth in the water body, a pump that moves water from the selectable depth through the retractable tube, an anchor assembly carrying the pump or retractable tube to the selectable depth and back again, and an indicator of the depth of the anchor assembly, pump, or water intake of the retractable tube in the water body. The anchor assembly includes a pole, a cantilever beam, a telescoping pole, a pole driving system, or a combination thereof. The system may include a gas delivery system configured to introduce a gas into the system's water flow and a mixing chamber or tube that mixes water and gas. Variations of the system provide a subset of these components, and can be combined with third-party components.
US11987513B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of wastewater treatment in oil and gas field operations, in particular to a method for synergistic degradation treatment of polysaccharide-containing polymer wastewater by controllable —OH radical. In this method, a ferrous ion solution, an alkaline solution, and an oxidant solution are mixed and heated to generate —OH radicals, —O radicals and polymeric iron ions, etc., which then is mixed with polysaccharide-containing polymer wastewater. The generated highly oxidative —OH radicals and —O radicals react with polysaccharide polymers so that they are degraded. The generated polymeric iron ions form flocs that purify the suspended solids in the wastewater. The purified polysaccharide-containing polymer wastewater can be re-injected or reused as an oilfield working fluid. In the present disclosure, the polysaccharide-containing polymer wastewater can be treated in a quick and efficient manner, and the treated wastewater can be recycled.
US11987509B2
An efficient, cost-effective, and efficacious technique for removing coal ash and other pollutants from waterways, ponds, marshes, holding tanks and other water sources and supplies. An apparatus comprising an open cage including electromagnets and/or permanent magnets and/or electrodes is supplied with electrical power to extract materials such as rare earth elements and/or heavy metals. The materials levitate to the surface, forming a slurry while leaving water substantially free of such materials.
US11987498B2
This gas production system includes: a gas production device having a reactor forming a flow path for a treatment target gas, a first electrode and a second electrode to which voltage is applied, and a catalyst layer provided in the flow path and containing a catalyst; voltage generation means for generating voltage to be applied to the first electrode and the second electrode; and gas supply means for supplying the treatment target gas to the gas production device. The voltage generation means has frequency setting means for setting the frequency of the voltage in accordance with the treatment target gas, plasma generated between the first electrode and the second electrode is applied to the catalyst layer, and the treatment target gas is reformed to obtain a product gas.
US11987488B2
A docking device for mechanically connecting an upper and a lower container module of a multipart container. The docking device includes an upper docking segment which is fastenable on an opening of the upper container module, and a lower docking segment which is fastenable on an opening of the lower container module. Fluid is configured to move from the upper container module into the lower container module. An upper docking region of an upper channel section and/or an upper docking segment and a lower docking region of a lower channel section and/or the lower docking segment can be arranged in such a way that the fluid flows through an externally leak-tight channel in an open valve body position. An actuating assembly is arranged in the upper channel section and/or in the lower channel section.
US11987479B2
A cable tensioning capstan assembly comprises a capstan drum and at least a first traction flange. The capstan drum may be configured to support a cable (e.g., a cable is configured to wrap around the capstan drum), and the capstan drum may be configured to rotate about an output axis. The first traction flange may be disposed adjacent the first axial end of the capstan drum and configured to rotate about the output axis. In various embodiments, the first traction flange is independently rotatable relative to the capstan drum. A clutch assembly between an input shaft and the first traction flange may facilitate the independent rotatability of the first traction flange.
US11987478B2
Provided is a guide display device with which incorrect recognition of a place having small features as a ground surface having no features can be suppressed in generating and updating a three-dimensional map. A data processing unit (70): detects an edge (Eg) of a feature (E) on the basis of a result of subjecting image data captured by a camera (61) to image processing, and recognizes the feature (E) on the basis of the edge (Eg); and accumulates, from a predetermined number of frames from before the time at which the image data was captured, point group data (P) of a nearby range (Ma) of the edge (Eg) of the feature (E) that was recognized as a ground surface (F), and generates, on the basis of the accumulated point group data (P), a three-dimensional map (M) of the feature (E) the edge (Eg) of which has been recognized.
US11987476B2
A crane, in particular a revolving tower crane or a bridge crane, and a method for controlling such a crane, having a hoist cable, which extends from a crane boom and carries a load-receiving means, drive devices for moving crane elements and displacing the load-receiving means, a control apparatus for controlling the drive devices such that the load-receiving means travels along a travel path, and a pendulum damping device for damping pendulum movements of the load-receiving means, wherein the pendulum damping device has a pendulum sensor for detecting pendulum movements of the hoist cable and/or of the load-receiving means and a controller component having a closed control circuit for influencing the control of the drive devices depending on pendulum signals that are indicated by pendulum movements detected by the pendulum sensor and are returned to the control loop.
US11987468B2
A medium processing apparatus includes a conveyor, a receptacle, a liquid applier, and a crimper. The conveyor conveys a medium. The receptacle holds the medium conveyed by the conveyor. The liquid applier is disposed upstream from the receptacle in a conveyance direction of the medium to apply liquid to a liquid application position on the medium conveyed by the conveyor. The crimper presses and deforms the liquid application position on a plurality of media including the medium held on the receptacle to bind the plurality of media.
US11987462B2
The invention relates to a switch assembly for a device for handling value documents, comprising a shaft (110) which is rotationally fixed to a switch body (120), said switch body (120) being rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the shaft (110) between a first switch body position (P1) and a second switch body position (P2). The switch assembly additionally comprises a switch lever (130, 131), said shaft (110) being rotatable about its longitudinal axis by means of the switch lever (130, 131), and a solenoid (200) which comprises an armature (210). The solenoid (200) can be actuated such that the armature (210) can be moved between a first armature position (A1) and a second armature position (A2). The switch lever (130, 131) is in engagement with the armature (210) such that the switch lever (130, 131) rotates about the longitudinal axis of the shaft (110) by means of the movement of the armature.
US11987461B2
A device for splicing and continuously providing an outgoing film web includes a splicing unit for splicing a first or a second incoming film web to the outgoing film web, and a clamping unit and an intermediate film storage for the outgoing film web. The splicing unit includes a first sealing jaw with a first holding device for the outgoing film web, and a first cutting device for severing the outgoing film web in the region of the first sealing jaw. The splicing unit includes a second sealing jaw with a second holding device alternately for the first or the second incoming film web, and a second cutting device for severing this incoming film web. The sealing jaws with their respective holding devices can be displaced relative to one another out of the region of action of their first and second cutting devices into their mutual region of action.
US11987459B2
A method of transporting a vehicle engine wire harness from a component preparation location to a component pick location is provided. The method includes placing the vehicle engine wire harness on a hook of a component hanger. The component hanger with vehicle engine wire harness is directed along a supply track assembly through a heated enclosure to the component pick location at a vehicle assembly line.
US11987455B2
A sortation conveyor includes a conveying surface extending in a longitudinal direction and configured to carry an article along a conveying path. The sortation conveyor also includes a pusher element configured to be selectively diverted transversely relative to the longitudinal direction for engaging and diverting the article away from the conveying path. The sortation conveyor further includes a flexible divert guide including at least one compressible member configured to transition between an uncompressed state and a compressed state.
US11987454B2
Transport assembly of the smoking products manufacturing industry; the transport assembly comprises: a first conveying system for feeding components of the smoking products along a first conveying path to a first input station of a first manufacturing machine; and a second conveying system for conveying articles obtained from the components along a second conveying path from a first output station of the first machine to an input station of a second manufacturing machine (for example, a packaging machine); the first conveying system is configured to change the length of a stretch of the first conveying path; the second conveying system is configured to change the length of a stretch of the second conveying path; the mentioned stretches of the first path and of the second path are arranged overlapping one another and/or side by side.
US11987449B2
For use in a reciprocating floor slat conveyor system having formed slats made of steel, a gap filler for sealing the gaps between side-by-side steel slats includes a portion that extends upwardly into the gap, and a lower portion that is connected to one of the side-by-side slats. The gap filler is installed by pushing down the gap filler into the gap between slats.
US11987447B2
System includes an article supply location including a plurality of articles, and an overhead rail network with a plurality of rail sections. A self-guided and self-propelled hanging vehicle travels in both directions along the plurality of rail sections. The hanging vehicle has a first position in which a carrier containing at least one selected article is engaged with the hanging vehicle and a second position in which the carrier is detached from the hanging vehicle. The system further includes a controller. The controller determines a first delivery location among a plurality of delivery locations to deliver, with the hanging vehicle, the selected article based on a destination determined for the selected article. The controller further directs delivery of the carrier at the first delivery location by manipulation of the hanging vehicle from the first position to the second position.
US11987445B2
A lid opening-and-closing device that opens and closes an upper lid of a container, the container including: a container body; the upper lid; a locking mechanism that locks the upper lid onto the container body when the upper lid is mounted on the container body; and a strip provided to the upper lid, the device including: a placement platform on which the container is placed; a guide provided on both sides above the placement platform and comes into contact with a lower face of the strip to rotate the strip upward to an extent exceeding the predetermined value with respect to the container body when the container is inserted in the horizontal direction to a specified position of the placement platform; and a raising/lowering mechanism that moves the container body and the upper lid for which locking by the locking mechanism has been released, relatively in an up-and-down direction.
US11987444B2
Disclosed are a robot control system and method. The robot control system includes a storage region, a lifting machine, a control device, and a self-driven robot. The storage region includes a loft having at least two storeys and is configured to store a container, and there is provided a passage on the floor of each of the at least two storeys of the loft for the self-driven robot to move through. The lifting machine is configured to transport the self-driven robot or the container to a target storey corresponding to a transportation task. The control device is configured to assign the transportation task to the self-driven robot and plan a travel route on the target storey for the self-driven robot according to the transportation task, and dispatch the self-driven robot to travel according to the travel route to perform the transportation task.
US11987435B2
Proposed is a gas discharge valve for a packaging material, the gas discharge valve being attached on an upper surface of a packing material in a manner that covers a through-hole formed in one side of the packing material and being configured to discharge to the outside thereof only gas within the packing material, the gas discharge valve including: a high-adhesiveness layer attached to an external surface of the packing material and adhered to a portion of the external surface in the vicinity of the through-hole; and a low-adhesiveness layer formed inside the high-adhesiveness layer and adhered to cover a top opening of the through-hole, where, when gas occurs within the packing material, the low-adhesiveness layer is inflated by pressure, a portion thereof is raised, and the gas is discharged, and when the pressure is released, the low-adhesiveness layer seals the through-hole, thereby blocking introduction of outside air.
US11987430B2
An activatable spoilage monitoring device (2) is housed in a lid for a container. The device comprises a reservoir containing a digestor fluid and a tray (62) containing a digestible material or gel and having a tactile pattern of protuberances (68) formed in a base of the tray. The two parts (4, 6) of the lid axially compress together as the lid is opened resulting in activation of the device by permitting the fluid to come into contact with the digestible material.
US11987428B2
A partitioned container having a plurality of individual compartments formed from mated slotted interior panels. One or more exterior panels surround the mated interior panels to form the outside of the partitioned container. The interior panels may include folding tab sections and partitioning sections, and the panels may be mated with one another through a self-locking mechanism. The various panels may be folded about fold lines to permit the assembly to be folded into a substantially flat state.
US11987414B2
The disclosure relates to a capsule filling machine for filling two-piece capsules that each include a capsule upper part and a capsule lower part. The capsule filling machine includes a measuring device, the measuring device including a capacitive measuring system. The measuring device is downstream of the closing station. The capacitive measuring system includes a measuring section, along which the mass of the filled, closed capsule can be measured via the capacitive measuring system. The measuring device includes a guide device for the closed capsule, the guide device being configured to convey the filled, closed capsule from the capsule segment to the measuring section of the capacitive measuring system.
US11987411B2
A method, a packaging system, and use for packaging objects on a conveyor using a hose-shaped stretch foil of plastic material. A method, system, and use, where the hose-shaped stretch foil may be stretched around the objects in a horizontal manner. The packaging system comprises a first conveyor and a second conveyor where first and second conveyors are arranged for conveying objects from said first conveyor to said second conveyor. The system comprises a foil dispensing mechanism arranged in a space between the first and the second conveyor, and being arranged for dispensing a continuous hose-shaped foil onto said conveyed objects. The method comprises the steps of: conveying a first object and a second object via the first conveyor in a first conveying direction towards said second conveyor; conveying the first object through the foil dispensing mechanism, hereby arranging the hose-shaped foil onto the first object; conveying the first object from the first conveyor to the second conveyor; and conveying the second object in a direction opposite the first conveying direction by a predefined distance, hereby arranging an equal distance between said first object and said second object in said space between said first conveyor and said second conveyor.
US11987406B2
Machine for stabilising palletised loads includes a functional arrangement, a first movement apparatus generating relative motion about a revolution axis, a second movement apparatus generating relative translation motion of the functional arrangement in a direction parallel to the revolution axis. The functional arrangement includes a support shaft, a motorised drive roller, a contrast roller, and actuator members to create relative movement between the drive roller and the contrast roller in transversal direction with respect to the respective rotation axes between a distanced configuration, in which a gap is defined between the drive roller and the contrast roller to be crossed with clearance by the covering tape unwinding from the reel, and a neared configuration, in which the drive and contrast rollers clamp the covering tape. The support shaft and the contrast and/or drive rollers are mounted on the functional arrangement and oriented in the same direction.
US11987405B2
A method for wrapping a load with a film of stretchable plastic material, comprises unwinding a first film of stretchable plastic material from a first reel and at least one second film of stretchable plastic material from a respective second reel; superimposing the at least one second film to the first film so as to form a longitudinal overlapping band of the two films; stretching by a couple of pre-stretching rollers the first film and the at least one second film superimposed along the longitudinal overlapping band with a definite stretching percentage so as to obtain a single composite film formed by the first film and the at least one second film joined and sticking tightly to each other at the overlapping band due to the effect of said stretching; wrapping the load with a plurality of bands of the composite film.
US11987400B2
Expandable decoy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are disclosed. A disclosed example decoy UAV includes an expandable body at least partially defining an exterior of the expandable decoy UAV, an expander to expand the expandable body to a desired footprint, and a propulsion device operatively coupled to the expandable body, the propulsion device to move the expandable decoy UAV.
US11987389B2
A method and apparatus for forming a composite structure. An inner tooling, a stackup, and an outer tooling are held in place together using a load constraint. A bladder and a plurality of stringer bladders in the stackup are pressurized to cause expansion of the bladder and the plurality of stringer bladders, thereby pushing together an overbraided thermoplastic skin and a plurality of overbraided thermoplastic members in the stackup. The overbraided thermoplastic skin and the plurality of overbraided thermoplastic members are co-consolidated while the bladder and the plurality of stringer bladders are pressurized to form the composite structure.
US11987388B2
A tensioning method for a tensegrity keel is provided. The method includes the step of determining target values at an attainment of tensegrity. An outline of the integral keel is formed. A middle stiffening ring is tensioned through stretching a hub shaft, thereby attaining a self-equilibrium state. Telescopic rods are provided between stiffening rings and central trusses so that the stiffening rings and the central trusses are connected together. Longitudinal ties are mounted and constraints on bisection points and the central trusses are released and the integral keel is tensioned by stretching the telescopic rods, thereby introducing tension to the longitudinal ties. The lateral stiffening rings are tensioned by stretching the hub shaft, thereby attaining a self-equilibrium state. Adjustments are made using iterative methods so that target values at the attainment of tensegrity will be reached.
US11987383B2
There is a remote control device or drone, which has software and a combination of lights or LED on an lighting ring or apparatus that can move independently of the drone; the drone can be programmed or be reactive to sound or other stimulus to create the effect of writing shapes or words in the air and typically at nighttime against a dark sky.
US11987382B2
The method can include: sampling sensor measurements, extracting features from the sensor measurements, identifying a landing site based on the extracted features, determining a confidence score based on the extracted features and landing site features, and controlling the aircraft. The method functions to provide terrain relative navigation during approach to be used for aircraft control; the method can additionally function to establish an aircraft position estimate to be used for controlling the aircraft.
US11987380B2
An aircraft control surface skew and/or loss detection system including an aircraft wing structure having a fixed part and at least two control surface elements wherein the at least two control surface elements are configured to be moveable relative to the fixed part. The detection system also includes a cable operably connected to each of the at least two control surface elements such that a tensile force is applied to the cable upon skew and/or loss of one of the control surface elements. The detections system has a sensor assembly including a first part and a second part, wherein one of the first and second parts has a sensor and wherein the cable is coupled to the second part such that skew and/or loss of one of the control surface elements causes movement of the second part relative to the first part. The sensor is configured to detect a first relative position of the first and second parts indicative of the wing structure supporting a load, and a second relative position of the first and second parts indicative of the wing structure being supported.
US11987379B2
Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems for facilitating pilots in determining current and predicted performance specifications of their aircraft. According to one embodiment, a method is implemented on a mobile computing device. The method includes receiving static pilot data, receiving static aircraft data associated with an aircraft, receiving dynamic aircraft data over a time period, determining aircraft performance data based on the static aircraft data and the dynamic aircraft data, providing the aircraft performance data to a graphical user interface (GUI) associated with the mobile computing device, and storing the static pilot data and the aircraft performance data.
US11987378B2
A system and method for adaptively controlling a cooldown cycle of an auxiliary power unit (APU) that is operating and rotating at a rotational speed includes reducing the rotational speed of the APU to a predetermined cooldown speed magnitude that ensures combustor inlet temperature has reached a predetermined temperature value, determining, based on one or more of operational parameters of the APU, when a lean blowout of the APU is either imminent or has occurred, and when a lean blowout is imminent or has occurred, varying one or more parameters associated with the shutdown/cooldown cycle.
US11987369B2
A turbomachine of an aircraft comprising an outer casing delimiting with an inner hub, a flow path of a gas stream in which is disposed a low-pressure turbine configured to rotationally drive a low-pressure shaft; said turbomachine comprising, in the direction of flow of the gas stream, a first propeller; and a second propeller downstream of the first propeller, the first propeller being rotationally driven by said low-pressure shaft and the second propeller being rotationally driven by an electric motor, the second propeller being further disposed at a distance between 1.5 and 4 cord lengths from the first propeller defined between the respective axes of shimming of each of the first and second propellers.
US11987368B2
Systems and methods to facilitate a steep final approach phase of flight of an aircraft are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for operating an aircraft during a steep approach phase of flight of the aircraft comprises operating an engine of the aircraft at an idle speed associated with the steep approach type that is lower than an idle speed associated with a non-steep approach type capable of being executed by the aircraft. The method also comprises operating an ice protection system of the aircraft during the steep approach phase of flight of the aircraft.
US11987367B2
An aerospace surface heating apparatus includes opposing layers formed from a thermoplastic containing in excess of 20% by volume of an inorganic filler material, and at least one electrically powered heating element located between the opposing layers. A method for making a heater for an aerospace component includes forming an electrical heating element on a layer of glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic film substrate, applying two opposing thermoplastic layers on opposing sides of the intermediate layer, and applying heat and pressure to the layers to join the layers together, in which the thermoplastic material contains an inorganic filler material.
US11987355B2
An assembly is configured for connection to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and comprises a plurality of emulator devices each configured for attachment to the UAV and a plurality of first connection tethers each configured to operably couple a respective one of the plurality of emulator devices to the UAV at a respective spacing from the UAV. The emulator devices each comprise an emulation component configured to provide, to a target detection system, a characteristic associated with a respective type of airborne object. The plurality of respective first connection tethers each comprises material that does not substantially reflect RF energy. During flight of the UAV, when the assembly is connected, each respective emulator device maintains the respective spacing from the UAV and emulates the characteristic to the target detection system, such that the assembly emulates, to the target detection system, a plurality of airborne objects.
US11987349B2
An aircraft achieves vertical takeoff and landing and short takeoff and landing capabilities by transitioning the thrust created by a super charged centrifugal fan from a vertical launch position to a horizontal cruise position for a resulting propulsion effect. Neither the rotors or the engines included on the aircraft have to move or rotate into a distinct position in order to provide such vertical takeoff and landing and short takeoff and landing capabilities.
US11987339B1
Steering control system of marine vessel, marine vessel and steering control method of marine vessel
A steering control system of a marine vessel includes a controller configured or programmed to perform at least one of a control to automatically steer the marine vessel or a control to automatically change a propulsive force of a propulsion device in an automatic marine vessel maneuvering mode during movement of the marine vessel, and an operator for the marine vessel to perform a predetermined operation. The controller is configured or programmed to cancel the automatic marine vessel maneuvering mode based on an operation performed on the operator by a vessel operator to perform the predetermined operation during the movement of the marine vessel in the automatic marine vessel maneuvering mode.
US11987336B2
An oceangoing vessel exhaust pipe coupling used to temporarily couple to an oceangoing vessel exhaust pipe. Installation and removal of the coupling only requires a simple mechanism with three translational degrees of freedom and one rotational degree of freedom, thereby enabling remote coupling. The coupling adapts to a wide array of exhaust pipe shapes and sizes. This is accomplished by a unique shape that allows stable and balanced resting position on top of an exhaust pipe as well as a two-chamber configuration, wherein the two chambers are separated by a permeable partition. Furthermore, the unique shapes of the chambers deflect the exhaust gas stream towards the outlet of the coupling, regardless of exhaust pipe style, thereby increasing capture efficiency and extending the life of an attached fabric flexible hose.
US11987331B2
Pontoon forks are specifically designed for the marine industry to efficiently and safely lift and maneuver pontoon boats. The pontoon forks are engineered to lift tri-toons and pontoon boats of lengths up to and greater than twenty-eight feet. The forks can further accommodate weights of up to and greater than six-thousand pounds. Removable pockets included with the pontoon forks allow for the lifting and transport of pontoon boats of various sizes without having to have specialized equipment for each and every make and model of the pontoon boat. The pontoon forks are retrofit to fit specific forklifts already owned or easily acquired by marinas.
US11987328B2
A method and a system for providing fluid communication between a floating vessel and an installation, wherein the method connects a guiding line to a male stab arranged at an end portion of a fluid transfer hose. The guiding line is operatively connected to a pulling device, such as a winch, forming part of a fluid transfer unit having a female receptacle. The guiding line runs through the female receptacle, and a portion of the guiding line is pulled through the female receptacle until the male stab connects to the female receptacle.
US11987316B2
An electric scooter includes a deck, a power wheel unit, a power wheel steering unit, a driven wheel, a driven wheel steering unit, a power supply unit and a whole scooter controller. The power wheel unit includes a driving wheel; the power wheel steering unit is arranged between the deck and the power wheel unit; the driven wheel is spaced apart from the power wheel unit; the driven wheel steering unit is arranged between the driven wheel and the deck; the power supply unit is electrically coupled to the power wheel unit; the whole scooter controller is in communication with the power wheel unit and controls rotation of the driving wheel.
US11987315B2
A method and apparatus for an adjustable suspension system for a vehicle comprises at least one strut. In one embodiment, the stanchion (or slider) is non-uniform with a major and minor circumferential stiffness and is adjustable relative to a fore and aft axis of the vehicle in order to provide a differing amount of stiffness relative thereto. In another embodiment, a portion of the stanchion is circular and a reinforcement is annularly disposed therearound with axial retention formations, The reinforcement has a non-uniform circumferential characteristic and is rotatable relative to the fore/aft axis of the vehicle
US11987302B2
A rim includes a wall, a first annular projection, and a second annular projection. The wall has a first end and a second end. The first end includes a first opening, and the second end includes a second opening that communicates with the first opening to define a bore for a shaft of a track roller. The first annular projection and the second annular projection, which are configured to engage a track, extend radially from the wall. The first annular projection includes a first flange that is configured to constrain movement of the track in a first axial direction. The first flange includes a plurality of notches. The second annular projection includes a second flange that is configured to constrain movement of the track in a second axial direction that is opposite to the first axial direction.
US11987299B2
A steering gear assembly, which utilizes a manually-drive first rotatable input shaft coupled with a rotatable valve member to control flow of hydraulic fluid to different downstream passages, includes a torsion tube and a transfer shaft extending within the interior of the torsion tube, with the transfer shaft being configured to receive rotational force from a second rotatable input shaft coupled to a motor or another mechanical torque-supplying element. The torsion tube applies a rotational restoring force to the rotatable valve member. A removable end cover for a steering gear assembly housing includes a rotary seal permitting rotation of the transfer shaft and/or second rotatable input shaft, with the first and second rotatable input shafts opposing one another. A remanufacturing kit for a steering gear assembly includes a torsion tube, a transfer shaft, and an end cover as mentioned. A method for remanufacturing a steering gear assembly is further provided.
US11987298B2
A main power supply having a large capacity and a backup power supply having a small capacity are switchable by a power supply switching determination unit in a system. A motor control device drives a motor by the main power supply or the backup power supply. A drive control unit outputs a drive signal, calculated by feedback control of the current detection value with respect to the current command value, to an inverter circuit. When the power supply switching determination unit switches from the main power supply to the backup power supply, the drive control unit moves from a normal control using the main power supply to a backup control that restricts an electric power consumption and prevents the backup power supply from stopping.
US11987297B2
Provided is a motor-driven power steering system including: a motor driver; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to: receive a first rotation angle obtained by a steering wheel angle sensor according to steering and a second rotation angle obtained by a motor position sensor, when a steered position of the steering wheel is in an auxiliary steering limit section and a difference value between the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle is different from a predetermined reference value, change a rotation position of the steering wheel angle sensor and a rotation position of the motor position sensor to an initial original position, when changed to the initial original position, receive the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle again, and control the motor driver to perform auxiliary steering based on the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle received again.
US11987295B2
A vehicle rack system includes elongate structural members coupled together to form a rack for use on or within a vehicle's cargo area. At least one of the elongate structural members has an elongate pressure tight lumen for holding a fluid therein, and a nozzle allows the fluid to enter and exit the lumen. A vehicle having a rack system includes a vehicle and a plurality of elongate structural members removably coupled together to form a rack removably coupled to the vehicle. A first of the members has a longitudinal slot between and behind a pair of flanges. An anchor is positioned in the slot, and the anchor is irremovable from the slot while the system is at an assembled configuration. The anchor is removable from the slot while the system is at unassembled configuration. The anchor is used to secure the first member to a second of the members.
US11987293B2
A vehicle body structure includes a battery disposed in a lower central part of a vehicle body, a hollow side sill extending in a vehicle front-rear direction and disposed outside the battery in a vehicle width direction, and a reinforcing member configuring at least a part of a continuous tubular structure formed inside the side sill. The continuous tubular structure has a shape in which a plurality of octagons are continuously arranged as viewed from the vehicle width direction.
US11987292B2
A vehicle includes a body including a front compartment and a subframe configured to support an installed part disposed in the front compartment. The body includes a first counterface that inclines downward in a rearward direction of the vehicle. The subframe is attached to the body from below. The subframe includes a second counterface facing the first counterface of the body. The second counterface is inclined downward in the rearward direction of the vehicle. At least one of the first counterface and the second counterface includes a portion inclined rearward toward an inner side in a right-left direction of the vehicle.
US11987282B2
Detection device for a steering wheel of a vehicle, said device being configured to detect contact or proximity of a person with or to the steering wheel, comprising sensors, of which there are only three, of which: a first sensor (21) is intended to be arranged on a left-hand half of a first face of the steering wheel, a second sensor (22) is intended to be arranged on a right-hand half of said first face of the steering wheel, and a third sensor (23) is intended to be arranged on a second face opposed to said first face of the steering wheel, and said first face is a rear face of the steering wheel.
US11987276B2
A monitoring system is provided that may include a sensor configured to detect at least one characteristic related to at least one axle of a first vehicle. The monitoring system may also include a controller having one or more processors in communication with the sensor. The one or more processors may be configured to restrict movement of the first vehicle based at least in part on the at least one characteristic related to the at least one vehicle axle, and vary movement of a second vehicle based at least in part on the at least one characteristic related to the at least one vehicle axle.
US11987265B1
A system obtains scene context data characterizing the environment. The scene context data includes data that characterizes a trajectory of an agent in a vicinity of a vehicle up to a current time point. The system identifies a plurality of initial target locations, and generates, for each of a plurality of target locations that each corresponds to one of the initial target locations, a respective predicted likelihood score that represents a likelihood that the target location will be an intended final location for a future trajectory of the agent. For each target location in a first subset of the target locations, the system generates a predicted future trajectory for the agent given that the target location is the intended final location for the future trajectory. The system further selects, as likely future trajectories of the agent, one or more of the predicted future trajectories.
US11987261B2
A lead autonomous vehicle (AV) includes a sensor configured to observe a field of view in front of the lead AV. Following AVs are on the same road behind the lead AV. A processor of the lead AV is configured to detect a road structural change on the particular road. The processor updates driving instructions of the lead AV to navigate through the structural change using driving instructions related to the structural change. The processor sends a first message to the operation server indicating that the structural change is detected. The operation server updates the first portion of the map data, reflecting the structural change. The operation server sends the updated map data to the one or more following AVs.
US11987257B2
Systems and methods provide a drive system control architecture that comprises a seamless interface between original equipment manufacturer (OEM) vehicle systems or components (e.g., accelerator pedal, brake pedal, accessory components, etc.) and third-party (or non-OEM) vehicle systems or components (e.g., motor/generator (MG) and inverter systems, fuel cell and battery systems, transmission, etc.). A universal interface implemented in a vehicle may receive a request for a specified amount of torque from one or more components of a first set of vehicle components, and may determine a balance between one or more components of a second set of vehicle components for delivering the specified amount of torque. The universal interface may then instruct the one or more components of the second set of vehicle components to deliver a commensurate portion of the specified amount of torque.
US11987253B2
A processor, responsive to a set of location or motion data describing one or more objects relative to a first, local frame of reference, generates a transformed set of location or motion data describing the one or more objects relative to a second, local frame of reference different than the first local frame of reference, such that the set of location or motion data and the transformed set of location or motion data relative to a global frame of reference are same. The processor also outputs the transformed set of location or motion data to a vehicle such that the vehicle performs control operations responsive thereto.
US11987252B2
Systems and methods for determining whether a vehicle is in an understeer or oversteer situation. The system includes a controller circuit coupled to an IMU and an EPS, and programmed to: calculate, for a steered first axle, an axle-based pneumatic trail for using IMU measurements and EPS signals and estimate a saturation level as a function of a distance between the axle-based pneumatic trail and zero. The system estimates, for an unsteered second axle, an axle lateral force curve with respect to a slip angle of the second axle, and a saturation level as a function of when the axle lateral force curve with respect to the slip angle transitions from positive values to negative values. The saturation level of the first axle and the second axle are integrated. The system determines that the vehicle is in an understeer or oversteer situation as a function of the integrated saturation levels.
US11987243B2
A control mode of speed control includes a first control mode in which an actual speed is caused to follow a target speed through active use of a brake and a second control mode in which the actual speed is caused to follow the target speed while use of the brake is suppressed. An autonomous driving system changes a threshold value to a value larger than a value in the first control mode when the control mode is switched from the first control mode to the second control mode, and changes the threshold value to a value smaller than a value in the second control mode when the control mode is switched from the second control mode to the first control mode.
US11987233B2
A route generation device includes: a steering loaded state input unit to which a steering loaded state of a vehicle is inputted; a parking slot position input unit to which a position of a parking slot near the vehicle is inputted; a vehicle position input unit to which a position of the vehicle is inputted; a number-of-times-of-static-steering upper limit calculation unit configured to calculate, on the basis of the steering loaded state, a number-of-times-of-static-steering upper limit value up to which static steering of the vehicle can be performed between the position of the vehicle and the position of the parking slot; and a guidance route generation unit configured to generate a guidance route for guiding the vehicle to the parking slot, on the basis of the position of the vehicle, the position of the parking slot, and the number-of-times-of-static-steering upper limit value.
US11987232B2
A method for driving autonomously out of a parked position by a vehicle is provided. It comprises the steps of: a) detecting an unlock-signal for unlocking a central locking system of a first vehicle parked at a first position by a second vehicle parked at a second position; b) determining whether the two vehicles are parked parallelly and directly next to each other; c) if so, driving the second vehicle autonomously at least partly out of the second position; d) determining whether the first vehicle has left at least partly said first position; and, e) if so, driving the second vehicle autonomously back in said second position.
US11987231B2
A method ascertains a characteristic variable of a clutch installed in a drive train of a vehicle for transmitting a transmission torque between a clutch input and a clutch output. A first electric motor is connected to the clutch input and to an internal combustion engine and can assume generator operation, during which it is driven by the internal combustion engine. A second electric motor is connected to the clutch output. The clutch input can have a first rotational speed and the clutch output can have a second rotational speed. The transmission torque during generator operation is ascertained by activating the clutch to adopt a slipping state and in doing so by setting a predefined rotational speed difference between the first and second rotational speed. The clutch input torque present at the clutch input is then ascertained and the transmission torque is determined depending on the clutch input torque.
US11987214B2
A wiper arrangement for a vehicle is configured for cleaning a sensor field of vision of a windshield and thereby has a wiping element and a carrier. The carrier can be fastened on the windshield. The wiping element is movably mounted on the carrier. The carrier, the wiping element and/or mounting elements acting between the carrier and the wiping element is/are configured so that the wiping element can assume at least one fixed holding position-relative to the carrier, and wherein the wiping element can be brought out of the fixed holding position at least by overcoming a defined holding force. Furthermore, the mounting of the wiping element on the carrier is selected such that the wiping element is always driven to assume at least one specific, preferably a first holding position or second specific holding position with respect to the carrier.
US11987209B2
Deployable step systems for accessing vehicle cargo spaces on vehicles equipped with a tailgate assembly having a door subassembly may include a bumper integrated step pad that is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the stowed position, the step pad establishes a portion of the bumper, and in the deployed position, the step pad is rearward and vertically lowered relative to the bumper.
US11987204B2
A deflection device for a seatbelt system in a vehicle including a deflection fitting which includes a guide gap through which a webbing can be guided. The guide gap has a bearing surface for the webbing and is provided, at least on the bearing surface, with a friction-reducing slide coating formed of an epoxy resin powder paint.
US11987203B1
A restraint system includes a restraint, an anchor coupled to the restraint and movable along an anchor guide, an anchor energy-absorbing (EA) device configured to control movement of the anchor along the anchor guide, and a controller that includes a processor configured to receive information indicative of an imminent event, receive information indicative of a recline angle being above a recline threshold, and send a command to enable the anchor to move along the anchor guide under control of the anchor EA device based on the information indicative of the imminent event and the recline angle being above the recline threshold.
US11987201B2
An airbag system includes: a first left chamber that is expandable so as to cover an outer surface of a front left pillar which is located on a left side with respect to a vehicle width direction of a vehicle; a second left chamber that is expandable on the first left chamber; a first right chamber that is expandable so as to cover an outer surface of a front right pillar which is located on a right side with respect to the vehicle width direction of the vehicle; a second right chamber that is expandable on the first right chamber; a recognition portion that recognizes a risk object which is present in a vicinity of the vehicle; a prediction portion that predicts a collision between the risk object and the vehicle; and an expansion control portion that performs an expansion control of the first left chamber, the second left chamber, the first right chamber, and the second right chamber based on a prediction of the prediction portion.
US11987200B2
A pedestrian protection airbag apparatus includes an exterior front side airbag, and an exterior rear side airbag. The exterior front side airbag is disposed in a front portion of a side sill of a vehicle, and configured to, upon being supplied with gas, be expanded and deployed along a side surface of the vehicle. The exterior rear side airbag is disposed in a rear portion of the side sill of the vehicle, and configured to, upon being supplied with gas, be expanded and deployed along the side surface of the vehicle. An upper end portion of the exterior front side airbag is disposed lower than an upper end portion of the exterior rear side airbag.
US11987191B2
A back-up power supply system (1) is configured to supply electric power from an electric storage device (5) to loads (3) when a power supply (2) is defective. The back-up power supply system (1) includes a first voltage conversion circuit (6) configured to convert an output voltage of the electric storage device (5). The loads (3) include a first load (31) and a second load (32). The back-up power supply system (1) is configured to supply power from the electric storage device (5) to the first load (31) not via the voltage conversion circuit (6), and to supply electric power from the electric storage device (5) to the second load (32) via the voltage conversion circuit (6).
US11987178B2
A light assembly includes a power source, a first lighting module to perform a high beam function, a second lighting module to perform a low beam function and a driver connected to the voltage source. The driver is connected to a first pin, a second pin and a third pin and is configured to apply a first power output to a first lighting module and to apply a second power output to the second lighting module. The light assembly includes a first switching unit in series with the first lighting module and the second lighting module, and a second switching unit in series with the second lighting module.
US11987175B2
A control device for controlling a vehicle provided with a power supply function for a user includes a control unit that causes a light of the vehicle to blink under a certain condition when a power outage is detected.
US11987173B2
Steering column switch (20) for a vehicle, in particular for a utility vehicle, wherein the steering column switch (20) has a housing (32), an actuating device which can be coupled to an operating element and has at least one actuating element (21, 22, 23), a magnet (24) and a magnetic sensor (28), wherein an actuating movement of an actuating element (21, 22, 23) in a first actuating direction (R1, R2, R3) can bring about a relative movement between the magnet (24) and the magnetic sensor (28) in a first direction of movement and an actuating movement of an actuating element (21, 22, 23) of the actuating device in a second actuating direction (R1, R2, R3) can bring about a relative movement between the magnet (24) and the magnetic sensor (28) in a second direction of movement different from the first direction of movement, wherein the magnetic sensor (28) is set up to detect the relative movement between the magnet (24) and the magnetic sensor (28) in each case in the first direction of movement (R1, R2, R3) and in the second direction of movement (R1, R2, R3) and, depending on the detected relative movement in the first direction of movement, to generate a first switching signal and, depending on the detected relative movement in the second direction of movement, a second switching signal.
US11987171B2
A method for regulating the light emission from a vehicle light, wherein a road user located in the light emission direction of the vehicle light is detected, and the light emission from the vehicle light is changed, whereupon response data on the response of the road user to the change in the light emission are acquired. Prediction data indicating the response expected from a road user located in the light emission direction of the vehicle light to the changed light emission are determined. The acquired response data are compared with the determined prediction data, if the prediction data deviate from the response data, the adjustment in the light emission from the vehicle light by which a reduction in the deviation is predicted is determined, and the light emission is regulated according to the determined adjustment. Further, the invention relates to a device for carrying out this method.
US11987168B2
A bank angle of a vehicle can be accurately calculated using yaw axis data and roll axis data, and based on the calculated bank angle, vehicle illumination optics can be controlled to maintain a pattern of distributed light from the illumination optics to be generally horizontal. The calculated bank angle may be zeroed when the yaw axis data equals zero. The improved pattern of distributed light from the illumination optics illuminates a more natural field of view for the vehicle driver during a bank.
US11987162B2
A tank trailer configured to lower an overall center of gravity. The trailer includes a tank, a wheel assembly, an upper body height and a trailer length. The tank includes a cavity contained within a lower body, an upper body, a transitioning body, a front end and a rear end when the cavity within the trailer is filled with a liquid fluid, the liquid fluid is evenly distributed along the trailer length of the trailer since a diameter of the lower body, the upper body and the transitioning body are equal. Other trailers are presented.
US11987146B2
A power management system includes a plurality of power storages and a server. The server includes a selector that selects at least one of the plurality of power storages, a scheduler that makes a schedule for the selected power storage, and a request processor that requests a user of the selected power storage to control at least one of external charging and external power feed in accordance with the made schedule. The server obtains desire information that indicates a desire level (priority on battery life/priority on an incentive) and carries out at least one of selection of the power storage and making of the schedule based on the obtained desire information.
US11987145B2
Techniques are described herein for fleet electrification management. A method includes determining a composition of electric vehicles (EVs) to replace at least a portion of non-electric vehicles in a vehicle fleet while satisfying travel requirements of the vehicle fleet. The method includes estimating an energy demand of the composition of EVs. The method includes determining an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) charging infrastructure to meet the estimated energy demand. The method includes providing one or more recommendations including at least one of: a fleet electrification recommendation for transitioning the vehicle fleet into the composition of EVs, or a charging infrastructure recommendation for implementing the EVSE charging infrastructure.
US11987143B2
A charging system for a vehicle includes a connector suspended on a flexible cable and an adapter having a plug at a first end and an adapter port at a second end opposite the first end. The plug is removably disposed in a charging port of the vehicle and the adapter port extends outward from the vehicle. The connector is movable along a plurality of axes perpendicular to one another into a mated position with the adapter port.
US11987138B2
A management apparatus for an energy storage device, wherein after the start of counting an elapsed time since a current of the energy storage device became equal to or smaller than a first threshold, when a predetermined condition in which the voltage of the energy storage device is possibly not stable is satisfied at a time point where the count reaches a stabilization time (predetermined value), the count of the elapsed time is changed.
US11987129B1
In a power train of an automatic transmission, a first carrier is integrally configured with a single pinion that is engaged with a first sun gear and a first ring gear, a second carrier is integrally configured with a single pinion that is engaged with a second sun gear and a second ring gear, a third carrier is integrally configured with a single pinion that is engaged with a third sun gear and a third ring gear, and a fourth carrier is integrally configured with a single pinion that is engaged with a fourth sun gear and a fourth ring gear, and in which a reverse shift position is implemented by transmitting a reverse drive of a motor through an input shaft to the same power transmission path as a first shift position.
US11987126B2
An adjustment device for activating or deactivating at least one of a driver assistance system and a driver assistance mode for autonomous driving in a vehicle may include a push-button. The push-button may be configured to select at least one of the driver assistance system and the driver assistance mode upon rotation of the push-button. The push button may also be configured to activate or deactivate at least one of the driver assistance system and the driver assistance mode upon linear movement of the push-button due to a pushing action by an operator.
US11987120B2
An arrangement for control of the drive speed of a harvester comprises an internal control loop for control of the drive speed of the harvester, to which can be sent a set value and an actual value of a throughput-dependent parameter, and also an external control loop to make available the set value of the throughput-dependent parameter for the internal control loop, to which set and actual values regarding the power output of a drive of the harvester can be sent as input parameters.
US11987118B2
A foldable accelerator pedal apparatus for a vehicle includes: a pedal housing fixedly installed in a lower space of a driver seat, a pedal pad rotatably coupled to the pedal housing, and a hysteresis module to generate hysteresis when a driver manipulates the pedal pad. In a manual driving mode in which a driver directly drives the vehicle, the pedal pad 200 protrudes from the pedal housing 100 and is popped up to be exposed to the driver, and in an autonomous driving mode in which the driver does not directly drive the vehicle, the pedal pad 200 is inserted into the pedal housing 100 and is in a hidden (hide) state in which the exposure to the driver is blocked. It is possible to implement hysteresis through the hysteresis module 300 when the pedal pad 200 is manipulated.
US11987114B2
The invention relates to a housing for drive system, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising: a first housing portion for receiving a stator of the drive system; and a second housing portion for receiving a transmission arrangement, a first coolant channel for cooling the stator being formed in or on the first housing portion, and a second coolant channel for cooling the transmission arrangement being formed in or on the second housing portion, and the first coolant channel being fluidically connected to the second coolant channel such that a coolant can be conducted through the first coolant channel into the second coolant channel.
US11987113B2
An oil supply device for an electric vehicle powertrain apparatus, includes an electric oil pump, a motor lubrication flow path connected to the electric oil pump and provided to supply oil from the electric oil pump to a bearing of a motor, a motor cooling flow path branched from the motor lubrication flow path to supply oil for cooling the motor from the electric oil pump, and a cooling control valve apparatus provided in the motor cooling flow path to control oil supplied to the motor through the motor cooling flow path according to an operating state of the electric oil pump.
US11987111B2
Systems are provided for increasing an efficiency of an electric drive axle, and reducing a number of components and weight of the axle. In one example, an electric drive assembly comprises an electric motor having a rotor shaft supported by a first rotor shaft bearing and a second rotor shaft bearing; a gearbox having a layshaft layout, where at least one input gear of the gearbox is mounted on the rotor shaft; and a multi-piece housing, the multi-piece housing including a first housing section supporting the first rotor shaft bearing and a stator of the electric motor; the first housing section defining an inner boundary of a motor cooling jacket; and a second housing section partially overlapping with the first housing section, the second housing section partially enclosing the gearbox and partially enclosing the electric motor; the second housing section defining an outer boundary of the motor cooling jacket.
US11987110B2
A tonneau system for use with a pickup truck. The tonneau system includes a frame and a tonneau cover having a plurality of tonneau sections moveable between a folded position and an unfolded position. The tonneau cover includes solar energy-receiving material secured to a top exposed surface of at least two of the tonneau sections. The solar energy-receiving material moves with their corresponding tonneau sections between the unfolded and folded positions. A battery, transformer, and/or electrical cabling system may be included within the circuit for power storage and conversion.
US11987109B1
Invention is an improved vehicle cover typically used as a truck cap with roof doors that can fully expose cargo bed while the roof doors remain attached to the truck cap. The embodiment generally consists of two roof doors that meet in a substantially central location on the top of the truck cap, resting on or near the front and rear support beams. In addition, the embodiment maintains rack and truck cap side panel functionalities for windows or tool storage boxes.
US11987105B2
A vehicular interior component includes a body member being in form of a plate shape having a plate surface, a skin disposed on the plate surface of the body member, the skin including an elastic layer that is on the plate surface of the body member and is not electrically conductive and has elasticity and an electricity removal surface layer that is disposed on the elastic layer and configured as a surface of the skin and has static dissipative properties, and an electrically conductive member being electrically conductive and disposed on the body member, the electrically conductive member including a retainer that retains an edge portion of the skin. The elastic layer included in the edge portion of the skin is compressed by the retainer from an electricity removal surface layer side and the electrically conductive member is to be electrically connected to a metal panel.
US11987100B2
A fluid discharge device is for discharging a fluid includes a duct defining a fluid flow passage and having an opening at a downstream end of the fluid flow passage. The fluid discharge device includes a grill portion disposed in the fluid flow passage to adjust a flow direction of the fluid blown from the opening. The grill portion includes at least an adjustment fin rotatably arranged in the fluid flow passage, and is provided with an auxiliary flow passage that guides a part of the fluid flowing through the fluid flow passage to the opening as an auxiliary flow. The auxiliary flow passage is configured together with the adjustment fin to adjust a flow direction of the auxiliary flow discharged from the auxiliary flow passage to be aligned with the flow direction of the fluid flowing through the fluid flow passage.
US11987095B2
Disclosed is an integrated thermal management system for a vehicle including a refrigerant flow line extending to allow a refrigerant discharged from a compressor to flow in the order of an indoor condenser, an external condenser, and an evaporator and to flow back to the compressor, a refrigerant chiller line branching from the refrigerant flow line at each of the points downstream of the compressor, the indoor condenser, or the external condenser, the refrigerant chiller line joining the refrigerant flow line at a point upstream of the compressor after the refrigerant passes through a battery chiller and an electric chiller or bypasses the same, a battery cooling line extending to allow a coolant to circulate while passing through a battery radiator or the battery chiller, and an electric cooling line extending to allow a coolant to circulate while passing through an electric radiator or the electric chiller.
US11987092B2
A vehicle integrated control method includes determining a road surface status, determining a vehicle status, determining an integrated control mode by determining a control status of an electronic control suspension and a motion of a sprung mass and an unsprung mass based on the determination results of the road surface status and the vehicle status, and controlling the electronic control suspension and an in-wheel system by determining a control amount based on the determined integrated control mode.
US11987086B2
An axle arrangement for a baler includes: a first axle with a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled with the chassis by a first leaf spring and a first hydraulic cylinder, the second end being coupled with the chassis by a second leaf spring and a second hydraulic cylinder; a second axle with a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled with the chassis by a first leaf spring and a first hydraulic cylinder, the second end being coupled with the chassis by a second leaf spring and a second hydraulic cylinder; a first hydraulic line fluidly interconnecting the first hydraulic cylinder on the first axle with the first hydraulic cylinder on the second axle; and a second hydraulic line fluidly interconnecting the second hydraulic cylinder on the first axle with the second hydraulic cylinder on the second axle.
US11987079B2
A transmitter is configured to be integrated with a tire valve attached to a wheel. The transmitter includes a data generating unit, a transmitting unit, and a controlling unit. The data generating unit is configured to generate transmission data. The transmitting unit is configured to transmit the transmission data to a receiver that includes a setting unit that sets a threshold related to control of a vehicle in accordance with a type of the wheel. The controlling unit causes the transmitting unit to transmit the transmission data. The transmission data includes wheel identification information. The wheel identification information is required by the setting unit when setting the threshold and allows the setting unit to recognize the type of the wheel to which the tire valve is attached.
US11987075B2
A fabricated vehicle wheel comprises a wheel disc and a wheel rim. The wheel disc has an annular hub portion, a center hub hole in the hub portion, opposite inboard and outboard faces of the hub portion, a plurality of circumferentially spaced lug bolt holes in the hub portion, a plurality of lightener pockets in the hub portion, and an extension portion. The lug bolt holes and the lightener pockets alternate around a circumference of the hub portion. An axis extends through the hub hole. The inboard face is planar and configured to mount to a vehicle. The inboard face is perpendicular to the axis and the extension portion extends from the hub portion along the axis. The wheel rim is secured to the extension portion.
US11987060B2
An image forming apparatus includes a liquid discharge device and processing circuitry. The liquid discharge device includes at least one nozzle group, where N represents an integer, to discharge liquid. The processing circuitry causes the first nozzle group to discharge in a first scan, causes the second nozzle group to discharge in a second scan, and causes the N-th nozzle group to discharge in an N-th scan to form a complete image. The processing circuitry, with respect to an image completion rate indicating a rate of an image formed by each of the first nozzle group to the N-th nozzle group in the complete image, sets the image completion rate of a portion of the first nozzle group adjacent to the second nozzle group in the sub-scanning direction to be not higher than the image completion rate of any one of the second nozzle group to the N-th nozzle group.
US11987058B2
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a method is described. According to the method, a pump is selectively activated to draw print fluid from a print fluid delivery system towards a reclamation container. It is detected when a reservoir of the print fluid delivery system is empty. In response to an indication that the reservoir is empty, the pump is selectively deactivated to terminate a print fluid reclamation process.
US11987056B2
Provided is a liquid ejection head including plural liquid chambers arranged in rows, each liquid chamber being provided with an orifice configured to eject liquid filling the liquid chamber and an ejection energy generating element, wherein the liquid ejection head includes: a liquid supply path that extends in a direction that the plural liquid chambers are arranged and individually communicates with the plural liquid chambers; a direction change flow path that communicates with the liquid supply path and extends in a direction transverse to the liquid supply path; and a common supply flow path that communicates with the direction change flow path and extends in a direction transverse to the direction change flow path, such that the direction change flow path includes a body portion and at least one grooved flow path, which is narrower than the body portion.
US11987049B2
A method of forming a feature by dispensing a metallic nanoparticle composition from an ink-jet print head is disclosed. A jetting waveform is applied to piezoelectric actuator to dispense droplets of the metallic nanoparticle composition through nozzle opening. The droplets range in volume between 0.5 picoliter and 2.0 picoliter. The jetting waveform includes an intermediate contraction waveform portion, a final contraction waveform portion after the intermediate contraction waveform portion, and an expansion waveform portion after the final contraction waveform portion. During the intermediate contraction waveform portion, an applied voltage increases from an initial low voltage to an intermediate voltage and then is held at the intermediate voltage. During the final contraction waveform portion, the applied voltage increases from the intermediate voltage to maximum voltage and then is held at the maximum voltage. During the expansion waveform portion, the applied voltage decreases from the maximum voltage to a final low voltage.
US11987041B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display module, including: a flexible panel, a first group of film layers attached to a light-emitting side of the flexible panel, and a second group of film layers attached to a non-light-emitting side of the flexible panel away from the light-emitting side. The display module is capable of being folded to a curved plate, such that at least a portion of an orthographic projection of the display module on a first plane perpendicular to the curved plate has a shape of a water-drop profile comprising a neck portion and a body portion. At least a portion of orthographic projections, on the first plane, of two opposite ends of the display module forms the neck portion, and an orthographic projection, on the first plane, of a middle portion of the display module between the two opposite ends forms the body portion.
US11987040B2
Provided is a releasing member-integrated transfer sheet capable of improving both the conveyability on forming an image on a transfer layer and the transferability on transferring the transfer layer onto a transfer receiving article. A releasing member-integrated transfer sheet includes a releasing member including a first support and an adhesive layer provided on the first support, and a transfer sheet including a second support and a transfer layer provided on the second support, the transfer sheet being integrated with the releasing member such that the adhesive layer is opposed to the second support. The transfer layer is peelable from the second support, and the adhesive force between the second support and the adhesive layer is smaller than the adhesive force between the first support and the adhesive layer to thereby make the releasing member separable from the transfer sheet.
US11987039B2
The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of PVC foam co-extruded sheets, and particularly relates to a wide low-temperature impact-resistant and bending-resistant PVC foam co-extruded sheet and a preparation method thereof. The PVC foam co-extruded sheet of the present disclosure includes a core layer and a skin layer. Raw materials of the core layer include PVC resin powder, a silicone-methyl methacrylate-ethyl acrylate composite low-temperature toughening and reinforcing agent, a filler, a foaming regulator I, a white foaming agent, a calcium-zinc stabilizer, a cold-resistant plasticizer, stearic acid, polyethylene wax, and oxidized polyethylene wax. Raw materials of the skin layer include PVC resin powder, a silicone-methyl methacrylate-ethyl acrylate composite low-temperature toughening and reinforcing agent, activated nano-silica, a foaming regulator II, a composite foaming agent, a calcium-zinc stabilizer, a composite weather-resistant modifier, rutile titanium dioxide, polyethylene wax, oxidized polyethylene wax, a cold-resistant plasticizer, and a compound antibacterial and mildewproof agent.
US11987036B2
A method for separating and recovering a layered film laminated and adhered with a reactive adhesive, the method including a step 1 of immersing the layered film in an alkaline solution while stirring the layered film with heating at 20° C. to 90° C. or ultrasonically vibrating the layered film and a step 2 of recovering separated single-layered films that constitute the respective layers of the layered film. The reactive adhesive is preferably a reactive adhesive containing a polyisocyanate composition and a polyol composition and more preferably a reactive adhesive containing a polyisocyanate composition, a polyol composition, and a compound having an acidic group.
US11987035B2
A method of forming a dry floor assembly includes cleaning an upper layer with methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) prior to bonding the upper layer to a carbon wicking layer. Said cleaning removes release agent from the upper layer. The method also includes bonding the upper layer to the carbon wicking layer after said cleaning.
US11987018B2
A dust solidification apparatus that homogenizes dust components having a simple structure and capable of performing dust solidification in a stable manner includes: a storage tank that stores dust; a forming member within the storage tank, the forming member having a forming hole; and a pressurizing rod configured to freely advance and withdraw with respect to the inside of the forming hole, wherein the rod is made to advance into the forming hole to solidify dust filled therein, thereby obtaining a solidified substance, the forming hole has entry and discharge sections for the pressurizing rod and is in communication with the storage tank, and a stirring passage is provided in the outside of the discharge section to guide dust pushed out from the discharge section by the entry of the pressurizing rod into the entry section in a direction different from the discharge direction and to stir the dust.
US11987013B2
A method for forming a composite material including reinforcing fibers includes connecting end portions of the reinforcing fibers with equipotential materials to form an electroconductive loop including the reinforcing fibers in the composite material before reaction; and applying a magnetic field in a direction intersecting a plane formed by the electroconductive loop.
US11986989B2
A filtering device for highly viscous media, in which filtering device a rotatably mounted screening wheel which has a plurality of screening cavities is arranged between a front housing element and a rear housing element. According to the invention, a plurality of screening cavities lying beside one another, through which flow can pass jointly, are combined into at least one filter group. To this end, on both sides beside the filter group, a closed blocking segment is provided on the screening wheel which segment, when positioned in associated blocking regions of the housing, is sealed off with respect to the housing elements on both sides of the screening wheel. The blocking regions in the housing are in each case larger than or as large as a screening cavity together with a sealing web surrounding the same.
US11986978B2
A substrate processing apparatus for separating an electronic component from a substrate with the electronic component attached to an upper surface includes an upper surface processing device that separates the electronic component from the upper surface of the substrate. The upper surface processing device has an upper surface processing transporter that transports the substrate from an upstream side to a downstream side and an upper surface rotary blade that separates the electronic component from the upper surface of the substrate. The upper surface processing transporter has a sixth belt conveyor on the upstream side and a seventh belt conveyor on the downstream side, the sixth and seventh belt conveyors being located below the upper surface rotary blade and aligned in a transport direction. The upper surface rotary blade has a downstream portion facing a gap between the sixth belt conveyor and the seventh belt conveyor.
US11986971B2
A cutting device includes a platen, a mounting portion, a first movement mechanism, a second movement mechanism, a detector, a processor, and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, instruct the processor to perform processes. The processes include acquiring cutting data, acquiring a contact position output by the detector when the cutting blade comes into contact with the holding member, and controlling the first movement mechanism in accordance with the cutting data to move the mounting portion and the holding member to a cutting start position. The processes include controlling the second movement mechanism, at the cutting start position, to move the mounting portion in the third direction to a cutting position set on the basis of the contact position, and controlling the first movement mechanism in accordance with the acquired cutting data to perform cutting processing.
US11986966B2
A method for operating a multi-agent system including multiple robots. Each robot cyclically carries out the following: starting from an instantaneous system state, ascertaining possible options, the options defining actions via which a transition from an instantaneous system state to a subsequent system state may be achieved; for each possible option, ascertaining action costs for carrying out an action indicated by the option; carrying out an auction, the action cost values ascertained for each option being taken into account by each of the other robots; and executing an action that corresponds to one of the options as a function of all cost values ascertained or received for the option in question, the action costs for an option taking into account an empirical parameter that is a function of costs for past actions, which have already been carried out and which are associated with the option, of the multiple robots.
US11986960B2
A method for training a machine learning model to recognize an object topology of an object from an image of the object. The method includes: obtaining a 3D model of the object; determining a descriptor component value for each vertex of the grid; generating training data image pairs each having a training input image and a target image. The target image is generated by determining the vertex positions in the training input image; assigning the descriptor component value determined for the vertex at the vertex position to the position in the target image; and adapting at least some of the descriptor component values assigned to the positions in the target image or adding descriptor component values to the positions of the target image.
US11986950B2
A gripper includes a lead screw, a first gripping jaw and a second gripping jaw. The lead screw includes a spiral portion having at least one first spiral track and at least one second spiral track with opposite helical directions. A portion of a coverage of the first spiral track overlaps a portion of a coverage of the second spiral track along a length of the spiral portion. The first gripping jaw has a first pin extending into the first spiral track, and the second gripping jaw has a second pin extending into the second spiral track. When the spiral portion rotates, the first spiral track drives the first pin to allow a first linear movement of the first gripping jaw, and the second spiral track drives the second pin to allow a second linear movement of the second gripping jaw opposite to the first linear movement.
US11986938B2
An electric nail gun includes a cylinder unit, a nail-striking unit and a valve unit. The cylinder unit includes a striking cylinder that surrounds a first axis and that defines a cylinder chamber, and a cylinder lid that cooperates with the striking cylinder to define a gas storing chamber communicating with the cylinder chamber. The cylinder lid includes a passage that communicates with the gas storing chamber, and that extends along a second axis. The nail-striking unit includes a piston assembly that is adapted for striking a nail. The valve unit includes a valve assembly that is accommodated in the passage. The valve assembly is operable to convert between a first state, in which the gas is allowed to flow between the gas storing chamber and an external environment through the passage, and a second state, in which the gas is refrained from flowing through the passage.
US11986934B2
Adjustable pliers includes a first plier half, a second plier half coupled to the first plier half, and a stud disposed in a slot of the second plier half. The first plier half includes a first handle and a first working tip opposite the first handle. The second plier half includes a second handle and second working tip opposite the second handle. The slot extends along a path from a first end of the path to a second end of the path, the path extends in a first direction at the first end of the path and extending in a second direction substantially parallel to the first direction at the second end of the path. A performance parameter is defined, at least in part, by a relationship between dimensions of the slot or of the second working tip.
US11986933B2
Embodiments relate to a removal adapter configured to engage a fuel injector secured to an engine and to allow for the removal of the fuel injector from the engine without damaging the fuel injector. The removal adapter is slid over the fuel injector and engages the fuel injector via a ridge. The engagement via the ridge places most, if not all, of the force on the strongest part of the fuel injector.
