US11333876B2
A method and system for mapping fluid objects on a substrate using a microscope inspection system that includes a light source, imaging device, stage for moving a substrate disposed on the stage, and a control module. A computer analysis system includes an object identification module that identifies for each of the objects on the substrate, an object position on the substrate including a set of X, Y, and θ coordinates using algorithms, networks, machines and systems including artificial intelligence and image processing algorithms. At least one of the objects is fluid and has shifted from a prior position or deformed from a prior size.
US11333875B2
Disclosed herein are sample dishes for use with microscopes that are simple to mount on a microscope and facilitate easy manipulation of tissue samples disposed thereon during imaging as well as methods of their use. A sample dish comprises an optical interface and, optionally, a support member that holds the optical interface. The optical interface of a sample dish is suitably transparent and planar such that a focal plane of a microscope can reside uniformly at or within a surface of a sample during imaging. In certain embodiments, a support member comprises a dish for holding excess fluid. In certain embodiments, a sample dish comprises separation ribs. In certain embodiments, a sample dish comprises one or more manipulation members (e.g., tabs). In certain embodiments, a sample dish is used with an imaging artifact reducing fluid.
US11333860B2
An imaging lens system includes five lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. At least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the fifth lens element has at least one inflection point. The object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element are both aspheric.
US11333856B2
An optical lens assembly and an imaging device. The optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens (L1) being a meniscus lens having a negative focal power, the first lens having an object side surface (S1) being a convex surface, and an image side surface (S2) being a concave surface; a second lens (L2) having a negative focal power, an image side surface (S4) of the second lens being a concave surface; a third lens (L3) being a meniscus lens having a positive focal power, the third lens having an object side surface (S5) being a concave surface, and an image side surface (S6) being a convex surface; a fourth lens (L4); a fifth lens (L5) cemented to the fourth lens; and a sixth lens (L6) having a positive focal power.
US11333854B2
The present disclosure provides a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: an aperture; a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; a fifth lens having a positive refractive power; a sixth lens having a negative refractive power; and a seventh lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 9.00≤f3/f≤30.00; and 2.90≤v1/v2≤5.00, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f3 denotes a focal length of the third lens; v1 denotes an abbe number of the first lens; and v2 denotes an abbe number of the second lens.
US11333853B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of optical lenses and provides a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 1.50≤f1/f≤10.00; and −20.00≤R3/d3≤−5.00. The camera optical lens can achieve a high imaging performance while satisfying a design requirement for ultra-thin, wide-angle camera lenses with large apertures.
US11333846B2
An embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin which is placed inside the housing and moves along an optical axis; a coil which is placed on the bobbin and to which a driving signal and a sensing signal are provided; magnets which are placed on the housing; and a position sensor which is placed on the housing. The position sensor senses the position of the bobbin by means of a magnetic field generated by means of the coil. The magnets comprise a first magnet and a second magnet. The position sensor is placed adjacent to the first magnet and/or the second magnet. The position sensor and the first magnet and/or the second magnet do not overlap in the direction from the position sensor to the optical axis.
US11333836B2
An optical fiber connector assembly comprises at least one connector having a latching arm for coupling to an adapter, and a remote release tab having a protrusion configured to cooperate with the adapter to depress said latching arm when the remote release tab is pulled relative to the adapter. The optical fiber connector assembly may further be configured to allow reversing its polarity.
US11333834B2
Disclosed is a polarization maintaining connector. The PM connector includes an outer frame, a ferrule structure and an adjustment member. The outer frame forms a main structure of the PM connector. The ferrule structure is provided with a channel for a fiber core to pass through. The ferrule structure is at least partially disposed inside the outer frame and forms a slidable and rotatable connection with the outer frame. The adjustment member forms an axially slidable connection with the ferrule structure and is circumferentially non-rotatable relative to the ferrule structure. The adjustment member is relatively rotatable to the outer frame and has a rotating state and a holding state. The adjustment member keeps relatively rotatable to the outer frame when in the rotating state and keeps relatively secured to the outer frame when in the holding state.
US11333824B2
Laterally emitting optical waveguides and method introduce micromodifications into an optical waveguide and provide optical waveguides. The waveguides and methods comprise an optical wave-guiding core, a region in the optical waveguide, wherein the micro-modifications are arranged in the region of the optical waveguide, wherein the arrangement of the micro-modifications is ordered.
US11333819B2
Disclosed includes a backlight assembly, a display device including such a backlight assembly and a method of obtaining backlight. The backlight assembly may comprise a light guide, a first grating on a first surface of the light guide and a light direction adjuster on a side of the first grating away from the light guide. The first grating may have a diffraction direction slanted relative to a thickness direction of the light guide and the light direction adjuster may be configured to change diffractive light coming from the first grating to a target direction.
US11333807B2
Metallic overcoated diffraction gratings are particularly useful for high average power laser pulse compression. A dielectric oxide layer is attached to an etch-stop layer, where the dielectric oxide layer comprises a grating pattern including grating lines. Sidewalls of the grating lines taper together toward an upper surface of the dielectric oxide layer. A metallic overcoat is attached to the etch-stop layer and the dielectric oxide layer.
US11333805B1
The present invention relates generally to low glare illumination arrays and luminaires which act to disperse light into a three-dimensional space providing more uniform and even illumination with reduced glare. The present invention also relates to luminaires and illumination systems employing an array of solid state light sources with shaped bezel light diffusers which act to reduce glare and provide more uniform and even illumination of surfaces and spaces. The present invention also relates to luminaires employing a plurality of linear LED arrays equipped with shaped bezel light diffusers collectively oriented at a common acute angle, optionally including internally curved reflective or non-reflective surfaces to provide improved illumination with reduced glare.
US11333802B2
A lens sheet and lens sheet unit include an imaging module and an imaging device which can be made thinner. A first lens sheet has light transmission parts having a unit lens shape, and light absorption parts disposed alternatively with the light transmission parts. A lens sheet unit, on the image sensor side of the first lens sheet, includes a second lens sheet. The second lens sheet has light transmission parts having a unit lens shape, and light absorption parts disposed alternatively with the light transmission parts. When viewed from the optical axis direction, the direction in which the light transmission parts are arranged and the direction in which the light transmission parts are arranged intersect at an angle. An imaging module and a camera are included with the above lens sheet and lens sheet unit.
US11333798B2
A compound metaoptic is presented. The compound metaoptic is comprised of at least two phase-discontinuous metasurfaces, which can convert an incident light beam to an aperture field with a desired magnitude, phase, and polarization profile. Each of the constitutive metasurfaces is designed to exhibit specific refractive properties, which vary along the metasurface. Furthermore, due to its transmission-based operation, the metaoptic can operate without lenses and be low profile: potentially having a thickness on the order of a few wavelengths or less. A systematic design procedure is also presented, which allows conversion between arbitrary complex-valued field distributions without reflection, absorption or active components. Such compound metaoptics may find applications where a specific complex field distribution is desired, including displaying holographic images and augmented or virtual reality systems.
US11333789B2
According to one embodiment, an antenna is configured to irradiate a first electromagnetic wave of a wavelength of 1 mm to 30 mm to a first position in an area in which at least one of a target person or a belonging of the target person is present, and irradiate a second electromagnetic wave of a wavelength of 1 mm to 30 mm to a second position in the area. Processor circuitry is configured to obtain a first reflection intensity of the first electromagnetic wave on the first position, and obtain a second reflection intensity of the second electromagnetic wave on the second position, and determine a degree of danger relating to a possibility that the target person possesses a dangerous article.
US11333788B2
A wellbore trajectory survey, having an ordered plurality of survey points, is acquired. Each of the plurality of survey points has a measured depth, an inclination, and a geographic location of the point in the wellbore corresponding to the survey point. The wellbore trajectory survey is ordered on measured depth. The processor identifies a minimum lateral measured depth (min_LMD), a maximum lateral measured depth (max_LMD). The processor identifies a mid-lateral point (mid_LMP) in the plurality of survey points whose measured depth (mid_LMD) is greater than min_LMD and less than max_LMD.
US11333783B2
A method for estimating the depth-domain seismic wavelets from depth-domain seismic data and synthesizing depth-domain seismic records. The method includes: obtaining depth coordinates and P-wave velocity v and density from well log, calculating a corresponding reflectivity series r; performing constant-velocity depth conversion for a seismic trace S and a reflectivity series r by using a velocity vc as a reference velocity to obtain the converted seismic trace S1 and the converted reflectivity series r1; and estimating a depth-domain seismic wavelet w based on the Gibbs sampling method; synthesizing depth-domain seismic record by using the P-wave v, the reflectivity series r and the estimated depth-domain seismic wavelet w.
US11333782B2
A method and a system for implementing the method are disclosed wherein the source wavelet, input parameter models, and seismic input data may be obtained from a non-flat surface, sometimes mild, or foothill topography as well as the shot and receiver lines might not necessarily be straight, and often curve to avoid obstacles on the land surface. In particular, the method and system disclosed, suppresses low wavenumber and low frequency noises, by balancing lateral and vertical amplitudes to produce an image of subsurface reflectors located within a survey area having higher lateral resolutions and wavenumbers, as well as higher high-cut frequencies, and lower low-cut frequencies in complex media, than could otherwise not be achieved by other methods commonly known in the art.
US11333768B2
The disclosure relates to a method for checking ionospheric correction parameters for satellite navigation for a vehicle. The method has a step of reading a provider signal from an interface with a correction data provider. The provider signal represents ionospheric correction parameters for correcting ionospheric influences for a geographic position in satellite navigation. The method also has a step of determining correction data using information relating to the state of the ionosphere between a satellite receiver of the vehicle at the geographic position and at least one satellite. The state information is defined using at least one satellite signal transmitted between the at least one satellite and the satellite receiver. The method also has a step of performing a comparison between the ionospheric correction parameters and the correction data in order to check the ionospheric correction parameters.
US11333767B2
An avoidance modifier system may be configured to modify operation of a collision avoidance system associated with a machine. The avoidance modifier system may include at least one inclination sensor and a modifier system controller configured to be in communication with the collision avoidance system. The modifier system controller may be configured to receive an inclination signal from the inclination sensor and determine an inclination angle at which the machine is operating relative to level operation. The modifier system controller may be configured to determine an adjusted ground plane angle indicative of a virtual ground plane on which the machine is operating, and communicate with the collision avoidance system, such that the collision avoidance system does not activate a braking device of the machine in response to an object sensor generating an object signal indicative of detection of an object between an actual ground plane and the virtual ground plane.
US11333759B2
The present invention had disclosed an embedded processor based 3D acoustic imaging real-time signal processing device of modularized design; the system comprises an embedded GPU signal processing subsystem, a signal interaction subsystem and a signal acquisition subsystem. The system takes Tegra K1 embedded GPU processor as the core; Tegra K1 embedded GPU processor is provided with features of OpenGL4.4, OpenGL ES 3.1 and CUDA, which has high parallel image processing capability and abundant high-speed data interconnection interface; it is especially applicable to high-speed data transmission and effective calculation of image algorithm for 3D acoustic imaging real-time signal processing device. Meanwhile, it can realize high-speed data interaction between signal processing subsystem and numerous signal acquisition subsystems; the whole system has powerful data interaction capability and real-time parallel processing capability.
US11333758B2
A system for searching for underground entities in ground of an area, including a search probe configured to generate and deliver an acoustic signal into the ground of the area, wherein the acoustic signal uses a low frequency signal so that wavelengths of the acoustic signal are between 0.01-500 times the depth to the sought underground entity, two or more sensors positioned on the ground at about an equal distance from the search probe at different angles, an analysis device that receives measurements from the two or more sensors in the form of a measured echo signal responsive to the delivered acoustic signal, wherein said analysis device designates pairs of sensors and subtracts their echo signals to identify a difference indicating the existence of an underground entity.
US11333757B2
An acoustic transducer and method of generating acoustic transmit and receive beams is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of transducer elements arranged to form an array, where the elements are electrically connected into groups which operate at the same electrical phase, where the phases of adjacent groups of elements differ by between about 50 and 70 degrees and a beamforming circuit where the transmit and receive signals are operated with appropriate phase shifts to maintain the between about 50 and 70 degrees phase difference between adjacent groups. The resulting transducer generates transmit and receive beams that are nominally inclined less than about 30 degrees from a planar normal axis of the array.
US11333743B2
A translucent cover (1012) defines a lamp chamber (1013) together with a housing (1011) while forming a portion of an outer face of a vehicle. A LiDAR sensor (1161) is disposed in the lamp chamber (1013) to detect external information of the vehicle. A half mirror (1162) is disposed in the lamp chamber (1013) so as to cover the LiDAR sensor (1161) from a side where the translucent cover (1162) is disposed. The translucent cover (1012) has a first transparency to visible light. The half mirror (1162) has a second transparency to the visible light that is lower than the first transparency.
US11333724B2
A local coil, a magnetic resonance tomography scanner, a system including local coil and magnetic resonance tomography scanner, and a method for operating the system are provided. The local coil has an active detuning facility and a passive detuning facility with substantially separate circuits. The magnetic resonance tomography scanner includes a local coil actuation for actuating the active detuning facility and a local coil monitoring for the detuning facilities, which likewise have substantially separate circuits.
US11333721B2
Embodiments relate to xMR sensors, including giant magnetoresistive (GMR), tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) or anisotropic magnetoresistive (AMR), and the configuration of xMR strips within xMR sensors. In an embodiment, an xMR strip includes a plurality of differently sized and/or differently oriented serially connected portions. In another embodiment, an xMR strip includes a varying width or other characteristic. Such configurations can address discontinuities associated with conventional xMR sensors and improve xMR sensor performance.
US11333711B2
The present invention discloses a method for rapidly estimating for a remaining capacity of a battery, comprising performing a constant current charge to the battery in a first period, instantly capturing a voltage/temperature of the battery in a frequency, and generating a voltage-time graph; after leaving the battery along for a second period, instantly capturing the voltage/temperature of the battery in the frequency; calculating a voltage rising rate during the first period; calculating a voltage drop rate during a leaving-along period; calculating a critical sample time; applying the critical sample time, and comparing the voltage-time graph measured in the first period, to obtain a critical sampling voltage; calculating a voltage difference slope; calculating a charging time, which is consumed by charging the battery from a lower-bound voltage to an upper-bound voltage with the constant current; calculating a compensation ratio value; and calculating the remaining capacity of the battery.
US11333707B2
Methods for testing an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). A set of representations is created that overlays power density information and clock gate physical locations of a set of clock gates in a critical sub-chip of the ASIC for test mode power analysis. The set of representations are further grouped in the sub-chip into various groups based on overlapping of the set of representations. Then, a set of test control signals is generated corresponding to each of the set of clock gates during at-speed test mode of operation such that each clock gate with overlapping representations receive different test control signals. Further, patterns are generated using a virtual constraint function to selectively enable the set of test control signals such that the set of test control signals are not activated simultaneously.
US11333704B2
The invention relates to a sliding test device for electronic components, which mainly comprises a base, a sliding frame and a pressing member, wherein an electronic component to be tested is placed in a chip receiving module of the base, and the sliding frame is slidably moved with respect to the base under sliding engagement between a first sliding guide and a second sliding guide so that a pressing block of the pressing member is aligned with the electronic component presses the electronic component. According to the present invention, the pressing member presses the electronic component and exerts a sufficient contact force on the electronic component, and a reaction force caused by the contact force and the elastic restoring force of probes is internally balanced in the device.
US11333703B2
The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for improving interposers to include embedded monitoring instruments for real time monitoring digital signals, analog signals, voltage signals and temperature sensors located in the interposer. An embedded monitor trigger unit controls the starting and stopping of the real time monitoring operations. The embedded monitoring instruments are accessible via an 1149.1 TAP interface on the interposer.
US11333698B2
A fast search method and system for cascading failures in hybrid AC/DC power systems. The fast search method for cascading failures in hybrid AC/DC power systems includes: Determining the initial failures and forming a failure set of the first-stage failure, setting the DC blocking or the failure level reaching the threshold as the search stop condition; Judge the cascading failures in the failure set of the current stage can trigger DC blocking, if a cascading failure can trigger DC blocking, store the DC blocking failure as the next-stage failure. Otherwise, cascading failures are searched on the AC side and the failure set of the next stage is determined based on the pruning search method and the outage risk value; If the search stop condition is satisfied, stop the search, otherwise, the number of failure stages is increased by one and return to judge the cascading failures to continue the search.
US11333696B2
A circuit portion for indicating a mutual capacitance between a first and second node is provided. The circuit portion comprises a switchable constant current source arrangement configured to supply a first current to the first node in a first direction or a second current to the first node in a second, opposite direction; a variable voltage source configured to output a voltage to the second node so as to hold the first node at a reference voltage; and a comparator arrangement configured to switch between said first and second directions of the constant current source when the voltage output by the variable voltage source reaches a lower threshold voltage or an upper threshold voltage and to output a signal in synchrony with said constant current direction switching. The signal is indicative of the mutual capacitance between the first and second nodes.
US11333695B2
A method is provided. The method comprises determining configuration data; wherein the configuration data comprises a resistance of a bypass circuit coupled between a remote radio head and a power cable; using the configuration data, determining the resistance of the power cable coupling a programmable power supply to the remote radio head mounted on a mounting structure, comprising: entering a calibration mode; setting an output voltage of the programmable power supply; measuring an output current of the programmable power supply; storing the output current; and determining the cable resistance; and storing the resistance of the power cable.
US11333694B2
With regard to an instrument wherein a plurality of phase operations are carried out, the type of failure or the phase in which the failure has occurred is determined and, in accordance with the result of the determination, an alarm signal is generated. Provided that the failure details and the phase in which the failure has occurred can be determined from the generated alarm signal, it is possible, using a configuration wherein an alarm signal having a pulse number corresponding to the phase in which a failure has occurred is generated, or a configuration wherein an alarm signal having a pulse width corresponding to the phase in which a failure has occurred is generated, to determine the type of failure that has occurred and the phase in which the failure has occurred from the pulse number and pulse width.
US11333691B2
According to some aspects of the present disclosure, power modules having current sensing circuits, and corresponding sensing methods, are disclosed. Example power modules include a printed circuit board (PCB) having a PCB trace, a first sense terminal coupled to the PCB trace at a first location, and a second sense terminal coupled to the PCB trace at a second location such that a resistance between the first and second sense terminals is defined by a resistance of the PCB trace between the first location and the second location. The power module further comprises a control coupled to the first sense terminal and the second sense terminal, the control adapted to measure a voltage between the first sense terminal and the second sense terminal and determine a current through the PCB trace based on the measured voltage and the resistance between the first sense terminal and the second sense terminal.
US11333667B2
This patent document discloses techniques, systems, and devices for detecting a target substance using optical nonlinear wave mixing for enhanced detection sensitivity and accuracy. In one aspect, a method for measuring α-synuclein in a body fluid of a patient with high detection sensitivity and accuracy and providing early stage Parkinson's disease detection is provided. The method may comprise: supplying to a capillary analyte cell a fluidic sample that includes a body fluid of a patient containing α-synuclein, wherein the capillary analyte cell is located in a nonlinear optical four-wave mixing device; directing laser light from the nonlinear optical four-wave mixing device into the capillary analyte cell to cause nonlinear optical four-wave mixing in the fluidic sample to generate a four-wave mixing signal that contains information on the α-synuclein in the fluidic sample; and processing the four-wave mixing signal to extract information on the α-synuclein in the fluidic sample.
US11333666B2
Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.
US11333653B2
A method for evaluating crease recovery of fabrics based on power function equation. The steps are: (1) place the sample in the sample placement area; (2) pressure the overlapping part of the sample; (3) let the free part of the sample automatically restore and record the video image of the sample crease recovery by camera; (4) process the video image of the fabric crease recovery and calculating the recovery angle of each frame of video image; (5) repeat steps 1 to 4 to measure N samples of the same fabric; (6) obtain the dynamic process of fabric crease recovery angle change. This can reveal which type of fabric has better recovery property, when the existing methods have the similar results of recovery angle.
US11333652B2
A method for the detection of adulterated gasoline in a sample is disclosed. The method includes contacting a sample with an immobilized molecular probe, the immobilized molecular probe having a photoluminescence which is environmentally sensitive; collecting the photoluminescence from the immobilized molecular probe; and determining whether the photoluminescence is indicative of adulterated gasoline. A test strip for the detection of adulterated gasoline in a sample is also disclosed, including an immobilized molecular probe embedded in a substrate and/or immobilized to the substrate, the immobilized molecular probe having photoluminescence which is environmentally sensitive to adulterated gasoline. The method and test strips are designed to be robust, portable, and within the capabilities of untrained personnel.
US11333648B1
Ultrasensitive, decoupled thermodynamic sensing platforms for the detection of chemical compounds in the vapor phase at trace levels are disclosed, wherein the sensors have a heating resistor decoupled from a sensing resistor. Embodiments of the decoupled sensor comprise a metallic microheater resistor on one side of substrate, and a sensor resistor coupled to a catalyst on the other side of the substrate. A sensor array may be provided including a plurality of sensors each having a different catalyst that, when exposed to an analyte, each experience an endothermic reaction, an exothermic reaction, or no reaction. A comparison of the reaction results to data comprising previously obtained reaction results may be used to determine the presence and the identity of the analyte. Advantageously, the decoupled sensors utilize less power and provide greater sensitivity than other known systems, and may be used to detect and identify a single molecule of an analyte.
US11333644B2
The invention provides methods for quantifying a non-ionic surfactant in a composition comprising a polypeptide and the non-ionic surfactant, where the quantification exhibits reduced interference between the non-ionic surfactant and the polypeptide. Also provided are methods where the composition further includes N-acetyl tryptophan, and the quantification exhibits reduced interference between the non-ionic surfactant, the polypeptide, and N-acetyl tryptophan.
US11333641B2
Disclosed is a fraction collector for dispensing liquids into plural receptacles (P1,P2) arranged in a two dimensional array. The fraction collector comprises a table (22) for supporting said receptacles, and an arm supported above the table, in turn supporting a liquid dispenser (35), the fraction collector arm is rotatable about an arm axis (C) and the liquid dispenser is movable along the arm on a carriage 34 (FIG. 2). Thereby, the dispenser is low cost and is repositionable simply above the receptacles as a result of said rotation and as a result of said movement along the arm, without occupying too much laboratory bench space.
US11333632B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for ultrasonic inspection of a multi-layered, ML, plate with a stiffener attached on a first surface of the ML plate. The apparatus includes a transmitter directing a first ultrasonic beam along a first guiding medium to the ML plate, along a first axis at an angle to the first surface, the first axis being within a transmission angle with respect to a first normal perpendicular to the first surface, and a receiver for receiving a transmitted ultrasonic beam originating from the first beam after passing through the ML plate along a second axis of a second guiding medium for directing the transmitted beam. The apparatus is configured for setting the transmission angle of the first axis of the first beam to let the second axis pass through a location beneath the stiffener beneath the first surface to which the stiffener is attached.
US11333624B2
A three-electrode array local electrochemical information testing system and a testing method, the testing system comprising: a concentric ring three-electrode array, a high-speed switch and an electrochemical workstation, which are electrically connected in sequence; the concentric ring three-electrode array comprises a plurality of concentric ring three-electrode units, adjacent concentric ring three-electrode units being separated by an insulating material; a concentric ring three-electrode unit comprises a ring-shaped auxiliary electrode, a solid-state reference electrode and a wire-shaped working electrode; the ring-shaped auxiliary electrode and the solid-state reference electrode are both formed in an ring-shaped shape; the wire-shaped working electrode is located within the solid-state reference electrode, the wire-shaped working electrode being separated from the solid-state reference electrode by means of the insulating material; the solid-state reference electrode is located within the ring-shaped auxiliary electrode.
US11333621B2
Methods and systems for performing measurements of semiconductor structures based on high-brightness, polychromatic, reflective small angle x-ray scatterometry (RSAXS) metrology are presented herein. RSAXS measurements are performed over a range of wavelengths, angles of incidence, and azimuth angles with small illumination beam spot size, simultaneously or sequentially. In some embodiments, RSAXS measurements are performed with x-ray radiation in the soft x-ray (SXR) region at grazing angles of incidence in the range of 5-20 degrees. In some embodiments, the x-ray illumination source size is 10 micrometers or less, and focusing optics project the source area onto a wafer with a demagnification factor of 0.2 or less, enabling an incident x-ray illumination spot size of less than two micrometers. In another aspect, active focusing optics project programmed ranges of illumination wavelengths, angles of incidence, and azimuth angles, or any combination thereof, onto a metrology area, either simultaneously or sequentially.
US11333620B2
A high-pass x-ray filter device is disclosed that includes a substrate defining an elongated opening. A reflecting membrane is positioned across the opening and supported, along all sides, by the substrate. The reflecting membrane is configured to transmit, from an incident x-ray beam, x-ray photons having an energy above about a threshold energy level and reflects, from the incident x-ray beam, x-ray photons having an energy below about the threshold energy level. The elongated opening of the substrate defines an exit path for the transmitted x-ray beam. A high-pass x-ray filter system including the high-pass filter device and a method of fabrication of the high-pass filter device are also disclosed.
US11333611B2
Methods and apparatus for determining levels of gaseous elements and optionally utilizing the determined levels to calibrate one or more sensors of an air purifier. For example, in some implementations a first image is captured of a colorimetric sensor device at the start of a sensing period and a second image is captured of the colorimetric sensor device at the end of the sensing period. The colorimetric sensor device includes at least one colorimetric sensor configured to change colors in response to reaction with a gaseous pollutant. Values may be determined based on the colors of the colorimetric sensor in the first and second images and the values may be utilized to determine a pollution value indicative of the amount of the gaseous pollutant to which the colorimetric sensor was exposed during the sensing period.
US11333607B2
Provided is a fluorescent signal detection apparatus including a reaction unit including a kit loading part in which a diagnostic kit is inserted to one area, a light source unit including a light source and a first barrel configured to surround the light source, a light receiving unit provided at one side of the light source unit and including a detection part and a second barrel configured to surround the detection part, and a case configured to surround the reaction unit, the light source unit, and the light receiving unit. Here, the diagnostic kit includes measuring parts and microstructures configured to accommodate a target to be measured, which is labeled by a fluorescent dye, and the microstructures are provided on the measuring parts.
US11333601B1
A method of determining a refractive index of a material sample comprises removably mounting the material sample into a sample holder having a thermal control mechanism, a thermal expansion compensation mechanism, and a rotation mechanism; projecting a laser beam into the material sample, wherein the material sample has a predetermined orientation and temperature, wherein the material sample has parallel sides defining parallel planes for entry and exit of the laser beam into and out of the material sample; collecting a refracted laser beam from the material sample, and determining the refractive index for the material sample at the predetermined temperature. The laser beam may be a visible laser and/or an infrared laser. The thermal control mechanism comprises a thermal controller coupled to an induction coil apparatus and a temperature sensor. The sample holder comprises a refractory metal consisting of one or more of a niobium/molybdenum alloy and a tantalum/tungsten alloy.
US11333598B1
The material degradation monitoring system includes a base plate; a test chamber located on the base plate; a material holding unit located on the base plate and spaced apart from the test chamber, the material holding unit being capable of holding at least one material to be tested; a material transfer unit located proximate to the material holding unit and test chamber; and a controller that directs the transfer unit to move the material holding unit to the test chamber.
US11333596B2
An observation container (10) includes: a bottom portion that includes a bottom wall (12A) (first plate part) and a bottom wall (12B) (second plate part) which intersect each other and that is configured to accommodate a liquid sample O as a sample containing microparticles to be imaged by imaging units (30A) and (30B) serving as an imaging device; and a region that has transparency with respect to a wavelength of light used for observation of the microparticles.
US11333595B2
A moisture permeability measuring device includes a first body member including a seating part, a flexible bottom plate to be arranged on the seating part, a flexible top plate to be arranged on the bottom plate, a holder part to fix a lower edge portion of the bottom plate and an upper edge portion of the top plate, and a second body member to be arranged on the holder part and having a through-hole defined in a region overlapping the top plate, and an area of the seating part on a plane is smaller than an area of the bottom plate on the plane.
US11333594B2
A system for measuring the mass concentration of dust particles includes data transfer device with dust particles mass concentration meter located inside the device. The meter includes a housing of the meter, a printed circuit board with a microcontroller, at least two dust sensors and output interface of the meter connected to them. The data transfer device additionally includes a heating element and a fan, which are electrically connected to the microcontroller, at least one inlet channel connected to the dust sensors, at least one outlet channel and at least one inlet stream temperature sensor. A method for measuring the mass concentration of dust is also provided.
US11333593B2
Various embodiments are directed to a fluid composition sensor device and method of using the same. In various embodiments, the fluid flow composition sensor is configured to receive a volume of fluid, the fluid composition sensor comprising a housing, a removable fluid flow component, an impactor nozzle, a collection media assembly dock element configured to receive a replaceable collection media assembly comprising a collection media configured to receive one or more particles within the volume of fluid, an imaging device configured to capture an image of at least a portion of the one or more particles received by the fluid composition sensor, and a controller configured to determine, based at least in part on the image, at least one particle characteristic of the volume of fluid. The imaging device may be configured to capture the image of one or more particles received by the fluid composition sensor using lensless holography.
US11333590B1
An experimental system for simulating creep and stick-slip dislocations of a fault in a tunnel structure includes a box structure, a supporting device and a fault dislocation loading system. A friction effect layer, a first surrounding rock layer, a tunnel structure model, a second surrounding rock layer and an overburden pressure layer are sequentially arranged in the box structure from bottom to top. The bottom of the box structure is provided with a through hole. A plate assembly is provided on the through hole, and includes a first guide plate, a second guide plate and a loading plate. Inner sides of the first guide plate and the second guide plate are respectively provided with a first slide rail and a second slide rail. The loading plate moves along the first slide rail and the second slide rail under the action of the fault dislocation loading system.
US11333576B2
A method includes obtaining a vibration signal acquired by an accelerometer sensor; eliminating a deterministic component of the vibration signal; obtaining, for a determined defect, a characteristic theoretical frequency of this defect and a determined maximum deviation around this theoretical frequency; computing, as a function of a cyclic frequency, an integrated cyclic coherence of the processed vibration signal; estimating an actual frequency of the defect on the basis of the integrated cyclic coherence, of the theoretical frequency of the defect and of the maximum deviation; computing a diagnostic indicator of the defect by summing M integrated cyclic coherences of the vibration signal evaluated as M cyclic frequencies respectively equal to M harmonics of the estimated actual frequency of the defect; comparing the diagnostic indicator of the defect with a predetermined threshold, and in the event of it being exceeded, detecting the defect on the bearing.
US11333570B1
A control system for a vehicle includes a controller. The controller is configured to receive signals from a plurality of vehicle sensors, a vehicle communications system, a ride-share application, a navigation system, or a combination of these. The controller is configured to determine whether at least one of a plurality of conditions is met to execute a small leak test on a fuel system of the vehicle based on the signals, where the plurality of conditions include an available time segment to execute the small leak test, a level surface, a smooth surface, and a constant vehicular momentum. The controller is configured to execute the small leak test when at least one of the plurality of conditions is met.
US11333569B2
A dynamic balancer includes an outer housing and a spindle assembly rotatably mounted to the outer housing. A frameless motor assembly is connected to selected components of the spindle assembly. A chucking assembly receives a locking member to capture a tire therebetween. The chucking assembly and the locking member are captured in the spindle assembly and rotated by the frameless motor assembly. A spring-biased return cylinder may be used with the dynamic balancer to assist in capturing and releasing the locking member with respect to the chucking assembly. An adjustable encoder assembly may be associated with the motor assembly to monitor a rotational position of the tire and/or spindle assembly.
US11333566B2
This application relates to a portable electronic device that includes an integrated pressure sensor. The portable electronic device includes a housing that defines a cavity with a number of components disposed therein. The cavity is sealed to form a volume of air within the cavity that is vented to the external environment through a barometric vent fluidly coupled to a first opening in the housing. A sensor measures a characteristic of a second volume of air within an isolated chamber that is vented to the external environment through a second opening in the housing. The second volume of air is isolated from the first volume of air within the housing of the portable electronic device. In some embodiments, the portable electronic device is a mobile phone and the sensor is a pressure transducer.
US11333563B2
A monitoring system for monitoring the condition of and energy guide chain and/or a cable guided in an energy guide chain. Energy guide chains are used for guiding cables, hoses or the like, between abase and a moving end displaceable along a travel path and, in so doing, form a mobile run connected to the moving end, a stationary run with a connection end for the base and a deflection arc between the two runs. A monitoring device with at least one sensing component arranged on the energy guide chain. The monitoring device evaluates a signal generated using the sensing component in order to monitor the occurrence of a fault condition during operation of the energy guide chain. The sensing component includes an electrical indicator conductor guided by the energy guide chain and extending along the greater part of the length of the mobile run. To monitor the condition of a cable and in this case includes two electrical indicator conductors guided by the energy guide chain, the one end of which is connected to the monitoring device and the other end of which is short-circuited.
US11333552B2
A protective sheath having a closed end and an open end is sized to receive a hand held spectrometer. The spectrometer can be placed in the sheath to calibrate the spectrometer and to measure samples. In a calibration orientation, an optical head of the spectrometer can be oriented toward the closed end of the sheath where a calibration material is located. In a measurement orientation, the optical head of the spectrometer can be oriented toward the open end of the sheath in order to measure a sample. To change the orientation, the spectrometer can be removed from the sheath container and placed in the sheath container with the calibration orientation or the measurement orientation. Accessory container covers can be provided and placed on the open end of the sheath with samples placed therein in order to provide improved measurements.
US11333550B2
A sensor arrangement comprises an integrator with an integrator input, a sensor coupled to the integrator input, a balancing current generator coupled to the integrator input and a compensation current generator coupled to the integrator input.
US11333548B2
A device configured for low-energy ultrasonic 2D Fourier transform analysis, comprising: (i) a first layer comprising an array of piezoelectric pixels; (ii) a second layer comprising an array of piezoelectric pixels; (iii) a third layer, positioned between the first and second layers, comprising a bulk ultrasonic transmission medium; wherein the second layer of array of piezoelectric pixels is in the Fourier plane of an input signal of the first layer array of piezoelectric pixels.
US11333543B2
The present invention relates to a belt conveyor with a weighing device for a dough line, comprising a conveyor device, comprising a frame, at least two rollers supported by the frame, a conveyor belt, arranged movable in a length direction of the belt around the at least two rollers and a slot, extending in a width direction of the conveyor belt, and arranged adjacent to an inwardly facing part of the conveyor belt, and a weighing device, comprising a housing fitting the slot; and being movable into and removable from the slot at least one weighing unit, carried by the housing and arranged with a weighing surface thereof facing outwardly for weighing a weight exercised on the weighing surface.
US11333542B2
A physical quantity detection device including a container that is formed with an accommodation space accommodating a detection object formed of a dielectric, a first electrode and at least one second electrode that face with each other via the accommodation space, and an electrostatic capacitance detector that detects an electrostatic capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode by applying an alternating current voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. A frequency of the alternating current voltage applied between the first electrode and the second electrode is 1 kHz or higher.
US11333541B2
The invention provides an oil tank measurement method and system based on laser point cloud analysis, comprising: acquiring point cloud data inside an oil tank, which is collected by a laser measurement device; separating point cloud data of a main body of the oil tank from point cloud data of a plug, to acquire the point cloud data of the main body of the oil tank; calculating, based on Gauss mapping, an axis for the point cloud data of the main body of the oil tank; determining any one first plane perpendicular to the axis, and projecting a point cloud of the main body onto the first plane to obtain a point cloud of a projected cross-section of the tank body on the first plane; multi-segment fitting the point cloud of the projected cross-section of the tank body; and calculating a volume according to a result of multi-segment fitting.
US11333539B2
The present subject matter further relates to a flow rate metering device for measuring flow rate of multiple fluids of varied viscosities while being supplies to form a final mixture. The device includes a flow meter arranged on each of the plurality of feed lines of multiple fluids to measure a flow rate of respective fluid during each operation cycle; and a digital display unit coupled to each of the flow meters to display the flow rate of respective fluid during each operation cycle.
US11333534B2
Disclosed herein is a sensor unit that is positioned at a location in a conduit for measuring a property of a fluid flowing through the conduit, the sensor unit comprises: a sensor support; a body section including proximal and distal sides and a center having a chamber, the chamber having a lower part and a top part with the lower part providing an open path between the proximal and distal sides of the body section, providing a flow channel through the body section; a socket in the top part of the chamber, the socket configured to receive the sensor support; a gasket located on top of the sensor support; e) a clamp configured to compress and hold the gasket and sensor support in place in the socket; and at least one sensor configured to measure a property of the fluid; wherein the sensor support maintains the at least one sensor in position relative to the walls of the flow channel through the sensor unit and at a constant depth relative to the fluid flowing through the sensor unit.
US11333517B1
A method includes capturing images at a device and analyzing the images at the device using a first analysis model to obtain information regarding an observed object that corresponds to a predetermined object. The method also includes determining whether the information regarding the observed object is consistent with stored mapping information, and, in response to determining that the information regarding the observed object is not consistent with the stored mapping information, modifying the stored mapping information based on the observed object.
US11333513B2
A route searching apparatus for searching for a route through which a moving body which moves by electric energy from a changeable battery reaches a destination has a position obtaining unit configured to obtain a current position of the moving body; a predicting unit configured to predict a time of arrival at a battery changing station based on a position of the battery changing station; a stock information obtaining unit configured to obtain stock information of a changeable battery in the battery changing station at the time of arrival; an estimating unit configured to estimate a movable range based on a residual amount of a changeable battery mounted in the moving body; and a searching unit configured to search for a route through which the moving body reaches the destination via the battery changing station, based on the stock information and the movable range.
US11333494B1
A system and leveling device for installing an electrical box or ring on a wall stud, and a process for installation using the same. The leveling device has a generally planar elongated substrate having a horizontal bubble level on a front face and positioning pins on a rear face. The positioning pins are configured for insertion into gang screw holes on the electrical box or ring. The system includes cross-stud braces for spanning the distance between adjacent wall studs. The electrical box or ring has pass-through slots to receive the cross-stud braces so that the electrical box or ring can be leveled using the leveling device prior to attaching the cross-stud braces to the wall studs.
US11333484B2
An interferometer system comprises a sample interferometer arm for guiding a first wave to a sample, and receiving a reflected wave from the sample and a phase amplifier for amplifying a phase shift of the reflected wave, to provide phase-shift-amplified intermediate wave. The interferometer system can also comprise an additional interferometer arm for guiding an additional wave to combine with the intermediate wave, to provide an output wave, and a detector for detecting the output wave.
US11333482B2
A method for sensing travel by a travel-sensing arrangement for a brake system, wherein the travel-sensing arrangement has a first magnetic angle sensor, and the method includes determining a first field strength in a first direction and determining a second field strength in a second direction by the first angle sensor, wherein the travel-sensing arrangement has a second magnetic angle sensor which is arranged at a predetermined distance from the first angle sensor, and the method further includes determining a first field strength in a first direction and determining a second field strength in a second direction by the second angle sensor. A travel-sensing arrangement, to a brake system having a travel-sensing arrangement, to a motor-vehicle and to a use of the travel-sensing arrangement and the method in a brake system.
US11333473B2
A method and tooling for forming a cartridge case blank comprising backward extruding a tube from a length of wire stock in multiple backward extrusion steps with progressive tooling to obtain an intermediate blank that can be finish drawn without a preceding annealing step and which if otherwise not subjected to multiple backward extrusion steps, would require annealing prior to finish drawing to avoid tearing.
US11333472B1
In various embodiments, a projectile includes a projectile body including a tail portion, a nose portion, a barrel engaging portion between the nose portion and the tail portion, and a metal jacket that defines an exterior of the projectile that surrounds an interior solid core. In one or more embodiments the projectile includes one or more circumferential grooves defined in the interior core portion, each of the one or more circumferential grooves covered by and positioned adjacent to the metal jacket and within the barrel-engaging portion. In various embodiments, during firing of the projectile, the one or more circumferential grooves define a void that allows material of one or more of the metal jacket and interior solid core to displace into the void for reduction in radial stiffness to the projectile in the barrel engaging portion.
US11333471B2
Disclosed is an intermediate part forming a wadding cup to be placed in the case of a cartridge for separating the explosive charge and the shot. It includes a cylindrical sleeve of outer diameter suitable for being inserted slidingly into the case, the sleeve having a front portion the end of which is open, suitable for containing the shot, and a rear portion including a cylindrical wad flush with the end of the rear portion, the intermediate part being formed of at least 95% by weight of biodegradable or decomposable materials, such as cardboard and cork. Also disclosed is a biodegradable cartridge with cup and wadding, complying with environmental rules.
US11333470B2
The present invention provides polymer ammunition having a primer insert having: a top surface; a bottom surface opposite the top surface; a coupling element that extends from the bottom surface, wherein the coupling element comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface comprises: a transition region that transitions from the bottom surface to a second segment wherein the transition region has a radius of from 0.02 to 0.2; a first segment extending from the second segment and terminates at a tip, wherein the first segment has a first segment distance from 0.02 to 0.18 inches and the second segment has a second segment distance from 0.02 to 0.18 inches, wherein the second segment has a second segment angle from +3 to −3 degrees relative to the first segment angle and the first segment has a first segment angle from +6 to −6 degrees from perpendicular to the top surface; a primer recess in the top surface that extends toward the bottom surface; a primer flash aperture positioned in the primer recess through the bottom surface; and a flash aperture groove in the primer recess and positioned around the primer flash aperture and adapted to receive a polymer overmolding through the primer flash aperture.
US11333468B2
A cartridge assembly that includes a non-lethal projectile and a carrier configured for retaining and launching the non-lethal projectile. The carrier includes a housing including a combustion chamber, at least one escape aperture, a primer, and a case connected to the housing. The case encases the non-lethal projectile. The case and the housing collectively define a launch chamber that is fluidly connected to the at least one escape aperture. The launch chamber is configured for launching the non-lethal projectile out of the case. The at least one escape aperture is configured for metering pressurized gas from the combustion chamber to the launch chamber for launching the non-lethal projectile.
US11333467B2
A medium caliber round of ammunition capable of being fired at variable velocities and trajectories, and methods of firing such, are presented herein. The ammunition round includes a grenade and a cartridge received in a firing chamber. The cartridge has a front case for receiving the grenade, and a rear case for receiving a primer. An adjustable variator collar is disposed between the front and rear cases. The variator collar is adjustable between a first position that chokes the venting of gas from a high-side stage to a low-side stage for low muzzle velocity, and a second position for un-choking the venting of gas from the high-side stage to the low-side stage for a rapid rise in pressure during the low-side stage, resulting in a high muzzle velocity. The collar may further be adjusted in any position between the first and second for relative amounts of controlled fluid flow.
US11333460B2
Firearms, particularly rifles, including an upper housing having a barrel, where the barrel and the upper housing are interconnected by means of a guide. In order to improve the connection, the guide includes corresponding prismatic guide surfaces that extend in parallel with the barrel shaft when the firearm is mounted and ready to fire, and the barrel is secured to the upper housing by a tensioning element that can rotate in the upper housing about an axis of rotation that extends normally with respect to the firearm center plane, and the tensioning element includes a tensioning portion and an actuating portion.
US11333457B1
A method for inserting a safety block into a rifle comprising an upper receiver and a lower receiver, the lower receiver comprising a trigger assembly positioned within a cavity. The method includes separating the upper receiver and the lower receiver to expose the lower receiver and inserting the safety block into the cavity. The safety block comprises a hammer cavity configured to surround the trigger assembly such that the safety block surrounds at least a hammer of the trigger assembly. A hammer stop of the safety block is configured to rest against the hammer. The method includes closing the upper receiver against the lower receiver. Closing the upper receiver brings the upper receiver into contact with the safety block and rotationally pushes the hammer stop of the safety block forward and against the hammer. Rotating the safety block against the hammer rotates the hammer such that the hammer is freed from a restraining portion of the trigger assembly.
US11333449B2
A heat transfer plate and/or a plate heat exchanger including the heat transfer plate includes a plate body forming a patterned section and having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; a gasket groove formed depressed from the plate body in a direction from the first side towards the second side, and having a bottom wall, the bottom wall having a bottom wall body; and where the gasket groove includes at least a first section with a first recess formed on the bottom wall body, depressed from the bottom wall body in the direction from the first side towards the second side, and a second section with a second recess formed on the bottom wall body, depressed from the bottom wall body in the direction from the second side towards the first side, wherein the second section is adapted to accommodate a gasket.
US11333443B2
A loop heat pipe includes an evaporator that vaporizes working fluid, a condenser that liquefies the working fluid vaporized by the evaporator, a liquid pipe connecting the condenser to the evaporator, and a vapor pipe connecting the evaporator to the condenser. The liquid pipe includes two wall portions located at opposite sides of the liquid pipe, two porous bodies, each of which is continuous with and formed integrally with one of the two wall portions, and a flow passage located between the two porous bodies.
US11333442B2
A brazeable metal sheet material for heat exchanger components is used for producing a heat exchanger by a controlled atmosphere brazing process. The metal sheet material is made up of a core material with a brazing layer at least on one side and a corrosion-reducing intermediate layer arranged between the brazing layer and the core material. The core material consists of an Al3000-series alloy or an Al6000-series alloy having a magnesium content of 0.1% to 1.5% by weight. The brazing layer consists of an Al4000-series alloy having a maximum of 0.2% magnesium by weight. The corrosion-reducing intermediate layer consists of an Al1000-series alloy or an Al7000-series alloy having 0.1% to 1.5% magnesium by weight.
US11333440B2
A first conduit having a cylindrical upper entrance region with the axis of the cylindrical region oriented vertically, which accepts incoming downwardly flowing hot drain water, a central region of said first conduit below the said entrance region having a conical shape of increasing diameter, reaching a maximum diameter 2-7 times larger than the upper region, the shape then transitioning to a decreasing diameter area of a conical shape, the shape transitioning to a cylindrical lower region with a diameter similar to the upper region diameter; a second conduit for the flow of the shower cold water supply, with a diameter 10-40 times smaller than the maximum diameter of the drain water conduit, and a length 10-40 times longer than the vertical length of the drain water conduit, the second conduit tightly wrapped around the first conduit and in close thermal contact with the first conduit.
US11333438B2
A counterflow heat exchanger includes a first fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet fluidly coupled to the first fluid inlet via a core section, a second fluid inlet, and a second fluid outlet fluidly coupled to the second fluid inlet via the core section. The core section includes a plurality of first fluid passages configured to convey the first fluid flow from the first fluid inlet toward the first fluid outlet, and a plurality of second fluid passages configured to convey the second fluid flow from the second fluid inlet toward the second fluid outlet such that the first fluid flow exchanges thermal energy with the second fluid flow at the core section. One or more drains are operably connected to the plurality of first fluid passages configured to remove condensation from an interior of the first fluid passages prior to the condensation reaching the first fluid outlet.
US11333434B1
A fabric warming rack comprises a rod extending along a horizontal plane and a first light source rotatably coupled to the rod and configured to rotate about the rod.
US11333433B2
Various embodiments may relate to a radiant cooler. The radiant cooler may include a chamber. The radiant cooler may also include a vacuum pump connected to the chamber. The radiant cooler may further include an infrared absorber arranged within the chamber. A wall of the chamber may be configured to allow at least a portion of infrared light to pass through. The vacuum pump may be configured to generate a vacuum in the chamber. The infrared absorber may include a fluid, i.e. a liquid, configured to evaporate into the vacuum upon receiving thermal energy from at least the portion of infrared light.
US11333431B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage chamber, a drawer door, a rail that slidably couples the drawer door to the cabinet, a driving device provided in the door part, an elevation device provided in the drawer part to vertically ascend or descend at least a portion of the drawer part, and an elevation detection device. The drawer door includes a drawer part configured to be inserted into and withdrawn out of the storage chamber and a door part coupled to the drawer part and configured to open and close the storage chamber. The driving device includes a motor assembly, a screw assembly having a screw and a screw holder, and a lever that couples the screw holder to the elevation device and is configured to be rotated based on the movement of the screw holder along the screw.
US11333426B2
A refrigerator including a main body forming a storage compartment, and a door configured to open and close the storage compartment. The door includes a door body rotatably coupled to the main body and including an insulator therein, a panel body positioned in a front of the door body, a first trim disposed at a first edge of the panel body and configured to be coupled to the door body while being rotated with respect to the door body, and a second trim disposed at a second edge opposite to the first edge of the panel body and configured to be coupled to the door body when the first trim is coupled to the door body.
US11333418B2
The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator including an ice bucket configured to store ice, a transfer member configured to transfer ice stored in the ice bucket, and an ice crushing device provided at an outer side of the ice bucket and configured to discharge cubed ice discharged from the ice bucket without crushing, or to crush and discharge the cubed ice.
US11333412B2
A climate-control system may include a first fluid circuit, a desiccant system, and a second fluid circuit. The first fluid circuit may include a desorber, an absorber, and an evaporator. A first fluid exits the desorber through a first outlet and flows through the evaporator and a first inlet of the absorber. A second fluid exits the desorber through a second outlet and may flow through a second inlet of the absorber. The desiccant system includes a conditioner and a regenerator. The conditioner includes a first desiccant flow path. The regenerator includes a second desiccant flow path in communication with the first desiccant flow path. The second fluid circuit circulates a third fluid that is fluidly isolated from the first and second fluids and desiccant in the desiccant system. The second fluid circuit may be in heat transfer relationships with the first fluid and the first desiccant flow path.
US11333408B2
A cryocooler includes an attachment flange including a refrigerant gas introduction port through which refrigerant gas is introduced into a recondensing chamber from an ambient temperature environment, and attachable to the recondensing chamber, and a cooling stage that is disposed inside the recondensing chamber when the attachment flange is attached to the recondensing chamber. The refrigerant gas introduction port is perpendicularly or obliquely oriented with respect to an axial direction of the cryocooler so that a refrigerant gas flow exiting the refrigerant gas introduction port deviates from the cooling stage.
US11333404B2
A cryogenic cooling system is provided comprising: a mechanical refrigerator, a heat pipe and a heat switch assembly. The mechanical refrigerator has a first cooled stage and a second cooled stage. The heat pipe has a first part coupled thermally to the second cooled stage and a second part coupled thermally to a target assembly. The heat pipe is adapted to contain a condensable gaseous coolant when in use. The heat switch assembly comprises one or more gas gap heat switches, a first end coupled thermally to the second cooled stage and a second end coupled thermally to the target assembly. The cryogenic cooling system is adapted to be operated in a heat pipe cooling mode in which the temperature of the second cooled stage is lower than the first cooled stage and wherein the temperature of the target assembly causes the coolant within the second part of the heat pipe to be gaseous and the temperature of the second cooled stage causes the coolant in the first part of the heat pipe to condense. The target assembly is cooled by the movement of the condensed liquid coolant from the first part of the heat pipe to the second part of the heat pipe during the heat pipe cooling mode. The cryogenic cooling system is further adapted to be operated in a gas gap cooling mode in which the temperature of the second cooled stage causes freezing of the coolant. The heat switch assembly is adapted to provide cooling from the second cooled stage to the target assembly during the gas gap cooling mode via the one or more gas gap heat switches.
US11333399B2
An apparatus for managing hot water in a hot water storage tank heating system has one or more temperature sensors, a mounting bracket, a computer implemented processing arrangement configured to receive the temperature sensor signals and an interface to communicate with a user or additional processors either locally or remotely.
US11333396B2
Supply Air device (1) for controlling supply air flow to a building space, comprising a chamber (2) having a supply air inlet (3) and an air outlet (4). A first tube (10) in the chamber is connected at an open first end (11) to the supply air inlet, wherein the first tube has a side wall (13) which is permeable to air. A throttle member (30) is slidably connected to the first tube to change a degree of exposure of the side wall to control air flow through said side wall to the outlet. The exposable side wall comprises a layer of porous material (14) through which air is discharged.
US11333392B1
A wall vent door assembly including a multi-functional hinge including flexible and resilient material extending continuously along the hinge edge of the door; one edge of the door is configured to accept and/or otherwise interface with a complimentary edge of the hinge material, and the adjacent hinge edge of the mounting frame is configured to accept and/or otherwise interface with another complimentary edge of the hinge material. Besides providing the hinge connection between the door and the adjacent frame, the flexible material also seals the interface to prevent entry of light and wind when the door is closed. The flexible and resilient hinge material also acts as a spring, exerting force to assist in the movement of the door from the closed position to open positions.
US11333384B1
Methods and related systems are disclosed for determining a temperature of an indoor space with a plurality of onboard sensors of a device of a climate control system. In an embodiment, the method includes detecting raw temperatures with the plurality of sensors. In addition, the method includes determining a combined temperature offset for a first sensor of the plurality of sensors based on outputs of a plurality of models. The plurality of models are to determine a plurality of temperature offsets for the first sensor based on different airflow directions relative to the device. Further, the method includes adjusting the raw temperature detected by the first sensor with the combined temperature offset.
US11333380B2
A heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) combustion suppression system. The HVAC combustion suppression system includes a sensor that detects and emits a signal indicative of a refrigerant released from an HVAC system into an enclosed space. The system also includes a suppression component that blocks or reduces combustion of the refrigerant in the enclosed space, and a controller that receives the signal from the sensor. The controller in response to the signal activates the suppression component to suppress combustion of the refrigerant in the enclosed space.
US11333378B1
Described are systems, methods, and apparatus that enable power management and reduction at both the individual and group level to help reduce the overall power demand on a power system. One or more sensors may be positioned at different locations that collect and provide various sensor data to a remote computing system, referred to herein as a management system. The management system maintains location profiles for each location, user profiles for users at the various locations, and may also receive third party data, such as weather patterns, power system load, etc. The management system utilizes the received data to determine one or more energy saving actions that may be performed at the location(s) to reduce energy consumption and lower the demand on the power system.
US11333376B2
According to the present disclosure, it is determined whether or not the room is heated according to a temperature difference between a room temperature Tp and a set temperature Ts, and even when there is little or no heating load due to the temperature difference between the room temperature Tp and the set temperature Ts, the floor heating is performed by determining a temperature difference between the room temperature Tp and a floor temperature Tb.
US11333375B2
An air conditioner is provided, including an air flow path, a cooling unit disposed in the air flow path that cools air introduced into the air flow path to condense vapor contained in the air, and a humidification unit that humidifies the air and which includes a storage tank for storing water and a heater for heating water in the storage tank. A discharged-water storage unit is also provided, which stores water discharged from the cooling unit and water discharged from the humidification unit, and an exhaust pipe is connected to the storage tank and configured to discharge water in the storage tank to the discharged-water storage unit. An exhaust valve is disposed midway on the exhaust pipe, and an overflow pipe connects the storage tank and a part of the exhaust pipe on the downstream side of the exhaust valve.
US11333370B2
A water distribution apparatus and method including cold and hot water supplies, a fan coil (or chilled beam device), a control valve having cold and hot water inlets and outlets, cold and hot water outputs configured to supply cold and hot water to the fan coil, cold and hot water return inlets configured to receive from the fan coil the water supplied by the cold and/or water outputs and outputting the cold and/or hot water to the cold and hot water supply lines, respectively, via the cold and hot water outlets, respectively. Cold and hot water is supplied from the cold and/or hot water outputs to the fan coil and received into the cold and hot water return inlets, respectively, and the cold and hot water supplied by the cold and hot water outputs to the fan coil is output to the cold and hot water supply lines, respectively.
US11333358B2
A combustion chamber for a gas turbomachine. The combustion chamber comprising inner and outer walls, a chamber bottom, and a heat shield arranged downstream of the chamber bottom, to protect it thermally. The inner and outer walls and the heat shield form a one-piece unit.
US11333346B1
Example handle-integrated lighting assemblies including one or more lighting module(s) located substantially within a handle of a lid of a grill are described. An example lighting assembly configured to be coupled to a lid of a grill includes a handle and a lighting module. The handle includes a crossbar and a stem coupled to and oriented at an angle relative to the crossbar. The lighting module includes a light source located within the handle. The light source is configured to project light through the stem in a direction away from the crossbar.
US11333345B1
A combined power strip plug and night light includes a plug body arranged on a power socket on an indoor wall. The plug body completely covers the power socket. The plug body includes a bottom cover, a power supply board arranged in the bottom cover, an upper cover connected with the lampshade, and a lampshade. The upper cover is fixed on the bottom cover. The power supply board is electrically connected with the power socket through a plug pin assembly. The plug pin assembly is arranged on the power supply board. A light sensor and a touch spring are arranged on the power supply board. A photosensitive transparent cover for the light sensor to receive light is arranged on the upper cover. A touch position is defined on the upper cover. The touch position is touched to trigger a touch sensing of the touch spring.
US11333337B2
A wiring system for ground mounted lighting fixtures comprises a base of the lighting fixture that is located on top of the ground surface. The above-ground base includes a wiring box and construction of the base resists sprinkler water and rain from entering the wiring box. A connector device is mounted in the wiring box and has multiple ports for interconnecting the wires of the incoming power cable with wires of the outgoing power cable and interconnecting those wires with the wires of the power cable of the light source in the fixture. The connector device includes an internal circuit that provides a parallel connection of the light source cable with the incoming and outgoing power cables. Spring lever clamps are used to secure the various wires in the connector device ports and in connection with the internal circuit. The wiring box is thus integral with the light fixture.
US11333329B2
Provided is a modular light fixture. The device includes a light shroud, a light fixture base having a first cylindrical housing, a second cylindrical housing, a quick disconnect with a pair of external pins, and a light fixture base supporting attachment that includes a pair of P-shaped channels. The shroud attaches to the first cylindrical housing, and the base attachment attaches to the base via the P-shaped channels and the first and second external pins. The shroud and base attachments can be interchanged as desired for use as a hanging light, an up light, a down light, a well light, a path light, a wash light, or any combination thereof. The device allows for quick and easy conversion of lights from one style to another without requiring an entirely new fixture, enables simple repairs, and lessens the number of items required to be stocked by an installer.
US11333316B2
The invention relates to an optoelectronic module, comprising a housing (11) having a first housing part (11) having a first cover surface (11a) and an opening (4); a mechanically flexibly designed organic light source (2) having an illuminating surface (2a); and a cover element (3) which is mounted on the illuminating surface (2a) and has a light-transmissive surface (3a) facing away from the illuminating surface (2a), wherein the organic light source (2) is introduced at least at some points into the opening (14), the first cover surface (11a) is curved and/or bowed, the size of the illuminating surface (2a) is at least 1 cm2, preferably at least 5 cm2, and the distance between the illuminating surface (2a) and the first cover surface (11a) is at most 1 cm, preferably at most 5 mm.
US11333315B2
A projection headlight for a vehicle is provided comprising at least one light source, a projection lens, a condenser lens arranged between the at least one light source and the projection lens, and at least one printed graphic arranged between the condenser lens and the projection lens. The condenser lens has a flat side and a curved side. The at least one printed graphic is printed on the flat side of the condenser lens. Further, a vehicle is provided having at least one such projection headlight.
US11333305B2
A solid state lamp includes a connector and a bulb portion with multiple strips.
US11333304B2
There is described a pipe apparatus having two circular coaxial layers, inner and outer, defining an annular gap therebetween. At least one segmentation ring with a predesigned opening is placed within the annular gap. The pipe system is composed of interconnected pipe apparatuses of the same type. Compact wireless stations are embedded in the segmentation rings within sealed predesigned openings forming a wireless information and communication network (WICN). Each segmentation ring incorporates a pressure relief mechanism. When a layer of a given pipe apparatus breaks and fluid leaks into the annular gap in a given segment, the segmentation rings surrounding that segment temporarily retain the fluid and the WICN is disturbed in the affected area. At least one external central unit monitors WICN activity and integrity inside the pipe system and detects such leakage, before the leak spreads to another segment of the pipe system, without reaching the outside environment.
US11333301B2
A pressure vessel and a system of a vehicle with such a pressure vessel, wherein the pressure vessel is suitable for storage of pressurized fluids, comprising a housing which extends along a longitudinal axis. The housing defines an inner volume. The shape of the housing, in longitudinal cross-section, is defined by the circumference of a set of circles. The set of circles comprises a central circle, with a center point which is defined by the longitudinal axis, and four primary peripheral circles each of which intersects with the central circle at two points. The primary peripheral circles are axially distributed on the central circle in opposing pairs.
US11333298B1
An accessory device is provided with one or more physical interlocks for mating with a slot provided along an accessory mounting track, or alternatively, with discrete physical mating interlocking features provided along an accessory mounting track, such as along opposing sides of the slot. In this way, the accessory device can be mounted along the slot in a lengthwise direction of the accessory mounting track or perpendicularly or transversely to the lengthwise direction of the accessory mounting track. When mounting in a lengthwise direction of the accessory mounting track, the accessory device is prevented from moving along the accessory mounting track when sufficient frictional forces are applied. When mounting perpendicularly or transversely to the lengthwise direction of the accessory mounting track, the interlocks mate with the interlocking features to prevent movement of the accessory device along the accessory mounting track.
US11333291B2
The present invention provides support frames for positive pressure blowers having one or more wheels mounted at a lower corner of the frame, wherein the wheels are mounted to roll in a direction that is perpendicular to the flow of air through the blower. This sideways orientation of the wheels allows a frame carrying a blower to be easily moved from side to side, such as when placed into or removed from a side compartment on an emergency vehicle, and allows such a frame carrying a blower to be easily tilted, turned and rolled around at the scene of a fire in much the same manner as a wheelbarrow. Embodiments of the invention may include an upper handle or grip which allows a user to control the frames by tilting and rolling them around on the wheels. Embodiments of the invention may include a support bracket for holding a battery or other power supply.
US11333289B2
A decompression heat-insulating pipe structure that can exhibit the desired heat-insulating performance and is easy to assemble. In the structure, a space between ends of inner and outer tubes is decompressed. The outer tube includes a first flange, which extends radially inward from an axially one end thereof, and a second flange, which extends radially outward from the axially other end thereof. The inner tube includes a third flange, which extends radially inward from an axially one end thereof and is opposed to the first flange at an axially inward position of the first flange, and a fourth flange, which extends radially outward from the axially other end thereof and being opposed to the second flange at an axially outward position of the second flange. First and second elastic seal members are disposed between the first and third flanges and between the second and fourth flanges, respectively.
US11333287B2
The present disclosure relates generally to duct liner insulation products for curvilinear ducts, and more specifically relates to methods and materials to universally fit duct liner insulation for lining oval ducts in air conditioning, heating, and ventilating (HVAC) systems. A duct liner insulation for a curvilinear duct is provided that includes an insulation layer configured to line an interior surface of a curvilinear duct when installed within the curvilinear duct. The duct liner insulation also includes an elastically deformable layer configured to compress the insulation layer against the interior surface of the curvilinear duct when installed within the curvilinear duct such that the insulation layer extends substantially uniformly around an inner periphery of the curvilinear duct.
US11333280B2
A fitting is attached to a composite pipe by inserting a tubular root portion of the fitting into an end of the pipe and then tensioning longitudinally-extending tensile elements distributed around the fitting. This moves an outer wedge component of the fitting longitudinally relative to the pipe to force an opposed inner wedge formation radially inwardly toward the roof portion, clamping the fitting to the pipe. The fitting may be an end fitting to enable the pipe to be joined to another pipe or conduit, or may be an in-line fitting used to join two lengths of pipe end-to-end.
US11333279B2
The invention relates to a tensioning ring (1) having a tensioning section (3), the tensioning section (3) comprising a wedge element (6), a guide member (7a) and a tensioning screw (5), wherein a width of the tensioning section (3) and thus a circumference of the tensioning ring (1) can be changed by tightening the tensioning screw (5), for which purpose the wedge element (6) is guided at the guide member (7a) and is movable in this guide along a movement way (20a) at the guide member (7a) by tightening the tensioning screw (5), the movement way (20a) having a portion in a width direction (4) determining the width of the tensioning section (3), wherein the wedge element (6) and the guide member (7a) engage in one another with an undercut in such a way that they are held together in a form-locking manner with respect to the width direction (4).
US11333271B2
Quick coupling device 1 for transferring liquid for an aircraft, comprising a female member 7 configured to be connected to a first reservoir, said female member 7 forming a passage and comprising a cylindrical portion 13 and a radial portion 14, a male member 2 configured to be connected to a second reservoir, said male member 2 forming a passage, slidably mounted in a liquid-tight manner in the female member 7 and comprising a cylindrical portion 3 and a radial portion 4, and a member 40 for locking the male member 2 in the female member 7, the locking member 40 being disposed between the radial portion 14 of the female member 7 and the radial portion 4 of the male member 2, the locking member 40 surrounding the male member 2 and leaving a limited sliding extent for the male member 2 with respect to the female member 7, engaging with the female member 7 in the locked position and releasing the female member 7 in the unlocked position, the locking member 40 comprising an axial blocking lock that can be actuated by an axial then rotating movement and that can be released by an axial then rotating movement, and a rotation brake, the lock and the brake being active in the locked position.
US11333254B2
An example control valve includes a split valve body. The split valve body includes a first body portion, a second body portion, a flow path, an inlet port, and an outlet port. The flow path passes through the first body portion and the second body portion. The first body portion is coupled to the second body portion. The control valve also includes a valve seat. The valve seat is disposed between the first body portion and the second body portion. The control valve also includes a valve plug. The valve plug is movable relative to the valve seat to control fluid flow through the control valve.
US11333252B2
The invention relates to a mechanical seal assembly, comprising: a mechanical seal (10) including a rotating mechanical sliding ring (2) and a stationary mechanical sliding ring (3), defining a sealing gap (4) between them, a sliding ring carrier (5) arranged at the rotating mechanical sliding ring (2), at least one driver element (6) arranged between the rotating mechanical sliding ring (2) and the sliding ring carrier (5) and provided for transmitting a torque from the sliding ring carrier (5) to the rotating sliding ring (2), wherein the rotating sliding ring (2) is clearance-fitted into the sliding ring carrier (5), wherein the rotating sliding ring (2) comprises a first recess (20), wherein the sliding ring carrier (5) comprises a second recess (50), and wherein the driver element (6) is clearance-fitted into the first recess (20) and is clearance-fitted into the second recess (50).
US11333248B2
A gasket is configured to be mounted in a gasket mounting groove that opens to the radially inside of a mounting member provided with a hydraulic passage, and is provided with a back-side hydraulic passage serving as a gap on its groove bottom surface. The gasket includes a gasket body with a reinforcement ring buried therein and a flange provided to extend from one axial end of the gasket body toward the radially outside. The gasket also includes a one-end-side seal lip that is provided to extend from the one axial end of the gasket body toward one side in an axial direction and the radially inside, and is configured to come in contact with one axial side surface of the gasket mounting groove when the gasket body is mounted. The gasket also includes an other-end-side seal lip that is provided to extend from the other axial end of the gasket body toward the other side in the axial direction and the radially outside, and is configured to come in contact with the other axial side surface and a bottom surface of the gasket mounting groove when the gasket body is mounted.
US11333243B2
A rotary actuator is used in a shift-by-wire system for a vehicle. The actuator includes a motor, a case, a controller, a cover, and a cover fixing member. The case houses the motor. The controller is disposed in an opening of the case and controls the motor. The cover closes the opening of the case. The cover fixing member fixes the cover to the case. The cover fixing member fixes the cover to the case at a position outside of a board of the controller. The board is clamped between the cover and the case.
US11333237B2
A handheld tool device having at least one first gear housing, having at least one second gear housing, and having a bracket holder unit provided for connecting the two gear housings. It is provided that in the assembled state the bracket holder unit is situated at least in an area of contact of the gear housings in an opening of at least one of the gear housings.
US11333234B2
Embodiments of a system, method and apparatus for a gear are disclosed. For example, a metallic gear hub can include an axis of rotation and metallic gear teeth. The metallic gear teeth can be smaller than a final gear teeth size of the gear. The metallic gear teeth can be co-planar with the axis. In addition, the metallic gear teeth can be non-orthogonal to the axis. A polymer layer can be located on the metallic gear teeth to form polymer gear teeth on the metallic gear teeth. The polymer gear teeth can form the final gear teeth size of the gear.
US11333225B2
Provided is a pressing device for a toroidal continuously variable transmission that is capable of sufficiently supplying lubrication oil to all rollers inside a pocket, and is capable of suppressing the occurrence of fretting wear on the rolling surfaces of the rollers, a first cam surface and a second cam surface. An oil passage 28 is provided for supplying lubrication oil to the inside of each pocket 25 in the inside portion in the radial direction of a retainer 14 that holds a plurality of more than one roller 13 arranged in a row in the radial direction. The center axis O29 of a discharge port 29 that is provided on an end portion on the downstream side of the oil passage 28 and that opens to the inside surface in the radial direction of the pocket 25 is inclined toward the front side in the rotational direction of the retainer 14 with respect to the center axis of the pocket 25.
US11333223B2
An orbital tensioner comprising an annular base, a ring journalled to the annular base on a ball bearing, said ring having a ring axis of rotation (A-A), a first pulley journalled to the ring, a first pulley axis of rotation (B-B) offset from the ring axis of rotation (A-A), a pivot arm pivotally mounted to the ring, a pivot arm pivot axis (C-C) offset from the ring axis of rotation (A-A), a second pulley journalled to the pivot arm, a torsion spring biasing the pivot arm in a first direction, the ball bearing having a first race and a second race, the ring fixed to the first race, the annular base fixed to the second race, and a damping mechanism frictionally disposed between the ring and the base.
US11333213B2
A wet running friction lining includes a plastic matrix, which contains at least one filler. The wet running friction lining contains bentonite as a filler.
US11333209B1
Methods and systems for a differential assembly are provided herein. In one example, a method is provided that includes operating a clutch motor coupled to a differential locking clutch to place the differential locking clutch in a locked configuration. The method further includes, after the differential locking clutch is placed in the locked configuration, reducing electric power delivered to the clutch motor at a first rate and increasing the electric power delivered to the clutch motor when it is determined that clutch disengagement is occurring based on outputs from a motor position sensor or outputs from shaft speed sensors coupled to a pair of shafts coupled to the differential locking clutch.
US11333208B1
A vehicle includes a first axle, a second axle, a driveshaft, a first clutch, a second clutch, a third clutch, and a controller. The second axle has first and second half shafts. The second axle has first and second wheels. The driveshaft is disposed between the first and second axles and is coupled to the second axle. The first clutch is configured to selectively couple the driveshaft to the first axle. The second clutch is configured to selectively couple the first wheel to the first half shaft. The third clutch is configured to selectively couple the second wheel to the second half shaft. The controller is programmed to repeatedly connect the first axle to the second axle via the driveshaft by alternating between (i) closing the second clutch and then the first clutch and (ii) closing the third clutch and then the first clutch.
US11333205B2
A power transmission device includes an armature that is shaped into a circular ring form. The armature is configured to be coupled with a rotor by an electromagnetic attractive force of an electromagnet at a time of energizing the electromagnet and is configured to be decoupled from the rotor at a time of deenergizing the electromagnet. The armature has an armature-side friction surface that is configured to contact a rotor-side friction surface of the rotor at the time of energizing the electromagnet. The armature-side friction surface has a plurality of grooves, each of which extends from a radially inner end portion of the armature-side friction surface to a location that is on a radially inner side of a radially outer end portion of the armature-side friction surface.
US11333193B2
A bearing system includes a first bearing, the first bearing being annular in shape and defining a ring aperture, the first bearing including a first surface and a second surface, a second bearing being substantially the same in construction to the first bearing, a first surface of the second bearing contacting a second surface of the first bearing, wherein each of the bearings is constructed of nylon MDS.
US11333190B1
A ballistic resistant fastener having a ballistic resistant face plate includes a plurality of layers of aramid synthetic fibers or carbon nanotubes, a plug body having a threaded body bore extending into the body, a helical thread insert within the plug body, a bolt engaging the helical thread insert, and a bottom cup having a cup sidewall attached to the body.
US11333180B2
A mechanical assembly for securing a first sheet to a second sheet includes a first projection having a first sidewall and a first top wall. The first sidewall extends from the first top wall at a first acute angle. The first sidewall includes a first top end and a first bottom end. A first discontinuity is defined in the first sidewall between the first top end and the first bottom end. A first base wall extends from the first bottom end. The first base wall extends generally parallel to the first top wall.
US11333178B2
A vortex ring generation device includes a casing having a discharge port, an extrusion mechanism, and a component supply port. The extrusion mechanism extrudes air in an air passage inside the casing such that the air is discharged, in a vortex ring shape, from the discharge port. The component supply port surrounds the air passage. A total circumferential length of the component supply port is ½ or more of a total circumferential length of the discharge port. The extrusion mechanism includes a vibration plate and a drive unit that vibrates the vibration plate. The air passage includes a first passage, and a throttle passage continuous with a downstream end of the first passage. A component chamber is provided inside the casing. The component chamber contains a discharge component to be supplied to the component supply port. The component supply port is located downstream of the throttle passage.
US11333176B2
A hydraulic cylinder (1) which acts as a cylinder hollow rod in an outer hydraulic cylinder (10) is disclosed comprising an inner rod (4) with a piston (2) and piston-gland (3) wherein the cylinder hollow rod (1) is held longitudinally displaceably in the cylinder housing (10). The system additionally has a cylinder base (5) and a fibre cover (14) on the outer casing of hydraulic cylinder (10). The system also has ports for fluid (11, 12 and 13) corresponding to four chambers, (67, 8 and 9 respectively). According to the invention, when pressure is applied to chamber (7), the internal rod (4) extends into the chamber (6), displacing its mass and dramatically increases the pressure in Chamber (6). This displacement is effectively an internal pump which can be activated multiple times within a given stroke of rod (1).
US11333174B2
An aspirator assembly for inflating an emergency slide is disclosed. The aspirator assembly includes a bell housing, a mixing chamber, and a nozzle assembly. The bell housing includes a ring defining an inlet port at which a check valve is located and into which ambient air can flow. The mixing chamber has an outlet port, The nozzle assembly is located in the mixing chamber and includes plural passageway sections defining concentric rings and cross bars. The passageway sections include internal passageways in communication with plural nozzle jets through which a compressed air is introduced into the mixing chamber to mix with the ambient air. The passageway sections are of an airfoil shape cross-section having a rounded leading end directed towards the inlet port and a trailing end is directed toward the outlet port to reduce air turbulence within the mixing chamber.
US11333169B2
A fan blade for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The disclosed fan blade includes an airfoil having a leading edge, a trailing ling edge, a convex side, a concave side and a distal tip. The leading edge, trailing edge, convex side and concave side of the airfoil is at least partially coated with an erosion resistant coating. The distal tip of the airfoil is coated with a bonded abrasive coating. The bonded abrasive coating engages the abradable coating disposed on the fan liner and, because of its low thermal conductivity, reduces heat transfer to the distal tip of the fan blade. The reduction in heat transfer to the distal tip of the fan blade preserves the integrity of erosion resistant coatings that may be applied to the body or the airfoil of the fan blade.
US11333168B2
In a blade of a propeller fan, an inclination angle (φ) is made by a straight line passing through an outer circumferential side end and an inner circumferential side end of a radial cross section of the blade with a second plane orthogonal to a center axis of a hub. In a blade end of the blade, one end in front of the other end viewed in the rotation direction of the propeller fan is a leading blade end, while the other end behind the leading blade end is a trailing blade end. The blade is shaped such that the inclination angle (φ) monotonically increases, in the direction from the intermediate position toward the trailing blade end, in an area extending from an intermediate position between the leading blade end and the trailing blade end to the trailing blade end.
US11333164B2
A fan blade for an airplane turbojet, the blade including an airfoil extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge and including a plurality of airfoil sections stacked radially between a root section and a tip section. All of the airfoil sections situated between the root section and an airfoil section situated at a radial height corresponding to 30% of a total radial height of the airfoil possess a skeleton curve having a point of inflection.
US11333162B2
An impeller manufacturing method includes: integrally forming an impeller by an additive manufacturing method using a metal powder, the impeller including a disk which has a disk shape about an axis, a plurality of blades which are formed on a surface facing a first side in an axial direction of the disk with gaps therebetween in a circumferential direction about the axis, and a cover which covers the plurality of blades from the first side in the axial direction; processing the integrally formed impeller by a hot isostatic pressing; and causing a polishing fluid containing abrasive grains to flow through a flow path formed between the disk, the cover, and the blades in the impeller after the processing with the hot isostatic pressing and while pressurizing the polishing fluid to perform fluid polishing.
US11333158B2
A radial blower, in particular for a cooling machine, comprising a housing in which a shaft is rotationally mounted, which receives at least one impeller wheel of a compressor at one end, which is secured to the housing, comprising at least one radial bearing and at least one axial bearing via which the shaft is rotationally mounted in the housing, and comprising a motor driven by a rotor and a stator and provided between the first and the second radial bearing, wherein at least one channel having a pressure connection for a pressure medium to be supplied is provided in the housing, which channel feeds into a rotor space formed between the shaft and the housing and extending from the impeller wheel to the radial bearing or axial bearing, which is provided next to the impeller wheel.
US11333144B2
According to an embodiment, a piezoelectric pump includes a pressure chamber. A groove is provided to a bottom portion of the pressure chamber. The groove includes an inlet and an outlet on a bottom portion of the groove, liquid being caused to flow in the pressure chamber through the inlet and to be discharged from the pressure chamber through the outlet.
US11333141B2
A cylinder head cover for a coolant compressor, wherein the cylinder head cover is attachable to a cylinder head arrangement in order to form a hollow space for receiving a coolant compressed by the piston, wherein the cylinder head arrangement comprises a valve plate attached to the cylinder housing and having an outlet opening and an outlet valve, which closes the outlet opening in cycles and consists of a valve spring and a stop plate for delimiting an opening movement of the valve spring. In order to achieve a cost-efficient production and installation of the cylinder head cover while assuring a secure support of the stop plate, it is provided that the cylinder head cover can comprise at least two contact surfaces for supporting stop plates of different outlet valves in order to adjust different opening positions of the valve springs of the different outlet valves.
US11333135B2
An axial piston machine is capable of suppressing a sudden change in hydraulic pressure in a piston oil chamber upon start and stop to enable the axial piston machine to start and stop smoothly. The axial piston machine includes: a cylinder block including a rotation axis and a plurality of piston oil chambers disposed around the rotation axis; pistons housed in the plurality of piston oil chambers, respectively; and orifices formed in the cylinder block that allow fluid communication between each of the piston oil chambers and an outside of the cylinder block. The orifices are positioned to be opened when the movable swash plate is in the neutral position and to be closed when the movable swash plate is in the operating position. The orifices are closed by outer peripheral surfaces of the pistons when the pistons approach a top dead center position.
US11333134B2
SMA actuators and related methods are described. One embodiment of an actuator includes a base; a plurality of buckle arms; and at least a first shape memory alloy wire coupled with a pair of buckle arms of the plurality of buckle arms. Another embodiment of an actuator includes a base and at least one bimorph actuator including a shape memory alloy material. The bimorph actuator attached to the base.
US11333129B2
Provided is a weighing device for determining a property of a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The weighing device includes a first seat for receiving the rotor blade at a first radial position of the rotator blade, a second seat for receiving the rotor blade at a second radial position of the rotor blade, a first weight cell for quantifying a first weight which is acting on the first weight cell, a second weight cell for quantifying a second weight which is acting on the second weight cell, and a first counterweight which is configured to alleviate the first weight. Notably, the first counterweight is lifted up from the ground when the rotor blade is received by the first seat of the weighing device. Furthermore, a method of determining the weight, the mass or the torque of a rotor blade of a wind turbine is also provided.
US11333127B2
A protective cover for a leading-edge of a wind turbine rotor blade is provided. The protective cover is pre-formed into a curved shape to accommodate at least a part of a leading-edge section including the leading-edge of the wind turbine rotor blade to be protected. The protective cover includes a pressure side section, a suction side section and a centerline in-between the pressure side section and the suction side section. The centerline runs in longitudinal direction of the protective cover. Thickness of the protective cover in a cross section of the protective cover in transverse direction has a thickness distribution corresponding to a standardized normal distribution.
US11333122B2
An ignition control system performs discharge generation control, in which a discharge spark is generated, once or a plurality of times during a single combustion cycle. The ignition control system successively calculates an approximate energy density based on a secondary current and a discharge path length. During a predetermined period after blocking of a primary current is performed during a single combustion cycle, the ignition control system calculates an integrated value by integrating the discharge path length at this time, based on the approximate energy density being greater than a predetermined value. The ignition control system performs the discharge generation control again based on the calculated integrated value being less than a first threshold.
US11333121B2
A method for operating a hybrid motor vehicle. In one example, the vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine (10) and at least one electric motor (20). As long as at least one parameter of an exhaust gas aftertreatment system (12) of the internal combustion engine (10) lies outside a given range, the starting of the internal combustion engine (10) is delayed and the internal combustion engine (10) is dragged by the electric motor (20). At the same time at least one measure is carried out which changes the parameter.
US11333120B2
An electric turning machine (ETM) operatively connected to an internal combustion engine (ICE) is operated as a motor with a first control strategy and as a generator with a second control strategy. In the first control strategy, electric power is delivered from a power source to the ETM selectively through at least one transistor of an electrical converter. After switching from the first control strategy to the second control strategy, the ETM delivers electric power to an accessory selectively through the at least one transistor of the electrical converter.
US11333111B2
An air filter for heavy dust conditions has an efficient scavenging system. The air filter includes: a housing, a permeable filter, and a scavenger system. The scavenger system disposes of particles collected on the upstream surface of the permeable filter. The scavenger system includes: an air suction source, and a shutter. The shutter is positioned substantially along, typically below, the permeable filter, at a certain distance from a wall, typically the bottom wall, of the housing. The air suction source draws air from a collecting space located between the shutter and the wall of the housing. The shutter is being selectively operated to permit or restrict passage there-through. The air suction source efficiently operates to scavenge particles from the collecting space when the passage through the shutter is at least partially restricted.
US11333108B2
A cooling system is mounted on an internal combustion engine equipped with an EGR device including an EGR passage. The cooling system includes: an intercooler disposed in the intake passage; an EGR cooler disposed in the EGR passage; a condensed water discharger configured to discharge condensed water generated in the EGR cooler from the EGR passage; a radiator configured to cool a first coolant to or below a dew point of the EGR gas flowing into the EGR cooler; a first circulation flow path configured to circulate the first coolant in the order of the radiator, the EGR cooler, and the intercooler; and a pump disposed in the first circulation flow path and configured to circulate the first coolant such that an outlet gas temperature of the EGR cooler is equal to or lower than the dew point of the EGR gas flowing into the EGR cooler.
US11333106B2
The invention relates to an internal combustion engine with an air intake system and an exhaust system is embodied as an internal combustion engine, in particular a gasoline engine, that is charged by means of an exhaust gas turbocharger. At least one three-way catalytic converter is arranged in the exhaust system of the internal combustion engine. Furthermore, a low-pressure exhaust gas recirculation system is provided that connects the exhaust system downstream from a turbine of the exhaust gas turbocharger and upstream from the at least one three-way catalytic converter to the air intake system upstream from a compressor of the exhaust gas turbocharger. The invention further relates to a method for exhaust aftertreatment of such an internal combustion engine.
US11333105B1
A thrust chamber liner includes a metallic combustion chamber having an annular protrusion extending radially away from an exterior surface of the combustion chamber adjacent to its injector opening. A metallic nozzle is coupled to the combustion chamber at its throat opening. A composite material encases the exterior surface of the combustion chamber, but is only bonded to the annular protrusion.
US11333089B2
The disclosure provides a supercharging pressure control device for an internal combustion engine that may suppress misfires of the internal combustion engine caused by a large amount of condensed water and freezing of an intercooler and suppress the decrease in supercharging response under the conditions that such problems are unlikely to occur. The supercharging pressure control device for the internal combustion engine includes a supercharger (turbocharger), an intercooler, a supercharging pressure control part controlling a supercharging pressure based on a target supercharging pressure, and an intake air temperature acquisition part (intake air temperature sensor) acquiring a temperature of the intake air as an intake air temperature, and executes a supercharging pressure reduction control when the intake air temperature is greater than or equal to a specified first threshold temperature or less than or equal to a specified second threshold temperature less than the first threshold temperature.
US11333088B2
Methods and systems are provided for a turbocharger. A system comprises a variable geometry turbocharger comprising a plurality of vanes, wherein the plurality of vanes is operated during a low-load transient event to conserve boost pressure from a previous high-load transient event to reduce lag during a proceeding high-load transient event.
US11333086B1
A control method capable of variably applying an existing engine-on line includes: a prediction degree calculation unit to predict a degree to which a temperature of a coolant at a current point after the engine is turned off reaches a target temperature by a request of full automatic temperature control (FATC); a factor determination unit to set reference ranges divided based on an extent that the temperature is close to the target temperature, and to determine a factor value for each reference range so that a predetermined existing engine-on line or a predetermined existing engine-off line is varied by required power; and an engine on/off line determination unit configured to determine a corrected engine-on line or a corrected engine-off line by calculating the existing engine-on line or the existing engine-off line and the factor value in the reference range in which a calculation value is positioned.
US11333074B2
A liquid propellant rocket engine includes a pump that is disposed along a central axis. The pump includes a purge system, a collection annulus in fluid communication with the purge system, and a drain. The collection annulus has an outer diameter wall, an inner diameter wall, and an end wall. The end wall defines an annular channel that has a channel depth that varies circumferentially. The drain opens to the collection annulus. At the drain, the annular channel has a lowest point at which the channel depth is maximum depth.
US11333071B2
A system includes a divided volute turbocharger that delivers compressed air to an internal combustion engine and receives exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine. The turbocharger includes a turbine housing, a first and second volute, and a turbine housing outlet. The system also includes turbine wheel disposed in the turbine housing and a vane ring disposed in the turbine housing between the turbine wheel and the volutes. The vane ring includes a plurality of vanes having an asymmetric vane pattern disposed on a vane ring surface of an annular disk that receives the turbine wheel therewithin to direct and control the flow of exhaust from the volutes into the turbine wheel with generally equal flow while significantly reducing HCF forcing function.
US11333065B2
A variable flow rate valve mechanism includes a valve including a valve body and a valve shaft projecting from the valve body, a lock member fixed to the valve shaft at a position axially spaced from the valve body, an attachment member disposed between the valve body and the lock member and holding the valve together with the lock member, and a spring washer disposed between the lock member and the attachment member or between the attachment member and the valve body, and contacting the lock member or the valve body and the attachment member to impart an elastic force to the attachment member. A first member or a second member has an inner face, the inner face facing radially inward and facing an outer peripheral portion of the spring washer.
US11333060B2
When a coolant controlled to have a constant target temperature is used regardless of a traveling condition of a vehicle, a fuel efficiency of the vehicle may be reduced. Therefore, a VCU 1 predicts the output of an internal combustion engine in a future prediction period on the basis of position information of the vehicle acquired from a positioning unit, traffic information related to a route to a destination, and internal combustion engine control information, determines a target coolant temperature which is the target temperature of the coolant for cooling the internal combustion engine on the basis of the predicted output of the internal combustion engine, sets the change timing for changing the temperature of the coolant to the target coolant temperature on the basis of the predicted output of the internal combustion engine, and controls the operation of the coolant temperature change unit for changing the temperature of the coolant at the change timing so as to reach the target coolant temperature on the basis of the predicted output of the internal combustion engine.
US11333050B2
In an electric oil pump, a motor includes a main body including a coil, bus bars electrically connected to lead wires of the coil, and a shaft including a portion on one side in an axial direction protruding from an end of the main body on the one side in the axial direction and connected to a pump, a control board includes a power supply input portion and a power supply output portion and is disposed in a posture in which any one of a first surface and a second surface of the control board lies in the axial direction, the power supply input portion is at an end portion of the control board on the other side in the axial direction, and bus bar terminals are disposed on one side of the main body in the axial direction.
US11333049B2
A method of providing a rocker arm set for a valvetrain includes providing a first intake rocker arm, a second intake rocker arm and a first exhaust rocker arm. The first intake rocker arm is configured as a switching rocker arm for a first intake valve on a first cylinder. The second intake rocker arm is for a second intake valve on a second cylinder. The second rocker arm is configured to operate in a normal Otto cycle mode. The first exhaust rocker arm is provided for a first exhaust valve on the second cylinder. The first intake rocker arm operates in one of an LIVC or EIVC mode where the first intake rocker arm is configured to open or close at a different time compared to the second intake valve. The first exhaust rocker arm operates in a cylinder deactivation mode.
US11333039B2
A gas turbine engine includes a turbine and a compressor in rotational communication with the turbine via a shaft. The shaft is rotatable about a longitudinal centerline and includes a first axial end and a second axial end opposite the first axial end. The gas turbine engine further includes a first bearing compartment including a first compartment casing detachably mounted axially outside the compressor and the turbine. The first bearing compartment is in contact with the first axial end of the shaft and includes a first bearing which rotatably supports the shaft. The first bearing compartment is self-contained such that an internal lubrication system of the first bearing compartment is fluidally isolated from a remainder of the gas turbine engine outside the first bearing compartment.
US11333038B2
A bracket assembly includes a first bracket arranged along a damping axis and having a clevis body, a second bracket, and a vibration isolator including an elastomeric body. The second bracket is arranged along the damping axis and has a clevis portion and a mount portion. The clevis portion slidably receives the clevis body of the first bracket. The elastomeric body is arranged axially between the first bracket and the second bracket and is fixedly arranged between the clevis portion of the second bracket and the clevis body of the first bracket through an on-axis load path and through an off-axis load path extending through the bracket assembly. Actuator arrangements and methods of damping vibrational forces are also described.
US11333036B2
An article includes a ceramic matrix composite wall that defines at least a side of a passage. The ceramic wall includes a ceramic matrix composite flow turbulator that projects into the passage. The flow turbulator is formed of ceramic matrix composite. The ceramic matric composite of the wall comprises woven fibers that are dispersed in a ceramic body matrix. An airfoil and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.
US11333031B2
A turbomachine rotor blade includes a radially outer end equipped with a heel, the heel being provided with at least one sealing wiper, the or each sealing wiper projecting beyond the heel along a first axis, the first axis being at ±15° with respect to a radial direction, and extending along a second axis, substantially perpendicular to the first axis, between a first upper-surface end and a second lower-surface end, the or each sealing wiper having a first upstream side and a second downstream side as well as a radially outer surface, wherein the or each sealing wiper includes a base attached to the heel and an end piece removably interlocked with the base.
US11333030B2
A dynamic sleeve seal fitting including a first sleeve having a tongue portion, a second sleeve having a groove configured to receive the tongue portion, and a first seal member coupled to at least one of the tongue portion or the groove. The first seal being configured to generate a seal between the first sleeve and the second sleeve in response to inserting the tongue portion into the groove.
US11333014B2
A magnetic flux receiver assembly includes a collar that defines a central passageway and an axial collar face, and a tool insert disposable within the central passageway and defining an axial insert face. One or more magnetometers are operatively coupled to the tool insert. One or more buttons are coupled to one or both of the axial collar face and the axial insert face such that an axial gap is defined at an axial interface between the axial collar face and the axial insert face to prevent electrical communication across the axial interface.
US11333009B2
A convertible and addressable switch assembly includes an interface (I/O) configured to connect to a controller along a telemetry system; and a processor connected to the interface (I/O). The processor is configured to receive a command from the controller, along the telemetry system, to change a first value of a mode status variable to a desired second value, wherein the first value is associated with a first operating mode of the switch assembly and the second value is associated with a second operating mode, which is different from the first operating mode; change the first value to the second value within the switch assembly; and store in a non-volatile memory, at the switch assembly, the second value of the mode status variable.
US11332999B1
A plug assembly arranged in a housing including: a plug, a breaker object, a seat, a shear ring and a snap ring. The plug is supported by the seat and the shear ring prevents the seat from moving in an axial direction. The shear ring is arranged such that when a threshold pressure differential is applied to a surface of the plug, the shear ring hears and allows for axial movement of the seat. The plug assembly has a first position, a second position, and a third position. In the first position, the plug is not in contact with the breaker object, in the second position, the shear ring has sheared and the plug is in contact with the breaker object causing the plug to break, and in the third position, occurring during or after the plug makes contact with the breaker object, the snap ring is arranged to lock the seat into place to prevent the seat from moving axially.
US11332991B2
A system and method for targeted delivery of treatment material to a specified depth in a wellbore, including placing a container to the specified depth and allowing the container to fail at the depth due to wellbore pressure to release the treatment material.
US11332988B2
A wellbore tractor is capable of being positioned in a wellbore that includes a cased section, a first uncased section downhole of the cased section, and a second uncased section downhole of the first uncased section. The wellbore tractor is capable of self-propelling itself through the wellbore. An anchoring system is connected to the wellbore tractor. The anchoring system includes an appendage. When the wellbore tractor is in the cased section, the anchoring system is capable of extending the appendage from the cased section through the first uncased section into the second uncased section, anchoring the appendage in the second uncased section, and guiding the wellbore tractor from the cased section past the first uncased section and into the second uncased section.
US11332987B2
Safe dynamic handover between MPD and well control operations provides the ability to automate MPD, well control, and transitions therebetween while maintaining the wellbore in a dynamic fluid state at all times. In the event a kick is taken, a safe dynamic handover from MPD to well control operations is made, unknown formation fluids within the wellbore are circulated out of the wellbore, and a safe dynamic handover from well control operations to MPD is made while maintaining the wellbore in dynamic fluid state, without ever going static with respect to fluids within the wellbore. Because the wellbore remains dynamic, the formation of gels is prevented, thereby preventing pressure spikes during the start-up of the mud pumps and improving pressure transmission throughout the well system. Pressure may be more precisely managed during all phases of MPD, well control, and transitions therebetween.
US11332985B1
A secondary latch mechanism (also referred to as a lockout mechanism) for a gripping tool, such as a casing running tool (CRT), prevents activation of the CRT prior to full insertion of a tubular workpiece into the CRT. When embodied in a CRT, the lockout mechanism prevents activation of the CRT unless a fully-inserted tubular workpiece applies a selected axial load to a bumper mounted on the CRT. The lockout mechanism is operable between a locked state and an unlocked state. In the locked state, the lockout mechanism prevents relative axial movement between the CRT cage and mandrel, and keeps the CRT slips retracted away from the workpiece. When in the unlocked state, there is no significant restriction to the normal movement of the CRT components, and the CRT functions as if the lockout mechanism were not present.
US11332973B2
The invention relates to a spring operated roller blind system, wherein the roller blind (1) comprises an adjusting mechanism (30) for adjusting an end position of the flexible sheet member. The adjusting mechanism comprises a spindle (36) and a connecting member (31) that is connected to the roller shaft for rotation around the spindle. The adjusting mechanism further comprises a first bearing (7) for the roller shaft that defines a first end position for the connecting member (31). At least one of the bracket connectors (21) comprises a pin (33) for detachable mounting in a cooperating recess (35) on the adjusting mechanism, wherein the pin and the recess have an unround cross section.
US11332971B2
A vacuum insulating glazing unit has a length equal to or greater than 800 mm and a width equal to or greater than 500 mm. The unit includes first and second float annealed glass panes having thicknesses Z1 and Z2, respectively. The thickness Z2 is equal to or greater than 4 mm and equal to or greater than (λ−15 mm)/5. The thickness ratio Z1/Z2 is equal to or greater than 1.10. The unit also has a set of discrete spacers positioned between the first and second glass panes and forming an array having a pitch (λ) between 10 mm and 40 nm; a hermetically bonding seal sealing the distance between the first and second glass panes over a perimeter; and an internal volume having a vacuum pressure of less than 0.1 mbar.
US11332967B2
A door stop (2) which comprises: (i) a hanger part (4); and (ii) a door stop part (6) which in use hangs from the hanger part (4), the door stop part (6) being such that is comprises: (iii) a first door stop formation (8) for being positioned at a hinge side (10) of a door (12), and in a gap (14) between the door (12) and a door frame (16) for the door (12); and (iv) a second door stop formation (18) for being positioned at the hinge side (10) of the door (12), and in the gap (14) between the door (12) and the door frame (16) for the door (12), and wherein: (v) the first door stop formation (8) is below the second door stop formation (18) when the door stop part (6) hangs from the hanger part (4); (vi) the first door stop formation (8) is of a first door-stopping size which stops the door (12) in a first open position at a first open angle; (vii) the second door stop formation (18) is of a second door-stopping size which stops the door (12) in a second open position at a second open angle; (viii) the first open angle is larger than the second open angle; (ix) the first open position is for use by an adult; (x) the second open position is for use by a child; (xi) the first open position is such as to cause the gap to be of a first size; (xii) the second open position is such as to cause the gap to be of a second size; and (xiii) the gap of the first size and the gap of the second size are both such that the child cannot get their fingers trapped firstly between the door (12) and the door frame (16) at the hinge side (10) of the door (12), and secondly between the door (12) and the door frame (16) at a handle side of the door (12).
US11332966B2
This disclosure relates to an adjustable hinge assembly for an automobile tailgate. The hinge assembly includes a first mounting plate configured for mounting to an automobile body, a first hinge member attached to the first mounting plate, a second mounting plate configured for mounting to a tailgate, and a second hinge member attached to the second mounting plate. The first and second hinge members are hingedly connected. Adjustment screws are positioned on the hinge assembly to adjust the position of the first hinge member on the first mounting plate in the x and y-directions. An adjustment screw is positioned on the hinge assembly to adjust the position of the second hinge member on the second mounting plate in the z-direction. This is accomplished with minimal effort and tooling.
US11332965B2
A locking bracket assembly prevents unauthorized opening of an irrigation timer box of the type having a cam lock mounted to a hinged cover. The locking bracket assembly includes a lower mounting bracket, locking hardware for attaching the lower mounting bracket to an outer surface of the timer box, and a vertical extension bracket for vertically adjustable attachment to the lower mounting bracket. An upper length of the vertical extension bracket extends at an acute angle from a lower length that is configured for parallel alignment with both the lower mounting bracket and a sidewall of the timer box. When the cover of the timer box is closed, the acute angle allows the upper length of the vertical extension bracket to pass into the timer box and emerge through a slot cut in the cover, and the cam lock can then be rotated to engage a slot formed in part of the upper length of the vertical extension bracket that remains within the timer box. An arresting tab and guide slot prevent misalignment of the brackets and allow height adjustment of the assembly to accommodate various timer box sizes.
US11332959B2
A fenestration hardware assembly includes a blade socket including a blade recess and an operator interface feature rotatably coupled with an operator housing. A latch blade is movably coupled with the operator housing. The latch blade is movable between deployed and withdrawn positions. In the deployed position at least a portion of the latch blade is received in the blade recess of the blade socket. In the withdrawn position the portion of the latch blade is recessed from the blade recess. The operator interface feature is rotatable between at least locked and unlocked configurations. In the locked configuration the latch blade is in the deployed position and received in the blade recess. In the unlocked configuration the latch blade is translated from the deployed position to the withdrawn position and withdrawn from the blade recess according to rotation of the operator interface feature.
US11332958B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods of releasing doors that are locked in a closed position. The apparatus may include a follower assembly movably attached to a locking member that moves between a secured position and an unsecured position. The follower assembly may include a first locking element. The apparatus may additionally include a second locking element configured to move between a locking position in which the second locking element engages the first locking element, and an unlocking position in which the second locking element is spaced from the first locking element. The apparatus may further include a support assembly configured to move between a proximal position in which the support assembly supports the second locking element in the locking position, and a distal position in which the support assembly allows the second locking element to move from the locking position to the unlocking position.
US11332953B2
Disclosed is a telescopic utility pole where the individual segments are threaded on the outer and inner surfaces, the adjacent segments are threadedly engaged and extension/retraction of the pole segments is performed by twisting along threaded path. The advantage of using the threaded telescopic utility pole is that it can be deployed and erected quickly as compared to traditional utility poles.
US11332942B2
A system and method for automating construction that includes collecting a multi-dimensional point cloud measurement of at least one construction structure that includes at least one surface; generating a construction plan from the multi-dimensional point cloud measurement, wherein the construction plan defines an assembly arrangement of a set of parts; from the construction plan, automatically generating a cut list for a subset of parts; communicating the cut list to a cutting device; and at the cutting device, cutting a set of materials according to the cut list.
US11332939B2
An indirect light skydome with natural ventilation for building roofs consists a half sphere dome with a curved brim (101) and an air vent (102) around the dome (100), which attached to the horizontal circular base (6) with a fan shape opening to allow only indirect sunlight and connected to the tube for light transmission inside the building. The dome (100) is divided into transparent part (1) for receiving only indirect light and opaque part (2) for direct light protection, which are made into a single dome using a coating technique to prevent rainwater leakage in the joints. The shading part and the fan shape opening correspond to the sun's angle for effective direct light protection during the daytime and all year round. The air vent (102) is designed for effective air flow for stack and cross ventilation in all directions. The indirect light skydome with natural ventilation helps to reduce heat and increase quality of daylight.
US11332932B2
A decorative board in the present disclosure includes a primer layer, a concealing layer, a colorant layer and a topcoat layer containing ultraviolet-curable resin on a base material in this order. A method for manufacturing the decorative board in the present disclosure includes a stretching process, an irradiation process, and a separation process. The stretching process includes forming the primer layer, the concealing layer, and the colorant layer on the base material in this order; applying a ultraviolet-curable coating material containing ultraviolet-curable resin; placing a plastic film on the applied ultraviolet-curable coating material, placing a roller on the plastic film, and stretching the ultraviolet-curable coating material by rolling the roller. The irradiation process includes forming the topcoat layer by hardening the ultraviolet-curable coating material by ultraviolet ray irradiation. The separation process includes separating the plastic film after the irradiation.
US11332931B2
A splice plate for joining and aligning extruded trim strips used in suspended ceiling islands and fascias. The splice plate has at least one cam lock connected to a base plate by a fastener. The fastener passes through an aperture in the cam lock and an aperture formed by a projection in the base plate that projects a distance from the face of the base plate. To prevent deformation of the trim strips, the cam lock and base plate may each include bend lines forming an obtuse angle wherein the obtuse angle of the cam lock is less than the obtuse angle of the base plate.
US11332928B2
The invention relates to a prefabricated panel for light-weight one-way joist slabs of the compound section type, comprising an upper contributing layer, a lower contributing layer having a series of upper peaks and troughs and shear transfer bolts which secure the upper contributing sheet to the upper peaks of the lower contributing sheet, and shear bolts or pins which secure the lower contributing layers to the slab framework beam. The functioning of the upper and lower contributing layers as a compound section permits the production of a highly efficient system for supporting the requirements of bending and shear forces, having a low unitary weight in comparison to the existing systems, which involves lower loads in terms of its own weight and a reduction in the inertia effects during seismic events, while constituting a less bulky structural solution, having fewer ground requirements and being much more economical, thereby reducing the time and input, labour and equipment required for the production and assembly thereof.
US11332924B2
An end bracket for a wall system includes a body member having attachment structure to join a horizontal strut to a vertical strut. The end bracket further includes attachment structure in which the horizontal strut is slidably attached for moving and positioning the horizontal strut relative to the vertical strut in forming the wall system.
US11332921B2
The present invention concerns a construction system for a building module, whose main elements are made of plastic material, providing a robust construction in an easy and quick manner. The system includes a set of main beams (1) adapted to be assembled end-to-end to form an open structure in the shape of a 3-dimensional rectangular frame. The system further includes secondary beams (11), adapted to be assembled between parallel and opposite main beams, and flat facade elements (3) insertable against each other between two adjacent parallel beams. Each facade element (3) includes a rectangular flat plate provided with two folded opposite edges (3A) intended to be hooked with adjacent parallel beams. Each main beam has a rectangular cross-section including, on the four sides thereof, a projection (21) parallel to the side and spaced therefrom leaving an opening to receive a folded edge of a flat facade element. Each secondary beam (11) includes, on two opposite faces, at least one projection leaving an opening to receive a folded edge of a flat facade element (3).
US11332919B2
A clearspan structure including component systems, and methods of forming a clearspan structure including component systems, for mitigating hazards to personnel or equipment from explosions, fires, toxic material release, and other hazards in hazardous locations. The exemplary clearspan structure is also capable of withstanding environmental conditions such as snow loads and wind. The exemplary clearspan structure is, for example, a tent or fabric structure which includes a plurality of frame members forming a support system for the clearspan structure, and fabric roof portions and walls for enclosing the clearspan structure.
US11332915B2
Systems, methods, and techniques for cleaning sinks and dishes are provided. In some embodiments, a cleaning system comprises at least one fluid supply, at least one opening in a side wall of a sink basin, and at least one nozzle positioned along an exterior of the sink basin. The nozzle is configured to receive fluid from the fluid supply, and dispense fluid through an opening in a side wall of the sink basin to an interior surface of the sink basin. In some embodiments, the nozzle is configured to dispense fluid to the interior of a sink basin, such that substantially all surfaces of the interior of the sink basin are covered with a thin layer of fluid. In some embodiments, nozzle dispensing angle, duration of a cleaning cycle, flow rate or amount of dispensing fluid, or activation of a cleaning cycle may be manually or automatically controlled.
US11332913B2
Handle assemblies for coupling to a shaft are provided. Each assembly includes a handle having an end wall with a fastener passage extending therethrough and a side wall extending from the end wall to an open end. In one embodiment, an adapter assembly includes a nut, a collet having a fastener portion carrying the nut and a compression portion receiving the shaft, and a clamp mounted on the compression portion and tightened around the compression portion to compress the collet to the shaft. A fastener extends through the fastener passage and into the nut. In another embodiment, the handle defines a conical pocket in communication with the fastener passage. An adapter in the pocket includes circumferentially spaced jaws having conical outer surfaces and inner surfaces engaging the shaft and hinged connectors extending circumferentially between adjacent jaws. A fastener extends through the fastener passage and into the shaft.
US11332909B2
There is provided a working vehicle capable of simplifying a structure and reducing manufacturing costs by realizing a configuration in which a tying-down attachment point doubles as a lifting attachment point. A working vehicle according to the present invention includes tying-down attachment points for locking a tightening member for preventing reversal at the time of transportation or parking in at least the front of a vehicle body, in which the tying-down attachment points are arranged at right-and-left two places on a front end surface of the vehicle body, capable of locking a lifting member for lifting the vehicle body upward and having strength in a vertical direction enough to withstand a load applied at the time of lifting the vehicle body upward after locking the lifting member, thereby doubling as lifting attachment points.
US11332908B2
A coupler for coupling an attachment to an excavator or other machine comprises a powered actuator for actuating a locking member into and out of said locking state, a first power coupling unit, and a second actuator for moving the power coupling unit into and out of an engaging position in which it is engagable with a corresponding second power coupling unit of the attachment. The coupler is configured to cause the first power coupling unit to move into the engaging position after said latching member adopts the locking state and, when decoupling the attachment from the coupler, to cause said latching member to remain in its locking state until after the first power coupling unit is moved out of its engaging position.
US11332907B2
A sediment capping system is adapted to create, and distribute, a homogenized mixture of capping material. Where distributing the capping material, the system is configured to militate against the capping material forming clumps of a size and weight that would disturb the sediment on a bottom of a body of water. This in turn militates against the sediment being disturbed, and a disturbing of pollutants and toxins into the water surrounding the sediment. The sediment capping system militates against the clumping of capping material through a vibrating spreader and baffle system, producing a sediment cap with a more consistent depth that will minimally disturb the sediment on the floor of the body of water where the sediment cap is being deposited.
US11332898B2
An access control system is provided for controlling access to an area secured by perimeter protection defining a secure perimeter. The access control system comprises a portable container configured to be stored, transported and installed repeatedly as a closed container. The portable container is further configured to be operated repeatedly as an open container and closed container with a permanent barrier section constituted by the portable container and configured to secure a perimeter. At least one operational barrier section is configured to be operational in an open state to allow access through the secure perimeter and in a closed state to block access through the secure perimeter. The operational barrier section is configured to be fully contained within the closed container when not installed is also configured to operate outside of the portable container in either open or closed state and to change between open and closed state.
US11332894B2
A rammer includes: an outer cylinder (31); an inner cylinder (32) slidably contacted with an inside of the outer cylinder (31); a slider (33) connected to a connecting rod (14) and slidably provided in the inner cylinder (32); a first coil spring (34) housed in the upper part of the inner cylinder (32); and a second coil spring (35) housed in the lower part of the inner cylinder (32), wherein the slider (33) is disposed between the first coil spring (34) and the second coil spring (35), wherein a crank shaft has a rotational axis disposed orthogonally to the moving direction, and the first coil spring (34) and the second coil spring (35) have respectively different winding directions to each other.
US11332892B2
A method for treating a plastic block comprising using heat to embed a UV resistant material into an outer face of the plastic block wherein, once embedded, the UV resistant material provides a coating on the outer face. A method for treating a plastic block comprising using compressive force to embed a UV resistant material into an outer face of the plastic block wherein, once embedded, the UV resistant material provides a coating on the outer face.
US11332877B1
The present invention relates drying clothes and other fabrics. The present invention further relates to a cold-air system for removing moisture from fabric. The present invention even further relates to a system for drying fabrics in a closed, non-exhausted system. The present invention even further relates to a free-standing, low energy appliance for drying fabrics.
US11332870B2
A laundry treating apparatus is provided. The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum accommodated in the cabinet, and a dynamic absorber provided to absorb oscillation of the cabinet. The dynamic absorber includes a first moving mass movably provided on the support plate to absorb oscillation transmitted to the cabinet and a second moving mass movably provided on the support plate to absorb oscillation transmitted to the cabinet. Each of the first and second moving masses includes a single mass made of a metal material or a mass in which a plurality of thin metal plates are coupled to overlap each other, and the first moving mass has a mass greater than that of the second moving mass.
US11332868B2
A method of controlling a washing machine includes the steps of: (a) processing the laundry by using the water supplied together with detergent; (b) draining the water used in the step (a), rotating the inner tub at a high speed, and operating the pump to drain the water discharged from the laundry; (c) rotating the inner tub at a first speed and supplying the water into the inner tub via the dispenser; (d) stopping the supply of water through the dispenser, rotating the inner tub at a second speed, and supplying the water into the inner tub through the spray nozzle; (e) stopping the supply of water through the spray nozzle and alternately rotating the pulsator at a third speed in both directions; (f) stopping rotation of the pulsator, rotating the inner tub at the second speed for a preset time, and supplying the water into the inner tub through the spray nozzle; (g) decelerating the inner tub from the second speed to a fourth speed, and operating the pump while the inner tub rotates at the fourth speed to drain the outer tub; and (h) accelerating and rotating the inner tub from the fourth speed to dewater the laundry.
US11332865B2
To provide a method of producing a processed cloth capable of forming various concave-convex patterns on a cloth material in a simple manner. A method of producing a processed cloth comprising the steps of: preparing a cloth; printing a first sizing agent containing a foaming agent on at least a portion of the cloth material; and pressing the printed cloth with a heated metal plate to foam the foaming agent. The method of producing a processed cloth may further include a step of printing a second sizing agent containing a coloring agent on the cloth material. The method of producing the processed cloth may further include a step of sublimation transfer to the cloth material.
US11332864B2
An embroidery frame includes a first frame and a second frame. The second frame holds an object to be sewn with the first frame. The second frame includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a plurality of magnets and an annular portion. The annular portion is made of magnetic material. The first member is able to be switched to one of a first position and a second position. The second member includes a plurality of plate members. The plurality of plate members are made of magnetic material. The first position is a position where some of the plurality of magnets faces the gap and a portion of two of the plate members that are adjacent across the gap. The second position is a position where some of the plurality of magnets faces a corresponding one of the plurality of plate members.
US11332860B2
A method of forming a braided coating over a product (2, 2A), in particular a flexible product such as a cable, a rope, a pipe, etc., is provided, in which the product (2, 2A), while leaving a coating zone (17) of a braiding machine (100), is submitted to a continuous rotation about its longitudinal axis. A braiding machine (100) for carrying out the method and a coated product obtained with the method are also provided.
US11332857B2
A single- or double-knit circular knitting machine having a cylinder (11) equipped with cylinder needles and/or a dial equipped with dial needles for the production of single- or double-jersey knitted webs, which machine has at least one thread-selection device, threads being able to be supplied to any cylinder- and/or dial needle by the thread-selection device.
US11332855B2
A heat resistant reinforcing cloth for an airbag is provided. The heat resistant reinforcing cloth can be disposed on an airbag part which contacts expansion gas in an airbag. The airbag can be deployed and expanded by expansion gas ejected from an inflator. The heat resistant reinforcing cloth comprises: a base fabric of natural fibers selected from the group consisting of cotton, hemp, flax, and combinations thereof; and a silicone rubber layer on both sides of the base fabric.
US11332853B2
The method for producing a wire element by interlacing at least a first strand and a second strand, during which strand tension control is effected by includes defining an assembly tension set point representative of a state of longitudinal tension to be obtained in the first strand when said first strand reaches the assembly point. The method also includes measuring the actual assembly tension applied in the first strand, said measurement being taken at a first tension measurement point located along the first strand and upstream of the assembly point. The method proceeds with operating a tension regulating member such as a capstan, which acts on the first strand upstream of the assembly point such as to cause the actual assembly tension within said first strand to converge automatically towards the assembly tension set point.
US11332851B2
The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene fiber and a method for preparing thereof, and more particularly to a polyethylene fiber, a method for preparing thereof, and an apparatus for preparing thereof, which has excellent wearing and touch sensation with processing convenience into woven fabrics and knitted fabrics in use in applied products by reducing the stiffness of fiber having the same physical properties using an enforced necking method in a spinning process.
US11332843B2
An anode assembly allowing the anode to be easily pulled up from a plating tank is disclosed. The anode assembly includes: an anode structure; and an anode holder. The anode structure includes: an anode; and a feeding member. The anode holder includes: an anode support frame having a space in which the anode structure is arranged; a conductive bar; and a feeding electrode attached to an end of the conductive bar. One end of the feeding member is fixed to the anode, and the other end of the feeding member is detachably fixed to the conductive bar. The anode support frame has a positioning guide portion into which a lower end of the anode structure is inserted. The anode assembly is configured to allow the anode structure to be separated from the anode holder and pulled up from the plating tank when the feeding member is detached from the conductive bar.
US11332835B2
A hydrogen system includes: a generator which generates hydrogen-containing gas; a storage which stores the hydrogen-containing gas generated by the generator; a first gas passage which connects the generator and the storage; a housing which houses the generator, the storage and the first gas passage; a second gas passage in which the hydrogen-containing gas discharged from the first gas passage to an outside of the housing flows; a first valve provided to the second gas passage; a third gas passage in which the hydrogen-containing gas discharged from the storage to the outside of the housing flows; a second valve provided to the third gas passage; and a controller which opens at least one of the first valve and the second valve.
US11332825B2
The invention includes apparatus and methods for instantiating and quantum printing materials, such as elemental metals, in a nanoporous carbon powder.
US11332810B2
A cemented carbide comprises a first hard phase comprising tungsten carbide particles and a binder phase including Co and Cr. In any surface or any cross section of the cemented carbide, a region in which there is a distance X of 5 nm or less between surfaces respectively of tungsten carbide particles adjacent to each other, with the surfaces facing each other along a length L of 100 nm or more, is referred to as a WC/WC interface, and a ratio C(R)/C(C) has an average value of 0.17 or more, where C(R) and C(C) represent peak values of atomic percentages of Cr and Co, respectively, at a WC/WC interface having a distance X of 1 nm or more and 5 nm or less and having therein an atomic percentage of Co higher than an average value of atomic percentages of Co in the tungsten carbide particles+2 at %.
US11332809B2
Micro-alloyed aluminium alloys containing complex sub-micro/or nano-sized strengthening phases are provided for use for example in the automotive industry. Existing commercial alloys are treated by adding at least one of the elements from Ni, Ag, Nb, Mo, Ce, La, Y and Sc at a level of more than 0.1 wt. % but less than 0.5 wt. % on top of the existing commercial alloy containing Si, Cu, Mg, Mn, Zn, and at least one type of sub-micron sized or even nano-sized TiB2, TiC and AI2O3 solid particles at a level of more than 0.05 wt. % but less than 0.5 wt. % in the solidified castings.
US11332797B2
Herein is reported a method for determining methylation of a promoter nucleic acid operably linked to a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide and thereby determining the long-term productivity of a cell. Also an aspect is a method for selecting a cell for producing a polypeptide by determining the methylation of the promoter nucleic acid operably linked to the structural gene encoding the polypeptide.
US11332793B2
The invention provides methods for simultaneously amplifying multiple nucleic acid regions of interest in one reaction volume as well as methods for selecting a library of primers for use in such amplification methods. The invention also provides library of primers with desirable characteristics, such as minimal formation of amplified primer dimers or other non-target amplicons.
US11332785B2
The present disclosure provides methods for determining the ploidy status of a chromosome in a gestating fetus from genotypic data measured from a mixed sample of DNA comprising DNA from both the mother of the fetus and from the fetus, and optionally from genotypic data from the mother and father. The ploidy state is determined by using a joint distribution model to create a plurality of expected allele distributions for different possible fetal ploidy states given the parental genotypic data, and comparing the expected allelic distributions to the pattern of measured allelic distributions measured in the mixed sample, and choosing the ploidy state whose expected allelic distribution pattern most closely matches the observed allelic distribution pattern. The mixed sample of DNA may be preferentially enriched at a plurality of polymorphic loci in a way that minimizes the allelic bias, for example using massively multiplexed targeted PCR.
US11332784B2
Disclosed herein are adapter nucleic acid sequences, double-stranded complexed nucleic acids, compositions, and methods for sequencing a double-stranded target nucleic acid with applications to error correction by duplex sequencing.
US11332778B2
The disclosure provides methods and systems for nucleic acid amplification including isothermal nucleic acid amplification.
US11332777B1
Disclosed herein are methods, reagent kits, and compositions for performing a bisulfite conversion of DNA directly from a biological sample including a patient's urine sample or a slide-mounted FFPE tissue sample. For example, a method of performing a bisulfite conversion of DNA can comprise certain preliminary steps for processing the biological sample and transferring a portion of the processed sample into a reaction vessel containing a bisulfite mixture. The method can further comprise heating the reaction vessel containing the biological sample and the bisulfite mixture at several heating temperatures and subsequently holding the reaction vessel at a holding temperature for a holding period. The method can also comprise certain bisulfite removal steps, desulfonation steps, and removal of the desulfonation solution. A final elution step can yield the converted DNA for further downstream sequencing and analysis.
US11332776B2
The disclosure provides for methods, compositions, and kits for normalizing nucleic acid libraries, for example sequencing libraries.
US11332764B2
The present invention provides mutant microorganism that have higher lipid productivity than the wild type microorganisms from which they are derived while biomass at levels that are within approximately 50% of wild type biomass productivities under nitrogen replete conditions. Particular mutants produce at least twice as much FAME lipid as wild type while producing at least 75% of the biomass produced by wild type cells under nitrogen replete conditions. Also provided are methods of producing lipid using the mutant strains.
US11332756B2
RNA virus vectors comprising a gene encoding the DNA-dependent activator of interferon-regulatory factors (DAI) protein, and optionally further comprising a gene encoding the receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 3 (RIPK3) may be used therapeutically to induce cell death, as well as an inflammatory immune response, against tumors and virally-infected cells.
US11332751B2
The present disclosure includes methods and components for production of valuable industrial compounds in yeast. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a nucleic acid construct with increased stability for gene expression or gene editing comprising: a nucleic acid sequence encoding one or more of SEQ ID NO: 1-8 (CENs 1-8); and one or more regulatory elements functional in a yeast cell. In an embodiment of the present invention the nucleic acid constructs are vectors, preferably episomal vectors. High expression promoters, as well as methods for increasing production of compounds such as aromatics are disclosed.
US11332749B2
Real-time systems for monitoring base editing in living cells, including base editing by APOBEC-Cas9 fusions, is provided herein.
US11332748B2
Methods and compositions are provided to identify oligonucleotides that bind targets of interest. The targets include tissues, cells, circulating biomarkers such as microvesicles, including those derived from various diseases. The oligonucleotides can be used in diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
US11332745B2
The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of PHD2 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a beta-catenin gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against PHD2 gene expression.
US11332735B2
The invention provides efficient methods for combining single-substitution libraries of nucleic acids that span and encode proteins of interest and for selecting resultant mutant proteins after expression which have improved properties or characteristics.
US11332725B2
The present invention relates to variants of a parent lipase which has lipase activity and comprise one or more substitutions corresponding to G23S, D27N, A40I, F51I,L, E56R, D57N, V60E,K, K98I, N101D, R118F, G163S, T231R, N233R, Y220F, T244E, and P256T using SEQ ID NO: 2 for numbering. The present invention also relates to compositions or microcapsule compositions comprising a lipase variant of the invention and to liquid products comprising a microcapsule composition of the invention as well as the use of said microcapsule composition for stabilizing lipase variants of the invention.
US11332712B2
A cell culture medium comprising adenosine triphosphate; a carrier protein; cholesterol, linoleic acid, and lipoic acid; glutathione; at least one nucleotide salvage pathway precursor base; phosphoethanolamine; selenium; transferrin; triiodothyronine; all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) and vitamin C; zinc, magnesium, and copper; an agent that increases intracellular cAMP; epidermal growth factor (EGF); hydrocortisone; insulin; and charcoal stripped fetal bovine serum, wherein said cell culture medium is substantially free, if not entirely free, of vitamin D, androgenic hormones, androgenic ligands, estrogenic hormones, estrogenic ligands, and/or androgenic receptors.
US11332708B2
The present disclosure relates to a microorganism of the genus Corynebacterium producing 5′-xanthosine monophosphate and a method for producing 5′-xanthosine monophosphate using the same.
US11332705B2
Aspects of the invention relate to automated cell culture incubators. In some embodiments, automated cell culture incubators comprise an integrated manipulation device having one or more cell scrapers.
US11332699B2
A composition including a plurality of particles, the plurality of particles including: about 25% to about 94% by weight a water soluble carrier; about 5% to about 45% by weight a quaternary ammonium compound; and about 0.5% to about 10% by weight a cationic polymer; wherein the plurality of particles comprises individual particles that comprise at least one of the quaternary ammonium compound and the cationic polymer; wherein the individual particles differ from one another in weight fraction of at least one of the quaternary ammonium compound and the cationic polymer; and wherein the individual particles each have a mass from about 1 mg to about 1 g.
US11332690B2
A process for the preparation of saturated hydrocarbon base oils is provided, comprising oligomerization of a feed mixture that has an average carbon number in the range of 14 to 18 to produce an oligomer product comprising dimers, trimers, and higher oligomers, where the dimer has a branching proximity (BP) of 20 or greater, isomerization of at least the dimer portion, and hydrogenation of the isomerized product. The dimer portion is separated from the oligomer product, and a saturated hydrocarbon base oil is obtained comprising greater than 90% dimers having an average carbon number in the range of from 29 to 36, and the dimer portion having a weight average molecular weight in the range of 422 to 510, where the dimers have an average Branching Index (BI) in a range of 22 to 26 and an average paraffin branching proximity (BP) in a range of from 18 to 26.
US11332688B2
The present disclosure relates to an anti-wear, anti-friction and stably-dispersed lubricating oil or grease, and the anti-wear, anti-friction and stably-dispersed lubricating oil or grease includes a main component of a lubricating oil or grease and a long carbon chain-grafted sulfonated graphene, the preparation method of which includes mixing a main component of a lubricating oil or grease with a long carbon chain-grafted sulfonated graphene, stirring and dispersing the mixture to obtain the product. The lubricating oil or grease in the present disclosure can significantly improve the long-term dispersion stability and dispersion stability in a complex environment by adding a long carbon chain-grafted sulfonated graphene in the main component, and at the same time can significantly improve the friction coefficient, which can significantly improve the anti-wear and anti-friction properties of the lubricating oil or grease, reduce the diameter of wear scars, and reduce the wear of copper and iron.
US11332681B2
Fouling in a refinery vessel, such as heat transfer equipment, used in a petroleum refinery operation and in which a refineable petroleum feedstock is at an elevated temperature and in fluid communication with the refinery vessel during a petroleum refinery operation, is reduced by providing in the refineable petroleum feedstock an additive comprising (i) a poly(butylenyl)benzene sulphonic acid; or, (ii) a poly(propylenyl)benzene sulphonic acid; or, (iii) a combination of a poly(butylenyl)benzene sulphonic acid and a poly(propylenyl)benzene sulphonic acid.
US11332678B2
Methods for processing paraffinic naphtha include contacting a paraffinic naphtha feedstock with a catalyst system in a dehydrogenation reactor. The catalyst system includes a framework-substituted ultra-stable Y (USY)-type zeolite to produce a dehydrogenated product stream. The catalyst system includes a framework-substituted ultra-stable Y (USY)-type zeolite. The framework-substituted USY-type zeolite has a modified USY framework. The modified USY framework includes a USY aluminosilicate framework modified by substituting a portion of framework aluminum atoms of the USY aluminosilicate framework with substitution atoms independently selected from the group consisting of titanium atoms, zirconium atoms, hafnium atoms, and combinations thereof. A dehydrogenation catalyst for dehydrogenating a paraffinic naphtha includes the framework-substituted ultra-stable Y (USY)-type zeolite.
US11332676B2
The invention describes a process for the capture of organometallic impurities in a hydrocarbon feedstock of gasoline type containing olefins and sulfur, in which a capture body is brought into contact with the feedstock to be treated and a stream of hydrogen, said capture body comprises an active phase based on nickel oxide particles with a size of less than or equal to 15 nm, said active phase not comprising other metal elements of Group VIb or Group VIII, which are deposited on a porous support chosen from the group consisting of aluminas, silica, silicas/aluminas, or also titanium or magnesium oxides, used alone or as a mixture with alumina or silica/alumina.
US11332663B2
Provided is a ternary or quaternary semiconductor nanoparticle that enables the band-edge emission and a less toxic composition. A semiconductor nanoparticle is provided that contains Ag, In, and S and has an average particle size of 50 nm or less, wherein the ratio of the number of atoms of Ag to the total number of atoms of Ag and In is 0.320 or more and 0.385 or less, the ratio of the number of atoms of S to the total number of atoms of Ag and In is 1.20 or more and 1.45 or less. The semiconductor nanoparticle is adapted to emit photoluminescence having a photoluminescence lifetime of 200 ns or less upon being irradiated with light having a wavelength in a range of 350 nm to 500 nm.
US11332659B2
Provided herein are methods of increasing production from a hydrocarbon containing formation by adding a proppant to the formation, wherein a treatment fluid comprising a colloidal silica nanoparticle is added to the formation before, during or after the time the proppant is added to the formation.
US11332655B2
Methods of wellbore cementing are provided. A method of generating a wellbore treatment fluid may include: classifying a plurality of solid particulates using correlations; calculating a reactive index and/or a water requirement for at least one of the solid particulates; and selecting two or more solid particulates from the plurality of solid particulates to create a wellbore treatment fluid.
US11332650B2
A composite phase-change material containing a hierarchically porous Ca1-xMgxCO3 and having pores loaded with a phase change material is described. The heat storage material has a latent heat of melting 123 to 221 J/g, a latent heat of freezing of 107 to 201 J/g, and a thermal conductivity of 0.22 to 0.45 W·m−1·K−1. The phase change material may be polyethylene glycol, and the polyethylene glycol does not leak from the pores of the hierarchically porous Ca1-xMgxCO3 when heating or cooling over phase transitions.
US11332644B2
The invention is directed to masking tapes comprising reference lines that facilitate the use of adjacent edges or other linear features to place masking tape edges on irregular or curved boundaries between surfaces.
US11332639B2
The present invention discloses an aqueous antifogging resin, introducing a molecular segment and a functional group with good hydrophilicity and hygroscopicity, which impart excellent antifogging performance, coating strength and transparent flow appearance to the aqueous antifogging resin and the cured coating has a water contact angle of up to 1˜10°. The present invention further discloses a coating composition including the aqueous antifogging resin, and the cured coating of the coating composition has good antifogging, wear-resistant, water-resistant, chemical resistant, stain-resistant and UV-resistant performance, and excellent adhesion to a substrate; and the coating is firm at the same time, and has excellent film-forming strength and flexual endurance. The coating composition can be used for antifogging surface treatment of the window of mobile phone, PC or PMMA transparent materials, automotive glass and bathroom mirrors and has good long-term stability.
US11332634B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of display, in particular to a composition for an overcoat layer, a preparation method for the same, an overcoat layer material, and a display substrate and a display device including the overcoat layer material. The composition for the overcoat layer comprises: 10 to 30% by weight of styrene, 10 to 30% by weight of an epoxy resin, 1 to 3% by weight of a crosslinking agent, 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of a photoinitiator and/or a thermal initiator, 1 to 3% by weight of a surfactant, and 40 to 77% by weight of a solvent. The composition for the overcoat layer has styrene as a main monomer component, and may be initiated to cure by an initiator to obtain the overcoat layer material.
US11332632B2
An article comprising a heater that comprises a high-resistance magnification (HRM) PTC ink deposited on a flexible substrate to form one or more resistors. The HRM PTC ink has a resistance magnification of at least 20 in a temperature range of at least 20 degrees Celsius above a switching temperature of the ink, the resistance magnification being defined as a ratio between a resistance of the double-resin ink at a temperature ‘T’ and a resistance of the double-resin ink at 25 degrees Celsius.
US11332626B2
A new paint which makes it possible for a coating film to have both brightness and radiotransparency is demanded. The paint includes a flake, wherein the flake has a sea-island structure of including a plurality of island phases which are formed of metal, and a sea phase that is formed of resin or DLC, the sea phase linking the island phases to each other.
US11332625B2
Radiation curable compositions for additive fabrication are described and claimed. Such compositions are particularly suited for investment casting applications, and include a cationically polymerizable component, a radically polymerizable component, a certain type of prescribed antimony-free, sulfonium salt-based cationic photoinitiator, and a free-radical photoinitiator. In other embodiments, the composition may also include a photosensitizer and/or a UV/absorber. Also described and claimed is a method for using a liquid radiation curable resin for additive fabrication with a certain type of prescribed antimony-free, sulfonium salt-based cationic photoinitiator and a certain type of prescribed photosensitizer in an investment casting process.
US11332624B2
The present invention relates to a general field of machine building and provides a composition for coating friction surfaces usable for coating friction surfaces to de-crease wear and to reduce the friction coefficient. Also uses of the composition are within the scope of the present invention.
US11332617B2
A polyarylene sulfide resin composition contains a polyarylene sulfide resin, a transition metal particle, a fibrous inorganic filler, and an inorganic nucleating agent, and a molded article made from the resin composition. The resin composition has excellent mechanical, corrosion, and haze properties, and heat resistance. The resin composition prevents corrosion of a mold and deterioration in the durability of a manufactured product upon injection by effectively removing halogen-based impurities, and also has excellent mechanical, corrosion, and haze properties, and heat resistance. A molded article manufactured from the resin composition satisfies the standards required for components of a vehicle and an electric/electronic device.
US11332608B2
A resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material that makes it possible to improve productivity by suppressing deformation at the time of removal from a mold, in particular, in the PCM method, while achieving both rapid curing and storage stability. The resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material includes an epoxy resin (A) including a phenol novolac epoxy resin and a bisphenol A epoxy resin; a phenoxy resin (B); dicyandiamide (C); an imidazole-based curing aid (D); and a phenol-based curing accelerator (E) as essential components, wherein the phenol novolac epoxy resin of the epoxy resin (A) constitutes 40 parts by mass to 75 parts by mass, the bisphenol A epoxy resin constitutes 10 parts by mass to 35 parts by mass, and the phenoxy resin (B) constitutes 5 parts by mass to 15 parts by mass in the total of 100 parts by mass of the components (A) to (E).
US11332604B2
The invention relates to composition comprising (A) a propylene-based polymer, (B1) a first elastomer of ethylene and α-olefin comonomer having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, (B2) a second elastomer of ethylene and α-olefin comonomer having 4 to 10 carbon atoms and (C) an inorganic filler, wherein (B1) the first elastomer has a density of 0.850 to 0.890 g/cm3 and a melt flow index of 5 to 50 dg/min measured in accordance with ASTM D1238 using a 2.16 kg weight and at a temperature of 190° C., wherein (B2) the second elastomer has a density of 0.850 to 0.890 g/cm3 and a melt flow index of 0.55 to 4 dg/min measured in accordance with ASTM D1238 using a 2.16 kg weight and at a temperature of 190° C., wherein the total amount of (B1) the first elastomer and (B2) the second elastomer is 2 to 30 wt % based on the total composition, wherein the amount of (C) the inorganic filler is 0.1 to 30 wt % based on the total composition.
US11332602B2
The disclosure relates to a tie resin formulation with excellent adhesion to polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The resin includes (A) an ethylene acrylate copolymer formed from ethylene and alkyl acrylate, where the ethylene acrylate copolymer has an acrylate content of 10 to 30 weight percent and an ethylene content of 90 to 70 weight percent based on the total weight of the ethylene acrylate copolymer and the acrylate content and (B) a transesterification catalyst; where the resin includes: 30 to 99.999 weight percent of the ethylene acrylate copolymer based on the total weight of the resin; 0.001 to 10 weight percent of the transesterification catalyst based on the total weight of the resin; and (C) 0 to 69.999 of a non-polar polyolefin based on the total weight of the resin.
US11332598B2
Disclosed herein is an acetylated lactide oligomer-based plasticizer and a method of preparing the same having improved thermal stability, enhanced plasticity and excellent compatibility with a resin, the method, including: (a) synthesizing a lactide oligomer through ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of an initiator and lactide; (b) putting acetic anhydride into the lactide oligomer and performing acetylation; and (c) removing acetic acid generated in step (b) and unreacted acetic anhydride.
US11332595B2
The present invention relates to thermally expandable microspheres at least partially prepared from bio-based monomers and to a process of their manufacture. The microspheres comprise a thermoplastic polymer shell encapsulating a blowing agent, wherein the thermoplastic polymer shell comprises a polymer being a homo- or copolymer of a lactone according to formula (1): wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, separately from one another, is selected from the group consisting of H and an alkyl group preferably with 1-4 carbon atoms. The invention further provides expanded microspheres, which can be used in a variety of applications.
US11332593B2
Methods and systems that include introducing blowing agent into a hopper of a polymeric foam processing system.
US11332586B2
A quasi-isotropic reinforced sheet material T formed by integrating a plurality of chopped semi prepreg sheet materials C including a reinforced fiber material and a thermoplastic resin material set in an unimpregnated state such that fiber directions of the reinforced fiber materials are oriented randomly in the two-dimensional direction. The average number of fibers in a thickness direction for materials C ranges is from two to ten and a thickness “t”, relative to the thickness (tp) in an impregnated state, is in a range of tp
US11332583B2
A polyolefin-polydiorganosiloxane block copolymer may be prepared by hydrosilylation reaction.
US11332581B2
A condensation curable gel composition is the disclosed. The composition comprises: (i) at least one condensation curable silyl terminated polymer having at least one hydrolysable and/or hydroxyl functional group(s) per molecule; (ii) a cross-linker selected from the group of a silicone, an organic polymer, a monosilane or a disilane molecule which contains at least two hydrolysable groups per molecule; and (iii) a condensation catalyst selected from the group of titanates, zirconates or tin (II). The molar ratio of hydroxyl and/or hydrolysable group(s) in polymer (i) to hydrolysable groups from component (ii) is between 0.5:1 and 1:1 using a monosilane cross-linker or 0.75:1 to 3:1 using disilanes. The titanates and zirconates comprise M-OR functions where M is titanium or zirconium and R is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group. The molar ratio of M-OR or tin (II) functions to the hydroxyl and/or hydrolysable groups in polymer (i) is comprised between 0.01:1 and 0.5:1.
US11332577B2
The present invention relates to a water-soluble carbohydrate-polyamino acid-based pre-reacted binder composition, a method of its manufacture, use of the pre-reacted binder composition, a method of manufacturing a collection of matter bound by a polymeric binder, a binder solution or dispersion comprising the pre-reacted binder composition, as well as products comprising the pre-reacted binder composition in a cured state.
US11332572B2
Spherical polyester-based resin particles characterized in that the spherical polyester-based resin particles contain a polyester-based resin and have a crystallinity of 20% or less and an average circularity of 0.96 or more. The spherical polyester-based resin particles according to the present invention can provide suitable resin particles as compounding agents for cosmetics such as foundation, antiperspirants, and skin scrubs; various agents such as matte coating agents for paints, rheology modifying agents, antiblocking agents, slipperiness-imparting agents, light diffusion agents, electroconductive agents, and diagnostic testing agents for medical use; and additives to molded articles such as automobile materials and construction materials.
US11332553B2
A catalyst composition for polymerizing a polyolefin having excellent processability and impact strength, a process for producing a polyolefin and a polyolefin resin thereof are disclosed. The catalyst composition comprises at least one first organometallic compound of following formula 1; at least one second organometallic compound of following formula 2; and aluminoxane. The polyolefin resin satisfies following properties (i) to (iv) and (vi), (i) melt flow index (ASTM D1238), measured at 190° C., under a load of 2.16 kg: 0.1 to 1.5 g/10 min, (ii) density: 910 to 930 kg/m3, (iii) the ratio (Mw/Mn), as measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC): 3.0 to 7.0, (iv) the ratio (Mz/Mw), as measured by GPC: 2.2 to 4.5, and (vi) when the TREF curve of multimodal distribution is deconvoluted, the area of TREF curve having a peak at 50 to 74° C. is 40 to 75% of the total area of the TREF curve.
US11332546B2
Certain embodiments provide isolated anti-MMP-14 antibodies or fragments thereof, isolated anti-MMP-12 antibodies or fragments thereof, isolated anti-BACE-1 antibodies or fragments thereof, isolated anti-Alp2 antibodies or fragments thereof, and isolated anti-cathepsin B antibodies or fragments thereof, as well as methods of use thereof.
US11332543B2
The present invention provides antibody polypeptides with binding specificity for prostate specific antigen (PSA), wherein the antibody polypeptide comprises (a) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO:1 and SEQ ID NO:2 and SEQ ID NO:3 and/or (b) a light chain variable region comprising the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO:4 and SEQ ID NO:5 and SEQ ID NO:6, and wherein the heavy chain variable region and light chain variable region comprise framework amino acid sequences from one or more human antibodies. The invention further provides use of said antibody polypeptides in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.
US11332533B2
The present inventors succeeded in improving the antibody constant region to have increased stability under acid conditions, reduced heterogeneity originated from disulfide bonds in the hinge region, reduced heterogeneity originated from the H chain C terminus, and increased stability at high concentrations as well as in discovering novel constant region sequences having reduced Fcγ receptor-binding, while minimizing the generation of novel T-cell epitope peptides. As a result, the present inventors successfully discovered antibody constant regions with improved physicochemical properties (stability and homogeneity), immunogenicity, safety, and pharmacokinetics.
US11332531B2
This application provides isolated antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind Programmed Death Ligand-1 (PD-L1). These PD-L1 antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, have a high affinity for PD-L1, function to inhibit PD-L1, are less immunogenic compared to their unmodified parent antibodies in a given species (e.g., a human), are capable of increasing T-cell proliferation and IL-2 secretion in a mixed lymphocyte reaction, and can be used to treat human diseases (e.g., cancer, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, asthma, transplant rejection, and inflammatory disorders).
US11332527B2
A subject of the present invention is to provide an anti AQP3 antibody specifically recognizing the extracellular domain of aquaporin 3 (AQP3), which is one type of a water channel protein. By selecting a monoclonal antibody which specifically binds to an oligopeptide included in loop C as one of the extracellular domains of AQP3, an anti AQP3 antibody that is desired in the present invention is provided. An anti AQP3 monoclonal antibody of the present invention can directly bind, from the outside of a cell, to AQP3 present in a cell membrane. Furthermore, as an anti AQP3 monoclonal antibody of the present invention can have an inhibitory activity, the function of permeating a low molecular weight molecule or the like, which is carried by AQP3, can be suppressed.
US11332522B2
The present disclosure provides an isolated, engineered or non-naturally occurring protein comprising an antibody light chain variable domain (VL) which may comprise at least one negatively charged amino acid positioned between residues 49 to 56 according to the numbering system of Kabat, the protein capable of binding specifically to an antigen.
US11332518B2
The present specification discloses SNAP-25 compositions, methods of making α-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, α-SNAP-25 antibodies that bind an epitope comprising a carboxyl-terminus at the P1 residue from the BoNT/A cleavage site scissile bond from a SNAP-25 cleavage product, methods of detecting BoNT/A activity, and methods of detecting neutralizing α-BoNT/A antibodies.
US11332516B2
Disclosed are methods by which compounds/molecules capable of binding antigens, for example antibody type compounds/molecules, can be purified, extracted and/or selected. The methods may be used to purify, extract or select a specific type (or types) of binding agent from a mixed composition. The methods may be used to extract or purify specific binding agents from mixed compositions, which compositions comprise other agents capable of binding other antigens. The methods may find particular application as methods for the purification of blood group antigen antibodies.
US11332506B2
The present invention is directed to polymerized products and compositions useful for the treatment and prevention of amyloid disease in a subject. The invention further relates to isolated antibodies that recognize a common conformational epitope of amyloidogenic proteins or peptides that are useful for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of amyloid disease.
US11332505B2
Provided herein are non-naturally occurring polypeptides comprising a sequence of a fragment of a collagen and recombinant cells containing heterologous nucleic acid sequences encoding the non-naturally occurring polypeptides. Further provided herein are animal-free methods of generating and purifying such non-naturally occurring polypeptides using microorganisms, preferably from bacterial cells.
US11332492B2
This application discloses CD73 inhibitors represented by the general formula (I) and analogs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, methods of preparing them, and use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment of diseases or conditions associated with CD73 activity, such as various cancers.
US11332481B2
A hole transporting material using dihydrophenazine as a core is disclosed, having a following structural formula (I) and suitable migration rates under highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy levels and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels. Moreover, an organic light emitting diode is disclosed, including an anode, a cathode, and a light emitting structure located between the anode and the cathode, wherein the light emitting structure includes the hole transporting material using dihydrophenazine as the core, which is represented by the following structural formula (I)
US11332480B2
A compound of general formula I, wherein X, R1-R4 take various meanings, for use in the treatment of cancer.
US11332478B2
The present invention relates to a process for synthesis of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo[5,4-c]pyridin-3-ol abbreviated THIP, having the INN name gaboxadol, starting from pyrrolidin-2-one. The process comprises a new direct process to obtain the intermediate dimethyl 5-hydroxy-3,6-dihydropyridine-1,4(2H)-dicarboxylate or the intermediate diethyl 5-hydroxy-3,6-dihydropyridine-1,4(2H)-dicarboxylate.
US11332474B2
The present invention provides a novel compound of an amine derivative including a spiro compound. The novel compound has excellent hole transport characteristics. Thus, when the novel compound is applied to a hole transport layer, an auxiliary hole transport layer and an electron blocking layer of an organic light-emitting device, the device realizes low driving voltage, high efficiency, high thermal stability and long life-span. Further, when the novel compound is applied as a blue light-emitting material, the device realizes a low driving voltage and high efficiency.
US11332467B2
Solid state forms of Palbociclib dimesylate, processes for preparation thereof and use thereof for preparation of Palbociclib are disclosed.
US11332452B2
This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in phyla Nematoda, Arthropoda, and/or Mollusca, processes to produce such molecules and intermediates used in such processes, compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such molecules against such pests. These molecules may be used, for example, as nematicides, acaricides, insecticides, miticides, and/or molluscicides. This document discloses molecules having the structure of Formula A.
US11332449B2
AIE-active chemosensors, according to the present teachings, exhibit UV-vis absorption change and become non-luminescent upon protonation. Upon deprotonation, the chemosensors revert to their original absorption and emission. This deprotonation process can be triggered in the presence of amines, and specifically, biogenic amines. The chemosensors can detect amine species, e.g., biogenic amines produced during food fermentation, quickly and with high sensitivity. Further, due to the AIE nature of the compounds, the chemosensors can be loaded onto a physical support and sealed inside a food package to monitor food spoilage.
US11332438B2
The present disclosure provides creatine prodrug analogs and their compositions useful for the treatment of creatine deficiencies.
US11332432B2
Compounds, compositions, and methods related to bioenergetic metabolism are provided. The compounds and com positions are suited to promote bioenergetic processes including cellular respiration and glycolytic flux and may be used to treat mitochondrial disorders, neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease, and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), multiple sclerosis, and/or epilepsy.
US11332425B2
The magnesium alkoxide particle contains the reaction product of the following components: 1) a magnesium powder; 2) a mixed alcohol; 3) a halogenating agent; and 4) a titanate compound. The magnesium alkoxide particle is used for preparing a catalyst for olefin polymerization.
US11332406B2
A material includes a transparent substrate on the surface of which is deposited a stack of layers which itself includes a plurality of functional layers making it possible to influence the solar and/or infrared radiation capable of striking said surface. The material has high thermal performance qualities and also an attractive shiny surface appearance of neutral color.
US11332399B2
An automated waste water treatment system includes a collection tank constructed to hold waste water, a first flow line connected to the collection tank to output the waste water from the collection tank, an electrocoagulation unit that receives the waste water and outputs the waste water as coagulated waste water, a polymer dosage tank to provide a polymer dosage to the coagulated waste water to produce and output flocculated waste water. An air grid of the electrocoagulation unit, the latter housing a plurality of electrodes, increases the lifespan and efficiency of the electrodes to perform electrocoagulation of the waste water. A clarifier connected to the flow line receives the flocculated waste water and produces sludge-free waste water and concentrated sludge, a series of filters to output filter-treated water, and an ultrafiltration system that receives filter-treated water and outputs ultrafiltration-treated water to a reverse osmosis system.
US11332398B2
A system for mixing and mixing processes and structures are disclosed. In addition a nozzle used for mixing is disclosed.
US11332395B2
Methods and systems are described for providing improved food processing systems by treating wash water in a wash stage of the food processing system with a biocide. Sufficient biocide may be added to significantly reduce the levels of bacteria in the wash stage, which can prevent problems associated with bacteria in downstream processes.
US11332392B2
A method of reducing a concentration of hydrogen peroxide from wastewater includes diluting the wastewater with water having a lower concentration of hydrogen peroxide than the wastewater to produce a diluted wastewater, contacting the diluted wastewater with a dissolved iron compound at an acidic pH to form a partially treated wastewater having a lower concentration of hydrogen peroxide than the diluted wastewater, and precipitating iron solids from the partially treated wastewater by raising a pH of the partially treated wastewater to form a neutralized partially treated wastewater.
US11332390B2
An electromagnetic pulsed-wave system having an electromagnetic boom for generating a time-varying pulsed-wave to control a colloidal mixture disposed in water and a depository. The electromagnetic boom comprising a plurality of electrically coupled solenoids disposed at the water for providing electromagnetic pulses to generate the time-varying pulsed-wave to transport the colloidal mixture. The depository having an electromagnetic ramp magnetically coupled with the electromagnetic boom and a separation receptacle for separating magnetized particles from the colloidal mixture.
US11332387B2
The description relates to a composition and a method for reducing the concentration of arsenic in water. Contaminated water is contacted with acid-activated clay characterized by a removal efficiency for arsenic of at least 95 wt %. Following sufficient contact, the water is separated from the acid-activated clay. In preferred form, the acid activated clay is characterized by a BET surface area of at least about 200 m2/gram.
US11332386B2
A process for continuously treating a stream of water (for example, a stream of oil and gas well wastewater) to remove contaminants therefrom is provided. The process comprises: a) testing the stream of water to determine if it contains biological matter and, if necessary, removing biological matter from the stream; b) testing the pH level of the stream and, if necessary, adjusting the pH level of the stream; c) separating the stream of water into a sludge discharge stream and a separator unit effluent stream; d) separating the separator unit effluent stream into a steam discharge stream and a concentrated brine stream; and e) separating the concentrated brine stream into a chlorine gas stream and at least one of a sodium stream and a calcium stream. A corresponding system is also provided.
US11332384B2
Band-pass filters for guiding or controlling crystal polymorphism in water are provided. Band-pass filters convert a passive energy source to a spectral energy pattern tuned to resonant with different types of molecular oscillations pertinent to water. Tuned energy patterns convert problematic insoluble crystals to more thermodynamically stable and soluble crystals. Methods include use of the band-pass filter in water and design of band-pass filter parameters for optimal use on a particular water source.
US11332383B1
A modular porous swale. The modular porous swale may comprise a porous concrete block and filtration joint. The porous concrete block may snugly fit within a trench having a lower portion filled with an absorption media. The absorption media may include gravel, activated alumina, bone char, or an activated alumina and bone char mixture. The porous concrete block may have a top surface inwardly-sloped to a nadir. The filtration joint may be disposed within the porous concrete block and along the nadir. The liner may cover one or more sides of the porous concrete block. The perforated pipe may be located within the absorption media. The filtration joint may substantially align above a portion of the perforated pipe when the modular porous swale is installed within the trench.
US11332372B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus capable of continuously producing carbon nanotubes having high crystallinity, a low residual catalyst content and a high aspect ratio. The apparatus for producing carbon nanotubes includes: a reaction unit configured to synthesize carbon nanotubes (CNTs), a supply unit configured to supply a carbon source to the reaction unit through a supply pipe; and a collection unit configured to collect carbon nanotubes discharged from the reaction unit, wherein the reaction unit may include a chemical vapor deposition reactor.
US11332359B2
The invention relates to a container for liquids, such as beverages and oils, comprising a casing enveloped by a shell and a valve for dispensing the liquid from the container. The casing and the shell are, at least locally, positively fixed relative to each other.
US11332358B2
A tap assembly 10 with a hollow tap body 16 which defines a dispensing chamber 24 leading to an outlet arrangement 26. A valve assembly with a valve element 18 is provided to selectively open an inlet into the dispensing chamber 24. A push button 20 is provided which operates the valve assembly, and which defines an operating chamber 28, with the push button movable into the operating chamber. A connecting member is provided extending from the push button 20 through the operating chamber. A seal 39 is provided to prevent liquid passing from the dispensing chamber 24 to the operating chamber.
US11332351B2
A jack pad device adapted to transfer loads between an aircraft and a jack device for jacking the aircraft, and a method for jacking an aircraft are provided. In one non-limiting example, the jack pad device includes a jack pad body. A jack engagement portion extends from the jack pad body and is configured to engage the jack device. A first coupler is attached to the jack pad body and is configured to couple to the aircraft to hold the jack pad device to the aircraft.
US11332338B2
An image forming system includes a detection unit to detect a recording material, having an image formed thereon by an image forming unit, placed on a processing tray, a staple unit, a discharge unit, and a discharge tray. A first mode of the system is to discharge the recording material conveyed from the image forming unit to the discharge tray via the processing tray and a second mode involves waiting for instruction for executing. When the detection unit detects the recording material inserted into the processing tray in the second mode, and a recording material first mode conveying instruction is issued in a state of waiting for the executing instruction after the recording material detection, a discharge operation is performed to discharge the recording material inserted into the processing tray to the discharge tray without the staple unit executing staple processing on the recording material inserted into the processing tray.
US11332337B2
In example implementations, a flexible bail of a printing device is provided. The flexible bail comprises a rigid bail coupled to a rotational motor, a flexible portion and a controller. The flexible portion is coupled to an end of the rigid bail. The flexible portion includes a plurality of segments that are unidirectionally flexible. The controller is communicatively coupled to the rotational motor to control movement of the rigid bail.
US11332332B2
A medium conveying apparatus includes a first optical sensor located on an upper part of the housing and in a central part of the housing in a direction perpendicular to a medium conveying direction, a second optical sensor located on an upper part of the housing and on a side of the first optical sensor in the direction perpendicular to the medium conveying direction, and a processor to detect a folding of a medium based on the first signal or the second signal, and stop feeding of the medium by the feed roller in accordance with a detection result of the folding of the medium. The first light emitter emits first light toward a downstream side of the medium in the medium conveying direction, and the second light emitter emits second light toward an upstream side of the medium in the medium conveying direction.
US11332323B1
A conveying device for a lawn mower blade is provided. The conveying device includes a platform, a motor fixed on the platform, five grippers slidably and horizontally provided on the platform through a guiding mechanism, a lead screw mechanism transmitting a motive power of the motor to translate one of the five grippers, and a synchronization mechanism connecting every adjacent two grippers. The guiding mechanism includes a horizontally arranged guide rail, and five sliding blocks translatable along the guide rail. The guide rail includes five sections, and each section is provided with a corresponding one sliding block. Each gripper is fixed to the corresponding one sliding block. The synchronization mechanism is arranged between adjacent two grippers, and includes a connecting rod, and universal joints provided on two ends of the connecting rod and each connected with a corresponding gripper.
US11332321B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a vehicle-mounted conveyor system, and more specifically a conveyor system that can be mounted on a short-length, non-CDL truck. The conveyor can convey a wide range of materials, including shingles, shakes (e.g., loose dirt, gravel, and rocks), tiles, underlayment, solar panels, siding, bricks, fasteners, etc. In some embodiments, the conveyor system includes a frame with a four-sided FRP tube, a belt positioned on top of the tube, cleats interconnected to the belt, belt pulleys, a motor, a material backstop, and conveyor positioning features. Conveyor positioning features include a tilting hinge a conveyor carriage, a telescopic vertical post, and a slewing drive. In some embodiments, the conveyor frame is a fiber-reinforced plastic material.
US11332317B1
A wear strip for a conveyor having a frame with frame spacers is provided. There are two frame spacers at one end of the frame, each having at least one lock. The lock has a riser and a head, wherein the head is wider than the riser forming a generally but not limited to T-shaped profile. A wear strip having a hole with an upper cavity and a lower passage having a wide gap and narrow gap is provided. The wear strip can be secured by the lock. This is accomplished by mounting the wear strip on the frame spacers so that the head of the lock projects into the upper cavity of the wear strip. Then, the wear strip is longitudinally moved so that the riser enters the narrow gap in the wear strip. Longitudinal wear strips can be inserted that longitudinally lock the wear strips in place.
US11332312B2
A method for operating an automated storage and retrieval system includes transferring a first item storage container from an aisle to a first region of a first storage location, positioning a second item storage container in the aisle proximate the first item storage container, interlocking the second item storage container to the first item storage container by engaging a releasable coupling structure extending there between, and applying, in a first direction transverse to the aisle, a force to the second item storage container sufficient in magnitude and duration to cause the first item storage container to occupy the second region of the first storage location and the second item storage container to occupy the first region of the first storage location, whereby the first and second item storage containers remain interlocked while in the first storage location.
US11332311B2
An automated order fulfillment system is disclosed having different temperature zones and robots and containers capable of and/or configured to work in these different temperature zones.
US11332308B2
The mechanical arm system can include a garbage container holder and at least one mast. The holder can have guiding wheels engaged with adjacent tracks of the mast, the two adjacent tracks both having a lower portion extending upwardly along the mast, the lower portion of the first track being located forwardly of the lower portion of the second track, the lower portion of both tracks leading into corresponding upper portions which are curved rearwardly. The system can have a primary mast and a secondary mast slidably mounted to the primary mast, with the garbage container slidable mounted to the secondary mast. A driving link can simultaneously connect the primary mast to the secondary mast, and the secondary mast to the holder in a manner that when the driving link is moved, both sliding movements are performed in the same direction.
US11332306B2
The lawn bag generally comprises a bag bottom, bag sides, and left-side and right-side flaps, each foldingly connected to one of the bag sides. The left-side and right-side flaps are each moveable from stowed positions to extended positions. The flaps in the stowed position may be positioned flat against the respective sides to which they are attached. The left-side flap and the right-side flap, when in the extended position, extends to the left and right of the bag, respectively, and are generally coplanar with a bag front side.
US11332302B2
Provided is an aerosol product which has a simple configuration and enables spraying in the form of a mist at the time of use even when a stock liquid is stored in a high-viscosity state in an aerosol container. An aerosol product (100) has a plurality of partitioned housing spaces and a valve unit (120) provided with an inflow port (122) corresponding to the housing space, wherein at least one among the plurality of housing spaces is a main stock liquid housing section (142) that houses a main stock liquid (M), at least one other of the plurality of housing spaces is a viscosity lowering agent housing section (143) that houses a viscosity lowering agent (S), and the main stock liquid (M) discharged from the inflow port (122) and the viscosity lowering agent (S) discharged from the inflow port (122A) are mixed in an actuator (130).
US11332300B2
An actuator cap (1; 50) for a fluid spray dispenser comprises a second body part (2) and a first body part (3). The first body part (3) is adapted for connection to a container for the fluid to be dispensed and incorporates a spray channel arrangement (4). The second body part (2) incorporates an actuator button (5) and is rotatable with respect to the first body part (3) from a first position in which the actuator button (5) is non-elevated into a second position in which the actuator button (5) is elevated and capable of depression to cause depression of a part (16) of the spray channel arrangement (4). The actuator button (4) defines a first cam profile (20) along which a first cam follower (22) defined by the first body part (3) travels to cause elevation or retraction of the actuator button (5) when the second body part (3) is rotated. The actuator button (5) also defines a second cam profile (23) that bears against said part (21) of the spray channel arrangement (4) such that when the actuator button (5) is in its elevated position and depressed the actuator button (5) depresses the second cam profile (23) and in turn depresses the part (21) of the spray channel arrangement (4) relative to the first body part (3) to dispense fluid from the container when in use. Preferably, the first and second body parts (3, 2) are individual, integrally moulded components that are snap-fitted together to assemble the actuator cap (1; 50).
US11332285B2
A preload mechanism for a memory alloy wire actuator is disclosed that includes a rotating element configured to rotate about a pivot. The rotating element has a first contact point that is configured to couple to the memory alloy wire actuator such that contraction of the memory alloy wire actuator displaces the first contact point such that the rotating element rotates from a first position to a second position. The preload mechanism also includes a bias element with a first end that is coupled to a second contact point of the rotating element and a second end configured to be pinned relative to the pivot. The bias element has a line of action extending from the second end through the first end. The line of action has an offset distance that is the minimum distance between the line of action and the pivot. The offset distance has a first value when the rotating element is in the first position and a second value when the rotating element is the second position, the second value being smaller than the first value.
US11332266B2
A method for disinfecting a water system of an aircraft includes the introduction of damp hot air at an inlet of the water system by a ground service unit; flushing of the damp hot air from the inlet through water pipes of the water system to an outlet of the water system; and extraction of the damp hot air at the outlet; wherein the damp hot air is flushed into the inlet and out of the outlet over a predefined disinfection period, and wherein the damp hot air has a temperature between 60° C. and 80° C.
US11332265B2
A portable device for holding and carrying an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) includes a body. The body includes a first holding member configured to hold the UAV and having a shape matching a shape of the UAV. The portable device also includes a charging board disposed in the body. The portable device also includes a first charging station disposed in the first holding member and configured to electrically connect with the charging board for charging the UAV. The portable device further includes at least one second charging station disposed on the body and configured to electrically connect with the charging board for charging at least one battery.
US11332261B2
Disclosed is an alkyd or hydrocarbon resin-based pre-manufactured thermoplastic airport runway signage that is applied in relatively large sections onto an airport runway where the alkyd or hydrocarbon resin-based composite includes a functionalized wax incorporated in the resin-based composite within the range of 0.2 to 3 percent by weight, thereby allowing the resin-based composite to exist in a molten state within a viscosity range of between 35,000 and 85,000 centipoise and wherein the top surface provides an area for surface indicia materials existing on the top surface together with retroreflective glass beads with an index of refraction of 1.9 such that when the beads are suspended in and applied on the surface of the resin-based composite in a molten state the beads do not sink into the resin-based composite provide for allowing and maintaining an overall retroreflectivity of about 1000 millicandellas/m2/lux (mcd).
US11332259B1
Methods and systems for providing location information for a user-selected feature on an active vertical situation display (VSD) in a cockpit of an aircraft. The method includes rendering the VSD having a plurality of terrain and weather features; receiving, from a user interface, the user-selected feature from among the plurality of features on the VSD, the plurality of features including terrain features and weather features; causing a reticle to be displayed as an overlay, centered, on the user-selected feature on the VSD, responsive to receiving the user-selected feature; rendering a horizontal extension from a center of the reticle to an intersection on a vertical axis of the VSD, and a vertical extension from the center of the reticle to an intersection on a horizontal axis of the VSD. An elevation label and a distance label are positioned on the respective extensions.
US11332258B2
A method and device for protecting an adjacent rupturable component including positioning a sheet of puncture resistant, flexible material including one or more openings at or about the structure opening wherein the one or more openings accommodate the rupturable component; permanently or semi-permanently attaching the sheet to the structure at a first portion of an area of the sheet; and positioning the rupturable component through the one or more openings, such that one or more portions of the rupturable component near the one or more openings are protected by the sheet if the structure becomes frayed; wherein the sheet prevents damage to the rupturable component if the structure frays or fractures at or about the structure opening.
US11332255B2
A primary structure of a strut for bearing an aircraft power plant including a front part intended to be joined to an aircraft power plant and a rear part intended to be joined to a structure of the aircraft, the front part being formed from a box including an upper longitudinal member, a lower longitudinal member, and lateral panels. A main rib is located at an interface between the front part and the rear part. The rear part is formed from a set of four connecting rods. The first end of each connecting rod is joined to the front part of the primary structure and the second end of each connecting rod is joined to a separate interface for fastening to the structure of the aircraft. This allows a substantial simplification of the primary structure of a strut for bearing an aircraft power plant, which can have advantages in particular in terms of cost, mass, and simplicity of implementation and integration.
US11332254B2
An energy conversion system may comprise a substrate including a first conductive trace and a second conductive trace electrically isolated from the first conductive trace. A housing may be coupled to the substrate. An ignition compound may be located in the housing. A solder may be thermally coupled to the ignition compound such that ignition of the ignition compound melts the solder. The housing may be configured to output the solder onto the first conductive trace and the second conductive trace.
US11332253B2
The disclosure provides an HAPR apparatus comprising an inflatable frame configured to generate canopy extension based on surrounding atmospheric pressure. The inflatable frame has a first collapse load limit less than the weight of the canopy at a first pressurized state less than 75 kPa and a second collapse load limit greater than the weight of the canopy at a second pressurized state of greater than 95 kPa. The internal pressure of the inflatable frame is typically about 101 kPa. The HAPR apparatus allows ascension with the canopy hanging under its own weight to reduce ascension time, then generates canopy extension prior to release in essentially a zero velocity, zero dynamic pressure condition.
US11332249B2
An aircraft passenger compartment suite may include a privacy divider configured to separate a first side of the aircraft passenger compartment suite including a first aircraft seat and a second side of the aircraft passenger compartment suite including a second aircraft seat. The aircraft passenger compartment suite may include a collapsible display device positioned proximate to the privacy divider of the aircraft passenger compartment suite. The aircraft passenger compartment suite may include a first display device and a first plate configured to be an extension of a horizontal surface in the first side when the first display device is in a first display device stowed position. The aircraft passenger compartment suite may include a second display device and a second plate configured to be an extension of a horizontal surface in the second side when the second display device is in a second display device stowed position.
US11332247B2
An atomizing disc, an atomizing device with the atomizing disc, and an unmanned aerial vehicle are provided. The atomizing disc includes: a bottom disc, an upper surface of the bottom disc being provided with a liquid inlet space; and a plurality of ribs, the plurality of ribs being disposed on the upper surface of the bottom disc and being spaced apart in a circumferential direction of the bottom disc. A centrifugal flow passage in communication with the liquid inlet space is defined between two adjacent ribs and the bottom disc. An end of a rib close to an edge of the bottom disc is provided with a first groove penetrating a side portion of the rib so as to cut fluid flowing through the centrifugal flow passage.
US11332244B2
Provided are a device configuration, method, etc. for performing imaging investigation in an investigation space using an unmanned aerial vehicle. A system includes: a flight start platform; the vehicle which is connected to a line-type member and equipped with an investigation camera, a travel-direction imaging camera, and a vehicle-side communication unit; an external control device which is equipped with a display unit and an external control device-side communication unit, and which receives the travel-direction image data through the external control device-side communication unit, receives an input of control commands for the vehicle while having a video or still image obtained from the travel-direction image data displayed on the display unit, and transmits a signal indicating the control commands from the external control device-side communication unit; and an attraction device which is connected to the line-type member and attracts the vehicle.
US11332243B1
The disclosure herein includes a drone assembly, which drone assembly may include: a drone; a screen; and a strut having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the strut is coupled to the drone and the second portion of the strut is coupled to the screen.
US11332238B2
There is provided an energy absorbing landing gear system for attachment to a vertical landing apparatus. The energy absorbing landing gear system includes a linear damper assembly, and a load limiter assembly coupled to the linear damper assembly, the load limiter assembly having at least one deformable element to enhance an energy absorption capability. When the energy absorbing landing gear system is attached to the vertical landing apparatus, during a landing phase, the linear damper assembly contacts a landing surface, and a piston assembly of the linear damper assembly moves a first compression distance toward the load limiter assembly, and when the linear damper assembly reaches a maximum compression, the linear damper assembly moves a second compression distance into the load limiter assembly, and the at least one deformable element deforms.
US11332226B2
A vessel includes a vessel body, an engine, a propulsion device, a drive shaft, a partition wall, a bearing, an elastic member, an outer housing, and a positioning member. The drive shaft transmits a driving force of the engine to the propulsion device, and the propulsion device generates a thrust by the driving force. The drive shaft is inserted into an insertion hole of the partition wall. The bearing rotatably supports the drive shaft. The elastic member supports the bearing. The outer housing supports the elastic member, and is fixed to the partition wall. The positioning member positions the elastic member with respect to the bearing and the outer housing by pressing the elastic member.
US11332217B2
A variable weight boat anchor having an added weight storage capacity for submerged unloading of added weight is presented. Remote signal from a boat triggers the release of added matter in the anchor for a lighter pulling.
US11332214B2
Cassette (1) for a bicycle transmission system, which comprises a first sprocket (P1) and a second sprocket (P2) smaller than the first sprocket (P1) and a support structure (S) the sprockets (P1, P2), being the inner edges (CI1, CI2) of the sprockets (P1, P2) configured by grooved surfaces (P11, P21), being the support structure (S) provided with two engagement surfaces (S1, S2) complementary of the grooved surfaces (P11, P21) of the grooved sprockets (P1, P2), such that tangential forces (T) can be transmitted between the sprockets and the support structure (S), comprising the cassette at least a spacer (E1-2, E2-3, E3-4 . . . ) between sprockets (P1, P2), wherein the base line (B2) of the second sprocket (P2) is smaller than the average diameter (D1) of the grooved surface (P11) of the first sprocket (P1), extending the spacer (E1-2) between the first sprocket (P1) and the second sprocket (P2) at least from the grooved surface (P11) of the first sprocket (P1) to at least the base line (B2) of the second sprocket (P2), such that the spacer (E1-2) allows to exert axial forces (A) on the first sprocket (P1).
US11332198B2
The disclosure herein provides a technique that provides increased strength to a jointed site of ends of two channel-shaped plates. A first (second) channel-shaped plate includes an elongated first (second) main plate, a first (second) upper flange, and a first (second) lower flange. The first channel-shaped plate includes a first extension at an end thereof, the first extension extending from the first lower flange and a lower part of the first main plate, and extending in a longitudinal direction of the channel-shaped plate. The second channel-shaped plate includes a second extension same as the first extension. The ends of the first and the second channel-shaped plates are assembled and joined such that the first extension is located outside the second channel-shaped plate and the second extension is located outside the first channel-shaped plate. A reinforcement plate is joined to both of the first main plate and the second main plate.
US11332197B2
A flooring member comprising: a structural member having one or more ducts extending along a length of the flooring member, each of the one or more ducts forming a hollow cavity extending along a length of each duct, the one or more ducts being integrally formed with the flooring member.
US11332195B2
A pair of reinforcing members that extend along the extending direction of the cowl panel and that face each other in the vehicle width direction are attached to the cowl panel, and the pair of reinforcing members in the cowl panel are attached to the cowl panel. A head-up display device is provided at a position corresponding to between the two. That is, since the head-up display device can also act as a reinforcing member, the reinforcing structure is continuously provided in the extending direction of the cowl panel. Therefore, the bending rigidity of the cowl panel can be enhanced. Thereby, securing of the installation space of a head-up display apparatus and the enhanced of the bending rigidity of a cowl panel can be made compatible.
US11332188B2
A steering knuckle assembly for a vehicle may have a steering knuckle with a first blind hole formed in a surface of the steering knuckle and a first king pin defining a rotation axis and non-rotatably mounted in the first blind hole.
US11332187B1
The present disclosure is directed to a cooling system for a system, such as an electric power assisted steering (EPAS) system and the components of such system, such as a motor. The cooling system includes a temperature sensor coupled to an electric motor of the EPAS system, one or more fluid reservoirs, and a fluid transfer device coupled to the motor and to the first fluid reservoirs. The fluid transfer device extends along a length of the motor. The cooling system further includes a pump coupled to the fluid reservoir and the fluid transfer device, a control unit coupled to the sensor and the pump. The control unit is configured to activate the pump in response to temperature detected by the sensor being greater than or equal to a first threshold motor temperature. The pump transfers the fluid in the fluid reservoirs to the fluid transfer device for absorbing the heat of the motor. The fluid transfer device is configured to contain the transferred fluid.
US11332183B2
A method for operating a steering system of a motor vehicle includes ascertaining a first torque depending on a target steering rack position and depending on the actual steering rack position, ascertaining a second torque depending on a vehicle speed, ascertaining a supporting torque depending on the first and the second torques, and introducing the supporting torque into a steering gear of the steering system.
US11332175B2
A cyber security system for providing security to a railway system, the system comprising: a data monitoring and processing hub; a network of data collection agents configured to monitor communications transmitted between railway infrastructure and/or rolling stock entities and mirror the communications to the hub; wherein the processing hub comprises computer executable instructions executable to: process the mirrored communications to determine normative patterns of communications between the entities; use the normative patterns to determine sequences of related communications; determine characteristic features of the determined communications sequences; and use the determined characteristic features to determine whether a given communication mirrored to the hub by a data collection agent of the network of data collection agents is anomalous.
US11332167B2
A system includes one or more processors, a communication device, and a positive train control (PTC) system. The one or more processors and communication device are onboard a lead vehicle of a vehicle system that includes the lead vehicle and a first remote vehicle. The PTC system is configured to restrict movement of the vehicle system based on a location of the vehicle system. The PTC system communicates a list of vehicle identifiers to the one or more processors. The communication device communicates a wireless linking message, which includes a vehicle identifier associated with the first remote vehicle, to the first remote vehicle. The communication device establishes a communication link between the lead vehicle and the first remote vehicle responsive to receipt of the wireless linking message at the first remote vehicle. The one or more processors remotely control movement of the first remote vehicle via the communication link.
US11332162B2
A method and device for communication that is comprehensive among users, including receiving information concerning a first state transition in an autonomous driving system from a user of the autonomous driving system, determining information concerning a state of the autonomous driving system, based on the information concerning the first state transition and at least one second state transition, and saving the information concerning the state in at least one block chain. A method and device for communication in a user that is comprehensive among users, including determining a first state transition in the autonomous driving system based on information concerning a state of the autonomous driving system, information concerning at least one second state transition in the autonomous driving system being received from at least one block chain, and the state of the autonomous driving system being determined based on the information concerning the at least one second state transition.
US11332158B2
A system for controlling at least partially autonomous operation of a motor-vehicle, including: a sensor-device with which environment-data characterizing the environment of the motor vehicle is generated; an electronic-main-control-unit, which receives the environment-data from the sensor-device, and, depending on the data, inputs adjusting-commands into at least one device/actuator, which device/actuator is used in the at least partially autonomous operation of the motor-vehicle; a first electronic-backup-control-unit, which, for a fault/failure of the electronic-main-control-unit, receives the data from the sensor-device, and, depending on the data, inputs adjusting-commands into the at least one device/actuator, which device/actuator is used in the at least partially autonomous operation of the motor-vehicle; and a second electronic-backup-control-unit, which, for a fault/failure of the electronic-main-control-unit and the first electronic-backup-control-unit, receives the data from the sensor-device, and, depending on the data, inputs adjusting-commands into the at least one device/actuator, which device/actuator is used in the operation of the motor-vehicle.
US11332157B2
A vehicle control apparatus includes an automatic driving control device determining a travel route at a time of executing an automatic driving based on surrounding environment information and position information of a vehicle, and outputting a control amount corresponding to the travel route, and a steering control device calculating a steering control amount based on the control target value. There is a performing of steering control of the vehicle based on the steering control amount, wherein the automatic driving control device dynamically determines a control amount threshold value for regulating a limit of the steering control amount based on automatic driving control information indicating a control state in an automatic driving of the vehicle, and provides the steering control device with the control amount threshold value, and the steering control device changes the steering control amount not to exceed the control amount threshold value.
US11332156B2
An information device is provided for informing a driver about a driving state of a motor vehicle drivable in an automated manner, the information device including a first control device for controlling automated driving of the motor vehicle and a second control device for controlling the automated driving of the motor vehicle, a first human-machine interface unit for communicating a driving state of the automated driving of the motor vehicle to the driver and a second human-machine interface unit for communicating the driving state of the automated driving of the motor vehicle to the driver, the first control device being designed for transmitting the driving state of the automated driving to the first human-machine interface unit and the second control device being designed for transmitting the driving state of the automated driving to the second human-machine interface unit.
US11332155B2
A method for operating a drive train of a transportation vehicle wherein the drive train is switched between a first operating state, in which a two-wheel drive of the drive train is activated, and a second operating state, in which a four-wheel drive of the drive train is activated. The drive train is switched by an electronic computing device from one of the operating states to the other operating state. During the driving of the transportation vehicle, a demand time is determined by the electronic computing device not later than which the switching from the one operating state to the other operating state must be completed, the demand time lying in the future with respect to the determination of the demand time. The switching from the one operating state to the other operating state is commenced at a starting time in advance of the demand time.
US11332150B2
A method and system for controlling a wheel slip of a vehicle without using a reference speed is provided. The system includes a speed detector that detects a speed of a driving device for operating the vehicle and a controller that determines a torque calibration command based on a torque command of the driving device, and a current speed and a past speed of the driving device detected by the speed detector. The torque command of the driving device is calibrated using the determined torque calibration command, and a driving device is operated based on the calibrated torque command.
US11332147B2
A driving evaluation apparatus includes a processor configured to determine, based on information about facial expressions or behaviors of one or more passengers riding in a vehicle that is under automatic driving control, whether or not the passenger has displayed a facial expression or behavior indicating a specific feeling, and estimate ride comfort of the vehicle felt by the passenger in accordance with a determination result; and evaluate the driving of the vehicle that is under the automatic driving control, based on an estimation result of the ride comfort.
US11332145B2
Apparatus for controlling a brightness of a display of a vehicle includes: an infrared illuminator, configured to emit infrared light in the vehicle; a near infrared (NIR) light sensing unit, configured to capture reflected infrared light; an image data processing unit, configured to analyze the reflected infrared light to generate a feedback; an imaging control unit, configured to adjust, in response to the feedback, one or more of a plurality of properties of the NIR light sensing unit, so that readouts of the NIR light sensing unit are within a first range, wherein the image data processing unit generates a calculated NIR intensity readout under the adjusted properties; a reconstruction unit, configured to reconstruct a human perceived brightness based on the calculated NIR intensity readout; and the display, configured to adjust the brightness. The NIR light sensing unit is a unit of a driver monitoring system (DMS).
US11332138B2
A method of operating a powertrain system during coasting operation, wherein the powertrain system includes a driveline component (e.g., a transmission, drive shaft, differential, axle or wheel) having an output torque profile. The method includes: (i) determining a desired output torque transition profile for the driveline component between a first transition point before an end of a first state, and a second transition point after a beginning of a second state; and (ii) in response to a braking torque request, generating a friction braking torque command to operate a friction braking system, and adjusting the friction braking torque command during a transitional state between the first and second transition points by an amount corresponding to a difference between a magnitude of the output torque profile and a magnitude of the desired output torque transition profile.
US11332133B2
A driver assist apparatus includes: an information acquisition section that obtains a detected information of a different vehicle driving; a calculation section that calculates a risk estimation value representing a level of risk imposed on the subject vehicle by the different vehicle; a selection section that selects driver assist content corresponding to the risk estimation value; and a merging determination section that determines whether the different vehicle cuts into the expected course. Driver assist corresponding to the different vehicle cutting into the expected course is performed earlier than driver assist corresponding to a preceding vehicle driving on a lane on which the subject vehicle drives.
US11332132B2
An autonomous vehicle navigates an intersection in which occlusions block the vehicle's ability to detect moving objects. The vehicle handles this by generating a phantom obstacle behind the occlusion. The vehicle will predict the speed of the phantom obstacle and use the predicted speed to assess whether the phantom obstacle may collide with the vehicle. If a collision is a risk, the vehicle will slow or stop until it confirms that either (a) the phantom obstacle is not a real obstacle or (b) the vehicle can proceed at a speed that avoids the collision. To determine which occlusions shield real objects, the system may use a rasterized visibility grid of the area to identify occlusions that may accommodate the object.
US11332127B2
A controller of an information processing apparatus is programmed to obtain a size of a vehicle to be parked in a parking lot, obtain information of a current free space of the parking lot, secure from the current free space of the parking lot a parking space that the obtained size matches; and provide the vehicle with guidance information indicating the secured parking space for driving the vehicle.
US11332118B2
Provided is an electric motor vehicle including a secondary battery, an electric motor, and a control device that controls an input to and an output from the secondary battery. Using an SOC of the secondary battery, the control device calculates a first OCV that is an OCV based on an assumption of absence of a change in voltage due to polarization. Using a voltage and a current of the secondary battery, the control device calculates a second OCV that is an OCV including a change in voltage due to polarization. When a voltage difference between the first OCV and the second OCV resulting from discharging of the secondary battery is large, the control device augments a limit value of electricity input into the secondary battery to be higher than a limit value when the voltage difference is small.
US11332115B2
A power regeneration system of a work vehicle includes: a first generator (12) and a second generator (31) that are driven by an engine (11); a first electric circuit (C1) for supplying electric power to traveling motors (10L, 10R); a second electric circuit (C2) for supplying electric power to an auxiliary device (35); a voltage step down converter (21) providing electric power from the first electric circuit to the second electric circuit; and a controller (51) that determines whether a travel mode of the work vehicle is a powering mode or a regeneration mode in order to control driving of the voltage step down converter. If the travel mode is the regeneration mode, the controller provides the regenerative power from the first electric circuit through the voltage step down converter to the second electric circuit, in order to drive the auxiliary device with the regenerative power.
US11332114B2
A vehicle control data generation method includes causing processing circuitry to execute an obtaining process that obtains a state of a vehicle and a specifying variable, an operating process that operates an electronic device, a reward calculating process that provides a greater reward when a characteristic of the vehicle meets a standard than when the characteristic does not meet the standard, and an updating process that updates relationship defining data. The update map outputs the updated relationship defining data. The reward calculating process includes a changing process that changes the reward, provided when the characteristic of the vehicle is a predetermined characteristic, such that the reward in a case where torque generated by an internal combustion engine is used to generate the propelling force of the vehicle differs from the reward in a case where the torque is not used to generate the propelling force.
US11332112B2
A brake system for a motor vehicle having hydraulically actuatable wheel brakes. Each wheel an electrically actuatable inlet valve and electrically actuatable outlet valve for setting wheel-specific brake pressures. A first electrically controllable pressure provision device is connected to a brake supply line to which the wheel brakes are connected. A second electrically controllable pressure provision device is connected to the brake supply line. A first electrical device activates the first pressure provision device. A second electrical device activates the second pressure provision device. Electrically independent first and second electrical partitions are provided. The first pressure provision device and the first electrical device are assigned to the first electrical partition and the second pressure provision device, the second electrical device and the inlet and outlet valves are assigned to the second electrical partition. The inlet and outlet valves are activated by the second electrical device.
US11332093B2
An assembly includes a steering wheel having a hub rotatable about a rotational axis and a rim spaced radially from the hub. The assembly includes a first airbag supported by the hub and inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The assembly includes a second airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The second airbag extending annularly around the rotational axis. The first airbag and the second airbag being spaced from each other along the rotational axis when the first airbag and the second airbag are in the uninflated position. The rim being between the first airbag and the second airbag when the first airbag and the second airbag are in the inflated position.
US11332090B2
A radar bracket mechanism arranged to accommodate a radar device behind a bumper skin of a vehicle. The radar bracket mechanism comprises a bracket arranged to accommodate the radar device, which bracket is flexibly mounted behind the bumper skin to allow the bumper skin to flex from a first position to a second position towards a body of the vehicle upon the bumper skin being subjected to a force exerting on an exterior of the bumper skin, and to allow the bumper skin to flex back to the first position when the exterior of the bumper skin no longer is being subjected to said force.
US11332086B2
A vehicle track assembly includes a conductive rail coupled to the track assembly. The conductive rail includes an electrically insulative substrate and one or more conductive strips attached to the substrate. The vehicle track assembly further includes a track-mounted component electrically coupled to the conductive rail. The track-mounted component includes a cantilevered biasing member and one or more electrical contacts. The cantilevered biasing member biases the one or more electrical contacts toward the one or more conductive strips to maintain an electrical connection between the one or more electrical contacts and the one or more conductive strips as the track-mounted component is moved along the conductive rail.
US11332072B2
A driving assistance apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to detect a state of surroundings of a mobile body, and reduce, when an object is detected during when a stationary sound is continuously output to a subject by using a plurality of sound sources that are arranged around the subject aboard the mobile body, output of the stationary sound toward the subject from a direction in which the object is detected.
US11332070B2
System and method for providing a warning to a driver when a tanker truck is in a potential hose drive-off situation. The system and method are designed to detect when a hose or other conduit is in close proximity or attached to the tanker truck and alert the driver. This hose drive-off warning system and method may also physically prevent the vehicle from driving away in some embodiments while the hose or other conduit is still attached to the vehicle.
US11332069B1
In various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicle apparatuses are provided. The method includes receiving, via an interface of the V2X enabled safety triangle warning reflector, vehicle information before deployment for storing the vehicle information in a memory disposed locally at the V2X enabled safety triangle warning reflector for subsequent use at the deployment; generating, by a processor chip in communication with the memory, a failure message associated with the vehicle failure based at least on the vehicle information contained locally in memory; and broadcasting, the failure message generated by the processor chip via a transmitter disposed of in the V2X enable safety triangle warning reflector during a vehicle failure, wherein the failure message is broadcasted in a surrounding area of the failure vehicle on a set of multiple different channels including cloud, infrastructure and personal communication service (PCS) channels to entities that provide traffic and vehicle control.
US11332068B2
A direction indicator control unit inhibits direction indicators of a host vehicle from making a directional indication when the host vehicle enters a roundabout determined to be present along a presumed traveling route on which the host vehicle is presumed to travel. A direction indicator control method also inhibits direction indicators.
US11332067B2
A management system for a work vehicle, includes: a traveling condition data generation unit configured to generate traveling condition data of a work vehicle having a notification device configured to notify a moving direction; a notification data generation unit configured to generate notification data for controlling the notification device such that, based on the traveling condition data, the notification device operates in a first state at a time of moving forward of the work vehicle, and the notification device operates in a second state different from the first state at a time of moving backward of the work vehicle; and an output unit configured to output the notification data, to the work vehicle.
US11332063B2
A vehicle lighting control apparatus includes a light control unit, a first detection unit and a second detection unit. The first detection unit detects a target object present outside an illumination range of a low beam of a vehicle, using a far-infrared camera. The second detection unit detects a location of the target object detected by the first detection unit, using a ranging sensor that measures a distance with a laser. The light control unit illuminates the location of the target object detected by the second detection unit with a marking light that can illuminate an area at a greater distance when compared with the low beam.
US11332060B2
Provided is an assembly including a dump body configured to be supported by a frame to be moved relative to the frame between a dump position and a load position. The dump body includes first and second sidewalls, a front wall, a floor having a first opening, a tailgate, and an apron below the tailgate, the apron having a second opening substantially perpendicular to the first opening. The assembly also includes an endless conveyor configured to direct material to the second opening and being removably attached to the dump body below the floor such that material is prevented from exiting the dump body through the first opening.
US11332059B2
A motor vehicle with a vehicle interior includes a dashboard arranged in front of at least one front seat. A storage device is movable in a reversible manner, by way of a movement mechanism, from a not-in-use position in the dashboard into a use position in front of the front seat. The storage device is arrested at least in the use position. In the use position, the storage device has a carrying structure made up of two laterally arranged, inflated supporting elements. An approximately horizontally oriented table top is arranged on the two supporting elements.
US11332056B2
A clip for securing a cover to an opening defined in a base includes a base defining a lower surface and an upper surface distal from the lower surface, the base further defining a cutout extending from the lower surface to the upper surface; a first wall extending from the upper surface of the base of the clip and defining a first latch nail at a distal end of the first wall; and a second wall extending from the upper surface of the base and defining a second latch nail at a distal end of the second wall, the first latch nail and the second latch nail defining a gap therebetween at the distal end of each of the first wall and the second wall, the cutout defined in the base between the first wall and the second wall.
US11332055B2
A pre-tensioning device for pre-tensioning a backrest of a vehicle rear seat is provided. The backrest is situated in an upright seating position and configured to be pivotable about a pivot axis that extends in a vehicle transverse direction, in the direction of a folded position which in relation to the seating position is disposed to be repositioned toward the front. In order for a pre-tensioning device which can be produced in a more cost-effective and light-weight manner and can be attached in a more durable manner to be provided, the pre-tensioning device has at least one leaf spring which is configured to be supported at least indirectly on a vehicle body, and is supported at least indirectly on the rear side of the backrest that faces away from a passenger cabin.
US11332054B2
A vehicle seat (10) has a seat cushion (20) and a seat back (30), which are affixed to the body of a vehicle. The seat back (30) has: a first member (50) which is formed in a plate-like shape; and a second member (60) with a hat-shaped cross-section, which is configured so that a flange section (61) is in contact with one surface, in a thickness direction, of the first member (50). A center bead (52) is provided at the center portion of the first member (50). The center bead (52) is configured so that a longitudinal end of the center bead (52) and the second member (60) are overlapped in a plan view viewed in the thickness direction of the first member (50). As a result, the first member (50) of the seat back (30) is prevented from being deformed at the longitudinal end of the center bead (52).
US11332053B2
A seat suspension with suspension strands which comprises a fan grille of plastic provided with anchoring points overmolded on at least some of the suspension strands.
US11332050B1
A vehicle seating assembly is provided that includes a seat rotatable about an axis of rotation disposed at a front of the seat between a sitting position and a standing position, a latch assembly rotatably coupled to the rear of the seat and releasably coupled to a track assembly disposed below the seat, wherein if the seat is in a sitting position, the latch assembly is in a locked position relative to the track assembly, and wherein if the seat is in a standing position, the latch assembly is in an unlocked position relative to the track assembly, and a connecting bar extending through the latch assembly, wherein the latch assembly is rotatable around the connecting bar as the seat moves between the sitting position and the standing position.
US11332049B2
The invention relates to a child safety seat (100) comprising an integral harness belt (106) for restraining a child in the child safety seat (100), a deflector (102) for the harness belt (106), an elastic mechanism (104) adapted for forcing the deflector (102) from a first position (114) to a second position (112), the harness belt (106) being guided by the deflector (102), wherein due to the guidance by the deflector (102) the harness belt (106) length available for buckling in the child is shorter in the second position (112) than in the first position (114), a latch mechanism transferable between a blocking position and a release position, the latch mechanism being adapted for blocking in the blocking position the deflector (102) against a movement toward the second position (112) and for releasing in the release position the deflector (102) for a movement induced by the forcing toward the second position (112), a release mechanism adapted for transferring the latch mechanism from the blocking position to the release position upon receiving a trigger signal, and a force-transmitting element (116) coupled to a motion element (130), the force-transmitting element (116) being adapted for transmitting a motion force from the motion element (130) to the deflector (102) that acts to force the deflector (102) from the second position (112) to the first position (114).
US11332035B2
A vehicle may include a generator configured to generate power; a battery configured to store power generated by the generator; a battery sensor configured to detect a voltage, current and state of charge (SOC) value of the battery; and a power management apparatus configured to receive the voltage, the current and the SOC value of the battery from the battery sensor, configured to identify whether the battery is low-charged based on the SOC value of the battery, and configured to identify a cause of the low charge of the battery based on the voltage and the current of the battery.
US11332030B2
An object is to provide a power system interconnection system and a method of installing the power system interconnection system that are able to supply a load with required power. A power system interconnection system comprises a storage battery an AC-DC power conversion device for the storage battery a charge and discharge station for an electric-powered automobile and an interconnection control device that are installed on a parking lot. The interconnection control device supplies a first load with power from at least one of the charge and discharge station and the AC-DC power conversion device in a case where the electric power system is in an emergency situation.
US11332029B2
A method for producing an active short circuit condition in an electric motor of a hybrid electric vehicle including a traction battery, an inverter having switches in communication with the electric motor and the traction battery, and an inverter controller in communication with the inverter and configured to generate driver signals to operate the switches to produce three-phase alternating current for the electric motor to drive a vehicle propulsion system or to produce direct current for charging the traction battery. The method includes determining an electric motor speed threshold, wherein the electric motor speed threshold is continuously variable, comparing a monitored speed to the speed threshold, and generating, in response to the monitored speed exceeding the speed threshold, driver signals to operate the switches to produce an active short circuit condition in the electric motor to prevent overcharging of the traction battery.
US11332023B2
A straddled vehicle includes a body frame, a seat, a battery case storing a battery and inertial measurement unit, a drive wheel. The battery case is provided such that its bottom portion protrudes toward the position between the rear suspension and the rear wheel. The inertial measurement unit is fixed to the bottom portion of the battery case at a position above the inertial measurement unit. The bottom portion of the battery case is located in a space other than a space in which the rear suspension and the drive wheel are positioned when the rear suspension is in a most contracted state due to absorbance of shock. At least the battery and the inertial measurement unit partially overlap each other in a plan view of the vehicle.
US11332022B2
A travel control device includes: a first planning unit that, in response to the automobile being predicted to enter a restricted section in which a traveling condition is restricted, plans a traveling mode satisfying the restricted traveling condition as a first traveling mode in the restricted section; a second planning unit that plans a second traveling mode in a preparation section so as to perform the first traveling mode planned by the first planning unit, the preparation section being defined as a section extending to the restricted section before the automobile enters the restricted section, the second traveling mode adjusting a value of at least one parameter related to the first traveling mode to a preparation value appropriate for the first traveling mode; a control unit that controls travel of the automobile in the preparation section so as to perform the second traveling mode planned by the second planning unit.
US11332021B2
A vehicle control apparatus for an electric vehicle including a battery and a motor includes a traveling controller. The traveling controller drives the motor on the basis of a carrier frequency to control a driving force of the electric vehicle and to cause the electric vehicle to travel, and changes the carrier frequency on the basis of a speed ratio set through a shift operation performed by a driver of the electric vehicle.
US11332018B2
A battery regenerative breaking control method applied in an electric vehicle is provided. The battery regenerative breaking control method includes: determining whether a battery pack is at a protection status when the electric vehicle is detected to be at a regenerative breaking status; recording a current battery error time point and obtaining a time threshold according to a current speed of the electric vehicle if it is determined that the battery pack is at the protection status; determining whether a current time is smaller than the time threshold; entering a first stage to adjust a pulse width modulation (PWM) duty cycle if the current time is smaller than the time threshold; and entering a second stage to adjust a PWM frequency if the current time is larger than the time threshold.
US11332017B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling the operation of an energy storage system (10) in a vehicle (30), preferably an electric or hybrid electric vehicle, said energy storage system (10) comprising at least two battery packs (12) connected in parallel, said energy storage system (10) being adapted to provide at least a nominal power functionality for propulsion of said vehicle (30) using an allowed operating extent of all of said battery packs (12) of said energy storage system (10), said allowed operating extent being a nominal working range of said battery packs (12); said method comprising disconnecting at least one battery pack (12); and setting said allowed operating extent for said remaining connected and active battery pack(s) (12) to an increased working range so as to enable said energy storage system (10) to provide said nominal power functionality to said vehicle (30), the method further comprising monitoring at least one accumulated parameter indicative of the operation of said energy storage system (10) from the time of disconnection of said at least one battery pack (12), and when said accumulated parameter reaches a threshold value, setting said allowed operating extent for said remaining battery pack(s) (12) to a decreased working range. The invention also relates to a control unit for controlling the operation of an energy storage system (10).
US11332010B2
According to embodiments of the present invention, an apparatus fora vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a support structure adapted to support a display panel, a drive assembly capable of selectively driving the support structure to rotate about a first axis and to rotate about a second axis, the first axis being different from the second axis, and a sensor arrangement located at a first predetermined position along a path of the rotation about the first axis and at a second predetermined position along a path of the rotation about the second axis, the sensor arrangement being configured to directly detect the support structure selectively at the first and second predetermined positions. According to further embodiments of the present invention, a display for a vehicle and a method for controlling an apparatus for a vehicle are also provided.
US11332008B2
A working machine has a display device including: an area display portion to display a setting area for setting the first priority value, the second priority value, and the third priority value; a first axis display portion including a first scale portion indicating the first priority value depending on a distance from the reference point; a second axis display portion including a second scale portion indicating the second priority value depending on a distance from the reference point; a third axis display portion including a third scale portion indicating the third priority value depending on a distance from the reference point; and a marker display portion to be indicated in a partial area corresponding to at least two of the first axis display portion, the second axis display portion, and the third axis display portion.
US11332003B2
This disclosure relates to a fuel or charging port door assembly of a motor vehicle. In particular, this disclosure relates to a fuel or charging port door assembly configured to permit a door to open when an override force is applied using an assist tool, for example. An example vehicle includes a door configured to move relative to a body of the vehicle between open and closed positions. The door is a fuel door or a charging port door. The vehicle also includes a lock assembly including a base and a tip. The base is configured to hold the tip during normal operating conditions, and the base and tip are configured to separate upon application of an override force to the door.
US11332001B2
A vehicle power system includes a battery bus between a traction battery and voltage converter, a high-voltage bus between the voltage converter and an inverter, and a controller. The controller, responsive to a contactor between the traction battery and voltage converter opening, controls an engine to maintain a speed of a generator electrically coupled with the inverter within a predefined range, controls the voltage converter to drive a measured voltage of the battery bus toward a first commanded value based on a first difference between the first commanded value and measured voltage of the battery bus, and controls the generator to drive a measured voltage of the high-voltage bus toward a second commanded value different than the first commanded value based on the first difference and a second difference between the second commanded value and the measured voltage of the high-voltage bus.
US11331996B2
A transmission has an input shaft, an output shaft coaxial to the input shaft, an intermediate shaft, a differential gear, and only one electric machine for driving a hybrid vehicle. The rotational axes of the input shaft, the intermediate shaft, the differential gear, and a rotor of the electric machine are axially parallel. The differential gear includes torque-transmitting interfaces to drive shafts connected to driving wheels of the hybrid vehicle. Torque is transmitted between the output shaft and the differential gear via the intermediate shaft. The rotor is permanently connected, via a constant gear ratio, to either the input shaft or a further shaft of the transmission. The rotational axis of the intermediate shaft is arranged spatially below a connection line between the rotational axes of the input shaft and the differential gear, and the rotational axis of the rotor is arranged spatially above the connection line.
US11331991B2
An electric powertrain includes a first electric motor that has an uninterrupted connection with a drive shaft of a vehicle. The electric powertrain further includes a second electric motor that has an interruptible connection with the drive shaft. In one form, this interruptible connection includes a clutch. The electric powertrain further includes a first gear train in the form of a first planetary gear and a second gear train in the form of a second planetary gear. In one form, the first electric motor and second electric motor are the same type of electric motor, and in another form, the first electric motor and second electric motor are different types of electric motors.
US11331989B2
A tonneau cover access panel assembly connectable to a vehicle that eliminates the need for side rails to both locate and tension a tonneau cover. The assembly also reduces weight and complexity. The assembly incorporates a readily accessible rear latching system that reduces or eliminates interference with the tonneau cover during operation. The assembly also incorporates a tonneau cover tensioning system. The tension seals out environmental elements and holds the tonneau cover and locating bows in place. The assembly holds the tonneau in the closed tension state keeping the tonneau cover secured and tight until the cover is opened by an operator. The assembly is movable between a closed position and a fully open/stowable position and any intermediate positions. The assembly is also movable between at least a first open position and the deployed position for more limiting access to the cargo bed of the vehicle when desired.
US11331984B2
A vehicular rear slider window assembly includes an upper rail and a lower rail and a fixed window panel. The rails are attached at an inner surface of the fixed window panel above and below an opening. First and second movable window panels are movable along the rails. The drive system includes a drive element at the first movable window panel, a gear element rotatably mounted at a rail of the window assembly, and first and second toothed tracks attached at the respective movable window panel and extending toward and overlapping the other movable window panel. When the drive system is operated, the drive element imparts movement of the first movable window panel along the rails. Movement of the first movable window panel causes a corresponding movement of the second movable window panel in an opposite direction along the rails via engagement of the gear element with the toothed tracks.
US11331982B2
An apparatus and method are provided for purifying air for breathing. The apparatus includes an armrest having a receiver and an air purification module releasably received in the receiver. The air purification module is portable and displaceable between a first operating position held in the receiver and a second operating position remote from the armrest and the vehicle.
US11331980B2
Disclosed is a vehicle air conditioner, wherein an integrated air conditioning module using a heat pump system enables, in order to secure interior space, the optimizing of the arrangement thereof and the arrangements among the elements thereof, and the increasing of a coupling force between an air conditioning module and a distribution duct.
US11331979B2
A cooling system for an eco-friendly vehicle is provided. The system includes an electronic component cooling device that cools an electronic component of an eco-friendly vehicle and a battery cooling device that cools a battery installed within the eco-friendly vehicle. A connector connects the electronic component cooling device and the battery cooling device with each other.
US11331978B2
An integrated heat management system for a vehicle includes an air conditioner configured to cool or heat a passenger compartment using a refrigerant, a water-cooled cooling device configured to cool a specific device using the refrigerant of the air conditioner, and an air conditioning load change preventing unit configured to prevent a sudden change in an air conditioning load of the air conditioner when turning on or off the water-cooled cooling device with respect to the air conditioner.
US11331974B2
A bracket for a vehicle stabilizer is provided and includes an elastomer element for receiving a stabilizer spring, a first and a second bracket element. The first and the second bracket elements are connectable in such a way that the elastomer element is fixed between the first and the second bracket elements. A connection means for connecting the first and the second bracket elements is formed on the first and second bracket elements, the connection means has at least one connection pin and a connection recess. In a connection state of the first bracket element and of the second bracket element, the connection pin is inserted into the connection recess, and in the connection state the connection pin is frictionally fixed in the connection recess and/or the connection pin is riveted in the connection recess in a positive manner and/or the connection pin is cohesively fixed in the connection recess.
US11331966B2
A pneumatic tire includes: an annular-shaped tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction; a pair of sidewall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion; and a pair of bead portions disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the sidewall portions; wherein a band-like sound absorbing member is adhered on an inner surface of the tread portion in the tire circumferential direction; and a plurality of cuts with an angle θ with regard to the tire circumferential direction within a range of 40°≤θ≤90° are formed on both end portions in a lateral direction of the band-like sound absorbing member, and the cuts are connected only to one end portion in the lateral direction of the band-like sound absorbing member.
US11331965B2
A pneumatic tire is provided, including: an annular-shaped tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction; a pair of sidewall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion; and a pair of bead portions disposed on an inner side in a tire radial direction of the sidewall portions; wherein a band-like sound absorbing member is adhered on an inner surface of the tread portion in the tire circumferential direction; and the band-like sound absorbing member has a plurality of cuts extending in two mutually intersecting directions, and of the cuts, a cut extending in one direction is a cut extending parallel with regard to a tire lateral direction or tire circumferential direction.
US11331962B2
A tire including a bead core, a bead filler extending to an outer side in a tire-radial direction of the bead core, and a carcass play extending from the bead core to another bead core and folded back around the bead core, further including a steel chafer arranged so as to cover the carcass ply around the bead core, a first pad which covers outside in the tire-width direction of a folding end of the carcass ply at the outside in the tire-radial direction of an end part of the steel chafer, and a second pad which covers the outer side in the tire-width direction of the first pad, in which an electronic component is provided between the first pad and second pad.
US11331960B2
Of layers configuring a bead core of a pneumatic tire, the width W0 of one of the layers including the greatest number of rows, the width W1, W2 of other of the layers located respectively innermost and outermost in the radial direction satisfy W1>W2 and W2≤0.5×W0. The position of width W0 is inward in the radial direction of the center of the bead core. A carcass is folded and curved along the bead core and extends toward sidewalls where a folded back portion of the carcass contacts a body of the carcass. A rubber occupancy ratio in a closed region formed by the body and the folded back portion is 0.1% to 15%. The cross-sectional area S2 and hardness H2 of a filler outward of the carcass in the lateral direction, and the cross-sectional area S1 and the hardness H1 of the side reinforcing layer satisfy 0.12≤(S2×H2)/(S1×H1)≤0.50.
US11331957B2
A pneumatic tire includes lug grooves arranged in a circumferential direction in a tread surface of a land portion defined by two main grooves adjacent in a lateral direction, the lug grooves each crossing the circumferential direction and communicating at both ends with the main grooves, defining the land portion in the circumferential direction. A notch portion is formed on an opening edge of the lug grooves. The notch portion is cutout from the tread surface inward in a radial direction. The lug grooves have a maximum groove width at a position from 30% to 70% of a lateral direction dimension of the land portion from one of the main grooves and a groove width that decreases from the maximum groove width to the main grooves. The notch portion has a notch width that increases from a position of the maximum groove width of the lug grooves to the main grooves.
US11331950B2
A non-pneumatic tire comprises: a band part including an inner band and an outer band, the outer band being separated from the inner band by a predetermined distance to surround the inner band; and a spoke part provided to extend in a circumferential direction of the tire between the inner band and the outer band, the spoke part including one or more holes when viewed in the circumferential direction and one or more holes when viewed in an axial direction of the tire.
US11331948B2
A radial tire (10) for a heavy vehicle of construction plant type, and more particularly, the sidewalls thereof (20), arranged to minimize the temperature of the tire while guaranteeing its electrical conductivity. The tread (30) comprises two tread wings (31) and a central portion (32). The bead layer (71), the elastomeric coating compound of the carcass layer (50), the second sidewall layer (22) and the tread wing (31) constitute a preferential conductive pathway of the electric charges between the rim and the ground when the tire is mounted on its rim and flattened on the ground.
US11331938B1
A method for generating three dimensional indicators for the visually impaired. The method includes selecting one or more pre-designed symbols from a plurality of pre-designed symbols. The pre-designed symbols represent standard building layout features and are sized to be readable via a physical touch. The method further includes inserting the one or more selected symbols into a two dimensional digital layout, and generating one or more of an orientation object and a legend object into the two dimensional digital layout. The method further includes converting the two dimensional digital layout into a three dimensional digital model, and generating an output file including the three dimensional model in a format compatible with a three dimensional printing device.
US11331937B2
A security element formed on a substrate having a printing side and a viewing side is provided, the security element including: a first image portion provided on the printing side of the substrate, the first image portion including one or more micro-image elements; a second image portion provided on the printing side and/or the viewing side of the substrate; and a plurality of focussing elements disposed on or in the viewing side of the substrate for observing the one or more micro-image elements; wherein the first image portion and the second image portion are integrated into at least one distinguishable security element when observed from the viewing side of the substrate.
US11331936B2
To provide a spindle supporting a roll body on which a sheet-shaped medium is wound and rotationally driving the roll body. The spindle includes a shaft member to be inserted into the roll body, a gear fixed on a tip side of the shaft member in an axial direction, a spacer member contacting both of the shaft member and the gear, and a coupling member coupling the shaft member to the gear. In the axial direction of the shaft member, a contact area of the spacer member and the gear is larger than a contact area of the shaft member and the spacer member. The gear is coupled to the coupling member in the axial direction and the shaft member is coupled to the coupling member in an intersecting direction intersecting the axial direction.
US11331935B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, an irradiator, a carriage, and a conveyance controller. The liquid discharge head discharges liquid to a recording medium to form a liquid application surface. The irradiator emits active energy rays toward the liquid application surface. The carriage is mounted with the liquid discharge head and the irradiator. The conveyance controller conveys the carriage. The irradiator includes a first irradiator that is provided on one side surface of the carriage in a direction in which the carriage is conveyed and a second irradiator that is provided on another side surface of the carriage in the direction in which the carriage is conveyed. A position of the first irradiator and a position of the second irradiator in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the carriage is conveyed, on irradiation of the active energy rays, are different from each other.
US11331931B2
A liquid droplet discharge apparatus includes: a conveyor which conveys a recording medium in a sub-scanning direction; a head unit including first-kind nozzles and at least one second-kind nozzle; a moving device configured to move the head unit in a main scanning direction intersecting with the sub-scanning direction; and a controller. The controller executes: a first data generation process for generating a first data being used for forming a first image; a second data generation process for generating a second data being used for forming a second image; and a forming process for forming dots by controlling the head unit, the moving device, and the conveyor based on the first data and the second data to discharge liquid droplets on the recording medium.
US11331929B2
A recording apparatus includes a carriage configured to move in a width direction intersecting a medium transport direction, a recording head mounted on the carriage, a liquid storage section configured to store a liquid to be supplied to the recording head, the liquid storage section including an injection port configured to receive the liquid from a refill container and a liquid-level visual-check section through which a liquid level of the liquid is visually checked, and a display section configured to accept various setting operations, in which the liquid-level visual-check section and the display section are disposed on an apparatus front surface side, and the display section is disposed above the liquid-level visual-check section.
US11331928B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a state detection unit configured to detect states of the liquids contained in the plurality of liquid tanks; a light emission unit attached to an external surface of the information processing apparatus with a cover closed, the cover being opened when the plurality of tanks are operated; and a control unit configured to control the light emission unit, based on a fact that the state of the liquid detected by the state detection unit is a predetermined state in one of the plurality of liquid tanks, so that the light emission unit emits light in a light emission pattern corresponding to the liquid tank that contains the liquid in the predetermined state, out of a plurality of light emission patterns corresponding to the plurality of liquid tanks.
US11331921B2
A facility for applying a coating product including a set of printing nozzles, each nozzle including an outlet channel emerging in the downstream direction by a coating product discharge orifice, the facility further including a cleaning station for at least one nozzle of the set of printing nozzles, the station including at least one cleaning fluid injector in the outlet channel of the printing nozzle, through its discharge orifice.
US11331916B2
A liquid ejecting head including a flow path forming substrate in which a pressure chamber is formed, a diaphragm, and a piezoelectric actuator. The piezoelectric actuator includes an active portion in which a piezoelectric layer is interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode. The active portion, in plan view, overlaps at least a portion of the pressure chamber and is provided so as to extend to an outside of the pressure chamber. The pressure chamber is formed so that, the closer to the piezoelectric actuator in a layered direction of the flow path forming substrate and the diaphragm, a width of the pressure chamber in a direction intersecting the layered direction becomes smaller.
US11331910B2
The present invention provides a fine bubble generating apparatus capable of generating fine bubbles efficiently. The present invention includes a fluid flow passage that includes a narrow portion in at least a part thereof, a heating part capable of heating a liquid flowing through the fluid flow passage, and a controlling unit that controls the heating part. The controlling unit controls the heating part to generate film boiling in the liquid to generate ultrafine bubbles.
US11331908B2
A liquid ejection head unit includes an ejection unit that ejects a liquid, a first wire configured to supply a fixed potential used for driving the ejection unit, a second wire configured to transmit a pulse signal that defines an ejection timing of the liquid in the ejection unit, a first counter whose count value changes based on a potential change in the first wire, a second counter whose count value changes based on a potential change in the second wire, and an ejection restriction unit that restricts an ejection operation of the liquid in the ejection unit according to a count value of the first counter and a count value of the second counter.
US11331893B2
A film-application apparatus includes a body including a first body half, a second body half, and a hinge coupling the body halves; and a squeegee blade movable from a first position relative to the body to a second position relative to the body. The second body half is rotatable about the hinge relative to the first body half to a closed position. When the second body half is in the closed position, the body includes a top ring and a bottom ring both centered on an axis and defining an axial gap therebetween. When the second body half is in the closed position and the body is enclosing a sensor having a cylindrical sensor window, the axial gap exposes the cylindrical sensor window, and moving the squeegee blade from the first position to the second position covers substantially an entire surface area of the cylindrical sensor window.
US11331885B2
An illuminating glazing unit includes a first transparent sheet of glass drilled with a through-hole delimited by an internal wall; at least one inorganic light-emitting diode including an emission surface emitting light in a main direction of emission substantially orthogonal to the emission surface; and a light guide element including an input face arranged facing the emission surface, a body and an output face arranged facing the internal wall, the light-emitting diode having an emission cone of at least 80°.
US11331883B2
A diffusion barrier structure, and a conductive laminate and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The conductive laminate includes a substrate, a diffusion barrier structure, and a conductive layer. The diffusion barrier structure is formed between the substrate and the conductive layer. The diffusion barrier structure includes a discontinuous modifying layer and a barrier layer. The discontinuous modifying layer is disposed on the substrate. A material for composing the discontinuous modifying layer is a polymer with hydrophilic group. The barrier layer is disposed on the substrate and the discontinuous modifying layer. A material for composing the barrier layer includes at least one self-healing polymer.
US11331879B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an inorganic board suitable for achieving high specific strength and high freeze-thaw resistance as well as weight reduction and a method for producing the inorganic board. An inorganic board X1 according to the present invention includes a cured layer 11 that includes an inorganic cured matrix, an organic reinforcement material dispersed therein, and a hollow body that is attached to the organic reinforcement material and is smaller than the maximum length of the organic reinforcement material. A method for producing an inorganic board according to the present invention includes a first step of preparing a first mixture through mixing of an organic reinforcement material and a hollow body smaller than the maximum length of the organic reinforcement material, a second step of preparing a second mixture through mixing of the first mixture, a hydraulic material, and a siliceous material, and a third step of forming a second mixture mat by depositing the second mixture.
US11331875B2
Articles comprising an outer fabric layer and a laminate are provided. The laminate may include a barrier film layer and an inner fabric layer, in which the outer fabric layer at least partially encircles and overlies the laminate. The outer fabric layer comprises an outer fabric layer seal and the laminate comprises a laminate seal that is separate and distinct from the outer fabric seal. The articles may be devoid of any bonds between the outer fabric layer and the laminate.
US11331871B2
A press load measuring apparatus for a press machine of 1-point type includes: a plurality of strain gauges attached to the respective columns of the press machine, the plurality of strain gauges detecting respective strains generated in the respective columns in association with a press load acting on the slide; a bending moment calculator configured to calculate bending moments acting on respective columns based on an angle formed between a direction of movement of the slide and the connecting rod; and a press partial load calculator configured to calculate press partial load signals corresponding to the respective columns, an impact of bending strain components caused by the bending moments included in the strain signals being eliminated from the press partial load signals based on the bending moments acting on the respective columns detected by strain gauges attached to the respective columns.
US11331867B2
A manufacturing tool for forming composite structures includes at least one interchangeable mold template having a plurality of incorporated part shapes, and a backbone that connects to and supports the at least one interchangeable mold template during a process of laying up prepreg composite material to form a plurality of three-dimensional structures corresponding to the plurality of incorporated part shapes. A method for simultaneous manufacture of a plurality of composite structures includes providing an interchangeable mold template having a plurality of three-dimensional part shapes, fastening the interchangeable mold template to a backbone structure, laying up prepreg material over the interchangeable mold template to form a material layer, repeating laying up prepreg material to form a plurality of material layers each having a predetermined fiber orientation, and curing the plurality of material layers on the interchangeable mold template to form a plurality of structures corresponding to the three-dimensional part shapes.
US11331864B2
Resin infusing a composite preform includes placing a first vacuum bagging film over a tool surface and the composite preform to define a sealed first chamber. A bridge structure has an underside defining a cavity above the first vacuum bagging film. A second vacuum bagging film is placed over the first vacuum bagging film and the bridge structure to define a sealed second chamber. At least partial vacuum pressure is applied to the first chamber to drive resin from a resin supply through the first chamber, infusing the composite preform with resin. Partial vacuum pressure is applied inside the second chamber and an exterior pressure is applied outside the second vacuum bagging film while. The exterior pressure exceeds the pressure applied to the first and second chambers, thereby compacting the composite preform outside of a region, with the bridge supporting the second vacuum bagging film against the exterior pressure.
US11331849B2
A bottom-up powder conveying mechanism for a powder bed-based laser melting (PBLM) system includes a powder reservoir having a movable floor operable as a piston to convey powder towards an upper opening in the powder reservoir opposite the floor and through the upper opening to a working plane of the PBLM system. The bottom-up powder conveying mechanism further includes an external reservoir connected, via a sloping conduit, to the powder reservoir for conducting powder to the powder reservoir. The powder reservoir includes a side wall with a lower opening that is lower than the upper opening in the powder reservoir and through which the powder reservoir can be filled with the powder. The lower opening is connected in a gas-tight and releasable manner to the sloping conduit in order to be able to conduct the powder in a gravity-driven manner from the external reservoir into the powder reservoir.
US11331845B2
A configuration including: a primary blow molding station including: an injection molding part configured to injection-mold a plurality of preforms simultaneously; a primary blow molding part configured to blow-mold the preform to form a first blow-molded article; and a first transport device including a first transport path and configured to intermittently circulate and transport a plurality of the preforms and the first blow-molded article along the first transport path at a predetermined interval; and a secondary blow molding station installed independently of the primary blow molding station, the secondary blow molding station including: a secondary blow molding part configured to blow-mold the first blow-molded article to form a resin container; and a second transport device configured to hold the first blow-molded article at a downstream side of the primary blow molding part in the first transport path and transport the first blow-molded article to the secondary blow molding part.
US11331840B2
A lamination forming system includes a melt extruder, a nozzle head and a carrier unit. The melt extruder is configured to melt a plastic raw material into a plastic melt and to deliver the same. The nozzle head includes a sprue channel that has an inlet connected to the melt extruder for entry of the melt plastic into the sprue channel, and an outlet disposed distally from the inlet to deliver the plastic melt from the sprue channel. The carrier unit includes a slide table controllable to move relative to the nozzle head. The slide table is configure to carry the plastic melt outputted from the nozzle head.
US11331832B2
A method for forming a tool for creating a formed component includes providing a forming tool having a core and cavity with respective core and cavity shutoff bands. Core and cavity finished parting planes are determined, wherein the engagement of the core and cavity finished parting planes defines a forming cavity. Rough portions of the core and cavity shutoff bands are removed to define respective rough parting planes. The respective rough parting planes are offset by approximately 130 microns from the respective core and cavity finished parting planes. The core and cavity are semi-finished to relieve stress within the core and cavity. The core and cavity shutoff bands are fine cut so that outer surfaces of the core and cavity shutoff bands are equal to the respective finished parting planes. The engagement between the core and cavity outer surfaces is substantially free of gaps.
US11331831B2
The invention relates to a installation (4) for recycling composite materials comprising a horizontal reactor (5) with a first zone (1), second zone (2) and third zone (3), which are leak-tight and independent, aligned with and separated from one another by means of gates that allow the passage of the composite material to be recycled only when the process has ended in a previous zone. The first zone (1) comprises a rotation mechanism (9) for rotating the material and gas outlet means (8). The second zone (2) comprises air injectors (10) and gas outlet means (11). The third zone (3) comprises cooling means. The invention also relates to a method for recycling composite materials comprising a first pyrolysis phase, a second gassing phase for gassing the material resulting from the first phase, and a third cooling phase for cooling the reinforcement material.
US11331822B2
A wirelessly charging hair clipper is provided. The hair clipper includes a housing that includes a plurality of blades that are driven by an electric motor to allow the plurality of blades to oscillate from side to side relative to one another to cut hair. The housing supports a receiving assembly that is electromagnetically coupled to a transmitting assembly of a charging platform to form an inductive charging system. The housing of the hair clipper is configured to be placed against the charging platform, wherein the transmitting assembly transmits a current by an electromagnetic field to the receiving assembly to recharge a battery electrically connected to the receiving assembly, thereby wirelessly charging the hair clipper. The wirelessly charging hair clipper is configured to prevent clutter by eliminating electrical wires that are constantly entangled.
US11331817B2
A maintenance apparatus of a robot includes a pair of parallel rails removably installed on opposite sides in a predetermined direction to a robot, and a number of sliders, at least one of the number of sliders is attached to each of the pair of rails, and each of the sliders is configured to support an arm part or a reducer of the robot, and move the supported arm part or reducer along the rails.
US11331803B2
A computer-based system and method is disclosed for spatial programming of a robotic device. A mixed reality tool may select an object related to one or more interactive tasks for the robotic device. A spatial location of the object may be located including Cartesian coordinates and orientation coordinates of the object. An application program may be executed to operate the robotic device using the spatial location. Based on initial parameters, execution of the one or more tasks by the robotic device on the object related to a skill set may be simulated in a mixed reality environment.
US11331802B2
A method for controlling an arm of a robot to imitate a human arm, includes: acquiring first pose information of key points of a human arm to be imitated; converting the first pose information into second pose information of key points of an arm of a robot; determining an angle value of each joint of the arm according to inverse kinematics of the arm based on the second pose information; and controlling the arm to move according to the angle values.
US11331799B1
Grasping of an object, by an end effector of a robot, based on a final grasp pose, of the end effector, that is determined after the end effector has been traversed to a pre-grasp pose. An end effector vision component can be utilized to capture instance(s) of end effector vision data after the end effector has been traversed to the pre-grasp pose, and the final grasp pose can be determined based on the end effector vision data. For example, the final grasp pose can be determined based on selecting instance(s) of pre-stored visual features(s) that satisfy similarity condition(s) relative to current visual features of the instance(s) of end effector vision data, and determining the final grasp pose based on pre-stored grasp criteria stored in association with the selected instance(s) of pre-stored visual feature(s).
US11331797B2
A continuum robot includes a curvable first curvable portion, a curvable second curvable portion provided adjacent to the first curvable portion, a first wire connected to the first curvable portion, a second wire connected to the second curvable portion, and a control unit which controls curves of the first curvable portion and the second curvable portion by controlling driving of the first wire and the second wire. The control unit controls driving of the first wire and the second wire on the basis of a kinematic model in consideration of a curve of the second curvable portion accompanying driving the first wire and a curve of the first curvable portion accompanying driving of the second wire. Alternatively, the control unit controls driving of the first wire and the second wire so that a curve target value of the first curvable portion is achieved by the sum of curved amounts of the first curvable portion and the second curvable portion.
US11331794B2
An inverse kinematics solution system for use with a robot, which is used for obtaining a joint angle value corresponding to a target pose value on the basis of an inputted target pose value and degree of freedom of a robot and which comprises: a parameters initialization module, an inverse kinematics scheduler, a Jacobian calculating unit, a pose updating unit and a parameters selector. The system is implemented by means of hardware and may quickly obtain motion parameters, which are used for controlling a robot, while reducing power consumption.
US11331771B2
An apparatus and a method for treating a surface to definitely, and with a high quality, finish an object to be processed, are obtained. In the step of a first check, the numbers of objects (W) that are carried into areas (20A, 42A, 74A) where the steps of pre-cleaning, shot peening, and post-cleaning, are carried out, are counted and the conditions of the surfaces of the objects are detected. In the step of a second check, the numbers of objects (W) that are carried out of the areas are counted and the conditions of the surfaces of the objects are detected.
US11331770B2
An omni-directional conditioner device includes a carrier that includes a holding part for holding and rotating an object for polishing purpose; a conditioner disposed around the carrier; and a transmission mechanism connected with the carrier on one side and the conditioner on the other side, the transmission mechanism including at least one directional adjustment unit that controls the rotational direction of the conditioner. When the directional adjustment unit is set in one position, the carrier and the conditioner rotate in a same direction, and when the directional adjustment unit is set in another position, the carrier and the conditioner rotate in opposite directions.
US11331768B2
A polishing head having a simple construction and a compact size is disclosed. The polishing head includes: a polishing-tool pressing member for supporting a polishing tool; a movable shaft coupled to the polishing-tool pressing member; a housing which houses the movable shaft therein; and a diaphragm which forms a pressure chamber between an end portion of the movable shaft and the housing, the diaphragm including a central portion in contact with the end portion of the movable shaft, an inner wall portion connecting with the central portion and extending along a side surface of the movable shaft, a folded-back portion connecting with the inner wall portion and having a curved cross section, and an outer wall portion connecting with the folded-back portion and located outside the inner wall portion.
US11331764B2
A polishing device includes a polishing table comprising a polishing surface, a top ring configured to press a polishing target surface against the polishing surface and comprising a plurality of pressing portions configured to independently apply a pressing force to a plurality of areas of the wafer, and a controller configured to store a first pressing portion effect rate for a first pressing portion of the plurality of pressing portions in a storage unit, the first pressing portion effect rate being a change in polishing amount of the polishing target surface for a change in pressing force applied by the first pressing portion and control the pressing force applied by the first pressing portion based on the first pressing portion effect rate and a polishing profile of the polishing target surface.
US11331760B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a tool and method for alignment adjustment of machinery. The tool may include a bottom plate, a top plate oriented in parallel planes, a low friction intermediate element between bottom plate and top plate, and a hydraulic actuator or electro-mechanic actuator arranged between the bottom plate and the top plate and capable of moving the top plate relative to the bottom plate.
US11331754B2
An AM apparatus for an AM process is provided. The AM apparatus includes a build chamber with a build plate to support one or more parts built with a powder, during a build operation. The AM apparatus further includes a laser assembly operable to deliver a melting laser beam, to melt and fuse the powder used to build the one or more parts. The AM apparatus further includes a part detachment assembly, separate from the laser assembly and operable for a cutting operation. The part detachment assembly includes one or more laser beam delivery apparatuses, each operable to deliver a cutting laser beam, and a part holder apparatus. During the cutting operation, the part holder apparatus holds the one or more parts, and each of the laser beam delivery apparatus(es) delivers the cutting laser beam, to detach the one or more parts from the build plate within the AM apparatus.
US11331748B2
The invention relates to a method for machining a multi-layer workpiece blank (3) by means of a laser beam, comprising the following steps: specifying a machining program for machining the workpiece blank according to an ablation geometry in order to generate a desired edge and/or surface geometry (13) using a laser machining device; tensioning the workpiece blank in the laser machining device and positioning the workpiece holder in a measuring position; measuring a thickness of at least one of the layers of the multi-layer workpiece blank (3); modifying the machining program in order to machine the multi-layer workpiece blank (3) according to the measured layer thickness with an consistent ablation geometry; and machining the tensioned workpiece blank (3) using the modified machining program via a laser of the laser machining device in order to generate the desired edge and/or surface geometry (13) with a cutting edge (12). The invention also relates to a correspondingly configured device.
US11331746B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for changing the welding direction of the welding shoulder of a system for a friction stir welding process virtually without delay when required by the geometric arrangement of the joint partners to be welded or by a material unevenness, having the following method features: a) a main part (1) with a horizontally movable bridge support (5) has a friction welding head (12) which can be vertically adjusted together therewith and which has a pin receiving area (13) for mounting and driving a welding pin tip (14), wherein the welding shoulder (18) has a welding shoulder receiving area (17) which is supported at multiple points, and b) the welding shoulder receiving area (17) can be adjusted to any angle of attack relative to the joint partners by means of different push-pull rods (16) during the welding process.
US11331743B2
In some aspects, a replaceable consumable component for performing a cutting or welding operation can include a body and a readable data storage device coupled to the body or integrated within the body, wherein the data storage device contains an operation instruction for a cutting or welding device.
US11331741B2
A system and device operating using a welding power bus are provided. One welding power supply includes control circuitry configured to control the operation of the welding power supply and power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to output welding power. The welding power supply also includes welding terminals configured to receive the output welding power from the power conversion circuitry and to provide the output welding power to a device that does not use the welding power for a welding operation. The control circuitry is configured to adapt the output welding power to the device.
US11331722B2
A method of forming one of a plurality of encapsulated crystalline particles includes feeding a coaxial feed wire downwardly such that a first wire end of the coaxial feed wire is positioned at a heating source. The coaxial feed wire includes a crystalline wire core, and an amorphous shell surrounding the crystalline wire core. The first end of the coaxial feed wire is heated at the heating source, thereby forming a molten pendant drop at the first wire end. The plurality of encapsulated crystalline particles are emitted from the molten pendant drop onto a collector located below the molten pendant drop.
US11331721B2
Provided are a new, highly magnetically stable magnetic material which has higher saturation magnetization than ferrite-based magnetic materials, and with which problems of eddy current loss and the like can be solved due to higher electric resistivity than that of existing metal-based magnetic materials, and a method for manufacturing the same. A magnetic material powder is obtained by reducing in hydrogen Ni-ferrite nanoparticies obtained by wet synthesis and causing grain growth, while simultaneously causing nanodispersion of an α-(Fe, Ni) phase and an Ni-enriched phase by means of a phase dissociation phenomenon due to disproportional reaction. The powder is sintered to obtain a solid magnetic material.
US11331717B2
A method of manufacturing semi-solidified molten metal includes a step of keeping discharging inert gas from a probe in a continuous manner, and inserting the probe into molten metal held at a temperature that is higher than a temperature of the probe and that is equal to or higher than a liquidus-line temperature, a step of extracting the inserted probe from the molten metal such that at least part of a region of a surface of the inserted probe that is in contact with the molten metal is exposed from the molten metal, and a step of inserting the extracted probe again into the molten metal.
US11331712B2
A transfer mechanism includes a rail, first and second tables on the rail, first and second arms each having a base pivotably supported by the first and second tables, respectively, and first and second drive mechanisms that move the first and second tables along the rail, respectively. The first and second arms are pivotaly connected to each other at a position between a tip side and a base side. Tip side portions of the first and second arms than a connected portion of the first and second arms serve as fingers for holding a workpiece. The first and second drive mechanisms independently move the first and second tables, respectively. A relative movement of the first and second tables causes the first and second arms to operate a clamp/unclamp operation. A coordinated movement of the first and second tables causes the first and second arms to perform an advance/return operation.
US11331707B2
A pipe is formed by press molding a U-shaped member including a U-shaped cross section. The U-shaped cross section includes at least five curved portions. The curved portions include a center curved portion facing an opening of the U-shaped cross section defined by both edges of the U-shaped cross section; a first right curved portion; a second right curved portion; a first left curved portion; and a second left curved portion. At least the center curved portion, the first right curved portion, and the first left curved portion each have a radius of curvature smaller than a radius of curvature of a corresponding portion of the pipe cross section.
US11331705B2
An industrial facility includes: a metal strip in motion; and/or at least one work cylinder; a contactless wiping system of a cooling liquid and/or lubricant jet or stream driven by a surface of the metal strip in motion or the work cylinder, the wiping system including a separating cleat with integrated supply of cooling liquid ending with a nozzle bar to be placed along a width of the metal strip or the cylinder and separated, during use, by a determined interval with respect to the metal strip or the work cylinder, the nozzle bar being oriented so as to supply a jet in a for of a liquid curtain oriented along a direction that is substantially opposite a scrolling direction of the strip or a rotation direction of the cylinder; and a liquid recovery trough, oriented such that during use, liquid sprayed by the nozzles deflects the jet.
US11331699B2
A pipe cleaning robotic device for sludge removal and suction and discharge includes a rail having a plurality of receiving grooves spaced at a predetermined distance on one side thereof; a fixed unit formed at an end of the rail, inserted into a pipe, and fixed in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the pipe; a driving unit mounted on the rail and movable in forward and backward directions along the rail by a wheel drive rotated by an external power; a cylindrical frame for moving and rotating in the forward and backward directions according to driving of the wheel drive; and a sound wave generator formed on one side of an outer circumference of the frame to generate a sound wave to remove the sludge in the pipe cleaning robotic device.
US11331696B2
Alkaline sprayable aqueous compositions are disclosed. In particular, sprayable alkaline aqueous chlorine compositions including a surfactant system for modifying the viscosity of the composition, are combined with an alkalinity source and a chlorine source. Methods of cleaning having reduced amounts of airborne particulates of the composition during spray applications are also provided according to the invention, namely reduction of airborne particulates having a micron size of 10 or less within a breathing zone of a user of less than or equal to 60 particles/cm3.
US11331695B2
An apparatus for treating horticultural products having in series at least: a first station, which includes first elements for the individual handling of respective horticultural products and at least one vision system, controlled by an electronic control and management unit, for the acquisition of information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product. The apparatus further includes a second station, including second elements for the individual handling of respective horticultural products and at least one device for weighing each horticultural product in transit, controlled by the electronic unit, and a third station, including third elements for the individual handling of respective horticultural products. The second station includes an intermediate unloading assembly, which can be actuated selectively by the electronic unit for the early release of the horticultural products, handled by the second elements.
US11331693B2
Capacitors, each of which is electrically connected to a capacitor which is the cell of the CMUT mounted in a chip and is used as a DC block capacitor for protecting an amplifying circuit, are formed as many as plural aligned channels in the chip. The capacitor is an electrostatic capacitance element which is not vibrated acoustically.
US11331692B2
Described herein are articles and methods of making articles, for example glass articles, including a sheet and a carrier, wherein the sheet and carrier are bonded together using a coating layer, which is, for example, a fluorocarbon polymer coating layer, and associated deposition methods and inert gas treatments that may be applied on the sheet, the carrier, or both, to control the fluorine content of the coating layer and van der Waals, hydrogen and covalent bonding between the sheet and the carrier. The coating layer bonds the sheet and carrier together with sufficient bond strength to prevent delamination of the sheet and the carrier during high temperature processing to while preventing a permanent bond at during high temperature processing while at the same time maintaining a sufficient bond to prevent delamination during high temperature processing.
US11331690B2
A wiping device for removing fluid material from a mixing paddle. The wiping device includes a contact portion and an accumulation portion that downwardly extends from a lower end of the contact portion. A passage extends through the contact portion and the accumulation portion and is adapted for receiving the mixing paddle therethrough. An upper portion of the passage is located within the contact portion and is sized and shaped to contact opposed sides of the mixing paddle to wipe the fluid material off of the opposed sides of the mixing paddle when the contact portion is moved along the opposed sides of the mixing paddle. A lower portion of the passage located within the accumulation portion forms a cavity in fluid flow communication with the upper portion of the passage in the contact portion.
US11331689B1
This application relates to an apparatus for producing a graphene film with a thermal manipulation function. The apparatus includes a filter cup, a filter flask, a vacuum pump, a fixing clamp, and a laser. The fixing clamp is configured to clamp a first filter membrane and a second filter membrane. The laser is configured to irradiate the first filter membrane. The first filter membrane and the second filter membrane are arranged stackedly. The filter cup and the filter flask are in snap fit up and down. The first filter membrane and the second filter membrane are arranged between the filter cup and the filter flask. The vacuum pump is in communication with the filter flask. This application also provides a method for producing the graphene film with a thermal manipulation function.
US11331688B2
A device for a lacquer transfer includes a transfer roller mounted at and rotatable relative to a frame. The roller includes a cylindrical support-body, first ring-element, second ring-element, and a tire including a middle-section forming a circumferential outer contact surface with depressions, the roller configured to roll with the outer contract surface on a work surface of a workpiece for transferring lacquer from the outer contact surface and the depressions to the work surface. The tire includes two annular end-sections attached to a cylindrical outer shell of the support-body resulting in two axially separated and circumferentially extending connections, the tire, connections, and outer shell of the support-body being fluid-tight. The first and second ring-elements are in the first cavity seated on the support-body at a distance in an axial direction of the roller from one another and the middle-section of the tire between the first and second ring-elements is prestrained in the axial direction.
US11331678B2
Disclosed herein is a charging apparatus and precipitator. The charging apparatus includes a plurality of counter electrodes formed in a plate shape and arranged in a direction intersecting with a ventilation direction to allow respective surfaces thereof to follow the ventilation direction, and a plurality of high voltage electrodes formed in a wire shape and installed between the plurality of counter electrodes. The plurality of counter electrodes includes a first counter electrode having a first electrode area, and a second counter electrode having a second electrode area less than the first electrode area. The first counter electrode and the second counter electrode are alternately arranged.
US11331671B2
A sampling kit includes firstly a sample tube, which includes a container part for holding a sample and a cap for sealing the container, and secondly a plastic foil instruction sheet. The sheet provides information related to a sample taking process using of the sample tube, which information is printed thereon or is provided in the form of one or more documents held in one or more pockets thereof. The sheet is provided with a support body for holding the sample tube, or at least a container part of the sample tube, during the sampling taking process, the support body and the bottom end of the sample tube being shaped such that they cooperate, to support the sample tube in an upright position.
US11331669B2
An apparatus may include a first microfluidic valve coupled between a first reservoir and a fluid channel. The first microfluidic valve may include a fluid agitator to break a meniscus formed at an air-fluid interface and release fluid from the first reservoir into the fluid channel in response to an electrical signal. The apparatus may also include a second microfluidic valve coupled between a second reservoir and the fluid channel. Fluid from the first reservoir and fluid from the second reservoir mix in the fluid channel.
US11331666B2
The present disclosure provides a micro-fluidic substrate, a micro-fluidic structure and a driving method thereof. The micro-fluidic substrate of the preset disclosure includes a substrate, and a plurality of driving electrodes on the substrate and configured to drive a droplet to move, the plurality of driving electrodes being in a same layer with a gap space between adjacent driving electrodes. The micro-fluidic substrate further includes: at least one auxiliary electrode on the substrate and configured to drive the droplet to move, an orthographic projection of the auxiliary electrode on the substrate at least partially overlapping with an orthographic projection of the gap space on the substrate, and the auxiliary electrode and the driving electrodes being in different layers.
US11331659B2
A pipetting device includes a housing, a valve assembly, and an actuator assembly. The housing includes a tip for receiving a capillary tube. The valve assembly includes a shuttle valve having a filling position and a dispensing position and a valve rod. The actuator assembly includes an actuator, a valve trigger, a piston mount, and an indexing mechanism. The actuator extends from the housing and has a push button coupled to a push rod. The valve trigger being configured to engage the valve assembly and includes an aperture configured to receive the piston mount therein. The indexing mechanism is configured to index a rotated position of the push button to a predefined volume of dispensed fluid.
US11331649B2
A solvent comprised of (1) a caustic and an alcohol, (2) a caustic and a quaternary ammonium hydroxide, or (3) a caustic, an alcohol, and a quaternary ammonium hydroxide may contact an adsorbent bed that has been used to remove sulfur compounds from a hydrocarbon stream to extract adsorbed sulfur compounds from the adsorbent material in the bed to regenerate it. The regenerated adsorbent bed may be reused, either alone or in combination with a liquid-liquid extraction column, to remove sulfur compounds from a hydrocarbon stream.
US11331646B2
The present invention is related to a process for manufacturing a sorbent suitable for a use in a circulating dry scrubber device comprising the steps of: providing quicklime and water in an hydrator; slaking said quicklime via a non-wet route in the hydrator; collecting a lime based sorbent at an exit of the hydrator. The process is characterized in that it comprises a further step of adding at least a first additive comprising: a compound comprising silicon, and/or, a compound comprising aluminum, and/or a compound comprising silicon and aluminum before or during said slaking step, at a molar ratio between silicon or aluminum or a combination thereof and the calcium provided to said hydrator equal to or below 0.2 and equal to or above 0.02. In some other aspects, the present invention is related to a sorbent, a premix, and a flue gas treatment process.
US11331645B2
A filter media composition includes a ferrihydrite material having an average pore size (BJH) in a range from 1 to 3 nm and a surface area (BET) of at least 200 m2/g or at least 250 m2/g or at least 300 m2/g.
US11331643B2
The invention provides improved methods for synthesizing polynucleotides, such as DNA and RNA, using renewable initiators coupled to a solid support. Using the methods of the invention, specific sequences of polynucleotides can be synthesized de novo, base by base, in an aqueous environment, without the use of a nucleic acid template.
US11331639B2
The present invention relates to hydrogel beads having liquid crystalline structured phase. Process for preparing crystalline hydrogel beads is also an object of the invention. Perfuming compositions and consumer products comprising or consisting of said crystalline beads, in particular perfumed consumer products in the form of a personal care products or flavoured products, are also part of the invention.
US11331638B2
A reactor system for aromatization of higher hydrocarbons within a given temperature range T upon bringing a reactant stream including higher hydrocarbons into contact with a catalytic mixture. The reactor system includes a reactor unit arranged to accommodate a catalytic mixture. The catalytic mixture includes a catalyst material and a ferromagnetic material. The catalyst material is arranged to catalyze the aromatization of higher hydrocarbons. The ferromagnetic material is ferromagnetic at least at temperatures up to an upper limit of the given temperature range T, where the temperature range T is the range from between about 400° C. and about 700° C. or a subrange thereof. The reactor system also includes an induction coil arranged to be powered by a power source supplying alternating current, whereby the ferromagnetic material is heated to a temperature within the temperature range T by means of an alternating magnetic field.
US11331632B2
Apparatuses and methods for fabricating thin film composite hollow fiber membranes. In some implementations, an apparatus is used to remove excess first solution from a hollow fiber that has been immersed in a first solution. In some implementations, the method and apparatuses include flowing a gas, for example, compressed gas or ambient air, past a surface of a hollow fiber that has been immersed in a first solution prior to immersion in a second solution. In some implementations, the gas is flowed past the surface under positive pressure, while in other implementations the gas is flowed under negative pressure, for example, vacuum. The apparatuses and devices can be used to produce thin film composite hollow fiber membranes without pressing or damaging the hollow fiber.
US11331625B2
A gas treatment method includes an absorption step in which a gas to be treated containing an acidic compound, such as carbon dioxide, is brought into contact, in an absorber, with a treatment liquid that absorbs the acidic compound; and a regeneration step in which the treatment liquid, having the acidic compound absorbed therein, is sent to a regenerator, and the treatment liquid is then heated to separate the acidic compound from the treatment liquid. In the regeneration step, a gas almost insoluble to the treatment liquid, such as hydrogen gas, is brought into contact with the treatment liquid.
US11331618B2
Disclosed are techniques such as roll to roll processing to produce membrane valves in microelectromechanical systems that are integrated with micro-pumps that include a pump body having compartmentalized pump chambers. One application of this technology is as a valve assembly for a gas concentrator that includes a first micro pump for feeding an input gas stream, a second micro pump to supplying a vacuum and at least one sieve bed having a zeolite. The gas concentrator uses the valve assembly for controlling entry of gas from the first micro pump into the sieve bed and the second micro pump to vent.
US11331612B2
The present disclosure relates to filter assemblies. The features described and characterized are typically applied in gas (for example, air) cleaner assemblies. A typical use is in air cleaner assemblies for vehicles or other equipment. The techniques described relate, at least in part, to provision of assemblies with preferred configurations for convenient servicing and operation, while ensuring a proper cartridge is appropriately positioned, oriented and secured for use. Many of the techniques relate to arrangements in which features at opposite ends of a housing and/or cartridge are eccentrically positioned as described.
US11331586B2
In various examples, metadata of either a live stream game instance or a pre-recorded game instance may be included in a stream data from a game stream and used to enable access to play an instance of a game. A viewer of the stream may desire to participate in an instance of the game, and the system may use the metadata to determine authentication for the viewer with respect to a game platform hosting the game, access restrictions for the viewer with respect to the game, identification information for the streamer of the instance of the game, and/or game modification information for the particular instance of the game within the stream. This information may be used to seamlessly transition the viewer from a passive role in viewing the stream of the instance of the game on a streaming platform to actively participating in the instance of the game or another instance of the game on a gaming platform.
US11331583B2
A method and a system for recommending a teammate for a team game are provided. The method includes the following: searching game data, where the game data includes a plurality of game evaluation parameters; choosing a target parameter from the game evaluation parameters, where a correlation between the target parameter and at least one game experience index is greater than a correlation between remaining parameters and the at least one game experience index; automatically selecting a target role position according to the target parameter and a first game role position of a chosen game role; automatically selecting a target game role according to the target role position; and recommending a player to be teamed up who plans to use the target game role to play the game as a teammate according to the target game role.
US11331579B1
Systems and methods to distribute benefits to unique digital articles based on real-world information are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; manage player accounts associated with the players, including a first and a second player account associated with a first and a second player; record and control eligibility of player-owned unique digital articles to receive distributions of benefits; determine real-world information based on events that have occurred in the real world; evaluate whether to distribute the benefits based on the real-world information and on the eligibilities of the player-owned unique digital articles; and provide the distributions accordingly.
US11331577B2
A game program causes a computer to implement a function of controlling progress of a video game in which a virtual game medium exhibits an ability in the game, a relationship setting function of setting a predetermined relationship between a first game medium and a second game medium selected from a plurality of game media based on a setting operation of a user, and an ability setting function of additionally setting the same ability as at least one ability of the first game medium in the second game medium in a case where a predetermined condition is established.
US11331575B2
The present disclosure provides embodiments of a virtual mapping system for using real world geographical locations to generate virtual environments within game applications. The virtual mapping system allows a game application to identify geographical information associated with real world locations. The geographical information can be used by the game application to recreate the selected geographical location using virtual assets from the game application.
US11331571B2
In a first aspect, a system for playing a video game is provided that includes (1) one or more sensors adapted to monitor one or more biometric parameters of a user and communicate the one or more monitored biometric parameters (MBPs); (2) a computing device adapted to communicate with the one or more sensors and to receive the one or more communicated MBPs; and (3) a video game having an avatar adapted to move an object on an incline, the video game adapted to execute on the computing device. The video game is adapted to control the avatar to perform an action in the video game based in part on the received one or more communicated MBPs. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11331568B2
A method, including: recording gameplay metadata generated from execution of a first session of a video game, that renders a first view of a virtual environment for presentation through a first HMD, the first view being from a first location determined based on tracked movement of the first HMD; transmitting the gameplay metadata to a client device; tracking movement of a second HMD by the client device; executing, by the client device, a second session of the video game using the gameplay metadata to recreate gameplay events from the first session and render a second view of the virtual environment for presentation through a second HMD, the second view being from a second location determined based on the first location, the second location moving in response to movements of the first location so as to substantially maintain a predefined spatial relationship between the first location and the second location.
US11331565B2
Aspects of the disclosure include methods and systems for pre-action training. In an aspect, a method is presented for constructing a user-controllable image comprising obtaining anatomical and physiological data associated with a body, storing the anatomical and physiological data in a database; and creating the user-controllable image based on the stored anatomical and physiological data. The user-controllable image may be configurable to a user. At least a moveable portion of the user-controllable image may be constructed to move based on input from a user. The user-controllable image may be constructed to enable pre-action training of the user. As such, victims of traumatic brain injury or other neurological setbacks may pre-train their nervous system for use of one or more injured body parts. Additionally, the methods and systems described provide pre-action training control of non-virtual prostheses, exoskeleton body parts, powered orthotic devices, robots or other motile or audiovisual output devices.
US11331560B2
A pole handle (1), for walking sticks and the like, having a handle body (3) and a hook-like device (14) for fastening a hand strap or of a glove. A displaceable latch-in structure (7) is arranged in the region of the hook-like device (14) such that a eyelet-form device (42), which is provided on the hand strap or glove and is pushed into the hook-like device (14) essentially from above, is fixed in the hook-like device (14) with self-latching action. The pole handle (1) does not have any structure that can displace or free the latch-in structure (7), such that an eyelet-form device (42) pushed into the hook-like device (14) can be removed from a confined region (15) in a force-free manner or counter to a relatively low force, the hand strap or glove being separated from the pole handle (1) in the process.
US11331559B2
The invention relates to a mating device (2) for mating two skates, characterized in that it comprises a first fastening module (6) and a second fastening module (6′), each designed to be fastened to a skate and comprising a body (7) between the two fastening modules (6, 6′), the said body (7) allowing at least a translational freedom between the two fastening elements (6, 6′), the distance between the two fastening modules (6, 6′) being free between a predetermined minimum distance and a predetermined maximum distance.
US11331553B2
Disclosed is a system for performing motor activity, including a plurality of modular devices, each modular device including a unit for generating at least one sensory stimulus, a generation unit activation unit and a mechanism for detecting a human reaction to the stimuli, there being provided an external control unit intended to generate commands for the activation unit of each modular device. The external control unit includes a unit for measuring the parameters acquired by one or more sensors associated with the body of at least one person.
US11331549B2
A golf club head includes a body having a faceplate with a strike surface, a toe end opposite a heel end, a back end opposite the faceplate, and a sole opposite a top rail, the faceplate is connected to the sole and configured to pivot about the sole.
US11331547B2
Described herein is a golf club head that includes a body with a sole portion, a crown portion, a skirt portion, a forward region, and a rearward region. The golf club head also includes a face portion including a striking face with a maximum height from the ground plane of at least about 50 mm. A volume of the golf club head is at least about 370 cm3. The golf club head has a total club head mass between 190 grams and 210 grams, and the mass of the club head located above half of the peak crown height is less than or equal to 77 grams, and the percentage of the mass above half of the peak crown height is less than or equal to 39% of the total mass of the golf club head.
US11331531B2
A training and conditioning system including: a training and conditioning system assembly including: a plurality of weights; and a training manual. The training and conditioning system has a training and conditioning assembly; wherein each of the weights are configured to be manipulated by a user-athlete according to the training manual. The plurality of weights are unmarked as to how much each weighs so as to train a user-athlete mentally and physically to accomplish training regardless of weight randomly lifted.
US11331517B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a multi-leaf collimator. The multi-leaf collimator may include a set of leaves installed in a cavity, each leaf of the set of leaves having a length along a first direction. At least a portion of the set of leaves may extend beyond the cavity along the first direction. The set of leaves may be arranged along a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction. A length of a target leaf of the set of leaves may be less than a length of a reference leaf of the set of leaves. The target leaf may be located in an end portion of the set of leaves along the second direction. The length of the set of leaves may conform to the shape of a maximum therapeutic radiation field.
US11331511B2
Provided is a head photic stimulation device including: a brain wave amplifier which subjects the subject brain waves acquired using a brain wave sensor to A/D conversion and amplification; a control signal generation circuit which, based on an output signal from the brain wave amplifier, generates a control signal for controlling LED driving; and a light irradiation unit which is driven based on an output from the control signal generation circuit, and which includes an LED for irradiating a head. The control signal generation circuit includes a band-pass filter for filtering an input signal, a DSP (signal processing) unit for controlling a signal that has passed through the band-pass filter, and a light irradiation output unit using a near-infrared LED for irradiating the head. The DSP unit has a feedback function for matching a phase of a PWM output for controlling the light irradiation output unit, in synchronism with the subject brain waves.
US11331509B2
A medical device that includes a power source, a therapy delivery interface, therapy electrodes, electrocardiogram (ECG) sensing electrodes to sense ECG signal of a heart of a patient, a sensor interface to receive and digitize the ECG signal, and a processor. The processor is configured to analyze the ECG signal to determine a cardiac rhythm and a transform value representing a magnitude of a frequency component of the cardiac rhythm, analyze the cardiac rhythm and the transform value to detect a shockable cardiac arrhythmia by classifying the cardiac rhythm as a noise rhythm or a shockable cardiac arrhythmia rhythm based on the transform value, and causing the processor to detect the cardiac arrhythmia if classifying the cardiac rhythm as a shockable cardiac arrhythmia rhythm, initiate a treatment alarm sequence, adjust the shock delivery parameter for a defibrillation shock, and provide the defibrillation shock via the therapy electrodes.
US11331507B2
Implantable cardioverter device (ICD) systems capable of delivering a multi-vector defibrillation shock, and methods for use therewith, are described herein. Such an ICD system can include a defibrillation charge capacitor, a charge circuit, first, second, and third electrodes, switches, a controller, and first, second and third filters. The defibrillation charge capacitor is coupled between a first voltage rail and a second voltage rail. The first filter is coupled between the first and second electrodes, and the second filter is coupled between the second and third electrodes, so that the first and second filters can shunt EMI signals. The third filter is coupled between the first and third electrodes and configured to provide for electrical symmetry when the first, second, and third electrodes are used to deliver a multi-vector defibrillation shock. Such filters, which can be implemented using capacitors, can be used to make the ICD system MRI compatible.
US11331500B1
Implementations provide a method that includes: placing a controller device over a surface region of the patient where the implantable wireless stimulation device has been implanted; configuring the controller device to (i) monitor a return loss representing electrical power reflected from the implantable wireless stimulation device to the controller device; (ii) compute a first path loss metric based on a first monitored return loss when the controller device is place over a first location within the surface region; (iii) compute a second path loss metric based on a second monitored return loss when the controller device is over a second location within the surface region; and (iv) generate a feedback to an operator to indicate whether the second path loss is smaller than the first path loss such that the controller device is placed at a location with more electrical energy non-inductively transferred to the implantable wireless stimulation device.
US11331494B2
A local stimulation method of a predetermined region of brain tissue, the brain tissue including at least GABAergic neuron type. The method includes at least one activation step of a set of bipolar electrodes, according to a predetermined electric intensity and a predetermined biphasic pulse frequency, delivering a predetermined electric field. The predetermined electric field induces an activation of the GABAergic type neurons and a virtual absence of activation of other types of neurons.
US11331485B2
A method for providing galvanic vestibular stimulation corresponding to accelerations in scenes of a video. Embodiments include (1) receiving a three dimensional video signal including three dimensional video angular velocity information, (2) receiving a three dimensional head orientation signal including three dimensional head angular velocity information, (3) calculating resultant three dimensional angular velocity information based on the video angular velocity information and the head angular velocity information, (4) calculating three dimensional acceleration information based on the resultant three dimensional angular velocity information, and (5) generating three dimensional galvanic vestibular stimulation signals corresponding to the resultant three dimensional angular acceleration information, wherein the three dimensional stimulation signals will stimulate three dimensional acceleration sensations corresponding to accelerations on the user viewing the displayed scenes.
US11331476B2
In some embodiments, a method includes delivering to a native valve annulus (e.g., a native mitral valve annulus) of a heart a prosthetic heart valve (200) having a body (242) expandable from a collapsed, delivery configuration to an expanded, deployed configuration. The method can further include, after the delivering, causing the prosthetic heart valve to move from the delivery configuration to the deployed configuration. With the prosthetic heart valve in its deployed configuration, an anchoring tether (191) extending from the prosthetic heart valve can be secured to a wall (Vw) of the heart (H). An electrode (189) coupled to at least one of the prosthetic heart valve or the anchoring tether can then be used to at least one of pace the heart or sense a signal associated with the heart.
US11331470B2
A securing assembly for connecting a drive assembly to a driven assembly of a catheter pump includes a motor housing, a flow diverter housing, and a flow diverter positioned within the flow diverter housing, wherein one of the flow diverter or the flow diverter housing includes a securement device. The securing assembly also includes a cap coupled between the motor housing and the flow diverter housing. The cap includes a central opening and a locking recess extending circumferentially about the central opening. Insertion of the flow diverter into the central opening causes securement device to engage the locking recess.
US11331464B2
Methods for cleaning and antiseptically maintaining patient fluid line access valves to minimize the risk of infection via catheters. The methods include cleaning patient fluid line access valves devices with a cap that may contain a dry pad impregnated with an antimicrobial agent. Covering the access portion of the access valve when not in use with the cap. The devices have a hood that contains a wet pad impregnated with a cleaning solution and, optionally, an antimicrobial agent. The methods include wet pad cleaning the access portion of the access valve prior to and optionally, after the access valve is utilized to access the patient fluid line.
US11331455B2
A guidewire kit including a guidewire with a shaft having a curved steering section and including a straightener bounding a lumen for straightening at least the curved deflection section of the guidewire extending into the lumen for insertion of the tip and the curved deflection section of the guidewire into a needle inserted into a vessel of a patient. The straightener is of a length of at least 8 cm for obtaining an improved and more reliable steering effect of the curved steering section.
US11331446B2
A nasal ventilation mask having one or more attachment ports located adjacent to and overlying an upper lip of a patient when worn.
US11331444B2
Apparatus for the respiration of patients with means for the circulation in one direction of respiratory gas, with a connection for the patient and with further connections for the supply and discharge of the various components of the gas, whereby the device is provided with means by which the pressure in the line system can be varied according to a certain respiratory pattern, with a primary part that is connected to means for the generating of a work fluidum, the varying pressure of which can establish the varying of the pressure in the line system, and with a secondary part that is part of or is connected to the line system, whereby a cylinder is provided which is divided in a part that connects to the primary part and a part that connects to the secondary part by a disc that is movable relative to the inner wall thereof.
US11331442B2
Systems and methods for isolating and/or desiccating a portion of a drug delivery tract of a drug delivery apparatus to reduce water vapor content therein are provided. For example, there is provided a metered dose inhaler for delivering aerosolized medicament or other matter to a user. The aerosolized medicament or other matter may be discharged from a discharge passageway within the inhaler into an inhalation passageway for inhalation by a user, and the inhaler may comprise a seal member operative to selectively isolate the discharge passageway from the inhalation passageway and external environment during inactivity. The inhaler may further comprise a desiccant material arranged to withdraw moisture from the isolated discharge passageway. In other instances, desiccant material may be arranged to withdraw moisture from the discharge passageway of the inhaler without isolating the discharge passage during inactivity.
US11331439B1
A needle assembly includes a needle, a rear needle cap and a front needle cap. The needle includes a needle hub and a needle shaft running through and attached to the needle hub. The shaft incorporates two sharp ends and an internal channel running through the entire length of the shaft. The needle hub includes a rear needle body and a front needle body. The rear needle cap is adapted to be attached to the rear needle body and the front needle cap is adapted to be attached to the front needle body. The front needle body incorporates a guiding channel and a locking receptacle connecting to and extending from the guiding channel in a needle detachment direction. The front needle cap includes an internal locking plug adapted to move along the guiding channel and be disposed inside the locking receptacle. The front needle cap also incorporates a funnel lip.
US11331427B2
The present invention relates to an intravenous infusion set providing delivery of intravenous fluid to patients. An intravenous infusion set (10) to administer continuous air free delivery of intravenous fluid to a patient, said intravenous infusion set (10) comprising: a drip chamber (12), a flexible infusion line (22) of sufficient length connecting a lower end (20) of the drip chamber (12) to a standard connector (24) at the patient end so that a needle or a catheter could be connected to the patient; a roller clamp (26) arranged between the drip chamber (12) and the standard connector (24) being movable along the length of the flexible infusion line (22), said drip chamber (12) provided with a spike (14) on the upper end (16) and a flow regulating and stopping member (18) at its lower end (20) configured to administer continuous air free delivery of intravenous fluid to patients.
US11331426B2
An infusion pump includes: infusion-tube pressing parts configured to press a flexible infusion tube; an infusion-tube receiving surface configured to serve as a receiving surface when the infusion-tube pressing parts press the infusion tube; and a restoration device provided between the infusion-tube pressing parts, the restoration device being configured to move together with the infusion-tube pressing parts along the infusion-tube receiving surface and to press two sides of the infusion tube pressed by the infusion-tube pressing parts, wherein the infusion-tube pressing parts is configured to move sequentially in a longitudinal direction of the infusion tube along the infusion-tube receiving surface to deliver a liquid in the infusion tube in one direction while pressing the infusion tube by sandwiching the infusion tube with the infusion-tube receiving surface.
US11331421B2
An extension cannula and in-line connector for use with a conventional ECMO return cannula is provided. The extension cannula includes a self-expanding conduit transitionable between a collapsed insertion state and an expanded, deployed state via a retractable sheath. The extension cannula may be inserted through a conventional ECMO return cannula such that the proximal end of the self-expanding conduit is disposed within and proximal to the end of the conventional ECMO cannula, while the distal end of the self-expanding conduit is disposed in a patient's thoracic aorta to improve cerebral oxygenation, maintain systemic arterial pulsatility, and reduce the potential for end-organ injury. The extension cannula and/or in-line connector may be used to permit delivery of additional interventional or vascular equipment using a single port of access, thereby avoiding complications associated with contemporary VA-ECMO.
