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US11312989B1	Materials and methods for age-at-death estimation Provided are materials and methods for age-at-death estimation for identification of human remains in forensic contexts. In preferred embodiments, the methods and materials comprise methylation analysis of human tooth pulp tissue and selected genes wherein the methylation analysis of selected CpG dinucleotides within the selected genes provides a surprising accuracy of age determination from small amount of tooth pulp DNA.
US11312987B2	Methods for standardized sequencing of nucleic acids and uses thereof Methods for controlling for non-systematic error in an amplification-based next generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation are described, which method includes using an internal amplification control (IAC) sharing identical priming sites to a native nucleic acid target template of interest in a NGS library preparation.
US11312986B2	Biosynthesis of everninomicin analogs in Micromonospora carbonacea var aurantiaca Disclosed are methods of preparing everninomicin analogs by genetic alteration of Micromonospora carbonacea. Everninomicin analogs prepared by these methods and methods of using these analogs to treat infections are also disclose.
US11312984B2	High-purity steviol glycosides Methods of preparing highly purified steviol glycosides, particularly rebaudiosides A, D and M are described. The methods include utilizing recombinant microorganisms for converting various staring compositions to target steviol glycosides. In addition, novel steviol glycosides reb D2 and reb M2 are disclosed, as are methods of preparing the same. The highly purified rebaudiosides are useful as non-caloric sweetener in edible and chewable compositions such as any beverages, confectioneries, bakery products, cookies, and chewing gums.
US11312983B2	Green preparation methods of rice resistant starch Green preparation methods of rice resistant starch are disclosed. In some embodiments, a green preparation method of the rice resistant starch is characterized in that, at a temperature lower than the gelatinization temperature, the rice starch is sequentially modified by enzymes using β-amylase, glucosidase, and pullulanase to obtain the modified starch. In other embodiments, a green preparation method of the rice resistant starch is characterized by using: rice starch as a substrate; and in turn using: (a) β-amylase (BA, EC 3.2.1.2) from barley (Hordeum vulgare); (b) glucoside transferase (TG, EC 2.4.1.24) from Aspergillus niger; and (c) pullulanase (PUL, EC 3.2.1.41) from Pullulanibacillus konaensis below a gelatinization temperature to modify a chain structure of the rice starch, resulting in a number of short linear chains which are effectively arranged, aggregated, and recrystallized at 4° C. to form modified rice starch with high resistant starch content.
US11312982B2	Microorganism with improved L-threonine producing capability, and method for producing L-threonine by using the same The present invention relates to a novel variant RNA polymerase sigma factor 70 (δ70) polypeptide, a polynucleotide encoding the same, a microorganism containing the polypeptide, and a method for producing L-threonine by using the microorganism.
US11312979B2	Method and cell line for production of phytocannabinoids and phytocannabinoid analogues in yeast A method and cell line for producing phytocannabinoids and phytocannabinoid analogues in yeast. The method applies, and the cell line includes, a yeast cell transformed with a polyketide synthase CDS and a cytosolic prenyltransferase CDS. The polyketide synthase enzyme catalyzes synthesis of olivetol or methyl-olivetol, and may include Cannabis sativa olivetolic acid synthase or Dictyostelium discoideum polyketide synthase (“DiPKS”). The yeast cell may be modified to include a phosphopantethienyl transferase for increased activity of DiPKS. The yeast cell may be modified to mitigate mitochondrial acetaldehyde catabolism for increasing malonyl-CoA available for synthesizing olivetol or methyl-olivetol. The prenyltransferase enzyme catalyzes synthesis of cannabigerol or a cannabigerol analogue, and may include an αββα cytosolic prenyltransferase enzyme from Streptomyces sp CL190. The yeast cell may be modified to mitigate depletion of geranyl pyrophosphate for increasing available geranyl pyrophosphate for prenylation.
US11312978B2	Biochemical upgrading of high-protein biomass and grain products The present invention relates to methods of upgrading biomass to provide useful chemical intermediates, fuels, amino acids, nutrients, etc. In particular examples, the biomass is a by-product of ethanol production and is mainly used as high-protein feed. Described herein are methods for upgrading such biomass, such as by implementing pre-treatment conditions and by employing fermentation conditions including modified organisms.
US11312977B2	Pretreatment with lignosulfonic acid A process for converting lignocellulosic biomass to glucose or ethanol includes subjecting the lignocellulosic biomass to a lignosulfonic acid pretreatment, wherein the lignosulfonic acid has a concentration of sulfonate groups in acid form that is greater than 0.02 mol/L and a total amount of sulfur dioxide is greater than 15 wt % based on dry weight of lignocellulosic biomass.
US11312974B2	Gene for increasing plant biomass and use therefor An object of the present invention is to identify a novel gene that effectively increases plant biomass and to provide said gene as well as techniques utilizing the same.This invention provides a nucleic acid encoding a protein, wherein the protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and an amino acid sequence having at least 25% identity or at least 75% similarity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:7 or 11, and has an activity to increase plant biomass, as well as techniques utilizing the same.
US11312963B2	Compositions and methods for inhibiting TIGIT gene expression Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions, and methods for decreasing TIGIT mRNA and protein expression. Such methods are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate TIGIT associated diseases, disorders, and conditions.
US11312959B2	Antisense oligonucleotides and their use for treating Pendred syndrome The present disclosure relates to the field of medicine. In particular, it relates to novel antisense oligonucleotides that prevent or reduce exon 8 skipping in the SLC26A4 gene during pre-mRNA splicing, and their use in the treatment of Pendred Syndrome.
US11312957B2	Modified iRNA agents The invention relates to iRNA agents, which preferably include a monomer in which the ribose moiety has been replaced by a moiety other than ribose. The inclusion of such a monomer can allow for modulation of a property of the iRNA agent into which it is incorporated, e.g., by using the non-ribose moiety as a point to which a ligand or other entity, e.g., a lipophilic moiety. e.g., cholesterol, is is directly, or indirectly, tethered. The invention also relates to methods of making and using such modified iRNA agents.
US11312955B2	Methods and compositions for modulating gene expression The present disclosure provides compositions with a modulating gene expression and methods for modulating transcription.
US11312954B2	Transkingdom platform for therapeutic nucleic acid delivery A transkingdom platform for the delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids to epithelial tissues where the nucleic acids are designed to have enhanced stability. The platform offers numerous improvements to prior delivery platforms including expression of the double-stranded RNA binding domain (dsRBD) domains of TAR RNA binding protein (TRBP), knockout of RNase R activity in the bacterial delivery vehicle, and expression of the methyltransferase gene, HEN1, for simultaneous packaging with a therapeutic nucleic acid delivery vehicle.
US11312953B2	Compositions and methods of nucleic acid-targeting nucleic acids This disclosure provides for compositions and methods for the use of nucleic acid-targeting nucleic acids and complexes thereof.
US11312949B2	Engineered heme-binding compositions and uses thereof Described herein are heme-binding compositions and methods relating to their use, for example methods of treatment of sepsis and rhabdomyolysis.
US11312947B2	Recombinant PETase producing strain, recombinant MHETase producing strain, and composition for degrading PET containing the same Disclosed are a recombinant poly(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolase (PETase) expression vector, a recombinant mono(2-hydroxyethyl)terephthalate hydrolase (MHETase) expression vector, a strain for producing each of the recombinant PETase and MHETase containing each of the vectors, and a method for degrading a plastics using each of the recombinant PETase and MHETase expressed therefrom. When the recombinant hydrolases, that is, PETase and MHETase are used together, high enzymatic activity may be sustained for a long time to completely degrade the PET.
US11312944B2	Polymerizing enzymes for sequencing reactions Compositions comprising modified recombinant polymerizing enzymes are provided, along with nucleic acid molecules encoding the modified polymerizing enzymes. In some aspects, methods of using such polymerizing enzymes to synthesize a nucleic acid molecule or to sequence a nucleic acid template are provided.
US11312943B2	ABHD5 and partial HDAC4 fragments and variants as a therapeutic approach for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases The present invention relates to Abhydrolase containing domain 5 (ABHD5) and N-terminal fragments of HDAC4 (HDAC4-NT) and variants of the aforementioned peptides for the treatment and prevention of heart failure. The present invention further provides vectors for the cardiomyocyte-specific expression of said peptides and a test system comprising ABHD5 for the identification of novel compounds which are useful for the treatment of heart failure.
US11312937B2	Nucleotide-specific recognition sequences for designer TAL effectors The invention relates to methods of altering expression of a genomic locus of interest or specifically targeting a genomic locus of interest in an animal cell, which may involve contacting the genomic locus with a non-naturally occurring or engineered composition that includes a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) binding polypeptide having a N-terminal capping region, a DNA binding domain comprising at least five or more Transcription activator-like effector (TALE) monomers and at least one or more half-monomers specifically ordered to target the genomic locus of interest, and a C-terminal capping region, wherein the polypeptide includes at least one or more effector domains, and wherein the polypeptide is encoded by and translated from a codon optimized nucleic acid molecule so that the polypeptide preferentially binds to the DNA of the genomic locus.
US11312934B2	Piezoelectric ultrasonic microinjection device based on flexible hinge mechanism The present invention discloses a piezoelectric ultrasonic microinjection device based on a flexible hinge mechanism. The device includes: a cover, a flexible hinge mechanism, a base, a screw cap and an end cap fixedly assembled together, the base being provided with a pump interface; and a micropipette fixedly mounted in the base, the screw cap and the end cap and extending outward, the micropipette being in communication with the pump interface; wherein the flexible hinge mechanism comprises a housing, a piezoelectric ceramic package module encapsulated in the housing, a central shaft fixedly mounted with the piezoelectric ceramic package module and the base, and a vibration output shaft extending from the piezoelectric ceramic package module into the central shaft, a plurality of flexible hinge beams being disposed between the central shaft and the housing.
US11312933B2	Set for transporting culture container and unit for transporting cell or biological tissue A culture container transportation set suitable for cultured state-maintaining transportation is provided. A culture container transportation set A1 includes: a culture container 13 including a vessel 13 made up of a bottom wall 11 and a tubular side wall 12 rising from the bottom wall 11; a flexible cover 2 covering an upper edge portion 121 of the side wall 12; a hard pressing member 3 provided on the cover 2; a cushioning material 4 of shape restorability; and a housing container 6 that houses the culture container 1, the cover 2, the pressing member 3 and the cushioning material 4 in an assembled state in which these components are stacked while pressing these components from above and below. The cushioning material 4 is provided between the housing container 6 and the culture container 1 or between the pressing member 3 and the housing container 6.
US11312932B2	Method and device for producing biogas The invention relates to a method and a biogas plant for producing biogas, preferably from rice straw, wherein a substrate is fermented in two reactors (1, 2) in a circulating manner, so that a methane production from cellulose-and/or lignocellulose-containing substrate can be improved.
US11312931B2	Photobioreactor belt A belt for an algal growth system includes a flexible sheet material configured to facilitate growth of a biofilm. The flexible sheet material is mounted on a first frame in a first mounted geometry, the flexible sheet material having a substantially vertical orientation when mounted on the first frame such that a first height of the first mounted geometry is greater than a first width of the first mounted geometry, the flexible sheet material being in contact with a contacting liquid.
US11312925B2	Pyrithione preservative system and C1-C12 ethoxylated alcohol in hard surface cleaning products Solid rinse aid compositions and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. Solid rinse aid compositions include in a single concentrate composition a pyrithione preservative system to replace conventional preservatives in the isothiazolinone family, such as chloromethylisothiazolinone. Beneficially, the pyrithione preservative systems eliminate the need for any personal protective equipment to handle the solid rinse aid compositions. Methods of making and use using the rinse aids are also disclosed.
US11312924B2	Fabric treatment compositions comprising benefit agent capsules Fabric treatment compositions that include benefit agent capsules and diaminostilbene brightener. Methods of using the same. Wash water containing such compositions.
US11312919B2	Lubrication of transfer plates using an oil or oil in water emulsions This disclosure relates to transfer plate lubricant compositions and methods of transporting open containers across stationary transfer plates.
US11312917B2	Mineral base oil, lubricant composition, internal combustion engine, lubricating method of internal combustion engine Provided is a mineral base oil satisfying the following requirements (I) to (III): Requirement (I): a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. is 2 mm2/s or more and less than 7 mm2/s; Requirement (II): a viscosity index is 100 or more; and Requirement (III): a temperature gradient Δ\|η*\| of complex viscosity between two temperature points −10° C. and −25° C. is 60 Pa·s/° C. or less as measured with a rotary rheometer under conditions at an angular velocity of 6.3 rad/s and a strain amount of 0.1 to 100%. The foregoing mineral base oil can become a lubricating oil composition having desirable low-temperature viscosity characteristics, including low-temperature fuel consumption and low-temperature engine start-up performance, and also having excellent high-temperature piston detergency.
US11312914B2	Gasification of plastics and solid fossil fuels to produce organic compounds Pre-ground plastics of small particle size not more than 2 mm are co-fed into a solid fossil fuel fed entrained flow partial oxidation gasifier. High solids concentrations in the feedstock stream can be obtained without significant impact on the feedstock stream stability and pumpability. A consistent quality of syngas can be continuously produced, including generation of carbon dioxide and a carbon monoxide/hydrogen ratio while stably operating the gasifier and avoiding the high tar generation of fluidized bed or fixed bed waste gasifiers and without impacting the operations of the gasifier. The subsequent syngas produced from this material can be used to produce a wide range of chemicals.
US11312913B2	Distillate hydrocracking process to produce isomerate A process of reforming a diesel feedstock to convert diesel to a gasoline blending component may include desulfurizing and denitrogenizing the diesel feedstock to reduce the sulfur and nitrogen content; and then hydrocracking the diesel feedstock over a metal containing zeolitic catalyst to produce an isomerate fraction. The diesel feedstock may have boiling points ranging from 200 to 360° C.
US11312912B2	Hydrogen-enhanced delayed coking process A method is described for treating a hydrocarbon oil feedstream to a delayed coking unit to maximize the ratio of the yield of liquids-to-gases, and to minimize the formation of coke which includes: a. mixing an oil-soluble catalyst with the hydrocarbon oil feedstream to produce a uniform mixture; b. contacting the catalyst-containing hydrocarbon oil feedstream with an excess of hydrogen under predetermined conditions that are favorable to maximizing the solubility of the hydrogen in the feedstream in a hydrogen distribution zone that is upstream of the coking unit; c. introducing the feedstream containing the solubilized catalyst and dissolved hydrogen, and the excess hydrogen gas into a flashing zone; d. recovering from the flashing zone a hydrogen gas stream and a single-phase hydrocarbon oil feedstream containing dissolved hydrogen and catalyst; e. maintaining the hydrocarbon oil feedstream containing dissolved hydrogen and catalyst under single-phase conditions to promote the reaction of the dissolved hydrogen with free radicals formed in the feedstream and to promote the catalyzed hydrodesulfurization of any sulfur-containing compounds present in the feedstream; f. introducing the catalyst-containing feedstream into a coking furnace upstream of the coking unit to heat the feedstream to a predetermined coking temperature; g. introducing the hot feedstream into the coking unit; and h. recovering a coking unit product stream that is free of catalyst and forming a coke product that contains the catalyst.
US11312905B2	Blue-emitting nanocrystals with cubic shape and fluoride passivation This disclosure pertains to the field of nanotechnology. The disclosure provides methods of preparing nanostructures with fluoride passivation. The disclosure also provides methods of preparing nanostructures with fluoride and amine passivation. The nanostructures have high quantum yield, narrow emission peak width, tunable emission wavelength, and colloidal stability. Also provided are nanostructures prepared using the methods. And, nanostructure films and molded articles comprising the nanostructures are also provided.
US11312902B2	Zinc oxide phosphor and method for producing same The present invention provides a method for easily and simply producing a zinc oxide phosphor that has a high level of safety and a high emission intensity and is useful for, for example, cosmetic applications. The present invention also provides a zinc oxide phosphor having such excellent physical properties and a cosmetic product containing the same. Provided is a method for producing a zinc oxide phosphor, including: a raw material mixing step of mixing an oxygen-containing zinc compound and a sulfur-containing compound; and a firing step of firing the raw material mixture obtained in the raw material mixing step, the firing step including firing in a reducing atmosphere followed by firing in an oxygen-containing atmosphere.
US11312899B2	Composite polymer/perovskite quantum dots luminescent material A composite luminescent material synthesized by forming a precursor solution, forming a perovskite quantum dot/polymer composite by transferring the precursor solution onto a first substrate, and forming a composite luminescent material by coating the perovskite quantum dot/polymer composite with a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) solution. An exemplary precursor solution may be formed by obtaining a first solution by dissolving a polymer in a first organic solvent, obtaining a second solution by mixing an inorganic metal halide solution and an organic amine halide solution, and mixing the first solution and the second solution.
US11312892B2	Embedded treatment fluid additives for use in subterranean formation operations The present disclosure relates to subterranean formation operations and, more particularly, to embedded treatment fluid additives for use in subterranean formation operations. The embedded treatment additives may comprise an aqueous-soluble downhole reactive material embedded in a crosslinked polymeric solution to delay the reactivity of the aqueous-soluble downhole reactive material, thereby forming the embedded treatment additive, wherein the aqueous-soluble downhole reactive material is a solid.
US11312889B2	Moisture-crosslinkable, dimensionally stable polymer material An autohesive polymer material that includes: at least one polymer having at least two terminal silyl groups of the Formula (1) given by: Si(R1)a(R2)b (1). Each of the radicals R1 comprises an alkyl, alkenyl or aryl group or a hydrogen atom. Each of the radicals R2 comprises a group that can be eliminated with water, b is 1, 2 or 3, and a is 3−b. The polymer material further includes at least one condensation catalyst. Further, the polymer material is chemically precrosslinked and further crosslinkable with moisture. In addition, the polymer material is configured for use as a layer body that can be applied to a substrate. The polymer material of this kind can also be used for producing permanent bonds.
US11312887B2	Epoxy adhesive composition comprising a multistage polymer and a (meth)acrylic polymer, its method of preparation and its use The present invention relates to a composition suitable as epoxy adhesive composition comprising a multistage polymer in form of polymeric particles and a (meth)acrylic polymer its process of preparation and its use. In particular the present invention relates to a structural epoxy adhesive composition comprising a multistage polymer in form of polymeric particles made by a multistage process and a (meth)acrylic polymer its process of preparation and its use. More particularly the present invention relates to structural (epoxy adhesive composition made from a two part composition or a one part composition comprising a multistage polymer in form of polymeric particles made by a multistage process and a (meth)acrylic polymer its process of preparation and its use.
US11312883B2	Conductive paste composition and ceramic electronic component having external electrodes formed using the same The present invention relates to a conductive paste composition for manufacturing a conductive film formed by dispersing conductive particles in a polymer resin, the conductive paste composition including: conductive metal particles, a polymer fiber, a polymer resin, and an auxiliary additive, wherein the polymer fiber is coated with a first graphene on a surface thereof.
US11312880B2	Copolymerized polyester, water dispersion and aqueous paint using the same The present invention aims to provide a copolymerized polyester which is effective as a binder ingredient for aqueous paint, and a copolymerized polyester aqueous dispersion.
US11312874B2	Antireflection film The present invention relates to an antireflection film including a low refractive index layer and a hard coating layer, the low refractive index layer including: a binder resin containing a crosslinked polymer of a photopolymerizable compound and a polysilsesquioxane substituted with one or more reactive functional groups; and inorganic fine particles dispersed in the binder resin, wherein a 10-point average roughness (Rz) of the shape of irregularities on the surface of the low refractive index layer is 0.05 μm to 0.2 μm.
US11312872B2	Method for forming oleophobic-hydrophilic coatings including particles and/or nano-particles, a coating formed thereby and an article to which the coating is applied The invention to which this application relates is apparatus and a method for applying coatings to improve the ability to provide Oleophobic and/or Hydrophilic surfaces on an item and the coating includes particles and/or nano particles to enhance the performance characteristics of the coating.
US11312870B2	Copper based conductive paste and its preparation method The present inventive concept relates to a copper based conductive paste and its preparation method. The copper based conductive paste comprises a copolymer-copper composite comprising an imidazole-silane copolymer with partially cross-linked structure and a copper powder, a solvent, a binder and an additive. The imidazole-silane copolymer with partially cross-linked structure is introduced into the copper powder whose surface is treated by a hydrochloric acid aqueous solution and a phosphoric acid aqueous solution. The imidazole-silane copolymer is polymerized by using an imidazole monomer represented by following formula 1, a silane monomer represented by following formula 2 and a cross-linking agent. In Formula 1, X represents a hydrogen atom (H) or a methyl group (—CH3), and R1 represents a vinyl group or an allyl group. In Formula 2, Y represents a methoxy group, a 2-methoxy ethoxy group or an acetoxy group, and R2 represents a vinyl group.
US11312861B2	Solid carrier component including a liquid polyorganosiloxane and methods for preparation and use of the solid carrier component A solid carrier component includes a liquid polydiorganosiloxane, an ethylene-based polymer, and a maleated ethylene-based polymer. The solid carrier component is useful in processes for preparing filled composite articles, such as wood plastic composite building materials.
US11312860B2	Polycarbonate-based resin composition and molded article thereof Provided is a polycarbonate-based resin composition, including: 50 mass % or more to 99 mass % or less of a polycarbonate-based resin (S) containing 0.1 mass % or more to 100 mass % or less of a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A), which contains a polycarbonate block (A-1) formed of a specific repeating unit and a polyorganosiloxane block (A-2) containing a specific repeating unit, and 0 mass % or more to 99.9 mass % or less of an aromatic polycarbonate-based resin (B) except the polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A); and 1 mass % or more to 50 mass % or less of a polyester-based resin (C), wherein the polyorganosiloxane block (A-2) has an average chain length of from 20 or more to less than 50, and a 3-millimeter thick plate formed of the polycarbonate-based resin composition has a total light transmittance of 80% or more.
US11312859B2	Thermoplastic resins for network applications The present disclosure relates to the use of thermoplastic resins in millimeter wave network applications. More specifically, it relates to polyamide materials meeting the requirements of dielectric performance in such applications.
US11312856B2	Block copolymer composition A block copolymer composition is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a block copolymer composition includes a diblock copolymer and a triblock copolymer, each including a polyolefin-based block and a polystyrene-based block, wherein the polyolefin-based blocks are present between 45 wt % to 90 wt %, wherein the polystyrene-based blocks are present between 10 wt % to 55 wt %, wherein the difference (ΔT) between a thermal decomposition initiation temperature and a thermal decomposition termination temperature (ΔT) measured by Thermo-Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) is 55° C. or greater, and the diblock copolymer and the triblock copolymer do not have a residual unsaturated bond.
US11312855B2	Resin composition containing polyvinyl chloride resin and acrylic resin and board for interior materials manufactured using the same The present invention relates to a resin composition containing a polyvinyl chloride resin and an acrylic resin and a board for interior materials manufactured using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a resin composition having excellent heat resistance due to a high glass transition temperature, having high flexibility even with a low plasticizer content, and having excellent processability due to such properties, as compared with the case wherein a polyvinyl chloride resin is used alone, and to a board for interior materials manufactured using the resin composition. According to the present invention, the resin composition may be applied to both a calendering method and an extrusion method due to excellent processability thereof.
US11312851B2	Fabricating ionic/polyimtde membranes Disclosed are polyimide blends and methods of making and using same. The disclosed polyimide blends are prepared by first blending an ionic polymer and a poly(amic acid) to form a poly(amic acid) precursor, followed by cyclization. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US11312849B2	Vinyl chloride-based resin composition for powder molding, and vinyl chloride-based resin molded body and laminate A composition of polyvinyl for powder molding may include a polyvinyl chloride (A), a polyvinyl chloride (B), a plasticizer, and an alkyl phosphate. The polyvinyl chloride (A) may have an average particle diameter of 50 μm to 500 μm, and the polyvinyl chloride (B) may have an average particle diameter of 0.01 μm or more and less than 50 μm. An average polymerization degree of the polyvinyl chloride (A) may be 1350 or more, the alkyl phosphate may comprise a mono-alkyl phosphate, and the number of carbon atoms of an alkyl group in the alkyl phosphate may be 5 or more.
US11312843B2	Bissilylaminosilyl-functionalized conjugated dienes and their use in the production of rubbers The invention relates to bissilylaminosilyl-functionalized conjugated dienes and their use in the production of rubbers. Further, the invention relates to rubbers and rubber compositions.
US11312842B2	Rubber composition, rubber composition for tires, and tire Provided is a rubber composition having a high vulcanization rate and excellent in storage stability. The rubber composition contains a rubber component that contains at least one type of a dienic rubber, a filler, a vulcanizing agent, a compound represented by a formula (1), a compound represented by a formula (2), and a vulcanization accelerator except the compound represented by the formula (1), wherein the total amount of the vulcanization accelerator and the compound represented by the formula (1) is 1.3 to 2.0 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
US11312841B2	Pneumatic tire, and rubber composition for tire The present invention provides a pneumatic tire and a rubber composition for tires, which have improved durability at high temperatures and during high-speed running while ensuring good ice performance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire, including a tread, the tread including blocks having an average ripe density of 1.0 cm/cm2 or higher and an average height of 0.6 to 2.0 cm, the blocks containing a rubber composition having a tan δ at 100° C. of 0.179 or less as determined at an initial strain of 10%, a dynamic strain of 2%, and a frequency of 10 Hz, and has a ratio of the modulus at 100° C. to the modulus at room temperature of 69% or greater as determined in accordance with JIS K6251:2010.
US11312837B2	Systems and methods for recycling post-consumer polyester-based fabric Methods for recycling post-consume polyester-based fabric materials such as hospital linens. The methods include decontaminating a post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) product and polymerizing the decontaminated PET product via solid state polymerization to generate a polymerized PET product. The post-consumer PET product may include a polyester-based fabric. The post-consumer PET product may retain essentially the same shape and form during and after recycling and decontamination as before recycling.
US11312836B2	Methods of manufacturing articles utilizing foam particles Methods for manufacturing articles, including articles of footwear, apparel, and sporting equipment are provided. The methods comprise decorating a plurality of foam particles. The decorating can comprise applying a coating on the foam particles, or embossing or debossing the foam particles, or both. The decorating can comprise applying a coating on the foam particles by printing, painting, dyeing, applying a film, or any combination thereof. The plurality of foam particles are affixed utilizing aspects of additive manufacturing methods. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
US11312825B2	Structure Provided is a structure having excellent flexibility represented by elastic restoring from compression or tensile elongation at break, and excellent lightness. A structure according to the present invention includes reinforced fibers, first plastic, and second plastic that exhibits rubber elasticity at room temperature, the reinforced fibers being discontinuous fibers, and the first plastic and/or the second plastic coating a crossing point between the reinforced fibers in contact with each other.
US11312822B2	Reduced color polycarbonate compositions, methods of manufacture, and articles thereof A method of preparing a polycarbonate composition, including: melt polymerizing in a polymerization unit a dihydroxy compound with a diaryl carbonate and removing a stream of color inducing species containing an isopropenyl phenyl-containing group from the polymerization unit, to form a polycarbonate composition, wherein the polycarbonate has a color inducing species containing an isopropenyl phenyl-containing group level below 170 ppm is provided.
US11312819B2	Narrow band gap conjugated polymers employing cross-conjugated donors useful in electronic devices The invention provides for new polymer compounds and methods for the preparation of modular narrow band gap conjugated compounds and polymers that incorporate exocyclic cross-conjugated donors or substituents, as well as novel monomer components of such polymers and the resulting products which comprise materials and useful electronic devices with novel functionality.
US11312814B2	Solid rocket propellant with low glass transition A solid rocket propellant includes a binder that has hydroxyl-terminated polybudadiene (HTPB) with a curative that is selected from isocyanate-terminated polyether, isocyanate-terminated polysiloxane, or combinations thereof.
US11312813B2	Infill coated with a polyurethane prepolymer and artificial turf surfaces including the same In various embodiments, coated infill includes a plurality of infill granules and a preformed coating on the infill granules including a cured polyurethane product of at least one polyurethane prepolymer component and a curative component. The polyurethane prepolymer component includes a reaction product of an isocyanate component including diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) and a polyol component, and has a free isocyanate content (% NCO) from 2 wt % to 12 wt %. The curative component includes water. Methods for making an artificial turf surface using the coated infill are also provided.
US11312811B2	Flexible foam using polymer polyols produced via DMC catalyzed polyols This invention relates to improved flexible foams prepared from polymer polyols and to a process for preparing these improved flexible foams.
US11312810B2	Thermoplastic polyurethane matrix resin The invention relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane matrix resin composition, comprising at least one C3-8 alkane diol, at least one alkoxylated aromatic diol and at least one polyisocyanate. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a fiber-reinforced composite comprising a cured thermoplastic polyurethane polymer matrix according to the present invention and a fiber material. Moreover, a method for the manufacture of the fiber-reinforced composite according to the present invention and use of the composition or the fiber-reinforced composite in railway vehicles, automotive vehicles, aircraft vehicles, boats, space vehicles, motorbikes, bicycles, sporting goods, helmets, functional clothing, shoes, construction parts in bridges and buildings or wind turbine blades are described.
US11312808B2	Aqueous polyurethane dispersions, prepolymers, and shaped articles made therefrom Aqueous polyurethane dispersions, prepolymers for formation of these dispersions, methods for their use in shaping articles, as well as shaping articles produced thereby are provided.
US11312807B2	Key-and-lock commodity self-healing copolymers Provided is a copolymer exhibiting self-healing properties. The copolymer comprises first units comprising first pendant groups wherein the first pendant groups are alkyls having at least 1 to no more than 6 carbons. Second units comprising second pendant groups are alkyls having at least 2 to no more than 8 carbons. The first units and second units are in a molar ratio of 45/55 to 55/45 and the pendant groups form an inter-pendant space having a volume of at least 80 Ang.3 to no more than 140 Ang.3. The copolymer comprises no more than 3 adjacent first units and no more than 3 adjacent second units.
US11312801B2	Associative and exchangeable oligomers, and composition comprising them Compositions obtained by mixing at least one oligomer A1 which is obtained by the copolymerization of at least two monomers functionalized by diol functions with at least one second monomer, and at least one compound A2 comprising at least two boronic ester functions. They have rheological properties which vary significantly depending on the proportion of the compounds A1 and A2 used. Composition obtained by mixing at least one lubricating oil with such a composition of associative and exchangeable polymers, and use of this composition to lubricate a mechanical part.
US11312798B2	Method of preparing conjugated diene-based polymer by continuous polymerization The present invention relates to a method of preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer by continuous polymerization using two or more reactors, and relates to a method of preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer which is capable of providing a conjugated diene-based polymer having improved Mooney viscosity and excellent cis 1,4 bond content and linearity, by controlling the injection amount of a conjugated diene-based monomer to each reactor in a specific ratio and resolving the deterioration phenomenon of physical properties, which might be generated in continuous reaction.
US11312797B2	Systems and methods for polyethylene recovery with low volatile content The present invention discloses methods for removing volatile components from an ethylene polymer effluent stream from a polymerization reactor, and related polyethylene recovery and volatile removal systems. In these methods and systems, the polymer solids temperature is increased significantly prior to introduction of the polymer solids into a purge column for the final stripping of volatile components from the polymer solids.
US11312796B2	Polyolefin catalyst and method for preparing polyolefin using same Disclosed are a novel metallocene catalyst and a method for preparing a polyolefin having a high molecular weight and a low melt index by using the same. The present invention provides a transition metal compound represented by formula 1.
US11312795B2	Transition metal complex for use in or as a catalyst for olefin polymerization A catalyst for olefin polymerization containing at least one metal complex comprising at least one —SF5 group attached to a ligand bound to the metal. The invention further relates to catalyst, a process for making polyolefins and dispersions of UHMWPE.
US11312793B2	Amino-quinone antipolymerants and methods of using Described are methods and composition for inhibiting polymerization of a monomer (e.g., styrene) composition using an aminated quinone antipolymerant, such as an aminated benzoquinone or aminated naphthoquinone antipolymerant having one or more secondary or tertiary amine group(s). The aminated quinone antipolymerant can be used with little or no nitroxyl group containing antipolymerant yet still provide excellent antipolymerant activity in a monomer-containing composition.
US11312791B2	Hydrogenation of nitrile rubber This invention relates to a novel process for selectively and efficiently hydrogenating nitrile rubber in the presence of specific complex catalysts system comprising an NHC-ligand comprising Ru-complex catalyst and a specific hydrogenation enhancer.
US11312789B2	Size reduction of ethylcellulose polymer particles Provided is a process for reducing the size of ethylcellulose polymer particles comprising (a) providing a slurry comprising (i) water (ii) said ethylcellulose particles, wherein said ethylcellulose polymer particles have D50 of 100 μm or less; (iii) surfactant comprising 1.2% or more anionic surfactants by weight based on the solid weight of said slurry, with the proviso that if the amount of anionic surfactant is 2.5% or less by weight based on the solid weight of said slurry, then said surfactant further comprises 5% or more stabilizers by weight based on the solid weight of said slurry, wherein said stabilizer is selected from the group consisting of water-soluble polymers, water-soluble fatty alcohols, and mixtures thereof. (b) grinding said slurry in an agitated media mill having a collection of media particles having a median particle size of 550 μm or smaller. Also provided is a dispersion made by such a process.
US11312785B2	Antagonizing CD73 antibody The present invention relates to novel antagonizing antibodies for CD73. The invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding such antibody molecules; to methods for preparing such antibody molecules; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such antibody molecules; to compositions comprising such antibody molecules; and to uses of such antibody molecules or such compositions, in particular for therapeutic purposes in the field of cancer diseases.
US11312779B2	Methods of treating prurigo nodularis using anti-IL-31RA antibody compositions The present invention relates to methods of treating patients suffering from Contact dermatitis, Drug induced delayed type cutaneous allergic reactions, Toxic epidermal necrolysis, Cutaneous T cell Lymphoma, Bullous pemphigoid, Alopecia aereata, Vitiligo, Acne Rosacea, Prurigo nodularis, Scleroderma, Herpes simplex virus, or combination by administering an IL-31RA antagonist.
US11312776B2	Anti-ALK2 antibody This application provides: an antibody which specifically binds to an ALK2 protein and has an activity of inhibiting BMP signal transduction mediated by ALK2; a method for producing the antibody; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody, for treating and/or preventing ectopic ossification and/or bone dysplasia, anemia, or diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG).
US11312774B2	Anti HLA-G specific antibodies The present invention relates to antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, directed against human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) protein and raised against an immunogenic peptide derived from the α3 domain of HLA-G protein. The invention further relates to the immunogenic peptide, and methods for producing said anti-HLA-G specific antibodies.
US11312773B2	Anti-PD-L1 antibody The present invention provides an anti-PD-L1 antibody capable of repeated administration even to animals other than rat. An anti-PD-L1 antibody comprising (a) a light chain comprising a light chain variable region containing CDR1 having the amino acid sequence of QSLLYSENQKDY (SEQ ID NO: 37), CDR2 having the amino acid sequence of WAT and CDR3 having the amino acid sequence of GQYLVYPFT (SEQ ID NO: 38) and the light chain constant region of an antibody of an animal other than rat; and (b) a heavy chain comprising a heavy chain variable region containing CDR1 having the amino acid sequence of GYTFTSNF (SEQ ID NO: 39), CDR2 having the amino acid sequence of IYPEYGNT (SEQ ID NO: 40) and CDR3 having the amino acid sequence of ASEEAVISLVY (SEQ ID NO: 41) and the heavy chain constant region of an antibody of an animal other than rat. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the above anti-PD-L1 antibody as an active ingredient. A method for preparing the above anti-PD-L1 antibody is also provided.
US11312772B2	Combinations of PD-1 antagonists and benzo [b] thiophene STING agonists for cancer treatment Therapeutic combinations that comprise at least one antagonist of the Programmed Death 1 receptor (PD-1) and at least one benzo[b]thiophene compound that activates the Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) pathway are disclosed herein. Also disclosed is the use of such therapeutic combinations for the treatment of cancers.
US11312770B2	Bispecific and monospecific antibodies using novel anti-PD-1 sequences The present invention is directed to bispecific, heterodimeric checkpoint antibodies.
US11312766B2	Antibodies against growth differentiation factor 15 and uses thereof Provided herein are monoclonal antibodies (e.g., human antibodies) binding to human Growth Differentiation Factor 15 protein (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as “GDF15”), and pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment comprising the same.
US11312759B2	Antibody capable of binding to norovirus, composite, detection device and method using the same The present invention provides an antibody including a structural domain represented by the following amino acid sequence, in an N- to C-direction, N-FR1-CDR1-FR2-CDR2-FR3-CDR3-FR4-C wherein the antibody further includes a protein molecule bound to the structural domain; the structural domain is capable of binding to a norovirus; FR denotes a framework region amino acid sequence and CDR denotes a complementary determining region amino acid sequence; any one of the following requirements (i)-(iii) is satisfied. Requirement (i): the CDR1 includes an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of not less than 60% with any one of the amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NO: 1-SEQ ID NO: 6, the CDR2 includes an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of not less than 60% with any one of the amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NO: 7-SEQ ID NO: 12, and the CDR3 includes an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of not less than 60% with any one of the amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NO: 13-SEQ ID NO: 17; Requirement (ii): the CDR1 includes an amino acid sequence in which one-three amino acid(s) of any one of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1-SEQ ID NO: 6 has/have been substituted, deleted, or added, the CDR2 includes an amino acid sequence in which one-three amino acid(s) of any one of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 7-SEQ ID NO: 12 has/have been substituted, deleted, or added, and the CDR3 includes an amino acid sequence in which one-three amino acid(s) of any one of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 13-SEQ ID NO: 17 has/have been substituted, deleted, or added; and Requirement (iii): the CDR1 includes any one of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1-SEQ ID NO: 6, the CDR2 includes any one of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 7-SEQ ID NO: 13, and the CDR3 includes any one of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 13-SEQ ID NO: 17.
US11312755B2	Biological nanopores for biopolymer sensing and sequencing based on FRAC actinoporin The invention relates generally to the field of nanopores and the use thereof in various applications, such as analysis of biopolymers and macromolecules, typically by making electrical measurements during translocation through a nanopores. Provided is a system comprising a funnel-shaped proteinaceous nanopore comprising an a-helical pore-forming toxin that is a member from the actinoporin protein family, more in particular Fragaceatoxin C (FraC), a mutant FraC, a FraC paralog, or a FraC homolog.
US11312754B2	Sunflower seed protein-derived peptides A protein hydrolysate composition is provided. The protein hydrolysate composition comprises isolated peptides useful for ameliorating a condition of a subject. Compositions comprising the protein hydrolysate composition are also provided. The compositions may be adapted for oral or topical administration to the subject, and may compose a foodstuff or beverage (e.g. a medical food), a topical composition (e.g. a lotion, cream, etc.), a kit, and the like. A methods of ameliorating the condition of the subject is further provided. The method include administering the protein hydrolysate composition to the subject. The method may be useful in reducing blood pressure, inflammation, reduced immunity, and/or oxidative stress in the subject.
US11312752B2	Insect inhibitory proteins Pesticidal proteins exhibiting toxic activity against Lepidopteran pest species are disclosed, and include, but are not limited to, TIC4472, TIC4472PL, TIC1425, TIC2613, and TIC2613PL. DNA constructs are provided which contain a recombinant nucleic acid sequence encoding one or more of the disclosed pesticidal proteins. Transgenic plants, plant cells, seed, and plant parts resistant to Lepidopteran infestation are provided which contain recombinant nucleic acid sequences encoding the pesticidal proteins of the present invention. Methods for detecting the presence of the recombinant nucleic acid sequences or the proteins of the present invention in a biological sample, and methods of controlling Lepidopteran species pests using any of the TIC4472, TIC4472PL, TIC1425, TIC2613, and TIC2613PL pesticidal proteins are also provided.
US11312751B2	MHC class I epitope delivering polypeptides The present invention is directed to T-cell epitope delivering polypeptides which deliver one or more CD8+ T-cell epitopes to the MHC class I presentation pathway of a cell, including toxin-derived polypeptides which comprise embedded T-cell epitopes and are de-immunized. The present invention provides cell-targeted, CD8+ T-cell epitope delivering molecules for the targeted delivery of cytotoxicity to certain cells, e.g., infected or malignant cells, for the targeted killing of specific cell types, and the treatment of a variety of diseases, disorders, and conditions, including cancers, immune disorders, and microbial infections. The present invention also provides methods of generating polypeptides capable of delivering one or more heterologous T-cell epitopes to the MHC class I presentation pathway, including polypeptides which are 1) B-cell and/or CD4+ T-cell de-immunized, 2) comprise embedded T-cell epitopes, and/or 3) comprises toxin effectors which retain toxin functions.
US11312749B2	Heterotandem bicyclic peptide complex The present invention relates to a heterotandem bicyclic peptide complex which comprises a first peptide ligand, which binds to EphA2, conjugated via a linker to two second peptide ligands, which bind to CD137. The invention also relates to the use of said heterotandem bicyclic peptide complex in preventing, suppressing or treating cancer.
US11312746B2	Method and system of protein extraction The present invention relates to a method and a system of extracting a protein with high yield from a protein-comprising precipitate, in particular immunoglobulin, from human or non-human origins, such as blood plasma.
US11312745B2	Methods of purifying Fc-containing proteins The present invention relates to methods of purifying proteins containing Fc regions, such as antibodies and Fc fusion proteins. In particular, the present invention relates to a purification method resulting in reduced levels of aggregate protein comprising adsorbing an Fc region-containing protein to a temperature-responsive protein A resin and eluting the protein from the resin at a temperature below 35 C with an elution buffer comprising a chaotropic agent, a sugar alcohol, and at least one amino acid. Methods of separating fully assembled antibodies from half antibody forms thereof using the elution buffer are also described.
US11312742B2	Process for preparing 3'-O-amino-ribonucleotide The invention relates to a process for preparing a 3′-O-amino-ribonucleotide. It also relates to a compound of formula (III), and its use as a precursor for the synthesis of a 3′-O-amino-ribonucleotide. In formula (III), B is a nitrogenous base or a protected derivative thereof, G and G′ are identical or different, and are a protecting group, and RN— is a phthalimido or an imino group.
US11312740B2	Process for the preparation of SGLT2 inhibitors and intermediates thereof The present invention relates to an industrially feasible and economically viable process for preparation of SGLT2 inhibitors of formula X in significantly high yield and purity.
US11312735B2	Luminescent metal halide perovskites and methods Nanoscale metal halide perovskites are provided. The nanoscale metal halide perovskites may have a 2D structure, a quasi-2D structure, or a 3D structure. Methods also are provided for making the nanoscale metal halide perovskites. The color emitted by the nanoscale metal halide perovskites may be tuned.
US11312732B2	Apparatus and continuous flow process for production of boronic acid derivative A process for a continuous production of a boronic acid derivative and an apparatus of performing the process are disclosed.
US11312731B2	Boronic esters and methods for making the same There is provide herein a compound of Formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each independently H or an organic group.
US11312730B2	Metal complexes containing cyclopentadienyl ligands Metal complexes including cyclopentadienyl ligands and methods of using such metal complexes to prepare metal-containing films are provided.
US11312725B2	Compositions and methods for restoring epidermal integrity and function and treating dermatological diseases Novel isohexide esters and isohexide compositions are prepared and used in improving skin health and condition.
US11312724B2	Spirocyclic tetrahydroquinazolines The present disclosure provides compounds represented by Formula I: wherein R3, A, A1, A2, A3, E, E1, E2, L, Q, Z, and are as defined in the specification, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. Compounds of Formula I are KRAS inhibitors and are thus useful to treat cancer and other diseases.
US11312718B2	Formulations of (S)-3-(1-(9H-purin-6-ylamino)ethyl)-8-chloro-2-phenylisoquinolin-1(2H)-one Polymorphs of chemical compounds that modulate kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, and compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including P13 kinase activity, are described herein. Also provided herein are processes for preparing compounds, polymorphs thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US11312715B2	Fused ring derivative as A2A receptor inhibitor Disclosed are a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and an application of the compound or slat in preparation of drugs for treating diseases related to an A2A receptor.
US11312711B2	Morpholine derivative The present invention relates to a compound of formula and to a pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salt thereof with a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs), especially for TAAR1, for the treatment of certain CNS diseases.
US11312710B2	Compound and organic light-emitting display device The present disclosure provides a compound having property of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) and a display device. The compound has a structure represented by Formula (I), in which X is S, O, Se, or C; D is an electron donor, A is an electron acceptor; m is a number of the electron donor D, and the m electron donors D are the same or different; n is a number of the electron acceptor, and the n electron acceptors are the same or different, m and n are integers each independently selected from 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, and m+n≤6. The above compound provides a high luminescence efficiency. The organic light-emitting display device has advantages of improved luminescence efficiency, lower cost and long service life by using the above compound as a light-emitting material, a host material, or a guest material.
US11312709B2	Ghrelin O-acyltransferase inhibitors This invention relates to novel compounds according to Formula (I) which are inhibitors of ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT), to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation, and to their use in therapy for the treatment of metabolic disorders (e.g. Prader-Willi syndrome, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance, prediabetes, diabetes mellitus (e.g., type II diabetes mellitus), dysglycemia (e.g., hyperglycemia), obesity (e.g., obesity caused by Prader-Willi syndrome), increased adiposity, poor glycemic control, hyperphagia, impaired satiety, dyslipidemia (e.g., atherogenic dyslipidemia), hepatic steatosis (e.g., non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (e.g., non-alcoholic steatohepatitis))), psychiatric disorders (e.g., eating disorders (e.g., bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, night-time eating syndrome), substance related disorders (e.g., addiction disorders (e.g., alcohol, smoking, overeating, or use of illicit drugs))), as well as disorders related to or complications of metabolic or psychiatric disorders (e.g., cardiovascular diseases (e.g., diabetic heart disease (e.g., diabetic cardiomyopathy), heart failure, or hypertension), ischemia (e.g., myocardial ischemia, cerebral ischemia, ischemic stroke), or BMI-related cancers (e.g., pancreatic cancer, gallbladder cancer, esophageal cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer etc.).
US11312708B2	Process and intermediates for the preparation of benzo[b]thiophene compounds A process for preparing compounds of formula (I), or a salt or solvate thereof, including Brexpiprazole, which process comprises cyclization of a compound of formula (II) or (III), or a salt or solvate thereof. The invention also refers to intermediates of said process.
US11312701B2	Formylpyridine derivative having FGFR4 inhibitory activity, preparation method therefor and use thereof Formylpyridine derivatives having FGFR4 inhibitory activities, a preparation method therefor and use thereof are described. In particular, the formylpyridine derivatives have a structure of formula (I), and the definition of each substituent in the formula are described in the description and claims. The series of compounds of the formula (I) have very strong inhibitory effects on FGFR4 kinases and very high selectivity, and can be widely used in the preparation of medicaments for treating cancers, particularly prostate cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, skin cancer, neuroglioblastoma or rhabdomyosarcoma, and prospectively will be further developed to become a new generation of FGFR4 inhibitors.
US11312696B2	Synthesis of morin and morin derivatives The invention relates to a method for directly producing morin derivatives and high-purity morin of formula (I). The invention also relates to morin derivatives and high-purity morin that can be obtained using the claimed method.
US11312691B2	Heterocyclic compounds and organic light emitting device using the same The present invention relates to a novel cyclic compound represented by Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device comprising an organic material layer including the novel cyclic compound and having improved efficiency, low driving voltage, and enhanced lifetime characteristic:
US11312690B2	Compounds, compositions, methods for treating diseases, and methods for preparing compounds Some embodiments of the invention include inventive compounds (e.g., compounds of Formula (I)). Other embodiments include compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions) comprising the inventive compound. Still other embodiments of the invention include compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions) for treating, for example, certain diseases using the inventive compounds. Some embodiments include methods of using the inventive compound (e.g., in compositions or in pharmaceutical compositions) for administering and treating (e.g., diseases such as cancer). Further embodiments include methods for making the inventive compounds. Additional embodiments of the invention are also discussed herein.
US11312688B2	Pyrazole compound The present invention relates to a novel serotonin reuptake inhibitor which also exhibits 5-HT2C antagonistic action (antidepressive and anxiolytic effects), in particular, 5-HT2C inverse agonistic action comprising Compound (1): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl etc.; R5 is C4-7 alkyl or —(CR8R9)r-E; R6, R7, R8 and R9 are independently hydrogen, fluorine or C1-6 alkyl; A is C6-10 aryl or heteroaryl etc.; r is 1, 2, 3 or 4; E is C3-8 cycloalkyl or C6-10 aryl etc.; L is oxygen, sulfur or —NR10—; n is 1, 2 or 3; R10 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl etc.; and X is hydrogen or halogen etc.
US11312682B2	Selective inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase Disclosed are novel compounds—benzenesulfonamides of general formulas (I) and (II) The compounds can be used in biomedicine as active ingredients in pharmaceutical formulations, because they inhibit enzymes which participate in disease progression. Also disclosed are method of treatment using such compounds.
US11312673B2	Method for producing 1,1,2-trifluoroethane (HFC-143) The present disclosure provides a method for producing HFC-143 that is not expensive, and that is more efficient than conventional methods. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a method for producing 1,1,2-trifluoroethane (HFC-143) that includes contacting at least one chlorine-containing compound selected from the group consisting of 1,1,2-trichloroethane (HCC-140), 1,2-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141), 1,1-dichloro-2-fluoroethane (HCFC-141a), (E,Z)-1,2-dichloroethylene (HCO-1130 (E,Z)), and (E,Z)-1-chloro-2-fluoroethylene (HCFO-1131 (E,Z)) with hydrogen fluoride to perform one or more fluorination reactions, thereby obtaining a reaction gas containing HFC-143, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen fluoride.
US11312672B2	Process for preparing fluorobenzene and catalyst therefore The invention relates to process for the manufacture or preparation of fluorinated benzene, in particular monofluorobenzene, in a vapor-phase fluorination process. The process of the invention, for example, can comprise a batch or continuous manufacture or preparation of fluorinated benzene, in particular monofluorobenzene, using hydrogen fluoride (HF) in gas phase as fluorination gas. Also, in this process of the invention, for example, fluorination catalysts are involved.
US11312669B2	Oligomerization of olefins A process for olefin oligomerization can include: contacting a feedstock comprising at least one C3 to C20 olefin/paraffin under oligomerization conditions in the presence of a Si/Al ZSM-23 catalyst having no amine treatment and a Si/Al2 molar ratio of 20 to 60 and/or a Si/Al/Ti ZSM-23 catalyst having no amine treatment, a Si/Al2 molar ratio of 20 to 60, and a Ti/Al molar ratio of 0.1 to 3; and recovering an oligomeric product comprising dimers having a branching index of less than 2.1, trimers having a branching index of less than 2.1, and tetramers having a branching index of less than 2.1.
US11312668B2	Organic reactions carried out in aqueous solution in the presence of a hydroxyalkyl(alkyl)cellulose or an alkylcellulose The present invention relates to a method of carrying out an organic reaction in aqueous solution in the presence of a hydroxyalkyl(alkyl)cellulose or an alkylcellulose.
US11312666B2	Mineral solubilizing microorganism infused biochars A treated biochar comprising a porous carbonaceous particle that has been treated and mixed with a media containing a mineral solubilizing microorganism, whereby the porous carbonaceous particle after mixing has retained the mineral solubilizing microorganism.
US11312660B2	Dense boron nitride ceramic with high plasticity and high elasticity and preparation for the same The present disclosure relates to a dense boron nitride ceramic with high plasticity and high elasticity and the preparation process thereof. The preparation process includes the following steps: A) weighing a predetermined amount of spherical boron nitride nano-powders with onion-like structure, pre-pressing them into a pre-pressed body and putting the pre-pressed body into a sintering mold; B) putting the pre-pressed body obtained in step A) together with the sintering mold into a spark plasma sintering apparatus or a hot-pressing sintering apparatus for sintering; and C) taking out the mold after cooling, and removing the mold to obtain the boron nitride dense ceramic block with high plasticity and high elasticity. According to the present invention, a boron nitride ceramic with high strength and high plasticity is obtained via sintering spherical boron nitride nano-powders with onion-like structure.
US11312657B2	Glass-based articles with improved stress profiles Glass-based articles are manufactured by a unique ion exchange process that results in glass-based articles having improved stress profiles with higher stress values at moderate depths. A medium of the ion exchange process includes ions of two or more alkali metals of two or more alkali metal oxides in a base composition of a glass-based substrate in a ratio such that ions of each alkali metal are in chemical equilibrium with each of the respective alkali metals of the alkali metal oxides in the base glass composition.
US11312656B2	Chemically strengthened glass The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass satisfying A1 [MPa] of 600 or more, A2 [MPa] of 50 or more, B1 [μm] of 6 or less, B2 [μm] of 10% or more of t [μm], C [MPa] of −30 or less, and A1/B1 [MPa/μm] of 100 or more when the chemically strengthened glass has a thickness t [μm] and a profile of a stress value [MPa] at a depth x [μm] from a glass surface is approximated by an error least-squares method in a region of 0A2 and B1
US11312654B2	Composition for glass fiber, glass fiber, glass-fiber-containing composite material containing glass fiber, and method for manufacturing glass fiber Provided is a composition for a glass fiber which has a high elastic modulus and satisfactory productivity, and can facilitate the production of a fine-count glass fiber. The composition for a glass fiber of the present invention includes, as a glass composition expressed as a mass percent in terms of oxide, 50% to 70% of SiO2, 15% to 25% of Al2O3, 3% to 13% of MgO, 3% to 15% of CaO, and 0.5% to 5% of B2O3.
US11312652B2	Transparent, dyed cook top or hob with improved colored display capability and a method for the manufacturing of such a cook top or hob Transparent, dyed cook top or hob with improved color display capability, consisting of a glass ceramic with high quartz mixed crystals as predominant crystal phase, whereby the glass-ceramic contains none of the chemical refining agents arsenic oxide and/or antimony, with transmission values of greater than 0.1% in the range of the visible light within the entire wavelength range greater than 450 nm, a light transmission in the visible of 0.8-2.5% and a transmission in the infrared at 1600 nm of 45-85%.
US11312651B2	Optical fiber drawing method and drawing apparatus An optical fiber drawing method where a glass base material passes through an opening provided in a drawing furnace from the material side and drawing is performed by suspending and descending the material into the drawing furnace while being sealed by a sealing mechanism provided in the vicinity of the opening, in which a first portion of the sealing mechanism seals a gap between an outer peripheral surface of the material and an inner surface of the opening when drawing starts and a tapered portion of the material starts passing through the first portion, and a second portion is disposed above the first portion before sealing by the first portion becomes ineffective, and then conduction between inside and outside of the drawing furnace is carried out to prevent fluctuation of pressure inside the furnace immediately after disposing the second portion and the conduction is interrupted when the material further descends.
US11312650B2	System and method for manufacturing optical fiber A system for precoating a preform for drawing optical fiber including a diameter sensor to determine a diameter of pulled optical fiber, a cooling system to cool the optical fiber once it is pulled from a furnace, a coating system to apply a coating to the optical fiber once it has cooled and an ultra-violet lamp to cure the coating.
US11312649B2	Method and apparatus for reducing the camber in thin glasses A method for producing thing glass strips is provided that avoids camber defects. The method includes using a glass strip forming device that has a drawing device; drawing, using the drawing device, the thin glass strip away from the glass strip forming device; measuring, using a measuring device, variables that are dependent on a differing length of edges of the thin glass strip at at least two measurement locations spaced apart transversely to a longitudinal extension of the thin glass strip; determining a difference or a quotient of the variables. The difference or the quotient is used to determine a control variable by which the glass strip forming device is controlled so as to counteract a difference in velocities of the thin glass strip between the two opposite edges.
US11312647B1	Stormwater collection, treatment, and aquifer replenishment installations and methods A stormwater collection, treatment, and aquifer replenishment installation includes a stormwater drain for receiving surface stormwater, a dry well downwardly extending underground to an outlet proximate to a water table over an aquifer, a tank structure at least partially disposed underground and coupled with the stormwater drain and the dry well in stormwater communication, a stormwater treatment system enclosed within the tank structure between the stormwater drain and the dry well for converting surface stormwater into treated stormwater, the tank structure for conducting surface stormwater to the stormwater treatment system between the stormwater drain and the dry well, and the dry well for receiving and gravity feeding treated stormwater from stormwater treatment system to the outlet.
US11312646B2	Method to remediate effluents containing metals complexed with organic and/or inorganic species Described is a system and corresponding method for remediating liquid waste streams. The system includes an electro-oxidation (EO) chamber, an electro-deposition (ED) chamber, and an electro-adsorption (EA) chamber. In the method, a waste stream is subjected to electro-oxidation, followed by electro-deposition and/or electro-adsorption. The method removes both organic and inorganic pollutants, as well as metals present as free ions or bound into organic or inorganic complexes.
US11312645B2	High-concentration organic wastewater treatment reactor The present invention discloses a high-concentration organic wastewater treatment reactor. A lower water distribution system, an upper water distribution system, a lower three-phase separator and an upper inclined plate separator are provided from bottom to top in a reactor body of the high-concentration organic wastewater treatment reactor. A gas-liquid separator is disposed on the top of the reactor body. The lower water distribution system and the upper water distribution system are connected to an influent pipe. A lower biogas ascending pipe connected to the gas-liquid separator is disposed on the top of the lower three-phase separator. An upper biogas ascending pipe and an effluent pipe are disposed above the upper inclined plate separator. An outlet end of the upper biogas ascending pipe is connected to the gas-liquid separator. A downcomer is disposed on the bottom of the gas-liquid separator. An air pipe is disposed on the top of the gas-liquid separator. The reactor of the present invention has the characteristics of low energy consumption, good effluent water quality, large biogas production, and no odor, is capable of enhancing the even water distribution and fully mixing sludge and water, have a high removal efficiency of pollutants. Moreover, an internal circulating water dilutes influent water. A system having a strong impact resistance ability and a reactor being operated stably for a long term are achieved.
US11312644B1	Transportable ozone supply unit with one or more auxiliary compartments containing mixing assemblies for generating aqueous ozone solution A transportable system for generating aqueous ozone solution includes a hand truck carrying one or more auxiliary compartments containing respective mixing assemblies that are fluidically coupled to an ozone supply unit. At least one mixing assembly includes a first flow path for water to flow through and a second flow path in parallel with the first flow path. The first flow path includes one or more ozone intake ports that are fluidically coupled to one or more ozone output ports of the ozone supply unit. The second flow path includes a control valve that selectively permits a portion of the water to flow through the second flow path to produce a negative pressure in the first flow path so that ozone is drawn into the first flow path and mixed into the water flowing through the first flow path to produce an aqueous ozone solution.
US11312641B2	Electromagnetic ionic liquid and preparation method therefor The disclosure provides an electromagnetic ionic liquid, which consists of ammonia water, diluent, EWT electronic water and macromolecular complex. The four components are mixed evenly at normal temperature and pressure in a certain proportion to prepare the electromagnetic ionic liquid. The electromagnetic ionic liquid can be used for extracting struvite from seawater, salt water or brine, which improves quality of the struvite, facilitates its industrial production and improves yield of struvite products. In addition, with the electromagnetic ionic liquid, elements required for crop growth and dozens of types of trace elements can be captured in the precipitate, which has great social and economic value for mass production, popularization and application of the struvite.
US11312640B2	Method and device for enhanced water production in solar-powered devices A solar-powered system including a chamber that is bordered by an evaporation layer and a condensation layer; and a photothermal layer located over the evaporation layer so that sun rays incident on the photothermal layer are transformed into heat and the heat is supplied to the evaporation layer for evaporating water. The sun rays incident on the photothermal layer do not pass through the condensation layer prior to arriving at the photothermal layer.
US11312634B2	Production method for dispersion liquid of silica particle A method for producing a dispersion liquid of silica particles, by simultaneously adding a liquid A containing silane alkoxide and a liquid B containing an alkali catalyst and water to a liquid I containing silica seed particles to cause the particles to grow, so as to produce silica particles; wherein the variation rate of the mole ratio of the alkali catalyst to silica components in the reaction system during a period from the start to the end of the addition relative to the initial mole ratio is 0.90 to 1.10; and the variation rate of the mole ratio of water to the silica components in the reaction system during a period from the start to the end of the addition relative to the initial mole ratio is 0.90 to 1.10.
US11312633B2	Silicon-carbon composite powder A silicon-carbon composite powder having Si and C distributed throughout each particle is provided. The weight ratio of carbon to silicon on the surface of a particle (C/Si)surface is greater than the weight ratio of carbon to silicon within the total particle (C/Si)total. The silicon-carbon composite powder is produced by simultaneously feeding into a reactor a gaseous stream of a SiH4, Si2H6, Si3H8 and/or organosilane and a gaseous stream of at least one hydrocarbon of ethylene, ethane, propane and acetylene and reacting the streams using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition.
US11312631B2	Aligned film and method for producing the same An aligned film having first and second faces opposed to each other, the aligned film having (a) a plurality of layers aligned non-parallel to the first and second faces between the faces of the aligned film, each layer having a crystal lattice represented by: Mn+1Xn (wherein M is at least one metal of Group 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7; X is a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, or a combination thereof; and n is 1, 2, or 3), each X is positioned within an octahedral array of M, and at least one of two opposing surfaces of each said layer have at least one modifier or terminal T selected from a hydroxy group, a fluorine atom, an oxygen atom, and a hydrogen atom; and (b) magnetic nanoparticles carried on a layer surface and/or between two adjacent layers of the plurality of layers.
US11312629B2	Process for producing monolithic film of integrated highly oriented halogenated graphene sheets or molecules A process for producing an integrated layer (10 nm to 500 μm) of highly oriented halogenated graphene sheets, comprising: (a) preparing a graphene oxide (GO) dispersion having GO sheets dispersed in a fluid medium; (b) dispensing and depositing a layer of GO dispersion onto a surface of a supporting substrate under a shear stress condition that induces orientation of GO sheets to form a wet layer of GO on the supporting substrate; (c) introducing a halogenating agent into the wet layer of graphene oxide and effecting a chemical reaction between the halogenating agent and GO sheets to form a wet layer of halogenated graphene, C6ZxOy, wherein Z is a halogen element selected from F, Cl, Br, I, or a combination thereof, x=0.01 to 6.0, y=0 to 5.0, and x+y≤6.0; and (d) removing the fluid medium.
US11312626B2	Conversion of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) to nitric oxide (NO) Various systems, devices, NO2 absorbents, NO2 scavengers and NO2 recuperator for generating nitric oxide are disclosed herein. According to one embodiment, an apparatus for converting nitrogen dioxide to nitric oxide can include a receptacle including an inlet, an outlet, a surface-active material coated with an aqueous solution of ascorbic acid and an absorbent wherein the inlet is configured to receive a gas flow and fluidly communicate the gas flow to the outlet through the surface-active material and the absorbent such that nitrogen dioxide in the gas flow is converted to nitric oxide.
US11312625B2	Hydrogen sulfide mixture, method for producing same, and filling container To provide a hydrogen sulfide mixture hardly corroding metals. The hydrogen sulfide mixture contains hydrogen sulfide and water. The hydrogen sulfide mixture is filled into a filling container so that at least one part of the hydrogen sulfide mixture is liquid and the moisture concentration of a gaseous phase is 0.001 mol ppm or more and less than 75 mol ppm.
US11312624B2	MEMS device and manufacturing method thereof A manufacturing method of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes providing a first, a second and a third substrates, wherein the first substrate includes a first and a second circuit, the second substrate includes second and third connection areas, and the third substrate includes first connection areas. Second grooves and a dividing groove are formed on the fourth surface of the third substrate. The second and third substrates are bonded to make the first and the second connection areas correspondingly connect with each other. The second substrate is divided to form electrically isolating first and second movable elements. The first movable element is spatial separated from the third substrate and corresponding to the second groove. The second movable element is connected to the third substrate. The first and the second substrates are bonded to make the fourth and the third connection areas connect correspondingly. The third substrate is thinned, divided into a first and a second cap from the dividing groove, and formed a first groove from the fifth surface. The first cap is corresponding to the first movable element and the first circuit. Air tight space to sense a pressure variation of exterior environment is formed between the first substrate and the second cap. The second movable element is movable with the second cap by the pressure variation of the exterior environment. Accordingly, the pressure sensor and the MEMS structure for sensing other physical quantity can be integrated in the foregoing MEMS device by a single process.
US11312623B2	Semiconductor structure for MEMS device The present disclosure relates to a method of forming an integrated chip structure. The method includes forming a plurality of interconnect layers within a dielectric structure over a substrate. A dielectric layer arranged along a top of the dielectric structure is patterned to define a via hole exposing an uppermost one of the plurality of interconnect layers. An extension via is formed within the via hole and one or more conductive materials are formed over the dielectric layer and the extension via. The one or more conductive materials are patterned to define a sensing electrode over and electrically coupled to the extension via. A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) substrate is bonded to the substrate. The MEMs substrate is vertically separated from the sensing electrode.
US11312621B2	Sensing thermal gradients within a microelectromechanical device The performance of a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device may be subject to unwanted thermal gradients or nonuniform temperatures. The thermal gradients may be approximated based on voltage measurements taken through bond wires coupled to bond points located on the MEMS device. Thermal gradient measurement may be improved depending on the arrangement of bond wires and/or the material of the bond wires. Sense circuitry that is coupled to the MEMS device may determine corrective actions, such as updating the operation of the MEMS device, that compensate for the adverse effects from the thermal gradients.
US11312620B2	Waterproof microphone and associated packing techniques Aspects of the disclosure provide a waterproof packaging technique for fabricating waterproof microphones in mobile devices. A device based on the waterproof packaging technique can include a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device, a housing enclosing the MEMS device, and a liquid-resistant air inlet passive device (LRAPD) on the housing. The LRAPD can include at least one channel connecting an exterior of the housing with a chamber formed between the housing and the MEMS device. An inside surface of the channel can be coated with a liquid-repellant coating. In some examples, the liquid-repellant coating can be a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) coating.
US11312614B2	System and apparatus for refilling a reservoir with liquid dispensed from a dispenser The present invention solves some of the problems of the prior art by providing a method, system and apparatus for readily refilling the reservoir of a smoking-substitute device with liquid from a dispenser. The method, system and apparatus of the present invention prevents liquid from being dispensed until the dispenser is securely and sealably engaged to the smoking-substitute device, provides independent liquid and gas pathways between the dispenser and reservoir, and substantially alleviates the problems of spillage and/or leakage when dispensing liquid from the dispenser into the reservoir of the smoking-substitute device.
US11312611B2	Hydrogen water generator A hydrogen water generator includes a hydrogen water discharger including a water outlet, a seating unit disposed under the water outlet and forming a seating surface, a water container seatable on the seating surface and including an opening at an upper end of the water container, and a first magnetic body at a lower end of the water container, and the seating unit including a second magnetic body. When the water container is seated on the seating surface, the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body are attractable to each other to position the water container with respect to the water outlet.
US11312610B2	System and method for choosing and pouring beverages A beverage dispenser and method for operating a beverage dispenser may include receiving a handshake request from a mobile device of a user. A communications link may be established with the mobile device. Responsive to receiving control data associated with a beverage order from the mobile device, a physical function may be caused to be performed by the beverage dispenser.
US11312609B2	Kit for dispensing a beverage through a dispense tube comprising a dispense valve A kit for dispensing a beverage through a dispense tube comprising a dispense valve, the kit comprising: •—an assembly of a keg (1) and a closure (2), the keg (1) and closure (2) assembly comprising: •a. an inner vent mechanism incorporated in the closure or at the interface of keg and closure, the inner vent mechanism configured to fluidly connect the inner space and intermediate space when an overpressure of predetermined value Poo occurs in the flexible bag; and •b. a safety relief mechanism (8a, 8b, 27) incorporated in the closure (2) or at an interface of closure (2) and keg (1), the safety relief mechanism designed to relief pressure when an overpressure h of predetermined value P01 occurs in the keg, wherein Po1 is larger than Poo; •—a keg connector (38) comprising a base body and: •a) coupling means (40) for connecting the keg connector (31) to the neck portion (5) of the keg (1) or to the closure (2) of said keg; •b) a dispense connector (38a) comprising a dispense tip (38b); •c) a gas connector (39a), comprising a gas tip (39b); characterized in that said connector comprises an overpressure relief vent (41) and an overpressure relief valve (42) to relief pressure when an overpressure in the gas tip (39b) reaches a predetermined overpressure value P02 and in that at least one of following conditions are fulfilled: •i The predetermined overpressure P02 at which the relief valve opens is smaller than Po1; •ii the coupling of the keg connector to the keg or closure increases the overpressure Po1 needed to activate the overpressure mechanism in the closure or at the interface of keg and closure to an overpressure Po1′ larger than Po1, with Po1′ being larger than P02.
US11312608B2	Beverage dispenser with customized nutritive levels and multiple sweetener sources A dispenser is configured to dispense food products at varying nutritive levels by dispensing a combination of sweeteners in a predetermined ratio from a plurality of sweetener sources. Using a predetermined combination of sweeteners in a predetermined ratio for a selected nutritive level for a given product ensures that the dispensed product will have a desirable flavor profile while at the same time providing increased consumer choice. A combination of caloric, mid-calorie, low calorie, and/or non-caloric sweeteners may be dispensed to produce a food product with a specified caloric level or nutritive level. For a given nutritive level selected, the product dispenser may dispense different combinations of sweeteners and/or different ratios of sweeteners for different brands or products to be dispensed. Likewise, for a given brand or product, the product dispenser may dispense different combinations of sweeteners and/or different ratios of sweeteners for different selected nutritive levels.
US11312607B2	Graphical user interface on a kiosk Upon selection of a product selection icon on a user interface of a beverage vendor, a price per amount of the product is displayed to clearly depict product costs while also providing flexibility for having products of different price points. After selection of the product and upon successful payment validation, a dispensing gauge displays an amount of product dispensed and total current cost of a dispensing session at a location of the product selection icon. A selectable dispense icon is provided upon the successful payment to facilitate dispensing the selected product and a product icon is provided proximate to the selectable dispense icon. Within the dispensing session, upon selection of a second product selection icon, the dispensing gauge moves to the second product selection icon and accumulates additional cost for the transaction based on a cost per amount of a second product associated with the second product selection icon.
US11312606B2	Water purifier and method for controlling the same Provided is a water purifier. The water purifier includes an agitator configured to agitate cooling water and heat-exchange the cooling water with a cooling coil, a motor coupled to the agitator to allow the agitator to rotate, the agitator operating at at least two rotational speeds other than zero, and a control assembly configured to control the rotational speed of the motor.
US11312603B2	Load rest A forklift includes a vehicle frame, wherein at least one load rest platform is movably arranged on the vehicle frame. The at least one load rest platform is movable between a storage position, in which no load can be deposited on the at least one load rest platform, and a working position, in which a load can be deposited on the at least one load rest platform. The at least one load rest platform is aligned essentially horizontally when moved to the working position, and the at least one load rest platform is movably arranged on an upper surface of the vehicle frame via at least one articulating joint. The at least one articulating joint connects the at least one load rest platform with a side face of the vehicle frame.
US11312601B1	Movable lifting bracket A movable lifting bracket relates to a field of lifting bracket and includes bearing frames, a main frame, and a mobile frame arranged on a lower portion of the main frame. Universal wheels and directional wheels are arranged on a lower portion of the movable frame. Adjusting sleeves are arranged on upper ends of the movable frame. First through holes are on an outer side of each of the adjusting sleeves. Lower ends of the main frame are inserted into the adjusting sleeves. A first limit pin is arranged on the outer side of each of the adjusting sleeves; A pressing frame is arranged on the main frame.
US11312600B2	Fastening device for hoisting rope of hoisting device A hoisting device includes a body, a hoisting rope, a rope drum arranged in connection with the body, on which a first end of the hoisting rope is fastened, and a hoisting part which ascends and descends by means of the hoisting rope. The hoisting device includes a fastening device of a second end of the hoisting rope, which is formed into a loop wherein a spiral groove is substantially surrounding the entire loop and in which the part adjacent to the second end of the hoisting rope is received. The hoisting device further has a fastening arrangement which locks the second end of the hoisting rope to the fastening device, preventing the second end from being pulled out of the fastening device.
US11312588B2	Automatic document feeders An example automatic document feeder device includes a document tray, a pair of rollers, at least one controller that automatically adjusts a height of the document tray and the pair of rollers based on an amount of media contained on the document tray, Sand a slide aligned to the pair of rollers to alter a media pathway distance as the height of the pair of rollers changes. The controller may adjust the height of the document tray independently from adjusting the height of the pair of rollers. A guide may be provided adjacent to the document tray, wherein the guide may bend as the height of the document tray increases. A sensor may determine a thickness of media contained on the document tray.
US11312587B2	Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device includes a pickup roller, a feed roller, a retard roller, a conveyance rollers pair. The pickup roller contacts a sheet at a first contact point in a pickup position and rotates to convey the sheet in a predetermined conveyance direction. The feed roller is disposed on a downstream side of the pickup roller in the conveyance direction. The retard roller contacts the feed roller at a second contact point and conveys the sheet while separating the sheet. The conveyance rollers pair contacts each other at a third contact point and conveys the sheet passing through the second contact point to a conveyance path. The first contact point, the second contact point and the third contact point are disposed on a linear line in the conveyance direction, when viewed from axial directions of the rollers.
US11312585B1	System and method for managing removable mechanical modifications to a printing device A method of managing removable mechanical modifications to one or more printing devices, including receiving, by one or more computer processors, an input related to a removable mechanical modification of a printing device of the one or more printing devices, and determining, by the one or more computer processors, a location of the removable mechanical modification.
US11312583B2	Adaptive joint connector system and method for connecting conveyor track A joint connector for track sections of a conveyor wherein the track sections comprise a feature that requires alignment, the joint connector including: a first segment for attachment to an attachment feature of a first track section of the conveyor; and a second segment for attachment to an attachment feature of a second track section of the conveyor, wherein the second segment is configured to be adaptive to non-alignment of the attachment features of the first and second track sections in order to maintain alignment of the feature after installation of the joint connector.
US11312569B1	Bottom trashcan bin This invention is a multiple purpose storage bin. Its purpose is to consolidate everyday cleaning tools and other items that are used daily, such as a broom, mop, sponge mop, standard size trashcan, trash bags, reusable bags and other items at the end users preference. The bottom trashcan bin offers two sizes, small and large. The desired material it's made from but not limited too is plastic and or corrugated board laminated giving the end-user the ability to self assemble based upon their storage preference they can interchange the holding sides, style and design patterns of the bin, by exchanging the opening that holds the broom, mop or floor duster.
US11312568B1	Medially stabilized liquid surge suppressor A medially stabilized surge suppressor has longitudinal members joined together at opposite ends of the members and a medial disk supporting the members. The longitudinal members are fastened to the medial disks by tabs that pass through elongate slots located in the longitudinal members. The longitudinal members each include a number of flow orifices that enable fluid through the flow orifices as well as between the longitudinal members. The end portions of the longitudinal members are joined at each of first and second junctions by a pin and a washer forming a non-rotable connection between them.
US11312566B2	Blind packaging and methods of cutting window coverings A package for a size-in-store window covering comprises a box having a first portion that extends for the width of the window covering and a second portion that extends for less than the width of the window covering. The window covering extends beyond an end of a bottom wall a first distance and the head rail extends beyond an end of a first side wall a second distance. A method of cutting a window covering comprises providing a window covering in a box as described above and positioning the box with the exposed portion of the window covering facing down and the exposed portion of the head rail facing a clamp. Methods of packaging a window covering comprise reducing the total number of loops in the window covering, and positioning inserts between adjacent components.
US11312565B2	Bag-on-valve Bag-on-valve for a pressurized container, in particular pressurized cans (40), for dispensing viscous to pasty products, comprising a valve disk (3), a valve body (6) arranged on the valve disk (3), a stem (5) guided in a central cutout of the valve body (6), with at least one inlet opening (9) for the product contained in the bag (30), said opening being opened by actuating the stem, at least one outlet opening (10), an elastic element (8) acting on the stem (5), sealing elements (12) acting between valve disk (3) and valve body (6) and between valve body (6) and stem (5) as well as a bag (30) arranged on valve (1) for the product to be discharged through the valve (1), wherein the bag (30) is fixed to a retaining element (2) which has a central passage (23), said retaining element (2) having a laterally extending retaining plate (22) which is connected in a tightly sealing manner to a collar (7) of the valve body, said collar extending vertically on the can side.
US11312550B2	Flexible packages with self-folding Packages made from flexible material, wherein the packages include one or more self-folds formed by applying activation energy to the flexible material are presented. The packages include a polymeric film, wherein the polymeric film is formed from one type of polymer, and wherein the flexible material defines an enclosed product volume. The packages include a first panel formed from the flexible material and a second panel formed from the flexible material. The packages include a self-fold that has an overall thickness that is about 5% to about 30% greater than a thickness of the flexible material outside of the self-fold. The self-fold has a differential thermal-mechanical set than the flexible material outside of the self-fold, and forms an angle of about 100 degrees to about 170 degrees between the first panel and the second panel.
US11312548B2	Drink container and leak proof plug lid for use therewith A drink container and three position plug lid for use therewith. The lid includes a tubular seal with a flexible perimeter seal wall attached between upper and lower seal carriers, a lifter member attached to the lower seal carrier and a cam member to control movement of the lower seal carrier relative to the upper seal carrier and thereby laterally flex and axially move the perimeter seal wall and move the lid between closed and opened positions where the lid is retained within the drink container against removal, and a removal position permitting removal of the lid for washing the lid and drink container.
US11312545B2	Tamper-resistant air-permeable container A tamper-resistant air-permeable container includes a cover having a bottom that is formed with a first wall having primary troughs and primary blocks and formed with a retaining engagement portion; and a box including a receiving space and having a second wall that is provided with a first step part lower than the second wall and a second step part lower than the first step part to define forming therebetween a retaining engagement groove. The second wall is formed with secondary troughs, each including a curved section, such that each of the secondary troughs has a curved configuration. When the cover is combined with the box, the retaining engagement portions of the cover are fit into and retained in the retaining engagement groove. The primary troughs and the secondary troughs form passages in communication with the receiving space.
US11312544B2	Cap for container A cap for a container is formed so that the cap has a top plate and a circular sidewall. Two opposite sides of the circular sidewall circularly connect to each other, one periphery of the circular sidewall connecting to one surface of the top plate forming a closed end, and another periphery of the circular sidewall at an opposite side of the closed end forms an opened end. Incisions are in the circular sidewall. The incisions form a ring member located at the opened end of the cap separated from a main body of the cap by a first incision and a second incision between the opened end of the main body and the ring member.
US11312534B2	Modular reusable shipping crate A system, method, and device for shipping, transporting, storing, and managing logistics of a variety of cargo. A crate is disclosed that allows for easy and inexpensive return shipment (reverse logistics) after use through a collapsible, interlocking system of a pallet base, foldable side wall assemblies, and a lid that can be removably connected to one another. The crate can utilize guide protrusions and corresponding guide recesses to fit the components together. The height of the crate can be increased by additional tiers of side walls. Latch assemblies can be utilized to fasten adjacent components together. The crate may include a tracking or monitoring device that can monitor one or more of humidity, temperature, tilt, impact, vibration, and variety of desired conditions. The system may include Bluetooth beacons on each of the components and a Bluetooth sensor in the monitoring device in the pallet base to monitor disassembled components.
US11312533B2	Structural element A structural element (10) for forming a panel, with an upper plane (12) and lower plane (14) which are parallel and deformed along their plane at intervals by pods (16) which extrude toward the opposing plane with their internal faces mating to one another.
US11312528B2	Scented attachments for beverage cartons Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for controlling scent delivery by a scented article for beverage containers such as box cartons. In some aspects, a scent delivery system includes a cap removably attachable to a carton container at an opening of the carton container, the cap being moveable between an open position that allows a fluid beverage within the carton container to flow outward and a closed position that prevents the beverage to flow outward; and a scented article that couples to the carton container or the cap and operable to generate a scent capable of stimulating an olfactory sensation of a user including during consumption of the beverage when the cap is in the open position, and when the cap is in closed position, a seal is created by the cap and a base region of the carton container to enclose the scented article and lock in the scent.
US11312526B2	Dual use box Example aspects of a box and a collapsible box are disclosed. The box can comprise comprising a plurality of side panels comprising a first side panel and a second side panel opposite the first side panel; a first top panel extending from the first side panel, the first top panel comprising a primary sealing flap, a first secondary sealing flap, and a second secondary sealing flap; and a second top panel extending from the second side panel, the box configurable in a first closed configuration, wherein the first and second secondary sealing flaps are secured to the second top panel, and a second closed configuration, wherein the primary sealing flap is secured to the second top panel.
US11312525B2	Container with knockout-stackable gable with top tab The invention is directed to a stackable container having a gable type top wall and a gable type bottom wall. The top wall of the container can include an upwardly extending tab that cooperates with a slot in the bottom wall of a like container to facilitate stacking of two or more containers. The container includes a front opening.
US11312523B2	Synthetic resin-made multilayer container A synthetic resin-made multilayer bottle includes: an outer shell bottle having a shoulder section continuing from an outer opening section, and a body section continuing from the shoulder section; a synthetic resin-made inner container body having a cylindrical inner opening section provided inside the outer opening section of the outer shell bottle, and an inner container main body continuing from the inner opening section, shaped along an inner surface shape of the outer shell bottle, which deforms by an external pressure; and an air passage formed between the outer opening section and the inner opening section and which introduces outside air between the outer shell bottle and the inner container body. The inner circumferential surface of the inner opening section is provided with a small-diameter section having a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the open end of the inner opening section.
US11312520B2	Heating element for inflation and sealing system A protective packaging formation device is disclosed herein. The device includes an inflation assembly that directs fluid between first and second overlapping plies of a web material. The device also includes a sealing mechanism. The sealing mechanism includes a heating zone and a cooling zone. The sealing mechanism also includes a heating element that extends along both the heating zone and the cooling zone, with the heating element having a first profile in the heating zone and a second profile in the cooling zone.
US11312519B2	Strapping apparatus The present disclosure relates to a strapping head of a strapping device for strapping packaged goods with a strap. The strapping head includes an advancing apparatus and tensioning apparatus having at most three rollers for transferring an advancing motion, a retracting motion, and a tensioning motion to the strap. A least one of the wheels is operatively connected to a driving apparatus to cause the at least one of the wheels to rotate about a rotational axis for the advancing, retracting, and tensioning motions. The rollers can be brought in contact with the strap in pairs on both sides of the strap in different combinations with each other.
US11312515B2	Medicine packaging apparatus and medicine feeding apparatus A medicine packaging apparatus configured to package medicine based on prescription data, including: a feeder configured to feed solid medicine; a storage configured to temporarily store the solid medicine fed from the feeder; and a packaging unit configured to package the solid medicine discharged from the storage, wherein the storage includes: a plurality of storage containers; a holding table configured to hold the plurality of storage containers so as to be individually detachable; and a drive unit configured to drive the holding table to move so that each of the plurality of storage containers held by the holding table is moved between an introduction position where the solid medicine is introduced from the feeder and a discharge position where the solid medicine is discharged to the packaging unit.
US11312512B1	Early warning reentry system comprising high efficiency module for determining spacecraft reentry time The present invention relates to an early warning reentry system comprising a high efficiency module for determining spacecraft reentry time and a highly efficient method for determining spacecraft reentry time. The method permits more accurate, earlier spacecraft reentry time determinations using publicly available trajectory information without the need for accounting for the actual design configuration of the spacecraft in question. Thus, a module for making such determinations can easily and inexpensively be added to an early warning reentry system.
US11312510B2	Method and apparatus for controlling remote sensing satellites for multiple terminals, and readable storage medium Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling remote sensing satellites for multiple terminals and a readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving a remote sensing satellite control request sent from a terminal device by a server; calculating, by the server, an orbit of target remote sensing satellite corresponding to each remote sensing satellite control request, and judging whether the orbit of the target remote sensing satellite covers the target location in the remote sensing satellite control request corresponding to the target remote sensing satellite; if yes, determining the remote sensing satellite control request as a valid remote sensing satellite control request and controlling the target remote sensing satellite corresponding to the remote sensing satellite control request to perform a photographing task by the server; and if no, determining the remote sensing satellite control request as an invalid remote sensing satellite control request by the server.
US11312506B2	Autonomous quadcopter piloting controller and debugger A method of debugging quadcopter piloting code includes coupling an Artificial Intelligence (AI) controller configured with AI piloting code to a workstation having a quadcopter simulator and initiating piloting of a simulated quadcopter of the quadcopter simulator by the AI piloting code of the AI controller. Operations of the quadcopter simulator are logged, and communications timestamped. Subsequently, in response to an AI piloting code event at an event time, the event time is determined from a timestamped communication and a logged operation of the quadcopter simulator having a timestamp corresponding to the event time is found. The quadcopter simulator is rewound to at least the logged operation and one or more operations of the quadcopter simulator and the AI piloting code are stepped through to identify AI piloting code errors relating to the AI piloting code event.
US11312494B2	Vehicular seating suite configuration A vehicular seating suite configuration may include a plurality of vertically stacked seating suites configured to be positioned within a vehicle. Each seating suite may include an elongated generally horizontal seating surface angled away from a longitudinal axis of a vehicle and a generally vertical backrest portion adjacent to a proximal end of the elongated generally horizontal seating surface. The elongated generally horizontal seating surface and the generally vertical backrest portion may be configured to accommodate a person in a sitting position and the elongated generally horizontal seating surface may be configured to accommodate a person in a lying position.
US11312488B2	Rotorcraft-convertible motorcar A rotorcraft-convertible motorcar includes a passenger cabin with at least one seat, a pair of front wheels, a central rear wheel, and two pairs of left and right supporting arms located on opposed sides of the passenger cabin, each supporting arm carrying a respective rotor assembly. The supporting arms are pivotally connected to the passenger cabin so that the rotorcraft-convertible car is convertible between an on-road configuration, where the supporting arms with the rotor assemblies are arranged inside a lateral overall size of the passenger cabin, and a flight configuration, where the supporting arms with the rotor assemblies are arranged at least partially outside the overall lateral size of the passenger cabin. The supporting arms and the rotor assemblies are configured so that in the on-road configuration the rotor assemblies are accommodated underneath the passenger cabin, on opposed sides of the central rear wheel.
US11312485B2	Lightweight vertical take-off and landing aircraft An aerial vehicle adapted for vertical takeoff and landing using a set of wing mounted thrust producing elements and a set of tail mounted rotors for takeoff and landing. An aerial vehicle which is adapted to vertical takeoff with the rotors in a rotated, take-off attitude then transitions to a horizontal flight path, with the rotors rotated to a typical horizontal configuration. The aerial vehicle uses different configurations of its wing mounted rotors and propellers to reduce drag in all flight modes.
US11312481B2	Airplane wing A wing for an airplane has an outer wing end and an inner side of the wing for mounting to the airplane. The outer wing has at least two winglets connected to the wing, including an upstream winglet preceding a downstream winglet in a flight direction of the wing. The first winglet and the second winglet are mutually inclined, as seen against the flight direction, by a relative dihedral angle.
US11312479B2	Force application device for a control stick of an aircraft The invention relates to a force application device for a control stick of an aircraft, said stick comprising a control lever that is connected to a motor comprising a drive shaft, said device having: a first pin connected to the drive shaft, a housing, a second pin secured to the housing, an electromagnet secured in relation to the housing, a movable actuator which comprises a magnetic material such that said actuator can be displaced depending on a supply of current of the electromagnet, and means for clamping the first pin and the second pin which comprise a first tooth and a second tooth, said device having an operating configuration in which the electromagnet is active and the actuator separates the teeth away from the first pin and the second pin, and a blocking configuration in which the electromagnet is inactive, with the first tooth and the second tooth coming into contact with the first pin and the second pin.
US11312478B2	Adaptive phase control architecture for reduction of community noise from distributed propulsion vehicles A method for adaptive phase control of a distributed propulsion (DP) aircraft includes deriving an estimated source noise level of the aircraft's propulsors with respect to a designated low-noise area on the ground. Responsive to the estimated source noise level, a phase generator module estimates a ground noise level using the source noise level. The method includes determining an optimized set of relative azimuthal propulsor blade positions/phase angles, via the phase generator module, with such optimized phase angles being sufficient for reducing the estimated ground noise level. Phase control signals from a flight controller to the respective propulsors establishes the optimized set of relative phase angles, and thereby reduces community noise in the designated low-noise area. The DP aircraft includes an aircraft body, the flight controller, and the above-noted phase generator module.
US11312477B2	Aircraft propeller electric blade pitch change and control A propeller assembly of an aircraft includes a hub, a plurality of propeller blades extending from the hub and secured thereto and a propeller blade pitch change system located at at least one propeller blade of the plurality of propeller blades. The propeller blade pitch change system includes a pitch change actuator located in the propeller blade, and a drive mechanism operably connected to the pitch change actuator and to the propeller blade to urge rotation of the propeller blade about a propeller blade axis.
US11312474B2	Flap actuation system with support catcher link A flap actuation system employed in an aircraft wing with a flap having an internal structure employs a drive link pivotally attached at a top end with a drive axle to a forward lug on the internal structure and pivotally attached at a bottom end with a first pivot axle to a flap support element. An actuator is operably coupled to the drive link intermediate the top end and bottom end. A trailing link is pivotally attached at a leading end with a second pivot axle to the flap support element and pivotally attached at a trailing end with a reaction axle to an aft fitting on the internal structure. A catcher link is pivotally attached at a bottom end to the flap support element and at a top end to an intermediate fitting engaged to the internal structure. The catcher link is unloaded in a typical operating condition and upon a failure in the drive link, first pivot axle, drive axle, forward lug, trailing link, second pivot axle, reaction axle or aft fitting a load is induced on the catcher link to accommodate the failure condition.
US11312472B2	Wing structure A section of an aircraft wing including a leading edge of the aircraft wing. A leading edge part of the section includes ribs; and a skin fixedly attached to the ribs to form a spanwise series of adjacent cells. Each cell includes an enclosed volume bounded by the skin at the leading edge and a pair of the ribs. At least one cell of the series of adjacent cells is a dry cell include a mounting point for mounting a leading edge high-lift device support apparatus in the dry cell. The skin at the leading edge provides a primary load path for carrying at least some of a spanwise primary load experienced by the section when in use on an aircraft.
US11312471B2	Aircraft drag reduction system and internally cooled motor system and aircraft using same An aircraft propulsion system with a drag reduction portion adapted to reduce skin friction on at least a portion of the external surface of an aircraft. The drag reduction portion may include an inlet to ingest airflow. The aircraft may also have an internally cooled electric motor adapted for use in an aerial vehicle. The motor may have its stator towards the center and have an external rotor. The rotor structure may be air cooled and may be a complex structure with an internal lattice adapted for airflow. The stator structure may be liquid cooled and may be a complex structure with an internal lattice adapted for liquid to flow through. A fluid pump may pump a liquid coolant through non-rotating portions of the motor stator and then through heat exchangers cooled in part by air which has flowed through the rotating portions of the motor rotor. The drag reduction portion and the cooled electric motor portion may share the same inlet.
US11312470B2	Pressure bulkhead for an aircraft A pressure bulkhead for the pressure-tight axial closure of a pressurized fuselage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is capable of being put under internal pressure includes dome segments, having an integrated reinforcement, in particular a peripheral reinforcement, which are in each case made integrally from a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic plastics material, and are joined to one another so as to form a pressure dome.
US11312465B2	Tail rudder control system and kayak The present invention provides a tail rudder control system for a kayak which includes a tail rudder assembly, having a tail rudder, a swing mechanism for driving the tail rudder to rotate in the horizontal direction, a traction mechanism for driving the tail rudder to flip longitudinally for storage, and a guide wheel box for driving the swing mechanism and reset the tail rudder. Two pedal assemblies are in transmission connection with the swing mechanism through a steering traction line for driving the swing mechanism to act. A transmission assembly includes a first transmission wheel wound with a transmission traction line, a second transmission wheel wound with a reverse traction line. The second transmission wheel is driven by the first transmission wheel, and the reverse traction line is in transmission connection with the traction mechanism for driving the traction mechanism to act.
US11312464B2	Vessel power supply system A vessel power supply system for a vessel including a propulsion device that includes an engine and a generator driven by the engine to generate electricity, includes a first battery that supplies power to the propulsion device, a second battery that supplies power to accessories of the vessel, a first open circuit voltage sensor that detects an open circuit voltage of the first battery, a second open circuit voltage sensor that detects an open circuit voltage of the second battery, and a switch that is turned on/off to open and close a current path between the first battery and the second battery.
US11312463B2	Systems and methods for retractable marine power generation Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described herein for providing electrical power to a marine vehicle. In some aspects, a marine vehicle includes a power system arranged to receive and store electrical power delivered from a solar panel assembly. The power system may include one or more batteries. The vehicle also includes a processor arranged to determine an extension time and an retraction time for a solar panel assembly and a controller that, in response to instructions from the processor, is arranged to extend the solar panel assembly and retract the solar panel assembly. The solar panel assembly is arranged to be configured in at least one of an extended position and a retracted position. The solar panel assembly includes one or more solar panels where the solar panel assembly is in electrical communication with the power system.
US11312460B2	System and method for controlling trim position of marine drives on a multi-hull marine vessel A method of controlling a plurality of marine drives on a multi-hull marine vessel includes determining, based on steering information, that the multi-hull marine vessel is entering a turn and then receiving a running trim position for each marine drive. A trim position of at least a portion of the plurality of marine drives is then adjusted from each respective running trim position so as to induce roll of the multi-hull marine vessel during the turn.
US11312453B2	Boat anchoring system A boat anchoring system may include a first section and a second section. The first section may include a first proximal end region and a first distal end region. The second section may include a second proximal end region and a second distal end region. The first section may at least partially surround the second section. A geologic anchoring system may include a body section, a boring section and a lock. The body section may include a first proximal end region and a first distal end region. The boring section may include a second proximal end region and a second distal end region. The first section may least partially surround the second section. A lock may be included on the second section. The lock may engage the first section at an infinite number of positions of the second section relative to the first section.
US11312450B1	Systems and methods for configuring pontoons and strakes for marine vessels for bounce reduction and control A floatation system for a marine vessel with a starboard pontoon, a port pontoon, and a center pontoon positioned therebetween. Outer strakes each extending along an outer length between forward and aft ends, each having an outer surface at an outer angle from a horizontal plane and an inner surface at an inner angle from the horizontal plane, and each being coupled to one of the starboard pontoon and the port pontoon. Inner strakes each extending along an inner length between forward and aft ends, each having an outer surface at an outer angle from a horizontal plane and an inner surface at an inner angle from the horizontal plane, and each being coupled to the center pontoon. The outer angles of the inner strakes are greater than the outer angles of the outer strakes and the inner angles of the inner strakes are less than 90°.
US11312449B2	Electromechanical derailleur An Actuating device for a bicycle is provided. The actuating device may include a static element which is positionally fixed in relation to a bicycle frame, a movable element which is movable in relation to the static element, an electromechanical drive which provides drive force for a movement of the movable element. The electromechanical drive has a motor and a gearing driven by the motor. The gearing may include a first gearing wheel and a second gearing wheel which is in engagement with the first gearing wheel.
US11312440B2	Rear brake assembly of kick scooter A rear brake assembly of a kick scooter includes a brake including an attaching member having an open end; and a visual warning device being a module and fastened in the attaching member by snapping. Also, the fastening of the visual warning device in the attaching member is done manually.
US11312439B2	Adjustable seat assembly for a motorcycle, and motorcycle An adjustable seat assembly for a motorcycle includes a seat pan with a first portion and a second portion, and an adjustment mechanism. The first portion of the seat pan has a fastening portion for the non-adjustable fastening of the first portion on the motorcycle, preferably on a tank of the motorcycle. The adjustment mechanism is connected to the second portion of the seat pan and is configured to adjust the height and/or inclination of the second portion of the seat pan in relation to the first portion. A motorcycle with the adjustable seat assembly is also provided.
US11312438B1	Adjustabale bicycle parking rack A bicycle parking rack includes a base to which a first portion is connected. Two first parts are adjustably connected to the first portion. A second portion connected to the base at an angle. The second portion includes a first tube, a second tube and a third tube. A second part is adjustably connected between the first tube and the third tube. A bicycle wheel contacts the two first parts and the second part to form three contact points. The second tube is inserted into the upper end of the first tube and includes a hook end which may hook to an inner periphery of a bicycle wheel. A connection unit is removably connected between two respective bases of two parking racks.
US11312432B2	Gooseneck trailer with a guide for alignment A gooseneck trailer having a coupler attached to its neck. The coupler having a recess at its lower end, wherein the diameter of the recess is slightly larger than a diameter of the hitch ball, thus permitting the coupler to receive the hitch ball. The gooseneck trailer further comprises a guide attached to the lower end of the coupler over an exposed area around the recess. The guide having a round arch portion and a pair of prongs. The round arch having a crown portion and a pair of haunches. The radius of the curvature of the crown of the round arch is proportional to the radius of the hitch ball. The pair of prongs are continuous with the pair of haunches, wherein the crown portion, the two haunches, and the two prongs are integral.
US11312426B2	Modular wind fairings and methods of use A fairing includes a first part including a wall having and a top flange extending from the wall. A second part of the fairing includes a body and a bottom flange extending from the body. The bottom flange is configured to engage the top flange to couple the second part to the first part.
US11312425B2	Hinged and sectioned drop-in flatbed side rails A disclosed flatbed truck side rail and stake pocket system includes side rail sections for each lateral side of the flatbed, wherein each side rail comprises at least one hinge attached at a first hinge plate wherein the side rails together span each lateral side of the flatbed. Also, stake stubs are each attached to a second hinge plate of each at least one hinge and are configured drop-in receivable into a stake pocket in the flatbed. Additionally, a stake in a lateral side of the flatbed supports the siderails via a spring loaded pin inserted through the stake and into at least one side rail. Furthermore, a flatbed comprising a traverse pocket underneath the flatbed and behind a rear license plate is disclosed. The traverse pocket comprises rails configured to receive at least one loading ramp and latch it therein.
US11312423B2	Device for reinforcing a structural element A device for reinforcing a structural element in a motor vehicle including a reinforcing element, which has a longitudinal axis and which can be arranged in a cavity of the structural element. The reinforcing element includes walls which extend substantially in the direction of the longitudinal axis. The reinforcing element additionally includes at least one open side, which likewise extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis. The walls directly adjoining the open side are designed in a convergent manner in that extensions of said adjoining walls running in the direction of the open side and perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis intersect.
US11312421B2	Vehicle body structure having a reinforcing member A vehicle body structure includes a dash panel separating a vehicle front part from a vehicle cabin, a front side member extending longitudinally of a vehicle body in the vehicle front part and having ends located rearward of the vehicle body, opposite to the dash panel, a floor frame member forming a floor frame of the vehicle cabin, and a plate-shape reinforcing member disposed further toward a center of the vehicle cabin with respect to the dash panel and the floor frame member to be opposite to the ends of the front side member. The reinforcing member includes an upper portion secured to the dash panel and a lower portion secured to the floor frame member, and has a curvature that is smaller than a curvature of the dash panel.
US11312415B2	Parking robot for a transportation vehicle with at least two axles and method for operating a parking robot A parking robot for a transportation vehicle having at least two wheel axles and a method for operating a parking robot. The parking robot includes a main robot part and a secondary robot part which each have a pair of wheel support arms on two opposite sides. The two-part parking robot then moves under the transportation vehicle with respective folded-in wheel support arms and disconnects the secondary robot part from the main robot part to position the main robot part and the secondary robot part each in a region of one of the wheel axles beneath the transportation vehicle and to lift up respective wheels of the respective wheel axle of the transportation vehicle by folding out the respective pairs of wheel support arms.
US11312413B2	Operating method for a steer-by-wire steering system, control unit for a steer-by-wire steering system, steer-by-wire steering system, and transportation vehicle An operating method for a steer-by-wire steering system having a steering gear module, a steering wheel module, and a bus connecting the steering gear module and the steering wheel module, wherein an actual position in the steering gear module is sensed and a setpoint position in the steering wheel module is adjusted in relation to the actual position in the steering gear module by using an association specification. Also disclosed is a control unit for a steer-by-wire steering system, a steer-by-wire steering system, and a transportation vehicle having a steer-by-wire steering system.
US11312412B2	Electric-assisted power steering apparatus Provided is an electric assisted power steering apparatus having a structure able to disconnect a worm shaft from any malfunctioning motor of motors connected to opposite end portions of the worm shaft, thereby preventing the worm shaft from rotating heavily or failing to rotate. Even in the case in which the worm shaft is disconnected from the malfunctioning motor, a target rotation speed of the properly-operating motor is increased to prevent sudden changes in auxiliary torque occurring on a steering shaft, thereby promoting the safety of a driver. Torque required for the worm shaft is distributed to the two motors, thereby increasing the rotation speeds of the motors and reducing the size and fabrication costs of the motors.
US11312408B2	Electronic control device An electronic control unit includes a casing and a cover which are mutually bonded. A drive circuit board which drives a motor unit is fixed to the cover and, on the other hand, a control circuit board which controls the drive circuit board is fixed to the casing. An electrical connector which supplies an electric power to each board and a motor unit is attached on an opening section of the casing. First power supply terminals of this electrical connector and the motor unit and second power supply terminals of the drive circuit board are directly electrically connected by a bonding of both of casing and the cover.
US11312404B2	Dual-function electric stair-climbing vehicle capable of transporting goods and assisting people Disclosed a dual-function electric stair-climbing vehicle. A bicycle-like saddle is mounted at an upper part of a frame of the vehicle; and a worm gear reducer is mounted at a middle part of the vehicle for driving two rotating legs to climb up or downstairs. The vehicle is mainly used for fire rescue in high-rise buildings, equipment maintenance of high-rise buildings when no elevator is available, and fast transportation of equipment, materials and firefighters or maintenance men upstairs. When the width of a corridor is greater than 1.1 m, the vehicle can be rode upstairs directly with people and goods; when the width is less than 1.1 m and greater than 0.9 m, people need to get off and make a turn; and when the width is less than 0.9 m, the vehicle is not available. The dimension of the frame is about 1200×550×380 mm.
US11312400B2	Coupler assembly and straddle type rail train with same The disclosure discloses a coupler assembly and a straddle type rail train with the same. The coupler assembly includes a mounting base, a buffering mechanism, a folding mechanism, and a coupler head, one end of the buffering mechanism is interconnected movably with the mounting base, the other end of the buffering mechanism is provided with a pull rod, the pull rod is provided with a limiting portion, one end of the folding mechanism is interconnected movably with the pull rod, the folding mechanism is provided with a locking part, the locking part movably cooperates with the limiting portion to lock or release the pull rod, and the pull rod is fixed at a stretching position when the limiting portion is locked by the locking part, and is movable between a folding position and the stretching position when the limiting portion is released by the locking part; and one end of the coupler head is interconnected with the other end of the folding mechanism.
US11312399B2	Rail transport system The present disclosure discloses a rail vehicle. The rail vehicle includes: a plurality of bogies, where the bogie has a straddle recess suitable for straddling a rail; and a vehicle body, where the vehicle body is connected to the plurality of bogies and pulled by the plurality of bogies to travel along the rail, and the vehicle body includes a plurality of compartments hinged sequentially along a length direction of the rail; the plurality of compartments forms at least one compartment group, the compartment group includes three compartments hinged sequentially, and the bottom of each of only compartments that are located at two ends of the compartment group and that are of the three compartments is connected to the bogie; and in the length direction of the rail, a surface that is of a compartment at at least one end of the vehicle body and that faces away from an adjacent compartment is provided with an escape door that can be opened and closed. The rail vehicle according to this embodiment of the present disclosure facilitates optimization of the structure of an escape passage, reduction in occupied space and the weight borne by the rail, and improvement in stability, and is flexible in steering and low in costs.
US11312395B2	Determination of authorizations when approaching locations with an autonomous vehicle A method for operating an autonomously operable motor vehicle comprising: receiving location data relating to a planned location of a motor vehicle; determining whether the motor vehicle is authorized to approach the planned location according to the location data by using at least one of the following: a) personal data about at least one person using the motor vehicle; b) a number of persons using the motor vehicle; c) load data about a load that is being or is to be transported by the motor vehicle.
US11312394B2	Vehicle control device Provided is a vehicle control device capable of suitably controlling the driving (autonomous driving or driving assistance) of a host vehicle when the host vehicle turns left from a side road into a main road (to merge into traffic). When the host vehicle is about to turn left into the main road, if the host vehicle recognizes that another vehicle is traveling along the main road behind the point [the intersection region of the side road and the main road] where the host vehicle enters the main road, then the host vehicle determines a risk that is associated with the other vehicle and that is dependent on the traveling position of the other vehicle, and determines whether or not to enter the main road, on the basis of the determined risk associated with the other vehicle.
US11312393B2	Artificially falsifying sensor data to initiate a safety action for an autonomous vehicle Methods and systems for controlling a vehicle. The system includes a localization system, a memory storing a digital map, at least one sensor, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive, from the localization system, a current location of the vehicle and determine a future driving segment of the vehicle based on the current location of the vehicle. The electronic processor is further configured to determine at least one performance limitation based on the future driving segment of the vehicle and artificially falsify data of the at least one sensor to initiate a safety action for the vehicle.
US11312385B1	System and method of badging for driver risk assessment Systems and methods of utilizing badging for driver risk assessment are provided. Vehicle telematics data (e.g., speed data, acceleration data, braking data, cornering data, following distance data, turn signal data, seatbelt use data) associated with a vehicle operator may be analyzed. Based on the analysis, a trend of safe operation of the vehicle may be identified (e.g., based on a number of vehicle trips and/or a number of consecutive vehicle trips in which the vehicle telematics data indicates safe operation of the vehicle, a frequency of vehicle trips in which the vehicle telematics data indicates safe operation of the vehicle, a comparison to other drivers, etc.) A digital certificate indicating the trend of safe operation of the vehicle may be associated with the vehicle operator. In response to a third-party query regarding the vehicle operator, the digital certificate associated with the vehicle operator may be displayed to the third party.
US11312379B2	Occupancy map synchronization in multi-vehicle networks A method for occupancy map synchronization in multi-vehicle networks may include receiving three-dimensional perception sensor (3DPS) data. The method may include generating a data message including an occupancy map (OM) octree. The OM octree may be generated from an occupancy map constructed from the 3DPS data. The method may include reducing at least one of a messaging time or a messaging size of the data message including the OM octree. The method may include transmitting the data message including the OM octree via a leader vehicle controller communicatively coupled to a leader vehicle. The method may include receiving the data message comprising the OM octree via a follower vehicle controller communicatively coupled to the follower vehicle. The method may include generating a local occupancy map from the data message comprising the OM octree via the follower vehicle controller.
US11312377B2	Method for autonomous driving of a vehicle Method and device for autonomous driving of a vehicle on a roadway in a direction of travel. A trajectory for driving on the roadway in the direction of travel is determined. A bending strip of limited length defines the trajectory, wherein the bending strip is fixed at one end thereof in a node which defines a starting point of the trajectory. A course of the trajectory is determined, starting from the starting point, in dependence on a bending line of the bending strip, which line extends, starting from the node, to the other end of the bending strip. A representation of a roadway boundary defines a boundary condition for the determination of the trajectory. A quality measure is defined in dependence on a property of the bending strip. The bending line which satisfies the boundary condition and for which the quality measure has an extremal value is determined.
US11312370B2	Movable carrier auxiliary system and processing method thereof A movable carrier auxiliary system includes a sign detecting device including an image capturing module, a storage module, and an operation module. The image capturing module has at least two lenses having refractive power for capturing an environment image around a movable carrier. The storage module stores a plurality of sign models. The operation module is electrically connected to the image capturing module and the storage module. A processing method of the movable carrier auxiliary system includes steps of: detect whether the environment image has a sign image that matches at least one of the image models or not, and correspondingly generate a detection signal via the operation module, thereby to identify signs around the movable carrier.
US11312369B2	Apparatus for controlling parking of a vehicle, system having the same and method for the same An apparatus for controlling parking of a vehicle, a system having the same, and a method for the same are provided. The apparatus for controlling parking of a vehicle includes a processor to stop the vehicle when the vehicle arrives at a target parking space while performing an automatic parking of the vehicle to the target parking space, to adjust a steering angle, and to terminate the automatic parking after moving the vehicle for a predetermined distance when the steering angle is adjusted and the steering angle is greater than a preset threshold angle and a storage to store a parking path and the threshold angle.
US11312367B2	Controller and control method A controller and a control method capable of appropriately assisting with a rider's operation while suppressing falling of a motorcycle, departure of the motorcycle from a lane, a difficulty of the motorcycle in adaptive cruise, and the like is disclosed.In the controller and the control method according to the present invention, in a control mode to make the motorcycle perform autonomous cruise acceleration operation, automatic acceleration that is acceleration generated to the motorcycle by the autonomous cruise acceleration operation is controlled in accordance with a lean angle of the motorcycle.
US11312363B2	Control method and control apparatus of hybrid vehicle It is a control method of a hybrid vehicle that includes an engine and an electrical power generation motor that is connected with the engine for controlling a rotational speed of the engine to be a target rotational speed. When an failure with respect to the engine is judged, an upper limit of a target rotational speed of a firing operation is set to a first upper limit rotational speed lower than an upper limit for a normal state. Further, a target rotational speed of a motoring operation is set to be not higher than the first upper limit rotational speed. It becomes possible to carry out transition between the firing operation and the motoring operation quickly.
US11312362B2	Electric device control method and electric device In an electric device control method and an electric device of the present invention, during a period in which a rotational speed of an internal combustion engine shifting from a non-combustion mode to a combustion mode is decreased to a rotational speed within a predetermined rotational-speed range by a first electric motor connected to the internal combustion engine, a torque generated by the internal combustion engine is set lower than a required torque within the predetermined rotational-speed range for the internal combustion engine in the combustion mode.
US11312348B2	Brake apparatus using electric booster and control method thereof A brake apparatus using an electric booster may include: an electric booster connected to a master cylinder and configured to pressure a push rod by pressurizing a reaction disk using an electromotive force of a motor with a pedal stepping force of a driver who steps on a brake pedal, and pressurize a piston of the master cylinder through the push rod; and a control unit configured to compare required brake pressure by the pedal stepping force of the driver and current brake pressure by the motor control to set pressure, and perform cooperation control through an ESC (Electronic Stability Control) and cooperation control through the electric booster.
US11312347B2	Real-time pressure-volume curve generation for a hydraulic system A system and method for generating a pressure-volume curve for a hydraulic system in a vehicle. The system includes a plunger coupled to the hydraulic system, a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of the hydraulic system, and an electronic controller configured to access a prior pressure-volume curve from a memory, generate a signal to move the plunger, receive a pressure from the pressure sensor, generate a new pressure-volume curve based upon the received pressure and a position of the plunger, compare the new pressure-volume curve to the prior pressure-volume curve, in response to the new pressure-volume curve and the prior pressure-volume curve differing by at least a threshold value, replace the prior pressure-volume curve with the new pressure-volume curve in the memory, and actuating the hydraulic system based upon the stored pressure-volume curve.
US11312345B2	Systems and methods for detecting and controlling a fluid consumption detection warning Systems and methods for providing vehicle condition indicators are provided. The method for controlling the vehicle includes receiving sensor information from a plurality of sensors associated with the vehicle. The sensor information includes throttle values and lateral acceleration values. The method also includes analyzing the throttle values for a plurality of points in time to determine whether to activate an aggressive throttle flag. The method further includes analyzing the lateral acceleration values for the plurality of points in time to determine whether to activate an aggressive lateral acceleration flag. In addition, the method includes activating a fluid consumption detection enable flag when the aggressive throttle flag and the aggressive lateral acceleration flag are both active.
US11312341B2	Hydrodynamic retarder system and method of controlling a hydrodynamic retarder system A controllable hydrodynamic retarder system for a transmission including an electronic controller unit (ECU) for selecting and controlling brake torque by adjusting a retarder outlet pressure is described. The system can include an algorithm to calculate a retarder outlet pressure set point or tables or brake torque curves or profiles to allow the ECU to calculate or look up the functional relationships between the retarder RT outlet pressure, a vehicle or rotor speed, and a brake torque curve selected by the operator to provide the selected RT outlet pressure. The systems disclosed can also include a cooling system or utilize a vehicles engine cooling system. In one embodiment, the cooler can be shared between a transmission and the controllable retarder and can be adjusted to accommodate cooling requirements. The ECU can also make adjustments to the RT outlet pressure to address short term and long term RT overheating protection independent of the cooling system.
US11312340B2	Mobile fuel distribution station A fuel distribution station for land vehicles includes a first fuel tank assembly for releasably holding fuel and a second fuel tank assembly for releasably holding fuel. A control system selectively permits and monitors a discharge of fuel from both of the first and second fuel tank assemblies. An operation platform is elevated a predetermined distance above ground by support legs and is formed by rigidly connecting the first fuel tank assembly to the second fuel tank assembly.
US11312335B2	Physically secured device for vehicle intrusion detection A vehicle theft-prevention apparatus can include a slip clutch mechanism, a locking mechanism, and a cylindrical body including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion can be configured to rotate about the second portion. The locking mechanism can be configured to engage based on rotation of the first portion relative to the second portion in a first direction, and disengage based on a rotation of the first portion relative to the second portion in a second direction. The slip clutch mechanism can be configured to prevent the locking mechanism from further engaging from rotation in the first direction relative to the second portion based on a magnitude of force applied.
US11312331B2	System and method for providing temporary access to a vehicle A method for providing temporary access to a vehicle includes receiving a vehicle access request at a vehicle, transporting the vehicle from a storage space to a user originating the vehicle access request using the at least one of the semi-autonomous mode and the fully autonomous mode, providing the user access to the vehicle via a smartlock system, and transporting the vehicle from the user to the storage space subsequent to the user's access. The vehicle includes a controller configured to operate the vehicle in at least one of a semi-autonomous mode and a fully autonomous mode.
US11312326B2	Airbag device for vehicle The present invention relates to an airbag device for a vehicle. The airbag device comprises: an airbag cushion which is formed in a shawl shape and deployed toward both sides of a passenger so as to wrap and restrain the entire upper body around both shoulders of the passenger when a vehicle collides; and an inflator for generating gas and supplying the gas to the airbag cushion in response to an impact detection signal when the vehicle collides. Accordingly, when a vehicle collides, the shawl-shaped airbag cushion installed on the back of a seat is inflated and deployed to restrain the both sides and front area of the upper body of a passenger around both shoulders of the passenger, thereby safely protecting the passenger.
US11312325B2	Seat supported airbag An assembly includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. An airbag is supported by the seat back and is inflatable to an inflated position above the seat. A pyrotechnic actuator is mounted to the seat bottom and is connected to the airbag. When the airbag is inflated to the inflated position, the pyrotechnic actuator pulls the airbag toward the seat bottom.
US11312324B2	Accident determination device An accident determination device which determines whether an accident has occurred in a moving object based on an impact having occurred in said moving object, comprising: an impact detecting unit that detects an impact having occurred in said moving object; an accident determining unit that compares impact value of the impact detected by said impact detecting unit with a determination threshold so as to determine whether an accident has occurred in said moving object; and a threshold setting unit that sets said determination threshold according to an area attribute of the area where said moving object is located.
US11312321B2	On-board power control apparatus and on-board power control system The present disclosure provides a configuration that can determine whether to suppress the power consumption of a load based on the state of a battery, and reduce the duty ratio to be supplied to a switch unit that is provided on a power supply path to the load, when the power consumption is to be suppressed. In an on-board power control apparatus, when a determination unit determines that a prediction value of an output voltage of a battery is less than a threshold voltage value, a duty ratio setting unit selects at least one of the plurality of loads as a target load for which power supply is to be stopped or suppressed, and the duty ratio setting unit resets duty ratios to reduce a duty ratio of a control signal to be output to a switch unit provided on a power supply path to the selected target load.
US11312317B2	Vehicle headliner system and method for installing the same A headliner for use in a vehicle having a roof, the headliner including a sheet and a plurality of first snap portions adapted to couple with a plurality of corresponding second snap portions fixed to the vehicle roof to mount the sheet to an interior side the vehicle roof through the interaction of the plurality of first snap portions and the corresponding second snap portions. A method for installing a headliner on a vehicle roof structure includes providing a headliner comprising a sheet having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a plurality of first snap portions fixed to the sheet, and joining the plurality of first snap portions to a plurality of second snap portions fixed to the roof structure, the plurality of second snap portions adapted to couple with the plurality of first snap portions to mount the sheet to the interior side the vehicle roof structure.
US11312315B2	Vehicular camera with electrical connectors that allow for misalignment A vehicular camera includes a housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion mated together to form a cavity within the housing. A circuit board is attached at the front housing portion and has at least one front electrical connector in electrical connection with an imager. The rear housing portion has at least one rear electrical connector. With the rear housing portion mated with the front housing portion, the rear electrical connector electrically connects with the front electrical connector. The rear housing portion has a connector portion that is configured to electrically connect the rear electrical connector to a vehicle wire harness. The front electrical connector and the rear electrical connector cooperate to allow for misalignment of the electrical connectors in a direction parallel to the rear side of the circuit board when the rear housing portion is mated with the front housing portion.
US11312311B1	Convertible vehicle storage rack A convertible roof rack is provided that is generally comprised of a light bar and a roof rack that is spaced from the roof of a vehicle. The roof rack is also rotatably interconnected to a support structure associated with the rear of the vehicle such that it is capable of moving from a first position of use adjacent to the roof to a second position of use away from the roof where the light bar remains interconnected to the vehicle adjacent to the windshield. As such, electrical connections associated with the light bar remain intact when the roof rack is rotated away from the roof.
US11312308B2	Universal storage system for a motor vehicle A universal storage system for a motor vehicle includes an enclosure defining a chamber, a plurality of partitions, and a partition actuator for moving the partitions within the chamber to define a plurality of compartments. The system further includes a cover actuator for moving the cover elements to cover the compartments. The system further includes a user interface generating a deposit signal indicative of a size of an object to be deposited into the enclosure. The system further includes a controller generating first and second actuation signals. The partition actuator moves the partitions to the predetermined positions to define a compartment sized for receiving the object in response to receiving the first actuation signal from the controller. The cover actuator moves the cover elements to the predetermined locations for uncovering the compartment in response to receiving the second actuation signal from the controller.
US11312306B2	Camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus and side mirror including the same a camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprising a lens module; an image sensor; and a puddle lamp module, the puddle lamp module includes a light source, a spring, a sliding bar, and a solenoid and is disposed in a second area outside the first area, the light source is formed to be movable to be located in the first area or the second area, the light source is fixed to one side of the sliding bar, a moving part of the solenoid is connected to the other side of the sliding bar, and the spring is formed to be operated to move the sliding bar when the solenoid is switched to a non-operational state so as to move the light source to the second area, the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus operates as a puddle lamp when the light source moves to the first area, and the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus operates as a camera when the light source moves to the second area.
US11312303B2	Vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting assembly having a base portion and a mounting arm extending from the base portion. A mirror head is pivotally adjustable relative to the mounting assembly via a pivot joint having first and second pivot elements. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element, with the first pivot element disposed at the rear side of the mirror reflective element and fixed thereat. The mounting arm includes a proximal end proximate the base portion and a distal end distal from the base portion, with the second pivot element being at the distal end of the mounting arm. The second pivot element is disposed at a damping element that is received at the distal end of the mounting arm. The damping element and the second pivot element are biased toward the distal end of the mounting arm and away from the base portion.
US11312297B2	Haptic communication for removing interruptions A vehicle system and related methods include a sensor, a vehicle computing device (VCD), and a haptic device. The sensor is operable to sense an occurrence or a non-occurrence of a predetermined in-vehicle event. The VCD is in communication with the sensor, and detects a communication signal sent to an in-vehicle mobile device that is capable of receiving the communication signal. The VCD is in communication with the haptic device to actuate the haptic device to provide a haptic signal. If the sensor senses the occurrence of the predetermined in-vehicle event, then the haptic device gives a haptic indication of the communication signal to the occupant. The predetermined in-vehicle event is thereby not interrupted by the haptic indication, and can proceed until the occupant chooses if and when to respond to the communication signal.
US11312295B1	Multifunction siren device locking system Examples provide a siren device having a plurality of lockable functions, such as amplifier strength and siren tone functions. At production, one or more of the available functions are placed in a locked state in which the locked function is inoperable. One or more of the functions may be initially unlocked at manufacture or purchase. The user can obtain an unlock code to unlock one or more of the functions, if desired, after purchase. Thus, if a user wants to increase the amplifier strength from one-hundred watts to two-hundred watts, the user can obtain one or more unlock codes to unlock that selected function for a licensed time-period. When unlocked, the selected function operates normally. A data storage device on the multifunction siren device stores an assigned UID, a set of available lockable functions, and a lock status of each function in the set of available functions.
US11312294B1	Light bar assemblies for a steering wheel Light bar assemblies configured to be mounted to a rim of a steering wheel of a vehicle are disclosed. The light bar assemblies can include components of a driver monitoring system. The light bar assembly includes two shells defining or surrounding the rim and a wrapping surrounding the two shells. A portion of the wrapping is tucked into a slot disposed between the two shells forming a slit. A lens comprises a visible light transmissive portion and an IR light transmissive portion.
US11312287B1	Transport device and assembly A device and assembly for loading a watercraft. In one embodiment, the device includes an elongated extension brace and a lever pivotable about the elongated extension's second end. A tether may be aligned about the lever and repositionable between a vehicle and the watercraft. The result is an assembly to repositionably secure a watercraft from a surface to a loaded vehicle position.
US11312286B2	Interchanging method and arrangement for interchanging load units Various examples of arrangements and methods are provided for loading and unloading first and second load units carried by a vehicle. A landing device is arranged between a first end of the first load unit and a second end of the second load unit so that a first portion of the landing device is supported to the first end of the first load unit and a second portion of the landing device is supported to the second end of the second load unit. The landing device can move the first end of the first load unit into a lower level than the second end of the second load unit after the first end of the first load unit is moved so that it passes the second end of the second load unit.
US11312282B2	Holder for a beverage container A holder for holding, for example, a beverage can, in a tilt-proof manner, in a motor vehicle is designed with two rings that are disposed concentrically inside one another, serving as supports (7), which can be consecutively raised and lowered by rotating a control sleeve comprising radial cams. By raising only the larger ring, the holder is suitable for a beverage can having a larger diameter, and by raising both rings, it is suitable for a beverage can having a smaller diameter.
US11312281B2	Clip for attachment of floor carpet A clip for attachment of a floor carpet includes a male member having a lower flange portion, and a shaft portion projecting from the lower flange portion; and a female member having a cylindrical portion to which the shaft portion is inserted, an upper flange portion projecting around an outer periphery of the cylindrical portion, and an engaging portion at an inner periphery of the cylindrical portion. The male member also includes a hole portion penetrating through the lower flange portion and the cylindrical portion, engaging projections formed around an outer periphery of the shaft portion, and a regulation member inserted into the hole portion. In case the male member is inserted into the female member to engage the engaging projections with the engaging portion and the regulation member is inserted into the hole portion, the regulation member prevents the engaging projections from being disengaged from the engaging portion.
US11312279B2	Bus structure with a vertical handle for passengers A bus structure, optionally an electric bus structure for one hundred passengers or more. The bus structure includes: a passenger compartment, a side wall with a vertical post and delimiting the passenger compartment, a horizontal support, a vertical handle—or stanchion—along the vertical post and projecting from the horizontal support, a strut projecting from the vertical post to the horizontal support, and a floor structure of reduced thickness. The strut defines a triangle with the wheel housing and the vertical post. The strut is straight or curved.
US11312277B2	Vibration device integrated into a seat The present disclosure relates to a vibration device configured to be integrated into a vehicle seat and comprising a vibrator capable of generating vibrations. This device further comprises an attachment mechanism capable of attaching the vibrator to the back or underside of a support layer integrated into a member of the seat, and a damper which is in contact with this support layer and with the vibrator, and which is capable of reducing, in the support layer, the vibrations generated by the vibrator.
US11312276B2	Vehicle door armrest A vehicle door armrest includes: a cushion; a skin covering the cushion; and a living hinge connecting the cushion and the skin. In particular, the skin is integrally connected to the cushion through the living hinge so that the skin, the cushion, and the living hinge form a unitary one-piece structure.
US11312274B2	Vehicle seating system and method A seating system for a vehicle and a method for producing a seating system include a seat part having a cushion and a support material disposed on a surface of the cushion. An elongated member is attached to one side of the support material to create a channel in the opposite side, and a trim material is positioned over the support material to create a concavity in the trim material along the channel.
US11312266B2	Electric seat and angle adjustment device thereof An electric seat and an angle adjustment device thereof are provided. The angle adjustment device includes an inner toothed plate and an outer toothed plate engaging with each other, and an eccentric cavity formed therebetween. An eccentric ring completely occupying a positive eccentric region of the eccentric cavity is provided in the eccentric cavity. The eccentric ring has a first accommodating region and a second accommodating region along a circumferential direction. The angle adjustment device further comprises a driving component for driving rotation of the eccentric ring. A damping component is provided in the first accommodating region and/or the second accommodating region, and the damping component is in a compressed state during operation of the driving component. The damping component eliminates a useless stroke in the above operation, thereby eliminating an adjustment lag experienced by a passenger during reverse adjustment of a seat and backrest.
US11312263B2	Method and system for controlling operation of fuel cell of fuel cell vehicle A method for controlling an operation of a fuel cell of a fuel cell vehicle is provided. The method includes detecting a state of charge (SOC) of a high voltage battery and determining whether the detected SOC of the high voltage battery is within or beyond a preset range from a minimum recommended SOC to a maximum recommended SOC. Power generation of the fuel cell is performed or stopped by comparing a required current of the vehicle with a preset current value required to enter a fuel-cell stop mode in which the power generation of the fuel cell is stopped and a preset current value required to release the fuel-cell stop mode.
US11312260B1	Method for controlling charging capacity of electric vehicle charging terminal capable of charging specific electric vehicle, and server using the same A method for controlling charging capacity of an electric vehicle charging terminal capable of charging an electric vehicle is provided. The method includes steps of: an electric vehicle charging station, (a) while the electric vehicle charging terminal is connected to the electric vehicle via a charging connector, wherein the electric vehicle charging station manages unit charging sources and includes the electric vehicle charging terminal connected with a grouped charging source created by combining part of the unit charging sources, and wherein capacity of the grouped charging source is dependent on the combined part, selecting unit charging sources to be combined as a grouped charging source by referring to required charging capacity information of the electric vehicle; and (b) (i) controlling switches for connecting the unit charging sources to create the grouped charging source and (ii) allowing the grouped charging source to charge the electric vehicle through the charging connector.
US11312258B2	Electric generator motor system An electric generator motor system for powering a vehicle and generating power includes a plurality of batteries and an electric converter in operational communication with the plurality of batteries. An electric drive motor is in operational communication with the electric converter. The electric drive motor propels a vehicle. A compressor is in operational communication with the electric converter. A plurality of air tanks is in operational communication with the compressor. An air motor is in operational communication with the plurality of air tanks. An alternator is in operational communication with the air motor and is in operational communication with the plurality of batteries to charge each battery.
US11312254B2	Jig for connector current evaluation The evaluation jig comprises a pair of female terminals connectable to a pair of male terminals of a charging connector and an adjustment member capable of adjusting contact resistance of the female terminal and the male terminal. The female terminal is reducible in diameter. The adjustment member includes an annular band attached to an outer peripheral surface of the female terminal and formed in an annulus surrounding the female terminal, a metal band attached to an outer peripheral surface of the annular band and capable of applying external force to the female terminal to reduce the female terminal in diameter, and an adjustment unit capable of adjusting the external force applied by the metal band to the female terminal. The annular band is made of an electrically and thermally insulating material.
US11312253B2	Vehicle charging connection using radio frequency communication A charging connection is provided for charging a battery of a vehicle using an external power source. The first connector is coupled to the external power source with an electric cable. The second connector is coupled to the vehicle. The first connector is automatically guided for connection to the second connector using radio frequency signals to couple the first and second connectors so that electrical energy is supplied to the vehicle from the first connector to the second connector.
US11312250B2	Method for energy generation and traffic regulation using traffic movement A traffic regulation system and method which combines energy harvesting from the movement of a plurality of vehicles on a roadway with wireless directional power beam transmission using the harvested energy to encourage compliance with traffic regulations. Electric power is generated from the movement of the moving vehicles by using a wind turbine to harvest wind energy from the movement of vehicles or by piezoelectric plates which harvest compression energy from the weight of the vehicle tires on the road surface. The electric power is transmitted to electric or hybrid vehicles which comply with the traffic regulations. The traffic regulations are one of driving at a posted speed and driving at a safe following distance. A control system adjusts the traffic regulation based on measurements received from a plurality of detectors.
US11312249B2	Induction charging device with a charging arrangement including an active cooling arrangement An induction charging device for an electrically operated motor vehicle may include an emission protection arrangement and a charging arrangement secured to the emission protection arrangement. The emission protection arrangement may include a metal shield plate. The charging arrangement may include a magnetic plate facing the emission protection arrangement, at least one induction coil disposed in a charging housing, and an active cooling arrangement secured in the charging housing to transfer heat. The magnetic plate may be at least one of (i) at least partially ferrimagnetic and (ii) at least partially ferromagnetic. On a housing bottom side, the charging housing may include at least one cooling recess for the active cooling arrangement. The active cooling arrangement may include at least one cooling duct formed integrally in the cooling recess. The charging arrangement may further include a bottom side cover secured in a fluid-tight manner to the housing bottom side.
US11312247B2	Power supply device The power supply device includes a plurality of boost converters connected in parallel to boost and supply power from the power storage device, and a control device for controlling each of the boost converters. When the electronic control unit 50 cannot operate the plurality of boost converters by the feedback control, the control device operates only one of the plurality of boost converters by the feed forward control.
US11312243B2	Method for optimizing traveling of electric vehicle A method for optimizing the traveling of an electric vehicle may include setting an ultra power saving mode for controlling the traveling of an electric vehicle by minimizing consumed energy when a State Of Charge (SOC) of a high voltage battery is equal to or smaller than a predetermined SOC, calculating traveling energy required for traveling from a current location to a destination by a control unit of the electric vehicle, determining whether or not to reach the destination with the energy of the high voltage battery, and calculating a destination reachable vehicle speed zone that calculates a maximum speed and a minimum speed that can reach the destination.
US11312240B2	Hybrid electric vehicle and braking control method thereof A hybrid electric vehicle and a braking control method thereof are provided. The method includes determining, by a first controller, a total braking amount corresponding to a brake pedal manipulation amount and transmitting a regenerative braking request corresponding to at least a portion of the total braking amount to a second controller. A state of a regenerative braking system having a motor and a battery is determined and a regenerative braking execution amount is calculated by selectively using a first torque corresponding to a torque command transmitted to a third controller to operate the motor based on the regenerative braking request or a second torque measured by the third controller based on the determined state. A braking force of a frictional brake is determined based on the calculated regenerative braking execution amount and the total braking amount.
US11312239B2	Power source system A power source system includes a first power source, a second power source, a Direct Current to Direct Current converter, a first load including a vehicle control device configured to perform predetermined control regarding at least one of traveling, steering, and braking of the vehicle regardless of a driving operation performed by a driver of the vehicle, and an electric actuator as a control target of the vehicle control device, and connected to the first path so as to be supplied with power from the first power source, and a power source control device configured to control an operation of the Direct Current to Direct Current converter such that power is supplied to the first path from the second power source in a case where the predetermined control is performed.
US11312235B2	Drive switching mechanism of utility vehicle A drive switching mechanism of a utility vehicle includes: a two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive switching device that switches between two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive of the utility vehicle; and a control unit that controls the drive switching mechanism. The two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive switching device switches between two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive by using a first clutch. The control unit permits the two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive switching device to switch from two-wheel drive to four-wheel drive when a rotation difference of the first clutch becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined value.
US11312234B1	Axle system for a vehicle A vehicle axle includes first and second wheel hubs, first and second shafts, a hub lock, and a plug assembly. The first and second shafts extend into the first and second wheel hubs, respectively. The hub lock is configured to selectively couple the first shaft to the first wheel hub. The plug assembly is fixedly coupled to the second wheel hub and is fixedly coupled to the second shaft such that the second wheel hub, the second shaft, and the plug assembly rotate in unison.
US11312225B2	Power train for pumps, energy generation systems or similar and method for starting up a power train of this type Disclosed is a power train including a drive shaft of a working machine, a drive machine and a differential gear with three drives or power take-offs, wherein one power take-off can be connected to the drive shaft, a first drive can be connected to the drive machine and a second drive can be connected to the differential gear. One drive can be connected simultaneously to the other drive or to the power take-off.
US11312223B2	Vehicle controller configured to execute a duty cycle control process when determining that an anomaly has occurred A vehicle controller is configured to execute a duty cycle control process of alternately repeating an electric power generation execution period and an electric power generation stop period of an electric generator and controlling a duty cycle, which is a ratio of the electric power generation execution period to a single cycle of repeated cycles, when determining that an anomaly has occurred in a driving circuit. The duty cycle control process includes at least one of two processes, a process of setting the duty cycle to be larger when a member in an overheatable region, in which overheating is possibly performed by the heater, has a low temperature than when the member has a high temperature and a process of setting the duty cycle to be larger when an internal combustion engine has a large intake air amount than when the engine has a small intake air amount.
US11312221B2	Electric powertrain system for heavy duty vehicles A battery assembly for an electric vehicle is provided that includes a housing, one or more battery units, and a mounting system. The one or more battery units are disposed within the housing. The mounting system is disposed adjacent to a top surface, e.g., on a planar top surface or within an upwardly oriented concavity. The mounting system has a frame member bracket and a housing bracket system. The housing bracket system includes a housing bracket, a load member and a vibration isolator. The housing bracket is configured to be coupled to the frame member bracket. The load member has a first portion disposed adjacent to an upper surface and a second portion disposed along a lateral portion of the housing. The vibration isolator is disposed between the load member and the housing bracket. The vibration isolator is configured to reduce load transmission from the frame member of the vehicle to the housing.
US11312217B2	Sliding-type sealing assembly for door of vehicle A sealing assembly for a door of a vehicle includes a housing provided on the door, a sealing slider retractably mounted in the housing, a drawing-out device for urging the sealing slider away from the housing, an inserting device for urging the sealing slider into the housing, and a weather strip for air-tight sealing with the sealing slider when the door is closed, where the drawing-out device includes an operating lever rotatably installed on the housing to push an end portion of the sealing slider away from the housing and a support to rotate the operating lever in response to closing of the door, where the sealing slider is slidably movable between a first door and a second door.
US11312213B2	Systems and methods for detecting vehicle door closing events The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving sensor data associated with a mobile device associated with a vehicle, wherein the sensor data includes at least one of an angular velocity vector, a linear acceleration vector, and a rotational acceleration vector recorded over a period of time, determining an event signature based on the sensor data, and detecting a door closing event associated with the vehicle based at least in part on the event signature. Other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed.
US11312212B2	Panel for vehicle comprising a coated steel sheet locally reinforced The present invention provides a panel for a vehicle including a coated steel sheet locally reinforced. A method for preparing the panel and the use of the panel are also provided.
US11312205B2	Vehicle Provided is a vehicle which includes an air intake grille for taking in air in a passenger compartment, an electric device, a case for accommodating the electric device, and an intake duct for connecting the intake port provided in the case and the air intake grille, where, when the air intake grille is divided into a region close to the intake port and a region far from the intake port in a vehicle width direction, the sum of opening areas of flow rate adjusting windows located in the region far from the intake port is larger than the sum of opening areas of flow rate adjusting windows located in the region close to the intake port.
US11312203B2	Methods and apparatus for vehicle suspension having multiple gas volumes A method and apparatus for a vehicle suspension system gas spring. In one embodiment, a vehicle suspension system gas spring includes a compressible main gas chamber and an additional volume combinable with the main chamber to change a gas spring rate of the system. In one embodiment, a low friction piston seal is created by a flexible seal member.
US11312202B2	Hydraulic system, hydraulic unit, vehicle, method and use The invention relates to a hydraulic system for controlling or regulating a hydraulic cylinder comprising—at least one hydraulic cylinder, at least one hydraulic unit by means of which the hydraulic cylinder can be optionally connected to a pressure source and a tank and at least one control or regulating device for controlling or regulating the supply of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic cylinder, the control or regulating device forms a first assembly and the hydraulic unit forms a second assembly which are structurally separate from one another and fluidically connected, wherein the supply of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic cylinder can be predominantly controlled or regulated by the control or regulating device from outside the hydraulic unit and wherein the hydraulic unit is rigidly fastened on the hydraulic cylinder.
US11312200B2	Method and device for actuating an actuator device, and actuator device A method for actuating an actuator device of a roll stabilizer for a vehicle. The actuator device has a supply line connection for supplying a supply voltage, a converter for supplying an alternating voltage using the supply voltage, and at least two phase lines for supplying the alternating voltage to actuator connections of an actuator which can be operated using the alternating voltage. The method has a step of reading an interruption signal, which indicates an interruption in the supply of the supply voltage or a deviation from the supply voltage at the supply line connection and a step of providing a protection signal at an interface with a protection device using the interruption signal in order to at least partly prevent a generator voltage which is or can be fed into the phase lines via the actuator connections from being forwarded in response to the protection signal.
US11312198B2	Air spring strut having a plastic air spring cover made of thermoplastic Air spring strut for a motor vehicle comprising an air spring with a shock damper for the spring-cushioning and damping of oscillations of a motor vehicle chassis, wherein the air spring comprises an air spring cover and a rolling piston, wherein a rolling bellows of elastomer material is clamped in an airtight manner between the air spring cover and the rolling piston. The air spring cover comprises a damper bearing receptacle in which a damper bearing of the shock damper is arranged, and the air spring cover comprises a clamping base to which a first end of the rolling bellows is attached. At least the damper bearing receptacle of the air spring cover is produced completely from a plastic material, and the plastic material is a thermoplastic.
US11312197B2	Shock cap system configuration for windshield forward of front axle In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a vehicle is provided that includes: a body; a drive system configured to propel the body; and a suspension system coupled to the drive system, the suspension system including a shock cap assembly including: a strut component; a cap component attached to the strut component; and an attachment mechanism configured for attachment to a body of the vehicle, such that the shock cap assembly is configured to be accessed from a front wheel well of the vehicle.
US11312196B2	Three-row wheel vehicle A three-row wheel vehicle having front, center and rear wheels has laterally spaced front pivot links each pivotably connected at a middle to a vehicle body, laterally spaced swing arms each swingably connected to a front end of the front pivot link and rotatably supports the front wheel at a lower end, laterally spaced rear pivot links each pivotably connected to the vehicle body at a middle and rotatably supports the rear wheel at a rear end, laterally spaced force transmission mechanisms each configured to convert a rearward force transmitted from the front wheel to the swing arm into an upward force and transmit the upward force to the front pivot link on a front side of the middle, and laterally spaced connecting links each pivotably attached to a rear end of the front pivot link and a front end of the rear pivot link.
US11312193B2	Adjustable trailer hitch An adjustable trailer hitch disposed on a ball mount, the adjustable trailer hitch including a trailer ball to receive a trailer coupler thereupon, a plurality of elongated members disposed on and within at least a portion of the trailer ball to move from retracted in a first position to at least partially extended in a second position, and an adjustment assembly disposed on and within at least a portion of the trailer ball to move the plurality of elongated members in response to a rotation of the adjustment assembly.
US11312187B2	Heavy-duty pneumatic tire A tread pattern of a heavy duty pneumatic tire includes: a linear shaped center lug groove; a pair of circumferential main grooves formed in a wave shape in a tire circumferential direction; a center block; and a central narrow groove that does not have a linear shape, having an opening end that opens in the adjacent center lug grooves in a tire lateral direction position excluding on a tire equator line, and having a groove width that is narrower than the groove width of the shoulder lug groove. The groove width of the center lug groove and the circumferential main groove is narrower than the groove width of the shoulder lug groove. The central narrow groove has a portion that extends outwards in a tire lateral direction from the opening end in the half tread region where the opening end is positioned.
US11312184B2	Construction vehicle tire A center block of a construction vehicle tire is formed in a range of ⅛-⅜, inclusive, of a tread width. A width direction narrow groove is terminated in the center block. A notch groove includes outer grooves formed at each end side of the narrow groove, and inner grooves formed between the outer grooves. A slope portion of the outer groove is inclined to be close to an inner side in the tire radial direction toward one side in the tire circumferential direction. A slope portion of the outer groove is inclined to be close to the inner side in the tire radial direction toward another side in the tire circumferential direction. A slope portion of each inner groove is inclined to be close to the inner side in the tire radial direction toward one side or another in the tire circumferential direction.
US11312181B2	Pneumatic tire In a pneumatic tire, a lug groove is configured so that a portion thereof defining a leading side of a block in a rotation direction is inclined toward a trailing side in the rotation direction as that portion extends outward in a lateral direction from an equator line side. Among small blocks defined in the block by narrow grooves, a small block adjacent to the lug groove defining the leading side of the block in a rotation direction, and to a circumferential main groove defining the equator line side is a leading-side block, and a small block with a portion positioned on a backmost side of the block in the rotation direction is a trailing-side block. Among the small blocks, the trailing-side block has a greater surface area than that of the leading-side block, and intermediate blocks each have a greater surface area than the trailing-side block.
US11312177B2	Shear band with interlaced reinforcements A shear band that may be used e.g., in a non-pneumatic tire having interlaced reinforcing elements positioned within a shear layer of elastomeric material. A variety of configurations may be used to create the interlaced positioning of the reinforcing elements including e.g., a horizontal diamond or vertical diamond configuration.
US11312175B2	Automobile hub of multilayer rim, hub assembling method and automobile An automobile wheel having a multilayer rim includes a wheel disc and a rim that is composed of at least two layers of metal rings by nesting, and a gap is preset between two adjacent metal rings; an outer side of one end of the wheel disc includes axial rim mounting grooves, and one end of the rim is inserted into the rim mounting grooves to fix the rim to the wheel disc.
US11312167B2	Printable media and methods for forming an image on the same A method of forming an image on a print media including releasably securing a fabric layer to a carrier layer, the carrier layer including a first surface including a first area, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first rigidity, the fabric layer including a third surface, a fourth surface opposite the third surface and including a second area, and a second rigidity less than the first rigidity, and a first adhesive, wherein the fabric layer is secured to the carrier layer by the first adhesive bonding a first portion of the fourth surface to the first surface, applying a first liquid marking material to a first portion of the third surface of the fabric layer, and drying the first liquid marking material to the first portion of the third surface with a first dryer.
US11312162B2	Cleaning device and image forming apparatus provided with the cleaning device A cleaning device includes a cleaning unit and a movement mechanism. The cleaning unit includes: a cleaning part that has a contact surface extending along an axial direction of the conveyance roller and cleans the surface of the conveyance roller by bringing the contact surface into contact with the surface of the conveyance roller from below, and a cleaning housing that supports the cleaning part. The movement mechanism moves the cleaning unit between a cleaning position and a mounting and removing position below the cleaning position. The movement mechanism allows the cleaning part to be brought into contact with the conveyance roller at the cleaning position, allows the cleaning part to be disposed below the conveyance roller in a separated manner at the mounting and removing position and allows the cleaning unit to be mounted on or to be removed from an apparatus body.
US11312157B2	Power allocation in printing devices Power allocation in printing devices is disclosed. Independent load requests are received from printing device heater systems. Power grants are allocated based on a general power arbitration of a power source in response to the independent load requests. A power grant is adjusted based on a contextual printing condition to provide an adjusted grant from the power source to a printing device heater system of the printing device heater systems.
US11312152B2	Liquid flow-path member, and manufacturing method for liquid flow-path member A manufacturing method for a liquid flow-path member including a flow path between a first substrate and a second substrate layered together, the method including a welding step for welding the first substrate and the second substrate together, in which in the method, the first substrate is formed of a material that blocks ultraviolet light and absorbs laser light, the second substrate is formed of a material that blocks ultraviolet light and transmits laser light, and in which the welding step includes melting, with laser light passing through the second member, a joint surface where the first member and the second member are joined to weld the first member and the second member together.
US11312150B2	Liquid surface imaging device and liquid discharge apparatus A liquid surface imaging device includes an irradiator including a plurality of lightings, the irradiator configured to irradiate a liquid surface in a nozzle of a liquid discharge head with lights emitted from the plurality of lightings, and an imaging device configured to image the liquid surface. The plurality of lightings is arranged point-asymmetrically with a center of the imaging device as a point of symmetry.
US11312147B2	Liquid storage container and liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid storage container which includes a liquid storage chamber that includes a bottom surface, an upper surface facing the bottom surface, a first side surface orthogonal to the bottom surface and the upper surface, and a second side surface orthogonal to the bottom surface and the upper surface and facing the first side surface, and, in which the first side surface is provided with a visual recognition surface configured such that the liquid stored in the liquid storage chamber is visually recognized, the bottom surface is provided with a prism for detecting the liquid, and the liquid storage chamber is provided with a wall surface closer to the upper surface than the prism and closer to the bottom surface than an end of the visual recognition surface, which is on a side of the upper surface, in a first direction from the upper surface toward the bottom surface.
US11312146B2	Logic circuitry package A logic circuitry package for a replaceable print apparatus component includes an interface to communicate with a print apparatus logic circuit, and at least one logic circuit to receive, via the interface, requests corresponding to different sensor IDs with the component connected to the apparatus. The logic circuit is to transmit, via the interface, a digital value in response to each request. The digital values corresponding to the different sensor IDs are distinct.
US11312143B2	Fluid interface device with sliding needle In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fluid interface device (106) is described. The device includes a collar (110) to receive a fluid container (104). The collar has an aperture in one end surface. A needle (108) of the fluid interface device passes through the aperture and allows fluid to pass from the fluid container (104) into a reservoir (102). The needle is slideable within the aperture from a dosed position to an open position upon reception of the fluid container. A seal (212) is radially disposed around the needle (108) and seals against the end surface of the collar (110) when the needle is in the dosed position.
US11312142B2	Printing devices with removeable extraction reservoirs A printing device may include an input port to interface with a supply simulator; and a drain fluidic interface to interface with a removable extraction reservoir simultaneously with the coupling of the supply simulator with the input port; the supply simulator comprising a memory device to transfer data related to an amount of fluid transferred between the printing device and the removable extraction reservoir.
US11312140B2	Liquid ejection apparatus There is provided a liquid ejection apparatus including: a liquid ejection head that includes nozzles; a signal output circuit that outputs a signal that varies depending on whether at least part of the nozzles includes a discharge-defective nozzle; and a controller. The controller is configured to discharge a liquid on a medium by using a partial discharge mode; perform determination, for at least one nozzle included in the nozzles based on the signal from the signal output circuit, about whether the discharge-defective nozzle is included therein; and set, based on the signal from the signal output circuit, the part of the nozzles not to include the discharge-defective nozzle when the liquid is discharged from the liquid ejection head on the medium by using the partial discharge mode and when the controller has determined that the discharge-defective nozzle is included in the nozzles.
US11312127B2	Apparatus for discharging chemical liquid and method of discharging chemical liquid An apparatus for discharging chemical liquid may include an ink jet head, a gantry and a control member. The ink jet head may include a plurality of nozzles capable of discharging chemical liquid onto a substrate. The gantry may hold the ink jet head to place the ink jet head over the substrate. The control member may control the ink jet head such that discharge times of the chemical liquid from the nozzles of the ink jet head may be changed.
US11312126B2	Method of generating alignment data for printheads A method of generating alignment data for a printhead. The method includes the steps of: printing a calibration pattern using the printhead, the calibration pattern including rows of spaced apart fiducials, each fiducial having a plurality of concentric shapes representing a code sequence; imaging the fiducials at a first resolution to generate imaged fiducials; cross-correlating a template fiducial with the imaged fiducials at a plurality of different displacement s relative to each imaged fiducial, the template fiducial having a configuration matching the imaged fiducials; determining a two-dimensional set of cross-correlation values for each imaged fiducial, each set of cross-correlation values indicating a center of a respective fiducial; and generating alignment data for the printhead using the sets of cross-correlation values.
US11312117B2	Phase-change materials from wax-based colloidal dispersions and their process of making This invention generally relates to phase-change materials (“PCM” or “PCM materials”) made from colloidally-protected wax-based microstructures. This invention also relates to such PCM materials configured in various physical forms. This invention further relates to a process of configuring such PCM materials for a variety of end-use applications in which dampening of temperature fluctuations by absorption and desorption of heat is desired. This invention further relates to preparing colloidally-protected wax-based microstructures in particulate form that function as PCM materials.
US11312113B2	Multilayer laminate film assembly and standing pouch A multilayer laminate film assembly is provided, which includes at least two multilayer substrate films, each substrate film having at least a first outer layer and a second outer layer, and wherein the at least two multilayer substrate films each include at least two layers of a different class of material. In the laminate film assembly, the at least two substrate films are laminated together, preferably wherein the class of material of the first outer layer differs from the class of material of the second outer layer. The multilayer substrate films are from the same type of substrate. A standing pouch is further provided which includes a front panel, a back panel, and a bottom panel, wherein all panels are from the multilayer laminate film.
US11312107B2	Plugging anodic oxides for increased corrosion resistance This application relates to an enclosure for a portable electronic device. The enclosure includes a metal substrate and a dehydrated anodized layer overlaying the metal substrate. The dehydrated anodized layer includes pores having openings that extend from an external surface of the dehydrated anodized layer and towards the metal substrate, and a metal oxide material that plugs the openings of the pores, where a concentration of the metal oxide material is between about 3 wt % to about 10 wt %.
US11312104B2	Making and using an adhesive tape for wrapping an elongated object A sheath for an elongated object is made by first combining an adhesive tape comprised of a substrate strip and a first adhesive coating at least partially covering the substrate strip with an adhesive-free band to form a laminate. Then the substrate strip and the band are overlapped at least largely such that, at the overlap, the first adhesive coating is between the substrate strip and the band. Finally the first adhesive coating is formed at the overlap between the substrate strip and the band of a plurality of spaced adhesive substrips.
US11312103B2	Composite thermal insulation sheet including aerogel Provided is a composite thermal insulation sheet including an aerogel and a method for manufacturing the same. The methods yield an ultra-thin aerogel composite sheet having characteristics of low dust, high strength and high thermal insulation, thereby having an increased applicability thereof to an electronic device.
US11312100B2	Article with microstructured layer Article comprising a first microstructured layer comprising a first material, and having first and second opposed major surfaces, the first major surface being a microstructured surface, and the microstructured surface having peaks and valleys, wherein the peaks are microstructural features each having a height defined by the distance between the peak of the respective microstructural feature and an adjacent valley; and a second layer comprising an adhesive material, and having a first and second opposed major surfaces, the adhesive material comprising a reaction product of a mixture comprising (meth)acrylate and epoxy in the presence of each other, wherein at least a portion of the second major surface of the second layer is directly attached to at least a portion of the first major microstructured surface of the first layer.
US11312095B2	Apparatus for building a carcass structure of a tire for vehicle wheels A process for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels, comprising the step of building on a forming support a carcass structure comprising at least one carcass ply and, at least one end edge of the carcass ply, at least one annular anchoring structure comprising at least one substantially circumferential annular insert and at least one filling insert associated to said at least one substantially circumferential annular insert. The step of building the carcass structure comprises the steps of positioning the annular anchoring structure on the carcass ply by moving the annular substantially circumferential insert into contact with an end edge of the carcass ply by means of a special positioning member, pulling down the filling insert on the end edge of the carcass ply and turning up a free end portion of the end edge of the carcass ply so as to form a turned up end portion of the carcass ply including said annular anchoring structure. The pulling down of the filling insert on the end edge of the carcass ply is carried out by a special pulling down member while the substantially circumferential annular insert is retained into a contact position with the end edge of the carcass ply by said positioning member.
US11312093B2	Apparatus for applying noise reducer elements to tyres for vehicle wheels Apparatus for applying noise reducing elements to tyres for vehicle wheels. The apparatus includes a loading station of stacks of noise reducing elements, an extraction station of noise reducing elements from each stack placed downstream of the loading station, and a conveyor placed downstream of the extraction station and extending along a predefined path. The conveyor is configured for supporting and advancing in a row the noise reducing elements extracted from the stacks which are then applied to a radially inner surface of the tyres. The extraction of each of the noise reducing elements contemplates: retaining a first noise reducing element placed at the base of a stack; raising the remaining noise reducing elements of the stack from the first noise reducing element; moving away the first noise reducing element according to a set path; and lowering the remaining noise reducing elements of the stack.
US11312092B2	Tiled retroreflector with multi-stage dicing Methods of making tiled articles and molds used to make retroreflective articles. The methods include forming a prism array on a master substrate and forming a replica of the master. A reference edge is formed on the replica, thereby reducing the size of the prism array, yet maintaining a lateral dimension of the replica to maintain ease of handling of the replica. The replica is copied and the reference edge on the copied tiles are exposed, such that the reference edge can be mated and secured face-to-face with a reference edge on other tiles in order to form a tiled article. The tiled article is used as a mold to produce retroreflective articles or can be further duplicated and mated to form larger tiled articles to be used as molds. Tiled articles used as molds and retroreflective articles produced from the molds are also disclosed.
US11312084B2	Methods for producing helmet inserts with materials having multiple mechanisms of hardening A method of forming a three-dimensional object, wherein said three-dimensional object is an insert for use between a helmet and a human body, is described. The method may use a polymerizable liquid, or resin, useful for the production by additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, comprising a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable liquid first component, and (ii) a second solidifiable component that is different from said first component.
US11312082B2	Hybrid additive manufacturing system A hybrid additive manufacturing system a build chamber, a polymer additive manufacturing system housed within the build chamber and a physical vapor deposition (PVD) system housed within the build chamber. A controller is configured to issue control signals to the polymer additive manufacturing system and PVD system for layered deposition of polymer and PVD layers in a multilayer part.
US11312080B2	Aseptic printer system including dual-arm mechanism A system and method are provided for fabricating 3D structures from biomaterial. The system includes a printer assembly having a dual-arm assembly including an upper arm, and a lower arm connected by an elbow joint to the upper arm. A disposable barrier encloses a printing surface from an external environment and from components of the printer assembly. The upper arm and lower arm are inserted into an inlet of the barrier, so as to be isolated from the print surface. The lower arm is provided with an extruding system, and the extruding system includes an actuator-driven syringe configured to deposit biomaterial on the print surface. The biomaterial is deposited on the print surface to carry out 3D fabrication in an aseptic environment.
US11312078B2	Waste disposal for additive manufacture A waste curing device to cure waste generated by an additive manufacturing system, the waste curing device comprising: a container for receiving the waste; a movable cover positioned above the container; one or more waste nozzles mounted on the moveable cover and configured to deliver waste into the container; a static cover positioned above the container and below the movable cover; one or more curing sources mounted on the static cover and configured to provide curing radiation to cure the waste in the container; wherein the movable cover is configured to move relative to the static cover to provide an open position for the waste nozzles to deliver waste into the container, and subsequently to a closed position, to shield the waste nozzles from curing radiation.
US11312073B2	Apparatus for additively manufacturing of three-dimensional objects Apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing of three-dimensional objects by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material which can be consolidated by means of an energy source, which apparatus (1) comprises a tool carrier device (2) adapted to position at least one tool unit (3) inside a process chamber (4) of the apparatus (1), wherein the tool carrier device (2) comprises at least one, in particular exchangeable, tool unit (3) that is moveable between a retracted position in which the tool unit (3) is received in a tool housing (6) enclosing the tool unit (3) and an extended position in which the tool unit (3) is at least partly extended from the tool housing (6).
US11312071B2	Additive manufacturing system, method and corresponding components for making elastomeric structures A system for additive manufacturing a medical device, the system comprising a first dispensing system, a second dispensing system, a deposition apparatus, and a deposition substrate on a surface of which the deposition apparatus is configured to deposit at least one elastomeric material into a filament. The deposition apparatus receives the at least one elastomeric material from the first and second dispensing systems in proportions effecting a desired property in the medical device. The deposition apparatus may comprise heating and/or cooling elements, a sonic vibration module, and/or a pneumatic suck-back valve. The deposition substrate may have a configuration corresponding to a desired shape of the medical device and is configured to rotate and/or translate relative to the deposition apparatus. The system comprises a controller configured to control the deposition.
US11312068B2	Heating system for fiber-reinforced thermoplastic feedstock and workpiece An additive manufacturing system is disclosed that comprises two or more lasers for precisely heating a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic feedstock and a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic workpiece in preparation for depositing and tamping the feedstock onto the workpiece. The system employs feedforward, a variety of sensors, and feedback to ensure that the feedstock and workpiece are properly heated.
US11312066B2	Method of making three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing Provided is a method of making a three-dimensional object, which method may include the steps of: (a) producing an intermediate object (21) from a dual cure polymerizable liquid by additive manufacturing, the intermediate object having the shape of the three-dimensional object in warped or distorted form; (b) optionally washing the intermediate object; then (c) contacting the intermediate to a form (22), which form has a shape corresponding to the three-dimensional object, and with the intermediate conformed to the shape of the form; then (d) further curing the intermediate object in contact with the form to produce the three-dimensional object (24) under conditions in which the three-dimensional object retains a shape conformed to the form after separating therefrom; and then (e) separating the three-dimensional object from the form.
US11312062B2	High-pressure tank manufacturing method There is provided a high-pressure tank manufacturing method that ensures a shorten heating period compared with a conventional one and eliminates a need for taking out a material for heating after heating. A high-pressure tank manufacturing method includes: disposing a conductive heating material on an outer periphery of a resin liner; winding a conductive fiber with which thermosetting resin is impregnated around the outer periphery of the resin liner on which the heating material is disposed; and heating the heating material and the fiber on the outer periphery of the resin liner by induction heating to harden the thermosetting resin.
US11312060B2	Fluid channel A fluid channel of a container processing system for processing containers, such as bottles, is described, the container processing system comprising a blow molding machine and a container processing machine arranged downstream of the blow molding machine in the process direction. The fluid channel is arranged downstream of the blow molding machine and upstream of the downstream container treatment machine in the process direction and comprises at least one component, through which the fluid can flow and which comprises at least one outlet opening through which the fluid can escape from the fluid channel in the direction of a bottom of a container transported in the process direction. The component is produced by a generative manufacturing method.
US11312054B2	Automatic cleaning method for powder coating production line A method of cleaning a powder coating production line, the method including: providing a powder coating production line including equipment, an automatic cleaning tool, and a monitoring device; receiving, by the equipment, an instruction of automatic cleaning, and allowing the equipment to enter an automatic cleaning mode; cleaning, by the automatic cleaning tool, the equipment of the powder coating production line; monitoring, according to a preset monitoring condition and by the monitoring device, whether the automatic cleaning is completed; stopping the automatic cleaning when the monitoring device indicates the automatic cleaning has been completed, or continuing the automatic cleaning of the equipment; and turning off the automatic cleaning mode of the equipment.
US11312049B2	Additive manufacturing system for halftone colored 3D objects A 3D printing system applies colored powders (e.g., primary colors, white, black, cyan, magenta, yellow, fluorescent colors, metallic) in printed polymer layers for forming a colored 3D object. The system may stabilize a powder layer or color sub-layers thereof, for example with one or more of heat, pressure, and/or high-intensity light. On each layer, powders of various colors may be sequentially deposited in a halftone pattern and stabilized, so as to create a part with a specified arrangement of colors throughout its structure. Benefits include more stable color than strategies involving jetting colored fluids. The arrangement of color on the interior of the part could provide functional or traceability benefits for specific applications. The examples allow for depositing a greater quantity of powder on each fiber base or substrate, decreasing the ratio of fiber to powder and increasing production speed.
US11312045B2	Manufacturing method of coil component and coil component A manufacturing method of a coil component comprising the steps of: preparing a coil assembly body in which a coil is attached on a magnetic core and a mold body which is formed with a cavity portion in the inside thereof and which includes at least one opening portion, putting a viscous admixture including magnetic powders and thermosetting resin and the coil assembly body in the cavity portion, pushing the put-in viscous admixture in the mold body, and thermally-curing the pushed-in viscous admixture and forming a magnetic exterior body which covers the coil assembly body.
US11312042B2	Form for making structures A form for forming a void or an architectural feature of a predetermined configuration in a moldable forming composition is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide an adjustable form body having first and second sides, said form body configurable between a first substantially planar position and a second non-planar position. In some embodiments, the form comprises a surface coating. A form body according to example embodiments of the invention has a plurality of grooves.
US11312041B2	Extruder mixing element A dispersive mixing element for co-rotating twin screw extruder is disclosed. The element for co-rotating twin screw extruder comprises of a continuous flight helically formed thereon having a lead ‘L’, wherein either the flight transforms at least once from an integer lobe flight into a non-integer lobe flight in a fraction of the lead ‘L’ and transforms back to an integer lobe flight in a fraction of the lead ‘L’ or the flight transforms at least once from a non-integer lobe flight into an integer lobe flight in a fraction of the lead ‘L’ and transforms back to a non-integer lobe flight in a fraction of the lead ‘L’.
US11312039B1	System and method for monitoring fresh concrete being handled in a concrete mixer using trained data processing engines A system for a concrete mixer having a drum receiving fresh concrete therein. The system generally has: a sensor measuring a set of measurand values indicative of a measurand associated with at least one of the fresh concrete, the drum and components of the concrete mixer; and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor, the controller performing the steps of: accessing the set of measurand values generated by the sensor; using a trained data processing engine stored on the non-transitory memory, at least one of determining a property value indicative of a property of the fresh concrete, determining a parameter value indicative of a parameter of the drum, and determining that the set of measurand values are indicative of some operating conditions of the concrete mixer; and outputting a signal based on said determining.
US11312034B2	Multiple head razor assembly A multiple head razor assembly includes a handle is gripped during shaving. A plurality of arms is each coupled to and extends away from the handle and each of the arms is directed toward a user's face during shaving. Each of the arms is articulated where to follow contours on the user's face during shaving. A plurality of couplers is each coupled to a respective one of the arms. A plurality of blade units is each removably attachable to a respective one of the arms to shave the user's face. Each of the blade units is spaced apart from each other when the blade units are attached to the respective arms. In this way the blade units can shave lines, shapes and other ornamental elements into the user's beard.
US11312033B2	Rotary electric shaver A rotary electric shaver has a new structure which compatibly achieves both a function of the rotary electric shaver allowing a user to have less tingling feel on the skin and a function of a reciprocating electric shaver enabling easy deep shaving of hair, by replacing a first head. A rotary electric shaver includes a main body having a drive shaft and a connection part, a first head having a built-in first transmission drive system connected to the drive shaft to rotate a first inner blade, and detachably connected to the connection part, and a second head detachably connected to the connection part from which the first head is removed. The second head has a built-in second transmission drive system connected to the drive shaft to cause the second inner blade to reciprocate.
US11312028B2	Multi-axis robot arm A multi-axis robot arm includes a pedestal, a plurality of knuckle modules and at least one telescopic arm module. Two ends of two adjacent knuckle modules close to and facing each other have a first connecting structure and a second connecting structure, respectively. The at least one telescopic arm module includes a telescopic tube and a telescopic shaft. One end of the telescopic tube is fastened to the first connecting structure. A surface of the other end of the telescopic tube faces towards the second connecting structure. One end of the telescopic shaft facing towards the first connecting structure projects into the telescopic tube. The other end of the telescopic shaft is fastened to the second connecting structure. The one end of the telescopic shaft is telescopically connected with and fastened in the telescopic tube.
US11312026B2	Placement and compaction of objects via vacuum Systems and methods are provided for vacuum handling of composite parts. One embodiment is a method for picking up, placing, and compacting an object. The method includes covering a part of an object with an impermeable membrane, applying a negative pressure via an end effector that is sufficient to offset any air leaks between a first portion of the impermeable membrane and the object, thereby forming a suction hold that secures the object to the impermeable membrane, and transporting the object to a rigid tool while the suction hold is retained. The method further comprises applying a negative pressure via the end effector that offsets air leaks between a second portion of the impermeable membrane and the rigid tool, thereby forming a suction hold that compacts the object to the rigid tool.
US11312024B2	Assembly apparatus having positional shift correction of components An assembly apparatus assembles a first component and a second component. The assembly apparatus includes a gripping section, a correcting section, and a driving section. The gripping section grips the first component. The correcting section corrects positional shift of the first component relative to the second component. The driving section drives the correcting section. The correcting section includes a first mechanism connected to the gripping section and a second mechanism connected to the driving section. The first mechanism has a first tapered portion on a surface opposite to the gripping section. The second mechanism has a second tapered portion on a surface opposite to the driving section. The second tapered portion has a substantially identical shape to the first tapered portion. The first tapered portion is placed on the second tapered portion.
US11312019B2	Method for work piece calibration and robot system using the same A method for calibration of work piece mounted in a predetermined manner to a work object and a robot system using the same. The work object has a first surface, a second surface and a third surface, and wherein the work object frame of reference is defined by a first coordinate line, a second coordinate line, and a third coordinate line at intersections of the first surface, the second surface and the third surface converging on a point. The method includes: touching a first number of locations on the first surface of the work object positioned by the robot touch probe to measure their actual locations on the first surface in the robot frame of reference, and storing the measured first coordinates for the measured locations; touching a second number of locations on the second surface of the work object positioned by the robot touch probe to measure their actual locations on the second surface in the robot frame of reference, and storing the measured second coordinates for the measured locations; touching a third number of locations on the third surface of the work object positioned by the robot touch probe to measure their actual locations on the third surface in the robot frame of reference, and storing the measured third coordinates for the measured locations; calculating orientation and origin of the work object frame of reference from the robot frame of reference based on the measured first, second and third coordinates for the measured locations, where the work object is positioned in the robot cell. The method provides all the necessary data to determine orientation and origin of the actual work object frame of reference relative to the robot frame of reference. The method also enables the robot to perform machine operations accurately at locations on a work object.
US11312010B2	Linear object handling structure of robot A linear object handling structure of a robot that includes a base to be fixed to an installed surface, and a rotary barrel supported to be rotatable around a vertical rotary axis with respect to the base, and is provided with, in a region including the rotary axis, a through hole vertically penetrating through a top board of the base, and a hollow portion having a cylindrical inner surface extending inside the rotary barrel from the through hole along the rotary axis. A mechanism unit cable of the robot passes from an inside of the base to an upper part of the rotary barrel through the through hole and the hollow portion, and is fixed in the inside of the base and at the upper part of the rotary barrel while the mechanism unit cable is bent inside the hollow portion and is pressed against the inner surface.
US11312007B2	Serpentine inspection robot mechanism for lifting cage guide driven by magnetic wheels The invention relates to a serpentine inspection robot mechanism for lifting cage guide driven by magnetic wheels, comprising a magnetic wheel drive part and a pitching yawing part, wherein the magnetic wheel drive part comprises a worm and gear transmission mechanism (I) and a magnetic wheel driving mechanism (II), and the pitching yawing part comprises a pitching yawing mechanism (III). Magnetic wheels are driven by the worm and gear transmission mechanism (I) and the magnetic wheel driving mechanism (II), while the pitching and yawing control of the robot are realized by the pitching yawing mechanism (III). The serpentine robot driven by the magnetic wheels (22) resolves the problems that the efficiency of ordinary serpentine robot is low, and it is difficult for the simple-wheel-type robot to span the large gap and to reach some concealed corners, with the cage guide of the lifting machine sucked by the magnetic wheels (22).
US11312005B2	Two-degree-of-freedom parallel robot with spatial kinematic chain A two-degree-of-freedom parallel robot with a spatial kinematic chain includes a fixed platform, a movable platform, two driving devices, and two branch chains. Each driving device includes an active arm and a driving unit, and the two active arms are in the same reference plane. An end bracket is hinged on the active arm. Each branch chain includes two shaft rods and two chain rods. One of the two shaft rods is arranged on the active arm or the end bracket, and the other one thereof is arranged on the movable platform. The two chain rods and the two shaft rods form a parallelogram.
US11312004B2	Guide robot The guide robot includes a case having a coupling hole and a door type display structure that is capable of opening or closing the coupling hole. Access to the body part in which main electrical components are provided may be easy. An installation plate coupled to a main frame, a slide guide and a guide plate, which are coupled to the installation plate, and a plurality of link type coupling devices coupled to one side of the guide plate and connected to the display unit may be provided to open or close the coupling hole by rotating the display unit after the display unit slidably moves.
US11312002B2	Apparatus control system and method A system for controlling a configurable apparatus includes a configuration identification unit operable to identify a preferred configuration of the apparatus in response to media content to be provided to a user, and a configuration modification unit operable to modify the configuration of the apparatus in dependence upon the identified preferred configuration, where different configurations of the apparatus correspond to the shapes of different objects relating to the media content.
US11312001B2	System and method of asynchronous robotic retrieval and delivery of items between two sites Asynchronous item delivery utilizes a system including a first depot and a first mobile robot at a first site and a second depot and a second mobile robot at a second site. A centralized control system manages asynchronous delivery of items through the first depot and the second depot such that the first mobile robot can retrieve an item from the first depot and deliver the item to a transportation systems for transition to the second site, such that the second depot at the second site can, in an asynchronous fashion, receive the item and deliver the item to the second mobile robot for transportation to the ultimate destination at the second site. Two or more sites can be coordinated by the centralized control system for management of movement of items through a supply chain using asynchronous item delivery and movement through each respective site to an ultimate destination.
US11312000B2	Workbench The invention discloses a workbench, comprising: a folding base comprising a left support frame and a right support frame cross connected with each other by a pivot and a handle rod connected with tops of the left support frame and the right support frame; a movable plate fixed on the left support frame and provided with at least one first fixing hole; a fixed plate fixed on the right support frame and provided with at least one second fixing hole; the movable plate and the fixed plate are spread out on the upper surface of the folding base as the left support frame and right support frame are unfolded; and the movable plate and the fixed plate are folded downwards along both sides of the handle rod as the left support frame and the right support frame are furled. The present invention allows the workbench to be folded by folding downwards the movable plate and the fixed plate, such that the workbench occupies less space and the folded workbench is more secure. The additional first fixing hole and second fixing hole on the workbench effectively stabilize workpieces.
US11311994B2	Tool for removal of spring clip from a nut plate assembly and associated method A tool for removal of a spring clip from a nut plate assembly includes an inner sleeve having a first cleat configured to engage a first end of a spring clip and an outer sleeve having a second cleat configured to engage a second end of the spring clip, the outer sleeve being rotatably disposed around a portion of the inner sleeve. The tool includes first and second grip tabs respectively extending radially from a longitudinally extending central axis of the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve. Movement of the first grip tab and the second grip tab towards each other rotates the inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve, and causes the first cleat and the second cleat to rotate towards each other to engage the first and second ends of the spring clip and to enable the spring clip to be removed from an assembled nut plate.
US11311991B2	Oil filter removal tool An oil filter removal tool used for removing seized filters from internal combustion engines. Additionally, the oil filer removal tool is designed to provide various method of applying a torque to an oil filter. To achieve this the tool has a gripper mechanism, a tool engagement mechanism, an annular clamp, and a plurality of protective covers. The gripper mechanism is able to grasp onto the oil filter. Additionally, the tool engagement mechanism is permanently integrated onto the gripper mechanism. This enables the user to apply a higher torque to the oil filter housing, thus removing even seized filters without damaging the oil filter itself. Similarly, the plurality of protective covers is positioned between the gripper mechanism and the oil filter to provide an additional layer of protection, if the user chooses to install the oil filter removal tool onto the new filter for the next oil change.
US11311990B2	Ratchet wrench A ratchet wrench includes a fastener drive member and a rigid, one-piece frame having a handle portion extending along a longitudinal frame axis between a head portion and a finger loop. The fastener drive member has a pair of drive openings centered on the drive axis and facing in opposite directions, with each of the drive openings defined by one or more drive surfaces. One of the drive openings is sized to receive a fastener or driver bit of a first size and the other opening is sized to receive a fastener or driver bit of a second size greater than the first size. The finger loop has a finger receiving opening sized to receive and encircle a finger of a user. The fastener drive member is mounted in the head portion to rotate about a drive axis, and a ratchet mechanism is mounted in the head portion in operable connection to the fastener drive member to selectively transfer torque from the frame to the fastener drive member in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction about the drive axis.
US11311987B2	Methods for using fastener installation tools Methods for using installation tools are disclosed. Fastener installation tools engage the distal end of an elongated. Two projection elements positioned in a plane on the installation tool and a channel between the projection elements further are positionable to provide a marker for a user during use to achieve an optimal installation location.
US11311984B2	Direction controller for a ratchet wrench A ratchet wrench includes a box, a button, a switch and an engagement element. The box includes an upper opening, a channel, a switch chamber in communication with the upper opening via the channel, and a button aperture in communication with the switch chamber. The button is inserted in the switch chamber via the button aperture. The button includes an abutment portion to keep the button in the box. The switch includes an arched portion extending in the switch chamber around the button. The switch is operable to rotate the button by the abutment portion without hindering movement of the button into and from the button aperture of the box. The engagement element is inserted in the channel of the box. The abutment portion is operable to move the engagement element in the channel to extend a front edge from the upper opening of the box.
US11311980B2	Machined pop up seal A vapor blast system includes a pressure pot with an upper end and a main body, a fill inlet attached to the upper end of the pressure pot, and a seal assembly disposed in the pressure pot. The seal assembly is configured to control a flow of a fluid between the pressure pot and the fill inlet. The seal assembly includes a pop-up seal, a pipe, and a spring. The pop-up seal comprises an upper surface, a lower surface disposed opposite the upper surface, a blind hole disposed in the upper surface, a bore disposed in the lower surface, and a centerline axis disposed through a center of the pop-up seal. The pipe is attached to a lower surface of the pop-up seal, wherein a portion of the pipe is received by the bore. The spring is disposed in the bore and engaged with the pipe.
US11311963B2	Method for producing liquid-cooled jacket The method comprises a primary joining process in which primary joining is performed by friction stirring by moving a rotary tool (F) once around a recessed part (13) along a first overlap part (H1) in a state where only a stirring pin (F2) of the rotary tool provided with the stirring pin is inserted in the first overlap part (H1) from a front surface (3b) of a sealing body (3) and is in contact with a jacket body (2) and the sealing body (3). In the primary joining process, the rotary tool (F), which is provided with a flat surface (F4) orthogonal to a rotational axis of the stirring pin (F2) and a projection (F5) projecting from the flat surface (F4) at a tip part of the stirring pin (F2), is employed, and the first overlap part (H1) is joined by bringing the flat surface (F4) into contact with only the sealing body (3) and inserting a tip end of the projection (F5) more deeply than the first overlap part (H1).
US11311960B2	High-efficiency welding assembly for use in ultrasonic additive manufacturing An ultrasonic welding assembly comprising a sonotrode having a first body portion, a first nodal region, a welding region, a second nodal region, and a second body portion; a transducer rotationally connected to the second body portion for transmitting acoustic vibrations to the welding region; a roller device connected to the transducer and sonotrode for permitting axial rotation of the transducer and sonotrode; a support device flexibly connected to the roller device for maintaining axial alignment of the transducer and sonotrode relative to a target welding area; a mount for supporting the sonotrode; and four frictionless bearings positioned around the nodal regions of the sonotrode, wherein the frictionless bearings are attached to the mount.
US11311959B2	Solid-state additive manufacturing system and material compositions and structures A solid-state additive manufacturing additive manufacturing system applicable to building up 3D structures, coating and functionalizing surfaces, joining structures, adding customized features to objects, compounding proprietary compositions and repairing various structures is disclosed. The solid-state additive manufacturing system enables deposition of different fillers, viz. metals, metal alloys, MMCs, polymers, plastics, composites, hybrids and gradient compositions, as well as controls the resulting deposit structures, e.g. specific nano-/micro-, gradient- and porous-material structures. The system accommodates various feeding-, spindle- and tool-designs for depositing different forms of filler materials, viz. rods, wires, granules, powders, powder-filled-tubes, scrap pieces or their combination, and a working platform with multiple access points. One or multiple motors, driving and monitoring units control the movement of the workpiece, spindle and tool and move the filler through the feeding system, which passageway is in communication with the passageways of the spindle and the tool.
US11311957B2	Applying a cladding layer to a surface of a component using a cladding tool having a maximum reach less than the size of the surface A method and apparatus for applying a cladding layer to a surface of a component uses a cladding tool having a maximum reach less than the size of the surface. Geometry of the surface is segmented into a plurality of tessellated segments, each of which has a peripheral extent determined by a maximum reach of the cladding tool. A nominal tool subpath for each tessellated segment is generated, and then combined to generate a nominal tool path for depositing the cladding layer on the surface. The surface is clad using the nominal toolpath, including a process of adjusting the nominal tool path to an adjusted tool path that accounts for dimensions of the bead to be deposited by the tool to match an edge of the bead to be deposited with an edge of a previously deposited bead.
US11311955B2	Method and device for machining shapes using electrical machining The invention provides a method for machining a shape such as slot or cavity or aperture using a plurality of first type holes (1) and second type holes (2), wherein during machining of first type holes (1) the hole circumference completely envelopes the respective portion of the electrode circumference.
US11311950B2	Internal milling cutter An internal milling cutter includes a carrier disk having a centre axis defining an axis of rotation of the milling cutter, a plurality of separated tool holder segments removably mounted at the inner circumference of the carrier disk, and at least one clamp for each tool holder segment mounted either on the carrier disk or on the tool holder segment. Each of the tool holder segments at its inner circumference includes at least one cutting insert seat with a mounting element for a cutting insert or at least one cutting edge. The clamp is located and arranged such that it generates a force in the axial direction pressing the axial contact surface of the tool holder segment onto the axial abutment surface of the carrier disk, and the clamp is mounted movably in a radial direction of the carrier disk between a locking position and a releasing position.
US11311944B2	Cutting insert The cutting insert may include a substrate including a first surface, a second surface, and a cutting edge. The substrate may include a hard phase and a binder phase, and the hard phase may include a first hard phase and a second hard phase. In X-ray diffraction analysis, a peak of the first hard phase may be observed on a higher angle side than a peak of the second hard phase. The second hard phase in the second surface may include a compressive residual stress of 150 MPa or more. A maximum height (Rz) in the second surface may be 0.2 to 1.5 μm. A maximum height of the cutting edge may be 2 to 30 times the maximum height in the second surface.
US11311941B2	Fabrication of palladium-chromium alloy microparticles Methods for making a plurality of microparticles from a reaction solution that includes an organic acid in a solvent are provided. The method may include adding a chromium salt and a palladium salt to the reaction solution; bringing the reaction solution to a reaction temperature of 0° C. to 150° C. to form palladium cations and chromium cations within the reaction solution such that the palladium cations and chromium cations combine to form the plurality of microparticles that precipitate from the reaction solution; and collecting the microparticles from the reaction mixture. The plurality of microparticles comprises a palladium-chromium alloy. The palladium-chromium alloy may comprise chromium in a weight percentage of 1% to 20% of the total weight of the palladium-chromium alloy.
US11311933B2	Method and plant for the production of a starting material for the production of rare earth magnets A method and a plant for the production of a powdery starting material, which is provided for the manufacture of rare earth magnets, are disclosed. First of all, at least one magnetic material, which is comminuted into a powdery intermediate product with a possibly increased concentration of impurities, and/or at least one alloy including rare earth metal are provided, which includes a low concentration of impurities. A classification of the powdery intermediate product to at least one criterion takes place subsequently, wherein, for the classification of the powdery intermediate product with the increased concentration of impurities, at least one dynamic classifier is provided, which divides the powdery intermediate product with impurities into at least two fractions based on the at least one criterion, wherein at least a high concentration of impurities accumulates in a first fraction and no impurities or at least a lower concentration of impurities than in the case of the first fraction accumulate in a second fraction, and wherein the fraction without impurities or with a low concentration of impurities forms the starting material for the manufacture of rare earth magnets.
US11311932B2	Apparatus for manufacturing core using inorganic binder A core manufacturing apparatus using an inorganic binder includes a mulling sand feeder that supplies mulling sand comprising sand and the inorganic binder, a mold that receives the mulling sand from the mulling sand feeder and molds the mulling sand into a core, and a mold heating device that heats the mold. The mold includes an upper mold and a lower mold and has a plurality of cavities formed therein in which the mulling sand is deposited. The mold further includes an inner fluid channel through which fluid flows.
US11311931B2	Method of preparing a particulate refractory composition for use in the manufacture of foundry moulds and cores, corresponding uses, and reclamation mixture for thermal treatment Described is a method of preparing a particulate refractory composition for use in the manufacture of foundry moulds and cores from spent foundry moulds or cores formed of refractory material and a binder containing water glass, the method comprising the following steps: providing broken material from spent foundry moulds or cores or preparing broken material from spent foundry moulds or cores, wherein the broken material comprises particles and/or aggregates of particles of refractory material having hardened water glass binder on their surface, mixing the broken material with particulate amorphous oxide comprising silicon dioxide in an amount of 85% by weight or more, based on the total amount of the particulate amorphous oxide, to give a mixture and subjecting the mixture to a heat treatment at a temperature of 400° C. or higher. Also described are a corresponding use, a reclamation mixture, and a method of making a foundry mould or core.
US11311929B2	Device for calibrating and lightening the weight of crankshafts A device for lightening the weight of vehicle components includes a tooling provided with a seat wherein the component is formed and a plurality of moveable bodies, which are moveable between an initial position and a final position, such that in the final position one end of each moveable body penetrates the seat of the tooling to form a cavity to lighten the weight of a component of the vehicle, wherein at least one of the moveable bodies can move laterally. Such device allows lightening the weight in a more simple and productive way than in currently known systems. This is achieved because the moveable bodies do not interfere with each other during the movement thereof, such that the lightening process can be done in a single blow during a forging procedure.
US11311928B2	Hot press machine A lower mold includes: refrigerant ejection ports in its press-molding surface; refrigerant guide grooves in the press-molding surface to guide a refrigerant ejected from the refrigerant ejection ports to an outer portion of the press-molding surface with the refrigerant being in contact with a workpiece; a single connecting groove connected to the refrigerant guide grooves and formed at the outer portion of the press-molding surface into which the refrigerant flows through the refrigerant guide grooves; and discharge ports in the connecting groove. Each of the refrigerant discharge ports is formed at a part of the connecting groove apart from the connecting points between the connecting groove and the refrigerant guide grooves.
US11311922B2	Wire drawing process of light storage wire A wire drawing process of a light storage wire includes a feeding step, a mixing step, a first drying step, a hot melt extrusion step, a first cooling step, a shaping/organizing wire step, a hot-temperature remodeling step, a stretching step, a second cooling step, a strand winding/rolling step, and a second drying step.
US11311919B2	Cleaning method for surfaces in the internal volume of aircraft components through which a medium flows A method cleans surfaces in an internal volume of an aircraft component through which a medium flows. The method includes: connecting the internal volume to be cleaned to a steam generator; generating a cleaning steam having a predetermined vapour pressure and temperature by the steam generator; applying the cleaning steam to the surfaces to be cleaned in the internal volume; maintaining the vapour pressure and the temperature within the internal volume for the duration of a predetermined condensation time; generating a pressure drop in the internal volume of the aircraft component, in order to vaporise the portion of the cleaning steam that condensed during the condensation time; and removing the cleaning steam from the internal volume via a discharge device.
US11311915B2	Automated aero aluminum scrap sorting system based on laser induced breakdown (LIBS) technique A fully automatic online aero aluminum sorting and recovery system based on LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) technology, which belongs to the field of aero aluminum sorting and recovery technology, and is suitable for online sorting, detection and recovery of large batch of aero aluminum. The fully automatic online aero aluminum sorting system based on LIBS technology provided in the present invention consists of six portions: a sample feeding unit (1), a surface treatment unit (2), a material positioning unit (3), a LIBS analysis and detection unit (4), a transfer unit (5) and a sorting and recovery unit (6). The system according to the invention can be used to realize the automatic online detection, sorting and recovery of aero aluminum, and the system does not have requirements on the surface condition of the recovered aero aluminum samples. The sorting accuracy rate is greater than 90% and the sorting rate is not less than 1 block per second.
US11311912B2	Separation device and fiber body deposition apparatus A separation device includes a first ejection unit that ejects a material containing a fiber together with gas and supplies the material onto a first surface of the mesh, a first suction unit that sucks a part of the material supplied onto the first surface, a second ejection unit that ejects gas toward a second surface, and a second suction unit that sucks and collects, the material that does not pass through the mesh by the first suction unit and remains on the first surface. Q1
US11311911B2	Separating device A separating device for separating different material fractions out of a feed-material mixture having a flow channel, which has a slope, extends in parallel with the direction of gravity in particular in its main longitudinal extension direction and comprises an inner chamber. The separating device has a first end region, a second end region, a material inlet region intended for feeding the feed-material mixture into the inner chamber of the flow channel, an outlet through which an air stream containing a lightweight material can exit the flow channel, at least one conveying means that conveys air through the flow channel, and a cross-flow device that has a separation chamber and an air intake that leads into said chamber and through which the cross-flow device can introduce air into the separation chamber in a flow direction extending at an angle to the main longitudinal extension direction of the flow channel.
US11311910B2	High-efficiency water-saving separation screen for starch slurry and residue and separation method The present disclosure relates to the technical field of food equipment design and processing, and provides a high-efficiency water-saving separation screen for starch slurry and residue which includes a horizontal screen drum, a screen mesh, a screw propelling extrusion rod, a rotation drive unit and a flushing spray pipe; one side of the horizontal screen drum is provided with a feeding inlet, and the other side of the horizontal screen drum is provided with a slurry outlet and a residue outlet; the screen mesh is in a cone shape, and the cross-sectional diameter of the screen mesh gradually decreases from the feeding inlet to the residue outlet; the screw propelling extrusion rod is arranged in the screen mesh and includes a screw propelling extrusion rod shaft and a screw blade; the rotation drive unit drives the screen mesh and the screw propelling extrusion rod to rotate in opposite directions; and the flushing spray pipe is used for flushing slurry and residue on the screen drum. The present disclosure further provides a separation method adopting the aforementioned separation screen. The synergistic effects of mechanical disturbance and hydraulic overflow washing and screening are simultaneously exerted by the screen, compared with traditional curved surface screens and high-speed centrifugal screens, the usage amount of clean water and the generation amount of wastewater can be reduced, and the concentration of obtained starch slurry is increased; and the moisture content of potato residue extruded and separated out by the screen is low, and thus subsequent utilization is facilitated.
US11311909B2	Device and method for reducing and homogenizing residual stress of a component by array of high-energy elastic waves A device and method for reducing and homogenizing residual stress of a component by an array of high-energy elastic waves. The device includes a tubular body consisting of at least two elements, multiple first through holes and a clamping device provided on an outer side of the tubular body. Exciters are connected with exciting wedges so that an end face of each of the exciting wedges is closely coupled to a surface of the component. A connection portion is coupled to an emitting end of each of the exciters, where the axis of the emitting end coincides with a normal line at a pressed surface of the component A multi-channel signal amplifier is electrically connected to each of the exciters and a multi-channel excitation control module is electrically connected to the multi-channel signal amplifier.
US11311903B2	Coating method and coating device with compensation for asymmetries of the spray jet The invention relates to a coating method for coating a component surface (4) with a coating agent, in particular for painting a motor vehicle body component with a paint, having the following steps: ⋅ emitting a spray jet (1) of the coating agent onto the component surface (4) of the component to be coated by means of an atomizer (2), said spray jet (1) having a main axis (5) and having an asymmetry with respect to the main axis (5) such that the spray jet (1) generates a spray pattern with a corresponding asymmetry on the component surface (4), and ⋅ at least partially compensating for the asymmetry of the spray jet (1) such that the asymmetry of the resulting spray pattern on the component surface (4) is reduced. The invention further relates to a corresponding coating device.
US11311886B2	Holding apparatus for sample carriers, and method for introducing and withdrawing a sample carrier The invention relates to a holding apparatus (100) for sample carriers (200) for use in cryomicroscopy, encompassing: a body having at least one sample carrier receptacle that comprises at least one sample carrier support surface against which at least one sample carrier (200) is abuttable; at least one first sample carrier holding means (121); and at least one second sample carrier holding means (131) that is configured to impinge upon the sample carrier (200) with force against the first sample carrier holding means (121); and to an arrangement having a manipulation container and such a holding apparatus (100), and to methods for introducing and withdrawing a sample carrier (200).
US11311884B2	Sample collection kit including cap having selectively movable sleeve A biological sample collection system can include a sample collection vessel having a sample collection chamber with an opening configured to receive a biological sample into the sample collection chamber. The biological sample collection system can additionally include a selectively movable sleeve valve configured to associate with the opening of the sample collection chamber. The biological sample collection system can additionally include a sealing cap that is configured to associate with the selectively movable sleeve valve and with the sample collection vessel. The sealing cap can include a reagent chamber having reagent(s) stored therein, and when the sealing cap is associated with the sample collection vessel, the selectively movable sleeve valve opens, dispensing the reagent(s) into the sample collection chamber.
US11311881B2	Fluid handling method, fluid handling device used in same, and fluid handling system The purpose of the present invention is to provide a liquid handling method that makes it possible to simply isolate a droplet, a fluid handling device used in this method, and a fluid handling system. This fluid handling method serves to flow a fluid including a solvent and a droplet through a fluid handling device comprising an inlet, a first flow path having one end connected to the inlet, a chamber connected to the other end of the first flow path, a second flow path having one end connected to the chamber, and an outlet connected to the other end of the second flow path. This fluid handling method includes an introduction step for introducing the fluid through the inlet and accommodating the droplet in the chamber, a rotation step for rotating the fluid handling device after the introduction step, and a removal step for removing the droplet from the inside of the chamber after the rotation step. In the introduction step, the fluid handling device is disposed such that the chamber widens from the position where the chamber and the second flow path are connected in the direction opposite from the direction of gravity.
US11311874B2	Polymer-based well plate devices and fluidic systems and methods of making and using the same Embodiments of substrate-based devices disclosed herein comprise a polymeric substrate with a hydrophobic polymer coating that defines wells or openings on the polymeric substrate and/or serves as an adhesive agent between stacked substrates of the device. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of plate frames that can be used to align and hold well plate devices described herein. Methods of fabricating the disclosed devices also are described.
US11311873B2	Aspiration-free well plate apparatus and methods A well plate includes a including a top portion, a bottom portion and a membrane disposed between the top portion and the bottom portion. The top portion defines a sample well in fluid communication with an opening defined by the membrane and in fluid communication with a reservoir defined by the bottom portion. The well plate is configured to be used in a centrifugation process of a test sample including a sample material and a wash liquid. The test sample configured to be received within the sample well and the reservoir. The membrane configured to filter the wash liquid from the test sample during the centrifugation process such that the wash liquid can pass from the reservoir, through the membrane and can be captured within a collection chamber while the sample material remains within the reservoir.
US11311872B2	Pipetting device comprising a fluid volume sensor and fluid processing system The invention relates to a pipetting device having tube with an opening at one end for suctioning or discharging a sample fluid, and can be operatively connected to a pressure generation device at the other end. A first electrode is formed on the pipetting device that forms a measuring capacitor together with a second electrode formed by at least one part of the sample fluid and that can be received in the tube and the measuring capacitor is operatively connected to a measuring unit, and the measuring unit is designed to determine a volume of the suctioned or discharged sample fluid according to the capacity of the measuring capacitor. The invention also relates to a fluid processing system having a pipetting device of this type, as well as a method for determining a processed fluid volume during pipetting with a pipetting device of this type.
US11311871B2	Detection and targeted remediation of mechanical device alignment errors Misalignment of intersecting devices on a diagnostic instrument may be detected and remediated using a system comprising components such as an accelerometer, a plurality of strain gauges and a device comprising a processor and a memory (e.g., a computer). In such a system, the accelerometer may be adapted to detect movement of the diagnostic instrument. The device comprising the processor and the memory may be configured to, for each of the structural elements of the diagnostic instrument, determine whether an alignment change has taken place in that structural element based on analyzing measurements made by the plurality of strain gauges. The device comprising the processor and the memory may also be configured to, for each structural element where an alignment change is determined to have taken place, trigger a remediation for each device from a set of devices impacted by the alignment change of that structural element.
US11311869B2	Methods of producing isomerization catalysts Methods of producing an isomerization catalyst include preparing a catalyst precursor solution, hydrothermally treating the catalyst precursor solution to produce a magnesium oxide precipitant, and calcining the magnesium oxide precipitant to produce the isomerization catalyst. The catalyst precursor solution includes at least a magnesium precursor, a hydrolyzing agent, and cetrimonium bromide. Methods of producing 1-butene from a 2-butene-containing feedstock with the isomerization catalyst are also disclosed.
US11311868B2	Use of catalysts for the metathesis of nitrile rubber The present invention relates to the use of specific catalysts for the metathesis degradation of nitrile rubber (NBR).The invention further relates to a method for preparing nitrile rubber with reduced molecular weight using specific catalysts.
US11311867B2	Copper and iron co-exchanged chabazite catalyst The present disclosure generally provides catalysts, catalytic articles and catalyst systems including such catalytic articles. In particular, the catalyst composition includes a zeolite having a chabazite (CHA) crystal structure ion-exchanged with iron and copper. Methods of making and using the catalyst composition are also provided, as well as emission treatment systems containing a catalyst article coated with the catalyst composition. The catalyst article present in such emission treatment systems is useful to catalyze the reduction of nitrogen oxides in gas exhaust in the presence of a reductant.
US11311865B2	Manganese-containing diesel oxidation catalyst An oxidation catalyst composite, methods, and systems for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from a diesel engine are described. More particularly, an oxidation catalyst composite including a first washcoat layer comprising a Pt component and a Pd component, and a second washcoat layer including a refractory metal oxide support containing manganese, a zeolite, and a platinum component is described.
US11311863B2	Aromatization catalyst and methods of making and using same A process of making an aromatization catalyst comprising: (a) mixing a zeolite, a binder, and water to form a mixture; (b) extruding the mixture to form a green extrudate; (c) drying the green extrudate to form a dried green extrudate; (d) calcining the dried green extrudate to form a support, wherein calcining the dried green extrudate is the only calcination step in the process; (e) washing the support to form a washed support; (f) drying the washed support to form a dried washed support; (g) impregnating the dried washed support with a Group 8-10 transition metal compound and at least one halide-containing compound to form a metalized-halided material; and (h) vacuum drying the metalized-halided material to form a dried metalized-halided material which is the aromatization catalyst.
US11311862B2	Hydrotreatment catalysts and process for preparing said catalysts The present invention is in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. Particularly, the present invention relates to a process for preparing catalysts advantageously usable in the hydrotreatment processes, for example in hydrodesulphurization, hydrodenitrogenation, hydrodearomatization processes of hydrocarbons. More in particular, the present invention relates to a process for obtaining said catalysts, which comprise mixed oxides of Nickel, Aluminum, Molybdenum and Tungsten and optionally a transition metal Me selected from the group consisting of Zn, Mn, Cd, and a mixture thereof, an organic component C, and possibly an inorganic binder B. Said mixed oxides comprise an amorphous phase and a pseudo-crystalline phase isostructural to Wolframite. The present invention further relates to said hydrotreatment catalysts and a hydrotreatment process wherein said catalysts are used.
US11311858B2	Catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides A catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides, and the catalyst for removing the nitrogen oxides includes a first catalyst having a component including Pt, Ba, and Ce supported on a first support, and a second catalyst physically mixed with the first catalyst and having a component including Cu and Ce supported on a second support.
US11311857B2	Catalyst for water splitting reactions A perovskite-type oxide catalyst for water-splitting reactions is provided. The catalyst, Ca2-ySryFe1-xCo1-xMn2xO6-δ where y=0.10-1.90 and x=0.05-0.95, has catalytic activity for both hydrogen- and oxygen-evolution reactions. An exemplary catalyst is CaSrFe0.75Co0.75Mn0.5O6-δ.
US11311854B2	Method for preparing biodegradable microspheres having improved stability and storage stability The present invention relates to a method for producing biodegradable microspheres having improved safety and storage stability, and a method for producing the same. The present invention provides a method for preparing said biodegradable microspheres while minimizing the morphological changes of microspheres and significantly reducing residual solvents.
US11311841B2	Compact spiral-wound filter elements, modules and systems The present invention provides compact spiral-wound filter elements having cassette-like performance. The invention further provides filtration systems (e.g., TFF systems) and processes (e.g., SPTFF processes) employing compact spiral-wound filter elements having cassette-like performance.
US11311835B1	Method for capturing CO2 from effluent gases using a rice-derived product A method for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from an effluent gas using a rice-derived product can include providing a rice-derived product, adjusting a pH of the rice-derived product; and contacting the effluent gas with the rice-derived product to capture the carbon dioxide from the effluent gas mixture in the rice-derived product. In an embodiment, the rice-derived product includes puffed rice grains. In an embodiment, the rice-derived product includes a rice cake. In an embodiment, the rice-derived product is loaded into a gas contact device prior to contacting withe the effluent gas.
US11311834B2	Method for regenerating ammonia water after capturing carbon dioxide with ammonia water and method for capturing carbon dioxide with ammonia water A method for regenerating ammonia water after capturing carbon dioxide with aqueous ammonia includes steps as follow. An ammonia water regenerating system is provided, wherein the ammonia water regenerating system includes a heat exchanger, a stripper, a second pump, a first flash drum, a first compressor, a second flash drum and a second compressor. A first flashing step is performed, wherein the rich solvent is flashed to form a first steam and a first flash liquid. A first compressing step is performed, wherein the first steam is compressed. A stripping step is performed, wherein the first flash liquid is stripped. A second flashing step is performed, wherein the lean solvent is flashed to form a second steam and a second flash liquid. A second compressing step is performed, wherein the second steam is compressed.
US11311831B1	Air purification method based on cloud physics This invention is directed to an air purification method capable of removing small aerosols and a wide size range of aerosols, with minimum aerosol radius smaller than 0.01 micron. The method humidifies the air in an enclosed space and produces supersaturation at a level of at least 12 percent in at least a portion of the enclosed space so that water vapor condenses on aerosols to form water droplets. The method also coalesces the water droplets formed by supersaturation using coalescence devices that can coalesce droplets with minimum radius smaller than 0.01 micron, thereby lowering the equilibrium supersaturation, enabling water droplets to grow faster, be more stable and easier to be removed compared to when coalescence is absent. The method dehumidifies the air so that the water droplets with captured aerosols are removed. Coalescence enables droplets to grow under a lower ambient supersaturation level, thus saving a considerable amount of energy.
US11311830B2	Upright two-stage dust collector An upright two-stage dust collector includes a base unit, a suction blower unit, a filter unit and a dust collecting unit. The suction blower unit has a suction blower body. The filter unit includes a filter body, a coarse particle dust filter cartridge disposed in the filter body, and a fine particle dust filter element disposed in the coarse particle dust filter cartridge. The fine particle dust filter element is coaxially inserted in the coarse particle dust filter cartridge. The air after the first dust collection is filtered by the fine particle dust filter element to perform the second dust collection. Through the combination of the above units, in addition to a two-stage dust collecting effect, the dust collector occupies less space and can be used conveniently.
US11311829B2	Filter elements, air cleaner assemblies, and methods of use and assembly Air cleaner assemblies, components therefor, and features thereof are described. Also described are methods of assembly and use. In depicted examples, the air cleaner assemblies and components optionally use advantageous housing seal features. Methods of assembly and use are described.
US11311828B1	Pipeline filter A pipeline filter assembly comprising a base assembly, an outer wall, and a lid assembly. The outer wall has a lower end portion and an upper end portion, wherein the upper end portion comprises a lower collar, and the lower collar comprises at least one lock notch spaced around an exterior surface thereof. The lid assembly is configured to couple to the lower collar of the outer wall. The lid assembly has an upper collar configured to threadedly mate with the lower collar. The upper collar has at least one housing that projects from the upper collar, the housing having an interior surface, and at least one biasing clip pivotally mounted within the housing for releasable engagement with the lock notch. A pair of pipeline filter assemblies, wherein at least one connection plate is used.
US11311823B2	Collection of mononuclear cells and peripheral blood stem cells Blood in a separation chamber is separated into a red blood cell layer, a plasma constituent, and a mononuclear cell-containing layer. A portion of the plasma constituent exits the chamber via a plasma outlet, while a first portion of the red blood cell layer exits via a red blood cell outlet. A second portion of the red blood cell layer exits the chamber via the red blood cell outlet and is collected. At least a portion of the collected red blood cell layer may then be conveyed to the chamber via the red blood cell outlet to convey at least a portion of the mononuclear cell-containing layer out of the chamber via the plasma outlet for collection. A second portion of the plasma constituent may be conveyed out of the chamber via the plasma outlet to more fully collect the mononuclear cell-containing layer without the use of collected plasma.
US11311817B1	Modular toy assembly system According to one embodiment, a modular toy assembly system featuring one or more bases and a plurality of posts. Coupled to recessed connectors of the base, the plurality of posts includes a first end connector and a second end connector for coupling to different bases to provide depth of the toy. The posts include a first elongated body element and a second elongated body element interposed and extending between the first end connector and the second end connector. The first elongated body element and the second elongated body element are oriented to produce (i) a first slot between a first side of first elongated body element and a first side of the second elongated body element and (ii) a second slot between a second side of first elongated body element and a second side of the second elongated body element.
US11311809B2	Storage medium having information processing program stored therein, information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method An example of an information processing apparatus acquires action data based on an output of a sensor according to a fitness action performed by a player, and executes a game event. In the game event, the information processing apparatus designates at least one type of fitness event from among a plurality of types of fitness events. Each fitness event causes the player to perform a fitness action. During the game event, the information processing apparatus executes a fitness event that causes the player to perform a fitness action corresponding to the designated fitness event until an ending condition is satisfied. The information processing apparatus determines whether or not the achievement condition has been satisfied, based on the action data acquired during the fitness event. The information processing apparatus repeats designation and execution of the fitness event until it is determined that the achievement condition has been satisfied.
US11311803B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and program There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that make it possible to control a communication partner without losing a sense of immersion and without impairing a VR world view in communication between players in (virtual reality) VR. A range in which another player capable of recognizing a content spoken by a player is present is determined as an utterance range on the basis of context information. In the following, since the spoken information is transmitted only to the player who is confirmed as the utterance range, it is possible to control the partner at the time of utterance by the context information. The present disclosure is able to be applied to an information processing device.
US11311800B2	Systems implementing high-speed data communication fabric for cloud gaming data storage and retrieval A cloud gaming system includes a cloud storage system and a cloud compute system connected together through a PCIe switch and PCIe fabric. The PCIe switch is configured to map resources within the cloud storage system to a memory map of the cloud compute system. The PCIe switch is configured to map resources within the cloud compute system to a memory map of the cloud storage system. The PCIe fabric enables transfer of a data input/output command buffer generated by the cloud compute system to the cloud storage system by either a direct write or a direct read between the cloud compute system and the cloud storage system. The PCIe fabric enables transfer of data between the cloud storage system and the cloud compute system, as indicated by the command buffer, by either a direct write or a direct read between the cloud compute system and the cloud storage system.
US11311798B2	Virtual image display program, virtual image display apparatus, and virtual image display method A game processing apparatus displays an image of virtual space on a display that displays an image by using a sensor for identifying the position and direction of a certain body part of a player and the display. A controller in the game processing apparatus displays the image of the virtual space on the display in accordance with the position and direction of the certain body part of the player, and, when an information providing condition regarding the position and direction of the certain body part of the player is satisfied, outputs to-be-provided information.
US11311797B2	Dynamic payment optimization apparatuses, methods and systems The DYNAMIC PAYMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DPO”) transform requests for on-demand and flexible monetization and related services via DPO components into currency transfers, purchase receipt notifications, social networking communications and transaction analytics reports. In some embodiments, the DPO obtains a user product purchase request for a user engaged in an online experience at a point of sale device. The DPO parses the user product purchase request, and thereby identifies at least one attribute of at least one of: the user; the online experience; and the point of sale device. The DPO customizes one or more properties of a user interface for initiating a purchase transaction related to the user product purchase request, according to the identified at least one attribute of the user, the online experience or the point of sale device; and providing the customized user interface.
US11311794B2	Electronic gaming device Presented herein is an electronic gaming device comprising a first axle with a first center cubelet rotatably coupled to the first axle, a first sensor operatively coupled to the first axle to detect rotation of the first cubelet, and responsive to detecting rotation of the first cubelet, transmit a first signal, a second axle with a second center cubelet rotatably coupled to the second axle, a second sensor operatively coupled to the second axle to detect rotation of the second cubelet, and responsive to detecting rotation of the second cubelet, transmit a second signal, a third axle with a third center cubelet rotatably coupled to the third axle, a third sensor operatively coupled to the third axle to detect rotation of the third cubelet, and responsive to detecting rotation of the third cubelet, transmit a third signal, a plurality of interchangeable cubelets positioned about the first, second, and third axle such that mechanical rotation of a set of the interchangeable cubelets having a common plane causes one of the first, second, and third sensors to transmit one of the first, second, and third signals, storage for storing a position of each of the plurality of interchangeable cubelets, and a processor configured to receive signals from one of the first, second, and third sensors, determine changes in the position of the some of the cubelets, and write the changed positions for the some of the cubelets in the storage.
US11311790B2	Compression golf swing training apparatus A compression golf swing training apparatus includes a hitting board mounted atop a framework and configured to move downwardly at the point of impact from the golf club striking the hitting board during a golf swing. Specifically, the downward motion of the hitting board, when struck with a golf club, compresses the compression springs in their holder imitating or replicating the feeling a golfer experiences when taking a divot of golf course grass during a golf swing. The system is reconfigurable and interchangeable with distinct compression spring levels held in their individual spring holders replicating and/or imitating the resistance of the ground the golfer experiences playing on hard, soft, and wet golf course grass conditions.
US11311788B1	Tool for martial arts training A grappling dummy of humanoid shape is described. The grappling dummy offers a strategically sound and versatile posture for more realistic martial arts training by holding a realistic guard position. The dummy is comprised of an envelope, to be filled with any material to give it the desired weight and consistency. When filled, the tensile strength of the envelope and filling allow the limbs of the grappling dummy to retract to their resting guard position when extended. Due to the dummy's resting posture with knees above the hip line and elbows in front of and covering the torso, this grappling dummy may be placed in a variety of positions including supine, seated, and turtle, and thus offers a more versatile and realistic training experience.
US11311787B2	Robotic training apparatus A robotic training apparatus for martial arts and combat sports that is of a dimension like a punching bag and can be hung or mounted on a floor. The apparatus includes a frame, an upper revolving member and a lower revolving member mounted to the frame, wherein the two members can revolve independently of each other along a vertical axis. A pair of robotic arms coupe to the upper revolving member can be actuated to resemble a punching action. A pair of robotic legs coupled to the lower revolving member can be actuated to resemble a kicking action. Both the pair of robotic arms and the pair of robotic legs horizontally extends from the upper revolving member and the lower revolving member respectively.
US11311786B1	Baseball swing training apparatus A baseball swing training apparatus that is configured to teach a player an optimal combination of three independent swing path angles wherein the apparatus further provides training for the three swing path angles for balls in alternate locations within a batter strike zone. The present invention includes a base platform that has four wheel assemblies operable to provide omnidirectional movement of the base platform. Secured to the upper surface of the base platform is the lift assembly. The lift assembly includes three arm members that are independently movable with separate motor and gear assemblies. A ball retention member is secured to the lift assembly wherein a swing path angle adjustment assembly is operably intermediate the ball retention assembly and the lift assembly. The swing path angle adjustment assembly includes a first, second and third axis movement assemblies each being independently adjustable.
US11311784B2	Golf grip A golf grip composed of multiple rubber compounds producing desirable properties within the golf grip.
US11311782B2	Golf club head A golf club head having a cavity therein comprises a wall at least a part of which is formed as a convexo-concave wall portion. The convexo-concave wall portion is composed of convexed portions repeatedly arranged in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, and concaved portions formed between the convexed portions. Each of the convexed portions includes at least one first protrusion extending in the first direction and at least one second protrusion extending in the second direction.
US11311780B2	Golf ball comprising a lightweight core The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a golf ball providing improve play characteristics. The disclosed golf ball includes an outer cover comprising a plurality of divots. The disclosed golf ball further includes a central core comprising one or more lightweight materials, such as aerogel. The combination of the lightweight core and the unique divots enable the golf ball to go farther and straighter when hit by the golfer, thereby providing increased performance.
US11311778B2	Interactive exercise machine support and mounting system An interactive exercise system includes a mechanical support system and a display module held by the mechanical support system. At least one force-controlled component is engageable by a user and connected to the mechanical support system, with the force-controlled component configure to reduce force when applied user force is great enough to cause tip-over or unwanted movement of the mechanical support system. The force-controlled component can be graspable by a user and allows for a range of exercise types and programs.
US11311773B2	Balancing push up bar A balancing push up bar effective for strengthening core muscles is provided. The balancing push up bar includes a bar coupling a front arc and a rear arc. A shape profile of the front and the rear provide a rocking movement of the balancing push up bar. A user may be able to mount the bar and perform push-up exercises while balancing on the bar, strengthening, and tones the core muscles.
US11311767B1	Geodesic dome exercising system The present invention relates an exercising system. The exercising system is a geodesic dome structure coupled with an exercise device such as a flywheel. The geodesic dome is made up of multiple struts coupled to each other at multiple hubs. The exercise device is engaged with the hub to allow a user to exercise through the flywheel.
US11311760B2	Electric-pneumatic actuator assembly An actuator assembly for use in fire suppression systems for use in vehicle and industrial fire protection systems. The actuator assembly engages a cartridge of pressurized gas and releases the gas contained therein with a puncturing assembly. The actuator assembly includes a receptacle that controls the manner in which the actuator assembly and cartridge engage one another. The actuator assembly is configured for electrical and pneumatic actuation for rupturing the seal of the cartridge of pressurized gas. The actuator assembly has a housing that includes at least one inlet port that is coupled to a pressurized gas source, which is formed between a first chamber for electrical components sealed from the operative environment of the actuator assembly and a second chambers for the puncturing assembly. The actuator assembly allows for serial interconnection of multiple actuator assemblies for operation by a single source of pressurized gas.
US11311757B2	Posts for use in fall protection A post system for use in fall protection includes a connector to connect to a structure and a support in operative connection with a lifeline to maintain the lifeline at a first height above the structure. When a first threshold force is experienced on the lifeline, the support is operable to lower the lifeline to a second height which is lower than the first height. The ratio of a change in effective length of the lifeline resulting from the lowering of the lifeline to a change in height resulting from lowering of the lifeline (or the ΔL/ΔH ratio) is less than 1. The ratio of the change in effective length of the lifeline resulting from the lowering of the lifeline to the change in height resulting from lowering of the lifeline may also be less than 0.5 or less than 0.4.
US11311755B2	Harness The roping harness comprises a belt and leg loops. The belt is formed by a first strip and a second strip separated so as to define a housing cavity housing at least one foam comfort pad. The first strip is an inner strip designed to come into contact with the user's back whereas the second strip is an outer strip of the belt. The first strip and second strip are fixed to one another by at least one resistance strap mechanically fixed to a suspension point. The housing cavity comprises at least one opening so that the foam comfort pad is removable from the housing cavity.
US11311749B2	Aerosol hairspray for styling and/or shaping hair An aerosol hairspray product for styling and/or shaping hair wherein the product comprises: a container; a spraying device; a propellant; a hairstyling formulation comprising: (a) at least about 50% water; and (b) from about 0.01% to about 20% of a hairstyling polymer, wherein the hairstyling polymer is selected from the group consisting of: acrylates copolymers of two or more monomers of (meth)acrylic acid or one of their simple esters; acrylates/hydroxyesters acrylates copolymers of butyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, methacrylic acid, ethyl acrylate and hydroxyethyl methacrylate; polyurethane-14/AMP-acrylates polymer blend; and mixtures thereof. The product comprises about 2% or less alcohol, or is substantially free of alcohol, and the product comprises 54% or less VOC.
US11311747B2	Systems and methods for isocenter calibration The present disclosure is related to systems and methods for isocenter calibration. The method includes providing a phantom including a first member and a second member with a fixed position relationship. The method includes acquiring, using a first device, at least one first image of the first member of the phantom. The method includes determining, based on the at least one first image, a first position relationship between a first isocenter of the first device and the first member. The method includes acquiring, using a second device, at least one second image of the second member of the phantom. The method includes determining, based on the at least one second image and the fixed position relationship, a second position relationship between a second isocenter of the second device and the first member. The method includes determining, based on the first position relationship and the second position relationship, a third position relationship between the first isocenter and the second isocenter.
US11311742B2	Laser therapeutic apparatus and spinal cord repairing method A laser therapeutic apparatus includes a laser and a therapeutic optical fiber. The therapeutic optical fiber is configured for being implanted into a body of a patient during surgery to perform a repair treatment on a spinal cord site to-be-treated by irradiation and then being removed from the body of the patient after the surgery. The therapeutic optical fiber includes N number of laser fibers, N−1 number of optical fiber connection components, an optical fiber guiding structure, and an optical fiber controller; the N number of laser fibers are coupled with one another by the N−1 number of optical fiber connection components to form a cascaded optical fiber structure, an end of the cascaded optical fiber structure is coupled to the optical fiber guiding structure, and another end of the cascaded optical fiber structure is coupled to the optical fiber controller.
US11311739B2	Electromagnetic method for in-vivo disruption of viral insults A therapeutic method of reducing or eliminating viral infections in vivo includes subjecting a virally infected patient to one of a variety of strong magnetic fields. A static magnetic field has a magnetic field intensity of at least about 5 nanoTesla sufficient to be effective to disrupt viral metabolism. An alternating magnetic field has a magnetic field intensity of at least 0.1 nanoTesla sufficient to be effective to disrupt viral metabolism. A method of disrupting viral metabolism includes subjecting an infected patient or a mixture of live host cells and virus to the alternating magnetic field. A virus disruption apparatus includes a magnetic field generator of static or alternating magnetic fields. The magnetic field generator is selected from a Magnetic Resonance Imaging device, at least one permanent magnet, at least one superconducting magnet, at least one solenoid, and any combination thereof.
US11311738B2	Devices and methods for stimulating the immune system to treat damaged or abnormal tissue using compressed static magnetic fields The devices and methods of stimulating the immune system to treat damaged and abnormal tissue using compressed static magnetic fields provides for noninvasive treatment of damages tissue and removal of abnormal tissue. At least two magnets are positioned to have their static magnetic fields compressed at the damaged or abnormal tissue and at the immediately surrounding healthy tissue. The compressed static magnetic fields stimulate the immune system in the immediately surrounding healthy tissue which treats the damaged or abnormal tissue. The treated tissue fully regenerates without additional medical intervention. The devices provide for efficient exposure to compressed magnetic fields and ease of use at different locations on a body and different types of animal species.
US11311731B2	Cardiac resynchronization therapy heart sound response characterization This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods to determine a response curve between received cardiac electrical information from a subject, such as a time of a P wave, and received cardiac acceleration information of the subject, such as a time of a first heart sound (S1) or a second heart sound (S2), to a set of stimulation signals provided to the subject at different AVD intervals. In certain examples, one or more cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) parameters can be determined for the subject using the determined response curve.
US11311730B2	Systems and related methods for optimization of multi-electrode nerve pacing This disclosure describes, among other embodiments, systems and related methods for selecting electrode combinations to be used during nerve pacing procedures. A first set of electrode combinations of a nerve pacing system, such as a phrenic nerve pacing system for diaphragm activation, may be mapped (or tested) to determine the location of the electrode combinations relative to a target nerve. Once the general location of the target nerve is known, a more localized second set of electrode combinations may be tested to determine the most suitable electrode combinations for nerve stimulation. At various stages of the mapping process, electrode combinations that are non-optimal may be discarded as candidates for use in a nerve pacing procedure. The systems and methods described herein may allow for the selection of electrode combinations that are most suitable for stimulation of the left and right phrenic nerves during diaphragm pacing.
US11311729B2	Titration for sub-threshold electrical stimulation therapy In some examples, a medical device is configured to deliver sub-threshold electrical stimulation therapy to a patient at a stimulation intensity that is significantly less than a perception or paresthesia threshold intensity level for the patient. The medical device may determine the particular intensity level for the patient through a titration process. The medical device may titrate automatically or based upon the input of the patient, a clinician or a physician.
US11311723B2	Motor devices for motor nerve root stimulation A motor device for stimulating muscle, including at least one electrode for generating electric current operatively attached to an electrode array and exposed on an inner surface of an array body, and a programming mechanism of a computer that executes an algorithm stored on non-transitory computer readable medium and includes an information storage mechanism and a user-operated interface in electrical connection with said at least one electrode for programming operation of said at least one electrode, said motor device being implanted in an individual and applying electric current to nerves at an area above an area of neurological damage.
US11311721B2	Treatment of tissue by the application of energy Methods and apparatuses for treating a tissue with an electric treatment by rotating a pattern of electrodes partway through a treatment is disclosed. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses to treat tissue, including treating skin disorders, by selectively de-nucleating epidermal cells without provoking a significant inflammatory response, e.g., without increasing the density of leukocytes in the treated skin, and without affecting the non-cellular components of the dermis.
US11311720B2	Methods of making and bioelectronic applications of metalized graphene fibers The present disclosure provides methods of making and applying metallized graphene fibers in bioelectronics applications. For example, platinized graphene fibers may be used as an implantable conductive suture for neural and neuro-muscular interfaces in chronic applications. In some embodiments, an implantable electrode includes a multi-layer graphene-fiber core, an insulative coating surrounding the multi-layer graphene-fiber core, and a metal layer disposed between the multi-layer graphene-fiber core and the insulative coating.
US11311719B2	Stimulation lead and method including a multi-dimensional electrode array Stimulation lead includes an elongated lead body having distal and proximal ends and wire conductors extending therebetween. The stimulation lead also includes a lead paddle having a multi-dimensional array of electrodes positioned along a contact side of the lead paddle. The electrodes are electrically coupled to the wire conductors. The lead paddle includes a paddle body and a conductor organizer disposed within the paddle body. The conductor organizer has multiple channels extending along the lead paddle. The channels receive the wire conductors and retain the wire conductors in a designated arrangement with respect to the lead paddle. The conductor organizer has openings to the channels. The wire conductors extend through the openings and are terminated to the respective electrodes.
US11311718B2	Device for interacting with neurological tissue and methods of making and using the same Described herein are microelectrode devices to provide localized neural recording or neural stimulation to a neurological target. The device includes a plurality of electrodes disposed along the shafts of deployable flexible pins. The deployable flexible pins are enclosed within an elongated probe shaft and can be expanded from their enclosure. Additionally, a specifically manufactured outer housing can be coupled to at least a portion of the elongated probe shaft. During deployment of the flexible pins the outer housing of the microelectrode device reduces friction between the flexible pins and the probe shaft and reduces delamination of the flexible pins during deployment.
US11311717B2	High-density lead body and method A lead body for implantation includes at least one segmented electrode with a first electrode segment and a second electrode segment radially positioned about a lumen and electrically isolated from each other. A sectioned hypotube includes a distal end and a proximal end and a first conducting section and a second conducting section each extending between the distal and proximal ends. The first conducting section of the sectioned hypotube is coupled to the first electrode segment adjacent the distal end and the second conducting section of the sectioned hypotube is coupled to the second electrode segment adjacent the distal end.
US11311714B2	Arrangement with a blood pump, a control unit and a device for transmitting the measured values An assembly with a blood pump and a control unit to control the flow rate at the blood pump includes a device that is designed to deliver a parameter of the breathing cycle or a parameter associated with the breathing cycle. In this way, it is also made possible for a parameter that correlates to the breathing cycle to be used to control the blood pump, in order to proactively prevent problems associated with the drainage.
US11311713B2	Self-propelled venous blood pump The present invention relates to an implantable self-driven pump for use as a cavopulmonary assist device. The invention comprises an aortic turbine that uses some systemic blood from the left ventricle as an energy source and a venous pump that is coupled magnetically or mechanically to the turbine. The present invention more particularly relates to a cavopulmonary assist device (10) for a total cavopulmonary connection with superior vena cava-pulmonary artery anastomosis and inferior vena cava-pulmonary artery bridging via a conduit (9), said cavopulmonary assist device (10) comprising a pump unit (20) and a turbine unit (30) coupled by a shaft (401).
US11311711B2	Axial blood pump with impeller rinse operation A method of controlling a blood pump including executing a control command to temporarily displace an impeller of the blood pump within a pump housing from a first axial position relative to the pump housing to a second axial position a distance away from the first axial position using a vector control method, and causing the impeller to move from the second axial position to a third axial position, the third axial position including a positive and a negative displacement of the impeller relative to the first axial position.
US11311708B2	Microneedle array assembly and fluid delivery apparatus having such an assembly A microneedle array assembly includes a microneedle array that has a plurality of microneedles. A distribution manifold includes a fluid supply channel that is coupled in flow communication to a plurality of resistance channels. Each of the resistance channels are coupled in flow communication to a respective one of the microneedles of the microneedle array. The resistance channels have a resistance value to a fluid flow through each resistance channel that is in the range between about 5 times greater to about 100 times greater than a resistance to the fluid flow through the supply channel.
US11311707B2	Antiseptic delivery device and method of use A fluid delivery device (100) comprising a housing (200) having a proximal end, a distal end, and a length therebetween, an activation device (300) disposed within the housing (200), a bottle (400) at least partially receivable in the proximal end of the housing (200), the bottle (400) containing a fluid medium therein and sealed by a laminate seal element, wherein the laminate seal element is proximate the activation device (300) and disposed a predetermined distance dimension therefrom, and a foam pad (500) coupled to a distal end of the housing (200), wherein the bottle (400) is axially movable with respect to the housing (200) at least the predetermined distance dimension to engage the laminate seal element with the activation device (300) to dispense the fluid medium from the bottle (400) through the foam pad. A method of using such a delivery device is provided.
US11311703B2	Cerebrospinal fluid flow diverter A device that can be placed within or near the cranial vault that fluctuates in size in response to changes in CSF pressure is disclosed. The device diminishes in size when CSF pressures rise and increases in size as CSF pressures diminish. The device has the effect of reducing the flow of CSF occurring in the foramen magnum and provides an alternative to craniovertebral decompression in Chiari I patients. The device may have applications in other neurologic illnesses associated with abnormal CSF flow, such as Idiopathic Syringomyelia, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, and CSF dural leaks.
US11311702B2	Methods for manufacturing multi-layer balloons for medical applications A multi-layered balloon is provided where each layer is formed such that each layer is made from tubing that optimizes the inner wall stretch thus providing maximum balloon strength. The high pressure, multi-layer balloon is provided with layers that allow for slipping, such that the balloon has a very high pressure rating and toughness, yet excellent folding characteristics. Methods for producing such multi-layer balloons using existing balloon forming equipment are also provided. The multi-layer balloons can have alternating structural and lubricating layers, or layers with low-friction surfaces. The multi-layer balloons are preferably manufactured using a variety of methods including nesting, co-extrusion, or a combination of nesting and co-extrusion. The multi-layer balloons have balloon layers having substantially similar, or the same, high degree of biaxial orientation of their polymer molecules such that each balloon layer of the multi-layer balloon will fail at approximately the same applied pressure.
US11311701B2	Tube stabilising device A tube stabilising device (10, 20, 30) for a tube attached to a patient, comprising a base member (110, 210, 310) fixable to a surface, the base member having a support surface (112, 212, 312) for supporting the base member on a surface of the patient. The tube stabilising device further comprising a tube retaining member (120, 220, 320). The base member includes a cavity (114, 214, 314) configured to receive a flange (122, 222, 322) of the tube retaining member such that, when received, the cavity at least partially overlaps the flange so that the flange is retained by the base member, the tube retaining member is moveably attached to the base member and the flange is moveable within the cavity in any direction parallel to the support surface. The tube retaining member is configured to retain a tube extending from the patient such that, when retained, the tube is moveable relative to the base member.
US11311700B2	Methods for accessing pedal veins A launching catheter for targeting a second vessel from a first vessel includes a catheter including a proximal portion and a distal portion including a needle aperture and a flat rectangular radiopaque marker. The flat rectangular radiopaque marker disappears under fluoroscopy upon rotation to provide information about rotational alignment of the launching catheter. The launching catheter includes a needle configured to extend through the needle aperture. A method of aligning the catheter includes rotating the catheter in a first blood vessel until the marker has a thickness (e.g., minimal thickness) under fluoroscopy. The thickness indicates rotational alignment of the catheter.
US11311698B2	Force limiting handle assembly and heart catheter based delivery A handle assembly for a structural heart catheter based delivery system comprises an actuation mechanism connectable to a delivery member and adapted to move the delivery member along a longitudinal axis, a wheel element, and a force limiting coupling unit attaching the wheel element to the actuation mechanism. The force limiting coupling unit disengages the wheel element from the actuation mechanism if a mechanical force applied to the wheel element exceeds a threshold value.
US11311695B2	Medical tubes and methods of manufacture Medical tubes and methods of manufacturing medical tubes. The tube(s) may be a composite structure made of two or more distinct components that are spirally wound to form an elongate tube. For example, one of the components may be a spirally wound elongate hollow body, and the other component may be an elongate structural component also spirally wound between turns of the spirally wound hollow body. The tube(s) need not be made from distinct components, however. For instance, an elongate hollow body formed (for example, extruded) from a single material may be spirally wound to form an elongate tube. The elongate hollow body itself may in transverse cross-section have a thin wall portion and a relatively thicker or more rigid reinforcement portion. The tube(s) can be incorporated into a variety of medical circuits or may be employed for other medical uses.
US11311694B2	Quick adjust mask and method for using the same An apparatus for supplying a patient with oxygen in emergency and/or in conjunction with CPAP devices. The apparatus includes a face mask connected to a number of quick pull adjustment devices that adjust the top and bottom of the face mask, respectively. After being slid over the head of a patient, a paramedic or other user pulls a top strap followed by a bottom strap. No further adjustment is needed in order to form a tight and secure fit on the patient between the face mask and the nose and mouth region of the patient's face. During use, a CPAP inlet or tubing, resuscitation bag, or other means for delivering oxygen is connected to an inlet of the face mask. The face mask is removed from the patient by manipulating each of the quick pull adjustment devices and then pulling the top strap and bottom strap there through.
US11311685B2	Tissue lifting devices and methods of use Various implementations include a tissue lifting device that is operable using one hand. The device includes a housing, an actuator that is slidably moveable through a channel within the housing, and a lifting mechanism adjacent a distal end of the housing. The actuator causes the lifting mechanism to lift a tissue. In some implementations, the housing includes a needle adjacent the distal end of the housing that punctures the tissue and allows for injection of a composition behind the tissue. The lifting mechanism according to some implementations is a suction-based (or aspiration) system. And, in other implementations, the lifting mechanism is a grasping system.
US11311683B2	Self-retracting mechanized syringe and methods of use A self-retracting syringe has an injection assembly and a retraction assembly. The injection assembly has a housing, a spring rest, and a spring that is restrained initially in compression between the housing and the spring rest. A plunger rod is disposed inside the coil of the spring. A coupler in contact with the spring rest and the plunger rod releasably couples the plunger rod to the spring rest. When a latch is released, the plunger rod moves distally to urge a seal forward, which seal movement causes a hypodermic needle to extend and a medicament to be expelled through the hypodermic needle. A retraction assembly returns the hypodermic needle into the syringe body after the medicament is expelled. Embodiments of retraction assembly provide a port through which fluid may be introduced into the syringe through said hypodermic needle. Methods for filling the syringe are also described.
US11311680B2	Female syringe and syringe kit A female syringe of a syringe kit includes a female syringe barrel including a cylindrical portion into which a nozzle of a male syringe is insertable, a hollow cylindrical packing arranged in the cylindrical portion, and a cap detachably attached to the cylindrical portion. When the cap is detached from the cylindrical portion, the packing remains in the cylindrical portion, a distal end opening is opened, and the nozzle of the male syringe is fitted in a liquid-tight manner to an inner side of the packing.
US11311679B2	Automatic injection device with a top release mechanism The present invention relates to a handheld mechanical injection device by which set doses of a liquid medicament can be injected from a medical reservoir. The medicament is expelled through an injection needle by release of a power reservoir in the device, the power reservoir being fully or partially released by actuation of a user operable release member being positioned at or near an upper end of the injection device, the upper end being that end of the injection device which is opposite the injection needle.
US11311678B2	Rotary sensor assembly with space efficient design A sensor assembly comprising a first rotary sensor part having a plurality of individual electrically conducting code segments arranged in a circumferential pattern, and a plurality of electrically conducting reference segments between the code segments, and a second rotary sensor part arranged rotationally relative to the first part a plurality of contact structures, each contact structure being arranged to be in contact with either a code segment or a reference segment depending on the rotational position between the first and second rotary sensor part. The contact structures are configured to engage and connect to different sensor segments as the first and second rotary sensor part rotate relative to each, the created connections being indicative of a rotational position between the first and second rotary sensor part. For a given rotational position, at least one contact structure engages a code segment and at least one contact structure engages a reference segment.
US11311671B2	Auto-injector Auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes a housing to contain a syringe with a hollow needle and a stopper for sealing the syringe and displacing the medicament, the housing having a distal end and a proximal end with an orifice to apply against an injection site. A spring means, upon activation, can push the needle from inside the housing through the orifice and past the proximal end, operate the syringe to supply the dose of medicament, and retract the syringe with the needle after delivering the medicament. An activating means can lock the spring means in a pressurized state prior to manual operation and capable of, upon manual operation, releasing the spring means for injection.
US11311665B2	Insulin monitoring and delivery system and method for CGM based fault detection and mitigation via metabolic state tracking An insulin monitoring system includes one or more processors, one or more computer-readable storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors. The program instructions include: first program instructions to track, in real time, the amount of insulin active in a patient; second program instructions to calculate the amount of insulin need of the patient by tracking the patient's metabolic states; third program instructions to compare the insulin active in the patient with the insulin need of the patient; and fourth program instructions to determine an insulin fault level based on the comparison.
US11311664B1	Shapeable intravenous tubing An intravenous (IV) line set includes a tubing defining a fluid lumen, and first and second connectors attached at opposite ends of the tubing. The tubing is adapted to be formed into a shape and retain the formed shape. In an embodiment, the shape is retained via one or more malleable filaments extending along a length of the tubing. In another embodiment, the shape is retained via magnets.
US11311657B2	Dialysis system for mixing treatment fluid at time of use A peritoneal dialysis system includes first and second concentrate sources in selective fluid communication with a medical fluid pumping cassette, the first and second concentrate sources holding first and second peritoneal dialysis concentrates, respectively; a pump actuator configured to cause the medical fluid pumping cassette to pump the first and second concentrates; and a processor and memory configured to (i) determine a cumulative volume of at least one of the first or second peritoneal dialysis concentrates pumped from the medical fluid pumping cassette by the pump actuator, (ii) compare the cumulative volume to a threshold, and (iii) if the cumulative volume is outside of the threshold, modify a subsequent stroke volume of at least one of the first or second pump chambers actuated by the pump actuator in an attempt to cause an updated cumulative volume for the at least one peritoneal dialysis concentrate to be within the threshold.
US11311654B2	Breast pump system The invention is a wearable breast pump system including a housing shaped at least in part to fit inside a bra and a piezo air-pump. The piezo air-pump is fitted in the housing and forms part of a closed loop system that drives a separate, deformable diaphragm to generate negative air pressure. The diaphragm is removably mounted on a breast shield.
US11311652B2	Zwitterionic hydrogels for delivery of biomolecules The invention provides a novel approach in which zwitterionic networks are used to sequester and deliver ionic biomolecules, such as proteins, without compromising their native conformation and bioactivity. Zwitterionic networks are designed to effectively retain and deliver ionic or polar biomolecules for guided tissue regeneration. The invention represents a conceptual advance and enables a novel strategy for the utilization of zwitterionic motifs as therapeutics delivery vehicles and tissue engineering scaffolds.
US11311646B2	Therapeutic material A bioactive glass composition for use in treating bone cancer includes 0.5-10 mol % gallium oxide or 1.0-20 mol % gallium nitrate/halide; 25 to 75 mol % silicon dioxide; 10 to 30 mol % calcium oxide and/or strontium oxide; up to 30 mol % sodium oxide; and up to 15 mol % phosphorous pentoxide. It may further comprise magnesium and/or potassium oxide. The bioactive glass composition may be positioned within a patient's bone post-surgery to promote apatite formation and to release gallium ions having a toxic effect on any remaining cancerous cells.
US11311638B2	Portable sterilization case for personal protective equipment Disclosed is a portable sterilization case for personal protective equipment and small articles, such as a mobile phone. The portable sterilization case includes a box body having an opening and inner volume for receiving the articles. The portable sterilization case further includes a cover coupled to the box body forming an enclosed case. The cover is coupled through a hinge joint allowing the cover to pivot in an open position and close position. The inner sides of each the box body and the cover can have an integrated ultraviolet (UV) lamp having a UV-C spectrum configuration. The portable sterilization case further includes a lock member for securing the cover to the box body. In one case, the lock member can be a magnet/magnet pair or magnet/iron pair.
US11311637B2	Positron emitting radionuclide labeled peptides for human uPAR PET imaging There is provided a positron-emitting radionuclide labelled peptide for non-invasive PET imaging of the Urokinase-type Plasminogen Activator Receptor (uPAR) in humans. More specifically the invention relates to human uPAR PET imaging of any solid cancer disease for diagnosis, staging, treatment monitoring and especially as an imaging biomarker for predicting prognosis, progression and recurrence.
US11311629B2	DNA-templated micelle and uses thereof The present invention discloses a multifunctional DNA-templated micelle system that has a payload carrier of at least a DNA bridge and a functionalized polyethylene glycol (PEG) segment. The micelle can be used to deliver molecules, such as drugs and polynucleotides, to targeted cells for pharmaceutical uses. The PEG segment provides a functional group, such as amine, for ligand conjugation. The DNA-templated micelle of the present invention is highly controllable in size, loading efficiency and tissue targeting, and can carry multiple payloads for targeted combination strategies in cancer therapy, such as gene delivery, gene therapy, and immunotherapy.
US11311628B2	Production of immunotoxin D2C7—(scdsFv)—PE38KDEL D2C7-(scdsFv)-PE38KDEL (D2C7-IT) is a recombinant Pseudomonas exotoxin A-based immunotoxin (IT), targeting both wild-type epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFRwt) and mutant EGFR variant III (EGFRvIII) proteins overexpressed in glioblastomas. A good laboratory practice (GLP) manufacturing process was developed to produce sufficient material for a Phase I/II clinical trial. D2C7-IT was expressed under the control of the T7 promoter in Escherichia coli BLR (λ DE31). D2C7-IT was produced by a 10 L batch fermentation process and was then purified from inclusion bodies using anion exchange, size exclusion, and an endotoxin removal process that achieved a yield of over 300 mg of purified protein.
US11311626B2	Plasmin-cleavable anti-insoluble fibrin antibody-drug conjugate The present invention relates to an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) and a composition containing the conjugate for use in treating cancer. According to the present invention, provided are an ADC of an antibody specific to insoluble fibrin and a drug in which a linker linking the antibody and the drug has a plasmin cleavage sequence, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the ADC for use in treating cancer.
US11311625B2	Peptide-based multiple-drug delivery vehicle A molecular structure comprising a targeting moiety, a multi-functional peptide platform and a plurality of controllably released bioactive agents attached thereto is provided herein.
US11311619B2	Integrin activator vaccine compositions Vaccine compositions including one or more antigens and one or more integrin agonists or activating compounds present in an amount sufficient to increase an immune response of a patient to the one or more antigens.
US11311613B2	Development of agonist epitopes of the human papillomavirus The invention provides HPV agonist epitopes, which can be used as a peptide, polypeptide (protein), and/or in a vaccine or other composition for the prevention or therapy of HPV infection and/or cancer. The invention further provides a nucleic acid encoding the peptide or polypeptide (protein), a vector comprising the nucleic acid, a cell comprising the peptide, polypeptide (protein), nucleic acid, or vector, and compositions thereof.
US11311612B2	Compositions and methods for generating an immune response to treat or prevent malaria The compositions and methods are described for generating an immune response to a Plasmodium antigen. The compositions and methods described herein relate to a modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vector encoding one or more viral antigens for generating a protective immune response to malaria by expressing the Plasmodium antigen in the subject to which the MVA vector is administered. The compositions and methods of the present invention are useful both prophylactically and therapeutically and may be used to prevent and/or treat malaria.
US11311611B2	Antigen-specific T cell receptors and T cell epitopes The present invention relates to efficient methods for providing antigen-specific lymphoid cells. These lymphoid cells may be used to provide antigen specific T cell receptors having a defined MHC restriction and to identify immunologically relevant T cell epitopes. Furthermore, the present invention relates to antigen-specific T cell receptors and T cell epitopes and their use in immunotherapy.
US11311610B2	Immune-modulating agents and uses therefor This invention discloses the use of Heminth Defense Molecules in methods and compositions for modulating immune responses including treating or preventing undesirable or deleterious immune responses.
US11311609B2	Regulating chimeric antigen receptors This invention is in the area of compositions and methods for regulating chimeric antigen receptor immune effector cell, for example T-cell (CAR-T), therapy to modulate associated adverse inflammatory responses, for example, cytokine release syndrome and tumor lysis syndrome, using targeted protein degradation.
US11311607B2	Method for making glucagon and insulin restore normal balance The present invention relates to a method for restoring a balance between glucagon and insulin to normal, comprising administering an effective amount of plasminogen to a subject; furthermore, the present invention relates to a medicament for restoring a balance between glucagon and insulin to normal.
US11311604B2	Controlled-release CNP agonists with low NPR-C binding The present invention relates to a controlled-release CNP agonist having low NPR-C affinity; to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said controlled-release CNP agonist; their use; and to methods of treatment.
US11311597B2	Whitened turmeric product for the prevention of viral infections A method of preventing and treating viral infections, in particular infections caused by the Corona virus are disclosed. The method involves applying a syrup containing a whitened turmeric product to the throat of a person. The syrup traps viruses in the throat and prevents further dissemination through the air, as well as reaching the person's airways. Thus, the trap works both ways.
US11311595B2	Clear skin supplement and medicinal composition for acne There is disclosed a clear skin supplement/medicinal component for acne comprising: an orally administered dosage comprising of between about 3000-9000 mg of the Chinese medicinal composition comprising by ratio: around 3.8-7.6% of each of Prunus persica, Carthamus tinctorius, Angelica dahurica, Gleditsia sinensis, Viola yedoensis, Paeonia suffruticosa and gardenia jasminoides; around 5.7-7.6% of each of Oldenlandia diffusa and Scutellaria baicalensis; around 3.8-5.7% of Salvia miltiorrhiza; around 2.5-5.7% of Phellodendron amurense; around 2.5-7.6% of Gentiana scabra; and around 0-7.6% of each of Taraxacum mongolicum and any one of Lonicera japonica/Rhizoma Coptidas/Sophora flavescens.
US11311594B2	Extracts of Cynara cardunculus and Citrus aurantium bergamia, combinations thereof, and formulations containing them Disclosed is a combination of extracts of Cynara cardunculus and Citrus bergamia which are useful for the prevention and treatment of hepatic steatosis and other disorders correlated with dyslipidaemic conditions.
US11311592B2	Bauhinia extract and uses thereof Disclosed herein is the novel use of use of a Bauhinia spp. extract, which may upregulate neprilysin, induce autophagy, protect neuron from amyloidopathy or tauopathy, and/or promote neurite outgrowth, thus the Bauhinia spp. extract of the present disclosure may be used as a dietary supplement for the prophylaxis or treatment of amyloid related neurodegenerative diseases so as to ameliorate or alleviate symptoms associated with the amyloid related neurodegenerative diseases.
US11311586B2	Plant stem cell product treatments Embodiments of the invention include plant stem cell products and treatment methods using the products. In some embodiments, the products may include extracts of plant stem cells, such as apple stem cells, and an aerosolizing device configured to create an aerosol from the plant stem cell products and to deliver the aerosol to the lung via inhalation. Treatment methods include aerosol inhalation of the plant stem cell products.
US11311581B2	Combination comprising spirulina and palmitoylethanolamide and/or salts or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof and their formulations, for use in the prevention and/or in the treatment of hyperactivated tissue conditions The present invention relates to the combination of spirulina and palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and/or pharmaceutically acceptable derivates or salts thereof, pharmaceutical formulations comprising the combination of spirulina and PEA and/or pharmaceutically acceptable derivates or salts thereof, optionally together with at least one physiologically acceptable excipient, and the use of the combination of spirulina and PEA and/or pharmaceutically acceptable derivates or salts thereof and formulations which include the said combination, for use in the prevention and/or treatment of tissue hyperactivation states, in the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory pathologies, in the prevention and/or treatment of alterations in cardiac and/or coronary tissue, in the prevention and/or treatment of alterations in the vascular tissue, in the prevention and/or treatment of ophthalmic pathologies, preferably in the prevention and/or treatment of macular degeneration pathologies and glaucoma, in the prevention and/or treatment of dyslipidemia, in the prevention and/or treatment of alterations in pulmonary tissue, in the prevention and/or treatment of alterations in pelvic tissues, in the prevention and/or treatment of cellular alterations due to carcinogenesis, and/or in the prevention and/or treatment of dermatological alterations.
US11311576B2	Methods of use for CAR T cells The present disclosure relates to methods of treating a patient with a cancer by administering to the patient a composition comprising CAR T cells wherein the CAR T cells comprise a CAR and the CAR comprises an E2 anti-fluorescein antibody fragment, and administering to the patient a small molecule linked to a targeting moiety by a linker. The disclosure also relates to compositions for use in such methods.
US11311575B2	Methods for engineering highly active T cell for immunotherapy The present invention relates to methods for developing engineered T-cells for immunotherapy and more specifically to methods for modifying T-cells by inactivating at immune checkpoint genes, preferably at least two selected from different pathways, to increase T-cell immune activity. This method involves the use of specific rare cutting endonucleases, in particular TALE-nucleases (TAL effector endonuclease) and polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides, to precisely target a selection of key genes in T-cells, which are available from donors or from culture of primary cells. The invention opens the way to highly efficient adoptive immunotherapy strategies for treating cancer and viral infections.
US11311571B2	Proton-binding polymers for oral administration Pharmaceutical compositions for and methods of treating an animal, including a human, and methods of preparing such compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions contain crosslinked amine polymers and may be used, for example, to treat diseases or other metabolic conditions in which removal of protons and/or chloride ions from the gastrointestinal tract would provide physiological benefits such as normalizing serum bicarbonate concentrations and the blood pH in an animal, including a human.
US11311565B2	Synergistic nutritional compositions for promoting axonal regeneration The invention disclosed herein relates to a novel synergistic nutritional composition for promoting axonal regeneration. Particularly, the present invention provides potent nutritional composition comprising synergistic exogenous blend of agmatine (decarboxylated L-arginine) and inosine monophosphate (IMP) and salts thereof, which are present in a weight ratio of 1:0.05 to 1:2 along with pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The instant synergistic nutritional composition is useful for treating diseases or disorders related to traumatic injury in the central nervous system such as brain or spinal cord injury, optic nerve lesions.
US11311562B2	Methods for reducing the incidence of oxidative stress using human milk oligosaccharides, vitamin c and anti-inflammatory agents Disclosed are methods of reducing the incidence of oxidative stress in infants, toddlers, and children using nutritional compositions including human milk oligosaccharides. The nutritional compositions including the human milk oligosaccharides are effective at reducing inflammation and the incidence of inflammatory diseases.
US11311560B2	Cyclic plasmenylethanolamines Provided herein are cyclic plasmenylethanolamines and plasmalogen precursors of formula A, wherein R1 and R2 are each, independently, a saturated, unsaturated, or polyunsaturated hydrocarbon group. Methods and uses thereof in the treatment of plasmalogen deficiency are also described. Cyclic plasmenylethanolamines described herein may act as plasmalogen precursors which, following administration, may be converted to at least one plasmalogen species, thereby elevating the plasmalogen level in a subject.
US11311557B2	Pharmaceutical compositions for combination therapy The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a combination of an FXR agonist and at least one lipid lowering agent (e.g., PPAR-alpha agonist, PPAR-delta agonist, PPAR-alpha and delta dual agonist, and/or statin). Also disclosed is use of the combination for the treatment or prevention of a FXR mediated disease or condition, such as primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), portal hypertension, bile acid diarrhea, NAFLD (nonalcoholic fatty liver disease), NASH (non-alcohol-induced steatohepatitis), and other chronic liver diseases. The combination of the present invention is useful for the treatment or prevention of conditions related to elevated lipid and liver enzyme levels. The present invention also relates to packs or kits including the pharmaceutical combination.
US11311548B2	Cancer therapy A method of treating haematological cancer with a therapy comprising a DHODH inhibitor. Also provided is a combination therapy comprising a pan-HER inhibitor and a DHODH inhibitor for treating a haematological cancer.
US11311546B2	Method for enhancing wound healing by administrating adenine Provided is a composition for wound healing, which includes adenine and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided is a method for enhancing wound healing in a subject in need thereof including administering to the subject the composition.
US11311545B2	Compositions and methods for the delivery of therapeutics The present invention provides compositions and methods for the delivery of antivirals to a cell or subject.
US11311543B2	Compositions and methods for inhibiting PTPN22 The present invention provides compositions and methods for inhibiting PTPN22 for restoring human central B-cell tolerance or for treating or preventing an autoimmune disease or disorder.
US11311539B2	Compositions and methods for treatment of fragile X syndrome Disclosed are methods of alleviating or preventing one or more symptoms associated with fragile X syndrome in an individual in need thereof via administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a GABA(A) alpha 2 and/or 3 partial agonist. The one or more symptoms may include impaired functional communication, anxiety, inattention, hyperactivity, sensory reactivity, autonomic nervous system dysregulation, aberrant eye gaze, self-injury, aggression, seizures, EEG abnormalities, including but not limited to, abnormal spectral analysis, event related potentials which may include auditory and visual responses, abnormalities in cortical responses as evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation including resting and active motor thresholds and abnormal responses in measures of cortical inhibition and excitation, aberrant impaired cognitive function, compromised daily living skills, or a combination thereof.
US11311538B2	Compositions and methods for targeting cancers In various aspects and embodiments the invention provides a method of treating or preventing a cancer in a mammalian subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a DNA repair inhibitor, a DNA strand break repair inhibitor, and a homologous recombination (HR) repair inhibitor, wherein cells in the cancer comprise a fumarate hydratase (FH) and/or succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) mutation.
US11311537B2	Diagnosis and treatment of lymphoproliferative disorders with PARP inhibitors The present disclosure relates, in general, a method of diagnosing and treatment of lymphoproliferative disorders.
US11311534B2	Bupropion as a modulator of drug activity Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan.
US11311533B2	Opioid receptor antagonist conjugate and use thereof The present invention relates to an opioid receptor antagonist conjugate and a use thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to a covalent coupling conjugate of a hydrophilic polymer and an opioid receptor antagonist and the use thereof.
US11311532B2	High dosage valbenazine formulation and compositions, methods, and kits related thereto Solid pharmaceutical compositions with high drug loading are provided. A formulation useful for the solid pharmaceutical composition includes valbenazine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, silicified microcrystalline cellulose, isomalt, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, partially pregelatinized maize starch, and magnesium stearate.
US11311528B2	Oxo-tetrahydro-isoquinoline carboxylic acids as STING inhibitors The instant invention provides compounds of formula I which are STING inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of STING-mediated diseases such as inflammation, asthma, COPD and cancer.
US11311526B2	Radiation mitigator and method of use thereof Provided are methods useful for preventing and mitigating radiation injury, including acute radiation syndrome, comprising administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Z is —O— or —N(H)—.
US11311525B2	Use of alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists The invention concerns the use of certain alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist for the facilitation of emergence from general anesthesia.
US11311519B2	Treatment of hepatitis delta virus infection Methods of reducing hepatitis delta virus (HDV) viral loads in a patient are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises treating the patient with lonafarnib-ritonavir co-therapy. In some embodiments, the method further comprises treating the patient with an interferon.
US11311511B2	Biofilm inhibiting compositions enhancing weight gain in livestock A method of enhancing the growth of an animal, as well as treating or preventing antimicrobial infections is provided. The method includes causing the animal to ingest or absorb an effective amount of one or more Fe III complex compounds, including but not limited to Fe III complexes comprising ligands bound to the iron center such as amino acids or α-hydroxy acids. The compounds are also useful for inhibiting, reducing, or preventing biofilm formation or buildup on a surface; the treatment of, inhibition of growth of, and inhibition of colonization by, bacteria, both in biological and non-biological environments; disinfecting surfaces, potentiating the effects of antibiotics and other anti-microbial agents, and increasing the sensitivity of bacteria and other microorganisms, to anti-microbial agents are also provided.
US11311504B2	Pharmaceutical composition comprising (1R,4R)-6′- fluoro-N,N-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4′,9′-dihydro-3′H-spiro [cyclohexane-1,1′-pyrano- [3,4,b ]indol] -4-amine and paracetamol or propacetamol The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a first pharmacologically active ingredient selected from (1r,4r)-6′-fluoro-N,N-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4′,9′-dihydro-3′H-spiro[cyclohexane-1,1′-pyrano[3,4,b]indol]-4-amine and the physiologically acceptable salts thereof, and a second pharmacologically active ingredient selected from paracetamol and propacetamol.
US11311503B1	Sterile aqueous choline salt compositions Disclosed are sterile aqueous choline salt compositions, their preparation, and methods of use. Also disclosed are methods to treat choline deficiency, intestinal failure associated liver disease (IFALD), and fatty liver disease. Additionally disclosed is a method of synthesis of choline salts.
US11311495B2	Fibre-free transdermal therapeutic system and method for its production A transdermal therapeutic system which is free of fibrous constituents, and a method for the production of such a transdermal therapeutic system A preparation containing active substance is applied by a printing method onto the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the transdermal therapeutic system.
US11311492B1	Carbon nanomedicine with natural ligands A nanomedicine for the treatment of obesity comprising either noble metal nanoparticles having surface ligands comprising a mixture comprising (+)-catechin (2R,3S) and gingerol or particles of a carbon nanomaterial having an adsorbed mixture comprising (+)-catechin (2R,3S) and gingerol. Also provided are a method for making the noble metal nanomedicine and the carbon nanomedicine. The nanomedicine is used in a method of treating obesity.
US11311490B2	Oral preparation with controlled release A pharmaceutical pellet is disclosed, comprising a spherical core containing active ingredient with a smooth surface and a coating on the core which controls the release of the active ingredient in a pH-independent manner. With such a pellet the release of the active ingredient can follow a profile with a lag phase of 60 minutes to 840 minutes, a proportion of 5 wt. % or less of the active ingredient being released during the lag phase. The active ingredient can furthermore be released from the pellet with a profile such that after the lag phase the release of the active ingredient amounts to between 3 and 25 wt. % per hour.
US11311489B2	Components with high API loading Components with relatively high loading of active pharmaceutical ingredients are generally provided. In some embodiments, the component (e.g., a tissue interfacing component) comprises a solid therapeutic agent and a supporting material such that the solid therapeutic agent is present in the component in an amount of greater than or equal to 10 wt % versus the total weight of the tissue interfacing component. Such tissue-interfacing components may be useful for delivery of API doses e.g., to a subject. Advantageously, in some embodiments, the reduction of volume required to deliver the required API dose as compared to a liquid formulation permits the creation of solid needle delivery systems for a wide variety of drugs in a variety of places/tissues (e.g., tongue, GI mucosal tissue, skin) and/or reduces and/or eliminates the application of an external force in order to inject a drug solution through the small opening in the needle. In some cases, a physiologically relevant dose may be present in a single tissue interfacing component.
US11311487B2	Viral vector stabilization Combining viral vector with surfactant preserves vector infectivity, and surfactant provided an unexpected benefit by protecting viral vector from damage due to transient elevated temperature.
US11311481B2	Injectable and shearing-thinning microbeads gel, use thereof, and method for preparing the same The present disclosure provides an injectable and shearing-thinning microbeads gel including a first microgel and a second microgel. The first microgel has a first electric charge and includes a plurality of first gel microspheres. The second microgel has a second electric charge and includes a plurality of second gel microspheres. The first electric charge is opposite to the second electric charge, the average particle size of the first gel microspheres is equal to the average particle size of the second gel microspheres, each of the first gel microspheres includes an acrylic chitosan polymer, an acrylic silk polymer, or a combination thereof, and each of the second gel microspheres includes an acrylic gelatin polymer, an acrylic hyaluronic acid polymer, an acrylic alginate polymer, or a combination thereof.
US11311480B2	Method and device for vaporization and inhalation of isolated substances A dose unit including at least one isolated bioactive agent applied on a carrier material in thermal contact with an electrically heating element configured to vaporize a pre-determined amount of the agent for pulmonary delivery thereof is provided herein, as well as devices for effecting vaporization and pulmonary delivery of the isolated agent, and methods for preparing the dose unit, controllably releasing the agent therefrom, methods for pulmonary delivery thereof and methods of treatment of medical conditions treatable by pulmonary delivery of the isolated bioactive agent.
US11311472B2	Topical composition comprising crosslinked hyaluronic acid and a polyacrylate compound Disclosed is a sterile and topical cosmetic composition including, in a physiologically acceptable medium, an efficient amount of crosslinked hyaluronic acid and an efficient amount of polyacrylate crosspolymer-6, Also disclosed is the use of said composition for reducing the signs of skin aging and/or to car the skin of a subject who has previously been subjected to one or more aesthetic and/or cosmetic intervention(s); and to a cosmetic process for caring the skin comprising at least the step of applying topically, on the skin surface(s) to be cared, an effective amount of said composition, to a subject who has previously been subjected to one or more aesthetic and/or cosmetic intervention(s).
US11311471B2	Methods, compositions and uses relating thereto A method of treating a material, the method comprising the steps of: (1) contacting the material with a composition comprising an electrophilic species selected from aldehydes, succinimidyl esters, and mixtures thereof; (2) contacting the material with a composition comprising a chelating agent and/or a salt of an amine and/or a carboxylic acid.
US11311470B2	Concentrated personal cleansing compositions and methods Rinse-off cleansing compositions can include surfactant, perfume, solvent, and water, wherein the rinse-off cleansing composition has a G′ of at least about 25 Pa and/or is not a ringing gel.
US11311464B2	Hair care booster in powder form and cosmetic product with an organic acid, and method for preparation and use thereof A hair care booster in powder form comprises an organic carboxylic acid, a proteinogenic amino acid, a purine or purine degradation products, amino acid degradation products and an alkalizing agent. A cosmetic product comprises the hair care booster in powder form and a separately prepared hair care product. A method comprises mixing the hair care booster in powder form with a hair care product and obtaining a ready-to-use mixture.
US11311462B2	Adhesive monomers for dental materials Provided are adhesive monomers for dental materials including compounds represented by the general formula (1) below, in which the core (X) and the terminal group (Y1) are bonded to each other directly or via the linking group (Z): X(Y1)n1a(Z—Y1)n1b(1) wherein n1a represents the number of terminal groups (Y1) directly bonded to the core (X), n1b represents the number of terminal groups (Y1) bonded to the core (X) via the linking group (Z), and the sum of n1a and n1b is equal to the valence of the core (X); the core (X), the linking group (Z) and the terminal group (Y1) are further defined. The adhesive monomers can enhance adhesive strength to the tooth in dental treatment, and impart high mechanical strength to cured products.
US11311461B2	Gastrostomy device with pressure monitoring A gastrostomy device (100) comprises a gastrostomy tube (200) having a retainer lumen (235) extending between a proximal part and a distal part of the tube (200); and an inflatable retaining element (300) coupled to the tube (200) at the distal part. An interior space of the retaining element (300) is in fluid communication with the retainer lumen (300). The gastrostomy device (100) also comprises an indicator (410) being in fluid communication with the retainer lumen (235) at the proximal part of the tube (200). The indicator (410) is configured for indicating a pressure in the retaining element (300) continuously within a range from a pressure corresponding to an empty retaining element (300) to an optimal pressure for the inflated retaining element (300).
US11311460B1	Method and apparatus of secure storage for dispensing of opioids (SSDO) A method and apparatus for Secure Storage and Dispensing of Opioid (SSDO) or other controlled substances while providing remote assistance and monitoring. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a motorized medication tray for automatic dispensing of pills with optional blister pack containing sealed medication. The device further comprises of a secure tamper resistant housing mechanism, plurality of sensors along with a wireless communication module to notify the remote operators in case of illegal and unauthorized access. The current invention can be configured into multiple embodiments including but not limited to a mobile wearable device capable of attaching to a person's wrist, arm, foot and other body parts.
US11311458B2	Binary connector for drug reconstitution A connector is configured to connect a drug container with a solution container and permit contents of the drug container to be combined with the solution container. The connector has a connector body with a first coupling for fluid connection with the drug container. The first coupling defines a first fluid passage. The connector body also has a second coupling for fluid connection with the solution container. The second coupling defines a second fluid passage. A control valve has a movable valve body that defines a third fluid passage. The valve body is positionable relative to the connector body in a first position, in which the first fluid passage is sealed from the second fluid passage. The valve body is also positionable in a second position, in which the first fluid passage is connected in fluid communication with the second fluid passage by the third fluid passage.
US11311456B2	Assisting a CPR treatment A system for assisting with a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment being administered to a patient. In one aspect, a system for assisting with a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment being administered to a patient includes a sensor for determining a parameter of the patient (e.g., indicative of a blood flow or pressure waveform), and one or more processors configured for receiving input from the sensor, determining, based on the input from the sensor, whether a rate of chest compressions administered in the CPR treatment should be changed, and providing an indication to a user that the rate of chest compressions should be changed.
US11311455B2	Multi-direction operable massage chair A multi-direction operable massage chair includes a seat positioning device; a seat sensor of a limit member; a neck massaging device; a shoulder massaging device, and an arm massaging device together configured to move along a main rail in the y-axis direction; a back massaging device; a leg positioning device; a vibrational massaging seat including an adjustment member and two adjustment cylinders; a plurality of roller members configured to roll in different directions; first, second, third, and fourth infrared temperature sensors configured to sense temperatures of the arms, the neck, the back, and the legs of the user respectively; a board adjustment member of the leg massaging device configured to extend or retract; a board of the leg massaging device configured to rotate; and a pivotal armrest link.
US11311453B2	Interactive sex toy with sensory feedback An interactive sex toy with sensory feedback is described herein. The sex toy may include a main body upper shell, a main body lower shell, and several trigger buttons, wherein the four trigger buttons are encased in the main body shell. Each of the four trigger buttons may include a mechanical spring and a conductive foam plastic. A motor maybe activated on a condition that at least one of the four trigger buttons is depressed. A pressure level may increase when an additional trigger button is depressed. A method for using an interactive sex toy with sensory feedback may include receiving physical pressure readings from an interactive sex toy with sensory feedback at a first device, converting the physical pressure readings to pressure parameter instructions, transmitting the pressure parameter instructions to a second device, and actuating a sex toy with the pressure parameter instructions.
US11311448B2	Mobility assistance device A mobility assistance apparatus includes first and second frames positioned on left and right sides of a user; a hinge arm mechanism coupled to the first and second frames; and a securing unit or a walking seat coupled to the frames to transfer at least a portion of the user's body weight from the legs and to transfer weight through the user's hip or pelvis to the first and second frame enabling the user to stand or work for an extended period without requiring the user's arms to hold the frame.
US11311445B2	Wearable apparatus for assisting muscular strength A wearable apparatus for assisting muscular strength includes a base secured to a torso, a first rotary link coupled at a first end to the base to be rotatable about a first rotating axis and extending at a second end to a first side of the wearer to be moved forwards or backwards, a first extension link extending at a first end to the first side of the wearer and located at a second end on a wearer's flank, a first connecting part coupled at a first end to the second end of the first rotary link to be rotatable about a second rotating axis, and coupled at a second end to the first end of the first extension link to be rotatable about a third rotating axis, and a first upper-arm fixing part rotatably coupled at a first end to the second end of the first extension link.
US11311441B2	Adjustable portable foot elevator An adjustable portable foot elevator. The adjustable portable foot elevator includes a base having an upper surface and lower surface, a plurality of support legs extending from the lower surface, a first vertical rod disposed on the upper surface, and a second vertical rod slidably engaged with the first vertical rod, wherein the second vertical rod can be locked in place via a locking mechanism. A footrest is disposed on the upper end of the second vertical rod. A cushion is disposed on the footrest, wherein the cushion is configured to support a foot thereon. The adjustable portable foot elevator provides a portable footrest that may be raised or lowered to maintain a foot at a desired elevated position for optimal comfort.

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