US11994996B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods for routing requests and responses targeting a shared resource. A queue in a communication fabric is located in a path between the requesters and a shared resource. In some embodiments, the shared resource is a shared address translation cache stored in an endpoint. The physical channel between the queue and the shared resource supports multiple virtual channels. The queue assigns at least one entry to each virtual channel of a group of virtual channels where the group includes a virtual channel for each address translation request type from a single requester of the multiple requesters. When the at least one entry for a given requester is de-allocated, the queue allocates this entry only with requests from the assigned virtual channel even if the empty entry is the only available entry of the queue.
US11994993B2
An adaptive prefetcher for a shared system cache of a processing system including multiple requestors having a cache miss monitor and a prefetch controller. The cache miss monitor monitors requests for information from memory and identifies one of the requestors for which an identified cache line is requested. The prefetch controller submits an adaptive request for a subsequent cache line. The subsequent cache line may be determined based on a latency comparison between a loop latency (LL) of the prefetch controller and a stream latency (SL) of the identified requestor. A latency memory may be included that stores stream latencies for the requestors. The latency comparison may be used to determine how many cache lines to skip relative to the identified cache line, such as according to SL*SK
US11994990B2
A cache memory having a memory media device row activation-biased caching policy is described. The cache policies that are biased based on row activation counts include at least one of a cache line eviction policy which determines which cache lines are the most evictable from the cache memory, and cache line storage policy which determined which row data is allocated cache lines for storage. A memory controller including a row activation-biased cache memory is also described. The memory media device may be DRAM.
US11994980B2
Techniques for application test involve: acquiring a character string in an application interface of a target application; determining a current language corresponding to the character string based at least on a comparison between encoding representation of the character string and a set of predetermined encoding segments, each encoding segment in the set of predetermined encoding segments indicating a corresponding language; and determining a language test result for the character string based on a comparison between the current language and a target language to be presented in the target application, the language test result being used for indicating whether the character string is adapted to the target language. Accordingly, efficient detection on whether a text in the target application is displayed abnormally can be guaranteed.
US11994972B2
A system and method are provided for testing application. The method is executed by a device having a communications module and includes initiating via the communications module, an application testing tool, to test an application build according to at least one metric and obtain a test result. The method also includes accessing via the communications module, session details generated by the application testing tool while testing the application build, to determine an overhead component introduced by the application testing tool in generating the test result. The method also includes adjusting the test result based on the overhead component to increase an accuracy of the test result.
US11994965B2
Failover is performed appropriately when a failure occurs in a physical server. In a plurality of physical servers of a storage system, one or more protocol VMs and one or more file system VMs are created. The protocol VMs perform processing related to a protocol for a file storage with a client via a front-end network. The file system VMs perform processing related to management of files in the file storage. A first physical server causes, when a failure occurs in a second physical server, a physical server other than the second physical server to operate a file system VM to be operated in place of the file system VM of the second physical server, and controls the protocol VM of the physical server other than the second physical server to perform processing to be performed by the protocol VM of the second physical server.
US11994960B2
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to receive from a virtual desktop infrastructure client a request to recover data, to identify virtual desktops associated with the virtual desktop infrastructure client that are hosted on virtual machines running on virtualization infrastructure of a virtual desktop infrastructure environment, and to push a token to at least one of the virtual desktops. The processing device is further configured to authenticate the request to recover data based at least in part on validating a proof of knowledge of the token that is received from the virtual desktop infrastructure client, to receive from the virtual desktop infrastructure client a selection of at least a given one of a set of copies of the data of the virtual desktops, and to mount the given copy in at least one of the virtual desktops hosted on at least one of the virtual machines.
US11994951B2
Methods, systems, and devices for device reset alert mechanism are described. The memory system may identify a fault condition associated with resetting the memory system and set, in a register associated with event alerts of the memory system, a first indication for a reset of the memory system. In some cases, the memory system may transmit a message that includes a second indication that the register associated with event alerts of the memory system has been changed based on setting the register. The memory system may reset one or more components of the memory system based on the first indication and the second indication.
US11994949B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to a streaming engine employed in, for example, a digital signal processor. A fixed data stream sequence including plural nested loops is specified by a control register. The streaming engine includes an address generator producing addresses of data elements and a steam head register storing data elements next to be supplied as operands. The streaming engine fetches stream data ahead of use by the central processing unit core in a stream buffer. Parity bits are formed upon storage of data in the stream buffer which are stored with the corresponding data. Upon transfer to the stream head register a second parity is calculated and compared with the stored parity. The streaming engine signals a parity fault if the parities do not match. The streaming engine preferably restarts fetching the data stream at the data element generating a parity fault.
US11994947B2
A system related to providing multi-layer code rates for special event protection with reduced performance penalty for memories is disclosed. Based on an impending stress event, extra error correction code data is utilized to encode user data obtained from a host. The user data and first error correction code data are written to a first block and the extra error correction code data is written to a second block. Upon stress event completion, pages having user data with the extra error correction code data are scanned. If pages of the first block are unable to satisfy reliability requirements, a touch-up process is executed on each page in the first block to reinstate the first block so that the extra error correction code data is no longer needed. The extra error correction code data is deleted from the second block and the second block is made available for user data.
US11994945B2
Disclosed is a system that comprises a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations that include, determining that a value of a write counter associated with the memory device satisfies a first threshold criterion, wherein the write counter is a global counter indicating a number of write operations to the memory device. The operations performed by the processing device further include determining that a set of failed bit count statistics corresponding to a plurality of codewords of a memory unit satisfies a second threshold criterion. The operations performed by the processing device further include, responsive to determining that the set of failed bit count statistics corresponding to the plurality of codewords of the memory unit satisfies the second threshold criterion, performing a write scrub operation on the memory unit.
US11994940B2
A fault processing method includes: a fault processing apparatus receives first hardware fault information generated by a first PCIe device on a first PCIe link. The first hardware fault information includes a device identifier of the first PCIe device and is used to indicate that a hardware fault occurs on the first PCIe device. Further, the fault processing apparatus performs, based on the first hardware fault information, fault recovery on the first PCIe link on which the first PCIe device is located, and interrupts a software service related to the first PCIe device.
US11994937B2
In response to an operating system crash, a system may recovering by initiating a reboot and performing a dump of a core file for analysis which includes determining a root cause of the operating system crash and determining a patch for the root cause.
US11994936B2
Systems and methods are disclosed including a memory and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory. The processing device can perform operations including receiving log data related to a first order of a set of error-handling operations performed on data residing in a segment of a memory device; applying an optimization model to the log data, wherein the optimization model is based on probability data of error recovery and latency data of the set of error-handling operations; and responsive to applying the optimization model to the log data, obtaining, as an output of the optimization model, a second order of the set of error-handling operations, wherein the second order adjusts an order of one or more error-handling operations of the set of error-handling operations in the first order.
US11994934B2
A failure prediction method and device for a storage device are provided. The method comprises: inputting SMART data of the storage device obtained in real time into each of a plurality of base classification models to obtain a classification result for the SMART data of the storage device obtained in real time that is output by the each classification model, wherein the each base classification model is obtained by training using historical SMART data of a plurality of storage devices and/or SMART data of the plurality of storage devices obtained online; determining whether the SMART data of the storage device obtained in real time is healthy data or erroneous data, based on classification results of the plurality of base classification models; predicting whether the storage device will fail, based on a number of SMART data that is determined as healthy data and a number of SMART data that is determined as erroneous data among SMART data of the storage device obtained within a predetermined time window.
US11994922B2
A water block module includes a first water block and a refrigeration module. The first water block is provided with a first heat source surface in contact with a processor and a cold source surface in contact with the refrigeration module. A circulating water path is arranged in the first water block for circulating flow of external refrigeration liquid from the first heat source to the cold source surface so as to reduce the temperature of refrigeration liquid in the circulating water path. The circulating water path in the first water block flows through the first heat source surface, so as to absorb and carry away the heat, thereby achieving the purpose of reducing the temperature of the processor. The refrigeration module is arranged on the cold source surface of the first water block, so that the circulating water path absorbs the heat from the first heat source surface.
US11994915B1
A case can provide a mechanism for securely retaining a stylus with a host device while the stylus is not in use. Such a mechanism can maintain the alignment of the stylus with the host device for attachment, power transfer, and/or communication. The mechanism can further protect the stylus from impact or other external influences. The same mechanism can transition to a lower profile while not retaining the stylus (e.g., while the stylus is in use as an input device for the host device). Such a mechanism can selectably be placed into a configuration that substantially conceals the mechanism, such that it can temporarily appear to be a case or portion of the host device that does not necessarily have a dedicated receptacle for retaining the stylus.
US11994908B2
A docking board removably coupled to a processor board that does not function when not operatively coupled to the docking board. The docking board sends power to and receive a control signal from the processor board when operatively coupled to the processor board and does not send power and does not receive a control signal when not operatively coupled to the processor board. The docking board is removably coupled to an expansion board that performs a computer function that is not performed by the processor board and the docking board. The docking board sends power and a control signal to the expansion board when the docking board is operatively coupled to the processor board and the expansion board, and does not send power and does not send a control signal to the expansion board when the docking board is not operatively coupled to the processor board and the expansion board.
US11994903B2
An example display device includes a housing, a protractible hook fittable within the housing, a charging device coupled to the protractible hook, and an actuation member that moves the protractible hook from the retracted position to a protracted position where the protractible hook is positioned external to the housing.
US11994902B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes several transparent material layers and several non-transparent material layers that are disposed in a stacked mode. The LCD also has a local transparent region, and no non-transparent material is applied to the several non-transparent material layers in the local transparent region. This forms a transparent channel in the local transparent region along a stacking direction. An optical component is completely or partially disposed in the transparent channel of the LCD display. The optical component may be a camera, an ambient light sensor, an optical fingerprint sensor, or another component disposed under the display by using the local transparent region on the LCD display.
US11994898B2
A clock delay detection method and apparats, a clock delay compensation method and apparatus, a terminal, and a readable storage medium. The clock delay detection method comprises: transmitting a first synchronization clock to a clock module to be detected by means of a first physical link (S101); receiving a feedback clock transmitted by said clock module by means of a second physical link and adjusted according to a phase of the first synchronization clock (S102); and thus determining the delay of said clock module according to the feedback clock, a self-return clock, a delay parameter corresponding to the first physical link, and a delay parameter corresponding to the second physical link (S103).
US11994897B2
A method for synchronizing time within a local, networked system including a first device and a least one second device. The first device uses a short-wavelength, ultra-high frequency radio communications protocol to advertise a time that is being maintained by a first clock of the first device. The second device uses the received time to discipline a second clock of the second device such that the second clock of the second device is generally synchronized to the first clock of the first device.
US11994882B2
A liquid ejection device for a vehicle washing facility comprises a storage volume, a first supply line coupled upstream to the storage volume for supplying a first liquid, a supply unit coupled upstream to the storage volume for supplying a second liquid, and a removal line coupled downstream to the storage volume for discharging the liquid to be ejected, with a shut-off device for shutting off liquid flow through the removal line. The storage volume is sealed so that an increase in an internal gas pressure occurs in the storage volume when liquid is introduced. The device further comprises a detection unit for detecting the supplied volume of the second liquid into the storage volume and the internal gas pressure in the storage volume, and a control unit controls the supply of the second liquid based on the detected supplied volume of the second liquid and the internal gas pressure so that a predetermined mixing ratio of the first and second liquid is achieved in the storage volume.
US11994862B2
Methods and systems of training RL agent for autonomous operation of a vehicle are described. The RL agent is trained using uniformly sampled training samples and learning a policy. After the RL agent has achieved a predetermined performance goal, data is collected including a sequence of sampled states, and for each sequence of sampled states, agent parameters, and an indication of failure of the RL agent for the sequence. A failure predictor is trained, using samples from the collected data, to predict a probability of failure of the RL agent for a given sequence of states. Sequences of states are collected by simulating interaction of the vehicle with the environment. Based on a probability of failure outputted by the failure predictor, a sequence of states is selected. The RL agent is further trained based on the selected sequence of states.
US11994858B2
Performance anomalies in complex systems can be difficult to identify and diagnose. In an example, CPU-usage associated with one or more of the systems can be determined. An anomalous event can be determined based on the determined CPU-usage. In some examples, based at least in part on determining the event, the system may be controlled in a safe state and/or reconfigured to obviate the anomalous event.
US11994854B2
System to cause a motor vehicle equipped with an automotive automated driving system to perform a Follow-Me low-speed manoeuvre under the control of a user terminal from the outside of the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle comprises automotive on-vehicle systems comprising a propulsion system, a braking system, a steering system, a sensory system; an automotive communications system to communicate with communications systems of user terminals; and an automotive electronic control unit configured to be connectable to the automotive on-vehicle systems and to the communications system, and to cooperate with the automotive on-vehicle systems to implement said automotive automated driving system. The user terminal comprises a digital image capture device and a communications system to communicate with automotive communications systems. The user terminal is programmed to communicate and cooperate with the electronic control unit of the motor vehicle to implement a Follow-Me functionality that allows a user from the outside of the motor vehicle and in possession of the user terminal to cause the motor vehicle to perform a Follow-Me low-speed manoeuvre under the control of the user terminal. The user terminal is further programmed to: set up a communication between the communications systems of the motor vehicle and of the user terminal, activate the digital image capture device so that the user can frame the motor vehicle, capture and process one or more digital images of the motor vehicle captured by the digital image capture device of the user terminal to identify the motor vehicle in the captured digital images and to compute a relative position of the user terminal relative to the identified motor vehicle based on the captured digital images, implement a surveillance device whose operating state is indicative of a continuous surveillance of the user in possession of the user terminal on the execution of the Follow-Me manoeuvre, and send to the electronic control unit of the motor vehicle Follow-Me data indicative of the relative position of the user terminal relative to the identified vehicle and the operating state of the surveillance device. The electronic control unit is programmed to: receive and process the Follow-Me data transmitted by the user terminal to determine the relative position of the user terminal relative to the motor vehicle and the operating state of the surveillance device, and control the automotive automated driving system the motor vehicle based on the Follow-Me data, so as to cause the motor vehicle to perform a Follow-Me low-speed manoeuvre under the control of the user terminal to follow the movements of the user in possession of the user terminal as long as the operating state of the surveillance device is such as to indicate a continuous surveillance of the user in possession of the user terminal on the execution of the Follow-Me low-speed manoeuvre, and to interrupt the Follow-Me low-speed manoeuvre when the operating state of the surveillance device is such as to indicate an interruption of the surveillance of the user in possession of the user terminal on the execution of the Follow-Me manoeuvre.
US11994851B2
Apparatus for implementing a data processing pipeline for machine condition monitoring and other applications is provided. The apparatus comprises data processing modules communicatively coupled in series, including plug-in modules configured to receive input data, and produce output data, at least some of which is used by at least one downstream improvement system to carry out remedial actions. The apparatus also comprises a data access layer configured to receive data and make it available in a unified data format to downstream data processing modules and the at least one downstream improvement system. The data access layer comprises an enterprise service bus, and a data unification processor to convert the input data to unified data objects and make these accessible to the plug-in modules and the at least one downstream improvement system via the bus.
US11994849B2
A system of exchanging information between machines is described. The system includes multiple communication modules with at least an infrared transmitter and receiver. At least one mobile robot having at least one said communication module. A receiving station communication module includes at least an opposing infrared transmitter and receiver. Each mobile robot identifies itself and communicates its intended tasks to a receiving station by sending a single pulse width encoded message. The encoding of information within the message occurs by the encoded message's timing.
US11994839B2
A problem is to specify a more proper manufacturing process for a product as a material. A configuration of the present invention for solving the above problem is a manufacturing process optimization system 1 which includes an input device 12 which receives a final product and information on its manufacturing process, a central control device 11 which in accordance with a product management unit 21 stored in a main storage device 14, separates each process block constituting the manufacturing process into functions that the process thereof is responsible for, and selects the sensitivity of each separated function along the manufacturing process to thereby calculate process conditions in all manufacturing process, and an output device 13 which outputs the process conditions.
US11994835B2
An apparatus configured to facilitate identifying a factor for a defect if the defect occurs in a finished surface of the workpiece. An apparatus includes a movement path generation section configured to generate the movement path of the industrial machine when performing a work on a workpiece; a running information acquisition section configured to acquire running information of the industrial machine when performing a work on the workpiece; and an image data generation section configured to generate the image data in which a first point on the movement path corresponding to a change point of first running information, and a second point on the movement path corresponding to a change point of second running information different from the first running information are highlighted on the movement path in display forms visually different from each other.
US11994830B2
A watch whose watch case includes a case middle and a rotating bezel provided with a bezel locking system. The system includes a rotating crown secured to an arbor, the arbor being arranged inside a radial hole in the case middle. By rotating the crown, the user can screw or unscrew the arbor with respect to the hole. The arbor includes a frustoconical section which interacts with a pin mounted perpendicularly to the arbor and returned towards the arbor by a spring. Screwing the arbor into the hole will cause the frustoconical section to push the pin into a receiving space provided on the lower surface of the bezel, which locks the bezel. Unscrewing the arbor automatically releases the pin from the receiving space by the return force exerted by the spring. The crown can include a helium valve mechanism.
US11994826B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor; an exposure portion that exposes the photoconductor; a fan that generates an airflow for cooling the exposure portion; a duct portion that communicates with the fan; and an elevating duct that relatively moves with respect to the duct portion integrally with the exposure portion, in which the elevating duct includes a rib protruding in a direction away from the exposure portion in a vertical direction, the duct portion includes a sealing member surrounding an opening portion that communicates with the elevating duct, when the elevating duct is located at an exposure position, a surface of the rib intersecting a rotation axis of the photoconductor is in contact with the sealing member, and when the elevating duct is located at a retracted position, a surface of the rib intersecting with the rotation axis of the photoconductor is in contact with the sealing member.
US11994820B2
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a driving unit, a first determination unit, a second determination unit, and an output unit. The first determination unit is configured to determine whether or not a rotation abnormality relating to rotation of the driving unit occurs. The second determination unit is configured to determine whether or not a signal abnormality relating to a signal line of a current signal of the driving unit occurs based on a current value of the current signal after the first determination unit determines whether or not the rotation abnormality occurs. The output unit is configured to output a determination result of the second determination unit.
US11994815B2
A heating apparatus includes a tubular film, a heater, a first support member including a first regulation surface, and configured to rotatably support a first end of the film, a second support member including a second regulation surface, and configured to rotatably support a second end of the film, and a holding unit configured to hold the heater and determine a position of the heater in the longitudinal direction. Either one of the first support member and the second support member includes a positioning portion configured to determine a position of the holding unit in the longitudinal direction.
US11994807B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a wafer processing device for optimizing wafer shape. For example, the wafer processing device can include a first hot plate, a second hot plate and a controller. The first hot plate can be configured to heat a wafer. For example, the first hot plate can provide uniform heating across a surface of the first hot plate. The second hot plate has multiple heating zones with each heating zone independently controllable such that each heating zone can be set to a temperature value independent of other heating zones. The controller is configured to control the first hot plate to provide the uniform heating, receive a bow measurement from wafer curvature measurement of a wafer, and set the multiple heating zones of the second hot plate to their respective temperature values that correspond to the bow measurement.
US11994799B2
A negative resist composition is provided comprising a base polymer and an acid generator in the form of a sulfonium salt consisting of a sulfonate anion having a maleimide group and a cation having a polymerizable double bond. The resist composition adapted for organic solvent development exhibits a high resolution and improved LWR or CDU.
US11994791B2
One embodiment according to the technique of the present disclosure provides a projection device having a plurality of modes in which relationships between an incidence region and an emission region in an electro-optical panel are different from each other. In the projection device according to one aspect of the present invention, a control unit controls a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is a mode in which a first range of an optical region is the incidence region and a range within the first range is the emission region, and the second mode is a mode in which a second range narrower than the first range of the optical region is the incidence region and a range within the second range is the emission region.
US11994790B2
A transparent display panel and a control method and apparatus therefor, a display system, and a computer-readable storage medium. The transparent display panel includes: a liquid crystal panel (11), and a transflective optical film layer (12) disposed on one side of the liquid crystal panel (11), wherein a plurality of microstructures (31) for scattering incident light rays are provided in the transflective optical film layer (12), in order to present a projected image. The transparency level of the transparent display panel is determined by acquiring the ambient light intensity of the transparent display panel or a grayscale average of a projected image at each first region, and the light transmittance level of the liquid crystal panel is adjusted according to the transparency level, thereby improving the projection display effect.
US11994789B2
In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in an anti-fogging apparatus for a camera assembly. The anti-fogging apparatus includes a camera affixed to a substrate, and a thermally conductive plate, the thermally conductive plate positioned in front of the substrate and defining a first aperture aligned with a lens of the camera. The anti-fogging apparatus includes a transparent plate positioned in front of the thermally conductive plate such that the transparent plate covers said first aperture. The anti-fogging apparatus includes an insulating element positioned in front of the transparent plate and defining a second aperture aligned with the first aperture. The anti-fogging apparatus includes a heating element affixed to the thermally conductive plate. The anti-fogging apparatus includes a case enclosing the camera, the thermally conductive plate, the transparent plate, the insulating element, and the heating element.
US11994778B2
A color filter substrate and a display panel including the same are provided. The color filter substrate includes a first pixel area and a second pixel area adjacent to the first pixel area, and further includes: a plurality of micro light-emitting diode (LED) units disposed on a first surface of the base substrate in the first pixel area, wherein there are a plurality of light-transmitting areas among the micro LED units; and a color resist disposed on a second surface of the base substrate in the second pixel area, wherein the first surface and the second surface are two opposite surfaces of the base substrate.
US11994776B2
According to an aspect, a liquid crystal panel includes: a first substrate that is a light-transmitting substrate; a second substrate that is disposed facing the first substrate with a liquid crystal interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and is a light-transmitting substrate; a wiring layer provided on the first substrate on a side facing the liquid crystal and comprising a plurality of wiring lines arrayed in a predetermined direction; an insulating layer stacked on the wiring layer on a side facing the liquid crystal; a first electrode layer stacked on the insulating layer on a side facing the liquid crystal; and a second electrode layer provided on the second substrate on a side facing the liquid crystal. A sheet resistance of the first electrode layer is higher than a sheet resistance of the wiring layer and a sheet resistance of the second electrode layer.
US11994754B2
A method of fabricating a lens element for an adjustable power lens of the kind comprising two lens elements that are slidable relative to one other in a direction transverse the optical axis of the lens and have respective lens surfaces that are shaped to act together to form a corrective lens, the power of which varies according to the relative disposition of the two lens elements, the method comprising the steps of forming a lens puck having two opposite faces, which are shaped to form opposite lens surfaces of one of the lens elements of the adjustable power lens, the puck having at least one alignment feature, and thereafter edging the puck to a desired eye shape with reference to the alignment feature.
US11994744B2
An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens sequentially disposed in ascending numerical order along an optical axis from an object-side surface of the first lens toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, wherein the conditional expression 11≤TTL/IMG_HT is satisfied, where TTL is a distance along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and IMG_HT is one-half of a diagonal length of the imaging plane.
US11994742B2
Disclosed is a scanner opto-mechatronics system which is used in light/image-measurement in three-dimensional environments, reduces the light measurement and imaging regions to pre-defined regions and enables the measurement or display of these regions.
US11994740B2
An optical element drive mechanism is provided. The optical element drive mechanism includes an immovable part, a movable part, and a drive assembly. The movable part is connected to an optical element that includes an optical axis. The movable part is movable relative to the immovable part. The drive assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the immovable part.
US11994739B2
A camera module includes a lens module accommodating one or more lenses and configured to move in an interior of a housing in an optical axis direction of the one or more lenses, a first support member connected to the lens module and extending toward an upper inner surface of the housing from the lens module in a first direction intersecting the optical axis, and a second support member connected to the first support member and extending toward a lower inner surface of the housing in a second direction intersecting with the optical axis.
US11994737B2
An electronic device is provided that includes a camera module that receives external light through a portion of a surface of the electronic device. The camera module includes a camera housing having an image sensor disposed on a bottom surface of the camera housing. The camera module also includes and a lens assembly. At least a portion of the lens assembly is disposed in the camera housing. The lens assembly includes a first lens, a second lens, and a spacer disposed between the first lens and the second lens. The spacer has an opening area formed therein. An optical axis passes through the opening area. The spacer is formed such that a first inner surface of the opening area and a second inner surface of the opening area are parallel to each other in a cross-sectional view that includes the optical axis.
US11994726B2
The present disclosure discloses an optical module including: a circuit board; a housing assembly divided by a separation board into a first portion and a second portion that are stacked one above the other, wherein a light-emitting cavity is formed in the second portion, and a partition wall is provided in the first portion to separate the first portion into a light-receiving cavity and a slot, and is provided with a plurality of light-passing holes via which the light-receiving cavity is in communication with the slot; an optical fiber adapter disposed in the housing assembly and in communication with the light-receiving cavity; a light-emitting assembly arranged in the light emitting cavity and electrically connected to the circuit board, wherein heat generated by the light-emitting assembly is conducted to a surface of the housing assembly via the partition wall; and a light-receiving assembly.
US11994720B2
A large-scale single-photonics-based optical switching system that occupies an area larger than the maximum area of a standard step-and-repeat lithography reticle is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of identical switch blocks, each of is formed in a different reticle field that no larger than the maximum reticle size. Bus waveguides of laterally adjacent switch blocks are stitched together at lateral interfaces that include a second arrangement of waveguide ports that is common to all lateral interfaces. Bus waveguides of vertically adjacent switch blocks are stitched together at vertical interfaces that include a first arrangement of waveguide ports that is common to all vertical interfaces. In some embodiments, the lateral and vertical interfaces include waveguide ports having waveguide coupling regions that are configured to mitigate optical loss due to stitching error.
US11994718B2
In some implementations, a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) includes a delay line arm formed in a chip and a mirrored facet formed in the chip. The delay line arm may be configured to propagate light to the mirrored facet. The mirrored facet may be configured to reflect, to the delay line arm, a percentage of the light propagated to the mirrored facet by the delay line arm.
US11994716B2
An optical waveguide structure. In some embodiments, the optical waveguide structure includes a semiconductor waveguide having a waveguide ridge, and a heater. The waveguide ridge may have a varying dopant concentration across its cross-section. The heater may include a first contact and a second contact, and the waveguide structure may include a conductive path from the first contact to the second contact, the conductive path extending through a doped portion of the waveguide ridge.
US11994711B2
Disclosed is a LED module. The LED module includes a cover part, a board part connected to a front side of the cover part, a light emitting part electrically connected to the board part, disposed on a front side of the board part, and that emits light through a side surface thereof, and a panel part disposed on the front side of the board part, and the panel part includes a light guide unit including a plurality of light output parts that guides and outputs light emitted from the side surface of the light emitting part.
US11994708B2
The invention relates to an ultra-flat lighting panel comprising a light-diffusing plate, at least one support strip, extending along a plane parallel to the longitudinal plane of the diffusing plate, and at least one strip of light-emitting diodes mounted on said at least one support strip perpendicular to at least one edge surface of the diffusing plate such as to emit light from the light-emitting diodes into said edge surface.
US11994706B2
Method and system for integration of refractive optics with a diffractive eyepiece waveguide display
An eyepiece waveguide includes a set of waveguide layers having a world side and a user side. The eyepiece waveguide also includes a first cover plate having a first optical power and disposed adjacent the world side of the set of waveguide layers and a second cover plate having a second optical power and disposed adjacent the user side of the set of waveguide layers.
US11994703B2
An optical device includes a first polarization selective reflector positioned relative to a spatial light modulator; and a first reflective assembly positioned relative to the first polarization selective reflector so that the first polarization selective reflector receives first light from the spatial light modulator and directs at least a portion of the first light having a first polarization toward the first reflective assembly as second light. The first reflective assembly receives the second light from the first polarization selective reflector and directs at least a portion of the second light toward the first polarization selective reflector as third light having a second polarization. The second polarization is distinct from the first polarization.
US11994701B2
A photosensitive module is provided, for receiving light passing through a lens in an electronic device, including a base assembly, a first plastic member, a first lead assembly, an image sensor, and an opening. The base assembly includes a substrate, an insulating layer, and a circuit layer. The substrate has a main body that includes a metal material. The first plastic member is connected to the base assembly. The first plastic member encapsulates at least part of the lead assembly. The image sensor is for receiving a light and is electrically connected to the circuit layer via the lead assembly. The opening is formed at the main body, and corresponds to the image sensor. When observed along a direction in which the light travels, the opening overlaps the image sensor.
US11994699B2
An optical member includes a transparent substrate containing at least one substance selected from glass, a glass ceramic, silicon, and sapphire, and having an infrared high-transmittance region in which an optical transmittance is 78% or more in a wavelength band of 700 nm to 1800 nm; and an optical interference film disposed on a main surface of the transparent substrate corresponding to the infrared high-transmittance region, wherein a transmittance of light, of the optical member, of at least one wavelength λ3 in the wavelength band of 700 nm to 1800 nm in a region of the optical member corresponding to the infrared high-transmittance region of the transparent substrate has a minimum value of 86.5% or more and has a difference between the minimum value and a maximum value of 9% or less in a range where an incidence angle is from 0 degrees to 60 degrees.
US11994696B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose a method for manufacturing a naked-eye 3D device and a naked-eye 3D device. The method includes: forming a display module including a plurality of pixel islands; forming a spacer layer on the display module; and forming a micro-lens array on the spacer layer, wherein the spacer layer is formed to have a thickness such that the plurality of pixel islands are located at a focal plane of the micro-lens array. The method further includes: forming an alignment mark between the spacer layer and the display module, wherein the alignment mark is used for, when forming the micro-lens array, aligning each micro-lens in the micro-lens array with one of the plurality of pixel islands.
US11994692B2
An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a bottom, a movable part, a driving assembly, a first circuit assembly, and a second circuit assembly. The movable part is connected to an optical element with an optical axis. The movable part is movable relative to the bottom. The driving assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the bottom. The first circuit assembly is disposed on the bottom and electrically connected to the driving assembly. The second circuit assembly is electrically connected to the driving assembly. At least part of the second circuit assembly is embedded in and not revealed from the bottom. The driving assembly is electrically connected to the first circuit assembly via the second circuit assembly.
US11994683B2
In general, one aspect disclosed features a mixed reality eyewear, comprising: a frame configured to be worn by a wearer; a lens attached to the frame and aligned with an eye of the wearer; a display panel attached to the frame and configured to render an image not aligned with an eye of the wearer; and a deformable beam combiner attached to the frame between the lens and an eye of the wearer and configured to reflect the rendered image toward the eye of the wearer.
US11994678B2
An image generation unit includes a display panel, a first illumination system, and a second illumination system. The display panel has a first and a second imaging regions adjacently arranged and located on the same plane. The first illumination system provides a first light beam incident on the first imaging region at a first incident angle. The first imaging region converts the first light beam into a first image beam. The second illumination system provides a second light beam incident on the second imaging region at a second incident angle. The second imaging region converts the second light beam into a second image beam. The optical paths of the first light beam and the second light beam do not intersect with each other. The first image beam and the second image beam leave the display panel at different light exit angles.
US11994676B2
Techniques for resolving hemisphere ambiguity are disclosed. One or more magnetic fields are emitted at a handheld controller. The one or more magnetic fields are detected by one or more sensors positioned relative to a headset. Movement data corresponding to the handheld controller or the headset is detected. During a first time interval, a first position and a first orientation of the handheld controller within a first hemisphere are determined based on the detected one or more magnetic fields, and a first discrepancy is calculated based on the first position, the first orientation, and the movement data. During a second time interval, a second position and a second orientation of the handheld controller within a second hemisphere are determined based on the detected one or more magnetic fields, and a second discrepancy is calculated based on the second position, the second orientation, and the movement data.
US11994668B2
Provided are a camera module and terminal. The camera module comprises a circuit substrate, an adjustable lens module, a lens, and an auxiliary member. The lens is disposed on the circuit substrate, the adjustable lens module is disposed above the lens. The adjustable lens module comprises a lens outer frame and a lens body. The lens outer frame is fixed to the lens, the lens is disposed in the lens outer frame. A first conductive portion is formed on the lens outer frame, and a second conductive portion is formed on the circuit substrate. The auxiliary member comprises a conductive member. The conductive member is electrically connected to the first conductive portion, and the conductive member is electrically connected to the second conductive portion, so as to electrically connect to the lens outer frame and the circuit substrate.
US11994657B2
This disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly, sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, comprising: the first lens element with positive refractive power, the second lens element with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, the third lens element with positive refractive power, the fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, the fifth lens element with refractive power having a concave image-side surface, and both object-side surface and image-side surface being aspheric, wherein a stop and an image sensor disposed on an image plane are also provided. By such arrangements, the image pickup optical system satisfies conditions related to shorten the total length and to reduce the sensitivity for use in compact cameras and mobile phones with camera functionalities.
US11994656B2
There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of wide field of view, low-profileness and low F-number. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region, a second lens with negative refractive power in a paraxial region, a third lens, a fourth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, and a seventh lens with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface of the seventh lens is an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
US11994647B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to determining holdup compensated formation saturation while refraining from calculating holdup. Inelastic gamma spectrum data for an inelastic gamma spectrum generated downhole in a wellbore can be accessed. Further, capture gamma spectrum data for one or more capture gamma spectrums generated downhole in the wellbore can be accessed. A model that accounts for holdup measurement can be applied to both the inelastic gamma spectrum data and the capture gamma spectrum data to identify a compensated oil saturation for a formation surrounding at least a portion of the wellbore based on both the inelastic gamma spectrum and the one or more capture gamma spectrums.
US11994646B2
The use of scintillator compositions having a cubic garnet structure for gamma detection in downhole oil and gas explorations is provided. Specifically, two primary compositions of interest are disclosed, Ca2LnHf2Al3O12 and NaLn2Hf2Al3O12, where Ln is Y, Gd, Tb, or La. Under gamma ray excitation, the electron-hole pairs produced in the garnet lattice structure are trapped by an activator ion to yield an efficient emission in the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The cubic garnet structure enables the use of these materials as ceramic scintillators with considerable advantages over related single crystals in various ways as disclosed herein, including reduction in cost and improvement in overall performance and durability.
US11994644B2
Improved systematic inversion methodology applied to formation testing data interpretation with spherical, radial and/or cylindrical flow models is disclosed. A method of determining a parameter of a formation of interest at a desired location comprises directing a formation tester to the desired location in the formation of interest and obtaining data from the desired location in the formation of interest. The obtained data relates to a first parameter at the desired location of the formation of interest. The obtained data is regressed to determine a second parameter at the desired location of the formation of interest. Regressing the obtained data comprises using a method selected from a group consisting of a deterministic approach, a probabilistic approach, and an evolutionary approach.
US11994643B2
Systems and methods for detecting a sitting duck scenario of a vehicle on or near a road are disclosed. The current location and speed of the vehicle are used for different comparisons and/or determinations, including a comparison to road-specific information to determine whether the vehicle is in a particular proximity of a highway, and a determination whether the vehicle has been stationary continuously for at least a specified duration. Additional comparisons and/or determinations may be used. If such an occurrence has been detected, one or more notifications are generated, and provided to one or more of the vehicle operator and/or a remote computing server.
US11994636B2
Improved methods of providing acoustic source signals for seismic surveying, wherein a plurality of signals can be easily separated from one another after data acquisition, wherein the source signals are not sweep based.
US11994630B2
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system includes a laser and a calibration unit. The laser is configured to generate a laser beam based on a particular laser waveform that is associated with at least one parameter of a plurality of parameters. The calibration unit is configured to determine a particular value for the at least one parameter of the plurality of parameters to compensate for distortion characteristics of the laser. The calibration unit is configured to determine the particular value based on an output frequency of the laser beam. The calibration unit is configured to update the particular laser waveform with the particular value of the at least one parameter of the plurality of parameters.
US11994627B2
An example μTOF is a flexible, small, sensor unit that uses modulated light to measure distance. The architecture of the sensor allows for many use cases. Use cases include the classic single emitter, single detector topology, but also include capability for operability as a full multi-input, multi-output (MIMO) system. In a MIMO configuration, the emitters and detectors can be arranged in a configuration similar to an RF antenna array or any number of other configurations from a single emitter/detector pair to vast dispersions of emitters and detectors. By coding the signal output by each emitter with a unique pseudo-noise (PN) or similar sequence, reflected signals received at the detector can be separated from each other, providing path distances between each emitter-detector pair. Given the robustness and noise immunity of PN sequences, this approach works well even with signal levels well below the noise floor. Using the measured path distances from each sensor to each emitter, the locations of objects in the scene can be extracted by triangulation.
US11994615B2
Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with compensating for a sensor deficiency in a heterogeneous sensor array are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a compute device to aggregate perception data from individual perception pipelines, each of which is associated with respective one of different types of sensors of a heterogeneous sensor set, to identify a characteristic associated with a space to be monitored by the heterogeneous sensor set; detect a sensor deficiency associated with a first sensor of the sensors; and in response to a detection of the sensor deficiency, derive next perception data for more than one of the individual perception pipelines from sensor data originating from at least one second sensor of the sensors. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.
US11994586B2
The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for enabling an imaging sensor to perform Time-of-Flight measurements while requiring less histogram memory and in many cases less power consumption. A light source is operated to cause multiple light emissions and a coarse/estimated distance is determined based on a first echo received based on the first light emission. A histogram is saved and a fine distance is calculated from the coarse distance and data derived from the echo of a second light emission.
US11994583B2
An object detection device includes: a transmitter transmitting a transmission wave; a receiver receiving a reception wave reflected by an object; a CFAR processor acquiring a CFAR signal at a detection timing by CFAR processing based on a value of a first processing target signal and an average value of values of second processing target signals; a detection processor detecting information related to the object based on a comparison between the CFAR signal and a threshold; and a threshold processor setting, when the detection timing belongs to a predetermined first section, the threshold as a first threshold calculated in consideration of a detection result of a temperature sensor, and setting, when the detection timing belongs to a predetermined second section, the threshold as a second threshold calculated without considering the detection result of the temperature sensor.
US11994582B2
An apparatus includes an inverse radar sensor model processor and a grid mapping processor. The inverse radar sensor model processor receives radar sensor data for a time k from a radar sensor, generates object data based on the radar sensor data, and calculates instantaneous masses at the time k for each cell in a field of view (FOV) of the radar sensor based on the object data and a sensor characteristic. The inverse radar sensor model processor outputs the calculated instantaneous masses to the grid mapping processor, which also receives accumulated masses for each cell in the FOV for a time period 0:k−1. An accumulated mass represents a combination of instantaneous masses for the cell at each time increment in the time period 0:k−1. The grid mapping processor generates updated accumulated masses for a time period 0:k.
US11994580B2
An electronic device includes a plurality of radars and at least one processor. Each of the radars includes at least one transmitting antenna and a plurality of receiving antennas arranged as a two-dimensional array antenna. The processor converts the RF signal received by the receiving antennas into a ranging profile that records the distance between each of the receiving antennas and the target and the receiving intensity corresponding to the distance. The processor generates a voxel profile to indicate the relationship between the distance and the receiving intensity in three-dimensional space. The processor performs a point generation algorithm to generate a plurality of points in three-dimensional space according to the voxel profile and the receiving intensity threshold. The processor performs a cluster analysis algorithm to identify a plurality of target points corresponding to the target among the points to obtain the position of the target.
US11994554B2
The present disclosure relates to a test apparatus for a package-on-package type semiconductor package including a lower test socket mounted on a tester, and connected to a lower package to electrically connect the lower package to the tester; a pusher configured to be able to be moved vertically by receiving a driving force from a driving unit; an upper test socket mounted on the pusher, and having an electro-conductive part installed below the upper package to be electrically connected to the upper package; a vacuum picker mounted on the upper test socket to be able to vacuum-adsorb the lower package; and an inelastic insulating sheet installed between the upper test socket and the upper package, having a through hole formed at a position thereof corresponding to the terminal of the upper package and the electro-conductive part.
US11994547B2
A method for extended-pulse sampling includes providing a continuous-time signal comprising a frequency spectrum within a predetermined passband. The continuous time signal is sampled with a plurality of discrete sample pulses having a pulse shape in a time domain that is an impulse response of a filter having the predetermined passband. The plurality of discrete time samples of the continuous-time signal is then provided to an output.
US11994542B2
An apparatus to estimate parameters of a radio frequency (RF) signal may include a voltage sensor configured to provide an indication of a voltage of the RF signal as well as a current sensor configured to provide an indication of current conducted by the RF signal. The apparatus may additionally include an analog-to-digital conversion module coupled to an output port of the voltage sensor and the current sensor, wherein the analog-to-digital converter is configured to provide digital representations of an instantaneous voltage and an instantaneous current of the RF signal. The apparatus may additionally include one or more processors configured to transform the digital representations of the instantaneous voltage and current into frequency domain representations of a complex voltage and complex current.
US11994541B2
A current sensor assembly can include: a coil structure having a first coil and a second coil connected in series, the coil structure configured to generate a differential magnetic field responsive to an electrical current passing through the first and second coils; a first magnetic field sensing element disposed proximate to the first coil and operable to generate a first signal responsive to the differential magnetic field passing through the first magnetic field sensing element in a first direction; a second magnetic field sensing element disposed proximate to the second coil and operable to generate a second signal responsive to the differential magnetic field passing through the second magnetic field sensing element in a second direction; and a circuit operable to subtract the first and second signals to generate a differential signal proportional to the electrical current.
US11994540B2
A current measuring system for measuring current from a conductor comprises a first and second circuit and a current measurer connected to a conductor connected to a first power source. The first circuit comprises an inverting operational amplifier, which generates a first threshold signal when current flows into the first power source. The second circuit comprises a biasing circuit and a non-inverting operational amplifier, which generates the first threshold signal at the second output when current flows out of the first power source.
US11994539B2
An optical voltage probe includes: an optical modulator 1 having two modulation electrodes 11 and 12, the optical modulator 1 being configured to modulate an intensity of an incident light depending on a voltage between the two modulation electrodes and output the incident light which is modulated; an input/output optical fiber 2 connected with the optical modulator 1; two contact terminal attachment portions 5, 6 to which contact terminals 3, 4 can be detachably attached and contacted, the two contact terminals 3, 4 being configured to be in contact with the points to be measured, the two contact terminal attachment portions 5, 6 being respectively connected with the modulation electrodes 11, 12; and a package 8 that houses the optical modulator 1 and a part of the input/output optical fiber 2. A voltage signal induced via the contact terminals 3, 4 is converted into an optical intensity modulation signal. When an electric wave having a measurement frequency is applied while the contact terminal attachment portions 5, 6 are opened, the package 8 exhibits a shielding effect of attenuating the electric wave by 15 dB or more compared to an output signal intensity measured without providing the package.
US11994535B2
A probe unit includes: a first contact probe configured to come in contact with a signal electrode; a second contact probe configured to come in contact with a ground electrode; a probe holder including a first holder hole through which the first contact probe passes, and a second holder hole through which the second contact probe passes; and a conductive floating member including a first through hole to which the first contact probe is inserted and the signal electrode is inserted, and a second through hole to which the second contact probe is inserted and the ground electrode is inserted. The probe holder is configured such that at least an inner circumferential surface of the first holder hole has an insulating property, and the probe unit has a coaxial structure in which central axes of the first contact probe and the first through hole are aligned with each other.
US11994532B2
Systems and devices for airflow measurements in rooms and air delivery ducts with low-cost, low-power, accurate, calibration-free, and compact wireless airflow sensors are provided. The system uses room and duct flow sonic anemometers and processing to measure air velocities and temperatures as well as allow control over the environmental conditioning systems. The anemometers use arrays of transmitter/receivers to simultaneously measure multiple sound paths and determine velocity vectors and volumetric flow paths. By transmitting in both directions along the paths between transceivers, differential times of flight (TOF) are measured. These determine both the velocity and temperature of the air along each path.
US11994530B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to various systems, methods and apparatuses of a motion sensing stack, comprising a plurality of magnetometers. Preferably at least four magnetometers are included and at least one magnetometer is out of the plane of at least three other magnetometers. Preferably, the stack includes an 18D IMU (inertial measurement unit). Preferably, the 18D IMU features a 3D accelerometer, a 3D gyroscope and at least four 3D magnetometers. Alternatively, optionally a 9D IMU is provided, comprising a 3D accelerometer, a 3D gyroscope and one 3D magnetometer. The IMU may optionally be MEMS (microelectromechanical system) based.
US11994527B2
A sample measuring apparatus and a method of circulating air in a reagent storage are provided. The sample measuring apparatus includes: a measuring unit that measures a sample by using a reagent stored in a reagent container; a reagent storage that stores the reagent container; a reagent container holder arranged in the reagent storage and that holds the reagent container; a fin that circulates air in the reagent storage; and a driving unit that drives the reagent container holder and the fin to rotate.
US11994524B2
A stool resuspension solution comprising a hemoglobin stabilization reagent is provided. In some embodiments, the hemoglobin stabilization reagent may be an osmolyte, a polyvalent cation, a sugar or polysaccharide and, optionally, a polyvalent cation, a protoporphyrin, or an HRP stabilization component and, optionally, a polyvalent cation. A method of stabilizing hemoglobin in a stool sample in the solution is also provided, as well as a sample collection device containing the solution.
US11994523B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for diagnosing and evaluating a subject that has sustained or may have sustained an injury to the head, such as a traumatic brain injury (TBI). In particular, the present disclosure identifies various biomarkers, the detection and/or differential expression of which can be used to assess the presence or absence of a TBI in a subject, and can be used as a basis for diagnosing a subject as having a specific type of TBI (e.g., severe TBI or subclasses of mild TBI). The various TBI biomarkers can be detected individually or in combination and can be used as an important diagnostic, prognostic, and/or TBI risk stratification tool as part of assessing a subject's TBI status.
US11994516B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of compositions, methods and kits that describe ancillary reagent constructs for simultaneous immunological and morphological investigation of pathology specimens. The kits include reagents, possibly organized in panels, which give the pathologist additional confidence in making a diagnosis based on the morphology of a cell. Reagents can be used or selected to identify specific antigens or a class of antigens. The reagents further comprise detection agents, which are visible under standard microscopy in the presence of standard stains. The reagents, used on their own or as part of a kit, make possible immunological analysis simultaneously with pathology performed in the presence of standard stains.
US11994515B2
The invention relates to a method of performing an assay for a compound. The method makes use of a device (390) which has a plurality of wells (340) which contain cells, and according to the method a liquid is transferred from the wells (340) to a substrate which is used to perform the assay. Each well (340) of the device comprises a bottom provided with a through-hole (370) extending from the well (340) to the backside of the device (390). Liquid containing the compound is transferred via the through-holes (370) to the substrate.
US11994509B2
Embodiments are described for separating collecting components from a multi-component fluid such as whole blood. Some embodiments provide for controlling the amount of a component, such as platelets, introduced into a separation chamber to ensure that the density of fluid in the separation chamber does not exceed a particular value. This may provide for collecting purer components. Other embodiments may provide for determining a chamber flow rate based on a concentration of a component in the multi-component fluid, which may then be used to determine a centrifuge speed, to collect purer concentrated components.
US11994504B2
A point of use analyte detection and quantification system for food or food processing applications is provided. Related methods are also provided.
US11994502B2
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for analyzing a product stream of a chemical reaction. The method includes withdrawing a portion of the product stream of the chemical reaction from a reactor, the portion of the product stream having a volume of less than about 200 μL. The method further includes mixing the portion of the product stream with a diluent to produce a sample and then transferring the sample to a liquid chromatography device. A measured chemical profile is then developed, via the liquid chromatography device, which can be used for process monitoring or real time decision making. In some embodiments, the method can include adjusting a reaction condition in the reactor based on differences between the measured chemical profile and a desired chemical profile.
US11994493B2
A method identifies a cause of change in magnetic permeability of an object under inspection and evaluates the state of surface treatment(s) of the object under inspection with high accuracy. An embodiment of the method includes preparing a non-destructive inspection apparatus; placing the object under inspection; generating eddy current in the object under inspection; continuously changing the penetration depth of an AC magnetic field in the object under inspection; calculating the value of impedance at each penetration depth in the object under inspection; and evaluating the state of the surface treatment(s) by: calculating the ratio between the value of impedance at each penetration depth in the object under inspection and the value of impedance at a corresponding penetration depth in steel which has not been subjected to a surface treatment; and identifying a cause of a change in magnetic permeability of the object under inspection based upon the calculated ratio.
US11994489B2
An ion selective electrode (“ISE”) assembly may be installed within a sample path of a biological testing system to measure ion concentration within sample fluid flowing through the sample path. A transducer membrane is placed within a housing and positioned to contact the sample path. A threaded portion is advanced into a socket of the housing and forces the membrane against a sealing portion of the sample path to prevent retention of sample fluid within the housing after testing. Sealing may be accomplished without adhesives or sealants and instead relies upon mechanical pressure of the threaded portion.
US11994483B2
In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for detecting rain using a wire mesh sensor including: a wire mesh which is configured to include a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers; and a fixing part for fixing the wire mesh; wherein the plurality of transmitters supply electricity to the wire mesh, and wherein, in response to rain being positioned between a specific transmitter among the plurality of transmitters and a specific receiver among the plurality of receivers, the specific receiver is configured to receive the electricity from the specific transmitter and then transmit the electricity to a measuring part, to thereby allow the measuring part to measure conductivity. This hemispherical apparatus can detect rain accurately by making the incident angles of the rain to be vertical regardless of the directions of the rain.
US11994481B2
It is possible to reduce a decrease in accuracy of measuring the concentration of a measurement target gas even in a case where, in a mixture of gases, there is a gas greatly different from another gas in a rate of change in thermal conductivity with respect to temperature. The concentration measurement device includes a sensor configured to measure the concentration of a measurement target gas in a mixture of gases on the basis of thermal conductivity of the measurement target gas, the mixture of gases including two or more components, and a heating unit configured to heat the mixture of gases so that the concentration of the measurement target gas can be uniquely determined with respect to the thermal conductivity.
US11994480B2
Tools and methods are used to determine the oil, water, and solids volume fractions in a drilling fluid at the rig site. The volume fractions can be determined in-line with returned drilling fluid by using an NMR magnet and a flow line or sample chamber that receives a fluid sample and loads it into the NMR magnet. Using an RF probe, spectrometer, and computing device, data processing and interpretation of NMR data from the spectrometer is performed, while also raising a flag when iron contamination exceeds a predefined threshold.
US11994479B2
A method and system for determining bale properties of crop material bales includes transmitting a first microwave signal through a bale of crop material located within an agricultural baler at a first frequency and transmitting a second microwave signal through the bale of crop material at a different second frequency and calculating, with at least one computing device, a phase angle displacement between the first and second microwave signals and determining, with the at least one computing device, a bale property of the bale of crop material based at least in part on the calculated phase angle differential.
US11994472B2
Improved stimulated Raman spectroscopy is provided by replacing the Stokes (or anti-Stokes) optical source with a localized electromagnetic emitter that is excited with a non-electromagnetic excitation. Such a localized emitter can be an efficient Stokes (or anti-Stokes) source for stimulated Raman spectroscopy, and can also provide deep sub-wavelength spatial resolution. In a preferred embodiment, an electron beam from an electron microscope is used to excite the localized emitter. This provides combined Raman imaging and electron microscopy that has the two imaging modalities inherently registered with each other.
US11994470B2
Systems, devices, and methods for producing an optimized phase mask for use in a single-molecule orientation localization microscopy (SMOLM) imaging system are disclosed.
US11994469B2
A spectroscopic imaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a spectroscopic section, an image sensor, and a control unit. The spectroscopic section disperses incident light for each wavelength. The image sensor is configured to be capable of setting an exposure time or a gain in a unit of a pixel, and detects light of each wavelength dispersed in the spectroscopic section. The control unit is configured to be capable of setting the exposure time or the gain of the image sensor in a unit of a predetermined pixel area.
US11994466B2
A method for identifying a composition material of an object located in an environment surrounding at least one device, the object moving relative to the device, in which at least one sensor is mounted on the device and communicates with at least one central processing unit.
US11994462B1
Multi-spectral methods and systems for the day and night remote sensing (detection, identification, and quantification) of greenhouse gas emission sources from space are provided. The sensor system includes a telescope assembly that passively collects light from an observation area and directs that light through spectral, optical filters and to a sensor array having a plurality of rows and columns of pixels. Different groups of sensor array pixel rows are aligned to receive light that has passed through different optical filters. The filters have passbands corresponding to the reflective and emissive bands of gases of interest, as well as associated reflective and emissive reference bands, and broadband spectral bands. A set of image data frames is obtained as the field of view of the sensor system moves over an observation area and an aggregate image showing locations of detected gas emissions is generated using the collected data.
US11994461B2
An optical probe includes an optical window for transmitting light therethrough, an ultrasonic transducer for applying ultrasonic vibrations to the optical window for cleaning the optical window, and one or more light guides for transmitting light through the optical window to a measurement region and/or receiving light transmitted through the optical window from the measurement region. The ultrasonic transducer is coupled to the optical window via an elongate body adapted to transmit ultrasonic vibrations from the ultrasonic transducer to the window. The light guides communicate with the optical window adjacent the elongate body. An additional lens or light filter may be mounted adjacent the measurement window and/or the window itself may be adapted to incorporate a lens and/or light filter.
US11994458B2
Integrated light interrogation modules are provided. In embodiments, the subject integrated light interrogation modules include a flow cell having a light-accessible flow channel for transporting particles in a flow stream, a focusing optical assembly integrated with the flow cell, and a connector for operably attaching a fiber optic light conveyor to the focusing optical assembly, where the focusing optical assembly is projects excitation wavelength light from the fiber optic light conveyor onto a focal spot of the flow cell when the fiber optic light conveyor is operably attached to the connector. In certain embodiments, focusing optical assemblies also include a connector for operably attaching a fiber optic light collection element for collecting fluorescent light emitted by the particles transported through the flow cell. Flow cytometers, methods and kits for practicing the invention are also provided.
US11994457B2
A method for detection of the presence and/or quantities of silver nanoparticles in a specimen is shown. The method includes the steps of a) providing a detection organism suspended in a medium, b) treating the detection organism with zinc ions thus effecting auto-fluorescence therefrom, and then measuring degree of fluorescence of the detection organism suspended medium, c) adding the specimen to the detection organism suspended medium, treating the detection organism therein with the specimen for a period of time, and measuring change of fluorescence of the detection organism-suspended medium over time, d) calculating amount of silver ions intracellularly dissolved from the silver nanoparticles and accumulated in the detection organism in view of the change of fluorescence, and e) extrapolating quantity of silver nanoparticles in the specimen in view of the change of fluorescence and the amount of the intracellularly dissolved silver ions.
US11994451B2
A method for rendering biological tissue sufficiently optically transparent for three-dimensional light microscopy imaging, comprising incubating biological tissue with an optical clearing solution, wherein the optical clearing solution comprises: (i) 20-50 wt % formamide, (ii) 10-90 wt % glycerol, and (iii) water as remainder. Also described herein is a method for ridding tissue of blood to make them amenable for optical clearing, comprising incubating biological tissue in a decolorizing solution, wherein the decolorizing solution comprises: (i) 0.5-3 wt % hydrogen peroxide, (ii) 0.05-1 wt % sodium azide, (iii) 5-20 wt % DMSO, and (iv) phosphate buffered saline as a remained. Also described herein is a method for reducing auto-fluorescence in biological tissue to permit imaging of the biological tissue in a fluorescence-based imaging technique with enhanced resolution, wherein the auto-fluorescence quenching solution comprises: 1-100 mM ammonium bicarbonate, (ii) 20-500 M copper sulfate, (iii) 5-20 wt % DMSO, and (iv) water as remainder.
US11994449B1
A method for testing the lumbar spine performance of a crash test dummy includes the following steps: selecting a lumbar spine performance test item; collecting data of at least one preset physical quantity during the collision process between the pendulum and the energy-absorbing buffer block through sensors on the lumbar spine assembly; determining whether the data of each preset physical quantity is within the corresponding data channel; if the data of each preset physical quantity is within the corresponding data channel, the lumbar spine assembly is deemed qualified for the current lumbar spine performance test item. This disclosure evaluates the quality of the lumbar spine performance of crash test dummies, allowing only those with better lumbar spine performance to participate in crash tests, and therefore improving the consistency and accuracy of different crash test dummies' response in crash tests.
US11994441B2
A sensor device comprising at least a first substrate, a capacitive sensor for recording the approach of an object, a piezoelectric sensor for recording a pressure, wherein the capacitive sensor is arranged on a first side of the first substrate and the piezoelectric sensor is arranged on a second side of the first substrate, wherein the second side is opposite the first side, or wherein the capacitive sensor and the piezoelectric sensor are arranged on the same side of the substrate.
US11994434B2
A temperature indicator includes a housing having a temperature detection assembly, switch circuitry, and a radio-frequency identification (RFID) module coupled to the switch circuitry. Responsive to the temperature detection assembly being subjected to a temperature exceeding a threshold, the switch circuitry causes a change in a value output by the RFID module when activated.
US11994431B2
An omnidirectional measurement system for a time-varying characteristic of atmospheric vapor radiation includes an antenna and calibrator assembly, a receiver assembly, a room temperature IF assembly, and a data acquisition and system control assembly. Atmospheric vapor features a wide profile and strong radiation in a frequency band of 183 GHz, and is often seen in the characteristic measurement of atmospheric vapor in high-altitude areas. The omnidirectional measurement system combines a superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) mixer with high detection sensitivity in the frequency band of 183 GHz with a structure that integrates pitch scanning, omnidirectional scanning, and automatic calibration to achieve fast and high-precision omnidirectional scanning measurement of the time-varying characteristic of atmospheric vapor radiation. The omnidirectional measurement system has a pitch adjustment-based fast omnidirectional scanning function, and can measure the time-varying characteristic of atmospheric vapor radiation with higher precision and higher temporal resolution through the SIS mixer with higher sensitivity.
US11994425B2
An optical sensor includes pixels. Each pixel has a photodetector. A readout circuit performs a process over an exposure time where the photodetector is connected to a reverse bias voltage supply to reset a voltage across the photodetector, and the photodetector is disconnected from the reverse bias voltage supply until that the voltage across the photodetector decreases in response to received ambient light. An ambient light level is then determine an based on a number of times the voltage across the photodetector is reset over the exposure time.
US11994417B2
A utility pole deterioration detection system includes a cable (20) disposed in a utility pole (10), the cable (20) containing a communication optical fiber, a receiving unit (331) configured to receive an optical signal containing a pattern that changes according to a deterioration state of the utility pole (10) from at least one optical fiber contained in the cable (20), and a detection unit (332) configured to detect a deterioration state of the utility pole (10) based on the pattern.
US11994416B2
There is provided an optical encoder including an encoding medium, multiple photodiodes and a signal processing circuit. The encoding medium includes an index track. The index track includes a first index pattern and a second index pattern. The multiple photodiodes include a first index photodiode, a second index photodiode and a reference index photodiode for receiving modulated light from the first index pattern and the second index pattern. When the first index photodiode is aligned with the first index pattern and the second index photodiode is aligned with the second index pattern, the signal processing circuit outputs a triggering signal.
US11994409B2
A computing device is provided comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor. The instructions are executable to receive a raw aviation information notice that comprises text. A text language analysis model is used to extract metadata from the raw aviation information notice. The metadata comprises aviation operation information that describes a status of a component of an airspace system. Geospatial aviation data is received that corresponds to the component of the airspace system. The aviation operation information is mapped to the geospatial aviation data to thereby generate geometry data for the aviation operation information. The geometry data and the metadata are used to generate an enriched aviation information notice. The instructions are further executable to output the enriched aviation information notice.
US11994407B2
A method of supporting robot(s) landing within a ground region is provided. The method includes accessing a map in which the ground region is tessellated into cells covering respective areas of the ground region. Each cell is classified as feasible to indicate a respective area is feasible for landing, or infeasible to indicate the respective area is infeasible for landing. The map is searched for clusters of adjoining cells that are classified as feasible, covering clusters of adjoining areas that define sub-regions within the ground region that are feasible for landing. The sub-regions are ranked according to a cost metric, and one of the sub-regions is selected according to the ranking. A geographic position of the selected sub-region is then output for use in at least one of guidance, navigation or control of the robot(s) to land at the selected sub-region within the ground region.
US11994403B2
Systems including one or more sensors, coupled to a vehicle, may detect sensor information and provide the sensor information to another computing device for processing. A system includes one or more sensors, coupled to a vehicle and configured to detect sensor information, and a computing device configured to communicate with one or more mobile sensors to receive the mobile sensor information, communicate with the one or more sensors to receive the sensor information, and analyze the sensor information and the mobile sensor information to identify one or more risk factors.
US11994390B2
A vibratory sensor with electronic balancing is provided. The vibratory sensor includes at least one pair of proof masses, at least one tunable spring having electro-thermodynamic characteristics for each first and second proof mass in the at least one pair of proof masses, and a steering circuit. Each pair of proof masses include a first proof mass and a second proof mass. The first proof mass and the second proof mass can move in opposing directions. Each tunable spring couples an associated one of the first and second proof masses to a substrate. The steering circuit is configured to selectively couple current from a power source to each tunable spring to adjust the stiffness of at least one tunable spring to balance relative movement between the first and second proof masses of the at least one pair of proof masses.
US11994388B2
An encoder includes: an optical module that detects angular position information indicating an angular position of a rotating disk within one rotation thereof; a magnetic detecting unit that detects multi-rotation information indicating the number of rotations of the disk; a battery that supplies a power to the magnetic detecting unit when an external power is not supplied to the encoder; and a connector that connects connection terminals of the battery to a substrate to which at least one of the optical module and the magnetic detecting unit is connected, via solders in contact with the connection terminals.
US11994387B2
An inductive sensor may include a first angle measurement path associated with determining an angular position based on a first set of input signals. The inductive sensor may include a second angle measurement path associated with determining an angular position based on a second set of input signals. The inductive sensor may include an amplitude regulation path associated with regulating amplitudes of a set of output signals. The inductive sensor may include a safety path associated with performing one or more safety checks. Each safety check of the one or more safety checks may be associated with at least one of the first angle measurement path, the second angle measurement path, or the amplitude regulation path.
US11994386B2
An optical measurement system for measuring one or more portions of an object such as a vehicle and solving the issues relating to attitude of vehicle while measuring the one or more portions of the vehicle, is disclosed. The optical measurement system comprising a diagnostic, measurement and repair equipment arranged on the object for example a vehicle via a rigid linking structure. The system comprises a measuring head and one or more targets comprising one or more set of photodiodes. The measuring head is mounted under or on the vehicle. The system is configured to measure parameters representative of the vehicle. The device further comprises a computing device in communication with the equipment, comprising set of instructions to determine a position of the target regarding to a reference point. The location of the point is then compared to an original location of the point to determine the damage in the vehicle.
US11994381B2
An apparatus for measuring a surface comprises first sensors, which are distributed two-dimensionally in space, said first sensors interacting with the surface in a contactless manner using a microwave range of electromagnetic signals, and the first sensors receive at least two of the microwave signals of the interaction with information relating to distances between the sensors and the surface as a reflection, the microwave signals of the interaction representing both dimensions of the space of two-dimensional distribution of the first sensors. A data processing unit receives said information on the distances, and determines at least one geometrical parameter of the surface on the basis of the information.
US11994369B2
A payload conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) may include a housing configured to house at least a plurality of electrodes and a signal generator. The payload CEW may be removably inserted into a bay of a launcher. The launcher may be mounted on a vehicle. The plurality of electrodes may be configured to be launched from the housing. The housing may be configured to be launched from the bay of the launcher simultaneously with or after the plurality of electrodes are launched. The signal generator may be configured to transmit a stimulus signal through the plurality of electrodes. The signal generator may be configured to transmit the stimulus signal before, during, and/or after the housing is launched.
US11994364B2
The disclosure relates to a viewing optic. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a display system for a viewing optic. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a viewing optic having a display system with multiple active displays for generating images that are projected into a first focal plane of an optical system.
US11994356B2
A handgun trigger has a trigger body configured for pivotable or rotatable movement when installed in a handgun. A trigger shoe is removably attached or attachable to the trigger body and defines a user interface for firing the handgun. The trigger shoe can be made of polymeric material and can be attached to the trigger body using a snap fit. For example, the trigger shoe snaps over rear-facing surfaces of the trigger body when installed. Also disclosed is a takedown lever assembly for a semiautomatic handgun, where the takedown actuation lever operable between a firing position and a takedown position. In the takedown position the takedown actuation lever permits removal of the slide from the frame. In the takedown position the trigger is blocked from rotating to the pulled trigger position.
US11994351B2
To provide a cooling structural body which can enhance a cooling effect and can easily correspond to small-sizing and the like. The cooling structural body includes a heat radiating part having a mounting surface 2a on which an electronic component 101 is directly or indirectly mounted. A medium flow path through which a medium can flow is provided in the heat radiating part.
US11994350B2
A fluid heat exchanger includes: a heat spreader plate including an intended heat generating component contact region; a plurality of microchannels for directing heat transfer fluid over the heat spreader plate, the plurality of microchannels each having a first end and an opposite end and each of the plurality of microchannels extending substantially parallel with each other microchannel and each of the plurality of microchannels having a continuous channel flow path between their first end and their opposite end; a fluid inlet opening for the plurality of microchannels and positioned between the microchannel first and opposite ends, a first fluid outlet opening from the plurality of microchannels at each of the microchannel first ends; and an opposite fluid outlet opening from the plurality of microchannels at each of the microchannel opposite ends, the fluid inlet opening and the first and opposite fluid outlet openings providing that any flow of heat transfer fluid that passes into the plurality of microchannels, flows along the full length of each of the plurality of microchannels in two directions outwardly from the fluid inlet opening. A method of cooling a heat generating component uses a fluid heat exchanger that splits a mass flow of coolant.
US11994342B2
A hybrid kiln system and method for drying material, such as lumber, logs, and timber. A solar air heater uses solar radiation to heat air. The heated air is pushed into a kiln using one or more solar air heater fans. A dehumidifier is also provided to dehumidify and heat the air within the kiln. A method for determining when the solar air heater fans and the dehumidifier should be activated is also provided, and is based upon the temperature difference between the solar air heater's interior and exterior, as well as the relative humidity within the kiln.
US11994334B2
A supercooling refrigerator (1000) including: a refrigerator body (100); a door (200) for opening and closing one side of the refrigerator body (100); an accommodating portion (400) provided inside the refrigerator body (100) and seated with an object (M) to be stored; a cooling duct (600) including a fan for taking in air in the refrigerator body (100) and discharging the air, and an evaporator (630) for cooling the air discharged from the fan; and a cool air supply duct (700) formed with a cool air discharge port (710) through which the air cooled through the cooling duct (600) is discharged into the refrigerator body (100), the fan being a cross flow fan (620) including a plurality of discs (622), and a plurality of blades (623) disposed between the discs (622) along outer circumferential surfaces of the discs (622).
US11994326B2
A refrigerant leakage detection system includes a first controller, and a second controller. The first controller uses a first method to determine the presence or absence of refrigerant leakage from the refrigerant circuit. The second controller uses a second method different from the first method to determine the presence or absence of refrigerant leakage from the refrigerant circuit. The refrigerant leakage detection system determines the presence or absence of refrigerant leakage from the refrigerant circuit on the basis of the determination result of the first controller and the determination result of the second controller. The refrigerant leakage detection system determines that there is a refrigerant leakage in the refrigerant circuit if the first controller determines that there is a refrigerant leakage from the refrigerant circuit and the second controller determines that there is a refrigerant leakage from the refrigerant circuit.
US11994325B2
The present invention provides a control device for detecting an abnormal operation state of a compressor in a parallel refrigerator. The control device is a control device for a refrigerator that includes a plurality of compressors connected in parallel, and detects occurrence of surging and occurrence of droplet suction on the basis of a deviation between values of currents flowing through electric motors that is configured to drive each of the plurality of compressors, and an operation point indicated by the air volume and the compression ratio of the plurality of compressors.
US11994314B2
The present disclosure provides a damper used in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. In an aspect, the damper may include a frame composed of at least two attached frame webs, each frame web comprising a C-shaped component. The damper may further include a damper blade removably attached to each compartment formed by the frame webs.
US11994302B2
A method for balancing mass flow during production failure or insufficiency in a district heating network comprising a plurality of substations, each substation comprising at least one primary side connected to the district heating network for transferring heat between the district heating network and the substation, a secondary side connected to least one space heating circuit for heating at least one space connected to the substation, and an adjustable valve arranged between the substation and the district heating network, the valve (102) in each substation being controlled by a heat curve f defining a calculated supply temperature (Tsupply, calc) for the space heating circuit on the secondary side of the substation as a function of a measured outdoor temperature (Toutdoor). The method further comprises a step of heat curve compensation for each substation and population compensation for all substations in the population. The result is then used to control the valve in the respective substation.
US11994295B2
A swirler assembly includes a swirler having primary swirler with a primary swirler venturi, a swirler ferrule plate connected to the primary swirler, and a fuel nozzle disposed in the swirler ferrule plate. The swirler ferrule plate has an aft wall, an annular conical wall, and an annular cavity wall that together form an annular cavity. The annular cavity includes a plurality of inlet orifices, and at least one outlet orifice. A flow of oxidizer through the plurality of inlet orifices into the annular cavity incurs a first pressure drop from a first pressure of a pressure plenum to a second pressure lower than the first pressure, and a flow of the oxidizer from the annular cavity through the at least one outlet orifice into the primary swirler venturi incurs a second pressure drop from the second pressure to a third pressure lower than the second pressure.
US11994271B2
An illumination module includes a light source, which includes an annular circuit board and a plurality of light sources arranged on the annular circuit board. The power supply driver is electrically connected with the annular circuit board. The illumination module further includes an optical component, having opposite front and back surfaces and comprising a power supply accommodating part and a lens part integrally connected to an around area of the power supply accommodating part, a back surface of the power supply accommodating part being provided with a power supply groove, where a front surface of the lens part is provided with a light distribution structure. The illumination module further includes a circuit snap-fit member and a plurality of mounting part snap-fit members extending from a back surface of the lens part.
US11994270B2
An overhead lighting system is set forth comprising a master module having a sensor for measuring distance to an area of interest, and at least one peripheral module pivotally connected to the master module, the at least one peripheral module having at least one lamp and a mechanism for pivoting the at least one peripheral module to an angle relative to the master module based on the distance to the area of interest, for focusing the at least one lamp on the area of interest.
US11994260B2
In various embodiments, a light emitting diode (LED) lamp is provided. The LED lamp may include a base; a first housing having a first end and a second end, the first end secured to the base; a second housing having at least in part a partially conical shape, an end of the second housing having a smaller diameter secured to the second end of the first housing; at least one LED secured within the second; driver circuitry secured within the LED flood lamp between the end of the base and the at least one LED; a reflector having a partially conical shape; and a diffuser element secured to at least one of a wider end of the reflector or the end of the second housing having the larger diameter. In some embodiments, the first or second housing may include one or more vents.
US11994244B2
A highly elastic annular seal assembly includes a metal stabilator having inner and outer spaced-apart and projecting annular plates coupled to a common base and forming a U-shaped geometry, and a metal seal ring having inner and outer spaced-apart and projecting annular plates coupled to a common base and having a U-shaped geometry with a central groove. The stabilator plates are configured to be disposed within the central groove between the seal ring plates, and the stabilator plates being configured to gradually urge the seal ring plates outward as the seal ring and stabilator are brought together until a portion of the first seal ring plate contacts and forms a seal against a mating body disposed within the first seal ring plate.
US11994243B2
A coolant connecting piece (100) for conducting coolant between a first housing (201, 503) and a second housing (203, 507). The coolant connecting piece (100) comprises a cylindrical main body (101) with a coolant channel formed on an inner side of the main body (101), and a protective ring (103) with a drip edge (117), wherein a cross-section of the protective ring (103) is greater than a cross-section of the main body (101), and wherein the drip edge (117) is configured to let condensate running off on an outer side of the main body (101), opposite the inner side, drip off into a predetermined region (213).
US11994237B2
An apparatus for vacuumizing and sealing a package includes a plurality of platens and vacuum chambers, each chamber adapted to mate with a dedicated one of the platens; a conveying system for conveying the platens and chambers along a generally angular path having a single axis of rotation; an automated loading assembly having a linear component and configured to load a package onto each of the platens; an automated unloading assembly having a linear portion and configured to unload a vacuumized, sealed package from each loaded platen onto an outfeed conveyor; and a vacuumizing/sealing system configured to cause relative movement of each chamber/platen pair, along a portion of the angular path, to form therebetween an air-tight enclosure accommodating the package and effect vacuumization and sealing of the package.
US11994236B2
A knife gate valve includes a shutoff apparatus and a valve stem in communication with the shutoff apparatus. The valve stem includes a threaded portion and a journaled portion above the threaded portion. The journaled portion has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the threaded portion. A head portion is sized and shaped to engage with a powered rotational tool. A yoke has a journal cutout through which the journaled portion of the valve stem is positioned. A vertical position of the valve stem is maintained by the yoke. The valve stem is rotatable within the yoke to operate the shutoff apparatus.
US11994230B2
A solenoid valve includes a valve portion and a solenoid portion. The valve portion has a sleeve and a valve body inserted into the sleeve. The solenoid portion includes a stator core having a magnetic attraction core, a sliding core, a magnetic flux passage suppressing portion that suppresses the passage of magnetic flux between the sliding core and the magnetic attraction core, a magnetic yoke, a coil portion, a plunger, and a magnetic tubular base portion. The base portion is fastened to a first outer peripheral surface of an end on the solenoid portion side in the axial direction of the sleeve, is arranged outside a radial direction of a second outer peripheral surface of the end on the valve portion side in the axial direction of the magnetic attraction core, and comes into contact with the yoke inside the yoke.
US11994228B2
A slide gate includes a gate body defining a first gate face and a second gate face; and an integral gate seal integrally formed with the first gate face, the integral gate seal comprising an additive material additively deposited on the first gate face, the integral gate seal defining a gate seating face.
US11994221B2
A water control valve may include a valve shell, a valve base, a shunt valve, and a temperature control unit. The valve shell has a control base, a driving valve piece, and a fixed valve piece, and a valve stem upwardly protrudes from a center of the control base out of the valve shell. The valve base comprises an upper base and a lower base, which are configured to fit together, and the upper base has an inner space to accommodate and install the temperature control unit therein. The temperature control unit has a cap, a supporting sleeve, a temperature sensor, a sealing sleeve, and a spring.
US11994218B2
An assembly is provided for rotational equipment. This assembly includes a seal device, a ring structure and a fastener. The seal device includes a plurality of seal shoes, a seal base and a plurality of spring elements. The seal shoes are arranged around a centerline in an annular array. The seal shoes include a first seal shoe. The seal base circumscribes the annular array. The spring elements include a first spring element. The first spring element connects and extends between the first seal shoe and the base. The ring structure is axially adjacent the seal device. The ring structure includes a fastener aperture extending axially through the ring structure. The fastener is mated with the fastener aperture and abutted axially against the seal device.
US11994217B2
A sliding component includes a pair of the sliding members being slidable relative to each other on sliding surfaces of the sliding members. One of the sliding surfaces includes a dimple group in which a plurality of dimples is arranged and each of the dimples has an opening portion whose shape has a long axis and a short axis orthogonal to the long axis. The dimple group includes a clockwise dimple group in which the dimples are arranged in a clockwise direction from an inner diameter side to an outer diameter side of the sliding surface and a counterclockwise dimple group in which the dimples are arranged in a counterclockwise direction from the inner diameter side to the outer diameter side of the one of the sliding surfaces.
US11994205B1
Systems are provided for an integrated oil shroud and pump oil pickup. In some examples, an assembly may include an oil shroud element configured to enclose a lower portion of at least one rotating gear of a gearbox, and an oil intake element with an oil filter and an oil outlet configured to couple to a pump of an oil recirculating circuit, where the oil intake element is in face-sharing contact with the oil shroud element.
US11994199B2
The present disclosure relates to a transmission having a ring gear in which a flexible gearwheel is arranged, where the flexible gearwheel is connected to a wave generator and the wave generator deforms the flexible gearwheel such that it is in engagement in some regions with the ring gear. The flexible gearwheel includes at least two toothed segments which are connected to one another by way of spring segments and at least one of the toothed segments includes a recess in which a pin element is arranged.
US11994186B2
A brake assembly having a brake pad assembly, a clip, and a sensor unit. The brake pad assembly has friction material that extends from a table. The clip straddles and engages the table. The sensor unit straddles the clip and the table such that the sensor unit engages opposing sides of the clip.
US11994185B2
Provided is a brake device for braking a rotational movement of a shaft about the longitudinal axis, wherein the shaft is mounted so as to be rotatable about the longitudinal axis in a direction of rotation and in a counter direction which opposes the direction of rotation. Brake devices typically use constant and relatively high braking torques, to ensure a controlled movement of a movement portion, braked by the brake device, in every situation. However, this increases the energy consumption for a movement of the movement portion, and the wear of the brake device. A brake device equipped with a setting device for mutually opposing setting of a braking torque on the shaft during rotation of the shaft in the direction of rotation, and a counter braking torque during rotation of the shaft in the counter direction is provided. Also provided is a method for controlling a brake device.
US11994179B2
An apparatus for correcting an imbalance in a rotating shaft and a method for correcting the imbalance in a rotating shaft. The joint assembly includes a first joint member that is drivingly connected to at least a portion of second joint member via one or more torque transmission elements. At least a portion of a first shaft is drivingly connected to at least a portion of a first joint member and at least a portion of a second shaft is drivingly connected to at least a portion of a second end portion of the second joint member. A boot can is connected to at least a portion of a first end portion of the second joint member and one or more balancing elements are attached to at least a portion of the boot can.
US11994177B2
A manual positioning assembly for connection to a shaft of a valve configured to manually manipulate a disc of the valve between an open and closed position. The manual valve positioning assembly includes a housing having a first and a second end. The first end includes a flange configured for fastening the housing to the valve. The second end includes a conical feature. An alignment bushing within the second end of the housing and a double universal joint. The double universal joint includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the double universal joint is configured to be mechanically fastened to the shaft of the valve. The second end is positioned within the alignment bushing and includes a socket configured to receive a tool that manually turns the double universal joint, the shaft, and the disc to position the disc in the open or closed position.
US11994169B2
Provided are a tape guide roller and tape drive having a guide roller having magnets and bushings to stabilize a roller barrel for a tape medium. The tape guide roller has a roller barrel extending around a vertical axis. The tape medium passes across the roller barrel to guide the tape medium on a tape path. A plurality of magnets positioned with respect to the vertical axis provide an axial force to stabilize the tape guide roller axially.
US11994167B2
Casing of a bearing unit for food applications, made of polymeric material and provided internally with a spherical seat for housing the bearing unit, the casing having a reinforcement in the form of a metal ring co-molded inside the casing and accommodated around the spherical seat of the casing.
US11994160B2
Disclosed is a fastener for coupling a first component to a second component. The fastener comprising a body portion, a bridge, and a shank portion. The body portion comprising a plurality of ribs arranged to form a U-bend. Each of the plurality of ribs defines a profile designed to regulate at least an insertion force of the fastener. The profile can be curved. The bridge connecting the plurality of ribs to each other at the U-bend. The shank portion extends from the body portion and includes a plurality of arms. Each arm is cantilevered at a free end of a rib from among the plurality of ribs and extends therefrom in a direction away from the body portion to be hingeable about the arm. The rib profile can be curved between the U-bend and shank portion.
US11994156B2
A removable passive airflow oscillation device can be disposed within a pressurized wing structure utilized as a plenum. The passive airflow oscillation device can be a removable insert disposed into exterior vehicle surfaces with pressurization of a sealed chamber to provide the airflow. The device can include a cavity configured to receive the airflow from an ingress opening, direct the airflow therethrough to generate a predetermined oscillating airflow, and expel the oscillatory airflow from the egress opening. The removable passive airflow oscillation devices can provide quick and simple replacement and maintenance of damaged or clogged devices. The aft chamber of the flap seal can be sealed and pressurized to serve as a plenum providing the airflow to the actuators. The device can receive airflow, such as compressor air, and expel an oscillating airflow. Because each device is self-contained the number of devices and location thereof can vary by application.
US11994153B2
A hydraulic control system for blowout preventers systems, frack valves and chokes, and related wellhead and control equipment used in oil and gas well drilling operations. The hydraulic control system can include one or more hydraulic control valves or pressure regulators including an internal, linear slider and pairs of seal rings. Lapped and polished surfaces of the seal rings and sliders can form a dynamic metal-to-metal seal within the hydraulic control valves or pressure regulators.
US11994151B1
A guiding grid is disclosed and includes plural circumferential elements and plural radial elements. The circumferential elements are disposed concentrically relative to a central axis, spaced apart from each other in a radial direction, and form different heights relative to a bottom surface. One of the circumferential elements forms a top height relative to the bottom surface, so that the circumferential elements are divided into an outer-ring region and a central region in the radial direction. The circumferential elements located in the central region are increased in height relative to the bottom surface along the radial direction. The circumferential element located in the outer ring region are reduced in height relative to the bottom surface along the radial direction. The radial elements are connected between each of two adjacent circumferential elements. At least one of the radial elements is misaligned and discontinuous in the radial direction.
US11994150B2
A method for controlling a hydraulic pumping system that includes a centrifugal pump operating at a functional point. The method uses parameters of the centrifugal pump at the functional point and end-of-lines characteristics of the centrifugal pump to determine an updated Net Positive Suction Head Required, NPSHr, value.
US11994139B2
An inflatable product includes an integrated axial-flow pump which produces a high rate of inflation. The pump includes a cover mounted to a body of the pump and selectively configurable between open and closed positions. In the open position, air is allowed to flow between the inflatable chamber and the ambient air through the pump body. When the cover is closed, the air chamber of the inflatable product is sealed with respect to the ambient air such that air is retained within the inflatable chamber when inflated. A power switch is positioned to be deactivated by the cover when the cover is mounted to the body of the pump, such that replacement of the cover during inflation or deflation of the inflatable product automatically deactivates the pump.
US11994138B2
A gas compressor includes a compressor main body, an electric motor that supplies driving force to the compressor main body, a power conversion device, a plurality of air release valves disposed in a plurality of air release systems communicating with a discharge piping system to discharge the compressed gas to an atmospheric pressure environment, and a controller. The gas compressor performing an unload operation of reducing, when a discharge pressure reaches a predetermined pressure, a load on the compressor main body by opening one of the air release valves. The gas compressor including the plurality air release systems for each of which the air release value is disposed, and a plurality of pressure regulating valves provided on a downstream side of each air release valve, respectively, wherein the controller selects one of the air release valves and performs the unload operation.
US11994134B2
The disclosure relates to a drive protection and management method of a pressurization system comprising at least two operatively independent hydraulic pumps, the method including setting a plurality of predetermined parameters by a user by means of an electronic control unit at each of the hydraulic pumps, detecting at least one pressure value by means of at least one pressure sensor at a delivery duct of each of the hydraulic pumps, determining a drive in a sequential and/or synchronized manner of the at least two hydraulic pumps by managing and interpolating, independently for each pump, these predetermined parameters and the at least one pressure value at each of the hydraulic pumps by means of each electronic control unit. The disclosure relates to a pressurization system as well, adapted to implement this method.
US11994133B2
The invention relates to a compressible and expandable blade for the rotor of a fluid pump having at least two lamellae which are disposed adjacently, are pivotable respectively relative to an axis of rotation of the rotor and moveable relative to each other, and abut against each other in the expanded state of the blade such that they form together a continuous blade surface.
US11994130B2
An electric compressor includes a housing, refrigerant inlet port, a refrigerant outlet port, an inverter section, a motor section, a compression device and a front cover. The housing defines an intake volume and a discharge volume. The refrigerant inlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to introduce the refrigerant to the intake volume. The compression device is a scroll-type compression device configured to compress the refrigerant. The refrigerant outlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to allow compressed refrigerant to exit the scroll-type electric compressor from the discharge volume.
US11994122B2
A reciprocating compressor comprising a cylinder and a piston dividing the cavity in the cylinder into a first and a second chamber being connected through respective suction valve systems and discharge valve systems to a suction duct and a discharge duct. The suction and discharge valve systems each including a housing defining a valve chamber and a valve body, whereby the compressor is further provided with a vessel defining a volume in fluid connection with a valve chamber of one of the discharge valve systems by a conduit.
US11994120B2
A capacity control valve includes a valve housing provided with a discharge port, suction ports, a control port allowing a control fluid of a control pressure Pc to pass therethrough and a primary valve including a primary valve seat and a primary valve body driven by a solenoid and opening and closing a communication between the discharge port and the control port by the movement of the primary valve body. The capacity control valve further includes a CS valve which includes a CS valve body, a first spring urging the CS valve body in a closing direction, and a second spring urging the CS valve body in an opening direction, the control port and the suction port being opened at a valve closed position of the primary valve body, the control port and the suction port being closed at a valve opened position of the primary valve body.
US11994109B2
Provide is a method of estimating free-stream inflow at a downstream wind turbine of a wind park, the method including: selecting, from plural candidate wind turbines previously defined specifically for the downstream wind turbine, an upstream wind turbine based on a currently determined wind direction; using determination equipment of the selected upstream wind turbine to determine the free-stream inflow.
US11994107B2
Provided is a control unit for a converter, in particular of a wind power installation and/or of a wind farm, comprising: an input for receiving a detected voltage and/or a detected current, an input for receiving a voltage set point and/or a current set point, an input for receiving a correction value and a feedback control system which is set up, depending on the detected voltage and/or the detected current and the voltage set point and/or the current set point and the correction value, to produce a reactive power set point for a modulated, preferably amplitude-modulated reactive and/or active power of the converter.
US11994105B2
The invention provides a method of shutting down a wind turbine, the wind turbine comprising a rotor with a plurality of blades; and a generator system coupled to the rotor. The method comprises: operating the generator system to generate electrical power and apply a load torque to the rotor; controlling the electrical power generated with a power reference signal; determining that a shutdown of the wind turbine is required; in response to the determination that a shutdown of the wind turbine is required, changing the power reference signal so as to increase the electrical power generated thereby slowing the rotor; determining that a speed of the rotor has reduced below a threshold; and in response to the determination that the speed of the rotor has decreased below the threshold, changing a pitch of the blades to further slow the rotor.
US11994104B2
A method for controlling a wind power installation, wherein the wind power installation has a rotor with a plurality of rotor blades, the rotor blades are adjustable in their blade angle, each rotor blade is activatable individually, for the individual activation, in each case a total adjustment rate Rof which indicates an intended speed of change of the respective blade angle is predetermined, a collective blade angle identical for all of the rotor blades is provided, a collective adjustment rate identical for all of the rotor blades describes an intended speed of change of the collective blade angle, an individual offset angle which indicates a value by which the blade angle is intended to deviate from the collective blade angle is predetermined for each rotor blade, an individual feed forward control adjustment rate which indicates an adjustment rate which is provided for reaching the offset angle is determined for each rotor blade from the individual offset angle, an individual offset deviation is determined for each rotor blade depending on a comparison of the individual offset angle and a detected blade angle of the rotor blade, and the total adjustment rate of each rotor blade is determined depending on the collective blade angle and/or the collective adjustment rate, the individual feed forward control adjustment rate, and the individual offset deviation.
US11994103B2
The wind turbine includes a rotor 6 and a stator 1 mounted coaxially therewith and provided with lower 2 and upper 3 support structures interconnected by vertical guide vanes 4 of the stator, oriented outward. A confuser 22 with blades 23 is mounted on the lower support structure 2, and a diffuser 9 is mounted at least partially above the stator 1. A lower disc 10 of the diffuser is rigidly attached to an upper part 11 of the diffuser that serves as the upper support structure 3 of the stator. Lower 19 and upper 16 half-axles of rotation of the rotor are installed in upper 17 and lower 21 support members, respectively. A rotor body 7 is made in the general approximate form of a hollow truncated cone tapering upward having a curvilinear surface, preferably hyperbolic. Rotor blades 8 have a curvilinear surface, preferably hyperbolic, and are installed on an outer surface of the rotor body 7. Upper 13 and lower 14 impellers with curvilinear blades 15 and 20 are mounted inside the rotor body. A rotor fan 25 is additionally installed inside a cavity 24 of the lower disc 10 of the diffuser 9. The blades of the fan are wrapped around the upper part of the outer surface of the rotor body 7. Spacing of the blades of the upper impeller 13 is chosen to be greater than a blade spacing of the fan 25.
US11994096B2
A VIVACE converter to harness energy from currents as well as from waves— that is, the present teachings provide a method and apparatus to collect energy from both currents and waves—using the same physical components. The present teachings are particularly useful in that either currents and/or waves may exist on their own nearly everywhere in the oceans and frequently coexist.
US11994091B2
A supplemental fuel system includes a supplemental fuel tank, an electronic valve, a voltage sensor, and a controller. The supplemental fuel tank is configured to store a supplemental fuel configured to supplement a primary fuel used by an engine. The electronic valve is configured to be positioned between the supplemental fuel tank and an air supply system for the engine. The voltage sensor is configured to acquire voltage data from a power supply indicative of a voltage of the power supply. The power supply is configured to receive power from an alternator driven by the engine. The controller is configured to control the electronic valve such that the electronic valve is closed in response to the voltage being less than a voltage threshold indicating that the engine is not operating and open/openable in response to the voltage being greater than the voltage threshold indicating that the engine is operating.
US11994078B1
Variable displacement pump with flow delivery to different systems with different pressure schedules
A system includes a variable displacement pump (VDP) with a pump inlet and a pump outlet. The VDP is configured to receive a flow at the pump inlet at a first pressure and to outlet a flow from the pump outlet at a second pressure elevated relative to the first pressure. The VDP includes a variable displacement mechanism configured to vary the second pressure. A controller is operatively connected to a pressure sensor and to the variable displacement mechanism for control of the VDP. An output splitter is configured to split flow from the pump outlet to a first outlet branch and to a second outlet branch for supplying two different systems each having a different pressure schedule. The output splitter is operatively connected to the controller, which is configured to control the output splitter to regulate pressure in both of the first and second outlet branches.
US11994077B2
Embodiments of a metering valve for a fuel nozzle are disclosed. The metering valve includes a fitting having an interior cavity and an inlet, a liner disposed within the interior cavity, and a spool having an orifice. The liner includes inlet ports, and the spool is disposed within the liner. The spool is configured to slide within the liner to control flow between the inlet and the orifice. The spool has an open position in which the spool uncovers the inlet ports, a closed position in which the spool is seated against the fitting, and a lifted off position in which the spool is not seated against the fitting and covers the inlet ports. A dribble flow path through at least one of the spool or the liner provides fluid communication between the inlet and the orifice when the spool is in the lifted off position.
US11994076B2
Embodiments of a fuel system are disclosed. The fuel system includes a bypass valve (BPV), a fuel metering valve (FMV), a flow sense valve (FSV), and an actuator regulating valve (ARV). The BPV includes a BPV valve member that regulates fuel flow from a BPV inlet to a BPV outlet. The position of the BPV valve member is controlled by pressures at an inlet and an outlet of the FMV. The FSV includes an FSV valve member that regulates fuel flow from an FSV inlet to an FSV outlet. The ARV includes an ARV inlet that is in fluid communication with the FSV outlet, and fuel flow through an ARV outlet regulates downstream actuators. The position of the FSV valve member to produce fuel flow through the FSV outlet to the ARV inlet is controlled at least in part by a pressure at the BPV outlet.
US11994066B2
A thermal management system of a gas turbine engine, the thermal management system including: a thermal transport bus configured to have a heat exchange fluid flowing therethrough and including a pump including a plurality of bearings; an auxiliary thermal bus in thermal communication with the plurality of bearings; and an auxiliary heat exchanger in thermal communication with the auxiliary thermal bus.
US11994064B2
An air intake for an aircraft propulsion system includes an air inlet duct and a flow control device. The air inlet duct includes an interior surface and an intake inlet. The interior surface extends from the intake inlet. The interior surface forms and surrounds an inlet flow passage through the air inlet duct. The intake inlet includes a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side. Each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side extend between and to the top side and the bottom side. The flow control device is disposed inside the air inlet duct at the first lateral side. The flow control device is configured to form an asymmetrical shape of the intake inlet at the first lateral side relative to the second lateral side.
US11994059B2
An electric exhaust turbocharger (10) has a turbine wheel (12), a compressor wheel (14) that is non-rotatably connected to the turbine wheel (12), and an electric drive motor having a stator (30) and a rotor (54). The rotor (54) is fixed to a rotor shaft (52) and is connected non-rotatably to the turbine wheel (12) and the compressor wheel (14) via the rotor shaft (52). The rotor (54) is arranged axially between the turbine wheel (12) and the compressor wheel (14) on the rotor shaft (52). Roller bearings (60, 60′) are arranged between the rotor (54) and the turbine wheel (12) on the one hand and between the rotor (54) and the compressor wheel (14) on the other hand. A single separate shaft bearing cassette (40) with a cassette frame (71) supports the two roller bearings (60, 60′).
US11994056B1
Estimating soot comprises connecting exhaust pipe to engine, exhaust pipe has diesel oxidation catalyst and diesel particulate filter. Fuel injector is connected to exhaust pipe upstream from diesel oxidation catalyst and diesel particulate filter. Delta exhaust pressure sensor measures difference in exhaust pressure at inlet and outlet to diesel particulate filter. Controller is connected to fuel injector and to delta exhaust pressure sensor. Controller determines when to conduct active regeneration of diesel particulate filter based on estimated amount of soot accumulated therein. Controller, in first regeneration mode, causes fuel injector to inject fuel at first rate into exhaust stream, and re-evaluates soot accumulated within diesel particulate filter under increased volumetric flow of exhaust stream. Controller, in second regeneration mode, causes fuel injector to inject fuel at second rate, larger than first rate, into exhaust stream to combust soot trapped in diesel particulate filter.
US11994053B2
An electrically heating converter includes: a pillar shaped honeycomb structure made of conductive ceramics, including: an outer peripheral wall; and a partition wall disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells penetrating from one end face to other end face to form a flow path; metal electrodes; conductive connecting portions arranged on a surface of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure; and a pressing member configured to press the metal electrodes against the conductive connecting portions, so that the metal electrodes are electrically connected to the pillar shaped honeycomb structure. Each of the conductive connecting portions has an electrical resistivity lower than that of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure.
US11994050B2
An apparatus and a method are provided for a crankcase breather vent assembly to direct blow-by gases out of an engine crankcase. A vent base comprising a generally cylindrical vessel communicates received blow-by gases into an interior cavity of a breather vent that comprises a filter medium. Baffles disposed within an interior cavity of the vent base capture oil carried along with the blow-by gases. The captured oil is directed to an oil sump of the engine by way of a suitable hose. A bonnet fastenably receives the breather vent and is configured to reduce a buildup of oil residue on nearby engine components. An outer profile of the breather vent is tapered along a longitudinal dimension of the filter medium to facilitate unrestricted air flow through the filter medium when the bonnet is installed onto the breather vent.
US11994046B2
A lower link (6) is provided with an oil hole (30) in a crank pin bearing portion (11) in order to supply a jet of oil to a connecting portion between an upper pin (4) and an upper link (3). Oil hole (30) is composed of a first oil hole (31) linearly extending from the inner peripheral surface of crank pin bearing portion (11) outwardly in the radial direction, and a second oil hole (32) linearly extending from the outer surface of lower link (6) so as to intersect a distal end portion of first oil hole (31). An inclination angle (θ) of first oil hole (31) with a divided surface (14) set as a reference becomes relatively small, and hence the position of an oil inlet (31b) involving a problem of stress concentration becomes closer to divided surface (14) exhibiting a relatively low stress. Consequently, the stress concentration at oil inlet (31b) is alleviated.
US11994034B2
A low pressure compressor section of a gas turbine engine includes low pressure compressor stages spaced apart along an axis of rotation of the low pressure compressor section. The low pressure compressor section includes at least one of a fluid conduit extending between an air inlet of the gas turbine engine and the low pressure compression stages. The fluid conduit having at least one flow diverter displaceable between a first position and a second position to modulate air through the low pressure compressor stages. And/or a compressor stage disabler is engageable with at least one of the low pressure compressor stages and configured to reduce a rotation thereof.
US11994031B2
A rotor unit assembly includes a rotor unit having a chamber and a rotor located within the chamber. The rotor has a piston which extends radially outward from the main body of the rotor; and a valve flange with an aperture. The rotor unit further comprises a rotatable hub, with a cavity configured to receive the piston. The rotor unit further comprises a first low pressure port provided in a path described by the piston; a first high pressure port positioned in a path described by the valve flange aperture around the clearance volume; and a second high pressure port positioned in a path described by the cavity around the hub axis.
US11994027B2
The present invention discloses a dendritic reverse underground mining method for a thin coal seam at an end slope of a strip mine. The method includes the following steps: step S1: using a continuous coal mining machine to excavate a main adit toward a boundary of the strip mine along a seam floor; step S2: excavating secondary adits on two sides of the main adit obliquely in a forward direction of the main adit; step S3: transporting the excavated coal out of the main adit by the self-moving belt conveyors; step S4: after the excavating of a secondary adit of the secondary adits is ended, withdrawing the continuous coal mining machine and the self-moving belt conveyor from the secondary adit, and then excavating subsequent secondary adits of the secondary adits in a similar way; step S5: filling the secondary adits, and filling a goaf of the main adit.
US11994021B2
An apparatus, method, and system for determining the propagation delay for a downhole wire and/or for monitoring the integrity of a downhole wire. The apparatus includes a first tool component and a second tool component spaced apart from the first tool component and communicatively coupled by a wire. The tool components include impedance altering devices configured to alter, for a predetermined period of time, either the source impedance at a first termination point of the wire and/or the load impedance at a second termination point of the wire sufficient to generate a characteristic signal reflection upon the transmission of a signal along a length of the wire between the first tool component and the second tool component.
US11994015B2
Methods for hydraulically fracturing a subterranean formation to improve the production rates and ultimate recovery by contacting unconsolidated resin-coated proppant particulates residing in a propped fracture with a reactive crosslinker in order to form a consolidated proppant pack are described. Additionally, methods for use in water injection wells to consolidate the resin-coated proppant particulates in a gravel packed or frac packed region of a wellbore are also described.
US11994003B2
A fallback prevention valve apparatus, system and method is described. An electric submersible pump (ESP) fallback prevention system includes an ESP assembly positioned in a downhole well, the ESP assembly including production tubing extending between a centrifugal pump and a surface of the downhole well such that during operation of the ESP assembly production fluid flows upward from the centrifugal pump through the production tubing to the surface, the production tubing including a fallback valve actuatable by the flow of production fluid, the fallback valve actuatable between an open position, wherein production fluid flowing upward through the fallback valve actuates the fallback valve into the open position, and a closed position, wherein production fluid flowing downward through the fallback valve actuates the fallback valve into the closed position, the closed position blocking sand carried by the production fluid from falling into the centrifugal pump.
US11994002B1
A valve assembly and a method for controlling a wellbore fluid flow. The valve assembly includes a tubular having an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface defines a void. Multiple flow paths paths extend from the inner surface to the outer surface. A flow tube is slideably coupled to the outer surface and movable between a first position preventing a flow of fluid through the flow paths and a second position allowing the flow of fluid through the flow paths. An actuator sub-assembly is operably coupled to the flow tube. The actuator sub-assembly is configured to actuate the flow tube from the first position to the second position responsive to a differential pressure greater than or equal to a threshold differential pressure. The actuator sub-assembly includes a pressure cartridge, a burst disc, a retention shear ring, a retraction power spring, and a pressure chamber.
US11993998B2
A device, system and method are provided for using a seal sub to isolate a well. The seal sub generally has a primary channel extending through the seal sub and seat positioned within the primary channel. As a ball setting tool passes through the seal sub and the seat, a ball connected to the setting tool with a shear pin contacts the seat and selectively connects to the seal sub. A predetermined force can be applied to the ball setting tool to break the shear pin, which leaves the seal ball in place, and the seal sub and the seal ball isolate the downhole pressures and contents from the uphole pressures and contents.
US11993997B1
The sealed lubricating head provides a lubricating compartment with no oiler or oil lines. The lubricating compartment is sealed by a top seal and a bottom seal that seals between the inner barrel and the outer barrel. The sealed lubricating head provides a bottom seal that seals the lubricating compartment. A rubber adapter secures the seal while also securing the rubber to the inner barrel.
US11993992B2
A modified cement retainer with milling assembly includes an elongate body that includes a first hollow portion near a first end of the body and a second portion near a second end of the body. A wellbore milling tool is positioned within the first hollow portion. The wellbore milling tool can perform milling operations within a wellbore. A cement flow pathway is defined within the body and the wellbore milling tool. The cement flow pathway extends end to end through the body, and passes through the wellbore milling tool. The cement flow pathway can flow cement through the well tool. A tool retainer is attached to the body. The tool retainer is can retain the wellbore milling tool within the first hollow portion of the elongate body and allow lowering the wellbore milling tool attached to the body within the wellbore.
US11993986B1
A clamp for a downhole tool includes a sleeve having an axis and sleeve bodies. The sleeve bodies are coupled together on a first side of the clamp. Fasteners are used to mechanically lock the sleeve bodies together on a second side of the clamp to surround and clamp onto an exterior of a drill string having pipes. The pipes are coupled together at their coupled connections. In addition, recesses are formed in an exterior of each sleeve body. Inserts are mounted in the recesses to provide low friction exterior surfaces for the clamp.
US11993983B2
An opening/closing direction restriction mechanism for a manual shutter device and an opening/closing direction restriction mechanism for a suspended sliding door device. This opening/closing direction restriction mechanism is provided with: a flange fixedly mounted on a fixed shaft; a bracket which is loosely fitted to the fixed shaft and can be integrally rotated with a winding member; and a two-way clutch which can be switched between a reverse rotation inhibited state in which the revolution of a planetary external gear along a winding direction of the winding member is allowed and the revolution of the planetary external gear along an unwinding direction is inhibited, and a forward rotation inhibited state in which the revolution of the planetary external gear along the winding direction of the winding member is inhibited and the revolution of the planetary external gear along the unwinding direction is allowed.
US11993982B2
A roller blinds structure, having a casing provided with side walls that define an inner chamber intended to house drive means linked to a blind or similar, and guide profiles able to be located at opposite ends of the casing, which are configured to guide the blind or similar, the guide profiles being intended to extend in a downward direction with respect to the positioning of the casing, including an attachment system to attach each one of the guide profiles and the casing. The attachment system includes a first interconnection member able to be coupled to one end of the casing by means of fixing means and a connector member able to be coupled to the first interconnection member by means of first releasable quick-fit means and able to be coupled to a respective guide profile by means of second releasable quick-fit means.
US11993979B2
The invention relates to a sliding security gate inside a framed pocket unit. These Pocket Sliding Security Gates can be assembled and installed inside of the wall and positioned to close off rooms, hallways, and/or stairs for the protection of babies and toddlers, pets, and the disabled elderly. The Pocket Sliding Security Gate can be placed during construction where it can close across openings or hallways at the top or bottom of the stairs to provide safety and security to the vulnerable population listed above. In addition, this Pocket Sliding Security Gate also has an alarm attached to the end of the security gate so that when it opens, the alarm sounds to let the gatekeeper know that the security has been compromised.
US11993976B2
A door assembly is shown and described herein. The door assembly may include at least one door panel and a door frame having a plurality of frame members including a header and a mullion. The invention may also be considered a frame member. The frame member may be a mullion and include a core; and a two-piece top piece adjoining the core to form a structural member. The door assembly may further include at least one adjacent panel. The inventions disclosed are also applicable to jambs and window structures. Also disclosed are methods and assemblies for a mullion door frame member.
US11993974B2
The invention relates to a system for controlling access to a restricted area in a building, which system has a sliding door system and a controller for the sliding door system. The sliding door system has a door frame and a sliding door which can be displaced by a drive unit actuated by the controller. The door frame has a passage region and a wall shell region which accommodates the sliding door in the open position. The sliding door has an end face which points toward the passage region in the open position. The controller has a processor unit and a sensor unit, the sensor unit is arranged on the end face and the processor unit is arranged between the door leaves. A recognition device captures and checks credentials presented by a user. If the credentials are valid, a record is determined in a storage device, in which the credentials are assigned to an opening width (W) of the sliding door, in order to trigger the movement of the sliding door according to said opening width (W). The controller is designed to recognize a gesture made by the user and to actuate the sliding door depending on said gesture in deviation from the opening width (W).
US11993970B2
A window system includes a window that moves between a closed position and an open position, and a pressure-sensitive material disposed on an edge of the window. An object detection method includes moving a window from a more open position to a less open position, and during the moving, detecting an electrical parameter using a pressure-sensitive material.
US11993967B2
A sliding door roller for a sliding door includes a slide disposed within a housing and a truck assembly disposed within the slide. When the truck assembly is retracted within the slide, the truck assembly and the slide are at least partially engaged to as to restrict or prevent the truck assembly from dropping out of the housing and rotating within the housing. The truck assembly being disengaged from the slide via an adjustment fastener to move the truck assembly towards and extended position relative to the housing.
US11993945B1
A collapsible pole stand for holding a pole may include a shaft; a pair of arms extending from a top end of the shaft, wherein the pair of arms form an upward V-shape; a middle collar rotatably engaged with a middle section of the shaft; a pair of long legs attached to and extending from the middle collar, wherein the pair of long legs form a downward V-shape; a lower collar engaged with a bottom section of the shaft; and a pair of short legs attached to and extending from the lower collar, wherein the pair of short legs form a smaller downward V-shape.
US11993943B2
A support system for supporting a work surface, such as a floating roof during maintenance of the associated tank. More particularly, the present disclosure is directed to providing a system composed on elements which can be transported without constrictive spaces, assembled within work area, and employed to provide support to a structure above and to provide a safe working environment therein. The support system includes four support members, each having a jack, a lower, and a cap, eight connectors which fix the support members in relation to one another and provide rigidity, and may include two connecting shafts to permit simultaneous adjustment of two jacks on a side of the support system.
US11993935B2
An awning assembly having an awning connection system for coupling an awning canopy to a support structure and providing a cover to the awning canopy when the awning assembly is in a closed position. The awning connection system comprises a unitary film segment having a distal end connected to the awning canopy and a proximal end for securing to the support structure. The unitary film segment further comprises an attached region for coupling the unitary film segment to the awning canopy.
US11993917B2
A working vehicle includes a drive unit having inverters, AC motors, hydraulic pumps, a battery, a controller, a battery management system, a switch, an electromagnetic contactor, and a display unit, and the switch is signal-connected to the controller, a stop signal is transmitted to the controller when the switch is turned off, and the controller performs stop control in which the AC motors are operated during a term to thereby set a residual voltage to be lower than a predetermined set voltage.
US11993914B2
Protective shields configured to prevent projection against projectiles, such as during excavating and/or mining operations, are provided. The protective shields include a base layer comprising one or more transparent polycarbonate layers, a sacrificial polycarbonate layer comprising a transparent polycarbonate, and an air gap positioned directly between at least a portion of the base layer and the sacrificial polycarbonate layer. The sacrificial polycarbonate layer is directly or indirectly attached to the base layer in a manner to provide the air gap positioned between the base layer and the sacrificial polycarbonate layer.
US11993903B2
A chute control assembly for a snow thrower having a housing, handle, and a chute includes a control mechanism, a connecting mechanism, and a guide mechanism. The control mechanism includes an actuator mechanism that allows an operator to manually control the orientation of the chute from a position spaced apart from the chute. The connecting mechanism transfers rotation of the actuator mechanism to the guide mechanism. The guide mechanism is attached to the chute and rotates and adjust the orientation of the chute in response to rotation of the actuator mechanism in order to change the direction that snow is thrown from the snow thrower.
US11993898B2
In a self-propelled construction machine or mining machine, in particular milling machine for working a ground surface, including a machine frame, a working device for working the ground surface, which is supported on the machine frame, wherein the working device is at least partially enclosed by a housing, at least one movable side plate, which closes the housing on at least one of the two sides of the working device , wherein the movable side plate rests on the ground surface in floating position during the working operation, it is provided that a clearing scraper is arranged in front of the at least one movable side plate as seen in the direction of travel, wherein the clearing scraper comprises at least one clearing edge for penetrating ground material lying on the ground surface in front of the movable side plate, and clears the ground material for the movable side plate so that the movable side plate may rest on the ground surface.
US11993892B2
A laundry folding appliance includes one or more folding panels mechanically coupled to a cabinet and at least partially defining a folding surface for receiving articles of clothing. An actuating assembly selectively pivots the folding panels to fold the articles of clothing and a camera assembly is positioned in view of the folding surface. A controller obtains one or more images using the camera assembly, identifies the laundry articles positioned on the folding surface by analyzing the one or more images using a laundry identification model, adds the laundry articles to a closet inventory list, and subsequently provides a clothing recommendation selected from the closet inventory list based at least in part on a recommendation model.
US11993888B2
A laundry treatment agent dispensing assembly for use in a laundry treatment device, and a laundry treatment device including a body; the laundry treatment agent dispensing assembly includes a storage container fixed to the body, a dispensing container slidably connected to the body, and a liquid guiding cannula; one end of the liquid guiding cannula is communicated with the dispensing container, and the other end of the liquid guiding cannula is inserted into the storage container; the length of the liquid guiding cannula is set so that the other end of the liquid guiding cannula does not go out of the storage container when the dispensing container moves away from the storage container; when a laundry treatment agent is added, it is only needed to pull the dispensing container from the body, and the liquid guiding cannula enables the dispensing container to be communicated with the storage container.
US11993879B2
A unique and distinctive adhesive pattern is applied to a base web, such as a nonwoven web. The adhesive pattern can include a plurality of treated discrete areas that can extend parallel in the longitudinal direction of the web. Each treated discrete area can include a head portion connected to a tail portion. The head portion, in one embodiment, can have a greater amount of adhesive composition based on mass per area in relation to the amount of adhesive composition contained in the tail portion. The overall length of the treated discrete area can be relatively short in relation to adhesive patterns produced in the past using conventional slot coating processes. The adhesive pattern provides a secure attachment to an adjoining material and can provide various processing advantages.
US11993872B2
A loom including a drive transmission shaft connected to a warp beam via a gear member inside a loom frame and inserted in a through-hole formed in a side frame, and a support structure for supporting the drive transmission shaft, the support structure including a first bearing and a second hearing externally fitted to the drive transmission shaft at an interval in an axis line direction. The support structure includes a first bearing case configured to accommodate therein the first bearing and attached to the side frame inside the loom frame and a second bearing case configured to accommodate therein the second bearing and attached to the side frame outside the loom frame.
US11993866B2
The present invention relates to a fiber-nanowire composite-based sheet having super-amphiphilic characteristics. In the present invention, fibers including metal nanoparticles or metal oxide nanoparticles embedded in the fibers or located on the surface of the fibers are synthesized, and a sheet based on a composite in which metal nanowires or metal oxide nanowires have been grown from the above fibers is provided. A sheet of the present invention has super-amphiphilic characteristics and can be used in various fields such as the antibacterial filter field, the antibacterial film field, the antiviral filter field, the antiviral film field, the antifouling coating field, the drug delivery vehicle field, or the water treatment filter field.
US11993864B2
A method for forming a silicon carbide material with a plurality of negatively charged silicon mono-vacancy defects includes irradiating a silicon carbide sample, annealing the irradiated silicon carbide sample in an annealing operation, and quenching the annealed silicon carbide sample. Quenching may include heating the annealed silicon carbide sample to a maximum temperature and quenching the annealed silicon carbide sample to form the silicon carbide sample with the plurality of negatively charged silicon mono-vacancy defects.
US11993863B2
A metal product includes a metal substrate, at least one first hole, at least one second hole, and at least one third hole. The first hole is formed in a surface of the metal substrate. The second hole is formed in at least one of a portion of the surface of the metal substrate without the first hole and an inner surface defining the first hole. The third hole is formed in at least one of a portion of the surface of the metal substrate without the first hole and without the second hole, a portion of the inner surface defining the first hole without the second hole, and an inner surface defining the second hole. The first, second, and third holes enhance a bonding strength between the metal product and a material product. The disclosure also provides a metal composite and a method for manufacturing the metal product.
US11993849B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a carbon hard mask laminated on an etching target film, in which the concentration ratio of a methylene group CH2 and a methyl group CH3 contained in the carbon hard mask satisfies the expression CH2/(CH2+CH3)≥0.5.
US11993847B2
An injector configured to be placed in a process chamber of a batch furnace assembly for injecting a gas into said process chamber. The injector has an elongated, tubular housing enclosing an injection chamber. The housing has a gas inlet opening for supplying a gas from a gas source to the injection chamber, at least one gas supply opening for supplying the gas from the injection chamber into the process chamber, and a circumferential wall extending in a longitudinal direction of the housing. The circumferential wall comprises a first lateral wall half and a second lateral wall half. Both lateral wall halves substantially span a length of the housing in the longitudinal direction. The first and second lateral wall halves are fastened to each other by means of mechanical fastening.
US11993845B2
Methods for depositing a metal containing material formed on a certain material of a substrate using an atomic layer deposition process for semiconductor applications are provided. In one embodiment, a method of forming a metal containing material on a substrate comprises pulsing a first gas precursor comprising a metal containing precursor to a surface of a substrate, pulsing a second gas precursor comprising a silicon containing precursor to the surface of the substrate, forming a metal containing material selectively on a first material of the substrate, and thermal annealing the metal containing material formed on the substrate.
US11993834B2
A bonded soft magnet object comprising bonded soft magnetic particles of an iron-containing alloy having a soft magnet characteristic, wherein the bonded soft magnetic particles have a particle size of at least 200 nm and up to 100 microns. Also described herein is a method for producing the bonded soft magnet by indirect additive manufacturing (IAM), such as by: (i) producing a soft magnet preform by bonding soft magnetic particles with an organic binder, wherein the magnetic particles have an iron-containing alloy composition with a soft magnet characteristic, and wherein the particles of the soft magnet material have a particle size of at least 200 nm and up to 100 microns; (ii) subjecting the preform to an elevated temperature sufficient to remove the organic binder to produce a binder-free preform; and (iii) sintering the binder-free preform at a further elevated temperature to produce the bonded soft magnet.
US11993831B1
Printable high-strength alloys, including aluminum alloys can be produced in an additive manufacturing process. Such alloys can include aluminum-silver (“Al—Ag”) alloys that are produced by a laser melting process using a powder bed fusion. The results of the process and the characteristics of the produced alloy can be determined by controlling at least an energy beam power, an energy beam speed, and/or an energy beam size. The operational parameters can be controlled with high precision to produce a printable, high-strength aluminum alloy.
US11993830B2
Improved 8000-series aluminum alloys exhibiting improved creep resistance and stress relaxation resistance are disclosed and are useful to form wires. The improved 8000-series aluminum alloys include a rare earth element. The electrical conductivity of the aluminum alloy is substantially unaffected by the addition of the rare earth element.
US11993820B2
The present technology relates to methods for excluding Lynch syndrome as a possible diagnosis in patients suffering from colorectal cancers or endometrial cancers. These methods are based on detecting the methylation status of the MLH1 promoter ‘C’ region in colorectal and endometrial cancer patients using an improved and highly sensitive methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLPA) assay.
US11993816B2
The invention includes compositions and methods useful for the diagnosis, assessment, and characterization of endometriosis in a subject in need thereof, based upon the expression level of at least one miRNA that is associated with endometriosis.
US11993815B2
Next Generation DNA sequencing promises to revolutionize clinical medicine and basic research. However, while this technology has the capacity to generate hundreds of billions of nucleotides of DNA sequence in a single experiment, the error rate of approximately 1% results in hundreds of millions of sequencing mistakes. These scattered errors can be tolerated in some applications but become extremely problematic when “deep sequencing” genetically heterogeneous mixtures, such as tumors or mixed microbial populations. To overcome limitations in sequencing accuracy, a method Duplex Consensus Sequencing (DCS) is provided. This approach greatly reduces errors by independently tagging and sequencing each of the two strands of a DNA duplex. As the two strands are complementary, true mutations are found at the same position in both strands. In contrast, PCR or sequencing errors will result in errors in only one strand. This method uniquely capitalizes on the redundant information stored in double-stranded DNA, thus overcoming technical limitations of prior methods utilizing data from only one of the two strands.
US11993809B2
The present invention relates to a method for analyzing a biological sample on a single cell level by compartmentalizing said sample using a grid and performing an optimized combinatorial indexing protocol within cells of the compartmentalized tissue while deducing cell-specific information regarding the cell identity and activity in the spatial context within the sample.
US11993808B2
The present disclosure relates to an experimental apparatus for a biochip comprising: an enclosure within which a chamber configured to hold the biochip and a solution is disposed, wherein the enclosure is provided with an observation area, for observing a reaction process of the biochip and the solution in the chamber during an experiment.
US11993801B2
Disclosed herein include methods and compositions for nucleic acid synthesis using a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase with deoxyribonucleotide trisphosphates each comprising a modified base with a photocleavable carbon chain moiety that enables single incorporations when present.
US11993781B2
The present invention relates to a method for obtaining stable pseudotyped lentiviral particles including a heterologous gene of interest, comprising the following steps: a) transfecting at least one plasmid in appropriate cell lines, wherein said at least one plasmid comprises the gene of interest, the rev. gag and pol genes, and a sequence coding for an ERV syncytin, wherein the rev, gag and pol genes are retroviral genes; b) incubating the transfected cells obtained in a), so that they produce the stable pseudotyped lentiviral particles in the supernatant; and c) harvesting and concentrating the stable lentiviral particles obtained in b). The present invention also relates to a method to transduce immune cells using lentiviral vectors pseudotyped with an ERV syncytin glycoprotein. The method can be performed on non-stimulated blood cells or on cells stimulated briefly with IL7, and the cells can be expanded. The stable pseudotyped lentiviral particles obtained are particularly useful in gene therapy.
US11993773B2
The invention is directed to methods for synthesizing oligonucleotides directly on biomolecules or cells living or fixed. In some embodiments, template-free enzymatic synthesis is implemented under biological conditions with successive cycles of (i) enzymatic addition of a 3′-O-blocked nucleoside triphosphate and (ii) enzymatic deblocking of the incorporated nucleotide to regenerate a free 3′ hydroxyl. The invention has applications in single-cell cDNA library construction and analysis.
US11993761B2
The invention is a system and method for transforming food waste into a commercial cleaning product. The system is containable in an enclosed facility and installable in urban environments. Food waste is sorted and ground into uniformly sized particles, heated to an acceleration temperature, inoculated with an inoculant including lactic acid bacteria, which is mixed into the ground waste. The waste then undergoes sedentary fermentation for times as short as 24 hours or less. The fermented waste is separated into liquids and solids, and liquids are further separated into at least one distillation stream. Solids are dried to obtain a second distillation stream.
US11993756B2
The present invention relates to a low-temperature additive for fuel oils having a sulfur content of less than 50 ppm, comprising i) at least one oil-soluble amide-ammonium salt of a polycarboxylic acid with a mono- and/or dialkylamine (A) and ii) 5-100% by weight, based on the amount of amide-ammonium salt (A), of an oil-soluble amine (B), and iii) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight, based on the amount of amide-ammonium salt (A), of a resin formed from at least one aromatic compound bearing an alkyl radical and an aldehyde and/or ketone (D).
US11993755B2
Proposed is a pretreatment desulfurization method for marine fuel oil. The method includes a step of preparing a pretreatment desulfurization agent including (a) at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, TiO2, MgO, MnO, CaO, Na2O, K2O, and P2O3, (b) at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Sr, Cd, and Pb, and (c) at least one liquid composition selected from the group consisting of sodium tetraborate (Na2B4O7.10H2O), sodium hydroxide (NaOH), sodium silicate (Na2SiO3). and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The method also includes a step of feeding the pretreatment desulfurization agent to a fuel supply line through which marine fuel oil is supplied to a marine engine at a certain ratio so that a fluid mixture containing the marine fuel oil and the pretreatment desulfurization agent is supplied to the marine engine, thereby adsorbing and removing sulfur oxides during combustion of the fluid mixture.
US11993744B2
The present disclosure describes solid compositions comprising a paraffin inhibitor and a corrosion inhibitor. The paraffin inhibitors include polymers having various repeat units containing one or more ester moieties. The corrosion inhibitors can be imidazoline compounds, quaternary ammonium compounds, or a combination thereof. These solid compositions can be used to treat subterranean hydrocarbon-containing reservoir and can inhibit or reduce paraffin deposition in the reservoir and/or inhibit or reduce corrosion in a piece of equipment in contact with the reservoir.
US11993714B2
The invention relates to a copolymer containing rigid polyamide PA blocks and flexible blocks, characterized in that it includes at least one carboxylic acid chain end blocked with a polycarbodiimide, said copolymer according to the invention being in noncrosslinked linear form. The invention also relates to the use of a polycarbodiimide in a process for manufacturing a copolymer containing rigid polyamide PA blocks and flexible blocks, including at least one carboxylic acid chain end, for improving the extrudability of the copolymer, the drawability of the copolymer, the abrasion resistance, the tear strength and the durability of the copolymer, without increasing its dispersity.
US11993709B2
Provided are tread rubber compositions and pneumatic tires which are excellent in abrasion resistance. Included is a tread rubber composition containing, based on 100% by mass of a rubber component therein, 10% by mass or more of styrene-butadiene rubber and 10% by mass or more of polybutadiene rubber, and having an absolute value of change in hardness before and after heat aging, |ΔHs|, satisfying the following relationship (1) and an absolute value of change in Swell before and after heat aging, |ΔSwell|, satisfying the following relationship (2) |ΔHs|≤3.0 (1); |ΔSwell|≤20% (2).
US11993701B2
New polypropylene composition which combines low sealing initiation temperature (SIT), high hot-tack, good optical properties, like low haze and its use, and improved stiffness/impact balance.
US11993694B2
A conductive polyester composition is provided, which includes a polyester base material and a conductive reinforcing material. The conductive reinforcing material includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes, and the plurality of carbon nanotubes are dispersed in the polyester base material. In each of the carbon nanotubes, a length of the carbon nanotube is defined as L, a diameter of the carbon nanotube is defined as D and is between 1 nanometer and 30 nanometers, and an L/D value of the carbon nanotube is between 300 and 2,000. The plurality of carbon nanotubes are in contact with each other to form a plurality of contact points, so that the conductive polyester composition has a surface impedance of not greater than 107 Ω/sq.
US11993677B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include one or more UV-C light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the UV-C unit. The UV-C unit is mounted on either a universal mounting mechanism or a mobile support unit to provide mobility to the UV-C unit.
US11993664B2
A crystalline form A of the compound having formula (I) and uses thereof in medicine are described. Specifically, it relates to crystalline form A and pharmaceutically compositions thereof. Furthermore, it relates to the uses of crystalline form A disclosed herein and pharmaceutically compositions thereof disclosed herein in the manufacture of a medicament, especially in the manufacture of a medicament for preventing, managing, treating or lessening hepatitis C vims (HCV) infection.
US11993661B2
The present application provides constructs comprising an antibody moiety that specifically binds to PSMA (e.g., PSMA expressed on the surface of a cell). Also provided are methods of making and using these constructs.
US11993644B2
The disclosure provides, in various embodiments, polypeptides (e.g., antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof) that specifically bind to S2 domains of betacoronavirus Spike glycoproteins, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Spike glycoproteins. The disclosure also provides, in various embodiments, fusion proteins comprising one or more of polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding polypeptides, vectors and host cells suitable for expressing polypeptides, and methods for treating viral infections (e.g., COVID-19).
US11993643B2
Polypeptides with biophysical properties such as solubility, stability, high expression, monomericity, binding specificity or non-aggregation, including monomeric human heavy and light chain variable domains (VHs and VLs), are identified using a high throughput method for screening polypeptides, comprising the steps of obtaining a phage display library, allowing infection of a bacterial lawn by the library phage, and identifying phage which form larger than average plaques on the bacterial lawn. Sequences of monomeric human VHs and VLs are identified, which may be useful for immunotherapy or as diagnostic agents. Multimer complexes of human VHs and VLs are also identified. The VHs and VLs identified may be used to create further libraries for identifying additional polypeptides. Further, the VHs and VLs may be subjected to DNA shuffling to select for improved biophysical properties.
US11993642B2
The present invention relates to trivalent, bispecific antibodies, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing the antibodies, and uses thereof.
US11993636B2
This disclosure relates to antigenic OspA polypeptides and their use in eliciting antibodies against OspA. Also disclosed are antigenic polypeptides comprising an OspA polypeptide and a ferritin protein.
US11993635B2
This invention relates to the field of genetic engineering. Specifically, the invention relates to the construction of operons to produce biologically active agents. For example, operons may be constructed to produce agents that control the function of biochemical pathway proteins (e.g., protein phosphatases, kinases and/or proteases). Such agents may include inhibitors and modulators that may be used in studying or controlling phosphatase function associated with abnormalities in a phosphatase pathway or expression level. Fusion proteins, such as light activated protein phosphatases, may be genetically encoded and expressed as photoswitchable phosphatases. Systems are provided for use in controlling phosphatase function within living cells or in identifying small molecule inhibitors/activator/modulator molecules of protein phosphatases associated with cell signaling.
US11993631B2
A large-scale process is described herein for preparing a cyclic peptide as described, comprising solid phase peptide synthesis of a linear peptide and cleaving it from the resin; oxidizing cysteine residues to form an intramolecular disulfide bond; and isolating the cyclic peptide, wherein: (i) coupling uses diisopropylcarbodiimide and ethyl cyanohydroxyiminoacetate and/or N-hydroxybenzotriazole; (ii) cleaving comprises contacting the peptide with a solution comprising TFA and dithioerythritol and/or dithiothreitol; (iii) the peptide is precipitated after cleaving without prior concentration of the peptide by evaporation; (iv) oxidizing comprises contacting an aqueous solution comprising at least 5 mg/mL peptide with hydrogen peroxide; (v) isolating comprises loading the peptide on a reverse phase chromatography at up to 40 grams/kg column, and elution from the column; (vi) isolating comprises lyophilization, followed by grinding the peptide; and/or (vii) substitution of the resin is at least 0.3 milliequivalents/gram, and/or the resin is a Rink aminomethylstyrene resin.
US11993626B2
Embodiments of the present application relate to functionalized N-acetylgalactosamine-analogs, methods of making, and uses of the same. In particular, mono or trivalent N-acetylgalactosamine analogs may be prepared by utilizing a wide variety of linkers containing functional groups. These functionalized N-acetylgalactosamine-analogs may be used in the preparation of targeted delivery of oligonucleotide-based therapeutics.
US11993616B2
The present specification relates to a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, a composition for forming an optical film and an optical film comprising the same, and a display device comprising the optical film.
US11993609B2
The present disclosure addresses this need by providing crystalline fine particle forms of PRX-3140 potassium salt, methods for preparation and the treatment for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias affecting the cholinergic and/or serotonergic systems including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In certain aspects, the present disclosure provides novel methods of preparing the compound of Formula I thereof, or PRX-3140 potassium salts, crystalline fine particle forms of PRX-3140 potassium salt, and compositions comprising them. In certain aspects, the present disclosure provides novel crystalline fine particle form of PRX-3140 potassium salt which may provide advantages including improved bioavailability and stability relative to other crystalline or amorphous forms. In other aspects, the present disclosure provides oral dosage forms of crystalline fine particle form of PRX-3140 potassium salt and excipients with improved stability. In additional aspects, the present disclosure provides novel methods of synthesizing novel crystalline fine particle form of PRX-3140 potassium salt, preparing crystalline PRX-3140 potassium salt particle delivery systems (PDS), and preparing novel final dosage forms (FDF) of crystalline fine particle PRX-3140 potassium salt. In certain aspects, the present disclosure provides novel crystalline forms of fine particle PRX-3140 potassium salt which may provide advantages including improved bioavailability and stability relative to other crystalline or amorphous forms.
US11993608B2
Novel selective estrogen receptor degraders (SERDs) according to the formula: pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, wherein either R1 or R2 is independently selected from Cl, F, —CF3, or —CH3, and the other is hydrogen, and methods for their use are provided.
US11993601B2
Bridged compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II), pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods of making them, and methods of using them including methods for treating disease states, disorders, and conditions associated with MGL modulation, such as those associated with pain, psychiatric disorders, neurological disorders (including, but not limited to major depressive disorder, treatment resistant depression, anxious depression, bipolar disorder), cancers and eye conditions. wherein R2, R3 R4, R5 and R6 are defined herein.
US11993595B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds and methods for the manufacture of inhibitors of deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs). In particular, the invention relates to the inhibition of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1). The invention further relates to the use of DUB inhibitors in the treatment of cancer and other indications. Compounds of the invention include compounds having the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 to R8 are as defined herein.
US11993586B2
Provided herein are crystalline and amorphous forms of a compound having structural formula (1). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline and amorphous forms, methods for their manufacture, and uses thereof for treating a variety of diseases, disorders or conditions, associated with potassium channels.
US11993585B2
The present invention is related to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent and a compound represented by the following structural formula: The present invention is also related a method of treating a subject with a disease which can be ameliorated by inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP). The definitions of the variables are provided herein.
US11993570B2
The present invention provides a technique that enables introduction of active ingredients, in particular, nucleic acids, into cells with superior efficiency; and cationic lipids, etc., for use in the technique. The compound or a salt thereof according to the present invention is a compound represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof. In formula (I), n represents an integer of 2 to 5, R represents a linear C1-5 alkyl group, a linear C7-11 alkenyl group, or a linear C11 alkadienyl group, and wavy lines each independently represent a cis-bond or a trans-bond.
US11993568B2
Multi-reactor systems with aromatization reactor vessels containing a catalyst with low surface area and pore volume, followed in series by aromatization reactor vessels containing a catalyst with high surface area and pore volume, are disclosed. Related reforming methods using the different aromatization catalysts also are described.
US11993564B2
Provided is a method of decomposing phenolic by-products, and more particularly, a method of decomposing phenolic by-products including: supplying a phenolic by-product stream to a decomposition device to perform thermal decomposition; separating an upper discharge stream including effective components and a lower discharge stream including materials having a high boiling point in the decomposition device; supplying the lower discharge stream from the decomposition device, a side discharge stream from the decomposition device, and a process water stream to a mixing device and mixing these streams; and supplying a discharge stream from the mixing device to a layer separation device to separate the discharge stream from the mixing device into an oil phase and an aqueous phase.
US11993561B2
The present disclosure discloses an expectorant compound, and specifically discloses compounds represented by formula I and formula II, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or tautomers thereof.
US11993559B2
The invention relates to a process for treating an alcoholic feedstock, comprising: a) a stage of preheating of said alcoholic feedstock to a temperature of between 70° C. and 200° C.; b) a stage of pretreatment on an acidic solid, operating at a temperature of between 70° C. and 200° C., to produce a pretreated alcoholic feedstock; c) a stage of partial vaporization to produce a vaporized stream and a liquid stream; and d) a stage of purification of the liquid stream resulting from stage c), to give a stream rich in water, a stream rich in monoalcohol and a stream rich in impurities.
US11993555B2
Disclosed are a type of conjugated triene compounds (1), and a preparation and application thereof. In this method, a 2-(cyclohexenylidene)malonic acid derivative is sequentially subjected to isomerization, halogenation reaction in the presence of a halogenating agent and dehydrohalogenation to prepare the conjugated triene compounds (1). This disclosure further provides a method of preparing a 2-aryl malonic acid derivative from the conjugated triene compounds (1) through aromatization reaction.
US11993549B2
A solids separator for use in a composting system for separating solid waste from liquid waste in a stream of waste includes a housing defining a waste inlet for receiving the stream of waste, a liquids outlet for passing the liquid waste, and a solids outlet for passing the solid waste. A separator belt is positioned within the housing and extending between the liquids outlet and the solids outlet, the separator belt defining a plurality of apertures through which the liquid waste passes through the separator belt and into the liquids outlet. A drive cylinder is rotatably mounted within the housing for selectively rotating the separator belt such that a top surface of the belt is moved toward the solids outlet along with the solid waste that is extracted from the stream of waste.
US11993546B2
Methods and ceramic matrix composite articles formed thereby, as well as systems for making such ceramic matrix composite articles and carrying out such methods are disclosed herein. The methods include preparing a ceramic matrix composite by steps including (a) providing reinforcing fiber, such as carbon fiber, for impregnation; (b) heat treating the reinforcing fiber; (c) impregnating the heat treated reinforcing fiber with a composition comprising a ceramic forming polymer to form a fiber reinforced, ceramic forming polymer pre-preg; and (d) heat molding the fiber reinforced, ceramic forming polymer pre-preg to form a molded ceramic matrix composite article.
US11993545B2
A silicon carbide ceramic honeycomb structure having large numbers of axially penetrating flow paths partitioned by porous silicon carbide cell walls, the cell walls having porosity of 35-50% and a median pore diameter of 8-18 μm, when a straight line C is drawn in parallel with the cell wall surface such that it passes a center in the direction of the thickness T of the cell wall, and straight lines are drawn in parallel with the straight line C such that they are separate from the straight line C by ±T/5 and ±2T/5 in the thickness direction of the cell wall, to measure the lengths (pore widths) of pore portions crossing each straight line, and the number of pores crossing each straight line, in a cell wall cross section perpendicular to the axial direction, an average pore width W determined by averaging the lengths (pore widths) of all measured pore portions being 10-25 μm, and the number N of pores per length determined by dividing the total number of the measured pores by the total length of the straight lines used for measurement being 20-40/mm.
US11993527B2
An immobilized microbial agent for in situ restoration of contaminated sediments, composed of Hangjin clay 2 #-loaded conductive microorganisms, obtained by the following methods: 1) pretreating Hangjin clay 2 # to obtain particulate filler; 2) amplification culture of conductive microorganisms to a bacterial liquid to be inoculated, and adding the Hangjin clay 2 # pretreated in step 1 in a certain ratio, mixing under anaerobic conditions, removing the supernatant after standing, and obtaining the immobilized microbial agent; the conductive microorganisms are Geobacter sulfurreducens, Geobacter metallireducens and Shewanella. The invention also discloses a method for preparing the immobilized microbial agent and the application of in situ restoration of contaminated sediments.
US11993518B2
A carbonator reactor includes a cylindrical body, a nozzle for supplying a gas stream, inside the carbonator reactor and above the surface of a liquid phase and where the nozzle is located at the top of the reactor body, an inlet, an outlet, means for regulating the temperature and the pressure, a stirring system and at least one baffle regulating the stirring of the liquid phase and the mass transfer of the gas into the liquid surface, at least one impeller having inclined blades that make an angle from 5° to 60° with respect to the vertical axis. The reactor prepares sodium carbonate and has a configuration for the mass transfer of a gas phase in a liquid phase. A method for the preparation of sodium carbonate by means of the carbonator reactor by capturing CO2 in an NaOH aqueous solution, directly on the free surface of the liquid phase.
US11993517B2
The present invention is a surface-modified carbon material including chemical addends added to the surface of graphene, such that a one-dimensional periodicity corresponding to a large number of addition positions of the chemical addends can be observed in a Fourier-transformed image of a scanning probe microscopic image of the surface of graphene. The surface-modified carbon material of the present invention has a bandgap and therefore can be used as a sensor capable of electronically controlling an operation or another electronic device.
US11993514B2
Methods comprising: evaporating a catalyst source to produce a catalyst gas; condensing the catalyst gas to produce a catalyst vapor comprising catalyst droplets suspended in a gas phase; and contacting the catalyst vapor with a hydrocarbon gas to catalyze a decomposition reaction of the hydrocarbon gas into hydrogen gas and carbon. And, systems comprising: a catalyst source evaporator that provides a first stream to a reactor; a hydrocarbon source that provides a second stream to the reactor; a cooling column coupled to the reactor via a third stream comprising hydrogen, catalyst liquid, solid carbon, optionally catalyst gas, and optionally unreacted hydrocarbon gas such that the cooling column receives the third stream from the reactor; and wherein the cooling column has effluent streams that include (a) a fourth stream that comprises hydrogen and optionally catalyst gas and (b) a fifth stream that comprises catalyst liquid.
US11993512B2
A micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) includes a circuit substrate, a first MEMS structure disposed over the circuit substrate, and a second MEMS structure disposed over the first MEMS structure.
US11993504B2
A beverage dispensing unit includes a dispensing valve configured to be fluidly coupled to at least one beverage source, one or more ingredient pumps configured to be fluidly coupled to one or more ingredient sources, a dispensing manifold fluidly coupled to the dispensing valve and the one or more ingredient pumps, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a recipe from a user, wherein the recipe indicates an amount of each ingredient of one or more ingredient sources. The controller is further configured to operate the one or more ingredient pumps to inject one or more of the ingredients into the dispensing manifold according to the recipe, and open the dispensing valve to allow a volume of beverage from the beverage source to flow through the dispensing manifold. The volume of beverage mixes with the one or more ingredients in the manifold and flushes the ingredients out of the manifold.
US11993503B2
Provided is an aseptic filler that includes no other sterilization apparatus for producing aseptic water than a sterilization apparatus for sterilizing a content, and a method for cleaning the same. An aseptic water supply apparatus that supplies aseptic water, which is sterilized by a content sterilization apparatus that sterilizes a content, to at least a filling portion chamber is provided, and rinsing aseptic water for washing away a sterilizer when performing an SOP treatment of each chamber is supplied to each chamber.
US11993495B1
An aerial device for operating on energized powerlines is disclosed. The aerial device may have a boom assembly with a lower, electrically non-insulating boom section coupled to an upper, electrically insulating boom section. The lower and upper boom sections may be coupled by a pinned connection that utilizes structural collars and structural pins to handle loads applied to the upper boom section. The upper boom section may articulate relative to the lower boom section using a 4-bar mechanism employing a split pivot pin that enables a greater range of motion for the articulation. A modular sled that can be coupled to various boom assemblies is also disclosed.
US11993494B2
A hoist system may include an airframe, a cable disposed between the hoist assembly and a hook assembly, and a cable angle exceedance detection arrangement. The cable angle exceedance detection arrangement may include a housing comprising a first end and a second end, a payout disposed within the housing and comprising an aperture within an interior surface and disposed a first end and a second end of the payout, a detection member coupled to the housing, and a wiring assembly coupled to and disposed between the detection member and a controller, wherein the controller is coupled with a display assembly via a communication assembly.
US11993490B2
A rail fastening system fastens a rail of a vertically movable elevator system car has a first clamp connected to a holding structure, and a second clamp connected to the rail. The first clamp has a laterally extending first central part connectable to the holding structure and the second clamp has a laterally extending second central part connectable to the rail. Each clamp has two tabs attached in the lateral direction at opposite ends of the respective central part. A first tab of the first clamp can be connected to one of tabs of the second clamp on a first contact surface, and a second tab of the first clamp can be connected to the other of the tabs of the second clamp on a second contact surface. A first plane runs through the first contact surface and intersects with a second plane that runs through the second contact surface.
US11993487B2
Elevator components can be equipped with an electronic information plate. The electronic information plates are associated with a particular electronic information plate that can store different properties of the associated component. The content of each electronic information plate is read manually or automatically and transmitted to a controller. The controller analyzes the received content and launches a predetermined action if the content indicates a need for maintenance.
US11993486B2
The present application relates to a control system and a method for controlling a passenger conveying apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium for implementing the method. A control apparatus for a passenger conveying apparatus according to an aspect of the present application comprises: a processor; a memory coupled with the processor; a communication module coupled with the processor; and a computer program stored on the memory and running on the processor, the running of the computer program causes: in response to an internal control command of the control apparatus or an external control command outside the control apparatus, determining whether there is a passenger boarding signal in the passenger conveying apparatus within a specified time interval, wherein the internal control command and the external control command comprise commands for starting or stopping the passenger conveying apparatus; and manipulating the passenger conveying apparatus based on the determining.
US11993485B2
A lifting device for building a steel structure hoistway and a method for building a steel structure hoistway. The lifting device includes a lifting mechanism and a crane mechanism. The lifting mechanism includes a bottom platform, a middle platform and a top platform. The crane mechanism is arranged on the top platform of the lifting mechanism, and includes a base and a crane on the base. The base is arranged on the top platform and is rotatable relative to the top platform along a vertical axis, and the hanger frame of the crane is movable between a vertical orientation and an inclined orientation. The lifting mechanism is configured to ascend and descend in the constructed steel structure hoistway, and the crane mechanism is configured to lift building materials, such as steel beams, steel columns, etc., for use in building the steel structure hoistway to their designed installation locations.
US11993483B2
An elevator system is provided. Aspects includes at least one elevator car, a plurality of sensors, a controller coupled to a memory, the controller configured to receive a call request for an elevator car from a user device. An identifier is transmitted to the user device and to the plurality of sensors. A location of the user device is determined based at least in part on at least one sensor in the plurality of sensors detecting the identifier on the user device. And the at least one elevator car is operated based on the location of the user device.
US11993480B2
A method of monitoring a conveyance apparatus within a conveyance system including: obtaining a health level of the conveyance system at a first conveyance apparatus location; determining that the health level for the conveyance system at the first conveyance apparatus location is outside of a threshold operating range; activating an alert on a mobile device indicating that the health level for the conveyance system at the first conveyance apparatus location is outside of the threshold operating range; and receiving a selection input on the mobile device, the selection input indicating a mechanic feedback regarding the health level of the conveyance system at the first conveyance apparatus location.
US11993477B2
A retractable tool lanyard comprises a housing, a drum rotatably connected to the housing, a biasing member interconnecting the housing and the drum, a cord operatively connected to the drum and adapted to be wound about and paid out from the drum, and an engaging mechanism. The engaging mechanism comprises a locking plate connected to the drum, at least one lock pawl connected to the locking plate, and a ratchet plate. When the drum rotates at a predetermined speed, the at least one lock pawl pivots from an unlocked position to a locked position to engage the ratchet plate thereby rotating the ratchet plate with the drum. At least one of a braking mechanism and a clicker pawl are used to create friction to assist in reducing a rate of rotation of the drum.
US11993476B2
At the point in time when it is determined that the number of sheets constituting one sheet bundle exceeds the maximum number of sheets that can be crimp-bound, a sheet bundle that has already been shifted to a crimp-binding position is discharged to a crimp-binding discharge position without being subjected to crimp-binding. Thereafter, succeeding sheets are shifted as a bundle to the crimp-binding position and discharged to the crimp-binding discharge position without being subjected to crimp-binding.
US11993474B2
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet containing unit and a sheet feeding device to feed sheets in the sheet containing unit. The sheet containing unit includes a main body to hold sheets, a drawer member capable of being drawn from the main body, a restricting member movable in a direction parallel to a sheet feeding direction, a first retaining member disposed at the main body, and a second retaining member disposed at the drawer member. The drawer member holds the sheets together with the main body when drawn from the main body. The restricting member restricts an upstream end position of the contained sheets. The first retaining member retains the restricting member at a first position. The second retaining member retains the restricting member at a second position.
US11993467B2
A system for instrument conveyance may include at least one handling unit configured to dispense or accept instruments; at least one head unit configured to obtain input from a user in connection with a transaction involving instruments, where the at least one head unit includes a presentation opening between an interior side and an exterior side of the at least one head unit; a transportation system disposed between the at least one handling unit and the at least one head unit; and a shuttle device configured to transport instruments between the at least one handling unit and the at least one head unit via the transportation system, where the shuttle device includes an internal compartment for containing instruments, and where the shuttle device is configured to expose the internal compartment to the exterior side of the at least one head unit via the presentation opening.
US11993459B2
In an order-picking method for picking at least one ordered good into or onto a target loading aid, goods which are stored in a first storage zone using first loading aids are reloaded, on the basis of a transfer request, from a first loading aid into at least one hanging bag and stored in a second storage zone. When a picking order is obtained, (an) ordered good(s) is/are retrieved from the second storage zone and loaded into or onto the target loading aid. The transfer request is generated and executed without reference to a picking order. Further, a storage and order-picking system carries out the method.
US11993456B2
A cargo container is disclosed which contains a bottom side; a front side; a back side; a central frame connected to the front side, the back side, and the bottom side, dividing the cargo container into a multiple storing areas; a left top wing-shaped door, hingedly connected to a top of the central frame, operable to open and close down to one and a half height to the central frame; a left bottom wing-shaped door, hingedly connected at a one and a half height of the central frame; a right top door, hingedly to the said half height distance to the mid-section frame; and a right bottom door, hingedly connected to the central frame at the one and a half height of the central frame and close down to the bottom side.
US11993448B2
Provided is an electric vehicle battery transportation container having a shield sleeve, a ratchet which tightens a belt to fix an electric vehicle battery to a seat base in a state in which a battery fixing hook connected to a leading end portion of the ratchet accommodated in a ratchet accommodation recess part formed in the seat base is inserted into an assembly hole formed in a lower bracket of the electric vehicle battery loaded on the seat base, one or more foldable anti-slip parts installed on the seat base stand upright to prevent left-right slip and front-rear slip of the electric vehicle battery at the same time, and a corner support shaft formed with an inclined structure having a decreasing inner diameter and unevenly coupled to a support shaft insertion groove to load seat bases on a transportation vehicle in multiple stages.
US11993444B2
There is disclosed a shipping container system comprising an outer container and a product compartment inside the outer container, wherein the product compartment comprises a product compartment base and a product compartment lid, wherein the product compartment base comprises a plurality of retention tabs maintaining a cushion gap between the product compartment and sidewalls of the outer container, a plurality of support tabs maintaining a cushion gap between the product compartment and a base of the outer container, and a pair of suspension units maintaining a cushion gap between the product compartment and each end of a pair of opposing ends of the outer container, and wherein the product compartment lid includes a plurality of space tabs maintaining a cushion gap between the product compartment and a lid of the outer container, wherein the cushion gaps are maintained between the product compartment and the outer container when the outer container is in a closed configuration.
US11993433B2
A container is provided comprising: a bottom panel, at least one top panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a plurality of front flanges and a plurality of back flanges, wherein the panels and flanges are connected together to define the container. Back lines of separation are formed in the first and second side panels, the at least one top panel and at an interface between the bottom panel and one of the back flanges such that a removable back portion can be separated from a remainder of the container via the back lines of separation so as to create a product exit opening. Front lines of separation are formed in one of the front flanges to define a tab, which is partially separable from a remainder of the one front flange.
US11993431B2
A box can include a body portion at least partially defining a cavity, the body portion defining a top body end and a bottom body end, the body portion including a plurality of panels, the top body end defining an opening to the cavity; a telescoping panel including an upper telescoping subpanel and a lower telescoping subpanel, the lower telescoping subpanel coupled to the body portion by a top hinge, the upper telescoping subpanel coupled to the lower telescoping subpanel by a telescoping hinge, the lower telescoping subpanel extending into the cavity and positioned in facing engagement with a first panel of the plurality of panels, the upper telescoping subpanel extending across the cavity from the first panel to a second panel of the plurality of panels, the second panel positioned opposite from the first panel; and a bottom portion coupled to the bottom body end by a bottom hinge.
US11993426B2
The present invention relates to a closure device (1) for a container (2) in which a flowable material (3) is stored, comprising a base element (4), which can be fastened on a container opening (5) of the container (2), a spout (11) with a dispensing opening (7), whereby the spout (11) is positioned inboard of the base element (4), and a lid (8) connected to the base element (4) by a hinge (12), whereby the lid (8) can be moved back and forth between a closed position (9) in which the lid (8) closes the dispensing opening (7) so that the spout (11) is not accessible and an open position (10) in which the spout (11) is accessible, tamper evidence indication means (13) for visually indicating if the lid (8) of the closure device (1) has once been moved out of its closed position (9).
US11993416B2
The invention relates to a container (1), preferably a bottle, which extends along a main axis (A) and comprising a wall forming a neck portion (2), a shoulder portion (3) connected to the neck portion (2), a body portion (4) connected to the shoulder portion (3), the body portion (4) comprising a grip portion (7), and a base portion (5) forming the bottom of the container (1) and connected to the body portion (4). The grip portion (7) comprises, over at least the majority of its dimension along the main axis (A), a plurality of spiral ribs (13) formed by the wall of the container (1) and spiralling in parallel around the main axis (A). The spiral ribs drastically increase side stability, compression and twisting deformation resistance of the container, while they have a non-technical and appealing appearance.
US11993415B2
A machine and a method for labeling containers, the machine including a transfer drum, fed by an assembly for unwinding a labeling ribbon and provided with cutting elements, which is adapted to bring the individual labels, separated after cutting, into contact with corresponding containers which are supported by a conveyor; a roller for spreading adhesive faces the transfer drum and is designed to apply, to the labels that are present on the ribbon, at least one line of adhesive prior to their separation from the ribbon.
US11993406B2
A device for orienting a load about a main axis X and a secondary axis Y is disclosed having a first shaft, called transmission shaft, intended to support the load and configured to be rotated about the main axis and the secondary axis, a second shaft configured to be rotated about the main axis X, a third shaft configured to be rotated about a third axis of rotation, in the same direction as the main axis, a first connection component between the transmission shaft and the second shaft, configured to prevent relative movements between the transmission shaft and the second shaft in, on the one hand, a degree of rotational freedom about the main axis X and, on the other hand, three degrees of translational freedom.
US11993405B2
Systems and methods are provided for protecting a temperature sensitive object. A system includes a temperature sensitive object and a thermal control material in thermal communication with the temperature sensitive object. The thermal control material has an emissivity that varies as a function of temperature, and includes a substrate comprising a first surface comprising one of a photonic crystal, a metamaterial, a metasurface, and a multilayer film, a solid state phase change material in contact with the surface, and a reflective thin film material at one of a second surface of the substrate, at a surface of the solid state phase change material, and on an opposite side of an optical cavity from the substrate.
US11993396B2
A package delivery drone comprises at least one propeller for generating lift and an article containment area for containing an article to be carried by the drone. The floor of the article containment area comprises a dynamic support surface for supporting the article and allowing the article to move into, out of and through the article containment area. The package delivery drone interfaces with a docking station having a shelf for exchanging packages with the drone.
US11993395B2
An aircraft headlight includes at least one visible light source for emitting a headlight light output; a light transmissive cover, at least partially covering the at least one visible light source; and at least one infrared emitter for emitting infrared radiation. At least 90% of radiation energy, comprised in the infrared radiation emitted by the at least infrared emitter, is emitted within a predefined wavelength range; and the light transmissive cover allows at least 25%, in particular at least 30%, more particularly at least 45%, of the radiation energy, which is emitted within the predefined wavelength range, to pass through the light transmissive cover.
US11993384B2
Presented are passive temperature control systems for thermal management of electrical components, methods for making/using such thermal management systems, and aircraft equipped with smart-material activated temperature control systems for passive cooling of battery modules. A thermal management system is presented for passively cooling an electrical component stored inside a module housing. The thermal management system includes a cooling chamber that movably attaches adjacent a module housing that contains an electrical component, such as a rechargeable battery module. The cooling chamber contains a sublimable cooling agent, such as dry ice. A biasing member biases the cooling chamber away from the module housing. A smart material actuator is attached to and interposed between the cooling chamber and module housing. The smart material actuator extracts thermal energy from the module housing and, once heated to a phase transformation temperature, contracts and thereby pulls the cooling chamber into contact with the module housing.
US11993382B2
A display in a commercial passenger vehicle can an option to be locked or unlock to enhance security. An example system for securing an in-vehicle entertainment (IVE) display in a commercial passenger vehicle comprises a mobile device and a computer. The mobile device comprises a first processor configured to secure a display located in the commercial passenger vehicle, where the first processor is configured to: obtain a payload; generate a first digitally signed payload as a first output of a first mathematical computation performed on the payload with a secret key; and send a first message comprising the first digitally signed payload and a lock command to instruct the display to lock the display. The computer is communicably coupled with the display and comprises a second processor configured to send a first instruction to cause the display to lock in response to a reception of the lock command.
US11993376B2
A method of securing a lower trailing edge panel of an aircraft wing. The wing includes a wingbox with an upper cover, a lower cover, and a rear spar. A leading edge of the lower trailing edge panel is attached to the wingbox. A support structure is also attached to the wingbox and a connector is mounted to the trailing edge panel. A link is provided, with a first end and a second end. The second end of the link is pivotally attached to the support structure at a pivot joint. A biasing arrangement biases the link towards an upright orientation in which the first end of the link is higher than the pivot joint. The link is held in its upright orientation with the biasing arrangement; and then the first end of the link is attached to the connector.
US11993362B2
Systems and methods include providing an aircraft with a direct drive dual-concentric valve (D3V) having a body, an outer secondary spool coaxially located within a bore of the body and linearly displaceable relative to the body, an inner primary spool coaxially located within a bore of the secondary spool and linearly displaceable relative to the secondary spool and the body. A plurality of piezo stacks is coupled to a first end of the primary spool, and applying a voltage to at least one of the piezo stacks causes an output stroke of the plurality of the piezo strokes for displacing the primary spool. The secondary spool is displaced together with the primary spool relative to the body if displacement of the primary spool relative to the secondary spool cannot occur.
US11993357B2
Marine propulsion control system and marine vessel capable of performing dynamic positioning control
A propulsion control system for a marine vessel includes a memory and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller is configured or programmed to, while performing dynamic positioning control of the marine vessel or in a case in which the marine vessel has changed to a mode in which the marine vessel is kept at a certain location, perform deceleration control to reduce a bow direction speed of the marine vessel. Alternatively, the controller is configured or programmed to, in a case in which the marine vessel has changed to a mode in which the marine vessel moves along a predetermined route, when the marine vessel deviates from the predetermined route in a bow direction of the marine vessel, perform deceleration control to prevent the marine vessel from moving in the bow direction.
US11993354B2
An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) may include a fuel cell charging system including a power generation subsystem having an air breathing subsystem taking intake air from the external atmosphere, a supply of compressed hydrogen in onboard storage tanks, an air-breathing PEMFC receiving the intake air and hydrogen, the PEMFC operable to produce electric energy and generating waste water, a water removal system for discharging the waste water offboard, and the fuel cell charging system having a power storage subsystem including a chargeable battery subsystem to receive electric energy to charge the chargeable battery subsystem. A system manager of an onboard data processing system may be configured to control the fuel cell charging system.
US11993353B2
A semi-closed circuit gas recycling scuba diving breathing apparatus having a breathing loop. The breathing loop has a breathing bag to be supplied by at least one gas tank and a recycling chamber. The gas tank is connected to an inlet of the breathing bag by a first duct and a second duct having respectively a demand regulator and a fixed nozzle configured to deliver respectively a first gas input and a second gas input to the breathing bag. Advantageously, the apparatus has a third duct having a gas flow regulator configured to deliver at a variable mass flow, a third gas input to the breathing bag, and a diving condition sensor, configured to measure a physiological parameter of the diver or the depth. The apparatus is advantageously configured to make the variable mass flow vary according to data of the sensor to optimise the consumption of gas.
US11993338B2
A vehicle (300), comprising: a frame (310) comprising a head tube (314) and a rear driven axle support (312); a motion control system; and a payload support (320) movably connected to the frame (310) via the motion control system such that the payload support (320) moves non-linearly relative to the frame (310), wherein the payload support (320) comprises a seat support, and in a first operating state of the vehicle (300), the motion control system, in response to a driven acceleration of the frame (310) in a forward direction, imparts a force onto the payload support (320) that accelerates the seat support (320) in the forward direction at an acceleration no less than an acceleration of the rear driven axle support (312) in the forward direction.
US11993334B2
An optical device (10) for a motorcycle headlamp, the optical device (10) comprising: a primary optics (100) having a base body (110) and a plurality of light guiding elements (120) for forming a light distribution in a main direction (X), wherein each light guiding element (120) has a common light output surface (130) having an optically relevant area (131), a holder (300), a cover element (400), which is attachable to the holder (300), wherein the cover element (400) in combination with the holder (300) is configured to fix the position of the primary optics (100) between the holder (300) and the cover element (400), when the cover element (400) is attached to the holder (300), wherein the primary optics (100) comprises a stabilizing structure (200), wherein the stabilizing structure (200) is built as a protrusion projecting from the common light output surface (130) in the main direction (X), wherein the stabilizing structure (200) having a first support surface (210), and wherein the cover element (400) comprises a first counter-support surface (410), wherein the base body (110) of the primary optics (100) comprises a second support surface (140), and wherein the holder (300) comprises a second counter-support surface, wherein the first counter-support surface (410) in combination with the first support surface (210) of the stabilizing structure (200) is configured to stabilize the position of the curved surface of the optically relevant area (131) of the common light output surface (130) of the primary optics (100) when the cover element (400) is attached to the holder (300).
US11993330B2
The invention relates to a method, performed by a first control device, for controlling physically connecting a first and a second module to assemble a vehicle, wherein the first control device is comprised in the first module, the method comprising: activating a sensor device in the first module; identifying an area between the two modules by means of the sensor device; transmitting information about the identified area to the second module; continuously determining the position of the second module in relation to the first module, by means of the sensor device, while the second module is moving towards the first module, and transmitting the determined position to the second module; and physically connecting the modules when the second module has reached the first module.
US11993327B2
Method for determining a friction to be adjusted in a power steering system or for modifying a hysteresis of a steering wheel torque applied to a steering wheel of the power steering system, the method including the following steps of: determining a speed, from a measurement of a speed of a part of the power steering system and/or a measurement of the steering wheel torque; determining the friction to be adjusted on the basis of a modified LuGre model, said modified LuGre model determining the friction to be adjusted as a function of a state of the system, a time derivative of the state being determined as a function of said state of the system, the speed, a first gain, and a coulomb friction, according to an equation of the form: z . = v ( 1 - α ( z , v ) σ 0 z F c sign ( v ) ) . [ Math 1 ]
US11993323B2
A steering system for a mower can include a wheel-specific driving unit for each wheel and a controller for providing control signals to each wheel-specific driving unit to thereby cause each wheel to be independently rotated at a different speed during a turn. By independently rotating each wheel, the mower can complete a turn without damaging the grass. The controller may also provide control signals to cause each steerable wheel to be positioned in a different wheel direction during the turn.
US11993321B2
An airflow adjusting apparatus to be provided in a vehicle includes a first airflow generator and a second airflow generator. The vehicle includes a front wheel and a rear wheel that are disposed in a vehicle longitudinal direction to be partly protruded from a bottom surface of a vehicle body of the vehicle downward in a vertical direction of the vehicle body. The first airflow generator is provided on the bottom surface of the vehicle body and behind the front wheel, and configured to generate a first airflow moving backward of the vehicle. The second airflow generator is provided on the bottom surface of the vehicle body and behind the first airflow generator, and configured to generate a second airflow that deflects, vehicle-widthwise inward, an airflow flowing in from a side on which the first airflow generator is disposed.
US11993320B2
A spoiler structure includes a base portion that is attached to a vehicle body and a movable flow adjustment portion that is moved relative to the base portion from a front position on a vehicle front side to a rear position on a vehicle rear side via an intermediate position. A rear end of the movable flow adjustment portion is moved upward with movement of the movable flow adjustment portion from the front position to the intermediate position. The rear end of the movable flow adjustment portion is moved downward with movement of the movable flow adjustment portion from the intermediate position to the rear position. A height position of the rear end of the movable flow adjustment portion at the rear position is lower than a height position of the rear end of the movable flow adjustment portion at the front position.
US11993317B2
An embodiment center pillar structure for a vehicle includes a center pillar including a lower connection portion, a side sill including an intermediate connection portion to which the lower connection portion of the center pillar is joined, a pillar reinforcement joined to an inboard surface of the center pillar, and a side sill reinforcement joined to an inboard surface of the side sill, wherein the pillar reinforcement and the side sill reinforcement are joined to the intermediate connection portion of the side sill.
US11993313B2
There are provided a pair of side sills provided at both outward sides, in a vehicle width direction, of a vehicle body and extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, first and second battery units provided below a floor panel on respective inward sides, in the vehicle width direction, of and adjacently to the side sills, the first and second battery units being spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction, and a connecting member interconnecting the first and second battery units. The connecting member comprises a vehicle-width-direction connection portion to interconnect the first and second battery units so as to transmit a load, in the vehicle width direction, therebetween and plural deformation promotion portions provided adjacently to the vehicle-width-direction connection portion so as to cause deformation at the vehicle-width-direction connection portion when receiving the load caused by a vehicle side collision.
US11993309B2
A driver assistance apparatus includes a first radar sensor having a view of a left rear side outside the vehicle and a second radar sensor having a view of a right rear side outside the vehicle. The first radar sensor is configured to output first detecting data and the second radar sensor is configured to output second detecting data. A controller is configured to process the first and second detecting data, to generate a plurality of detection points based on the processing, to generate a first track and a second track based on the plurality of detection points, to identify a track that is normally detected and a track that is erroneously detected among the first track and the second track, and to warn of a collision in a direction located on the normally detected track.
US11993308B2
A driving support ECU initializes a target trajectory calculation parameter at a start of LCA; calculates, based on the target trajectory calculation parameter, a target trajectory function representing a target lateral position which is a target position of an own vehicle in a lane width direction in accordance with an elapsed time from the start of LCA; calculates a target control amount based on the target trajectory function; when a steering operation by a driver has been detected, again initializes the target trajectory calculation parameter; and recalculates the target trajectory function based on the target trajectory calculation parameter.
US11993307B2
Methods and apparatus to control a torque threshold for hands on/off detection are disclosed. An example steering system includes a steering wheel, a steering shaft operatively coupled to the steering wheel, a rack operatively coupled to the steering shaft, a translational movement of the rack to pivot wheels of a vehicle, a torque sensor operatively coupled to the steering shaft, the torque sensor to measure a torque associated with the steering shaft, an autonomous steering control system to adjust a torque threshold in response to a velocity of the rack satisfying a velocity threshold, and detect a hands off condition in response to the torque satisfying the torque threshold.
US11993304B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of vehicle steering, and provides an electrically adjustable steering column and an electric power steering system. The electrically adjustable steering column includes: a telescopic component including a first steering shaft and a first protective jacket sleeved on the first steering shaft; a drive component including a drive bracket disposed on an outer wall of the first protective jacket, wherein a main body of the drive bracket is provided with a first energy absorption slot extending in an axial direction; an energy absorption component including a first bolt passing through the first energy absorption slot and extending into the first protective jacket, wherein the first bolt is fixedly connected to the first protective jacket and in a sliding fit with the first energy absorption slot; when in a use stage, the first bolt is maintained at a head end of the first energy absorption slot, and the drive component is capable of driving the telescopic component to expand and contract through the drive bracket; when in a collapse and energy absorption stage, the telescopic component collapses and drives at least the first bolt to slide in the first energy absorption slot. The present disclosure realizes a maintaining function during telescopic adjustment and an energy absorbing function during collision and collapse mainly by the bolt, thereby simplifying the structure and reducing the cost.
US11993297B2
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods of increasing functional safety of locomotives. In exemplary embodiments, a locomotive functional safety system is configured to: receive one or more manual control commands from a locomotive control stand and/or a user interface onboard a locomotive; determine whether the one or more manual control commands pass or satisfy one or more predetermined criteria; if the one or more manual control commands pass or satisfy the one or more predetermined criteria, approve the one or more manual control commands and allow the one or more manual control commands to be relayed onward and/or acted upon; and if the one or more manual control commands do not pass or satisfy the one or more predetermined criteria, disapprove the one or more manual control commands and disallow the one or more manual control commands to be relayed onward and/or acted upon.
US11993287B2
The subject disclosure relates to techniques for optimizing autonomous vehicle activities at a fleet level. A process of the disclosed technology can include measuring a first set of cost metrics for a first plurality of autonomous vehicles (AVs) associated with a first vehicle routing version, wherein the first set of cost metrics comprises energy consumption values for two or more of the first plurality of AVs, measuring a second set of cost metrics for a second plurality of AVs associated with a second vehicle routing version, wherein the second set of cost metrics comprises energy consumption values for two or more of the second plurality of AVs, and comparing the first set of cost metrics with the second set of cost metrics to determine routing updates configured to reduce fleetwide energy consumption.
US11993280B2
An autonomous vehicle and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle including a baseband modem and a plurality of distributed antennas includes applying an initial clock of the baseband modem to clocks of the plurality of distributed antennas, receiving base station data from an external base station via the plurality of distributed antennas to which the initial clock is applied, and synchronizing a clock of the baseband modem with a clock of the base station based on the base station data, and thus can achieve low cost design using a data clock recovery. The autonomous vehicle, a user terminal, and a server can be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, devices related to 3G, 4G, 5G and/6G services.
US11993279B1
An autonomous vehicle comprises a chassis, a plurality of wheels rotationally mounted to the chassis, wherein each wheel is characterized by a camber angle and a caster angle. The vehicle includes a vehicle dynamics prediction module for predicting a vehicle dynamics condition and for generating a control signal based on the vehicle dynamics condition and a wheel geometry adjustment mechanism connected to each of the wheels for automatically adjusting one or both of the camber angle and the caster angle in response to the control signal.
US11993278B2
A driving assistance device to be installed on a vehicle is provided. The driving assistance device receives stop-behavior information of the vehicle from an automatic-driving control device. Inquiry information for notifying an occupant on whether a possibility of collision between the vehicle and a person is to be excluded from decision-making of the automatic-driving control device is output when a distance between the person and a point at which the person is predicted to end crossing is greater than or equal to a first threshold and a speed of the person is less than or equal to a second threshold. A command to exclude the possibility of collision between the vehicle and the person from the decision-making is output to the automatic-driving control device when a response signal of a response operation is performed by the occupant.
US11993275B2
An engine friction monitor uses commanded torque and measured torque to provide a prognostic feature to identify failure modes of an engine that causes the engine from delivering the commanded torque.
US11993272B2
A driving assistance method for a vehicle. An instantaneous speed of the vehicle and an instantaneous yaw rate of the vehicle are ascertained. An operation of self-locating of the vehicle is carried out on the basis of the ascertained, instantaneous speed and the ascertained, instantaneous yaw rate of the vehicle. To that end, an instantaneous circumferential wheel speed of one or more wheels of the vehicle is directly measured, evaluated and taken as a basis of the determination of the instantaneous speed and the instantaneous yaw rate of the vehicle.
US11993271B2
An information processing apparatus communicable with a vehicle includes a controller. The controller is configured to store behavior information of a user in the vehicle in association with a date and time, acquire an image via an imaging unit of the vehicle when a difference between behavior information at a specific time and behavior information at a time later than the specific time is detected, an store the image in association with the date and time and the behavior information.
US11993267B2
An alerter augmentation system includes one or more processors that determine an alertness of an operator of a vehicle system. The one or more processors also generate operator input requests that are separated in time by a temporal delay. These input requests seek responses or action by the operator in an attempt to keep or make the operator alert. The one or more processors change one or more of the temporal delay between the input requests and/or a type of the input requests that are generated based at least in part on the alertness of the operator that is determined.
US11993264B2
Described herein are various technologies that pertain to controlling an AV based upon forward-looking observations of road surface behavior. With more specificity, technologies described herein pertain to controlling maneuvering of an AV in a region of a driving environment based upon an observed acceleration of an object in that region of the driving environment. A plurality of positions of an object in the driving environment are determined from output of sensors mounted on the AV. An acceleration of the object is computed based upon the positions. The AV is subsequently controlled based upon the computed acceleration.
US11993263B2
A method of automatically activating a high-torque braking system in a heavy-duty vehicle configured to operate in at least one low speed, high torque mode and at least one higher speed, lower torque mode is disclosed. The method includes determining a speed-controller device such as a joystick or lever of the vehicle is in a first position which results in the vehicle travelling in a higher-speed, lower-torque mode, and, responsive to detecting braking and a change in position of the speed-controller from the first position to a second, neutral, position, activating a low-speed high torque mode of operation for braking the vehicle.
US11993262B2
Crawl operations for four-wheel steering vehicles are described herein. An example vehicle described herein includes four wheels, a front steering actuator to turn the front wheels, a rear steering actuator to turn the rear wheels, a front drive motor to drive the front wheels, and a rear drive motor to drive the rear wheels. The vehicle also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) to activate the front steering actuator to turn the front wheels in a first direction, activate the rear steering actuator to turn the rear wheels in a second direction opposite the first direction such that the front wheels and the rear wheels are turned in opposite directions, activate the front drive motor to drive the front wheels in a reverse direction, and activate the rear drive motor to drive the rear wheels in a forward direction while the front wheels are driven in the reverse direction.
US11993253B2
The present invention provides a vehicle control device capable of avoiding a problem due to insufficient energy remaining in a vehicle in a parking lot. The vehicle control device 100 includes a remaining energy amount calculation unit 110, a parking lot information acquisition unit 120, a prediction unit 130, a required energy amount calculation unit 140, and a parking determination unit 150. The remaining energy amount calculation unit 110 calculates a remaining amount of energy of a vehicle V. The parking lot information acquisition unit 120 acquires map information and other vehicles information of a parking lot. The prediction unit 130 predicts a traveling speed and a movement time of the vehicle V at the time of entry and exit. The required energy amount calculation unit 140 calculates a required amount of energy. The parking determination unit 150 determines whether or not the vehicle V can be parked based on the remaining amount of energy and the required amount of energy.
US11993242B2
An electrical passenger car, the electrical passenger car including: at least two electrically driven motors; a battery pack; motor control electronics, where the motor control electronics are connected to the at least two electrically driven motors; wheels, where the wheels are connected to the at least two electrically driven motors; and sensors, where the sensors are connected to at least the motor control electronics, where the wheels include a first wheel and a second wheel, where the second wheel has a radius at least 7% greater than a radius of the first wheel, where the battery pack is mounted in the car frame such that the battery pack could be moved forward or backward, and where the electrical passenger car is designed to be driven on a paved road.
US11993231B2
A control unit for at least one vehicle deceleration device of a vehicle. The control unit includes an electronics unit including a memory unit in which a characteristic curve is stored which specifies a relation between a first input variable specified by an operation of a brake actuation element of the vehicle, and a setpoint variable regarding a setpoint vehicle deceleration exerted on the vehicle using the at least one vehicle deceleration device. The electronics device newly specifies at least one characteristic curve value of the characteristic curve under consideration of a second input variable specified by the driver by an operation of an accelerator of the vehicle, a current traffic and/or environment situation, and/or an ascertained position of the vehicle and a position-specific item of traffic and/or environment information, and the correspondingly modified characteristic curve is stored in the memory unit.
US11993226B2
An on-vehicle control device includes a transmission unit transmitting to a mobile device a response request signal requesting a response in response to operation of instructing a start of a driving source causing a vehicle to drive. An authentication unit authenticates the mobile device and performs start control of the driving source depending on success or failure of authentication by the authentication unit. A determination unit determines a presence or an absence of unauthorized authentication for the authentication unit. A detection unit detects an authorized occupant for the vehicle. A start prohibition unit prohibits the start of the driving source when the determination unit determines that unauthorized authentication is present for the authentication unit. A start permission unit permits the start of the driving source regardless of determination by the determination unit when the detection unit detects the occupant.
US11993214B2
The disclosure relates to a data and/or command device, in particular for vehicles, having at least one communication unit for receiving at least item of non-charging-related object information from at least one electrical unit, in particular a hand-held power tool, and/or at least one item of vehicle information from at least one vehicle in which the electrical unit is situated. According to the disclosure, the data and/or command device comprises at least one open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit which is designed to output at least one signal and/or to control the electrical unit in an open-loop and/or closed-loop manner depending on an evaluation of the non-charging-related item of object information and/or the item of vehicle information.
US11993206B1
A driver curtesy including a frame which stores an electronic system and an electric system allowing to display a message to other vehicles. The frame consists of a front and back portion wherein the front portion is configured to be exposed to the outside of a vehicle and the back portion is configured to be attached to the exterior surface of the vehicle by an attachment adapter. The electronic system allows a display to show emergencies, informative and preventive messages when activating the frame by the electric system which provides power to the frame when displaying the messages. The frame can be customized to any shape and include an attachment which can be adapted thereof capable of being attached to any vehicle or trailer.
US11993205B2
A remote driving taxi system provides a mobility service using remote driving taxis that are driven by remote drivers. Each of the remote driving taxis includes a display lamp configured to indicate whether the remote driving taxi is currently available. Management information includes use states of the remote driving taxis and assignment states between the remote driving taxis and the remote drivers. The remote driving taxi system puts on the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently available, based on the management information. Further, the remote driving taxi system puts off the display lamp of the remote driving taxi to which the remote driver has already been assigned and that is currently unavailable, based on the management information.
US11993200B1
A locking latch assembly for an adjustable-height twistlock assembly includes a mounting bracket configured to be secured to a housing base of the twistlock assembly, a latch having a forked portion configured to engage with a shaft rigidly connected to a locking pin of the twistlock assembly, an axle passing through the mounting bracket, and a latch pin secured on the mounting bracket. The latch is secured around the axle to allow the latch to pivot relative to the mounting bracket. The latch pin engages a first surface of the latch when the latch is in a locked position, and engages a second surface of the latch when the latch is in an unlocked position. The forked portion of the latch is configured to engage with the shaft, in the locked position of the latch, so that the shaft is substantially restricted from rotational movement. The locking pin has a head and a stem, and the shaft is secured to the stem. The stem has an upper bolt hole and a lower bolt hole passing therethrough, the upper bolt hole passing through the stem in a direction perpendicular to the lower bolt hole. The shaft has an upper bolt hole and a lower bolt hole passing therethrough, the upper bolt hole passing through the stem in a same direction as the lower bolt hole. The shaft is adjustably secured to the stem of the locking pin by a bolt passing through the upper bolt holes of the shaft and the stem or passing through the lower bolt holes of the shaft and the stem.
US11993197B2
A goods vehicle has a chassis with at least one load deck, a plurality of steerable carriages underneath the load deck and an attachment and support assembly for the load, to be transported, supported by the chassis; the attachment and support assembly being provided with an attachment head for the load to be transported, a multiple-bar kinematic system for coupling the support head to the chassis and an actuator for moving the support head with respect to the chassis with a roto-translational motion; the support head being coupled to the kinematic system by means of a hinge having a movable hinge axis.
US11993195B2
A mobility for storing a personal transportation includes a first storage unit formed on a side of the mobility and configured for storing the personal transportation therein without folding thereof; a second storage unit formed on a side of the mobility and configured for storing the personal transportation therein after the personal transportation is folded; a controller configured to control the first storage unit and the second storage unit in response to a mobility user's request; and a server configured to receive information related to whether the first storage unit and the second storage unit are used, and a remaining battery capacity, use time, and movable distance of the stored personal transportation from the controller, and to communicate with the mobility user.
US11993194B2
A delivery vehicle includes a vehicle body, a first opening that is provided at the vehicle body and that places a cabin interior and a cabin exterior in communication with each other, a second opening that is provided at the vehicle body at a different position from the first opening, and that places the cabin interior and the cabin exterior in communication with each other, a housing unit that is configured to accommodate a package in the cabin interior, that has one end disposed at a side corresponding to the first opening, and that has another end positioned further toward a vehicle lower side than the one end such that the housing unit is inclined in a vehicle downward direction from the one end toward the other end, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the package between the housing unit and the second opening.
US11993193B2
A structure for transporting ready-made meals and various kinds of foodstuffs includes a supporting framework, at least one shelf adapted to support the foodstuffs, the at least one shelf (being constrained to a central top portion of the framework with a pendulum suspension device, so that the at least one shelf always maintains a substantially horizontal position regardless of the configuration of the external supporting framework, the symmetry axis of the structure coinciding with the symmetry axis of the pendulum device.
US11993168B2
An electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) receives, from an electric vehicle (EV) connected to the EVSE, one or more electric vehicle (EV) operator-specific parameters that are specific to an EV operator, where the one or more EV operator-specific parameters affect charging service for the EV at the EVSE, and where the one or more EV operator-specific parameters are received automatically as a result of the EV being connected to the EVSE. The EVSE applies the one or more EV operator-specific parameters.
US11993142B2
A motor vehicle has a pressure relief device that can be thermally activated, for the pressure relief of at least one pressure vessel. A body floor element is arranged at least partially between the passenger compartment or the cargo area and the pressure vessel. A pressure relief triggering device is designed to directly or indirectly bring about the pressure relief. The pressure relief triggering device is designed to absorb thermal energy from the passenger compartment or the cargo area in order to trigger the pressure relief device, without the thermal energy absorbed for the triggering having previously been transmitted to the pressure relief triggering device through the body floor element.
US11993139B2
A compact drive 1 has a housing 3 with two electric motors 5 and 31 therein and a transmission 9 provided with a differential 9 via which the electric motors are connected to output shafts 13. The transmission 9 further has a first switchable planetary gear set 17, which is present between the differential and the electric motors, and two second switchable planetary gear sets 23 located between the differential and the output shafts. One rotation body of these gear sets can be connected via a brake to the housing 3 and via a coupling to another of the rotation bodies. The brake and the clutch can only be operated simultaneously in such a way that when the brake is energized, the clutch is opened and vice versa. The output shafts, the electric motors and the transmission are concentric and the housing is cylindrical for a compact and robust construction.
US11993129B2
Electric vehicle having a chassis, which supports a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, a passenger compartment, which is arranged between the front wheels and the rear wheels, at least one electric motor connected to drive wheels, an electric energy storage device, an air conditioning system, which is designed to air condition the passenger compartment by heating or cooling the air present in the passenger compartment, and a control unit, which is configured to activate the air conditioning system even when the vehicle is parked and connected to an external charging system, wherein the air conditioning system has at least one thermal device, which is designed to exchange heat directly and only with the chassis and the control unit is configured to activate the thermal device even when the vehicle is parked and connected to an external charging system.
US11993122B1
An active suspension control system for a vehicle includes a mathematical model based on a modal expansion of the vehicle. Model parameters of the vehicle can be extracted from the modal expansion using sensor data generated on the vehicle, e.g., on demand and/or in real time. The model parameters and the modal expansion can be used to determine a vehicle state, predict future vehicle states, and control aspects of an active suspension system based on the predicted future vehicle states. The model parameters may also be used to update the mathematical model, e.g., to account for component wear over time, and/or to detect anomalies or defects in the active suspension system.
US11993119B2
A robot includes a body having an internal opening. The robot further includes a first wheel configured to deploy out of the internal opening and to retract into the internal opening. The robot further includes a second wheel configured to deploy out of the internal opening and to retract into the internal opening. The robot further includes a sensor configured to determine a location of the robot. The robot further includes a controller configured to control each of the first wheel and the second wheel, wherein in response to the location of the robot being at a predetermined location, the controller is configured to cause the second wheel to deploy out of the internal opening and to cause the first wheel to retract into the internal opening.
US11993112B2
A dust cap assembly including a semi-trailer (2) and a towing vehicle (3). The dust cap assembly is for closing a king pin (21) which has been hollowed out with a borehole (22) for automatic fifth-wheel coupling. A dust cap device (1) is arranged in contact with the underside (20) of the semi-trailer (2) and such that it can rotate about the king pin (21). In order to mount the dust cap device (11) such that it can rotate about the king pin (21), a circular ring-shaped bearing disc (25) having a circular bearing seat (26) is provided, which is secured coaxially to the king pin (21) on the underside (20) of the semi-trailer (2). The circular bearing seat (26) on the circular ring-shaped bearing disc (25) has a first sliding bearing edge (261) on the inner circular opening and a second sliding bearing edge (262) on the outer rim, in which the dust cap device (1) engages. Also, a dust cap device for this assembly.
US11993111B2
Provided are gooseballs with various integrated locking mechanisms. The gooseballs are capable of being utilized in gooseneck hitches and other hitch assemblies or coupling devices that use a hitch ball. The integrated locking mechanisms of the gooseballs may allow for ease in selectively engaging and disengaging the gooseball from the gooseneck hitch by a user while ensuring secure attachment of the gooseball to the gooseball hitch to facilitate towing of a load attached to the gooseneck hitch by the gooseball.
US11993110B2
A method for forming a composite tread, the method comprising the steps of forming a coextruded strip of a first compound and a second compound, wherein the first compound is a tread compound, and the second compound is formed from a high-wear compound, wherein the tread is formed from winding the coextruded strip onto the tire building drum while varying the ratio of the first compound to the second compound.
US11993109B2
A wheel for a vehicle in which the wheel comprises a non-pneumatic tire that may be designed for robust, long-lasting performance in challenging conditions, including by using a process to make the non-pneumatic tire that may be specified such that a material of the non-pneumatic tire retains most or all of its inherent capabilities. For example, an annular beam and an annular support of the non-pneumatic tire may be injection molded together from elastomeric material flowing first where at least part of the annular beam is before flowing where at least part of the annular support is (e.g., using a molding apparatus that comprises a mold including a mold cavity and outer gating to inject thermoplastic material at an outer part of the mold into the mold cavity adjacent to where the annular beam is to be formed).
US11993107B2
Proposed is a tire with self-generation and sound absorption and, more particularly, is a tire with self-generation and sound absorption that operates an electronic module through self-power generation and has improved sound absorption performance. The tire with self-generation and sound absorption includes: a wall structure formed on a surface of an inner liner of the tire; a sound absorber spaced apart upward from the inner liner with both ends coupled to the wall structure and blocking sound generated by surfaces of treads and a road surface; and an electronic unit disposed on the surface of the inner liner and positioned between the inner liner and the sound absorber.
US11993105B2
Provided is a pneumatic tire including an indicator made of a protrusion portion or a recess portion extending in a tire circumferential direction is formed on a tire inner surface. A sound absorbing member or a sealant layer is applied to the tire inner surface along the indicator.
US11993102B2
A heavy truck tire tread (12) is provided that has a partially hidden longitudinal groove (22) with an undersurface channel (24) engaged by a longitudinal sipe (26). The partially hidden longitudinal groove (22) has a surface opening (28) that extends from a surface of the tread to the undersurface channel (24). The tread (12) has at least one of two features. The first feature is that the surface opening (28) extends from the surface to the undersurface channel (24) at an angle to the thickness direction such that the surface opening (28) at the surface is forward of the surface opening (28) at the undersurface channel (24) in the rolling direction (20). The second feature is that a lateral sipe (32) engages the surface opening (28) so that the first end is at the surface opening (28), and the second end is forward of the first end in the rolling direction (20).
US11993097B2
A mechanical pencil has: a shaft tube; a ferrule unit supported by the shaft tube; a lead holding unit having a chuck configured to relatively move with respect to the ferrule unit to eject lead held by the same; and an indication body provided movably in an axial direction. The indication body delimits from rearward a lead storage space formed rearward the chuck in the shaft tube. The indication body located at least at a predetermined position is viewable from outside the shaft tube. A length along the axial direction between a rear end of the lead storage space and a front end of the ferrule unit, in a state where the indication body has moved most rearward along the axial direction, is equal to or more than twice a length of spare lead to be stored in the lead storage space.
US11993081B2
There is provided a head system includes: a main controller; a plurality of head units; and sub-controllers respectively connected to at least one of the plurality of head units. The sub-controllers are each serially connected via a wiring. The wiring includes: a first communication path for transmitting an image signal; and a second communication path that transmits a discharge timepoint signal indicating a discharge timepoint. Each of the sub-controllers is configured to cause liquid corresponding to an image indicated by the image signal that has been received through the first communication path to be discharged from nozzles of one of the head units to which each of the sub-controllers have been connected, at a discharge timepoint indicated by the discharge timepoint signal that has been received through the second communication path.
US11993080B2
A drive circuit of a recording head having a recording element is provided. The drive circuit supplies a load element for recording operation of the recording element with an output signal of electric power according to operation of the load element. The drive circuit includes a voltage amplifier that amplifies a voltage of an analog drive waveform signal for operation of the recording element to generate a drive voltage signal. The voltage amplifier includes amplifiers. Among the amplifiers, at least one of subsequent-stage amplifiers which are a second and subsequent amplifiers from an upstream side includes a signal feedback unit that returns a signal to be output to an input side of the subsequent-stage amplifiers.
US11993078B2
A recording device including: a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject liquid to a first surface of a medium transported in a transport direction, a roller disposed downstream of the liquid ejecting unit in the transport direction and configured to rotate in contact with the first surface, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to form a first pattern of the liquid on the first surface by controlling ejection of the liquid by the liquid ejecting unit, and to form a detection region for the first pattern at a specific position on the first surface at which the roller is brought into contact with the first surface when a rotational angle of the roller becomes m °+360°, m ° being a rotational angle of the roller when the roller is brought into contact with the first pattern.
US11993069B2
A screen assembly is provided for screen printing and includes a screen with a perimeter frame and a tray covering the frame. The tray includes a central opening with an inner peripheral lip or edge which press fits against the screen to keep ink from contacting the frame during the screen printing process. After printing, the tray is removed from the frame so that the assembly can be cleaned and reused. The assembly and its method of use eliminates the need for conventional taping of the screen and frame.
US11993066B2
A lamination chuck for lamination of film materials includes a support layer and a top layer. The top layer is disposed on the support layer. The top layer includes a polymeric material having a Shore A hardness lower than a Shore hardness of a material of the support layer. The top layer and the support layer have at least one vacuum channel formed therethrough, vertically extending from a top surface of the top layer to a bottom surface of the support layer.
US11993063B2
The invention provides a transparent resin film that has a smooth surface on a side to be laminated on a substrate to prevent entering of air bubbles when bonded to a substrate and has a pattern of protrusions and depressions on a side opposite to the side to be laminated on a substrate to provide high design quality, a method for producing the transparent resin film, and a decorative material. The invention relates to a transparent resin film to be laminated on a substrate including a picture layer, the transparent resin film having a pattern of protrusions and depressions with a maximum height Rz of 20 μm or higher and 200 μm or lower on a side opposite to a side to be laminated on the substrate, the transparent resin film having a maximum height Rz of 20 μm or lower on the side to be laminated on the substrate.
US11993058B2
The present application discloses a method for preparing an electrochromic device. The method includes placing an edge protection material on a first and second substrates, placing a first and second interlayers respectively within the edge protection material on the first and second substrates, wherein the edge protection material surrounds edges of the first and second interlayers, and interposing an electrochromic film between the first and second interlayers. The edge protection material prevents chemicals in the first and second interlayers from entering into the electrochromic film.
US11993050B2
Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for a rosin press that allows improved extraction over existing presses. Computerized systems are provided for controlling and monitoring the system in an automated fashion, including via a wireless device or a server.
US11993045B2
The invention includes methods for forming a retreaded tire and treads there for. Particular embodiments of such methods include providing a tire carcass configured to receive a tire tread along an annular tread-receiving area and a pre-formed tread comprising a tread body and a submerged void arranged along a bottom side of the tread and extending into the tread thickness to a top end located below the top side of the tread, the submerged void having a length and an opening arranged along the bottom side when the tread is in an uninstalled configuration, where the opening of the submerged void extends in a direction of the submerged groove length along an alternating, non-linear path. Further steps include assembling a retreaded tire by arranging the tire tread atop a bonding layer arranged between the tire tread and the tire carcass and comprising uncured bonding material.
US11993037B1
A method or use of a contact lens, includes applying to at least one eye of a contact lens wearer the contact lens that is a free radical reaction product of a reactive mixture that includes one or more polymerizable compounds suitable for making the contact lens; and a high energy visible (HEV) light absorbing compound; and improving, by the contact lens, at least one clinical attribute comprising overall preference of the contact lens while using computer screens and digital devices as observed by the contact lens wearer, comfort at the end of the day, CLUE Comfort score, CLUE Vision score.
US11993035B2
A method for producing a composite fiber component, in which a sensor apparatus having a flexible circuit carrier and/or a sensor module, in particular a micromechanical acceleration sensor module, is integrated, includes loading a tool for producing the composite fiber component with textile layers and the sensor apparatus; closing, in particular air-tight sealing, of the loaded tool and compressing the textile layers and the sensor apparatus; introducing a liquid matrix, in particular a resin, in particular a pure resin, into the sealed tool to produce the composite fiber component; detecting, in particular in real time, an acceleration relative to the introducing and/or sealing by means of the sensor apparatus and/or the sensor module of the sensor apparatus; and deriving and/or evaluating a process parameter of the production method depending on the detected acceleration.
US11993025B2
A fixing assembly for mounting UV lamps includes a base, a first gear and a plurality of mounting modules. The first gear is arranged on one side of the base; the mounting modules are arranged around the first gear. The mounting module includes a first driving assembly, a second driving assembly and a support frame. The first driving assembly is used to drive the second driving assembly and the support frame to move circumferentially around the first gear in a considerably horizontal plane, and the second driving component is used to drive the support to move back in a considerably vertical direction. The support frame is used for mounting UV lamp. The flexibility of the fixing assembly is improved. The UV lamp may comprehensively irradiate and cure the photosensitive adhesive.
US11993024B2
Various embodiments introduce a device for attaching a protection film, the device comprising: a fixing tray including a seating portion on which an electronic device is stably placed; a base portion including a coupling portion to allow the fixing tray to be attached to or detached from the base portion and at least one rail formed along the longitudinal direction or the width direction of the coupling portion; a roller portion which moves along the at least one rail and presses a surface of the electronic device stably placed on the fixing tray; and a hardening portion coupled to the base portion, closing or opening the seating portion of the fixing tray, and emitting ultraviolet rays toward the fixing tray. Other embodiments are also possible.
US11993023B2
According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for smoothing one or more surfaces of a 3D-printed object in reduced gravity is provided. The present invention may include positioning one or more radiative heating elements to evenly heat one or more surfaces of a 3D-printed object based on a shape of the 3D-printed object; determining, for at least one of the one or more radiative heating elements, a desired heat output necessary to melt the outermost layers of the one or more surfaces; and pulsing the one or more radiative heating elements to melt the one or more surfaces, wherein the duration and frequency of the pulsing is configured to achieve the desired heat output.
US11993021B2
According to one aspect, there is provided a method of removing liquid from a build chamber containing build material and liquid. The method comprises starting a liquid extraction process to extract liquid from the build chamber, and determining when a predetermined threshold of liquid has been removed from the build chamber, and thereby stopping the liquid extraction process.
US11993019B2
A 3D printing device includes at least one printing nozzle for a layer-by-layer application of a printing material provided for the production of a component to be printed along a direction of application (R). The 3D printing device has a temperature control device that is configured and provided both to cool and warm already applied printing material in the region of the printing nozzle.
US11993017B2
A method of fabricating a three-dimensional article comprises providing a spatially coherent light source (101, 201), generating from the light source (101, 201), patterns of light based on computed tomographic projections of the three-dimensional article, and projecting the patterns of light into a photoresponsive medium. The projecting is configured to define a three-dimensional dose distribution, thereby locally altering the phase of the photoresponsive medium and creating the article.
US11993015B2
A build plate assembly for a three-dimensional printer includes: a lighting panel having individually addressable pixels configured to selectively emit light and/or transmit light from illumination below the pixels to a top surface top surface of the lighting panel; a rigid, optically transparent, gas-impermeable planar screen or base having an upper surface having an uneven surface topology and a lower surface that is affixed to the top surface of the lighting panel; and a flexible, optically transparent, gas-permeable sheet having upper and lower surfaces, the upper surface comprising a build surface for forming a three-dimensional object, the sheet lower surface positioned opposite the base, wherein the build plate is configured to permit gas flow to the build surface.
US11993013B2
A multi-nozzle concurrent printing system includes a plurality of extrusion type nozzle assemblies, a three-axial translation mechanism and an objective table. Each nozzle assembly is provided with a nozzle, a storage barrel and a temperature control module; the three-axial translation mechanism includes an X-axial translation unit, a Y-axial translation unit and a Z-axial translation unit, and the nozzle assemblies are mounted on the Z-axial translation unit; and there are a plurality of nozzle assemblies, the printing system is provided with a concurrent calibration sensor, and the concurrent calibration sensor is taken as an original point of a coordinate system of the printing system. The printing system is provided with the plurality of nozzle assemblies which can work cooperatively or sequentially, the printing mode is flexible and changeable, and non-uniform mixing system forming of materials can be realized; and stable output of the materials in a formal printing task is guaranteed.
US11993011B1
Plasma micro nozzle adapters having various configurations and operating principles are disclosed. The plasma micro nozzle adapter is employed with a commercial plasma jet printer to produce smaller printed features than those possible with the original plasma jet printer. In a first class of embodiments, the plasma micro nozzle adapter narrows a plasma jet using electrostatic or magnetostatic lensing, permitting the printing of ceramic, metallic, dielectric, or plastic features with line widths of 10 μm or less. In a second class of embodiments, the plasma micro nozzle adapter narrows the plasma jet using a gas sheath. By adjusting the flow rate or pressure of the gas used to form the gas sheath, the cross-sectional shape of the plasma jet may form, for example, an ellipse, thereby controlling the width of the printed feature. A third class of embodiments employs both electrostatic (or magnetostatic) lensing along with the gas sheath.
US11993009B2
Additive manufacturing methods use a surrogate slurry to iteratively develop an additive manufacturing protocol and then substitutes a final slurry composition to then additively manufacture a final component using the developed additive manufacturing protocol. In the nuclear reactor component context, the final slurry composition is a nuclear fuel slurry having a composition: 30-45 vol. % monomer resin, 30-70 vol. % plurality of particles of uranium-containing material, >0-7 vol. % dispersant, photoactivated dye, photoabsorber, photoinitiator, and 0-18 vol. % (as a balance) diluent. The surrogate slurry has a similar composition, but a plurality of surrogate particles selected to represent a uranium-containing material are substituted for the particles of uranium-containing material. The method provides a means for in-situ monitoring of characteristics of the final component during manufacture as well as in-situ volumetric inspection. Compositions of surrogate slurries and nuclear fuel slurries are also disclosed.
US11993005B1
A process, an apparatus, and photoswitchable photoinitiators for polymerizing a starting material by dual color photopolymerization. In particular, photoinitiators are provided, which cause curing of photopolymerizable formulations upon illumination with two different wavelengths.
US11993004B2
A composition comprises a cyanoacrylate polymer and a protected amine. A method comprises: providing a shaped model comprising a cyanoacrylate polymer; preparing an investment having a cavity that corresponds to the shaped model; and heating the shaped model to sufficient temperature that the cyanoacrylate polymer depolymerizes and volatilizes. A hardenable material may be cast in the investment to provide a replica of the shaped model. A curable composition comprises: a cyanoacrylate monomer; a free-radical photoinitiator; and a protected amine, wherein the curable composition is free of compounds that initiate anionic polymerization of the cyanoacrylate monomer at ambient temperature. A method of curing the curable composition is also disclosed.
US11993003B2
A process for making a layered multi-material structural element having controlled mechanical failure characteristics. The process includes the steps of: supplying a cementitious layer and forming a polymer layer on the cementitious layer by additive manufacture such that the polymer layer has a first thickness and the cementitious layer has a second thickness, wherein the polymer layer comprises a polymer and the cementitious layer comprises a cementitious material; and allowing the polymer from the polymer layer to suffuse into the cementitious layer for a period of time to obtain a suffused zone in the cementitious layer such that the suffused zone has a third thickness that is less than half the second thickness.
US11992998B2
In one aspect, the present application provides a method for fabricating shell-shaped dental appliance, comprising: generating a first 3D digital model representing an assembly of a support and a shell-shaped dental appliance, where the support has a first surface that conforms to and clings to a second surface of the shell-shaped dental appliance; and using the first 3D digital model to control a device to discharge successive drops of at least one fluid phase and solidifiable appliance material and successive drops of at least one fluid phase and solidifiable support material to form the assembly slice by slice along a first direction.
US11992993B2
Provided is an apparatus for processing containers, in particular plastic containers and plastic parisons, including at least one processing device which processes the containers in a predetermined manner, and including at least one transfer device, which transfers the containers, individually, to the processing device in a transfer region and/or to which the containers are transferred from the processing device in a transfer region. At least one inspection device is provided, which is suitable and intended for visually inspecting at least a part of the processing device and or the transfer region at least at sections and completely, at least temporarily during a transfer process of a container.
US11992989B1
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of door processing, and in particular to a door with a plastic-wood co-extruded skeleton and a processing method thereof. The door includes a door skeleton, including four multilayer boards; where the four multilayer boards form a rectangular frame structure; an outer surface of each multilayer board is wrapped with a PVC wrapping layer, and an outer side of the PVC wrapping layer is attached to an SMC door skin; a PU filling foam is filled between an outer periphery of the door skeleton and a wall structure outside the door skeleton.
US11992946B2
A joint acceleration planning method, a redundant robot using the same, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining an optimization objective function, a joint acceleration inequation constraint function and a joint acceleration equation constraint function corresponding to the optimization target from a quadratic programming function library, where the optimization objective function is an objective function obtained based on the upper and lower limits of the optimization target and a Euclidean distance algorithm; and obtaining a joint acceleration planning result by performing a quadratic optimization solving on a joint acceleration of each of the target joints of the robot at time k according to the end Cartesian space speed at time k+1, the joint parameter set of the target joints of the robot at time k, the sampling period, the optimization objective function, the joint acceleration inequation constraint function, and the joint acceleration equation constraint function.
US11992945B2
Techniques are disclosed that enable training a plurality of policy networks, each policy network corresponding to a disparate robotic training task, using a mobile robot in a real world workspace. Various implementations include selecting a training task based on comparing a pose of the mobile robot to at least one parameter of a real world training workspace. For example, the training task can be selected based on the position of a landmark, within the workspace, relative to the pose. For instance, the training task can be selected such that the selected training task moves the mobile robot towards the landmark.
US11992944B2
Training and/or utilizing a hierarchical reinforcement learning (HRL) model for robotic control. The HRL model can include at least a higher-level policy model and a lower-level policy model. Some implementations relate to technique(s) that enable more efficient off-policy training to be utilized in training of the higher-level policy model and/or the lower-level policy model. Some of those implementations utilize off-policy correction, which re-labels higher-level actions of experience data, generated in the past utilizing a previously trained version of the HRL model, with modified higher-level actions. The modified higher-level actions are then utilized to off-policy train the higher-level policy model. This can enable effective off-policy training despite the lower-level policy model being a different version at training time (relative to the version when the experience data was collected).
US11992941B2
Systems, methods, and devices are described for high accuracy molded navigation arrays. In a first embodiment, a navigation array is formed by molding, as a single component, an array having a plurality of marker regions. The marker regions include a reflective layer disposed thereon. In other embodiments, a navigation array is formed by molding over a frame having a plurality of marker elements. In still other embodiments, a navigation array is formed by molding over individual marker elements. In certain embodiments, a navigation array is formed by molding a frame with a plurality of voids and subsequently molding marker elements into each void where the marker elements include a reflective layer disposed thereon. In some embodiments, a navigation array is formed by molding a plurality of marker elements on a frame and disposing a reflective layer on the marker elements.
US11992940B2
An articulated robot including a base, an arm supported so as to be rotatable about a predetermined axis with respect to the base and rotatable within a rotational angle range smaller than ±180°, and a hollow shaft that is disposed outside the rotational angle range and stands upward from the base to be parallel to the axis. A cable body is wired from the base to the arm through an inside of the shaft. The articulated robot includes a stopper embedded in a side surface of the shaft, the stopper against which a side surface of the arm rotated beyond the rotational angle range abuts.
US11992939B2
The present disclosure provides a robot palm, which includes: a housing having a particle-containing space configured to accommodate particles so that a pressure thereof is changeable; particles filled in the particle-containing space; and an upper membrane installed at an upper portion of the housing and configured to grip an object by changing its shape and rigidity according to a pressure change of the particle-containing space.
US11992936B2
A surgical system uses a single entry port in a wide variety of surgeries. To insert multiple surgical instruments into a patient through a single entry port requires that the shaft of at least one of the surgical instruments be bent between the base of the surgical instrument and the point where the shaft contacts a channel in an entry guide. Each surgical instrument is positioned by an instrument manipulator positioning system so that when the shaft is inserted in a channel of the entry guide, any bending of the shaft does not damage the surgical instrument and does not inhibit proper operation of the surgical instrument.
US11992926B2
A hand-held power tool includes an electric motor, a tool unit, and at least one operating unit. A motor switching unit is configured to sense a contact-pressure characteristic between the tool unit and the operating unit, and configured to switch the electric motor at least partially in dependence on the contact-pressure characteristic.
US11992925B2
A combustion powered fastener driving tool including a fuel cell receiving block shaped and sized to receive and engage a fuel cell adapter of a fuel cell, the fuel cell adapter shaped and sized to form a fluid tight seal with the fuel cell receiving block.
US11992914B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a polishing composition which can make the removal rate of a metal material and the removal rate of a resin material the same or close to each other in a chemical mechanical polishing process, which can accordingly avoid or suppress the occurrence of a step difference. The polishing composition contains: abrasive grains containing silica, with at least a part of hydrogen atoms constituting a silanol group located on a surface of the silica being substituted with a cation of at least one metal atom M selected from the group consisting of aluminum, chromium, titanium, zirconium, iron, zinc, tin, scandium, and gallium; and a dispersing medium. The pH of the polishing composition is more than 2 and 7 or less.
US11992910B2
The invention relates to: sensor modules for e.g. a tool holder, wherein the sensor unit is integrated as a structural entity; tool or machine elements designed with such sensor modules; and a machining/machine tool comprising such a sensor module. The sensor modules have a sensor system for detecting system states or operating states which occur during the machining of a workpiece.
US11992907B2
A system for damping machine-induced vibration in a workpiece includes a plurality of workpiece holders to hold the workpiece in a work cell. The system also includes a machine tool located in the work cell. The machine tool performs a machining operation on the workpiece while the workpiece is held by the plurality of workpiece holders. The system further includes a damping apparatus coupled to the workpiece. The damping apparatus controls machine-induced vibrations in the workpiece during the machining operation.
US11992903B2
A process for the production of a metal mixture composition containing lead and tin, and comprising by weight at least 10% tin and 45% lead, at least 90% of tin and lead together, more lead than tin, from 1-5000 ppm of copper, at least 0.42% antimony and at least 0.0001% wt of sulphur, at most 0.1% of the total of chromium, manganese, vanadium, titanium and tungsten, and at most 0.1% of each one of aluminium, nickel, iron and zinc. The process includes a pre-treatment step for producing the metal mixture composition, followed by a vacuum distillation step wherein lead is removed by evaporation and a bottom stream is obtained comprising at least 0.6% wt of lead.
US11992897B2
An apparatus for laser machining a workpiece in a machining plane includes a first laser machining unit for forming a first focal zone which extends in a first main direction of extent, and at least one further laser machining unit for forming at least one further focal zone which extends in a further main direction of extent oriented transversely to the first main direction of extent. The first focal zone and the at least one further focal zone are spaced apart from one another parallel to the machining plane at a work distance. The first laser machining unit and the at least one further laser machining unit are movable in an advancement direction that is oriented parallel to the machining plane. The workpiece comprises a material that is transparent to a laser beam which respectively forms the first focal zone and the at least one further focal zone.
US11992891B2
The disclosure provides a machining program generating device of a wire discharge machine, a machining program generating method, a wire discharge machining system and a machined object manufacturing method. The machining method of the wire discharge machine of the disclosure includes: a processing of forming and machining a claw part on at least one of a machining path of a machining groove and a machining path of a dividing line for dividing a core that forms an inner part of a workpiece separated by the machining groove; and a processing of separating the core from the workpiece by dividing at the dividing line.
US11992887B2
In this drill, a cutting edge, which is formed at an intersecting ridge line part between a wall surface, facing a drill rotation direction, of a chip discharging flute formed at an outer periphery of a tip portion of a drill main body that is rotated around an axis, and a tip flank face, includes an inner peripheral cutting edge located on a radially inner peripheral side with respect to the axis; and an outer peripheral cutting edge connected to a radially outer peripheral side of the inner peripheral cutting edge. A point angle of a portion of the inner peripheral cutting edge on an inner peripheral side with respect to the axis is within a range of 90° to 170°.
US11992886B2
A controller for a tool drive that collects force data and displacement data from the tool drive. The controller generates a stiffness model representing a workpiece using the force data and the displacement data. The controller further collects a force signal from the tool drive. The controller determines deflection of the workpiece using the force signal and stiffness model. The controller determines a resonant frequency of the workpiece using the stiffness model. The controller modifies an oscillation frequency and/or a rotational frequency of a spindle of the tool drive based on the resonant frequency. The controller also determines a location of a tip of the tool drive using the force signal.
US11992883B2
A coated tool may include a base member including a first surface, and a coating layer located on the first surface. On the first surface, scattered island portions may include 70 area % or more of a binder phase and have an equivalent circle diameter of 10 μm or more. The coating layer may include a first layer including a titanium compound and located on the first surface, and a second layer including aluminum oxide and located on and in contact with the first layer. The coating layer may include a plurality of voids. An average value of widths of the voids in the direction along the boundary may be less than an average value of distances between the voids adjacent to each other.
US11992882B2
Provided is a cutting tool that can have a long tool life even when used to cut soft metals in particular. The cutting tool comprises a base body and a hard carbon film arranged on the base body, the hard carbon film includes an amorphous phase and a graphite phase, the density of the hard carbon film is no less than 2.5 g/cm3 and no more than 3.5 g/cm3, the degree of crystallinity of the hard carbon film is no more than 6.5%, and the average coordination number of the amorphous phase is no less than 2.5 and no more than 4.
US11992881B2
A cutting element comprises a supporting substrate, and a cutting table attached to an end of the supporting substrate. The cutting table comprises a first region and a second region. The first region comprising inter-bonded diamond particles and is substantially free of at least highly catalytic metallic compounds, one or more non-catalytic compounds within interstitial spaces between the inter-bonded diamond particles, and voids within interstitial spaces between the inter-bonded diamond particles. The second region comprising inter-bonded diamond particles, one or more non-catalytic compounds within interstitial spaces between the inter-bonded diamond particles, and one or more metallic phases within interstitial spaces between the inter-bonded diamond particles. The first region of the cutting table has a content of elemental metal of at least about 2.6 wt %. A method of forming a cutting element, and an earth-boring tool are also described.
US11992878B2
In one example, a memory having instructions thereon that when executed cause a 3D printing system to determine a cure time for a functional agent applied to print a part as a function of build platform position and then cure the functional agent for the determined cure time.
US11992870B2
A method of forming a vehicle panel includes deforming a sheet metal workpiece between stamping tools to form a first and second edges that converge at a corner of the workpiece's main surface. The first edge is defined by a junction of the main surface and a first flange. The second edge is defined the main surface and a second flange. Forming the first and second edges includes deforming the workpiece so that the second flange has a first region bent to a first angle relative to the main surface and an unwinding region bent to an angle that unwinds from the first region as the second flange approaches the corner. The method includes deforming the workpiece between a second set of stamping tools that deform the first flange and the unwinding region of the second flange until the first and second flanges are bent greater than 90°.
US11992868B2
A connection rod coupling assembly includes a settable shape mounting second component having a lateral, primary axis and a bearing assembly including a bearing assembly body. The bearing assembly body includes a substantially cylindrical outer surface and a center axis. The bearing assembly body is coupled to the settable shape mounting second component in a non-aligned configuration. That is, the bearing assembly body center axis is offset from the settable shape mounting second component primary axis. Thus, the position of the bearing assembly body center axis is adjustable by repositioning the settable shape mounting second component relative to a settable shape mounting first component on a swing lever. The adjustment of the bearing assembly body, in turn, adjusts the range of the ram assembly and the ram assembly body.
US11992847B2
A system for reducing dust emissions resulting from tire abrasion, comprising a collecting unit (1), arranged at a distance from the tread (4) of a tire (5) and has at least one first electromagnet and/or permanent magnet (2). At least the material with which the tread (4) of the tire (5) is formed is magnetic or is ferromagnetically, ferrimagnetically or anti-ferromagnetically magnetisable, so that the tire abrasion particles (6) created as a result of abrasion of the tread (4) are magnetic or are ferromagnetically, ferrimagnetically or anti-ferromagnetically magnetisable. The at least one first electromagnet and/or permanent magnet (2) is designed to magnetise tire abrasion particles (6) and to accumulate the magnetized tire abrasion particles (6) detached from the material of the tread (4) in a collection point (3), arranged on a vehicle.
US11992841B2
A test apparatus for a test using a test solution containing a sample with the use of a microchannel device is provided. The test apparatus includes a pressure application unit that is connected to a first opening and applies an air pressure to inject the test solution into a microchannel, an opening and closing unit that switches between opening and closing of a second opening, and a controller that controls the pressure application unit and the opening and closing unit. The controller controls the opening and closing unit to close the second opening, controls the pressure application unit to inject the test solution into the microchannel, controls the opening and closing unit to open the second opening after the test solution is injected into the microchannel, and controls the pressure application unit to apply an air pressure to collect in a collection portion, the test solution in a branch channel.
US11992832B2
A safety cabinet that includes an opening portion in a front surface of a work space and a front shutter, and supplies purified air into the work space from above. The front shutter slides in an upward and downward direction to close a part or an entirety of the opening portion. The front shutter includes a small window shutter that slides in a lateral direction.
US11992823B2
An electronic vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir in the housing, the reservoir configured to store a pre-vapor formulation, a heater in the housing, the heater configured to heat the pre-vapor formulation, at least one portion formed of a material including at least one polymer and at least one oxygen sequestering agent, and a power supply.
US11992822B2
A bleaching clay product, a method of producing and a method of decolorizing an oil are disclosed. The bleaching clay product comprises attapulgite that has been thermally activated. The bleaching clay product may have a permeability in oil in the range of 0.04-3 darcy and may have a surface area of 45-140 m2/g. The method of producing such bleaching clay product may comprise thermally activating a material that includes attapulgite by heating the material at a temperature in the range of 300 to 900° C. The method of decolorizing may include contacting for a contact time an oil with the bleaching clay product that comprises attapulgite that has been thermally activated, and separating the bleaching clay product from the oil to recover a decolorized oil that has a lower red color than the oil had prior to the contacting.
US11992819B2
A device includes an insulated reaction chamber, light sources above a stirring module, the light sources surrounding the reaction chamber, and holders containing reaction vessels, the holders configured to fit within the insulated reaction chamber in a manner that enables an even distribution of light between the reaction vessels.
US11992813B2
A membrane for water collection may include a sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a plurality of conical structures disposed on the top surface of the sheet, the conical structures comprising a hydrogel material. Each conical structure of the plurality of conical structures may have a height of 1 mm to 50 mm, wherein height is measured from the top surface of the sheet to an apex of a conical structure. Each conical structure of the plurality of conical structures may have an apex angle of 10 to 60 degrees.
US11992811B2
The present invention relates to high performance, crosslinked hollow-fibre membranes and a new process for manufacturing the same.
US11992806B2
A four-way conversion catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas stream of a gasoline engine, the catalyst comprising a porous wall flow filter substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending between the inlet end and the outlet end, and a plurality of passages defined by porous internal walls of the porous wall flow filter substrate, wherein the plurality of passages comprise inlet passages having an open inlet end and a closed outlet end, and outlet passages having a closed inlet end and an open outlet end; wherein in the pores of the porous internal walls and on the surface of the porous internal walls, which surface defines the interface between the porous internal walls and the passages, the catalyst comprises a three-way conversion catalytic coating comprising an oxygen storage compound and a platinum group metal supported on a refractory metal oxide; wherein in the pores of the porous internal walls, the three-way conversion catalytic coating is present as in-wall-coating and on the surface of the porous internal walls, the three-way conversion catalytic coating is present as on-wall-coating; wherein in addition to said three-way conversion catalytic coating, the catalyst comprises no further coating in the pores of the porous internal walls and no further coating on the surface of the porous internal walls.
US11992804B2
A single compressor is used to separately compress permeate from cascaded first and second gas separation membrane-based separation units and residue from a fourth gas separation membrane-based separation unit in order to avoid too high a CO2 partial pressure in the compressed permeate. After the permeates from the first and second stages are compressed, the compressed stream is fed to a third gas separation membrane-based separation unit.
US11992802B2
An apparatus (10, 110, 210, 310) for the separation and recovery of CO2, from air, by a cyclic adsorption/desorption process using a loose particulate sorbent for gas adsorption. The apparatus has a plurality of adjacent, parallel, spaced-apart layers (24, 124, 224, 324), each having a stiff frame supporting a flexible, gas-permeable fabric enclosure for the sorbent. The gas inlet (14, 114, 214, 314) and outlet (18, 118, 216, 316) of the apparatus are on its axially opposite sides, and each layer (24, 124, 224, 324) extending axially within the apparatus. The recovered CO2 can be either supplied to an enclosed space, recycled to an enclosed space, from which the CO2 had been separated, or vented to the exterior of the latter enclosed space.
US11992790B2
A filtration system with a rotating core driving thimble opening and closing water passage, including: a casing, a filter and a connector, wherein the filter and the connector are connected and fixed in the casing; the filter includes a filter element body and a carbon rod; the connector includes a connector core, a water intake thimble, a water outtake thimble; the connector core is provided with a water inlet boss on which a first arc groove is provided, and a water outlet boss on which a second arc groove is provided; the water intake thimble and the water outtake thimble are lifted and falls through the rotation of the connector core, so that a water intake passage and a water outtake passage are opened and closed.
US11992789B2
Shell-and-tube strippers for stripping a urea/carbamate mixture, related systems, methods, and uses. The stripper includes a shell and a plurality of tubes disposed within the shell. Baffles and deflectors offer improved homogeneity of heating fluid flow in the stripper's shell-side space.
US11992788B2
A filter includes an end cap having a top surface, and a circumferential collar extending from the top surface, the circumferential collar having a radial surface that engages radially with one or more fingers that extend from an inner surface of a filter housing cover, a filter base, a filter element positioned between the end cap and the filter base, and a pin extending below the filter base.
US11992786B1
A kit for creating a miniature replica of a model object, the kit including a base object that forms a base of the miniature replica, the base object comprising a miniature replica of a component of the model object, a resin container storing a resin configured to be applied to the base object and to adhere to the base object, the resin container comprising a miniature replica of a container associated with the model object, and one or more ingredient objects configured to be at least partially embedded in the resin, the one or more ingredient objects comprising miniature replicas of one or more ingredients associated with the model object, the resin being configured to solidify when exposed to ultraviolet light to thereby affix the resin to the base object and to affix the one or more ingredient objects at least partially within the resin.
US11992777B2
An instant lottery ticket game system includes a set of scratch-off lottery ticket blanks, each lottery ticket blank having a front face and a back face and a game play area on the front face with play indicia that presents a pre-determined game outcome, the play indicia covered by a scratch-off coating (SOC). A coating layer is applied over at least the game play area such that an entirety of the front face presents an empty composition area void of lottery ticket indicia. The set of lottery ticket blanks are housed within an automated dispenser. An interface is configured with the dispenser and is in communication with a printer associated with the dispenser and accepts input of composition indicia from a patron for printing on portions of or the entirety of the front face to generate a finished scratch-off lottery ticket prior to dispensing the finished lottery ticket.
US11992762B2
Techniques for improving a graphical user interface are described. In an example, a computer system receives an activity identifier of an activity in a video game and correlated locations. It builds a map of the locations from completion data indicating completion of the activity, and location data indicating where the activity was completed in the video game by other players. The identifier can be predefined in program code of the video game. Data is processed to determine where the likely location is for completing the activity in the video game. This likely location is shown as a graphical user interface element in a map.
US11992760B2
A virtual object control method is performed at a computing device. The method includes: displaying a user interface (UI); receiving a touch operation signal corresponding to an operation control by a user of the computing device; obtaining attribute information of the touch operation signal; determining, according to a first posture of a virtual object and the attribute information, a second posture to which the virtual object is to be switched, wherein the first posture is a current posture of the virtual object in the virtual environment; and switching the virtual object from the first posture to the second posture. In the technical solutions, a virtual object is controlled to switch between different postures through different operations on the same operation control, which removes the limitation that one operation control can only control switching of one posture, thereby helping to make the UI more concise and user-friendly.
US11992758B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for generating a game effect, an electronic device, and a computer-readable medium, and the method includes following steps: acquiring an effect setting operation of a user, the effect setting operation including a setting operation of a multimedia material, a setting operation of a scoring rule, and a setting operation of an ending rule; and generating a configuration file of a game effect according to the multimedia material, the scoring rule, and the ending rule. The configuration file is used to indicate presentation of the game effect on a target video; and during the presentation of the game effect, the multimedia material is presented on the target video, scoring is performed and displayed according to the scoring rule, and a game is over in a case that the ending rule is satisfied.
US11992757B2
Data characterizing two players enrolled in a tournament of an online video game is received. Each player is executing a separate instance of the online video game. The online video game is asynchronous between the two players. The data is received by a tournament server hosting the tournament and separate from a game server providing game data to clients associated with the two players. An instruction for synchronous initiation of gameplay between the two players is generated. The instruction is transmitted to the clients associated with the two players, the instruction causing synchronous initiation of the asynchronous games for the two players. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US11992755B2
A system and method for detecting and managing electronic transactions and providing a domain specific collection of remotely callable functions in a video game environment.
US11992754B2
When one of a first-part HP indication to a third-part HP indication is tapped at one of the terminals participating in a quest, a character icon, a part information indication, and a designation indication are displayed at each of the terminals participating in the quest on the basis of part information, player character information, and player number information of the terminal at which the part HP indication has been tapped. This makes it possible for a player to notify the players at the other terminals of a part that the player wishes to attack.
US11992739B1
An apparatus for precisely and accurately measuring the loft and lie of a golf club, and a method of using such apparatus, is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a clamp assembly powered by a pressure unit to immobilize the head of a golf club, a scoreline measurement unit to capture scoreline angle information, loft and lie measurement arrays that can be moved along horizontal y and x axes to capture loft and lie angle information of the golf club shaft, and a computer with an algorithm that uses information captured by the scoreline measurement unit and loft and lie measurement arrays to calculate final loft and lie angle values that are accurate within +/−0.125°.
US11992738B2
A combination ball marker and alignment device has a base and an aiming device. The base has a top surface and an opposing bottom surface. The base further has a ball contact side, disposed on a sidewall between the top and bottom surfaces, having a shape configured to contact a spherical ball along a surface line of the ball that is orthogonally oriented with a vertical axis of the ball, and an opposing back side disposed between the top and bottom surfaces. The aiming device includes a linear indicator. The aiming device is coupled to the base and configured to move along an arcuate path above the top surface. The arcuate path defines an axis rotation, and the linear indicator remains radially oriented to the axis of rotation regardless of the position of the aiming device on the arcuate path.
US11992737B2
A sub-assembly for a golf bag includes a divider top having an outer ring and a plurality of apertures, and a leg mounting bracket having a mounting channel and a plurality of retention members extending into the mounting channel. A portion of the outer ring is received in the mounting channel and each of the plurality of apertures receives one of the plurality of retention members to form a snap-fit connection.
US11992733B1
Systems and methods for measuring and classifying golf balls and/or components thereof according to concentricity including automated inspection systems that can simultaneously image multiple golf balls (or components thereof) to gather and analyze data on concentricity and, optionally, classify or sort the multiple golf balls (or components thereof) according to the analyzed concentricity data.
US11992732B2
In one aspect, a swimjet system may include a reverse thrust system worn by a swimmer proximate the frontal upper torso. The system provides a variable amount of reverse thrust such that the user can swim-in-place or make gradual forward progress. Importantly, this may enable a user to effectively “extend” a small residential pool to serve the same function as a twenty-five meter pool typically found at commercial or government facilities. The system also provides laminar current under the user while swimming, which solves the problems of “leg drop,” the need to “out-kick” the arm stroke, and turbulence and wave action around the head associated with conventional swim-in-place devices. Still further, in certain embodiments the system provides a relatively strong current in the region of the arm stroke moving away from the swimmer which provides enhanced “resistance” for proficient swimmers.
US11992731B2
An AI motion recognition based smart hometraining platform is configured to include: a photographing unit; an motion image generation unit; a joint information generation unit; a deep learning determination unit determining whether the user motion is suitable by inputting user joint information; a correction information generation unit extracting correction information, and generating an image for a correction image or correction information based on the extracted correction information; a user image generation unit generating a user image acquired by overlaying a joint information image of the joint information generation unit to the user image; and a display displaying both the image for the correction message or the correction information and the user image of the user image generation unit in the display.
US11992727B2
A system includes wearable devices positioned on a subject in different locations. Each wearable device includes motion sensors that measure the subject's movement in three dimensions. The motion sensors generate raw sensory data as the subject performs a physical movement. A data filter is selected based on a condition of the subject and a designated movement corresponding to the physical movement, and used to convert the raw sensory data into formatted data. A level of compliance of the physical movement with a movement model for the designated movement is determined by applying comparative modeling techniques to the formatted data and the movement model. Real-time feedback is delivered dynamically to the subject by the wearable devices during the performance of the physical movement based on the level of compliance. The movement model can be generated, and the comparative modeling techniques can be selected, based on the condition of the subject.
US11992726B2
Embodiments relate to perineometer device for providing accurate biofeedback. In an embodiment, the device comprises a cap, at least one first finger and at least one plate, at least one battery for applying an electrical potential difference to the at least one first finger and the at least one plate, a capacitive measuring microchip for measuring capacitance between the at least one finger and the at least one plate and a processor for recording capacitance measured by the capacitive measuring microchip and transmitting capacitance value or force data to a user interface device via radio frequency.
US11992723B2
A multifunctional exercise apparatus allows a user to perform a variety of exercises by using the multifunctional exercise apparatus as a pushup bar, a step platform, or a kettlebell. The multifunction exercise apparatus includes a base platform, a left handle, and a right handle. The base platform is used as a structure base to arrange and connect the other components together. The left handle allows the user's left hand to grasp the multifunctional exercise apparatus, while the right handle allows the user's right hand to grasp the multifunctional exercise apparatus.
US11992720B2
A cartridge with a status indicator, a fire suppression system for incorporating the same, and a method of inspecting whether a fire suppression system is capable of being actuated are provided. The status indicator is connected to the body of the cartridge. The status indicator defines a first state and a second state. The status indicator undergoes a change from the first state to the second state when exposed to a physical change. The physical change may include at least one of a decrease in temperature beyond a threshold, an increase in relative humidity beyond a threshold, and a threshold differential temperature change. The physical change is caused by the discharge of the cartridge. When installed within a fire suppression system, the status indicator enables the visual inspection of whether the fire suppression system is capable of being actuated.
US11992719B2
The present application is provided with a fluid storage apparatus of a battery pack, including: a box, where the box has an inner cavity; a partition member, where the partition member is located in the inner cavity of the box, and the partition member divides the box into a fluid storage portion and a gas storage portion. The fluid storage portion is used to store spraying liquid and the fluid storage portion has a fluid outlet; the gas storage portion is used to store gas and the gas storage portion has a fluid inlet. And the partition member is configured to move toward the fluid outlet under the action of compressed gas in the gas storage portion.
US11992713B2
Described herein are energy absorbing apparatuses and methods of their use that utilize varying energy absorbing relationships between the apparatus members to absorb an energy input. The energy absorbing process occurs via a material forming process.
US11992698B2
A light irradiation device includes a light source unit emitting a light to a wounded are of a skin and a controller controlling the light source unit. The light source unit includes a substrate, at least one first light source disposed on the substrate and emitting a first light in a blue wavelength band, and at least one second light source disposed on the substrate and emitting a second light in a red wavelength band to a near-infrared wavelength band. The first and second lights have different skin penetration depths from each other depending on a wavelength.
US11992689B2
The invention relates to a system, which can be implanted in a human body, for neuromodulation of nerves, having an electronic signal generating or in an implantable signal generating housing (10), a voltage supply connected to the signal generating or, at least one elongated multi-channel wire electrode (12), which is connected to the signal generating housing and which is designed for implantation in the human body on a nerve (DNP), which multi-channel wire electrode forms a plurality of shell segment electrodes (16a-16d) on a nerve contact region (14) and has, on the ends thereof, a fixing (18) for anchoring the wire electrode means to an implantation location, wherein the signal generator housing has a flat fixing unit (20), which is flange-like and/or sits and/or protrudes in the manner of a piece of tissue, which enables the surgical fixation of the signal generating housing to a tissue, muscle or bone region (PB) in the body, in particular to a region of the pubic bone, to a muscle portion and/or to a fascia.
US11992682B2
This application is generally related to systems and methods for providing a medical therapy to a patient by tracking patient activity and adjusting medical therapy based on occurrence of different types of activities performed by the patient according to clinician defined stimulation program scheduling rules.
US11992681B2
Electrical stimulation devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the electrical stimulation device comprises an elongated member configured to be orally or nasally inserted into a patient's pharynx. The device may further include a conductive element carried by a distal portion of the elongated member and configured to deliver stimulation energy to nearby tissue. The device can include a cover configured to move relative to the conductive elements to selectively cover or expose the conductive elements.
US11992680B2
An electrical treatment device (200) includes a plurality of electrodes that come into contact with a site of a body of a user; an operation unit (302) that receives an operation for adjusting an electrical stimulation intensity provided to the site; and a treatment execution unit (304) that applies a pulse voltage corresponding to the electrical stimulation intensity to the plurality of electrodes and performs treatment of the site by changing a frequency of the pulse voltage within a predetermined frequency range continuously or in a step-like manner. When the operation unit (302) receives the operation, the treatment execution unit (304) changes the pulse voltage to correspond to the electrical stimulation intensity based on the operation, changes the frequency of the pulse voltage to a predetermined frequency, and changes the frequency of the pulse voltage from the predetermined frequency continuously or in a step-like manner.
US11992674B2
Disclosed are a graphene oxide cochlear implant electrode and a manufacturing method thereof. The graphene oxide cochlear implant electrode includes an electrode tip, an electrode carrier, electrode contacts, a first positioning ring, a second positioning ring, a boosting portion, an electrode wire, a loop electrode, a loop electrode wire and a wire array, herein the electrode tip is arranged at a foremost portion of the cochlear implant electrode, the electrode carrier is silica gel grafted with a graphene oxide, the electrode carrier wraps the electrode wire and semi-wraps the electrode contacts connected to the electrode wire one by one, and the electrode carrier is slightly curved as a whole; and the electrode wire is connected to the electrode contacts one by one and forms a spiral shape through the first positioning ring, the second positioning ring and the boosting portion. Methyl vinyl silica gel is adopted, and after activation treatment, the graphene oxide is grafted to the silica gel through a silane coupling agent trimethoxysilane, as to form a hydrophilic antibacterial polymer, not only the hydrophilicity of the silica gel is improved, but also the silica gel is endowed with an antibacterial property, and the cytotoxicity thereof is reduced at the same time.
US11992673B2
A method for manufacturing an implantable lead includes forming an elongated lead body core that defines a longitudinal axis. The elongated lead body core has a plurality of axially extending channels that are circumferentially spaced apart from one another around the elongated lead body core. The method also includes positioning an electrode ring around the elongated lead body core and electrical conductors. The method includes positioning a respective electrical conductor in each of the axially extending channels and positioning a dielectric insulator ring around the elongated lead body core and electrical conductors.
US11992669B2
An improved system and method for a syringe capable of reducing re-usage and limiting wasted contents. The syringe has a plunger with a plunger plug that extends beyond the barrel of the syringe when the contents are fully dispensed and prevents the plunger from being drawn backward. The plunger may also consist of a two-piece design that separates upon exceeding a predetermined force when attempting to draw the plunger backward after use.
US11992664B2
Stabbing accidents are prone to occur to people handling needles, for example when recapping a needle or when trying to remove a needle from a syringe. A device is provided for safe and automatic removal of a needle from a syringe aimed to prevent stabbing accidents. The device is arranged to grab hold of and rotate the needle of a syringe. The needle, after being rotate off the syringe is discarded into the device by releasing the grip on the needle. The device rotates two rotating gears relative to each other to move grippers towards the needle, and rotates the two gears together to rotate the needle relative to the syringe which may be held by the user.
US11992662B2
An autoinjection housing device includes a housing for receiving a dose cassette, a base latch configured to hold the dose cassette within the housing, and a back plate operably connected to a spring. The back plate is configured to move proximally within the housing upon receipt of the dose cassette into the housing, and the proximal movement of the back plate compresses the spring. The autoinjection housing device further includes an actuator operably connected to the base latch. The actuator is configured to move the base latch and the dose cassette proximally within the housing after the dose cassette is secured in the housing. The base latch is configured to move radially outwards upon said proximal movement of the base latch within the housing. The radial movement of the base latch is configured to cause the dose cassette to become unsecured within the housing. In response to the dose cassette becoming unsecured, the spring decompresses, causing the back plate to move distally and push the dose cassette out of a distal end of the housing.
US11992655B2
Infusion pumps and associated methods for delivering medicament to a user during error conditions. An infusion pump can include a sensor, a pumping mechanism to deliver medicament through an infusion set to the user, and a processor operably coupled to the sensor and the pumping mechanism. The processor can be configured to receive an indication from the sensor of an error condition, and continue operating the pumping mechanism to deliver a predetermined quantity of medicament without correcting the error condition. The predetermined quantity can be based at least in part on a characteristic of the infusion set.
US11992647B2
A catheter system may include a catheter assembly. The catheter assembly may include the catheter adapter, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, an inner surface forming a lumen, the lumen extending through the distal end and the proximal end, and a side port disposed between the distal end and the proximal end. The catheter assembly may include an annular valve, which may be disposed within the lumen and aligned with the side port. The annular valve may seal a fluid pathway from the side port to the lumen. The catheter assembly may include a retainer ring disposed proximal and/or proximate the annular valve within the lumen. The catheter assembly may include a catheter extending distally from the distal end of the catheter adapter.
US11992645B2
According to one aspect of the disclosure, a delivery device may include a handle, a catheter sheath extending distally from the handle, and a hemostasis valve positioned within the handle. The hemostasis valve may be located proximal the catheter sheath and distal to a proximal end of the handle. The delivery device may also include a hemostasis bypass assembly coupled to the handle. The hemostasis bypass assembly may include a bypass tube coupled to an actuator. The actuator may be configured to be transitioned between a first condition in which a distal end of the bypass tube is positioned proximal to the hemostasis valve and the hemostasis valve is closed, and a second condition in which the distal end of the bypass tube traverses the hemostasis valve and the hemostasis valve is opened.
US11992635B2
In one aspect, a medical balloon assembly includes a tip sleeve secured to the distal end portion of a balloon catheter that includes the distal neck of a balloon. The tip sleeve has at least an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is formed from a bondable material that is directly bondable to the exterior of the distal neck portion of the balloon. The tip sleeve is bonded directly to the distal neck of the balloon. The outer layer is formed from a lubricious polymer. Such a medical balloon assembly is made by receiving the distal neck inside the proximal end portion of the tip sleeve and directly bonding the distal neck of the balloon to the inner layer of the tip sleeve.
US11992633B2
The disclosure relates to a catheter device (1) comprising a catheter (2) and a hypodermic introducer needle (3), wherein an extended portion (19) of the hypodermic introducer needle (3) is provided with ribs (23, 23a) that circumvent said extended portion, and a proximal end (5) of the catheter (2) is provided with a locking flange (25) adapted to engage with the ribs (23, 23a), such that each rib engaging with the locking flange (25) will provide a tactile indication to the user of the advancement of the catheter (2) in relation to the needle (3).
US11992631B2
A medical device including a catheter body, a first elongate body, and a service loop ring. The catheter body has a catheter shaft. The first elongate body extends through at least part of the catheter shaft and is configured to move longitudinally in the catheter shaft. The first elongate body is looped through the service loop ring to form a service loop configured to expand and contract as the first elongate body moves longitudinally in the catheter shaft.
US11992613B2
A breathing assistance apparatus has a pressurised gases source featuring a lightweight impeller with a plastic shaft. The impeller is shroudless. The plastic shaft is supported within the stator by a bearing structure. A resilient motor mount couples the stator and the housing and provide compliance and/or damping for the motor.
US11992608B2
A locking mechanism for an aerosol dispenser is presented having a first body structure, a second body structure rotatably attached to the first body structure, a spindle rotatably attached to the second body structure, the spindle having an actuator rotationally cooperating with the first body structure such that rotation of the first body structure relative to the second body structure causes rotation of the actuator and of the spindle, a movable element arranged around the spindle, the spindle being rotatable relative to the movable element, wherein rotation of the spindle causes movement of the movable element along the spindle from an initial position to a final position, and a locking element, wherein in the final position the movable element applies a radial force onto the locking element causing the locking element to bend in the radial direction thereby preventing rotation between the first body structure and the second body structure.
US11992607B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices may include a housing and a cartridge including an atomizer and a reservoir configured to contain an aerosol precursor composition. The cartridge may be configured to move relative to at least a portion of the housing between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. Related assembly methods are also provided.
US11992601B2
A system for subatmospheric pressure therapy in connection with healing a wound is provided. The system includes a wound dressing cover dimensioned for positioning relative to a wound bed of a subject to establish a reservoir over the wound bed in which subatmospheric pressure may be maintained, a subatmospheric pressure mechanism including, a housing, a vacuum source disposed in the housing, and a collection canister in fluid communication with the vacuum source. The system further includes an exudate conduit in fluid communication with the wound dressing and the collection canister for collecting exudate removed from the reservoir and deposited in the collection canister under influence of the vacuum source and a vent conduit in fluid communication with the collection canister and the wound dressing for introducing air into the reservoir to facilitate flow of exudate through the exudate conduit.
US11992598B2
The present invention aims to provide a material for adsorbing soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors with high efficiency. The present invention provides an adsorbing material for soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors, which includes a superficially porous water-insoluble polymeric material, wherein the pore size distribution curve for the surface of the water-insoluble polymeric material, which is derived from a distribution of melting points determined by differential scanning calorimeter, shows the peak radius in the range of 1 to 80 nm, and the water-insoluble polymeric material has a zeta potential at pH 7.4 of −15 to 15 mV, and the water-insoluble polymeric material is in fiber, particle, or film form.
US11992596B2
In examples described herein, a system includes an elongate member configured to be introduced into vasculature of a patient. The elongate member includes a pressure sensor configured to generate a pressure signal indicative of pressure in the vasculature adjacent the needle. The system includes processing circuitry configured to receive the pressure signal from the pressure sensor, detect, based on the pressure signal, dislodgment of the elongate member from the vasculature, and generate an output in response to detecting the dislodgment of the elongate member from the vasculature.
US11992594B2
An artificial heart and lung apparatus (100) includes a roller pump (120); a blood removal line (101); a first blood transfer line (104); a blood removal rate sensor (111); a control unit (140) that performs the linked control of the roller pump (120) in correspondence with a blood removal rate; and a blood transfer rate adjustment unit (160) that instructs the roller pump (120) to transfer a blood transfer rate. The blood transfer rate adjustment unit (160) includes an operation amount input unit to which an operation amount from an arbitrary circumferential position can be input, and which outputs a pulse signal according to the input operation amount, and a counter that adds and subtracts pulse signals output from the operation amount input unit, and outputs a resultant as blood transfer rate adjustment data, and the counter performs a counting operation with respect to the circumferential position of the operation amount input unit when blood transfer control transitions to the normal control.
US11992591B2
A system for mixing a liquid with a powder into a solution batch includes a hopper (20) into which said powder is deposited, the hopper (20) having a powder outlet (22) therein. A mix tank (60) is also provided having a liquid supply inlet (62), a recirculation inlet (64), and a solution outlet (66). A mix pump (40) that is in fluid communication with the solution outlet (66), the powder outlet (22), and the recirculation inlet (64) operates to mix and transfer the solution.
US11992588B2
The present disclosure relates to a blood hose set, or to an extracorporeal blood circuit, for a single-needle treatment. In some embodiments, the set includes: a patient hose line and a Y-shaped connector or three-way connecter, which is connected to the patient hose line. In some embodiments, the blood hose set does not include any single-needle chamber in a blood path or on a blood side, nor is it connected to any single-needle chamber provided in a blood path or on a blood side. The present disclosure further relates to a control device or closed-loop control device, a blood treatment apparatus, a method for the single-needle treatment, a digital storage medium, a computer program product and a computer program.
US11992580B2
Particles made of a viscoelastic medium, are injectable gel particles, and have a size, when subjected to a physiological salt solution, in the range of from 1 to 5 mm. The particles are useful in a soft tissue augmentation implant. The implant includes particles of a viscoelastic medium, wherein a major volume of the particles are injectable gel particles The implant is useful in a method of soft tissue augmentation in a mammal, including man, comprising subepidermal administration at a site in said mammal where soft tissue augmentation is desirable, of an implant.
US11992579B2
The invention disclosed herein is directed to a porous wound healing foam composition that is made from an extracellular matrix of a mammal, method of making, and method of using.
US11992577B2
The present disclosure provides medical products including an adhesive containing a carboxyalkyl cellulose and sorbitol. Such medical products can find use as a bolster material for use in conjunction with a surgical fastening device such as a stapler. Such adhesives may include advantageous properties such as the ability to retain tack while stored under a peelable cover. Related methods of manufacture and use are also described.
US11992569B2
The arrangement for introducing a desired quantity of decontamination agent into a containment facility comprises a tank as a storage vessel for storing the decontamination agent in liquid form. A metering apparatus having a spray nozzle is directed into the containment facility so as to atomize the decontamination agent. At least one feed line from the ambient air, a compressed air connection and a control unit are provided to operate the metering apparatus. The metering apparatus has a metering container that comprises a storage chamber that has a defined volume for receiving an individual portion of decontamination agent. The storage chamber is provided so as to successively receive a number (n) of portions of decontamination agent from the tank, and the portion respectively held in the storage chamber is introduced by means of the spray nozzle into the containment facility prior to receiving a subsequent portion.
US11992565B2
A sanitizing system for preventing the spread of harmful germs on food or beverage containers by utilizing a quick and compact UV sanitizing system. The doors of the pass-through chamber allow the customer to insert an un-sanitized container on the entry (“dirty”) side of the system, and the retail employee to remove the sanitized container from the exit (“clean”) side of the system without having to touch any other surface (doors, knobs, handles, etc.) than the container itself. The system utilizes movable UV light sources to minimize the time required for effective sanitizing.
US11992564B2
The invention provides a UV illumination device for sterilizing and disinfecting a desired item or area. The UV illumination device comprises a base of a fixed housing. The base comprises a pair of electrical terminals establishing connection with external power source. A movable housing is connected to the fixed housing through a mechanical joint. The movable housing includes a plurality of light sources, a motor, an adjustment lens, a camera unit, a memory unit, and a controlling unit connected to the camera unit and the memory unit. The plurality of light sources, the camera unit, the memory unit and the controlling unit are mounted on a base plate. The controlling unit includes a processor configured to perform certain computing operations in order to control adjustment in the direction of UV illumination by the UV illumination device.
US11992554B2
A polyfunctional radical scavenger hydrogel formulation providing extended protection of the extracellular space within a wound site. The polyfunctional radical scavenger hydrogel formulation is generally formed from a hydrogel, a first radical scavenger and a second radical scavenger differing from the first radical scavenger with respect to at least one property. A portion of the first radical scavenger included with the formation and/or second radical scavenger included within the formulation may be dissolved, suspended and/or bonded to a polymer of the hydrogel.
US11992551B2
Disclosed herein are drug delivery devices and methods for the treatment of ocular disorders requiring targeted and controlled administration of a drug to an interior portion of the eye for reduction or prevention of symptoms of the disorder. The devices are capable of controlled release of one or more drugs and may also include structures which allow for treatment of increased intraocular pressure by permitting aqueous humor to flow out of the anterior chamber of the eye through the device.
US11992541B2
The present disclosure relates to a nanoemulsion cosmetic composition including an oil phase and an aqueous phase, wherein the oil phase contains a ginseng nanopowder and an oil swollen by the ginseng nanopowder, the composition does not contain an additional surfactant, and the ginseng nanopowder is distributed uniformly in the composition. According to the present disclosure, there is provided a nanoemulsion cosmetic composition which contains a natural substance by containing a ginseng nanopowder and an oil swollen by the ginseng nanopowder in an oil phase and provides beneficial effect to skin.
US11992536B2
The present disclosure relates to the fields of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, and specifically relates to a dual-targeting compound and a preparation method and application thereof. The dual-targeting compound has the following structure shown in Formula (I). The present disclosure also provides a dual-targeting compound capable of being labeled with a radionuclide, and the compound has the following structure shown in Formula (I-1) or Formula (1-2). The dual-targeting compound of the present disclosure has high affinity for an FAP target and an integrin αvβ3 target, can realize synergistic targeting of the FAP target and the integrin αvβ3 target in tumors, and has high uptake in tumors and long retention time in tumors. The present disclosure also provides a radionuclide labeled dual-targeting compound based on the dual-targeting compound, and a preparation method and application thereof in preparation of medicines for diagnosis or therapy of diseases characterized by overexpression of FAP and/or integrin αvβ3.
US11992535B2
Provided herein are certain compounds and imaging agents useful for detecting a condition or disorder associated with protein aggregation, compositions thereof, and methods of their use.
US11992517B2
This invention relates to compositions and methods for activating and promoting mineralization in tissue that does not normally mineralize, specifically intervertebral discs. The composition comprises agents that increase the expression of the gene that encodes TNAP and/or the activation, amount or activity of TNAP protein, and agents that decrease the expression of ANK and/or ENPP and/or the activation, amount or activity of these proteins. The composition can be in the form of a cell or cells. The invention also relates to methods of using the composition.
US11992516B2
The invention features combination therapies using an IL-15-based superagonist complex and an antibody to effectively treat subjects with cancer and infectious diseases.
US11992514B2
Ready-to-use liquid bivalirudin compositions, methods of using the ready-to-use bivalirudin compositions, and methods of preparing the ready-to-use liquid bivalirudin compositions are provided herein. The liquid ready-to-use bivalirudin compositions comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable amount of bivalirudin.
US11992510B2
In alternative embodiments, provided are probiotic formulations, including compositions, formulations, products of manufacture and kits comprising them, and methods of using them, for the treatment and alleviation of metabolic and oxidative stress, inflammation and neurodegeneration. In alternative embodiments, probiotic formulations as provided herein comprise or consist of any combination of the three probiotic strains: Lactobacillus fermentum NCIMB 5221, Lactobacillus plantarum NCIMB 8826 and Bifidobacteria longum spp. infantis NCIMB 702255. In alternative embodiments, probiotic formulations as provided herein are combined with a triphala. In alternative embodiments, probiotic formulations as provided herein are used for: the treatment of metabolic conditions such as diabetes and obesity, inflammatory conditions such as IBD, IBS, arthritis; and, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. In alternative embodiments, probiotic formulations as provided herein are used for: resisting oxidative stress, reducing inflammation, lowering blood and total glucose levels, lowering triglycerides levels and managing insulin resistance.
US11992509B2
Provided is a method for alleviating, preventing or treating a neurodevelopmental disease, neurologic disease, or psychiatric disease, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a composition including, as an active ingredient, vesicle derived from Micrococcus luteus, wherein the disease including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotropic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, diabetic neuropathy, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, dissociative disorders, eating disorders, substance use disorder, and personality disorders occurring as a result of neurogenesis dysfunction or neuroinflammation.
US11992506B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods related to differentiation of stem cells into pancreatic islet cells. In some aspects, the methods provided herein relate to generation of pancreatic β cell, α cell, δ cells, and EC cells in vitro. In some aspects, the disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions including the cells generated according to the methods disclosed herein, as well as methods of treatment making use thereof.
US11992504B2
A recombinant natural killer (NK) cell or T-cell composition is transfected with a nucleic acid encoding i) a homing receptor; ii) an antigen binding protein (ABP) or a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that specifically binds a target antigen; iii) an Fc Receptor; and/or iv) a secreted immune modulator selected from a TGFβ inhibitor and/or IL-12, where the recombinant cell is gamma (γ)-irradiated conferring inhibition of cell proliferation with transient activity of the transfected molecules including the secreted immune modulators for up to 72 hours.
US11992502B2
A treatment paste includes copper sulfate, zinc oxide powder, an emulsifier, a stabilizer, pine tar, and an antiseptic solution.
US11992490B2
The present application provides methods of treating a disease selected from cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) and Lichen planus (LP) in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a JAK1 selective inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11992488B2
The invention generally relates to compositions for inducing vasoconstriction. The compositions comprise highly selective alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonists, at low concentrations, such as below 0.05% weight by volume. The compositions preferably comprise brimonidine. The compositions preferably have pH from about 4.0 to about 7.5.
US11992476B2
A transdermal psychoactive alkaloid composition including a psychoactive alkaloid extract or synthetic psychoactive alkaloid. The alkaloids in the extract are predominantly dephosphorylated rather than phosphorylated. The transdermal psychoactive alkaloid composition also includes an alcohol carrier, a permeation enhancer, a thickener or gelling agent, and optional further excipients. A process for obtaining a transdermal psychoactive alkaloid composition includes dephosphorylating the alkaloid during extraction, purifying the extracted alkaloid, and standardizing it to a specific concentration by adding measured quantities of excipients.
US11992475B1
The present invention discloses an application of Z-ligustilide in resisting rotaviruses, and relates to the technical field of medicines. Z-ligustilide has no drug toxicity to cells at 60-95 μM and can effectively inhibit rotavirus biosynthesis at 70-85 μM. Z-ligustilide plays a role in resisting rotavirus biosynthesis by inhibiting structural protein VP6, and has no effect of adsorbing and directly killing rotaviruses, which provides a new way for resisting rotaviruses.
US11992470B2
The invention provides stable, aqueous capsaicin injectable formulations, a unit dose containing such injectable formulations, medical kits, and methods for using such injectable formulations and unit doses to treat patients suffering from pain, such as osteoarthritic knee pain. The stable, aqueous capsaicin injectable formulations may contain, for example, capsaicin, a solubilizing agent (e.g., a polyethylene glycol ester of a (C15-C25) hydroxyalkanoic acid), an antioxidant, and water.
US11992467B2
The present invention refers to lipophilic extracts of members of the Iridaceae family, such as Iris germanica and/or Iris pallida, that have been found to promote lymphatic function. These extracts are suitable for the treatment of skin inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, impaired wound healing, chronic inflammatory diseases, chronic airway inflammation, inflammatory bowel disease, rosacea, primary and/or secondary lymphedemas. The most active components were found to be the iridals.
US11992463B2
The present disclosure relates to a connector for connecting a medical injection device to a container closed by a septum. The connector has a distal tip and a sleeve extending around the tip. The sleeve has an inner threaded portion. The connector includes a proximal part configured to engage the tip of the injection device. The proximal part includes an outer threaded portion configured to be removably screwed to the inner threaded portion of the sleeve, distal part configured to be connected to the container, and a hollow spike extending from the proximal part. The hollow spike has an internal volume in fluidic connection with the injection device and perforates the septum of the container when the distal part is connected to the container. The spike includes an opening in a distal end being configured to create a connection between the medical injection device and the container.
US11992460B2
The adapter includes a housing and a filling nozzle provided in communication with a containing portion in the housing and coming into contact with an end surface of the injection device, in which the injection port of the injection nozzle is formed, when the housing is attached to the injection device. An open end of the filling nozzle is set to be smaller than an inner diameter of the containing portion and larger than the injection port. Of an internal space of the housing from a partial region of the containing portion to the open end, at least a predetermined space being continuous and including the partial region is formed in a manner where an inner diameter of the predetermined space decreases toward a side of the open end. According to this configuration, the injection fluid can be suitably transferred from the outside to a needleless injector.
US11992458B2
A system includes a vial stabilizer base having a first body and a plurality of fingers projecting from the first body, with the plurality of fingers being annularly disposed about the first body, and a vial adapter having a second body and a plurality of arms projecting from the second body. The second body defines a passageway. The plurality of fingers of the vial stabilizer base defines a socket having a first seat configured to receive a vial and a second seat configured to receive the vial adapter.
US11992455B1
Adjusting of robotic trajectory includes continuously generating a sequence of goals for a robotic arm in accordance with the trajectory. It further includes receiving a command from an input device. It further includes selectively modifying a next goal based at least in part on the command received from the input device. An end effector interacts with a deformable body based at least in part on the modifying of the next goal.
US11992449B2
Hand motion detection device and control method, rehabilitation device and autonomous control system
A hand motion detection device includes a motion detection portion on a finger joint of a first hand. The motion detection portion is configured to generate detection information for feedback of finger joint movement during a stretching movement and a flexion movement of a finger of the first hand so that the motion detection portion can generate in real time the detection information for feedback of the finger joint movement during the stretching movement and the flexion movement of the finger of the first hand. The motion detection portion is connected to a control portion and configured for transmitting the detection information to the control portion, which is adapted to generate an execution instruction according to the detection information so that real-time and accurate acquisition of finger joint motion information of the first hand and timely transmission of the detection information to the control portion can be achieved.
US11992428B1
A hinged ankle brace including a foot bed member and an ankle cuff which are hinged together by flexible joint members. The flexible joint members yieldably resist hinged movement between the foot bed member and the ankle cuff in a plantarflexion and dorsiflexion direction. Disc-shaped spacer-washers are positioned at the outer sides of the flexible joint members. The design of the upper ends of the medial and lateral wings of the foot bed member and the ankle cuff permits a limited amount of inversion and eversion movement between the foot bed member and the ankle cuff. The flexible joint members and the spacer-washers also permit a limited amount of inversion and eversion between the foot bed member and the ankle cuff.
US11992425B2
A structure is provided comprising a number of surfaces 10, 20 joined together with an adhesive 30, said structure being configured to reshape upon at least partial degradation of the adhesive 30. Related method and uses are further provided.
US11992423B2
The disclosure relates to devices and methods for implantation of an orthopedic device between skeletal segments using limited surgical dissection. The implanted devices are used to adjust and maintain the spatial relationship(s) of adjacent bones. Depending on the implant design, the motion between the skeletal segments may be increased, limited, modified, or completely immobilized.
US11992422B2
The present application is directed a Joint Revision Surgery Apparatus which includes a blade guide block which has a plurality of blade guide slots, both straight and curved, and a central cavity. The blade guide block central cavity is positioned over the trunnion end of the existing prosthesis to be removed and secured to the prosthesis. The guide blade block is secured to the trunnion of the prosthesis to be extracted using retaining rings housed within the guide block. Straight, curved and compound curved knife blades are guided by the blade guide slots to cut the prosthesis free. The guide blocks, in varying sizes and configurations, straight and curved knifes blades and related accessories may be sold as a complete kit. The Joint Revision Surgery Apparatus facilitates rapid, efficient and complete removal of an existing prosthesis during joint revision surgery, and significantly increases positive medical outcomes for joint revision procedures.
US11992414B2
An implant system for a knee comprising a femur and a patella. The implant system includes a patella implant comprising an implant body. The implant body comprises a bone facing surface, an articular facing surface, and at least one dimple. The bone facing surface engages bone beneath an implant site formed in the patella. The articular facing surface faces towards an articulating surface of the femur and has a non-anatomical shape (such as a dome). The dimples are formed in the articular facing surface and have a load bearing surface to engage against the articulating surface of the femur. The load bearing surface may have a contour that substantially corresponds to a spherical portion of a generally spherical segment or has an elongated, partially oval shape, and may be configured to increase contact area with the articulating surface of the femur, reduce stress concentrations, and increase resistance to dislocation subluxation.
US11992412B2
A system and methods are provided for treating radial head fractures. The system includes an implant, a sterile instrument kit for radial head arthroplasty, and a head sizer and assembly tray for sizing and assembling implants. The implant includes a head that is coupled with a stem. The head is adapted to be placed into sliding contact with a capitellum of the radiocapitellar joint. The stem is configured to be inserted into a hole reamed into a medullary canal of the radial head. The sterile instrument kit comprises a multiplicity of instruments including any one or more of trial heads and trial stems, a starter awl, a reamer, a planar, an inserter cap, and an impactor. The instruments are configured for implanting the implant into the radiocapitellar joint such that the implant restores biomechanical properties of the joint.
