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US11378348B2	Firearm noise suppressor Provided is a firearm noise suppressor attachable to a firearm barrel. The suppressor includes a first housing attachable to a muzzle end of a firearm barrel, having a forward end first cap, and enclosing a blast chamber adjacent the muzzle end defined rearward of a barrier wall having a first axial passageway therein, a first brake chamber positioned forward of the blast chamber barrier end wall, and a first baffle module having a second axial passageway therethrough that is in axial alignment with a bore of the barrel and a plurality of longitudinally aligned separated baffle units. Each baffle unit includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced, longitudinally extending helically curved chambers with closed longitudinal ends. The helically curved chambers are in fluid communication with the second axial passageway.
US11378347B2	Buffer with magnetic bias A buffer assembly for a firearm includes an internal assembly comprising a plurality of weights within a buffer body of a buffer and at least one magnet. The magnet at least partially offsets an inertial event that occurs during a firing action of the firearm.
US11378345B2	Active crystallisation control in phase change material thermal storage systems The present invention relates to phase-change materials (PCM) which store and release thermal energy by undergoing melt/crystallisation cycles. More particularly, there is described a thermal storage system where sub-cooled phase change material (PCM) is nucleated via a controlled thermal region(s).
US11378344B2	Immersion cooling system An immersion cooling system configured to store a coolant configured for cooling a heat source and including a liquid container, a tube and a gas regulating assembly. The liquid container is configured to store the coolant configured to cool the heat source. One end of the tube is connected to the liquid container. The gas regulating assembly is located above the tube and includes a valve, a cooler, and a gas container. The valve includes a first pipe, a second pipe and a third pipe. The valve is switchable to connect the first pipe to the second pipe or connect the first pipe to the third pipe. The first pipe of the valve is connected to the tube via the cooler. The second pipe is connected to ambient air, and the third pipe is connected to the gas container.
US11378343B2	Heat treatment device A heat treatment device includes first heat transfer bodies including first flow channels, second heat transfer bodies including second flow channels and each being stacked on the respective first heat transfer bodies, and a casing having a space communicating with the second flow channels and being in contact with each surface including the edge of the connection interface between each first heat transfer body and each second heat transfer body. The first heat transfer bodies each include a third flow channel provided in a wall portion isolating the first flow channels from the space of the casing. The first flow channels are grooves in contact with the connection interface, and the third flow channel is a groove in contact with the connection interface and intersecting with a virtual line connecting the first flow channels with the space of the casing at the connection interface.
US11378341B2	Gas turbine engine heat exchanger for annular flowpaths A heat exchanger has arcuate inlet and outlet manifolds and a plurality of tube banks, each tube bank coupling one of the inlet manifold outlets to an associated one of the outlet manifold inlets. Each tube bank partially nests with one or more others of the tube banks and has: a first header coupled to the associated inlet manifold outlet and the associated the outlet manifold inlet; a second header; and a plurality of tube bundles each having a first end coupled to the associated first header and a second end coupled to the associated second header. A flowpath from the each inlet manifold outlet passes sequentially through flowpath legs formed by each of the tube bundles in the associated tube bank to exit the tube bank to the associated outlet manifold inlet.
US11378338B2	Method for operating a batch furnace comprising the preheating of a fluid upstream of the furnace Furnace operation includes consecutive cycles of a heating step, a stopping step and a restarting step. The fuel and/or the oxidizing agent is preheated upstream of the furnace by indirect exchange with the discharged fumes through a medium passing through a chamber. A first wall separates the fumes from the medium in the chamber. The fuel and/or oxidizing agent is separated from the medium in the chamber by a second wall. During restarting, the medium's flow rate Dm is regulated to limit the heating rate of the first wall until it reaches the operational temperature at an end thereof.
US11378332B2	Mixing and heat integration of melt tray liquids in a cryogenic distillation tower A cryogenic distillation tower for separating a feed stream. The tower includes a distillation section. A controlled freeze zone section is situated above the distillation section and forms a solid from the feed stream. The controlled freeze zone section includes a spray assembly in an upper section and a melt tray assembly in a lower section. The melt tray assembly includes at least one vapor stream riser that directs the vapor from the distillation section into liquid retained by the melt tray assembly, and one or more draw-off openings positioned to permit a portion of the liquid to exit the controlled freeze zone section. The portion of the liquid indirectly exchanges heat with a heating fluid. One or more return inlets return the portion of the liquid to the melt tray assembly after it has been heated in the heat exchanger.
US11378329B2	Entrance refrigerator In an entrance refrigerator, a printed circuit board (PCB) on which heat generating components are mounted is disposed inside a housing such that air used to cool a heat sink of a cold air supply device cools the PCB, thereby preventing overheating of the PCB.
US11378325B2	Refrigerator with noise reduction A refrigerator has a component subassembly incorporating a plurality of refrigeration components along an airflow path that extends between an inlet for colder air and an outlet for warmer air. The refrigerator further includes a noise reduction arrangement for reducing an operating noise of the refrigerator having a plurality of walls defining the airflow path. The walls include a noise absorbing material. The plurality of walls includes a plurality of external walls and a plurality of internal walls. The plurality of external walls defines an outer perimeter of the component subassembly and are oriented generally orthogonal to one another. The internal walls of the plurality of internal walls may be skewed relative to the external walls of the plurality of external walls. At least some of the walls of the plurality walls may be load-bearing walls.
US11378324B2	Modular cold boxes for transport refrigeration unit A transport containment assembly (26) includes a refrigeration unit (36) and a container (34). The container (34) houses a plurality of boxes (52) of the transport containment assembly (26) for storage of cargo. The plurality of boxes (52) are configured in series with one-another for the flow of cooling air from the refrigeration unit (36).
US11378321B2	Ice making machine An ice making machine is provided and includes: an ice tray, having a water storage recessed part; a drive part for reversing the ice tray around an axial line passing the ice tray between a water storage position and an ice separation position; and a frame, supporting the ice tray and the drive part. The ice tray includes a water receiving part protruded to an outer side in a portion which is moved to a lower side when the ice tray starts to turn to a CCW direction directing from the water storage position to the ice separation position. The frame includes a projected portion located on an upper side with respect to the water receiving part. The projected portion includes a water passage port for passing the water at a position overlapping with the water receiving part when being viewed in a Z-direction.
US11378320B2	Ice maker To provide an ice maker capable of suppressing damage to a frame.In an ice maker, an ice making tray, and a driving unit structured to cause the ice making tray to perform a flip operation and a twist operation are supported by a frame. With the frame, in an inner wall of a first side plate unit, there are provided a first inner wall portion extending in a first direction along the driving unit, and a second inner wall portion extending in the first direction along the ice making tray on the other side in a second direction with respect to the first inner wall portion, and in a step unit connecting the first inner wall portion and the second inner wall portion, there is provided a cutout serving as a through unit for passing a wire connected to the driving unit.
US11378316B2	Diagnostic mode of operation to detect refrigerant leaks in a refrigeration circuit The present disclosure relates to a refrigeration circuit that includes a controller communicatively coupled to a compressor, an expansion valve, and a sensor of the refrigeration circuit. The controller may activate the compressor and actuate the expansion valve such that the compressor is active while the expansion valve is closed. The controller may also measure a pressure of a refrigerant in the refrigeration circuit using the sensor while the compressor is active and the expansion valve is closed. Additionally, the controller may determine whether a refrigerant leak exists based on a maximum measurement time being reached or a time difference between a first time associated with the compressor being active while the expansion valve is closed and a second time associated with the measured pressure falling below a threshold value.
US11378314B2	Air cooled chiller with heat recovery A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes a compressor configured to circulate a refrigerant through a refrigerant loop of the HVAC&R system, a heat recovery heat exchanger configured to receive the refrigerant from the compressor and to place the refrigerant in a heat exchange relationship with a process fluid, and a condenser configured to receive the refrigerant from the heat recovery heat exchanger, the compressor, or both, in which the condenser is configured to cool the refrigerant. The HVAC&R system further includes a fan configured to direct air across the condenser and an evaporator configured to place the refrigerant in a heat exchange relationship with a cooling fluid. A speed of the fan is configured to be adjusted based on an operating parameter of the HVAC&R system.
US11378313B2	Method and apparatus for refrigerant detector calibration confirmation A refrigerant detector testing system according to aspects of the disclosure includes a metering orifice formed in a suction line that is disposed between an evaporator coil and a compressor, a valve fluidly coupled to the metering orifice, a connecting tube fluidly coupled to the valve on a side opposite the metering orifice, a mixing device having an input orifice fluidly coupled to the connecting tube. In some embodiments, the mixing device includes an air intake disposed proximate the input orifice, a throttling portion downstream of the input orifice and the air intake, the throttling portion having a reduced cross-sectional area, and a diffuser section positioned downstream of the throttling portion, the diffuser section having an output orifice. According to aspects of the disclosure, a refrigerant detector fluidly exposed to the output orifice.
US11378302B2	Floor vent assembly A vent cover assembly is disclosed, such as for a floating or fixed floor. Example vent cover assemblies may include a support plate configured to be secured over a duct, and a flush mount vent cover. The support plate may define a plurality of first airflow apertures configured to permit airflow from the duct through the support plate. The vent cover may define a second plurality of airflow apertures that are positioned in the vent cover such that the second plurality of airflow apertures are aligned with the first airflow apertures when the vent cover is in a first installed position overlying the support plate. The vent cover may obstruct the first airflow apertures when the vent cover is in a second installed position overlying the support plate.
US11378300B2	Energy recovery ventilator with reduced power consumption An air conditioning unit includes a passage having a heat exchanger; a blower for blowing air through the passage; a blower motor driving the blower in response to a drive signal; an energy recovery ventilator (ERV), the blower drawing outside air from the ERV; and a controller for adjusting the drive signal in a ventilation mode to reduce power used by the blower motor.
US11378296B2	Multi-split air conditioner and control method thereof The present application discloses a multi-split air conditioner and a control method thereof. The multi-split air conditioner includes a plurality of outdoor heat exchangers connected in parallel to a refrigerant main circulation passage, wherein a parallel branch in which each of the plurality of outdoor heat exchangers is located is provided with a branch control valve capable of controlling a flow rate of refrigerant flowing through the parallel branch. The control method includes: determining a current superheat degree of the multi-split air conditioner; when the current superheat degree of the multi-split air conditioner deviates from a set target superheat degree, controlling and regulating the flow rate of the refrigerant flowing through the branch control valve; and controlling and regulating the flow rate of the refrigerant flowing through the air supplement control valve according to the flow rate of the refrigerant flowing through each of branch control valves.
US11378293B1	Access floor smart tile for refrigerant detection A floor system for detecting refrigerant includes one or more tiles. Each tile includes a tile body having a cavity formed therein and a grille element positioned within the cavity of the tile body. The grille element is configured to receive air from at least one of above or below the tile body. Each tile further includes a control assembly associated with the grille element. The control assembly includes a refrigerant sensing device to detect refrigerant in the received air. The control assembly is configured to output a signal indicating a detection of refrigerant.
US11378291B2	Clean room and method for regulating airflow of clean room A clean room and a method for regulating an airflow of the clean room. The clean room includes: a plurality of process spaces in communication with one another, and a fan filter unit. The fan filter units is installed at a top of each one of the plurality of process spaces, and a bottom of each of the plurality of process spaces is provided with a ventilation passage. The clean room further includes: an airflow regulation device, configured to regulate an airflow in each of the process spaces; the airflow regulation device is installed inside each of the plurality of process spaces, and is arranged downstream of the respective fan filter unit.
US11378288B2	Outdoor unit of airconditioner An outdoor unit of an air conditioner having an expansion valve unit. The outdoor unit of the air conditioner includes a compressor, a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between outdoor air and refrigerant compressed by the compressor, an expansion valve unit configured to decompress the refrigerant discharged from the heat exchanger, a refrigerant pipe configured to deliver the refrigerant, which is decompressed and expanded by the expansion valve unit, to the indoor unit of the air conditioner, and a bracket configured to support the expansion valve unit. The expansion valve unit includes an expansion valve, a first connection portion configured to connect the expansion valve to the heat exchanger, and a second connection portion configured to connect the expansion valve to the refrigerant pipe. The expansion valve, and one of the first connection portion or the second connection portion are fixed to the bracket.
US11378285B2	Outdoor unit for air conditioner and air conditioner An outdoor unit (100) for an air conditioner and the air conditioner are disclosed. The outdoor unit (100) for the air conditioner includes: a housing (1), a FREON charging nozzle (14), and a connector assembly. The FREON charging nozzle (14) is disposed in the housing (1); the connector assembly has a first end connected to the FREON charging nozzle (14) and a second end extending out of the housing (1).
US11378284B2	Fan and air conditioning unit comprising the same A fan includes a motor, an impeller and a stator. The fan defines an air flow passage between an air inlet and an air outlet. The fan has a mode of operation and an arrangement such that, in use, the trajectory of the air flow through the air inlet is up to 360° in a direction which is generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the impeller. The trajectory of the air flow through the air outlet is up to 360° in a direction which is generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the impeller, and the air flow through the air flow passage turns generally 180°. The fan has a mode of constant operation, and, in this mode, the operating point of the fan falls with the stall region of the fan characteristic.
US11378283B2	Hot water supply device A scale adhesion prevention operation of a circulation pump operated in an instant hot water operation is efficiently and appropriately performed. An instant hot water circulation path is formed to bypass a hot water tap outside a hot water supply device and to pass through a heat exchanger inside the hot water supply device by operating a circulation pump when the hot water tap is closed. A controller performs a protection operation which operates the circulation pump when a first condition in which stop of the circulation pump is continued for a first time is satisfied and a second condition related to stop of a hot water supply operation is further satisfied.
US11378278B2	System and process for efficient SCR at high NO2 to NOx ratios Disclosed herein are methods and systems for the removal of volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides from off-gas, which systems comprise a source of ammonia, means for introducing ammonia into a catalytic article having an SCR functionality; a catalytic article having both an oxidation and an SCR functionality, the catalytic article comprising a catalyst substrate and a catalyst composition comprising at least one platinum group metal and/or at least one platinum group metal oxide, at least one oxide of titanium and at least one oxide of vanadium, wherein the washcoat is located in and/or on the walls of the catalyst substrate: means for measuring the amount of NOx and/or the ammonia slip between the outlet end of the catalytic article and the stack or at the stack, at least one carbon monoxide source, and means for introducing carbon monoxide into the catalytic article.
US11378277B2	Gas turbine engine and combustor having air inlets and pilot burner A combustor includes a circumferential main combustion chamber and a plurality of air inlets, the plurality of air inlets dispersing air into the circumferential main combustion chamber. The combustor also includes at least one swirl-stabilized pilot burner, which disperses combustion gases into the circumferential main combustion chamber. The air inlets and the swirl-stabilized pilot burner are aligned at least partially in a radial direction and at least partially in a circumferential direction.
US11378273B2	Reduced resonance burner A burner apparatus for burning a gas and air mixture may include a burner wall. The burner wall may have a plurality of ridges and a plurality of grooves. Each groove may be defined between adjacent ridges. Each groove may also include a pair of slopes. Each slope may have an area of permeability having openings defined therein from which flames can project. Each ridge may define an area of reduced permeability relative to the areas of permeability of the slopes.
US11378271B1	Ceiling fan light and fan control systems and methods Systems, devices, and methods for ceiling fan remote controls that allows the wall switches, pull chains and remote control transmitters to both separately and independently control the ceiling fan lights and fan. Systems, device and methods for over-riding a ceiling fan remote control so that a single wall switch can activate the ceiling fan light(s) if the remote control transmitter is not available. Systems, devices, and methods for ceiling fan remote controls that allows the wall switches, pull chains, and remote controls to both separately and independently control the ceiling fan lights and the fan. Systems, devices and methods for ceiling fan remote control receivers that can be connected to two separate wall switches that allows a ceiling fan remote control system that allows for both the wall switch and remote transmitter to each control the light.
US11378267B2	Wiring box for lighting apparatus A wiring box is used for connecting an external wire to a driver circuit and for connecting the driver circuit to a lighting apparatus. The wiring box includes a container box and a foldable top cover. In some embodiments, it is preferable that the lighting apparatus have elongated shapes, like light tubes. The container box has a box opening. The foldable top cover includes a center plate and at least one lateral plate. The center plate is connected to the at least one lateral plate with an axial structure, the lateral plate is folded to align with the center plate in an elongated manner during shipping. The lateral plate is rotated with respect to the center plate along the axial structure to expand and to cover the box opening of the container box.
US11378266B2	Low-noise light fixture reset structure and control method thereof A low-noise light fixture reset structure includes a pivot shaft and a pivot member rotatably connected to the pivot shaft. The pivot shaft is fixedly connected with a drive wheel and is sleeved with a shifter lever on which a first detection marker is provided on the shifter lever. A first detector configured to detect the first detection marker is provided on the pivot member. A first limiting post configured to limit the shifter lever is also provided on the drive wheel. The pivot member is further provided with an elastic member capable of resisting against the shifter lever and a second limiting post that limits the shifter lever. The second limiting post, the elastic member, and the first limiting post do not interfere with each other during a relative movement between the pivot member and the pivot shaft.
US11378262B2	Luminaire with tool-less assembly feature A luminaire with a tool-less assembly feature that enhances ease of installation and serviceability in the field. The luminaire's housing defines a compartment accessible via a window adjacent a pair of opposed shoulders. The luminaire further includes a lighting module dimensioned to be received and retained in the window in an interference fit with the shoulders. The lighting module may include an LED module/light guide plate and/or an LED refractor assembly/LED gear tray. A resilient member is supported on the housing in position to abut the lighting module and deflect during insertion of the lighting module through the window, and to at least partially resile to maintain the lighting module against the shoulders in an operative position on the housing. Further, the resilient member is positioned to deflect during removal and to resile to tilt or otherwise assist in ejecting the lighting module from the housing during tool-less disassembly.
US11378261B2	Linear light apparatus A linear light apparatus includes a light strip, a light passing cover, a main bracket, a bottom holder and a metal clip. The light strip having an elongated substrate mounted with LED modules. The main bracket holds the light strip for the LED modules emitting a light passing through the light passing cover. The metal clip has a first thorn and a second thorn. The metal clip is pressed to one side wall for the first thorn to stab a second insulation layer to electrically connect the bottom holder and the metal clip. The second thorn stabs a first insulation layer for the metal clip to be electrically connect to the first metal part of the main bracket.
US11378253B2	Display with fingerprint detecting sensor below display panel A fingerprint sensor is disclosed. An embodiment according to an aspect of the present invention provides a display having a fingerprint recognition function. The display having a fingerprint recognition function may comprise: a display panel, which is disposed under a cover glass and allows rays to pass therethrough, the rays having various incident angles indicating ridges and troughs of a fingerprint that is in contact with the cover glass; and an image sensor layer, which is disposed under the display panel and detects a ray to be detected in the rays having the various incident angles to generate a fingerprint image.
US11378249B2	Head lamp for vehicle A head lamp for a vehicle includes: a lamp housing; a light source disposed in the lamp housing and configured to emit light to a forward area of a vehicle; a bezel disposed on the lamp housing, spaced apart from the light source, and shaped to cover the light source; and a plurality of flip-dot units disposed in the bezel. Each flip-dot unit among the plurality of flip-dot units includes: a housing having an opening formed on one side the housing, and a space formed in the housing; and a flip disk rotatably installed in the housing and configured to selectively open and close the opening.
US11378248B2	IR illuminator with secondary function An IR illuminator used during the operation of autonomous vehicles, which provides improvement in the performance of cameras used in the vehicle at night time. An optical design of an outer lens of the IR illuminator is selected so that the outer lens forms a beam pattern for the output light from the IR light source, and also acts as a light guide for light emitted from a secondary visible light source, which is located in the same module as the IR light source, and which may be positioned on the same or a different printed circuit board as the IR light source. The material of outer lens is opalescent including scattering bodies. The optical design of the outer lens allows for improved field of view of the IR illuminator.
US11378245B2	Vehicle lamp A light source unit provided with a light-emitting element as a light source is attached to a rear wall section of a housing. The light source unit is attached to the housing, in the state where a socket is inserted in an opening formed in the rear wall section and an elastic seal member attached to the front end of the socket is pressed against the rear wall section. A rib extending toward a lamp rear side so as to surround at least the upper half section of the opening is formed on the rear wall section of the housing.
US11378244B2	Headlight apparatus A headlight apparatus includes a high beam headlight and a low beam headlight, which includes: an LED; an LED collimator that is a light source condensing optical system configured to condense a light emitted from the LED; a light guide that is a light distribution controlling light guide, a light from the LED collimator entering the light guide; and a projector lens that a light from the light guide enters, the projector lens being configured to project a light. The light guide includes an incident surface, a plurality of total reflection surfaces, and an emission surface. A first light of an incident light from the incident surface is emitted from the emission surface without reaching the plurality of total reflection surfaces, and a second light of the incident light is emitted from the emission surface via multiple times of total reflection by the plurality of total reflection surfaces.
US11378242B2	Light device for a motor vehicle, comprising a matrix light source The invention relates to a light device for a motor vehicle, comprising a matrix light source having a matrix of elementary light sources with an electroluminescent semiconductor element. Each elementary light source has an emitting surface that is less than or equal to 0.2 mm2. The measures proposed by the invention allow such a matrix light source to be powered without any risk of damage due to overheating of the semiconductive junctions of the elementary light sources that make up the light source.
US11378236B2	Integrated caps for pole-mounted light fixtures An integrated cap for retrofitting an existing light fixture can include an integrated cap housing that is configured to be disposed atop a pole that supports the existing light fixture, where the integrated cap housing includes a communication module and a transceiver. The integrated cap can also include a first coupling feature disposed at a bottom end of the integrated cap housing, where the first coupling feature is configured to couple to a first component of the existing light fixture to provide electrical signals to the communication module and the transceiver, where the communication module and the transceiver communicate with a second component external to the existing light fixture.
US11378233B2	Pipeline interchange/transmix In one embodiment, a pipeline interchange is described where a first product flows through a first pipeline and a second product flows through a second pipeline. In this embodiment, a first product automated analyzer is situated near the first pipeline to physical and/or chemically analyze the first product and generate first product data. Additionally, in this embodiment, a second product automated analyzer is situated near the second pipeline to physical and/or chemically analyze the second product and generate second product data. A pipeline interchange is connected downstream to both the first pipeline and the second pipeline, wherein the pipeline interchange blends the first product flowing through the first pipeline with the second product flowing through the second pipeline. A third pipeline is connected downstream to the pipeline interchange, wherein the third pipeline flows a blended product created from the blending of the first product and the second product in the pipeline interchange. A data analyzer is also positioned to interpret the first product data and the second product data and communicate adjustments to the flow of both the first product and the second product to achieve desired physical and/or chemical characteristics in the blended product.
US11378227B2	Display screen support holder A display screen support holder is provided, including a stand, a screen connecting base, and a constant force spring; wherein the screen connecting base is pivotally connected with the stand and configured to be connected with a display; after a display screen is mounted to the screen connecting base, a gravity center of combined gravity of the display screen and the screen connecting base is set to be deviated from a screen rotation center of the screen connecting base; two ends of the constant force spring include a moving end and a swinging end, the moving end is movably arranged on the stand, and the swinging end is swingably and pivotally connected with the screen connecting base. In the process of swinging of the display screen, the spring torque generated by the constant force spring and the screen torque are always kept equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
US11378226B2	Folding monitor stand A monitor stand comprises a first arm for coupling to a first monitor and a second arm for coupling to a second monitor. The first and second arms are coupled to an upper column of the monitor stand. A lower column of the monitor stand supports the upper column. The first arm, the second arm, and the upper column are configured to rotate around a rotation axis offset from a longitudinal center axis of the lower column to fold or unfold the monitor stand between an open and closed position.
US11378224B2	Liner for insulating high temperature process piping against thermal fatigue failure Provided herein is a liner that can be loosely inserted in process pipe to form a lined pipe and to decrease the rate of heat transfer between process fluids flowing through the liner and the process pipe. The liner provided herein can reduce applied thermal loading on the outer pipe resulting from, for example, turbulent mixing between fluids having different temperatures (with or without stratification), circumferential thermal gradients, and/or longitudinal thermal gradients. An annulus between the process pipe and liner can be at least partially filled by process fluids, thereby creating a thermal buffer to further decrease the rate of heat transfer between the fluids and the process pipe.
US11378223B2	Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate, a second plate, a space between the first plate and the second plate configured to be a vacuum state, a support including at least a pair of support plates that maintain a distance between the first and second plates, and at least one radiation resistance sheet provided between the pair of support plates to reduce heat transfer between the first plate and the second plate.
US11378222B2	Insulation product with inward curling closure flap A pipe insulation product including a core of insulating material and a laminate surrounding the core and bonded to the core. The core may include an outer surface; an inner surface; and a wall extending between the outer and inner surfaces. The laminate may include a foil or metallized polymeric film sheet, a scrim, a porous media sheet, and a polymeric film sheet bonded together via an adhesive. The laminate may include a closure flap that is configured to adhesively seal opposite ends of the laminate together to form a cylindrical tube with the core enclosed therein. The closure flap may be configured to include a curl that provides a greater closure flap adhesive seal.
US11378221B2	Vapor retarder for insulated pipe A vapor barrier and method for applying same around an insulated pipe structure is disclosed. The vapor barrier a vapor retarder layer, an adhesive layer disposed on one side of the vapor retarder layer, and a release layer covering the adhesive layer. The vapor barrier has a two-dimensional geometric profile which corresponds to a three-dimensional structure of a specific pipe joint. Applying the vapor barrier comprises removing first and second portions of the release layer to expose respective portions of the adhesive layer, adhering the respective portions of release layer to corresponding areas of the pipe joint, forming an overlap seal in which a portion of the vapor barrier is adhered to itself via a portion of the adhesive layer, and forming an edge seal in which a portion of the prefabricated vapor barrier is adhered to a portion of adjacent insulation structure via a portion of the adhesive layer.
US11378216B2	Cap having a low cost construction and a self retaining feature A cap for closing an open end of a duct tube has a cylindrical side wall having a length between a closed end and an open end of the side wall. An end wall extends across the closed end of the side wall. A conical section of the side wall extends outwardly from the open end of the side wall and has an interior surface configured to guide an end of a duct tube into a hollow interior volume of the side wall. A groove in an interior surface of the side wall is configured to receive a bead around an end of a duct tube inserted through the conical section and into the hollow interior of the side wall. A plurality of pull tabs extend outwardly from the conical section and are configured to be manually pulled, pulling the cap over the end of the duct tube.
US11378205B2	Track engaging cable hanger and method A barrier plate for supporting a cable within the internal channel of a ceiling mounted track having a pair of inwardly projecting parallel rails separated by a bottom slot. The barrier plate can be inserted completely into the internal channel and manipulated using a fingerhole through the plate to block downward movement of the cable through the slot. The plate can have radial disuniformities to frictionally bear against the pad of a user's finger to allow greater control of the plate orientation while engaged in the track channel.
US11378204B2	Pipe support systems A pipe support system includes a pair of leg supports spaced apart from one another. Each of the pair of leg supports includes an elongated base and a column. The pipe support system also includes a strut coupled to each column of the pair of leg supports and at a first height above the elongated bases. A support platform coupled to each column of the pair of leg supports and at a second height above the elongated bases. The support platform defines a longitudinal axis, and the second height is different from the first height. The pipe support system further includes one or more rollers coupled to the support platform. The one or more rollers are disposed around the support platform and rotatable around the longitudinal axis.
US11378201B2	Solenoid valve A solenoid valve is formed by engaging locking protrusions with engagement holes and thereby joining a valve body and a magnetic cover to each other. A top wall of the magnetic cover is formed by a pair of bent portions that extend from a pair of respective sidewalls of the magnetic cover and that are bent toward the space between the sidewalls. The bent portions are fastened to each other in the width direction Wd by a circuit board spacer (first fastening member), and the circuit board spacer and the valve body are fastened to each other in the axial direction Ld by a connector cover.
US11378200B2	Electromagnetically operated valve The electromagnetically operated valve includes a valve body, a plunger member, electromagnetic driving means for driving the plunger member along a flow direction inside the valve body into at least an open position in which a fluid is allowed to flow through the valve body and into a closed position in which the fluid is not, wherein the plunger member is arranged to be forced by a pressure of flowing fluid into the closed position, and to be driven by the electromagnetic driving means into the open position.
US11378194B2	Capacity control valve A capacity control valve includes a valve housing provided with a discharge port, a suction port, and a control port a rod driven by a solenoid; and a main valve that includes a main valve seat and a main valve body between the discharge port and the control port in accordance with a movement of the rod. The capacity control valve V further includes a CS valve that includes a CS valve seat and a CS valve body communication between the control port and the suction port. The CS valve body is disposed so as to be movable relative to the main valve body. The main valve body and the CS valve body move together in accordance with the movement of the rod while a closed state of the main valve is maintained.
US11378190B1	Double piece retainer for compact valve A compact manifold ball valve having a valve body, valve ball, valve stem and two piece retainer system; the valve body including a valve chamber having first and second ends, and a first flow passage intersecting the valve chamber and valve ball. The valve ball can be trunnion supported and include pair of movable seat assemblies that can be used to seal the valve ball to the valve body. A two piece retainer can be used to hold in place the valve components, the two piece retainer including a first section which moves only linearly along with a second retainer piece that is a threaded ring that rotationally locks in place the first section of the two piece retainer. The two pieces of the retainer can be symmetrically located about the centerline of the flow passage of the valve body.
US11378187B2	Articulating cantilevered hydrostatic seal A hydrostatic seal configured to be disposed between relatively rotatable components is provided. The seal includes a seal housing. The seal also includes a shoe having a first axially extending segment, a second axially extending segment, and a radially extending segment joining the first and second axially extending segments, the shoe cantilevered to the seal housing.
US11378186B1	Horizontally sectioned polymer gasket A gasket is disclosed for use as an environmental seal between a first aircraft part having planer surface and a second aircraft part having a planer surface, the two planer parts spread apart and engaged with fasteners. The gasket, in some embodiments, is compressible between the planer surfaces. The gasket, in some embodiments, comprises a first tabular portion having tabular portion properties and having a first tabular thickness and a length and a width, the length and width much greater than the first tabular thickness; and a second tabular portion having tabular portion properties having a second tabular thickness, a length and width, the length and width much greater than the second tabular thickness; and a tabular skeleton. The first and second tabular portions and the skeleton are positioned parallel to one another. The skeleton is at least partly contacting one of the tabular portions. The first tabular portion and the second tabular portion differ in at least one tabular portion property.
US11378181B2	Temperature estimation device for friction engaging element A temperature estimation device for friction engaging elements including an execution device and a storage device is provided. The storage device stores mapping data that defines mapping. The mapping includes, as an input variable, a heat amount variable that is a variable indicating an amount of heat generated by the friction engaging elements during the shifting of the transmission and a shifting variable indicating the friction engaging elements to be engaged at the time of the shifting of the transmission, and, as an output variable, the temperature. The execution device executes an acquisition process of acquiring a value of the input variable and a calculation process of inputting the value of the input variable acquired by the acquisition process into the mapping to calculate a value of the output variable.
US11378179B2	System, method, and apparatus for operating a high efficiency, high output transmission A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. A controller controls the shift actuator utilizing an actuating pulse and an opposing pulse.
US11378175B2	Actuator An actuator includes an electric motor, an output shaft and a speed reducer. The speed reducer is configured to transmit rotation, which is outputted from the motor, to the output shaft after reducing a speed of the rotation outputted from the motor. The speed reducer includes an output gear joined to the output shaft and a compound gear. The compound gear includes a large diameter gear, which has a plurality of large gear teeth, and a small diameter gear, which has a plurality of small gear teeth. One of the large diameter gear and the small diameter gear is a metal gear, which is made of a metal member, while another one of the large diameter gear and the small diameter gear is a resin gear, which is made of a resin member, and the resin gear is integrally molded together with the metal gear in one piece.
US11378168B2	Direct acting electronic locking differential A lock plate for an electronically actuated locking differential is provided. In one example embodiment, the lock plate includes a base portion having a first side and an opposite second side, a plurality of radially spaced teeth extending outwardly from the first side, and a plurality of standoffs extending outwardly from the second side.
US11378167B2	Control of a limited slip differential based on an accelerator control position A vehicle has an engine, an accelerator control, a limited slip differential (LSD) mounted on an axle driven by the engine, and left and right wheels operably connected to the LSD. An accelerator control position is sensed. A speed of the vehicle is optionally sensed. In order to prevent wheel spin, a high load is selectively applied to the LSD when the accelerator control position meets or exceeds a predetermined position threshold. Optionally, application of the high load may depend on the speed of the vehicle being less than a predetermined speed threshold, the accelerator control position concurrently meeting or exceeding the predetermined position threshold. In order to enhance directional stability of the vehicle, a stabilization load is optionally applied when the speed of the vehicle meets or exceeds the predetermined speed threshold.
US11378162B2	Speed reducer A gear mechanism according to the invention includes a first shaft, a second shaft disposed at an angle with the first shaft, a first gear group including a plurality of first gears that transmit rotation of the first shaft to the second shaft; and a second gear group including a plurality of second gears that transmit, to an output side, rotation of the second shaft transmitted from the first shaft. A first second gear is situated closest to the second shaft among the plurality of second gears, a last second gear is situated closest to the output side among the plurality of second gears. A straight line that connects a rotation center of the first second gear and a rotation center of the last second gear form an angle with the first shaft when viewed in a direction along the second shaft.
US11378159B2	Wicking termination system A termination system which improves the consistency and repeatability of the wicking of the liquid potting compound in the transition area between the potted and the imported filaments. The termination system controllably compresses the filaments within the transition area to produce repeatable wicking. The potting compound selected and the degree of compression employed combine to produce a desired wicking effect.
US11378156B2	Joining device with spacer for linking the two ends of a conveyor belt A junction device for connecting two ends of at least one longitudinal conveyor belt includes at least a first junction plate and a second junction plate which are configured to each cover a distinct side of the ends of the conveyor belt, a fastening device for fastening said junction plates together, and a removable spacer which is suited to be interposed between the wings of the first pair of wings formed by the junction plates, such that the centring hole of the spacer is offset from the junction plane, to free the space delimited between the second pair of wings.
US11378154B2	Torsional vibration damper A torsional vibration damper for torsional vibration damping in a drive train of a motor vehicle is provided with a primary mass for introducing a torque, wherein the primary mass has a flywheel which can be connected to an input shaft, a secondary mass which can be rotated to a limited extent relative to the primary mass for dissipating a torque, an energy storage element that can act on the primary mass and on the secondary mass and a centrifugal pendulum connected to the secondary mass to provide restoring torque directed against a rotational irregularity, wherein the centrifugal pendulum is arranged in the axial direction between the flywheel of the primary mass and the energy storage element. By arranging the centrifugal pendulum between the flywheel of the primary mass and the energy storage element, otherwise free installation space on the outside can be used for better vibration damping behavior, while on the inside an increase in the axial installation space requirement is avoided, so that good damping is made possible in a drive train with a small installation space requirement.
US11378150B1	Temperature compensated shock absorber A shock absorber includes a housing and an end wall slidably disposed within the housing. The end wall and the housing cooperate to define at least a portion of a cavity within the housing. The cavity is filled with a fluid, and a piston is slidably disposed within the cavity. Movement of the piston within the cavity compresses the fluid to provide a spring force. The shock absorber further includes a compensator coupled to the end wall. The compensator positions the end wall within the housing to change a volume of the cavity in response to a change in a temperature of a first element of the compensator.
US11378146B2	Disc brake A radially biasing portion (19) of a pad spring (14) includes a first extending portion (19A) extending from a lower surface plate (18B) of a guide plate portion (18) outwardly in a disc axial direction, a curled portion (19B) folded on a distal end side of the first extending portion, and a second extending portion (19C) extending from the curled portion in a direction approaching a disc (1), the second extending portion with which an ear portion (11A) of a friction pad (10) comes into contact. A contact portion (20) extends from the second extending portion of the radially biasing portion (19) toward a middle of the friction pad in a disc rotational direction of the friction pad. The contact portion comes into surface contact with a contacted surface (11B) as a lateral surface of the friction pad (backing plate 11) in the disc rotational direction.
US11378140B2	Selectable one-way clutch with solenoid actuator and pivoting actuation member controlling active strut deployment A controllable one-way clutch assembly having an actuator module equipped with a solenoid actuator, an active strut moveable in response to energization of the solenoid actuator from a released position to a locked position, a strut spring biasing the active strut toward its released position, and an indirect strut actuation arrangement between the solenoid actuator and the active strut. The indirect strut actuation arrangement includes an intermediate actuation component having a first lug establishing a coupling interface with a translatable plunger of the solenoid actuator and a second lug establishing an engagement interface with the active strut.
US11378139B2	Clutch unit with torsional vibration damper as clutch support, and hybrid module comprising clutch unit A clutch unit for a powertrain of a motor vehicle is disclosed, comprising a torque input component acting as a drive element, a torque output component acting as an output element, being connectable so as to transmit a torque to the torque input component via a clutch that can be shifted using friction elements, and with a torsional vibration damper having two masses damped relative to one another to reduce rotational irregularities, which is arranged between the torque input component and the torque output component, at least one of the two masses of the torsional vibration damper being simultaneously designed as a support for a friction partner. The disclosure further relates to a hybrid module comprising a first drive machine, the output shaft of which can be connected to an output shaft of a second drive machine or a transmission input shaft via such a clutch unit.
US11378138B2	Clutch assembly A clutch assembly comprises an input shaft and an output shaft, co-axially arranged relative to the input shaft. The clutch assembly further comprises an input clutch drum, fixed to the input shaft, and an output clutch drum, translatable relative to the output shaft. The clutch assembly further comprises a clutch pack and a clutch piston that is translatable relative to the output shaft between, inclusively, a frictionally disengaged clutch-pack position and a frictionally engaged clutch-pack position. The clutch assembly additionally comprises a clutch-pack engagement spring. The output clutch drum is translatable between, inclusively, a fully disengaged position and, inclusively, a positively engaged position. When the clutch piston is in the frictionally disengaged clutch-pack position, the internal splines of the output clutch drum are not in mesh with the external splines of the input clutch drum.
US11378135B2	Geared universal joint 90° Constant velocity joints or homokinetic joints are used for the continuous transmission of rotational movements and torques. They transmit the rotational movement of a driving shaft to a shaft to be driven without changing the speed or torque. The transmission takes place independently of the speed, torque, or the value of a diffraction angle and independently of the speed at which this diffraction angle changes. Constant velocity joints with a diffraction angle of 90° are equipped with specially shaped gear pairs, which are held together by a spring-loaded inner joint. In this joint transmission, a diffraction angle of 90° is achieved while the shafts to be connected to fixedly mounted bevel- and spur gear pairs are connected to each other, so that no spring-loaded inner joint is needed. Therefore, high engine speeds and high torques can be transmitted.
US11378133B2	Damper device A damper device includes first and second rotary members, elastic members, and seat members. The first rotary member includes an annular chamber, and first engaging portions provided in the annular chamber. The second rotary member includes a second engaging portion. The elastic members are aligned in a circumferential direction in the annular chamber, and elastically couple the first and second rotary members in a rotational direction. Each seat member is disposed between a circumferential end surface of each elastic member and both the first engaging portions and the second engaging portion. Each seat member includes first and second contact surfaces. The first contact surface contacts the circumferential end surface of each elastic member. The second contact surface contacts the second engaging portion. The first and second contact surfaces tilt at angles to prevent a radially outward force from acting on each seat member when each elastic member is elastically deformed.
US11378131B2	Method for manufacturing a sensor bearing unit The method provides for the manufacturing a sensor bearing unit including a bearing having a first ring and a second ring capable of rotating concentrically relative to one another, and an impulse ring provided with a target holder secured to the first ring and with a magnetic target mounted on the target holder. The method further includes securing the target holder to the first ring, and magnetizing the magnetic material of the magnetic target after the step of securing the target holder to the first ring.
US11378127B2	Axial rolling bearing An axial rolling bearing consisting of at least one annular bearing disc which has a circumferential raceway arched in profile cross section, and consisting of a multiplicity of rolling elements formed as bearing needles or bearing rollers and arranged next to one another in a circular form, which roll on the raceway of the bearing disc and are kept at uniform distances from one another by a bearing cage. The arched raceway is formed having at least one circumferential groove-shaped depression at least in the region of one of the two ends of the rolling elements.
US11378125B2	Valve and a manufacturing method of a bearing surface for a valve A valve and a bearing surface for a valve and a manufacturing method of the same including a valve body with a main channel extending between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and a closing member provided in the main channel. The valve further includes a shaft connected to the closing member for moving the closing member between an open and a closed position. Moreover, the valve includes at least one bearing surface between the valve body and the closing member or the valve body and the shaft, the bearing surface further including a plurality of cavities filled with solid lubricant.
US11378122B2	Radially adjustable radial PDC bearings Bearing assemblies and methods of using bearings are provided in the present disclosure. In one embodiment, a bearing ring is provided having a plurality of carrier components removably coupled therewith. Each carrier component may carry one or more bearing elements. Upon wearing of the bearing elements beyond a desired amount, the carrier components may be removed from the bearing ring and installed in a different bearing ring to place the mearing elements at their original bearing surface radius. In another embodiment, individual bearing elements may be radially adjustable relative to the bearing ring to define and redefine the radius of a radial bearing surface.
US11378116B2	Furniture assembly A furniture assembly and/or a mechanical coupling system for coupling furniture parts together to form an assembled article of furniture. The furniture assembly may include first and second furniture parts, each of which includes a board or other structural member and a coupler. The first furniture part may include a male coupler attached to the board and the second furniture part may include a female coupler attached to the board. The male and female couplers may be coupled together to thereby couple the first and second furniture parts together to form the assembled article of furniture. The male and female couplers may include engagement features that facilitate the coupling of the furniture parts together and to prevent them from becoming detached during normal use of the assembled article of furniture.
US11378115B2	Furniture and assembly method A piece of furniture includes: a first and a second resilient section (100A, 100B) mutually displaced from each other forming a gap (G) there between; a cross-member (200) configured to connect with the first section and the second section thereby bridging the gap; and a first and a second joint arrangement (300A, 300B) configured to attach the cross-member to the first and second section, respectively; wherein each of the first and second joint arrangements comprises a pair of: a male part (320) formed by a dowel (321) extending in a longitudinal direction and having a free end (322) facing away from a surface (101A, 101B) of the respective section or away from the surface of the cross-member; and a female part (330) formed by a recess (331) in the surface of the cross-member or in the surface of the respective section, the recess having a recess extent with an insertion portion (332), an intermediate portion (333), and a locking portion (335); wherein as the respective dowel passes a section biasing portion (334) in the intermediate portion, the first and second sections are resiliently displaced and as the dowel reaches the locking portion the sections are relaxed.
US11378114B2	Quick disconnect mount A quick disconnect mount includes a mounting stud securable to a structure, and a connector securable on the mounting stud. The mounting stud includes at least one circumferential ridge and at least one circumferential trough, and the connector includes a central channel sized to fit over the mounting stud and a locking bar engageable with the circumferential trough.
US11378110B1	Flexible fluid flow modifying device Disclosed fluid flow modifying devices are useful with flexible fluid flow conduits. Such devices are adapted for mitigating adverse flow considerations arising from one or more bends in flexible fluid flow conduits. These adverse flow considerations are generally characterized as enhanced laminar flow and associated increased backpressure arising from reduced flow velocity caused by the one or more bends. Beneficially, disclosed fluid flow modifying devices cause flow of flowable material (e.g., a liquid) within a flow passage of a fluid flow conduit to have a rotational flow profile. Such a rotational flow profile advantageously reduces frictional losses associated with laminar flow and with directional change of fluid flow.
US11378109B2	Adaptive friction minimization for electrohydraulic actuators A method of controlling an electro-hydraulic actuator (101). An electric voltage applied to the actuator (101) is established by superimposing a control variable with an oscillatory signal. A hydraulic pressure, influenced by the actuator (101), is measured. The oscillatory signal is adapted as a function of the measured hydraulic pressure.
US11378107B2	Piston and cylinder unit including a radially installed piston position detection unit A piston and cylinder unit (1) of a working machine, for example a wheel loader, excavator, tipper, crane or stacker or a lifting platform serves to steer, support, extend, pivot, lift or other movements of the working machine or of a tool or a different part of the working machine. The piston and cylinder unit (1) includes a cylinder (2), a piston (7) being arranged in the cylinder (2) to be axially movable and a piston position detection unit (28) detecting the axial position of the piston (7) in the cylinder (2) by high frequency technology. The piston position detection unit (28) includes a housing (3) and an electronic unit being arranged in the housing is arranged in a mounting bore (27) extending radially in the cylinder (2). The piston position detection unit (28) is arranged in the mounting bore (27) such that the interior (3) of the cylinder (2) is sealed from the surroundings of the piston and cylinder unit (1) by the housing (29).
US11378105B2	Gas cylinder actuator with safety device for uncontrolled return of the piston-stem A gas cylinder actuator with safety device for uncontrolled return of the piston-stem, comprising: a tubular containment jacket, two opposing heads for closing the tubular jacket, a first head which is provided with a through hole for passage and for translation guidance with respect to an axis of symmetry for a piston-stem, and a second, opposing head, a piston-stem, which comprises a stem portion and a piston portion, sealing elements which are arranged so as to act against the stem portion at the passage and guidance hole, a chamber for pressurized gas being defined between the tubular jacket, the heads and the piston-stem; such gas cylinder actuator comprises, between the first head and the piston portion, a bushing, which is coupled to the tubular jacket with elements of preventing translation with respect to the axis, and is designed to encounter the piston portion, the bushing being configured to at least be deformed in the event of impact with the piston portion owing to the uncontrolled return of the piston-stem, so as to allow the passage of the piston portion and the formation of a gas discharge passage between the piston-stem, the sealing elements and the passage and guidance hole.
US11378104B1	Flow management of a hydraulic system A hydraulic system for a work vehicle includes a first pump providing a first flow to a first circuit. A first pressure sensor measures a first pressure in the first circuit. A first swashplate angle sensor measures a first angle of a first swashplate of the first pump. A supplemental pump provides a supplemental flow to a supplemental circuit. A supplemental pressure sensor measures a supplemental pressure in the supplemental circuit. A supplemental valve adjusts the load sense signal provided to a supplemental load sensing compensator of the supplemental pump. A first valve selectively enables flow from the supplemental circuit to the first circuit when the supplemental pressure is equal to or greater than the first pressure. A controller determines to operate the supplemental pump in one of a standby condition and a use condition based in part on the first angle of the first swashplate.
US11378103B2	Subsea hydraulic control device and a method for producing thereof The present invention relates to a subsea hydraulic control device (10) for hydraulically controlling a subsea module (2). The control device (10) comprises a hydraulic distribution unit (12) with a valve unit (13) and a manifold unit (50), where hydraulic fluid lines are provided in the valve unit (13) and in the manifold unit (50). The hydraulic distribution unit (12) comprises a low pressure hydraulic input port (21) connectable to a low pressure fluid source (LP) and connected to a low pressure fluid line (22) within the hydraulic distribution unit (12), a high pressure hydraulic input port (31) connectable to a high pressure fluid source (HP) and connected to a high pressure fluid line (32) within the hydraulic distribution unit (12), a return port (41) connectable to a return fluid reservoir (R) and connected to a return fluid line (42) within the hydraulic distribution unit (12) and a number of hydraulic output ports (24, 34) connectable to subsea actuators (A) of the subsea module (2). A section of the low pressure fluid line (22) is provided as a first fluid bore (B22) in the manifold unit (50) and a section of the high pressure fluid line (32) is provided as a second fluid bore (B32) in the manifold unit (50). The configuration of the respective bores (B22, B32) in the manifold unit (50) is determining which of the output ports (24, 34) being a low pressure output port (24) connected to the low pressure fluid line (22) and which of the output ports (24, 34) being a high pressure output port (34) connected to the high pressure fluid line (32).
US11378101B2	Shovel A shovel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body pivotally mounted on the lower traveling body, a hydraulic pump mounted on the upper turning body, a hydraulic actuator driven by hydraulic oil discharged from the hydraulic pump, an operating device used to operate the actuator, and a control device configured to control an acceleration/deceleration characteristic of the hydraulic actuator in response to an operation of the operating device depending on a work mode.
US11378100B2	Oscillating portable fan with removable grille A rechargeable electric fan with a fan portion, a base portion, and a telescoping mast hingedly attached to and connecting the fan portion and the base portion. The fan portion has removable front grille, engageable in a first position in which the grille is retained in the front opening of the housing of the fan portion. The grille is rotatable from the first position to a second position in which the grille is released from the front opening. Slots are disposed on a periphery of the grille, and are configured to engage with corresponding tabs disposed on a periphery of the front opening, to retain the grille in the first position, and to release the grille when it is rotated into the second position. To prevent inadvertent release of the grille, a latch mechanism is configured and disposed to lock the grille in the first position, the latch mechanism comprising a button and a latch configured and disposed to release the lock when the button is depressed. The base portion comprises an oscillating mechanism including of a motor-driven pinion which engages an annular gear in the floor of the base portion. The floor is rotatably retained to the remainder of the base portion, so that when the pinion is turned by the motor, the entire fan turns about the stationary floor.
US11378098B2	Telescopic fan cage and apparatus case therewith A telescopic fan cage includes a main frame and a side frame which are slidably connected with each other to form a fan installation space. The side frame is capable of sliding toward the main frame to shrink the fan installation space, or sliding away relative to the main frame to expand the fan installation space. An apparatus case includes a casing and the telescopic fan cage. The telescopic fan cage is detachably disposed in the casing. Therein, the side frame is capable of sliding toward the main frame to shrink the fan installation space, so that the telescopic fan cage is at a transit state for moving in or out the casing; the side frame is capable of sliding away relative to the main frame to expand the fan installation space, so that the telescopic fan cage is at an installation state for being fixed in the casing.
US11378092B2	Air blower An air blower includes an impeller rotatable about a central axis extending vertically, a motor to rotate the impeller, and a holder to hold the motor. The holder includes a base on which the motor is provided, attachments on a radial directional-outer side of the impeller, arms connecting the base and the attachments, and a wall surface on a side where the impeller is disposed, between the base and each attachment, and facing a radial-directional inner side. The wall surface includes a first surface extending outwardly in the radial direction and directed towards the front in the rotational direction of the impeller.
US11378090B2	Compact centrifugal pump with magnetically suspended impeller A centrifugal fluid pump with a fully magnetically suspended rotor to improve blood compatibility when pumping blood is disclosed. The pump stabilizes radial displacements of a disc-like rotor with active control through separate electric motor and magnetic bearings to improve the pump's critical performances including device packaging size, system simplicity and reliability, stiffness and other dynamic performances of suspension, power efficiency, and others.
US11378089B2	Centrifugal compressor and turbocharger A centrifugal compressor includes: an impeller; a compressor inlet tube configured to guide air to the impeller; a scroll flow passage disposed on a radially outer side of the impeller; a bypass flow passage branching from the scroll flow passage via a branch port, the bypass flow passage connecting to the compressor inlet tube not via the impeller; and a bypass valve capable of opening and closing a valve port disposed in the bypass flow passage. The branch port has a non-circular shape when viewed along a normal N1 of the branch port passing through a center of the branch port.
US11378084B2	Apparatus and method for alleviating and preventing cavitation surge of water supply conduit system A turbo pump acts on a liquid, and an apparatus and a method suppresses or alleviates a cavitation surge which is a unique phenomenon occurring in a turbo pump for a liquid. A method of operating a turbo pump while suppressing cavitation, includes: measuring a flow rate upstream of the turbo pump and a flow rate downstream of the turbo pump for delivering a liquid and comparing the flow rates with each other; if the upstream flow rate is lower than the downstream flow rate, reducing a pressure in a pump suction section to increase an upstream flow velocity while reducing a pressure in a pump discharge section to lower a downstream flow velocity; and if the downstream flow rate is lower than the upstream flow rate, increasing the pressure in the pump discharge section to increase the downstream flow velocity while increasing the pressure in the pump suction section.
US11378081B2	Electric pump An electric pump includes: an impeller; a rotor connected to the impeller; a housing accommodating the rotor; divided iron cores surrounding the housing from an outside of the housing; divided coil bobbins respectively attached to the divided iron cores; divided coils respectively wound around the divided coil bobbins; and a bus bar unit including bus bars, wherein the housing includes a bottom wall portion directly or indirectly holding a shaft portion in a standing manner, the shaft portion supports the rotor for rotation, the bottom wall portion overlaps at least a part of the divided coils in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the rotor, and the bus bar unit is conductively connected to the divided coils and is held by the bottom wall portion.
US11378079B2	Rotary vane compressor with a step in the bearing adjacent the rail groove A rotary compressor may include a rotational shaft; first and second bearings that support the rotational shaft in a radial direction; a cylinder disposed between the first bearing and the second bearing, and forming a compression space; a rotor forming a contact point, disposed in the compression space, and having a predetermined gap with the cylinder, and coupled to the rotational shaft to compress refrigerant according to rotation; and at least one vane slidably inserted into the rotor, and contacting an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder to separate the compression space into a plurality of regions. Each of the at least one vane may include an upper pin that extends upward, and a lower pin that extends downward, a surface of the first bearing may include a first rail groove into which the upper pin may be inserted, and a first step disposed adjacent to the first rail groove, and a surface of the second bearing may include a second rail groove into which the lower pin may be inserted, and a second step disposed adjacent to the second rail groove.
US11378077B2	Gear pump device having three member seal mechanism containing fitted insertion part to seal axial face of gear pump between inner and outer gear Provided is a gear pump device that enables improvement in volumetric efficiency and manufacturability, and also makes it possible to ensure sealing property and to reduce drive torque. According to the present invention, a sealing mechanism is provided with an annular rubber member, an outer member, and an inner member, wherein: the inner member has, at an end of an outer peripheral wall on the side of an inner gear in the axial direction, a notch which is recessed radially inward of the inner gear so as to form, together with an axial one end face of the inner gear, a depressed part; and the outer member has an insertion part which is disposed within the depressed part and which abuts against the axial one end face of the inner gear so as to constitute a part of a sealing surface on the other side.
US11378072B2	Air compressor An air compressor includes: a motor; a compression mechanism that is driven by the motor and that is configured to generate compressed air; a tank that is configured to store the generated compressed air; a load acquisition part that is configured to acquire a load applied to the compression mechanism; and a control part that is configured to control a rotation of the motor. The control part is configured to perform control for changing a TN characteristic of the motor in response to the load of the compression mechanism acquired by the load acquisition part.
US11378071B2	Gas control device A gas control device includes a first pump, a second pump, and a connection casing. The first pump includes a first pump casing, a first suction hole, and a first discharge hole. The first pump casing has a plurality of outer walls. The second pump includes a second pump casing, a second suction hole, and a second discharge hole. The connection casing has a first opening and a second opening. The connection casing forms, together with the first pump casing and the second pump casing, a first closed space. The second discharge hole and the first suction hole communicate with each other via the first closed space. The first pump and the second pump are connected in series with each other. The outer wall in which first suction hole is provided faces the first closed space.
US11378066B2	Method and apparatus to clean wind turbine blades A robot for cleaning and inspecting wind turbine blades. The robot has a module that adheres to the blade using a vacuum force. The robot also has a cleaning compartment is divided into two sections that are connected by a flexible section. The cleaning compartment is flexible such that it adapts to convex and concave curvatures on the blade.
US11378065B2	Hub access through nacelle The disclosure relates to a nacelle configured to be mounted on top of a wind turbine tower, comprising a nacelle hatch for covering a nacelle opening at a side of the nacelle facing a wind turbine hub. The nacelle hatch is completely supported by the nacelle when the hatch is closed, and the nacelle hatch forms a passageway to an opening in the wind turbine hub at a side of the wind turbine hub facing the nacelle when the hatch is opened. The passageway comprises a first side structure at least partially obstructing a downwards view on a first side of the hub and a second side structure at least partially obstructing a downwards view on a second side of the hub, the second side being opposite to the first side. The present disclosure further relates to wind turbines and to methods for accessing a wind turbine hub from a nacelle.
US11378062B2	Transmission system for a wind power plant A method of replacing components of a gearbox and a gearbox of the wind power plant for a wind turbine includes a gearbox with a sun gear couplable to a rotor of a wind power plant. The sun gear is arranged rotatably about a rotor axis. The gearbox has a plurality of satellite units and a plurality of generators. Each satellite unit has two gear shafts and one output shaft. The two gear shafts are respectively in engagement with the sun gear and the output shaft. Each generator is associated with one of the plurality of satellite units. The plurality of satellite units are arranged and distributed over a periphery of the sun gear and are operatively connected with the sun gear. The plurality of satellite units have a modular configuration design and are releasably arranged at the sun gear.
US11378052B2	Ignition device for internal combustion engine and control device for internal combustion engine Energization abnormality of a switch element of an internal combustion engine ignition device is detected appropriately. To this end, in an internal combustion engine ignition device that includes an ignition coil and an ignition plug, the ignition coil includes a primary coil including a main primary coil and a sub primary coil and a secondary coil that generates secondary current in response to a voltage variation generated in the primary coil. The internal combustion engine ignition device includes a main switch element that performs energization/deenergization of the main primary coil in a first direction, a sub primary coil magnetic flux generation state switching unit capable of switching between a forward direction magnetic flux generation state in which energization of the sub primary coil in the first direction is performed and an opposite direction magnetic flux generation state in which energization of the sub primary coil in a second direction is performed, and an abnormality detection section that detects energization abnormality to the sub primary coil. The abnormality detection section is configured so as to detect energization abnormality on the basis of overlap between energization in the first direction and energization in the second direction of the sub primary coil.
US11378050B2	Wheeled vehicle provided with an automatic stop function for stopping the heat engine and method for optimizing stoppage conditions of such a vehicle The invention relates to a wheeled vehicle (1) comprising: a chassis (2) carrying an engine (4), a starter (5) of the engine and a device for actuating said starter (5), a control unit, and an activatable/deactivatable device for energising the control unit, said vehicle (1) having an economical operating mode in which, in the activated state of the energising device, the control unit is designed to allow the motor (4) to be stopped without actuation of the energising device, said stoppage being called energised stoppage of the engine (4). The vehicle (1) comprises a memory for storing data relating to the number of starts of the engine (4) and the control unit is designed to allow or prohibit the energised stoppage of the engine (4), in the economical operating mode, according to said stored data.
US11378048B2	Integrated starter-generator A prime mover for a lightweight vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine, a starter motor integrally integrated with the internal combustion engine, and a housing for the prime mover. The prime mover additionally comprises a Hall Effect sensor and an prime mover control module structured and operable to communicate with the Hall Effect sensor, determine when operation of the internal combustion engine should cease, and upon the determination that operation of the internal combustion engine should cease, utilize the communication from the Hall Effect sensor to stop the internal combustion engine such that a piston of the internal combustion engine is positioned at between 15° and 25° after bottom-dead-center.
US11378047B2	Two-speed accessory drive with integrated motor-generator An accessory drive, including a planetary gear set with a plurality of components arranged to be concentrically disposed around a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. The plurality of components includes: a sun gear; a planet carrier; a ring gear; and a planet gear meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear. A first component of the planetary gear set: is arranged to non-rotatably connect to a rotor of an electric motor/generator; and is arranged to connect to a power transfer component for least one accessory. A second component of the planetary gear set is arranged to non-rotatably connect to the crankshaft. For a starting mode of the accessory drive, the electric motor/generator is arranged to: rotate the first component of the planetary gear set; and rotate the second component of the planetary gear set with respect to the first component of the planetary gear set.
US11378044B2	Water separating arrangement in a vehicle air intake The invention relates to a water separating arrangement in a vehicle air intake intended for mounting between a source of ambient air and an air filter unit. The water separating arrangement (101; 201; 301) comprises a first water separator (110; 210; 310) having a horizontal air intake section (212; 312) and a first water separating section (211; 311), which first water separating section is arranged at least partially surrounding an outer portion of the air intake section (212; 312). The water separating arrangement (101; 201; 301) further comprises a second water separator (120; 220; 320) comprising a housing (221; 321) with an air inlet (223; 323) connected to the air intake section (212; 312); an air outlet (224; 324) connected to an air outlet section (229; 329); wherein the second water separator is arranged to redirect the flow of ambient air over an angle of at least 80°.
US11378042B1	Internal combustion engine ignition device An internal combustion engine ignition device is provided for increasing the thermal efficiency of an internal combustion engine by increasing the spark length within the combustion chamber, wherein the spark can extend the width of the combustion chamber. The ignition device includes an ignition device housing to which a laser source is coupled. The laser source generates a laser beam capable of ionizing a fuel and/or an oxygen-containing gas used for combustion of the fuel in a combustion chamber. An electrical spark generator having a cathode electrode is coupled to the ignition device housing. The spark generator is configured for generating an electrical spark that emanates from the cathode within the combustion chamber and extends through the ionized fuel and/or ionized oxygen-containing gas, which may extend through the expanse of the combustion chamber, to a ground electrode within the combustion chamber to provide a more efficient and rapid fuel combustion within the combustion chamber.
US11378039B2	Ring gear mounting arrangement with oil scavenge scheme A gas turbine engine includes a bypass ratio greater than about ten (10). A fan is supported on a fan shaft and has a plurality of fan blades. A gear system is connected to the fan shaft. A plurality of planetary gears and a first set of opposed angled ring gear teeth are separated from a second set of opposed angled ring gear teeth. A lubricant flow path is located axially between the first set of opposed angled ring gear teeth and the second set of opposed angled ring gear teeth. A gear system support is relative to a fixed housing facilitating segregation of vibrations. An annular channel is axially aligned with the lubricant flow path. A low pressure turbine has an inlet, an outlet, and a low pressure turbine pressure ratio greater than 5:1.
US11378038B2	Axial expandable exhaust duct An exhaust duct for an engine includes an outer exhaust duct and a nested exhaust duct capable of having at least two configurations. The nested exhaust duct is circumferentially surrounded by the outer exhaust duct for a first length of the nested exhaust duct in a first configuration. The nested exhaust duct is circumferentially surrounded by the outer exhaust duct for a second length of the nested exhaust duct in a second configuration, which is less than the first length.
US11378035B2	Engine control device An engine control device includes a processor configured to execute a fuel injection control including: a first fuel injection processing for injecting an amount of fuel according to a first intake air amount based on an intake air flow rate detected by an air flow sensor; and a second fuel injection processing for injecting an amount of fuel according to a second intake air amount based on a throttle opening degree detected by a throttle position sensor. The processor selects the first fuel injection processing when a pulsation rate of the intake air flow rate is equal to or lower than a pulsation rate threshold value, and selects the second fuel injection processing when the pulsation rate is higher than the pulsation rate threshold value. The pulsation rate threshold value is smaller when a temperature correlation value is low than when the temperature correlation value is high.
US11378026B2	Self-learning torque over boost combustion control A spark ignited internal combustion engine is controlled in response to a self-learned TOB reference. The self-learned TOB reference is based on a difference between a learned TOB offset and a desired or target TOB, and a sensed TOB. The learned TOB offset at a given operating condition, such as charge pressure, can be found by interpolating between the learned charge pressure breakpoints in a TOB learning algorithm. The TOB learning algorithm can include using a filtered charge pressure value to indicate the engine load at which the TOB is learned. An index determination is made with a look up table with charge pressure as an input and an array index of learned charge pressure and learned TOB offset as outputs.
US11378025B2	Gaseous fuel consuming engine controlling systems According to some embodiments, the present disclosure may relate to a system including a gaseous fuel consuming engine operating at an air to fuel ratio (AFR) and including a throttle valve controlling a speed of engine, and an engine controller coupled to the engine. The engine controller may be configured to obtain the speed of the engine and obtain the AFR of the engine. The engine controller may also be configured to, based on a transient event affecting the engine, coordinate modification of both the throttle valve to change the speed of the engine and trim valve to change the AFR of the engine to maintain at least one of the speed and the AFR of the engine within a threshold deviance.
US11378021B2	Variable compression ratio internal combustion engine The variable compression ratio internal combustion engine 1 comprises: a variable compression ratio mechanism 6 able to change a mechanical compression ratio; an exhaust promotion mechanism 50, 55 able to reduce cylinder residual gas after an exhaust stroke of cylinders; and a control device 80 configured to control the mechanical compression ratio by the variable compression ratio mechanism and control an operation of the exhaust promotion mechanism. The control device is configured to operate the exhaust promotion mechanism in at least a partial time period of a time period from when it is demanded that the mechanical compression ratio be raised to when the mechanical compression ratio finishes being changed.
US11378017B2	Supersonic aircraft turbofan A turbofan engine has an engine core including in flow series a compressor, a combustor and a turbine. The engine further has a fan located upstream of the engine core, has a supersonic intake for slowing down incoming air to subsonic velocities at an inlet to the fan formed by the intake, has a bypass duct surrounding the engine core, wherein the fan generates a core airflow to the engine core and a bypass airflow through the bypass duct, and has a mixer for mixing an exhaust gas flow exiting the engine core and bypass airflow exiting bypass duct. The engine further has a thrust nozzle rearwards of the mixer for discharging mixed flows, the thrust nozzle having a variable area throat. The engine further has a controller controlling the thrust produced by the engine over a range of flight operations including on-the-ground subsonic take-off and subsequent off-the-ground subsonic climb.
US11378015B2	Reliable gearbox for gas turbine engine An engine for an aircraft has an engine core having a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan having a plurality of fan blades; and a gearbox. The gearbox is arranged to receive an input from a gearbox input shaft portion of the core shaft and to output drive to the fan so as to drive the fan at a lower rotational speed than the core shaft. The gearbox is an epicyclic gearbox and has a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a ring gear, and a planet carrier. The planet carrier and the gearbox support each have a torsional stiffness, and a carrier to gearbox support torsional stiffness ratio is greater than or equal to 2.3.
US11378014B2	Torque transmission device with reduced friction A turbomachine includes a low-pressure shaft that drives a fan shaft in rotation by a coupling assembly including a first shaft on which are formed plural first axial grooves, a second shaft on which are formed plural second axial grooves, and a coupling device including rolling elements and an annular cage positioned between the first shaft and the second shaft. The rolling elements are positioned between one of the first axial grooves and one of the second axial grooves to couple in rotation the first and the second shaft. Each first and second groove has a first and a second substantially planar surface inclined with respect to one another and extending along the axis.
US11378011B2	Decoupler assemblies for engine starter An air turbine starter for starting an engine, comprising a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet for communicating a flow of gas there through. A turbine member is journaled within the housing and disposed within the flow path for rotatably extracting mechanical power from the flow of gas. A gear train is drivingly coupled with the turbine member, a drive shaft is operably coupled with the gear train, and an output shaft is selectively operably coupled to rotate with the engine via a decoupler.
US11378003B2	Compressor with directly driven variable iris diaphragm, and charging device A compressor for a supercharging device of an internal combustion engine and a supercharging device are described. The compressor has an iris diaphragm mechanism that has a special drive. The drive includes an adjusting ring as an integral constituent part of an actuator of the drive and is formed as a rotor, which surrounds an air supply channel, of an electric motor. This results in a significantly simplified structural form of the drive.
US11378000B2	Coolant heater for a vehicle A coolant heater for a vehicle includes: a housing unit having an inlet part through which a coolant is introduced and an outlet part through which the coolant is discharged; a baffle assembly provided in an internal space of the housing unit and having a first flow path through which the coolant flows in a first direction and a second flow path through which the coolant, passing through the first flow path, flows in a second direction different from the first direction; a first heater part provided in the first flow path; and a second heater part provided in the second flow path. The coolant heater makes it possible to obtain an advantageous effect of improving a fast-acting heating performance and heating efficiency.
US11377999B2	Thermostat device Provided is a thermostat device capable of reducing flow resistance due to a thermal-operating unit and a frame support and also reducing the pressure loss in the flow passage. The thermostat device is provided with a control valve which opens and closes a flow passage in a housing based on expansion or contraction of a thermal expansion body in a thermo-sensitive element and a spring that biases the control valve to close and a spring receiving frame that receives one end of the spring. A thermal-operating unit is incorporated into the housing by locking the spring receiving frame to the frame supports formed in the flow passage of the housing. At the upstream side of the coolant flow at the frame support, a rectifier is disposed that prevents water streams from colliding by detouring the flow passage of the coolant heading to the frame support and the spring receiving frame.
US11377997B2	Cooling device for power source for boat propulsion apparatus A cooling device for a power source for a boat propulsion apparatus includes a cooling water passage. The cooling water passage includes a passage provided in the power source, in which an engine or an electric motor is used as the power source of the boat propulsion apparatus that propels a boat. Water from outside the boat is taken into the cooling water passage as cooling water to cool the power source, and the cooling water after cooling the power source is drained from the cooling water passage. From the cooling water flowing through the cooling water passage, foreign substances having a size that clogs the cooling water passage are removed. The cooling water passage is provided with a filter device which can filter residual foreign substances remaining in the cooling water.
US11377996B2	Muffler with baffle defining multiple chambers An internal combustion engine includes an engine block including a cylinder and a muffler assembly configured to receive exhaust gases from the cylinder. The muffler assembly includes a housing defining an interior volume and including an exhaust inlet and an exhaust outlet, and a baffle assembly positioned within the interior volume. The baffle assembly includes a plurality of chambers in fluid communication with each other. The plurality of chambers are in fluid communication with the exhaust inlet and the exhaust outlet so that the plurality of chambers are configured to cause exhaust gases to be directed through the muffler assembly from the exhaust inlet to the exhaust outlet through four passes in the baffle assembly before exiting through the exhaust outlet.
US11377989B2	Muffler A muffler for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a muffler housing (14) and at least one exhaust gas pipe group (19). The at least one exhaust gas pipe group (19) includes an outlet pipe (20) open towards an expansion chamber (26) formed in the muffler housing (14). Exhaust gas introduced via the at least one exhaust gas pipe group (19) leaves the muffler housing (16) via the outlet pipe (20). A first inlet pipe (38), of the at least one exhaust gas pipe group (19), has an inlet pipe end area (40), which is inserted into the outlet pipe (20) and extends in the outlet pipe (20). A second inlet pipe (48), of the at least one exhaust gas pipe group (19), is open towards the expansion chamber (26).
US11377986B2	Apparatus and method for controlling cluster of vehicle An apparatus for controlling a cluster of a vehicle may include, an oil pressure switch (OPS) mounted at an oil passage of an engine, a driving information detection unit configured of receiving an oil pressure signal from the OPS through a connector of the OPS, an OPS connection determination unit configured of determining that the OPS is disconnected when a first waveform voltage determined from a first oil pressure signal detected before the engine is started is the same as a second waveform voltage determined from a second oil pressure signal detected after the engine is started, and a control unit configured of controlling the cluster to turn on a warning lamp in a response that the control unit receives disconnection event information related to the OPS.
US11377985B2	Switching tappet or a roller finger follower for compression release braking A system includes an engine with a plurality of pistons housed in respective ones of a plurality of cylinders, an air intake system provides air to the plurality of cylinders through respective ones of a plurality of intake valves, an exhaust system to release exhaust gas from the plurality of cylinders through one of a plurality of exhaust valves, and a controller coupled to a sensor to control a switching tappet for compression release braking. Alternatively to a tappet, the system includes a roller finger follower controlling an opening and closing timing of exhaust valves, the roller finger follower has an inner roller follower arm adjacent an outer sliding follower, and a controller that in response to an engine braking request locks the inner roller follower arm with the outer sliding follower to contact a second cam lobe and open the exhaust valve during a compression stroke of the cylinder.
US11377984B2	Coupling device for a valve-actuating device The present invention relates to a coupling device for a valve-actuating device for actuating at least one valve of a reciprocating machine having variable valve lift, in particular for a valve-actuating device of a reciprocating internal combustion engine, to a valve-actuating device and to a reciprocating machine, the coupling device comprising a first coupling element, a second coupling element and a blocking means. The first coupling element and the second coupling element can be displaced relative to one another at least within defined boundaries along a first axis, it being possible for the blocking means to block the relative displacement of the two coupling elements with respect to one another along the first axis at least in a first direction. The blocking means comprises a blocking element, which can be rotated about the first axis in the circumferential direction at least in a defined region, the relative displacement of the two coupling elements along the first axis being blocked at least in the first direction if the blocking element is in a blocking position.
US11377972B1	Airfoil profile Compressor components, such as blades and vanes, having an airfoil portion with an uncoated, nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z set forth in Table 1. X and Y are distances in inches which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each Z distance in inches. The profile sections at the Z distances are joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.
US11377968B2	Turbine wheel Each wheel-side tab section of a turbine wheel is formed such that a bottom surface of a second groove are continuous with bottom surfaces of first grooves that are adjacent thereto. The outline shape of each wheel-side tab section when seen in an axial direction is a shape in which a portion of a particular shape is replaced with straight portions along predetermined straight lines. The particular shape includes a predetermined range of an outline shape of an attachment section as seen in the axial direction. The portion is at least on the radially inward side of the bottom surface of the second groove and is on an outer side, in the circumferential direction, of the predetermined straight lines. The predetermined straight lines pass through a central axis and points within a range along the particular shape from intersections with the bottom surface of the second groove to peaks of wheel-side hook portions adjacent, on the radially inward side, to the bottom surface of the second groove.
US11377965B2	Gas turbine engine airfoil cooling circuit arrangement A component for a gas turbine engine includes, among other things, an airfoil that extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge and a cooling circuit disposed inside of the airfoil. The cooling circuit includes at least one core cavity that extends inside of the airfoil, a baffle received within the at least one core cavity, a plurality of pedestals positioned adjacent to the at least one core cavity and a first plurality of axial ribs positioned between the plurality of pedestals and the trailing edge of the airfoil.
US11377962B2	Closure element with extensions for internal passage of component A closure element for an internal passage in a component, and a related method and turbine blade or nozzle are disclosed. The closure element includes a spherical body made of a first superalloy, and a plurality of extensions extending from a surface of the spherical body. The plurality of extensions made of the same, similar or different material other than the first superalloy. Subjecting the component to at least one thermal cycle causes a braze material to form a metallurgical bond with the spherical body, the plurality of extensions and the passage wall to seal the internal passage.
US11377956B2	Cover plate with flow inducer and method for cooling turbine blades A flow inducer assembly and a method for cooling turbine blades of a gas turbine engine are presented. The gas turbine engine includes a rotor disk having circumferentially distributed disk grooves and turbine blades. Each turbine blade includes a blade root inserted into blade mounting section of the disk groove. Seal plates are attached to an aft side circumference of the rotor disk. The flow inducer assembly is integrated to each seal plate at a side facing away from the rotor disk. The flow inducer assembly is configured to function as a paddle due to rotation of the rotor disk and the seal plate therewith during operation of the gas turbine engine to drive ambient air as a cooling fluid into the disk cavity and enter inside of the turbine blade from the blade root for cooling the turbine blade.
US11377948B2	Removable real time clock battery assembly A removable real time clock battery (“RRTCB”) assembly is disclosed herein. The RRTCB assembly has an outer housing removably mounted in a port of a downhole tool. The outer housing is adapted to receive at least a portion of an inner housing. The inner housing has a cavity therein and is mounted in the port of the downhole tool. The inner housing is removably disposed within the outer housing. A real time clock battery is removably disposed in the cavity of the inner housing. The real time clock battery electrically connects to a clock disposed within the downhole tool. The RRTCB assembly can be readily removed from the downhole tool or bottomhole assembly (while at the earth's surface) without otherwise disassembling the downhole tool. The real time clock battery can then be removed and replaced or installed if not present.
US11377945B2	Method for automated crack detection and analysis using ultrasound images A computer-based method and system for predicting the propagation of cracks along a pipe is provided, wherein successive time-indexed ultrasound images of a pipe surface are captured and digitized. A computer vision algorithm processes the images to identify defects in the pipe, including cracks. At least one blob detection module is used to identify groups of cracks on the pipe surface that have created detectable areas of stress concentration or a prescribed likelihood of crack coalescence or crack cross-influence. The center locations and radial extents of respective blobs are each parametrized as a function of time and pipe surface location by determining parity relationships between successive digital data sets from successive captured images. The determined parity relationships are then used as training data for a machine learning process to train a system implementing the method to predict the propagation of cracks along the pipe.
US11377943B2	Wellbore hydraulic fracturing through a common pumping source Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for pumping multiple wellbores from a common pumping source. A fluid pump of known operating pump capacity can be selected. The pump can be fluidly connected to a common pumping source that is fluidly connected with each of a plurality of cased wellbores in a subterranean formation for providing pumped fracturing fluid to each of the wellbores. Each of the plurality of wellbores can have at least one perforation through a casing of the wellbore with a known rate range within which fracturing fluid is required to be provided to the perforation to successfully fracture the subterranean formation outside the perforation, through the perforation. Further, the wellbores can be configured so that the common pumping source provides fracturing fluid to each of the perforations within the known rate range of the respective perforation to successfully fracture the subterranean formation.
US11377939B1	Interlocking diffuser arrangement in electrical submersible pump An electrical submersible well pump has upper and lower diffusers non-rotatably mounted in a housing. A rotatable impeller between the upper and lower diffusers has a bottom shroud. An outward-facing wall is on an upper end of the lower diffuser. A lower end of the upper diffuser has an inward-facing wall that fits closely around the outward-facing wall of the lower diffuser. A key mounted between the inward-facing and outward-facing walls prevents relative rotation between the diffusers. The key extends axially above an upper end of the neck and radially inward from the inward-facing wall of the upper diffuser into close proximity to the bottom shroud, creating a sand dam.
US11377938B1	Perforations using fluids containing hollow spheres Techniques of the present disclosure relate to downhole perforation operations using fluid containing hollow spheres. A method comprising: disposing a perforating apparatus in a volume of hollow particles in a wellbore; and detonating the perforating apparatus to collapse a portion of the hollow particles to increase flow through at least one perforation resulting from a detonation.
US11377936B2	Cartridge system and method for setting a tool An assembly for perforating a downhole formation includes a perforating gun, coupled to a downhole conveyance system, the perforating gun including an explosive charge and an uphole contact. The assembly also includes a tandem, coupled to the perforating gun proximate the uphole contact, the tandem including a cartridge assembly communicatively coupled to the downhole contact and a primary igniter communicatively coupled to the cartridge assembly. The assembly further includes an intermediate sub, coupled to the tandem opposite the perforating gun, the intermediate sub receiving at least a portion of the primary igniter, the intermediate sub having a fuse and secondary igniter. The assembly also includes a setting tool coupled to the intermediate sub, the setting tool receiving a setting signal via the secondary igniter.
US11377933B2	Shunt tube system for gravel packing operations A shunt system for a wellbore includes a first set of tubes defining a first plurality of fluid paths and a second set of tubes defining a second plurality of fluid paths. The shunt system also includes a mixing chamber positioned between the first set of tubes and the second set of tubes to allow slurry from the first plurality of fluid paths to mix together prior to outputting the slurry to the second set of tubes. Further, the shunt system is positionable external to one or more sand screens.
US11377930B2	Actuatable deflector for a completion sleeve in multilateral wells A completion sleeve includes a body that defines an inner passage and a window that provides a lateral exit from the inner passage. A deflector is positioned within the inner passage and is pivotable between a stowed position, where the deflector is received within a pocket defined in a sidewall of the body, and a deployed position where the deflector is positioned to deflect downhole tools laterally through the window. An actuator is positioned within the sidewall and operatively coupled to the deflector. The actuator is actuatable to move the deflector between the stowed and deployed positions.
US11377925B2	Through tubing P and A with bismuth alloys Method of plugging a hydrocarbon well by a through-tubing technique are described. The method allows the tubing to be left in place. Only a short (<2 m) section is cut, milled, perforated, ruptured and expanded, or combinations thereof. A blocking device is sent downhole to block a bottom of the plug section, and bismuth alloy pellets dropped onto the blocking device. A heater is deployed to melt the bismuth alloy pellets. Next, the alloy liquid is allowed to cool and solidify. During solidification, the alloy expands and fills the section of well to be plugged or a portion thereof. Once primary and secondary barriers are in place, the well can be closed and the Christmas tree removed. A rock-to-rock plug can be set by removing or partially removing the tubular and outer casing, or just inner casing/tubulars can be removed if the exterior cement and casing are of sufficient quality.
US11377923B2	Isolation device with inner mandrel removed after setting An isolation device can include a packer element that is actuated via a slip system to engage with an inner diameter of a tubing string to set the plug. The isolation device can be a frac plug. Top and bottom slip props of the slip system can be shaped such that the packer element is inhibited or prevented from engaging with an inner mandrel after the plug has been set within a wellbore. The slip props can be self-supporting; thus, the inner mandrel can be removed from the isolation device after setting and can be reused in other downhole tools. The isolation device can be used for zonal isolation to treat a zone of interest within a subterranean formation. The treatment can be a fracturing operation.
US11377918B2	Determination of rheology of fluid in an oil or gas well The invention relates to the measurement of the rheology of drilling fluid down a hydrocarbon well in real time during operations. A sensor device comprising a pipe rheometer with multiple diameters is installed in a bottom hole assembly tool, such that a portion of the total flow of drilling fluid passes through it. In this way the rheological properties of the drilling fluid can be determined under the high pressures and elevated temperatures encountered downhole.
US11377915B2	Wellbore tong A tong for use at a wellbore includes a tong body; at least one door pivotally coupled to the tong body and movable between an open position and a closed position; a carrier ring rotatable relative to the tong body; and a brake plate coupled to the carrier ring. The tong also includes a brake band configured to move with the at least one door between the open and closed positions, and a braking member for moving the brake band into contact with the brake plate to stop rotation of the carrier ring.
US11377913B2	Offshore drilling rig comprising an anti-recoil system Disclosed herein are embodiments of an offshore drilling rig comprising: a drill floor (107) defining a well center (123); a hoisting system configured to advance a tubular string (128) downwards through the well center (123) and to the seafloor (124) and to apply a lifting force to a tubular string (128) extending through the well center (123) and to the seafloor (124), the lifting force being large enough to support at least a major part of an apparent weight of the tubular string (128); and an anti-recoil system (218) configured to cause, in case of a sudden reduction of a load suspended from the drilling rig, the hoisting system to raise the tubular string (128) while preventing damage to the hoisting system.
US11377901B2	Explosion resistant window device and a structure provided with such a window device A window device comprising: a window, window frame, a window holder element, to which the window is attached along a periphery of the window, a window-motion dampening element, and a coupling device via which the window holder element is in engagement with the window frame. The coupling device comprises a projection and a guide recess and is arranged at the inner periphery of the window frame and, from a normal operation position of window, it allows motion of the window holder element in a first direction in which the window holder element is arranged to compress and deform the dampening element, but prevents the window holder element from moving in an opposite second direction.
US11377898B2	Vehicle door opening/closing apparatus and electrostatic sensor A vehicle door opening/closing apparatus includes: an electrode provided near a vehicle door, which is opened and closed by driving of an actuator; a detection unit configured to separately detect presence or absence of an opening/closing operation of requesting opening/closing of the vehicle door by a user and presence or absence of a proximity state where a person exists in proximity of the vehicle door based on variation in an electrostatic capacity in the electrode; and a controller configured to drive the actuator when the opening/closing operation is detected by the detection unit even when an opening/closing request of the vehicle door from a device other than the detection unit is recognized and not to drive the actuator when the detection unit detects the proximity state.
US11377884B2	Lock device A lock device includes a base member fixed on an opening/closing member, an operation member rotatably supported on the base member, and a rod configured to move forward and backward to be engaged with and disengaged from a locked portion of the fixed member in response to operation of the operation member. The operation member includes a pivot portion and a transmission portion. The base member includes a first attachment portion and a second attachment portion. When the transmission portion presses an inclined surface of the rod and thus causes the rod to move backward, the first attachment portion abuts against the rod, thereby limiting movement of the rod in the direction intersecting with the forward and backward movement direction of the rod.
US11377878B1	Safety storage furniture The present disclosure relates to a safety storage furniture, and an object of the present disclosure is to provide safety storage furniture, in which a locking unit having a locking groove provided on one side surface of a drawer and a guide unit having an inclined guide and a horizontal guide are integrally connected and installed, such that an assembly property of the storage furniture may be improved and extended and locked states of the drawer may be smoothly maintained.
US11377874B2	Auto-latching/locking mortise lock for sliding door Auto latching mortise lock for sliding door is a mortise lock for a sliding door. Auto latching mortise lock for sliding door is a system with interchangeable components to yield multiple types of door locks including sliding door locks that meet the ANSI and BHMA standards for a passage, office, communicating/patio, storeroom, privacy, entry, and classroom lock for a sliding door. Auto latching mortise lock for sliding door mounts within a mortise pocket of a sliding door. Auto latching mortise lock for sliding door can automatically latch when the sliding door in closed and automatically unlatch when the sliding door is opened. Auto latching mortise lock for sliding door can also automatically lock when the sliding door in closed and automatically unlock when the sliding door is opened.
US11377873B2	Electric latch mechanism An exemplary latchbolt assembly includes a latchbolt, a locking sleeve, and a roller engaged between the latchbolt and the locking sleeve. The latchbolt is configured to drive the roller from a first position to a second position as the latchbolt moves from a projected position to a depressed position. The locking sleeve includes a blocking surface and a recessed portion. When the blocking surface is aligned with the roller, the locking sleeve retains the roller in the first position, thereby retaining the latchbolt in the projected position. When the recessed portion is aligned with the roller, the locking sleeve permits movement of the roller from the first position to the second position, thereby enabling depression of the latchbolt.
US11377871B2	Anchoring system for a fence An anchoring system for a fence attaches to a portion of the fence and secures the fence to a subsurface to anchor the fence and thereby inhibit unwanted movement of the fence due to winds or other outside forces. The anchoring system has a stand that forms a base and a rigid pole extending upwardly from the stand. A top connector removably attaches the rigid pole to a portion of the fence and at least one in-ground anchor secures the stand to a subsurface.
US11377868B2	Rapidly deployable modular shelter system A modular tent frame system includes a number of folding frame elements which permit the shelter to be rapidly deployed in extreme environmental conditions. Telescopically sliding legs permit the tent frame to be unfolded, and the tent fabric attached to the frame, which the frame is on the ground and the tent can then be raised by sliding the outer leg elements up the inner leg elements to thereby raise the tent to the desired height, even in high winds.
US11377867B2	Heat reflection tent A heat-reflection tent has a body and a supporting member. The body has a covering cloth having two covering sheets and a zipper assembly. The zipper assembly is mounted on the covering cloth and has a front zipper and two bottom zippers. The front zipper is located between the two covering sheets. The two bottom zippers are respectively disposed below the two covering sheets. The supporting member is mounted on the body and is used to support the body for keeping a shape of the body. An opened range of the two covering sheets is increased by the bottom zippers for allowing a user to enter the body easily.
US11377866B1	Beach umbrella anchoring and stabilizing device A beach umbrella anchoring and stabilizing device includes a support shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a hollow interior for receiving a beach umbrella. An anchoring container affixed to the support shaft includes an open top, a closed bottom, and a sidewall extending around the support shaft from the open top to the closed bottom. The sidewall defines a laterally extending reservoir for receiving sand to anchor the device underneath the beach surface and provide lateral support to a beach umbrella mounted into the support shaft. Stabilizing vanes protrude from the distal end of the support shaft and extend from the closed bottom to the distal end. Each of the stabilizing vanes defines a broad surface that engages sand when a rotational force is exerted onto the support shaft, thereby preventing rotation of the support shaft about a longitudinal axis thereof when buried under the sand.
US11377865B2	Customizable facility A campus for fabricating at least one pharmaceutical product has one or more customizable facilities each configured to manufacture the at least one pharmaceutical product, a media/buffer plant, and a utility building connected by a utility line to the media/buffer plant and/or the one or more customizable facilities to provide at least one first utility to the media/buffer plant and/or the one or more customizable facilities via the utility line.
US11377861B2	Hole protector device for mechanical, plumbing, and electrical (MPE) systems A building is constructed by providing a subfloor and forming a hole in the subfloor. A hole protector includes a cylinder, a skirt disposed around the cylinder, and a cap disposed on the cylinder. The hole protector is disposed over the hole with the cylinder extending into the hole. The hole protector is fastened to the subfloor. The cap is removed from the hole protector. An MPE is disposed through the cylinder.
US11377860B2	System and method for a vented and water control siding A vented and water control siding has improved drainage and integrated ventilation air space. An omnidirectional relief pattern, creating an omnidirectional ventilation and drainage plane, may be located between a front surface of the first siding panel and a back surface of the second siding panel. In certain embodiments, another omnidirectional ventilation and drainage plane is located between the siding panels and an internal layer.
US11377857B2	Floor panel A floor may include a substrate having a top side and a bottom side. A top layer may be provided on the substrate. The top layer may consist of a printed thermoplastic film and a thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer provided on the printed thermoplastic film. The top layer may be directly adhered to the substrate by heat welding the printed thermoplastic film and the top side of the substrate, in the absence of a glue layer. The substrate may be a synthetic material board including a filler. The substrate at least at two opposite edges may include coupling means provided in the synthetic material board. The thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer may be provided with a structure.
US11377856B2	Panel A panel that includes a centrally located core provided with an upper side and a lower side, which core defines a plane, at least one first coupling part and at least one second coupling part connected respectively to opposite edges of the core. The at least one first coupling part includes an upward tongue, at least one upward flank lying at a distance from the upward tongue and an upward groove formed in between the upward tongue and the upward flank wherein the upward groove is adapted to receive at least a part of a downward tongue of a second coupling part of an adjacent panel. The at least one second coupling part includes a downward tongue, at least one downward flank lying at a distance from the downward tongue, and a downward groove formed in between the downward tongue and the downward flank.
US11377852B1	Embed apparatus The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus embeddable in a surface. Such surfaces may be formed from any material known in the art of construction, such as, but not limited to, concrete, asphalt, composite rubber, or mud. The apparatus may include a graphical element for display. The apparatus may include frames supporting the graphical element. The frames may include trusses disposed between and upper and a lower surface of the frames. The frame may further include one or more tabs at the upper surface to provide clearance between the upper surface and the graphic element.
US11377851B2	Stringer and associated composite structure and method for reinforcing a base structure Provided is a stringer having a first stiffener extending along a path and having a first flange portion and a first web portion, wherein the first stiffener is formed from a composite including a fabric reinforcement; a second stiffener extending along the path and having a second flange portion and a second web portion, the first web portion being opposed and spaced from the second web portion, wherein the second stiffener is formed from a composite including a fabric reinforcement; and an intermediate stiffener extending along the path, the intermediate stiffener being positioned between the first web portion and the second web portion, the intermediate stiffener having a first side and a second side, the first side being connected to the first web portion and the second side being connected to the second web portion, wherein the intermediate stiffener is formed from a composite including unidirectional reinforcement fibers.
US11377847B2	Unitized curtain wall system for passive house standard A unitized curtain wall system includes pre-assembled, pre-glazed aluminum framed curtain wall units. Vertical mullion components and top and bottom horizontal rail components interconnect adjacent curtain wall panels. The curtain wall units are suspended from one or more upper anchors installed on an upper floor slab. The bottom horizontal rail components are engaged with top horizontal rail components of adjacent, lower curtain wall units forming a continuous beam scheme for vertical mullion components and configured to accept lateral loads. The gravity loads of curtain wall units are supported by one or more floor anchors. Organic shaped insulating forms are disposed laterally between top and bottom horizontal rail components of adjacent curtain wall panels. The forms are compressible to permit flexing vertical movement of the curtain wall units while reducing air movement in a horizontal cavity formed between the top and bottom horizontal rail components forming a stack joint.
US11377846B2	Beam and bolting construction system and method A beam and bolting construction method and an example dwelling (10) according to the method are provided. The method involves preliminary steps of selecting a site and determining a bolt array (19) and selection of dimensions and materials. Actual construction steps include forming a foundation slab (14) having vertical bolts (18) embedded therein in accordance with the bolt array (19). Alternating layers of beams (B), having aligned bolt bores (52) for receiving the bolts, are successively laid down over the bolts (18), with sides meeting at corners (29) with alternating sides encompassing the corner bolt. Once a desired height is achieved, washers (72) and nuts (78) are placed on the bolts and are tightened to desired pressure levels. The dwelling (10) is formed with beams (42) compressed together by threaded bolts (18) in a bolt array (19).
US11377838B2	Building construction method A building construction method uses wall frames having a moveable top track. The track is fixed in a raised position so as to be load-bearing during construction, allowing construction work to progress quickly. When supporting concrete columns have cured, the fixing can be released allowing the track to move into a lowered position and for the building load to transfer to the columns.
US11377837B2	Immiscible liquids separation apparatus and method An immiscible liquids separation apparatus (50) comprising: a vessel comprising a first separation chamber (66) and second separation chamber (72) being in first fluid communication with the first separation chamber (66), the first separation chamber (66) being situated above the second separation chamber (72); an inlet (52) arranged at the first separation chamber (66) to allow a liquid to flow into the vessel; a low-density liquid outlet (78) arranged on the second separation chamber (72) to allow low-density liquid separated from the liquid to be removed therefrom; and a high-density liquid outlet (60) arranged at the vessel to allow high-density liquid separated from the liquid to flow out of the vessel, and a corresponding method.
US11377836B2	Sewer hose liner and related methods This invention relates to a disposable sewer hose liner that may be used to line the inside of a sewer hose for recreational vehicles, trailers, and mobile homes. The disposable sewer hose liner provides a more sanitary method of disposing sewage and waste water from an RV, trailer, or mobile home and reduces the odor emanating from a sewer hose, the amount of cleaning necessary, and the amount of bacteria or waste that a user comes in contact with when interacting with a sewer hose.
US11377832B2	Toilet seat cover for automatic cleaning A toilet seat cover is configured to fit over a corresponding toilet seat, forming an air tight seal around the toilet seat at a lower edge of the toilet seat cover when the toilet seat cover is in a lowered position. The toilet seat cover provides a seat channel in the underside of the toilet seat cover in which the seat resides when the toilet seat cover is lowered. There is a gap between the toilet seat and the underside of the toilet seat cover in the seat channel to allow air to flow between the seat and the underside of the toilet seat cover. The toilet seat cover includes a fluid channel and a plurality of nozzles along the fluid channel which spray the toilet seat with a cleaning or sanitizing fluid when the toilet seat cover is in the lowered position. After stopping the spraying of sanitizing fluid, the toilet is flushed using suction, lowering the air pressure under the toilet seat cover. Holes in the toilet seat cover into the seat channel direct the flow of air over the surface of the toilet seat to dry the toilet seat.
US11377831B2	Flush-mounted sink assembly In an implementation, a sink assembly is disclosed. The sink assembly includes a flush-mounted sink assembly including a substrate including a basin portion and a flange portion extending its entirety along a single plane, a mounting bracket configured to be secured to a countertop, and a support structure configured to be disposed over the mounting bracket and interface with the flange portion when installed within a countertop cutout.
US11377828B2	Socket device The present disclosure discloses a socket device comprising a fixing portion. The fixing portion comprises a socket portion, a water inflow passage, a first water outflow passage, a second water outflow passage, a first switching mechanism, a first water dividing passage, and a first control mechanism. The socket portion comprises a switch. The second water outflow passage, the first water outflow passage and the second water outflow passage are switched to be connected to the water inflow passage by the first switching mechanism. The switch is connected to the first switching mechanism to drive the first switching mechanism. The first control mechanism is configured to control the water inflow passage to be connected to the first water dividing passage or control the first water dividing passage to be opened or to be closed.
US11377826B1	Automatic shutoff valve for breakaway wet barrel fire hydrant An automatic shutoff valve for breakaway wet barrel fire hydrant is disclosed. In general, one aspect disclosed features an apparatus comprising: a valve housing comprising a valve body, a flange, and a valve seat; a valve pedal configured to engage the valve seat and prevent fluid flow through the valve seat in a closed position, and to permit fluid flow through the valve seat in an open position; a lockout tab disposed within the valve body, wherein the lockout tab maintains the valve pedal in the open position; a lockout bar disposed distally from the valve body; and an activation rod mechanically coupled to the lockout bar and configured to keep the valve pedal engaged with the lockout tab.
US11377817B2	Device to remove gravel from a roof The present invention is a device to remove gravel from a roof. The device is a blade assembly vertically mounted on a riding drive mechanism, such as a tractor, and the blade assembly has a smooth, horizontal blade, such as used for snow plowing, and mounted proximate and parallel to the smooth blade is a serrated blade having an up position and a down position. In the down position, the serrations extend to the roof to loosen and remove gravel. In the up position, the serrations are above the edge of the smooth blade which scrapes the loosened gravel. A downward force is provided to force the serrations between the gravel.
US11377814B2	Energy recuperation system and method for construction equipment An energy recuperation system for construction equipment includes an actuator driving upward and downward operations of a work unit; an accumulator connected to the actuator; and a controller determining a predicted downward mode associated with the downward operation of the work unit, regulating a dischargeable lowest limit pressure of the accumulator to a target pressure corresponding to the predicted downward mode, and charging the accumulator having the dischargeable lowest limit pressure regulated to the target pressure with pressurized oil discharged from the actuator during the downward operation of the work unit to recuperate energy, and an energy recuperation method.
US11377812B2	System for coupling an implement to a work vehicle A connection system for coupling a working assembly to a work vehicle includes a frame having a mounting portion at a first longitudinal end of the frame. The mounting portion is configured to directly couple to a frame of the work vehicle. The connection assembly also includes a mounting assembly at a second longitudinal end of the frame of the connection system. Additionally, the connection system includes a receiver assembly movably coupled to the frame of the connection system. The receiver assembly is configured to rotate about a point of rotation positioned along the frame of the connection system. The receiver assembly is configured to couple to a connector assembly on an arm of the work vehicle. A top part of the receiver assembly is substantially longitudinally aligned with the point of rotation while the receiver assembly is in a receiving position.
US11377811B2	Foundation engineering method and construction apparatus for producing a columnar structure in the ground The invention relates to a foundation engineering method and a construction apparatus for producing a columnar structure in the ground, in which a foundation engineering tool is driven in a rotating manner about an axis of rotation and introduced with a feeding motion into a ground, wherein the columnar structure is produced in the ground. According to the invention it is provided that during the production of the columnar structure a rotating motion and a feeding motion of the foundation engineering tool are recorded over time and forwarded to an evaluation unit, in that by means of a sensor means at least one further processing parameter is recorded over time during the production of the columnar structure in the ground and is forwarded to the evaluation unit and in that by the evaluation unit a three-dimensional model of the columnar structure is produced and displayed.
US11377809B2	Bail-actuated multi-faceted staking system and method A staking system includes a multifaceted support, each of the faces including a separate aperture to allow a stake to mount therethrough at varying angles. The support may be made of two separable elements. A bail is hingedly mounted in the support and set between various positions over the top of the support. A puller can be used to cause lever-action removal of the stake from the ground, and the pullet may be adjected to various distances. The support may be rotated along the ground surface to provide better attack angles for the lever-actuated removal.
US11377808B2	Anchor device for prestressed diaphragm wall The invention relates to an anchor device for a prestressed diaphragm wall, comprising at least one prestressing reinforcement and a sleeve encasing said at least one prestressing reinforcement and forming an anchorage for said at least one prestressing reinforcement in the diaphragm wall, a length (Ld) of the anchor sleeve being strictly less than a length (La) of said at least one prestressing reinforcement, the anchor sleeve comprising a sealing material disposed in such a way as to coat each prestressing reinforcement, the anchor device comprising a corrosion-resistant coating of each prestressing reinforcement.
US11377807B2	Device for levelling an offshore foundation construction A device for levelling an offshore foundation construction including a cylinder equipped with a fastening member for removably fastening the cylinder to a part of the offshore foundation construction, a rod mobile in axial translation with respect to the cylinder, the rod including a pushing end so configured to push against a mudmat.
US11377806B2	Apparatus for weed control An apparatus for weed control includes a processing unit that receives at least one image of an environment. The processing unit analyses the at least one image to determine at least one mode of operation of a vegetation control technology from a plurality of modes of operation of the vegetation control technology to be used for weed control for at least a first part of the environment. An output unit outputs information that is useable to activate the vegetation control technology in the at least one mode of operation.
US11377802B2	Compaction machine A compaction machine includes a frame and at least one compaction member rotatably mounted to the frame. The compaction machine also includes at least one pneumatic tire movably coupled to the frame. The at least one pneumatic tire is disposed on at least one of a first side and a second side of the at least one compaction member and adjacent to an edge of the at least one compaction member. The at least one pneumatic tire is adapted to selectively move between a deployed position and a retracted position. In the retracted position, the at least one pneumatic tire is raised relative to a work surface. In the deployed position, the at least one pneumatic tire is adapted to provide selective compaction of a portion of the work surface.
US11377798B2	Re-pulpable thermally insulated paper products and methods of making and using the same Paper products with a thermally insulating coating are disclosed. Methods of making and using thermally insulated paper products are also disclosed.
US11377794B2	Pulp washer mist eliminator and foam remover system Method and apparatus for removing liquid from a gas/liquid flow for use in pulp washers, deinking cells, and the like are disclosed. A gas/liquid separator includes a separation chamber with a flow director providing a gas/liquid flow from a receptacle into the separator in a direction causing impingement of entrained liquid particles on a chamber wall such that liquid particles coalesce into liquid droplets that travel downward by the force of gravity to a separated liquid drain and drained outside the receptacle. A tangential flow inlet provides greater impingement than a cyclonic flow introduced at the lower end of the gas/liquid separator in initially directed upwards. Separated liquid could further be taken outside the pulp washer system for further processing or disposal based on the chemical content of the separated liquid.
US11377790B2	Method for extracting biomass Method for extraction of biomass with water in order to separate hemicelluloses from a fibrous structure. The biomass is impregnated under reduced pressure with the extraction fluid in order to prevent the degradation of the components to be extracted. During extraction the extract is circulated through the fiber matrix in order to remove unwanted components from the extract. The extract is reused for extracting untreated biomass in order to increase the consistency of the extract.
US11377789B2	Water-free fabric dyeing process and dye compositions A non-aqueous fabric dyeing method using a non-aqueous dyeing composition is described. The dyeing composition is a fluid at room temperature; contains no more than 5% water, no more than 5% VOCs and no more than 2.5% by weight vinyl monomers. The dye composition includes an organic dye that is solid at temperatures up to 130° C. and which sublimes or boils at 130 to 220° C., and further includes a carrier that is a liquid in the temperature range of 130 to 220° C.
US11377788B2	Supercritical fluid material finishing Methods are directed to the use of a supercritical fluid for finishing a target material with a finishing material. One or more variables selected from temperature, pressure, flow rate, and time are manipulated to increase efficiencies in the finishing process. As temperature or pressure are decreased causing a change in the density of a supercritical fluid carbon dioxide, which in turn causes a precipitation of dissolved material finish with the carbon dioxide, other variables are maintained above threshold values to increase the uptake of the material finish by the target material. This improvement reduces time by limiting cleaning processes of the system, saves materials used in the cleaning process, and saves energy used to achieve cycles of the process, in aspects.
US11377787B2	Basic dye mixtures for aramid fibres The present invention is directed to dye mixtures comprising structures of formula and their production and their use for dyeing textiles and in particular for dyeing aramid fibres.
US11377780B2	Method to control operation of a laundry dryer A method to control operation of a laundry dryer. The method includes starting a drying cycle, and receiving a user input command through one of a first interface and a second interface. If the command is provided through the first interface, a first working routine is started. If the same command is provided through the second interface, a second working routine is started. The second routing is different in at least one operational parameter than the first working routine. A laundry dryer configured to perform the method is also provided.
US11377779B2	Method for controlling a drying cycle of a laundry dryer A method is provided for controlling a drying cycle of a laundry dryer having a laundry drum and an air stream fan for circulating drying air through said laundry drum. The method includes the steps of: starting a drying cycle (14); performing the drying cycle (16); detecting an electric resistance and/or conductivity of the laundry during the drying cycle (16) for estimating a dryness level of the laundry; comparing the electric resistance and/or conductivity of the laundry with an end cycle condition (20; 28, 30; 36); and finishing the drying cycle (16), if the end cycle condition (20; 28, 30; 36) is fulfilled. The end cycle condition (20; 28, 30; 36) depends on the rotation speed (SD) of the laundry drum and/or on the rotation speed (SF) of the air stream fan.
US11377777B2	Washing machine A washing machine includes a washing barrel, a water collecting device for collecting the discharged water of the washing barrel and a drainage channel. A first drainage outlet is arranged on a lower part of a barrel wall. The drainage channel is arranged on an outer wall of the washing barrel, and communicates with the first drainage outlet, to guide water discharged from the washing barrel to a part below the washing barrel. An upper part of the drainage channel is provided with a water inlet, a lower part is provided with a water outlet. The drainage channel covers the first drainage outlet of the barrel wall in a sealed manner, and the water inlet communicates with the first drainage outlet. The water collecting device comprises a water collecting cavity and a second drainage outlet. The water outlet of the drainage channel, is arranged within the water collecting cavity.
US11377776B2	Laundry treating apparatus A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet with an inlet; a tub configured to receive water, having a tub inlet facing the inlet; a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub, configured to receive laundry, and having a drum inlet facing the inlet; a storage provided inside the cabinet and configured to store detergent; a discharge pipe configured to discharge the detergent to an outside of the storage, made of an elastic body; an insulating body connecting the inlet with the tub inlet; an inlet pipe made of an elastic body, passing through a circumferential surface of the insulating body; and a connector having one end inserted into the discharge pipe and the other end inserted into the inlet pipe to connect the discharge pipe with the inlet pipe, made of a material different from that of each of the discharge pipe and the inlet pipe.
US11377775B2	Washing machine Disclosed is a washing machine including: a plurality of nozzles provided in an inner circumferential surface of a gasket body to spray water into a drum; a pump configured to pump water discharged from a tub; a distribution pipe supplying the water, pumped by the pump, to the plurality of nozzles; and a circulation pipe connecting the distribution pipe and the pump, wherein the pump is disposed in one side of left and right sides with reference to the inlet port, wherein the circulation pipe is bent at least once, wherein the inlet port includes a first positioning protrusion protruding from an outer circumferential surface of an inlet pipe coupled to the circulation pipe, and wherein a first positioning groove allowing the first positioning protrusion to be inserted thereinto is formed at one end of the circulation pipe, and accordingly, misassembling of the circulation pipe may be prevented.
US11377773B2	Washing machine A washing machine having a plurality of washing apparatuses is provided. The washing machine includes a tub, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub, a discharge member provided in the tub to discharge air in the drum to the outside of the tub, and a cap coupled to the discharge member to prevent water in the drum from being discharged to the outside of the tub through the discharge member.
US11377763B2	Braid A braid including a core part and a sheath part, wherein the core part includes a high strength fiber (a) having a fineness of 300 to 4,000 dtex and a tensile strength of 12 cN/dtex or more, and the sheath part includes a colored synthetic fiber (b) having a fineness of 60 to 1,000 dtex and a tensile strength of less than 12 cN/dtex. A volume ratio [av/bv] of the high strength fiber (a) constituting the core part to the colored synthetic fiber (b) constituting the sheath part is from 73/27 to 40/60. The sheath part has a braid-like structure.
US11377761B2	Spinning apparatus, air spinning apparatus in particular, with continuous adjustment of a yarn accumulation system and related method of continuous adjustment of a yarn accumulation system in a spinning apparatus A spinning apparatus with continuous adjustment of a yarn accumulation system includes at least one spinning head including a spinning device including a spinning chamber for yarn production, a reel on which yarn produced by the spinning device is wound, the reel being rotatably influenced by a yarn guide shaped to impart a rotation movement of the reel for winding the yarn and a traversing movement of the yarn winding on the reel, an accumulation device arranged between the spinning device and the reel and shaped to create a reservoir of yarn not wound on the reel, a joining device including joining means to join together a first yarn end associated with the spinning device and a second yarn end associated with the reel, and a processing and control unit programmed to control the yarn guide to adjust accordingly the amount of yarn accumulated in the accumulation device.
US11377760B2	High productivity and flexibility plant of the spun bonding type for the production of a non-woven web An innovative plant (10) for the production with the “spun bonding” technology or similar of a web (V) of non-woven fabric, comprising: a melting station (11) suitable for receiving and melting a polymeric base material (MR), an extrusion bar or head (12) with a plurality of extrusion or drawing nozzles (12a) adapted to receive from the melting station (11) the polymeric material (MR) in the molten state to produce a plurality or bundle of continuous filaments (FF); a conveyor belt (13) adapted to advance along a direction of advancement (A) and to receive from the above the continuous filaments (F), produced by the extrusion nozzles (12a), so as to form a web (V) of non-woven fabric; and consolidation means (14) designed to consolidate the non-woven web (V) formed on the conveyor belt (13); wherein the plant (10) is characterized by a special structure (20) comprising a base platform (21), rotatable (f, f′, f″) around a respective vertical rotation axis (X), and wherein the melting station (11), suitable for receiving and melting the base polymeric material (MR), and the extrusion bar (12), suitable for receiving from the melting station (11) the polymeric material (MR) in the molten state, are totally built and solidly supported by this rotatable base platform (21) (f, f, f), so as to be rigidly connected to each other without the interposition of any rotating joint. Advantageously, the plant (10) allows to vary, without interrupting its operation, the width (L, L′, L″) of the non-woven web (V) produced by the same plant, by rotating (f, f′, f″) and adjusting the base platform (21) around the respective vertical rotation axis (X), so as to vary the inclination (a) of the extrusion bar (12) with respect to the direction of advancement (A) the conveyor belt (13).
US11377759B2	Electrospinning apparatus and system and method thereof Systems, apparatuses, and methods for reducing humidity of air adjacent to a nozzle of an electrospinning apparatus, charged solution output by the nozzle, a solution path between the nozzle and a deposit surface, and/or the deposit surface. The apparatus can be configured to controllably output the charged solution and gas of a predetermined dryness for deposit of the charged solution on the deposit surface. The gas of the predetermined dryness can be provided adjacent to a nozzle tip of the nozzle from where the charged solution is output. The gas of the predetermined dryness may be output in a predetermined direction toward a focal point at, in front of, or behind the nozzle tip.
US11377756B2	Nitride crystal substrate and method for manufacturing the same There is provided a nitride crystal substrate constituted by group-III nitride crystal, containing n-type impurities, with an absorption coefficient α being approximately expressed by equation (1) by a least squares method in a wavelength range of at least 1 μm or more and 3.3 μm or less. α=NeKλa (1) (where 1.5×10−19≤K≤6.0×10−19, a=3), here, a wavelength is λ (μm), an absorption coefficient of the nitride crystal substrate at 27° C. is α (cm−1), a carrier concentration in the nitride crystal substrate is Ne (cm−3), and K and a are constants, wherein an error of an actually measured absorption coefficient with respect to the absorption coefficient α obtained from equation (1) at a wavelength of 2 μm is within ±0.1α, and in a reflection spectrum measured by irradiating the nitride crystal substrate with infrared light, there is no peak with a peak top within a wavenumber range of 1,200 cm−1 or more and 1,500 cm−1 or less.
US11377755B2	N-type silicon single crystal production method, n-type silicon single crystal ingot, silicon wafer, and epitaxial silicon wafer An n-type silicon single crystal production method of pulling up a silicon single crystal from a silicon melt containing red phosphorus as a principal dopant and growing the silicon single crystal by the Czochralski process, the method including: controlling electrical resistivity at a start position of a straight body portion of the silicon single crystal to 0.80 mΩcm or more and 1.05 mΩcm or less; and sequentially lowering the electrical resistivity of the silicon single crystal as the silicon single crystal is up and grown, thereby adjusting electrical resistivity of a part of the silicon single crystal to 0.5 mΩm or more and less than 0.6 mΩcm.
US11377754B2	Epitaxial deposition reactor with reflector external to the reaction chamber and cooling method of a susceptor and substrates The present invention relates to a reactor (1) for epitaxial deposition of semiconductor material on substrates (100), comprising: a reaction chamber (2) provided with a cavity (20) defined by a lower wall (21), an upper wall (22) and lateral walls (23, 24); a susceptor (3), positioned inside said cavity (20), and adapted to support and heat substrates (100) during epitaxial deposition; a heating system (6) adapted to heat said susceptor (3); an upper plate (7) that is positioned above said upper wall (22) and that overlies said susceptor (3) so that it reflects thermal radiation emitted by said susceptor (3) towards said susceptor (3). A liquid flow (LF) is provided in or on said upper plate (7) to cool said upper plate (7). A gaseous flow (GF) is provided between said upper wall (22) and said upper plate (7) to promote the transfer of heat from said upper wall (22) to said upper plate (7).
US11377753B2	Arcuate seed casting method A casting method includes forming a seed. The seed has a first end and a second end. The forming includes bending a seed precursor. The seed second end is placed in contact or spaced facing relation a chill plate. The first end is contacted with molten material. The molten material is cooled and solidifies so that a crystalline structure of the seed propagates into the solidifying material. The forming further includes inserting the bent seed precursor into a sleeve leaving the bent seed precursor protruding from a first end of the sleeve.
US11377751B2	Crucible molds Methods for forming a unitized crucible assembly for holding a melt of silicon for forming a silicon ingot are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods involve a porous crucible mold having a channel network with a bottom channel, an outer sidewall channel that extends from the bottom channel, and a central weir channel that extends from the bottom channel. A slip slurry may be added to the channel network and the liquid carrier of the slip slurry may be drawn into the mold. The resulting green body may be sintered to form the crucible assembly.
US11377748B2	Composition for cobalt electroplating comprising leveling agent A cobalt electrodeposition composition comprising cobalt ions, and particular leveling agents comprising X1—CO—O—R11, X1—SO2—O—R11, X1—PO(OR11)2, X1—SO—O—R11 functional groups, wherein X1 is a divalent group selected from (i) a chemical bond (ii) aryl, (iii) C1 to C12 alkandiyl, which may be interrupted by O atoms, (iv) an arylalkyl group —X11—X12—, (v) an alkylaryl group —X12—X11—, and (vi) —(O—C2H3R12)mO—, R11 is selected from H and C1 to C4 alkyl. R12 is selected from H and C1 to C4 alkyl, X12 is a divalent aryl group, X11 is a divalent C1 to C15 alkandiyl group.
US11377746B2	Real-time cathodic protection integrity monitoring sensor, system and method A sensor (4) for monitoring cathodic protection (CP) levels, i.e. cathodic protection potential and current capacity, the sensor being arranged to perform measurements of galvanic current and polarized potential between, on one hand, a reference object and, on the other hand, one of: i) a sacrificial anode (2) and ii) a protected component (1). The sensor comprises a reference electrode (5) in electrical and electrochemical contact with a metal sensing element (6) which has a defined surface area (6′) exposed to an electrolyte, the sensing element electrically coupled to one of the sacrificial anode (2) or the protected component (1) via a resistor (15) and a switch (12).
US11377744B2	Organic resin-coated plated steel sheet The present invention provides a noble and improved organic resin-coated plated steel sheet which is improved in degreasing properties while securing the characteristics required for the organic resin-coated plated steel sheet. In order to solve the problems, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an organic resin-coated plated steel sheet comprising: a metal coated steel sheet; an organic resin coating covering the metal coated steel sheet; and beads dispersed in the organic resin coating, in which the organic resin coating includes a polyester having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. to 20° C., and a melamine-formaldehyde, the beads are urethane beads having a glass transition temperature of −60° C. to 50° C., are contained in the organic resin coating at a ratio of 1 to 15 mass % to the total mass of the organic resin coating, and are dispersed in the organic resin coating at an area density of 5 to 1000 pieces/mm2, and relationships of Formulas (1) to (3) are satisfied.
US11377743B2	Multilayer structure and method for producing multilayer structure Provided are: a multilayer structure in which a titanium oxide layer exhibits excellent photocatalytic activity; and a method for producing this multilayer structure. The above-described multilayer structure comprises: a conductive part which contains a metal element A other than Ti, while having electrical conductivity; and a titanium oxide layer which is arranged on the conductive part and contains 1.0% by atom or more of the metal element A.
US11377741B2	Method for producing a heat exchanger A method for producing a heat exchanger having at least one cooling line with a lightweight metal base through which a water-based coolant can flow may include passivating a surface of the at least one cooling line, which is in contact with the coolant, before the at least one cooling line is filled with the coolant.
US11377737B2	Manifolds for uniform vapor deposition A semiconductor device comprising a manifold for uniform vapor deposition is disclosed. The semiconductor device can include a manifold comprising a bore and having an inner wall. The inner wall can at least partially define the bore. A first axial portion of the bore can extend along a longitudinal axis of the manifold. A supply channel can provide fluid communication between a gas source and the bore. The supply channel can comprise a slit defining an at least partially annular gap through the inner wall of the manifold to deliver a gas from the gas source to the bore. The at least partially annular gap can be revolved about the longitudinal axis.
US11377736B2	Atomic layer deposition systems, methods, and devices A system includes a chamber, a support structure disposed in the chamber, and one or more heads. The support structure is configured to support and position a substrate. The one or more heads includes an energy source coupled to a near-field transducer for providing localized energy towards the support structure at select locations within the chamber.
US11377731B2	Film-forming device A film-forming device that includes a cylindrical chamber capable of maintaining vacuum therein, a workpiece holder that is constructed to align and hold workpieces to be processed in multiple stages such that main surfaces of the workpieces are oriented in a vertical direction relative to a central axis of the chamber, a deposition material supply pipe, a modifier supply pipe, a carrier gas supply pipe, and an exhaust mechanism, wherein in a cross section of the chamber in a direction parallel to the main surfaces of the workpieces, the exhaust mechanism is located on a side opposite to an opening direction of gas outlets of the deposition, modifier, and carrier gas supply pipes, and a total gas flow from the deposition, modifier, and carrier gas supply pipes is symmetric about a centerline of the chamber.
US11377727B2	Method for preparing bactericidal film on fiber cloth A method for preparing a bactericidal film on fiber cloth, comprising cleansing a reel of fiber cloth; placing the reel of fiber cloth into a vacuum chamber; supplying a DC power and a mid-frequency power; introducing argon gas to increase the chamber pressure to 0.3 Pa; position sputtering targets in the following order: silicon target, silicon carbide target, silver target, silicon carbide target, silver target, silicon carbide target and silver target, and then sputtering the targets simultaneously; wherein the silicon targets act as a bonding layer between the bactericidal film and the substrate; stopping the silicon targets, the silicon carbide targets and the silver targets first, and then turning off the argon gas; injecting air into the chamber until the pressure in the chamber and the atmospheric pressure are balanced.
US11377724B2	Electron beam evaporator, coating apparatus and coating method In accordance with various embodiments, an electron beam evaporator can comprise the following: a tubular target; an electron beam gun for producing at least one vapor source on a removal surface of the tubular target by means of an electron beam; wherein the removal surface is a ring-shaped axial end surface or a surface of the tubular target that extends conically or in a curved fashion from the free end edge.
US11377723B2	Method of patterning quantum dots, device using same, and system thereof A method of patterning quantum dots, a device using same, and a system thereof are provided. By providing a base between a plurality of upper electrodes and a plurality of lower electrodes, coating a quantum dot solution on an upper surface of the base, and powering the upper electrodes and the lower electrodes to form an electric field between the upper electrodes and the lower electrodes, the quantum dot solution is gathered between the upper electrodes and the lower electrodes according to an electric field distribution. Subsequently, the quantum dot solution can be deposited into a film by evaporation of a solvent, thereby obtaining a patterned quantum dot thin film on the base.
US11377718B2	Steel for mold The present invention relates to a steel for a mold, having a composition containing, in mass %, 0.045≤C≤0.090, 0.01≤Si≤0.50, 0.10≤Mn≤0.60, 0.80≤Ni≤1.10, 6.60≤Cr≤8.60, 0.01≤Mo≤0.70, 0.001≤V≤0.200, 0.007≤Al≤0.150, and 0.0002≤N≤0.0500, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
US11377717B2	Vermicular cast iron alloy and internal combustion engine head The present invention relates to the technological field of cast iron alloys for automotive and similar applications. Problem to be solved: Presently, structural parts of internal combustion engines are made of gray cast iron alloys that rarely have a tensile strength limit range greater than 350 MPa or vermicular cast iron alloys that do not remain stable at high temperatures. Solution of the problem: It is disclosed a vermicular cast iron alloy that, due to the addition of amounts of Molybdenum, Copper and Tin, with Hot Resistance Factor from 0.5 to 1.7% (HRF=3×(% Mo)+1×(% Sn)+0.25×(% Cu)) achieves a tensile strength limit of 500 to 550 MPa at room temperature and up to 300° C., and a tensile strength limit of 430 to 450 MPa at 400° C.
US11377712B2	Hot dipped high manganese steel and manufacturing method therefor A hot dipped high manganese steel and a manufacturing method therefor. The high manganese steel comprises a steel base plate and a coating on the surface of the steel base plate. The core of the steel base plate is austenite. The surface layer of the steel base plate is a ferrite fine grain layer. The ferrite fine grain layer comprises an oxide of Al. Furthermore, the steel base plate of the hot dipped high manganese steel comprises, in mass percentages, 10 to 30% of Mn element, 1 to 2% of Al element, and 0.4 to 0.8% of C element. The manufacturing method comprises: 1) manufacturing strip steel; 2) primary annealing and acid washing; 3) secondary annealing and hot dipping.
US11377706B2	Device to improve iron loss properties of grain-oriented electrical steel sheet This device scans a high-energy beam in a direction traversing a feed path of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having subjected to final annealing so as to irradiate a surface of the steel sheet being passed through with the high-energy beam to thereby perform magnetic domain refinement, the device including an irradiation mechanism for scanning the high-energy beam in a direction orthogonal to the feed direction of the steel sheet, in which the irradiation mechanism has a function of having the scanning direction of the high-energy beam oriented diagonally, relative to the orthogonal direction, toward the feed direction at an angle determined based on a sheet passing speed of the steel sheet on the feed path.
US11377691B2	Methods and kits for diagnosing kawasaki disease and methods for treating kawasaki disease The present invention relates to methods that use novel biomarkers for diagnosing and/or treating Kawasaki diseases. The novel biomarkers of the invention show altered cytosine methylations state of certain CpG loci in subject with Kawasaki Disease relative to subject without Kawasaki diseases. Also provided are kits comprising at least one primer or reagent specific for the altered cytosine methylation state of certain CpG loci to detect Kawasaki Disease.
US11377683B2	Looped primer and loop-de-loop method for detecting target nucleic acid The present disclosure provides a novel loop-de-loop method of detecting a target nucleic acid using a biosensor-labeled oligonucleotide. Further provided herein is a looped primer and a kit for use in the method.
US11377671B2	Co-production pathway for 3-HPA and acetyl-CoA derivatives from malonate semialdehyde The present disclosure provides methods for utilizing genetically modified microbes to co-produce 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) and acetyl-CoA, and derivatives thereof from malonate semialdehyde as a common single intermediate. The disclosure further provides modified microbe that co-produce the 3-HP and acetyl-CoA derivatives from malonate semialdehyde.
US11377667B2	Compositions and methods for controlling Leptinotarsa Disclosed herein are methods of controlling insect pests, in particular Leptinotarsa spp. which infest crop plants, and methods of providing plants resistant to such pests. Also disclosed are polynucleotides and recombinant DNA molecules and constructs useful in such methods, insecticidal compositions such as topical sprays containing insecticidal double-stranded RNAs, and solanaceous plants with improved resistance to infestation by Leptinotarsa spp. Further disclosed are methods of selecting target genes for RNAi-mediated silencing and control of Leptinotarsa spp.
US11377665B2	Composition and methods for producing tobacco plants and products having increased phenylalanine and reduced tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) The present disclosure provides approaches for reducing tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) in tobacco. Some of these approaches include genetically engineering tobacco plants to increase one or more antioxidants, increase oxygen radicle absorbance capacity (ORAC), increase phenylalanine, or reduce nitrite. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing modified tobacco plants and tobacco products therefrom comprising reduced TSNAs. Also provided are methods and compositions for increasing the expression of chorismate mutase and other transcription factors involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis.
US11377663B1	Genetic regulatory elements Polynucleotides comprising genetic regulatory elements, as well as constructs, host cells, and transgenic organisms comprising the same are described. The polynucleotides can control the expression of an operably linked gene in a host cell or organism, such as a plant cell or a plant. Methods of using the polynucleotide to control the expression of an operably linked gene of interest in a plant or plant cell are further provided.
US11377661B2	Method for production of recombinant Erwinia asparaginase Provided herein are methods of production of recombinant Erwinia asparaginase. Methods herein produce asparaginase having high expression levels in the periplasm or the cytoplasm of the host cell having activity comparable to commercially available asparaginase preparations.
US11377660B2	Chimeric antigen receptors targeting B-cell maturation antigen The invention provides an isolated and purified nucleic acid sequence encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) directed against B-cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA). The invention also provides host cells, such as T-cells or natural killer (NK) cells, expressing the CAR and methods for destroying multiple myeloma cells.
US11377657B2	Compositions and methods of inhibiting gene expression in a lung The present invention provides compositions and methods for delivery to a lung tissue comprising a small interfering RNA (siRNA) capable of inhibiting expression of a gene, and a surfactant. In one aspect, a non-polymeric methods composition comprising a small interfering RNA (siRNA) capable of inhibiting expression of a gene, and a surfactant is disclosed. In other aspects, a method of inhibiting gene expression in a lung of a subject in need thereof and treating bronchopulmonary dysplasia in a lung of a subject also disclosed. The methods comprise administering a therapeutically effective amount of a non-polymeric composition to the lung of the subject, wherein the non-polymeric composition comprises a small interfering RNA (siRNA) capable of inhibiting expression of a gene, and a surfactant.
US11377654B2	Application of immobilized enzymes for nanopore library construction The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to methods for preparing a library for sequencing. For example, a method may comprise (a) in a coupled reaction, (i) contacting a population of nucleic acid fragments with a tailing enzyme to produce tailed fragments, and (ii) ligating to the tailed fragments a sequencing adapter with a ligase to produce adapter-tagged fragments; and/or separating adapter-tagged fragments from the tailing enzyme and the ligase to produce separated adapter-tagged fragments and, optionally, separated tailing enzyme and/or separated ligase. In some embodiments, a tailing enzyme and/or a ligase used in library preparation may be immobilized enzymes.
US11377652B2	Micro flow-through electroporation devices and methods of cell transfection Systems and methods are provided for transfecting cells, such as mammalian cells and nonmammalian cells, using an electroporation apparatus having an electroporation chamber including an upper micromesh electrode, a lower micromesh electrode and a path defined in the electroporation chamber. The electroporation apparatus includes a first input allowing passage of cells into the electroporation chamber and a first output allowing passage of electroporated cells from the electroporation chamber. The first input and the first output are separated by an offset distance.
US11377645B2	Compositions and methods using Cas9 with enhanced spacer acquisition function Provided are Cas9 enzymes that have mutations that enhance their properties, relative to un-mutated Cas9. The altered Cas9 enzymes exhibit i) an increased rate of spacer acquisition, or ii) increased cleavage efficiency of targets with NAG PAMs, or a combination of i) and ii). The altered Cas9 enzymes comprise an amino acid substitution of 1473 and K500 in a Streptococcus pyogenes or similar Cas9 enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides, including expression vectors that encode the Cas9 enzymes, cells that contain the polynucleotides, and methods of making and using such cells. The disclosure includes tagging, or labelling bacteria, and for enhancing phage acquired immunity in bacteria, such as those used in industrial processes, including the food and beverage industry, such as the dairy industry. The food products are also included.
US11377644B2	Recombinant polymerases with increased phototolerance Provided are compositions comprising recombinant DNA polymerases that include amino acid substitutions, insertions, deletions, and/or exogenous features that confer modified properties upon the polymerase for enhanced single molecule sequencing. Such properties include increased resistance to photodamage, and can also include enhanced metal ion coordination, reduced exonuclease activity, reduced reaction rates at one or more steps of the polymerase kinetic cycle, decreased branching fraction, altered cofactor selectivity, increased yield, increased thermostability, increased accuracy, increased speed, increased readlength, and the like. Also provided are nucleic acids which encode the polymerases with the aforementioned phenotypes, as well as methods of using such polymerases to make a DNA or to sequence a DNA template.
US11377642B2	mRNA therapy for phenylketonuria The present invention provides, among other things, methods of treating phenylketonuria (PKU), including administering to a subject in need of treatment a composition comprising an mRNA encoding phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) at an effective dose and an administration interval such that at least one symptom or feature of PKU is reduced in intensity, severity, or frequency or has delayed in onset. In some embodiments, the mRNA is encapsulated in a liposome comprising one or more cationic lipids, one or more non-cationic lipids, one or more cholesterol-based lipids and one or more PEG-modified lipids.
US11377636B2	Endogenous retrovirus transcription as a marker for primate naive pluripotent stem cells An in vitro method for identifying, isolating and/or enriching primate naive pluripotent stem cells, the method including analyzing transcription of a type 7 long terminal repeat (LTR7) nucleic acid sequence of a type H human endogenous retrovirus (HERVH) (LTR7/HERVH-associated transcription), and identifying, isolating and/or enriching primate naive pluripotent stem cells based on LTR7/HERVH-associated transcription, wherein LTR7/HERVH-associated transcription is a marker for primate naive pluripotent stem cells. An isolated in vitro population of primate naive pluripotent stem cells is obtained by the method, wherein in the cells LTR7/HERVH-associated transcription is elevated in comparison to control cells, wherein control cells are primed pluripotent stem cells or differentiated cells.
US11377635B2	Highly efficient gas permeable devices and methods for culturing cells This invention relates to methods and devices that improve cell culture efficiency. They include the use of gas permeable culture compartments that reduce the use of space while maintaining uniform culture conditions, and are more suitable for automated liquid handling. They include the integration of gas permeable materials into the traditional multiple shelf format to resolve the problem of non-uniform culture conditions. They include culture devices that use surfaces comprised of gas permeable, plasma charged silicone and can integrate traditional attachment surfaces, such as those comprised of traditional tissue culture treated polystyrene. They include culture devices that integrate gas permeable, liquid permeable membranes. A variety of benefits accrue, including more optimal culture conditions during scale up and more efficient use of inventory space, incubator space, and disposal space. Furthermore, labor and contamination risk are reduced.
US11377631B2	Culture container linkage device, culture system, and method for washing needle A culture container linkage device according to the present disclosure includes a first actuator configured to advance or retract needles 32, an actuator holder rotatably provided on a frame and configured to hold the first actuator, a second actuator, and a washer configured to wash the needles. The second actuator rotates the needles via the actuator holder. The needles are configured to be positioned, by the second actuator, at a container-facing position at which the needles face a culture container and a washing-facing position at which the needles face the washer.
US11377629B2	Arrangement for making homemade beer per serving and a brewer apparatus The object of the invention is to provide an arrangement for brewing homemade beer per serving, which comprises an industrial stage of an industrial arrangement performing pre-fabrication and a domestic stage for home use performing fermentation-free brewing of beer along with preparation for consumption. The invention also describes a brewer apparatus (1) for use at home as well as the application method of the arrangement.The brewer apparatus (1) is comprising at least one receiver unit (2) suitable for the addition and removal of a beer component container (5a, 5b), a liquid transfer unit (3) empties into the receiver unit (2), a filling member (4, 4b) is connected to the receiver unit (2), and a filling member (4, 4b) is connected to a gas transfer unit (8) suitable for delivering carbon dioxide into the end product container (9) or to a siphon (30). The filling member (4, 4b) prevents the overflowing of the beer foam at the bottling by overpressure.
US11377625B2	Cleaning compositions with polyalkanolamines The invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising polyalkanolamine polymers. The present invention further relates to methods of cleaning dishware and hard surfaces using such cleaning compositions.
US11377623B2	Surfactant and detergent containing surfactant A surfactant (a) having a critical micelle concentration (CMC) of 0.10 g/L or lower, represented by formula (1): R1—[—O-(A1O)n—H]m (1), wherein R1 is a C7-C20 hydrocarbon group having a valence number of m; m is an integer of 2 to 6; A1 in (A1O)n in each of [—O-(A1O)n—H]m is each independently a C2-C4 alkylene group; n in [—O-(A1O)n—H]m is each independently an integer of 1 to 100; and the sum of n in [—O-(A1O)n—H]m is 13 or greater.
US11377615B2	Selective acetalization / etherification process The present invention relates to a selective process for preparing acetals or ethers. In particular, the process involves a selective catalytic hydrogenolysis of a trihydrocarbyl orthoesterso as to control the extent of dealcoholation to afford either the corresponding acetal or ether product. Ether products preparable by means of the present invention include ethers which are suitable for use as base stocks in lubricating compositions.
US11377608B2	Preparation of an aviation fuel composition A method is disclosed for preparing an aviation fuel composition by subjecting a feedstock of biological and/or recycled origin to cracking in a cracking unit and to fractionation in a fractionation unit to obtain a kerosene fraction. The obtained kerosene fraction is subjected to hydrotreatment in a hydrotreatment unit to form a first jet fuel component. The formed first jet fuel component is mixed with a further jet fuel component to form a fuel composition having a wear scar diameter of 0.78 mm or less, as measured with BOCLE lubricity test method according to ASTM D5001. The feedstock contains one or more of tall oil pitch (TOP), a mixture of sludge palm oil, palm fatty acid distillate and animal fat (FATS), and used lubricant oil (ULO).
US11377604B2	Fuel compositions from light tight oils and high sulfur fuel oils Methods are provided to prepare a low sulfur fuel from hydrocarbon sources, such as light tight oil and high sulfur fuel oil, often less desired by conventional refiners, who split crude into a wide range of differing products and may prefer presence of wide ranges (C3 or C5 to C20 or higher) of hydrocarbons. These fuels can be produced by separating feeds into untreated and treated streams, and then recombining them. Such fuels can also be formulated by combinations of light, middle and heavy range constituents in a selected manner as claimed. Not only low in sulfur, the fuels of this invention are also low in nitrogen and essentially metals free. Fuel use applications include on-board large marine transport vessels but also on-shore for large land based combustion gas turbines, boilers, fired heaters and transport vehicles and trains.
US11377600B2	Hydrogen sulfide scavenging additive composition and method of use thereof The present invention relates to an additive composition for scavenging hydrogen sulfide in hydrocarbons, wherein said additive composition comprises a combination of (a) glyoxal and (b) at least one aliphatic tertiary amine or oxide treated derivative thereof, or a mixture of the aliphatic tertiary amine and the oxide treated derivative thereof. In one embodiment it also relates to a method for scavenging hydrogen sulfide in hydrocarbons, and in another embodiment it relates to a method of using an additive composition of the present invention for scavenging hydrogen sulfide in hydrocarbons. In yet another embodiment it relates to a composition for scavenging hydrogen sulfide in hydrocarbons comprising (A) a hydrocarbon and (B) a hydrogen sulfide scavenging additive composition of the present invention.
US11377597B2	Organic waste carbonizer A method for transforming organic waste into carbon using sequential physical and biological degradation, including fermentation, drying under vacuum and elevated temperature followed by heating to a temperature of between 300° C. and 500° C. to promote carbonization and production of charcoal.
US11377596B2	Liquid-crystalline media Liquid-crystalline media which can be used, in particular, for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB effect and for IPS (in-plane switching) displays or FFS (fringe field switching) displays.
US11377594B2	Phosphor and light-emitting device A β-type sialon phosphor represented by the following expression 1, in which D50 is 10 μm or less, and values of D10, D50, and D90 satisfy a relationship of the following expression 2 with respect to D10, D50, and D90 (each unit is [μm]) on a volume frequency basis as measured according to a laser diffraction/scattering method. Expression 1: Si12-aAlaObN16-b:Eux (wherein 0
US11377590B2	Method of preparation of nanoparticles using mercury thiolate compounds A method of preparation of mercury chalcogenide nanoparticles that includes the steps of providing a precursor of mercury and mixing the precursor of mercury with a precursor of chalcogenide, wherein the precursor of mercury is a mercury thiolate. Also, mercury telluride nanoparticles and their use in an IR photodetector, an IR photoconversion device, an IR filter or an IR photodiode.
US11377588B2	Well treatment fluids composition A well treatment fluid composition that includes a tetrakis(hydroxyorgano)phosphonium salt and 1,3-dimethylol-5,5-dimethylhydantoin. Methods for preparing a well treatment fluid composition and treating a subterranean formation are also presented.
US11377587B2	Treatment fluids for demulsifying production fluids Treatment fluids and associated methods and systems for demulsifying an emulsified well fluid. An example method includes contacting the emulsified well fluid with a treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous base fluid; an alcohol; a resin alkoxylated oligomer; a polyol; and a polyamine polyether. The emulsified well fluid is separated into an aqueous phase and an oleaginous phase after contact with the treatment fluid.
US11377584B1	Nanodissolver for iron sulfide scale removal A method may include introducing into a wellbore a treatment fluid including a nanoparticle antiscalant; and a base fluid; contacting the nanoparticle antiscalant with an iron sulfide scale present in the wellbore; and dissolving at least a portion of the iron sulfide scale with the nanoparticle antiscalant.
US11377582B2	Polymer networks as lost-circulation material A treatment fluid can include: a base fluid, wherein the base fluid comprises water; and a lost-circulation material, wherein the lost-circulation material comprises a polymer network having at least one branching point formed with a monomer and a cross-linking agent that comprises at least three active functional groups. The treatment fluid can maintain a pressure differential of at least 1 psi when tested with a cylindrical void that has a diameter of 0.02 inches. The monomer can be a vinyl ester-based monomer that is polymerized with the cross-linking agent to form the polymer network. The treatment fluid can be used in an oil and gas operation.
US11377580B2	Methods for in situ formation of high glass transition temperature polymers Methods may include introducing a polymerizable composition containing a polycyclic monomer and a catalyst into a subterranean formation; and polymerizing the polymerizable composition in the presence of the catalyst in situ to form a polymer. Methods may also include lowering a wellbore tool into the subterranean formation, wherein the tool contains a first partition containing a polymerizable composition, and a second partition containing a catalyst; releasing the polymerizable composition from the first partition; releasing the catalyst from the second partition; contacting the polymerizable composition and the catalyst in a mixing region; and reacting the polymerizable composition and the catalyst in situ to form a polymer.
US11377577B2	Pressure sensitive adhesives Pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) compositions that include at least one urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer having a molecular weight between about 2,000 g/mol and about 50,000 g/mol and an OH number of from 0.01 mg KOH/g to 100 mg KOH/g, at least one mono (meth)acrylate functional monomer and at least one tackifying resin. The PSA systems may also optionally include other additives, such as at least one initiator system that includes at least one photo-initiator or free radical initiator. The PSA systems are liquid at a temperature of 25° C.±2° C. with a viscosity of 15,000 cPs or less and are adapted to form smooth, uniform coatings or films upon curing without the application of heat, whereby the resulting films have advantageous properties with respect to peel strength, tack and shear resistance. In embodiments, the PSA systems include less than 1 wt % of solvent and less than 1 wt % of water or are free of solvent and are free of water.
US11377571B2	Dirt pick-up resistant composition Water-based compositions that are resistant to dirt pickup, efflorescence, tannin bleed-through and surfactant leaching are described. The water-based composition includes a latex or water-dispersible polymer and a non-VOC UV-VIS (preferably, ultraviolet) absorber as a dirt pickup resistance additive. Methods of making water-based compositions including a non-VOC UV-VIS absorber as an additive are also described.
US11377569B2	Electrical steel sheet and method for manufacturing the same An electrical steel sheet (10) is provided with a base iron (1) and an insulating film (2) formed on a surface of the base iron (1). The insulating film (2) contains: a first component: 100 parts by mass, the first component containing: a metal phosphate: 100 parts by mass; and one kind selected from a group consisting of an acrylic resin, an epoxy resin and a polyester resin which have an average particle size of 0.05 μm to 0.50 μm, or a mixture or copolymer of two or three kinds selected from the group: 1 part by mass to 50 parts by mass; and a second component composed of dispersion or powder of a fluorine resin having an average particle size of 0.05 μm to 0.35 μm: 0.5 parts by mass to 10 parts by mass.
US11377566B2	Aqueous binder compositions The present invention relates to aqueous binder compositions comprising an aqueous polymer latex of a film forming carboxylated polymer and a branched polyetheramine polyol dissolved in the aqueous phase of the aqueous polymer latex, wherein essentially all of the amino groups in the branched polyetheramine polyol are tertiary amine groups. The present invention also relates to water-borne coating compositions containing such an aqueous binder composition.
US11377561B2	Alkenyl-functional polydiorganosiloxane compositions and methods for use thereof in forming wood plastic composites An alkenyl-functional polydiorganosiloxane is useful in a composition and a method for preparing a wood plastic composite article. The wood plastic composite article is useful as a building material. The polydiorganosiloxane may be added in liquid form to a composition, or may form part of a solid carrier component, used to make the wood plastic composite article.
US11377558B2	Stretchable, degradable and self-healing polymers through a combination of imine bonds and metal coordination In a preferred embodiment, there is provided a self-healing polymer composition preferably for use in manufacturing a dielectric layer of a capacitive pressure sensor, and which comprises a central atom and a polymer having a main chain and one or more terminal moieties coupled to the main chain, wherein said one or more terminal moieties are selected to operate as ligands to form a coordination complex with the central atom, and preferably, the ligands and the central atom are selected to form the coordination complex after being subject to an external force sufficient to remove coordinate covalent bonds therebetween.
US11377557B2	Hydrosilylation-curable silicone composition The present invention relates to a hydrosilylation-curable silicone composition comprising: a maleate compound, and a hydrosilylation inhibitor other than the maleate compound, wherein the content of the maleate compound is in an amount of 50 to 6,000 ppm and the content of the hydrosilylation inhibitor is in an amount of 200 to 20,000 ppm, with respect to the present composition in terms of mass units, respectively. The hydrosilylation-curable silicone composition exhibits good storage stability, and can be cured to form a cured product that suffers no surface wrinkling.
US11377556B2	Polyimide-based block copolymer and polyimide-based film comprising the same The present disclosure relates to a polyimide-based block copolymer and a polyimide-based block copolymer film including the same. The polyimide-based block copolymer according to the present disclosure makes it possible to provide a polyimide-based film having low haze and yellow index value while exhibiting excellent transparency.
US11377554B2	Sliding element for lubricated sliding system The invention relates to a chain guide, respectively a chain tensioner for use in a lubricated sliding system, comprising a surface layer or bearing or comprising a sliding element comprising a surface layer, the surface layer being mainly made of a polymeric material containing a matrix polymer and optionally other components dispersed in said matrix polymer, wherein the matrix polymer consists of a semi-crystalline polyamide (SCPA) having a tensile modulus at 140° C. of at least 800 MPa (measured by the method according to ISO 527-1A). The invention also relates to a power train drive system comprising an engine, a transmission differential and a drive shaft system, a drive chain and a plastic component comprising a sliding element in contact with the lubricated drive chain, wherein the chain guide, the chain tensioner, respectively the sliding element has a coefficient of friction (CoF), measured in lubrication oil at 140° C. at a nominal contact pressure of 1 MPa and a speed of 1 m/s, of at most 0.07.
US11377548B2	2-dimensional polymer nanosheet and width, length, and height tunable method of preparing the same Semi-conducting two-dimensional (2D) nanoobjects, prepared by self-assembly of conjugated polymers, are promising materials for optoelectronic applications. However, there has been no example of 2D nanosheets with controlled lengths and aspect ratios at the same time via self-assembly. Herein, the inventors successfully prepared uniform semi-conducting 2D sheets using a conjugated poly(cyclopentenylene vinylene) homopolymer and its block copolymer by blending and heating. Using these as 2D seeds, living crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) was achieved by adding the homopolymer as a unimer. Interestingly, unlike typical 2D CDSA examples showing radial growth, this homopolymer assembled only in one direction. Owing to this uniaxial growth, the lengths of the 2D nanosheets could be precisely tuned with narrow dispersity according to the unimer-to-seed ratio. The inventors also studied the growth kinetics of the living 2D CDSA and confirmed first-order kinetics. Subsequently, the inventors prepared several 2D block comicelles (BCMs), including penta-BCMs in a one-shot method.
US11377546B2	Resin composition, laminate sheet, and multilayer printed wiring board The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising an (A) maleimide compound having a saturated or unsaturated divalent hydrocarbon group, and a thermoplastic resin.
US11377544B2	Polypropylene impact copolymers with reduced emission of volatiles The invention provides polypropylene impact copolymer compositions with reduced emissions of volatiles for the automotive industry, particularly for interior applications in the automotive industry.
US11377543B2	Polypropylene composition with excellent surface appearance The present invention is directed to a heterophasic polypropylene composition (HC) comprising a modified polypropylene composition (mPP), a process for preparing said heterophasic polypropylene composition (HC) and an article comprising said heterophasic polypropylene composition (HC). The present invention is further directed to the use of a composition comprising a peroxide (PO) and a crosslinking agent (CA) to reduce tigerskin of a polypropylene composition (PP).
US11377542B2	Thermoplastic polyolefin compositions useful for aldehyde abatement The present disclosure provides a composition comprising: (A) a polypropylene polymer; (B) a polyolefin elastomer; (C) an acetoacetyl functional polymer; (D) an optional additive component; and (E) an optional compatibilizer. The present disclosure also provides an article made from the composition.
US11377540B2	Coupling agent for rubber composition and rubber composition for tire comprising the same Disclosed are a coupling agent for a rubber composition and a rubber composition for a tire containing the same. The rubber composition according to the present disclosure contains a coupling agent that may induce interactions between a rubber as a raw material and carbon black, thereby improving dispersibility of the carbon black in the rubber composition. Thus, a tire with low rolling-resistance and excellent wear resistance may be realized.
US11377539B2	Conjugated diene-based polymer, conjugated diene-based polymer composition, and method for producing conjugated diene-based polymer The conjugated diene-based polymer of the invention comprises an aromatic vinyl unit based on an aromatic vinyl compound and a conjugated diene unit based on a conjugated diene compound, is modified with a compound containing a heteroatom, and has an SP value of 16.80 MPa1/2 to 17.10 MPa12.
US11377536B2	Transformation-stable composition comprising viscous polyamide, production thereof and use of same The invention relates to the use of at least one catalyst, at least one copper heat stabiliser and at least one oligo- or poly-carbodiimide with a matrix including at least one polyamide, in order to form a composition that has a good melt viscosity and is stable during transformation, in particular during extrusion.
US11377534B2	Polyolefin depolymerization with metal oxides Methods of depolymerizing polyolefin-based material into useful petrochemical products using metal oxides and heat are described. The metal oxides improve the depolymerization reaction by decreasing the onset temperature for the depolymerization, which results in a higher depolymerization rate and a shorter residence time in the depolymerization unit, allowing for a predictable depolymerization reaction, and decreasing the branching or aromatic formations in the product.
US11377531B2	Prepreg and fiber reinforced composite material A prepreg contains components [A] to [E], wherein 85% by mass or more of the component [E] is present in a range within 9% of the average thickness of the prepreg from each surface of the prepreg, and a range within 7% of the average thickness of the prepreg from each surface of the prepreg is composed of a first resin composition containing components [B] to [E]. [A] a carbon fiber, [B] an epoxy resin having two or more glycidyl groups in one molecule, [C] an aromatic amine compound, [D] a thermoplastic resin having a polyarylether skeleton, and [E] particles having a number average primary particle size of 5 to 50 μm, having a content ratio (% by mass) of thermoplastic resin and thermosetting resin of 95:5 to 70:30.
US11377529B2	Composite stretchable film and method for forming same The present invention is a composite stretchable film including: a surface film which is a cured product of a polyurethane 1 containing a copolymer of one or more of units “a1” to “a4” and silicone-pendant type urethane units “b1” and/or “b2” represented by the following general formula (1); and an inner film which is a cured product of a polyurethane 2 containing a unit “c” having polyether and urethane bonds represented by the following general formula (2), on which the surface film is laminated. The present invention provides a stretchable film that has excellent stretchability and strength, with the film surface having excellent water repellency, and a method for forming the same.
US11377527B2	Fiber reinforced polymer manufacturing Method of manufacturing a product comprising fiber reinforced polymer material, the method comprising the steps of: providing 10 carbon fibers being embedded in a thermosetting resin, heating 20 the thermosetting resin up to its cure temperature by a current flowing through at least a part of said carbon fibers, letting convert 30 the thermosetting resin to a thermoset polymer. The invention is further directed to a device for performing the method and to a composite sandwich panel structure manufactured according to the method.
US11377524B2	Vent cleaning of rubber molds Vents and micro-structures of rubber molds may become clogged with rubber that is difficult to remove. These vents and micro-structures can be cleaned of rubber, even if heat aged, by subjecting the mold to high temperatures in the presence of a solvent to devulcanize any rubber present. If the rubber used with the mold being cleaned includes carbon black, a solvent may be used to dissolve the devulcanized polymer, leaving the carbon black which can be removed by water jets or other cleaning means.
US11377522B2	Silicon-containing polymer, film-forming composition, method for forming silicon-containing polymer coating, method for forming silica-based coating, and production method for silicon-containing polymer A silicon-containing polymer which results in a composition that forms a coated film having good adhesive properties to a substrate and does not easily peel off the substrate, a film-forming composition including the polymer, a method for forming a silicon-containing polymer coating using the composition, a method for forming a silica-based coating using the composition, and a production method for the polymer. In a silicon-containing polymer including at least one of poly- or oligo-siloxane chain and poly- or oligo-silane chain in a molecular chain, a group having a silyl group and a sulfide group, which can be subjected to a condensation reaction, is introduced into the molecular chain, for example, by an ene-thiol reaction.
US11377521B2	Linear and branched polyimide composition A polyimide composition includes 1 to 99 weight percent, preferably 70 to 99 weight percent, more preferably 75 to 95 weight percent of a first polyimide; and 1 to 99 weight percent, preferably 1 to 30 weight percent, more preferably 2 to 25 weight percent of a second polyimide, wherein the first polyimide and the second polyimide are different, and wherein the polyimide composition has a melt flow rate that is greater than a melt flow rate of the first polyimide and less than a melt flow rate of the second polyimide; an apparent viscosity that is less than an apparent viscosity of the first polyimide and less than an apparent viscosity of the second polyimide; and a notched Izod impact strength that is greater than a notched Izod impact strength of the first polyimide and greater than a notched Izod impact strength of the second polyimide.
US11377519B1	High glass transition temperature epoxy formulations for cryogenic applications A method of increasing the glass transition point of a cured epoxy comprising a bisphenol A diglycidyl ether and a polyetheramine includes the step of including 1,8-diamino-p-menthane as an additional hardener for curing the epoxy. An epoxy formulation includes bisphenol A diglycidyl ether and a hardener including a polyetheramine and 1,8-diamino-p-menthane.
US11377518B2	Adhesive composition Disclosed is related to an adhesive composition for encapsulating an organic electronic element and an organic electronic device comprising the same. The adhesive composition includes a curable compound having no carbon-carbon unsaturated group, a thermal initiator, and a photo-initiator. The adhesive composition can form a structure capable of effectively blocking moisture or oxygen introduced from the outside into the organic electronic device, thereby securing the lifetime of the organic electronic device, can realize a top emitting organic electronic device, and can prevent defects such as dark spots which may occur in the organic electronic device.
US11377512B2	Hydrophilic copolymer and medical device A hydrophilic copolymer that can form a surface lubricious layer exhibiting superior lubricating property and durability (lubrication retaining property), is provided. A hydrophilic copolymer having a good solvent solubility is provided. A hydrophilic copolymer is provided containing: structural units derived from a polymerizable monomer (A) having a sulfobetaine structure; structural units derived from a polymerizable monomer (B) having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a sulfonic acid group (—SO3H), a sulfuric acid group (—OSO3H), a sulfurous acid group (—OSO2H), and groups of salts thereof; and structural units derived from a polymerizable monomer (C) having a photoreactive group.
US11377511B2	Reducing agent monomer for preparing styrene-acrylic emulsion by oxidation-reduction reaction at room temperature, and synthesis method thereof A reducing agent monomer for preparing a styrene-acrylic emulsion by an oxidation-reduction reaction at room temperature and a synthesis method thereof are disclosed. Maleic anhydride (MAH) and dimethylethanolamine (DMEA) are used as raw materials to synthesize the reducing agent monomer: 4-(2-(dimethylamino)ethoxy)-4-oxobut-2-enoic acid, and the synthesis method involves inexpensive easily-available raw materials, simple synthesis conditions, and easy purification. With the synthesized reducing agent monomer as a reducing agent, potassium persulfate (KPS) as an oxidizing agent, water as a dispersion medium, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as an emulsifier, and styrene, butyl acrylate (BA), and methylmethacrylate (MMA) as comonomers, free-radical microemulsion polymerization is conducted at room temperature to obtain a styrene-acrylic emulsion. In the synthesis of the styrene-acrylic emulsion, a monomer conversion rate is high, and a styrene-acrylic emulsion with a high molecular weight and a branched structure can be obtained at room temperature.
US11377507B2	Method for producing vinyl ether polymer containing oxyethylene chain by radical polymerization A method for producing a vinyl ether polymer containing an oxyethylene chain is provided, including a the step of polymerizing vinyl ether represented by formula (1) in the presence of water as a polymerization solvent, a basic compound as an additive, and an organic azo-based compound as a radical polymerization initiator, and in pH of 5 or more, and the amount of the basic compound used is 0.01 to 0.5 mol % based on an amount of the vinyl ether. Formula (1) is wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbons, and n represents an integer from 1 to 10.
US11377506B2	Vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer The present invention provides a vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer having excellent solubility and capable of providing a film having high flexibility, high mechanical strength, and high adhesion, and a method for producing a vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer. Provided is a vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer including a unit of vinyl alcohol and a unit of vinyl acetate, the vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer having a triad unit chain ratio TOO of 7.5 or less, where the triad unit chain ratio TOO is obtained using the following formula (1): [ Math . ⁢ 1 ] T OO = [ Vac ⁢ ⁢ content ] × [ OOO ⁢ ⁢ proportion ] × 2 [ VOH ⁢ ⁢ content ] × [ AOO ⁢ ⁢ proportion ] ( 1 ) wherein the VOH content ratio represents the amount of the unit of vinyl alcohol, the Vac content ratio represents the amount of the unit of vinyl acetate, the OOO proportion represents the proportion of a triad OOO, and the AOO proportion represents the proportion of a triad AOO.
US11377503B2	Antibodies that bind human CD39 and inhibit ATPase activity of a soluble extracellular domain human CD39 polypeptide The present invention relates to antigen-binding compounds that inhibit the enzymatic activity of soluble human CD39. The invention also relates to cells producing such compounds; methods of making such compounds, and antibodies, fragments, variants, and derivatives thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same; methods of using the compounds to diagnose, treat or prevent diseases, e.g., cancer.
US11377502B2	Anti-MSR1 antibodies and methods of use thereof Provided herein are antibodies and antigen-binding fragments that bind MSR1 and methods of use thereof. According to certain embodiments, the antibodies bind human MSR1 with high affinity. In certain embodiments, the antibodies bind MSR1 without blocking, or blocking less than 90%, of modified LDL binding to MSR1. In some embodiments, the antibodies bind cell surface expressed-MSR1 and are internalized. The antibodies of the invention may be fully human antibodies. The invention includes anti-MSR1 antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, conjugated to drugs or therapeutic compounds.
US11377500B2	Antibodies specific for CD70 and their uses The present invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to CD70 (Cluster of Differentiation 70). The invention further provides bispecific antibodies that bind to CD70 and another antigen (e.g., CD3). The invention further relates to antibody encoding nucleic acids, and methods of obtaining such antibodies (monospecific and bispecific). The invention further relates to therapeutic methods for use of these antibodies for the treatment of CD70-mediated pathologies, including cancer.
US11377499B2	Targeting the cofilin pathway The present disclosure provides a method of restoring immune reconstitution, immune control of viremia, and one or more T cell functions in a subject infected with HIV. The method includes administering to the subject infected with HIV an agent that targets the cofilin pathway.
US11377494B2	Antagonist antibodies against human immune checkpoint CEACAM1 (CD66a) and formulations, kits, and methods of use thereof Provided are isolated antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind CEACAM1, including the IgV domain of CEACAM1, as well as pharmaceutical formulations, kits, and methods of use thereof.
US11377478B2	T-cell modulatory multimeric polypeptides and methods of use thereof The present disclosure provides variant immunomodulatory polypeptides, and fusion polypeptides comprising the variant immunomodulatory peptides. The present disclosure provides T-cell modulatory multimeric polypeptides, and compositions comprising same, where the T-cell modulatory multimeric polypeptides comprise a variant immunomodulatory polypeptide of the present disclosure. The present disclosure provides nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the T-cell modulatory multimeric polypeptides, and host cells comprising the nucleic acids. The present disclosure provides methods of modulating the activity of a T cell; the methods comprise contacting the T cell with a T-cell modulatory multimeric polypeptide of the present disclosure.
US11377477B2	PD-1 targeted IL-15/IL-15RALPHA fc fusion proteins and uses in combination therapies thereof The present invention is directed to novel PD-1 targeted heterodimeric Fc fusion proteins comprising an IL-15/IL-15Rα Fc-fusion protein and a PD-1 antibody fragment-Fc fusion protein. In some embodiments, the PD-1 targeted IL-15/Rα-Fc fusion proteins are administered to a patient to treat cancer. In some embodiments, the PD-1 targeted IL-15/Rα-Fc fusion proteins are administered in combination with a PD-1 blockade antibody such as nivolumab and/or pembrolizumab. In some embodiments, the PD-1 targeted IL-15/Rα-Fc fusion proteins do not compete with a PD-1 blockade antibody such as nivolumab and/or pembrolizumab for antigen binding.
US11377476B2	Ras inhibitory peptides and uses thereof The present invention provides peptides comprising a sequence of X-6X-5X-4X-3X-2X-1X1PX3X4PX6X7PGX10X11AX13X14X15X16LX18X19X20X21X22X23LX25X26YLX29X30X31X32 (SEQ ID NO: 13) wherein the amino acids X−6, X−5, X−4, X−3, X−2, X−1, X1, X3, X4, X6, X7, X10, X11, X13, X14, X15, X16, X18, X19, X20, X21, X22, X25, X26, X29, X30, X31, and X32 are as defined herein. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the peptides and methods of using the peptides for treating proliferative diseases such as cancer which are associated with Ras. Also provided are methods of screening a library of peptide dimers using a peptide dimer display technology.
US11377469B2	CD73 inhibitors Described herein are CD73 inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.
US11377460B2	Methods for adjusting a polymer property Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards methods of adjusting melt index and/or density utilizing a metallocene complex represented by Formula (I): wherein each n-Pr is n-propyl, and each X is independently CH3, CI, Br, or F.
US11377458B2	Organometallic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: M(L1)n1(L2)n2(L3)n3 Formula 1 wherein in Formula 1, M, L1, L2, L3, n1, n2, and n3 are the same as defined in the specification.
US11377454B2	Aluminum precursor and process for the generation of metal-containing films The present disclosure is in the field of processes for the generation of thin inorganic films on substrates, in particular atomic layer deposition processes. Described herein is a process for preparing metal-containing films including: (a) depositing a metal-containing compound from the gaseous state onto a solid substrate, and (b) bringing the solid substrate with the deposited metal-containing compound in contact with a compound of general formula (I) wherein Z is a C2-C4 alkylene group, and R is hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, or a silyl group.
US11377450B2	Functionalized heterocycles as antiviral agents The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, thereof: which inhibit the protein(s) encoded by hepatitis B virus (HBV) or interfere with the function of the HBV life cycle of the hepatitis B virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HBV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HBV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
US11377447B2	Targeted therapeutics The present invention provides pharmacological compounds including an effector moiety conjugated to a binding moiety that directs the effector moiety to a biological target of interest. Likewise, the present invention provides compositions, kits, and methods (e.g., therapeutic, diagnostic, and imaging) including the compounds. The compounds can be described as a protein interacting binding moiety-drug conjugate (SDC-TRAP) compounds, which include a protein interacting binding moiety and an effector moiety. For example, in certain embodiments directed to treating cancer, the SDC-TRAP can include an Hsp90 inhibitor conjugated to a cytotoxic agent as the effector moiety.
US11377446B2	Crystalline solid forms of a BET inhibitor The present application relates to crystalline solid forms of an inhibitor of BET proteins such as BRD2, BRD3, BRD4, and BRD-t, including methods of preparation thereof, and intermediates in the preparation thereof, where the compound is useful in the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
US11377442B2	Small molecule agonists and antagonists of NR2F6 activity The present technology is directed to modulators of nuclear receptor activity, specifically to the modulation of NR2F6 activity and NR2F6 utilizing compounds, and the immune modulation and modulation of cancer stem cell activity through administration of compounds described herein.
US11377438B2	2-amino-n-heteroaryl-nicotinamides as Nav1.8 inhibitors Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of Nav1.8 channel activity and may be useful in the treatment, prevention, management, amelioration, control and suppression of diseases mediated by Nav1.8 channel activity. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment, prevention or management of pain disorders, cough disorders, acute itch disorders, and chronic itch disorders.
US11377437B2	Lanthionine C-like protein 2 ligands, cells prepared therewith, and therapies using same Provided are compounds that target the lanthionine synthetase C-like protein 2 pathway. The compounds can be used to treat a number of conditions, including autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases, diabetes, and infectious diseases, such as lupus, Sjögren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, viral diseases, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. The compounds can also be used to generate cells, such as immune cells, for treating the conditions.
US11377428B2	RIP1 inhibitory compounds and methods for making and using the same Disclosed herein are kinase inhibitory compounds, such as a receptor-interacting protein-1 (RIP1) kinase inhibitor compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising such inhibitory compounds. The disclosed compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and/or combinations may be used to treat or prevent a kinase-associated disease or condition, particularly a RIP1-associated disease or condition.
US11377427B2	Triazoles for regulating intracellular calcium homeostasis The present invention relates to 1,2,3-triazoles of formula: useful for improving or restoring the intracellular calcium homeostasis and RyR-calstabin binding function in human and animal cells. The present invention also relates to methods for synthesizing said compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to the use thereof for preventing or treating skeletal muscle, heart and nervous system disorders.
US11377421B2	Psychotropic agents and uses thereof The R enantiomer of amisulpride and amisulpride derivative disclosed herein or a pharmaceutical composition thereof may be used for antagonizing serotonin (e.g., 5-HT2a, 5-HT7) receptor in a subject, either individually or in combination with one or more other CNS active agents. The R enantiomer of amisulpride and amisulpride derivative disclosed herein or a pharmaceutical composition thereof may be used for treating one or more conditions responsive to modulation of serotonin (e.g., 5-HT2a, 5-HT7) receptor in a subject, either individually or in combination with one or more other CNS active agents. The R enantiomer of amisulpride and amisulpride derivative disclosed herein or a pharmaceutical composition thereof may be used for treating one or more disorders associated with an abnormality in levels of serotonin in the brain, either individually or in combination with one or more other CNS active agents.
US11377420B2	Compositions and methods for making donor-acceptor azetines A highly effective synthetic route to produce donor-acceptor azetines through the highly enantioselective [3+1]-cycloaddition of silyl-protected enoldiazoacetates with aza-ylides using chiral copper(I) catalysis is provided. In one embodiment, the 2-azetidine cycloaddition products undergo generation of 3-azetidinones by reactions with nucleophiles that produce a broad spectrum of peptide products by the retro-Claisen reaction provided by facile strain with high efficacy and complete retention of enantiopurity. This ring opening reaction uncovers a new methodology for the attachment of chiral peptide units to a variety of amines and alcohols, and tolerates a broad scope of nucleophiles including naturally occurring amines, alcohols, amino acids, and other nitrogen based nucleophiles.
US11377419B2	Radical initiators and chain extenders for converting methane gas into methane-sulfonic acid Improved initiators, solvents, and SO3 mixtures are disclosed herein, which can increase the yields and efficiency of a chemical manufacturing process which uses a radical chain reaction to convert methane (CH4), which is a gas under any normal conditions, into methane-sulfonic acid (MSA), a liquid. MSA is useful and valuable in its own right, and it also can be processed to create desulfured fuels and other valuable chemicals. A preferred initiator combination has been identified, comprising at least two different sulfate peroxide compounds. One type or class of initiator can be called a “primary” (or major, main, principle, dominant, or similar terms) initiator, and the other type or class of initiator can be can be regarded as an “extender” (or secondary, supplemental, enhancing, tuning, tweaking, or similar terms) initiator. “Primary” initiator(s) include (unmethylated) Marshall's acid, mono-methyl-Marshall's acid, and di-methyl-Marshall's acid, while a secondary/extender initiator comprises methyl-Caro's acid, which can oxidize sulfur DI-oxide (an unwanted chain terminator) into sulfur TRI-oxide (an essential reagent). Various other enhancements to the MSA manufacturing process also are described.
US11377416B2	Crystalline forms of hydroxynorketamine The present invention provides novel, stable, processable and pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms of 2R,6R-hydroxynorketamine or 2S,6S-hydroxynorketamine with high aqueous solubility.
US11377414B2	Plant and process for concentrating tartaric acid A plant for concentrating a tartaric acid solution includes a first and a second evaporation unit arranged in series, a pump for feeding a diluted tartaric acid solution into the first evaporation unit, a barometric condenser placed downstream of the second evaporation unit, and a system for feeding a first low-temperature vapor into the first evaporation unit. A process for concentrating tartaric acid includes providing a plant according to the above description, performing a first concentration, by evaporation, of the diluted tartaric acid solution, inside the first evaporation unit, and performing a second concentration, by evaporation, of the partially concentrated tartaric acid solution from the first evaporation unit, inside the second evaporation unit. The plant and process have the advantages of ensuring low energy consumption, allowing concentration of solutions tending to crystallization, and allowing the continuous measurement of the tartaric acid concentration to be concentrated.
US11377411B2	Method for producing 3-methylcycloalkenone compound The present invention relates to a method for producing a 3-methylcycloalkenone compound and a method for producing muscone. In the presence of a zirconium oxide catalyst, a diketone represented by the following general formula (1): wherein in formula (1), n represents 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12, is subjected to a vapor-phase intramolecular condensation reaction, whereby a 3-methylcycloalkenone compound can be produced with high reaction efficiency. When a 3-methylcyclopentadecenone compound produced by this method is hydrogenated in a known manner, muscone can be produced efficiently.
US11377410B2	Process for generating a mixed multicomponent vapor for preparation of monoalkyl ethers of diphenols This invention comprises a process and a system thereof comprising apparatuses for developing multi-component vapor mixture by heating of solution of reactants comprising one or more of diphenols, or diphenol derivatives, and an organic compound, wherein the organic compound is one which upon reacting in a vapor state in presence of a catalyst with diphenols, or diphenol derivatives, produces a monoalkyl ether of a dihydric phenolic compound; and wherein the entire solution of reactants completely transforms into a super-heated multi-component vapor using heaters without the use of thin film evaporator. The complete transformation of the entire solution of said reactants in to super-heated multicomponent vapor is achieved by heating the entire solution firstly by a pre-heater followed by further heating by a super-heater, further comprising removal of the condensed high boilers and tar to drain, and subjecting the superheated vapor to vapor phase reaction mediated by catalyst to get monoalkyl ether of a dihydric phenolic compound.
US11377404B2	Process and plant for producing alpha olefins A process (100) for the production of linear alpha-olefins is proposed, wherein ethylene is subjected to catalytic oligomerization (1) in a feed mixture to obtain a product mixture containing alpha-olefins with different chain length and side compounds. In a primary fractionation (2), a primary fraction is formed using at least part of the product mixture, and in a secondary fractionation (4), a secondary fraction is formed using at least part of the primary fraction. The primary fractionation (2) and the secondary fractionation (4) are carried out such that the primary fraction and the secondary fraction predominantly contain one of the alpha-olefins and are low in or free of other alpha-olefins, that the primary fraction contains one or more of the side compounds, and that the secondary fraction is depleted relative to the primary fraction in the one or more side compounds. In an intermediate step (3) between the primary fractionation (2) and the secondary fractionation (4), to which at least part of the primary fraction is subjected, the one or more side compounds are at least partly converted to one or more secondary compounds, and the one or more secondary compounds are at least partly separated in the secondary fractionation (4). The intermediate step (3) is carried out in such a way that not more than 0.8% of the alpha-olefin predominantly contained in the primary fraction or the part thereof subjected to the intermediate step is reacted. The intermediate step is carried out in the presence of 30 wt.-ppm to 200 wt.-ppm of water as reaction moderator and using a strongly acidic ion exchange resin.
US11377400B1	Three stage catalytic process for pyrolysis oil upgrading to xylenes A method for upgrading pyrolysis oil includes contacting a pyrolysis oil feed with hydrogen in the presence of a mixed metal oxide catalyst in a slurry reactor to produce an intermediate stream comprising light aromatic compounds comprising mono-aromatic compounds, di-aromatic compounds, or both, passing the intermediate stream to a hydrocracking reactor, contacting the intermediate stream with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrocracking catalyst in a hydrocracking reactor to produce a hydrocracking effluent comprising aromatic compounds having six to nine carbon atoms, passing the hydrocracking effluent to a transalkylation reactor, and contacting the hydrocracking effluent with hydrogen in the presence of a transalkylation catalyst in the transalkylation reactor to produce a transalkylation effluent comprising xylenes.
US11377398B2	Ethylene selective oligomerization catalyst systems and method for ethylene oligomerization using the same The disclosure provides a catalyst system and a method for ethylene oligomerization using this. The catalyst system contains: ligand a, containing carbene groups of imidazole ring type; transition metal compound b, that is one of IVB˜VIII group metal compounds; activator c, that is a compound containing III A group metals; the ligand a contains at least one group as shown in general formula I: in which, bridging group A contains a main chain including alkyl, alkenyl, aryl groups or the combination of them and the first heteratom; E is a linear or cyclic group containing the second heteroatom; R is a hydrocarbyl group. The catalyst system is especially used for trimerization and tetramerization of ethylene. The catalyst system has high selectivity for 1-hexene and 1-octene, low selectivity for 1-butene and 1-C10+, and the total percent content of C6˜C8 linear □α-olefin in the product is more than 90% by mass.
US11377396B2	Enantioselective synthesis of α-quaternary Mannich adducts by palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylation This invention provides enantioenriched Mannich adducts with quaternary stereogenic centers and novel methods of preparing the compounds. Methods include the method for the preparation of a compound of formula (I): comprising treating a compound of formula (II): with a transition metal catalyst under alkylation conditions.
US11377394B1	Apparatus and method using natural fibers to enhance plant growth A process and apparatus is disclosed for utilizing African American hair removed from a person's scalp as a fertilizing agent with superior results in enhancing the growth of plants and, specifically, for speeding the photosynthesis process. Unprocessed hair removed from the scalp of African American people appears dead and dry but, in fact, includes moisture near the base, fiber, and melanin capable of holding the water for slow release later. Collected hair may be deposited into a specialized cleaning assembly for cleansing, infusion with fertilizer, and agitated for needle felting into a mat, balls, or powder for application to the roots of a plant for slow release of water and fertilizer held in the hair so that the plant receives melanin protein.
US11377393B2	Method and composition for improving plant growth Disclosed is a method and a composition for improving plant growth including applying to a plant, roots of a plant, soil or substrate, or seeds of plants inactive yeast and/or yeast derivatives and at least one nitrogen source.
US11377389B2	Bead maker and decorator An apparatus, kit, and methods for forming a bead between bead-forming blocks having internal bead-forming channels are provided. The bead-forming channels of adjacent bead-forming blocks are slidably engaged to manipulate a measured amount of modeling compound between the bead-forming blocks and within an internal space between the opposing channels. In one embodiment, the bead-forming blocks maintain orientation with respect to an axis of travel based on a block guide. Further, the measured amount of modeling compound is determined using an integrated measuring feature coupled to at least one of the pair of bead-forming blocks. The internal volume of an integrated measuring feature corresponds to a threshold amount of modeling compound for manipulating between the pair of blocks and forming a bead while contacting at least a portion of the mated bead-forming channels. In further aspects, a molded bead may be coated with a multicomponent bead-coating mixture. Multi-component bead-coating mixtures and methods of using thereof are provided.
US11377388B2	Deep non-frangible stress profiles and methods of making A non-frangible glass article strengthened by a dual or two-step ion exchange (IOX) process, where the first IOX step leads to a depth of compressive layer FSM_DOL>0.1·t or, in some embodiments, FSM_DOL>0.15·t, where t is the thickness of the glass, is provided. The glass article has a compressive stress CS1 after the first IOX step at the surface of from 100 MPa to 400 MPa or, in some embodiments, from 150 MPa to 300 MPa. The first IOX step is followed by a second IOX step, leading to a “spike” compressive stress CS2 after the second IOX step at the surface of greater than 500 MPa or, in some embodiments, 700 MPa. The width of the spike generated by the second IOX is between 1 μm and 30 μm, or between 8 μm and 15 μm, using the criteria where the magnitude (absolute value) of the slope of the spike is higher than 20 MPa/μm.
US11377387B1	Method for producing microstructures in a glass substrate A method for producing microstructures includes introducing modifications by a laser beam into a volume between two opposite outer surfaces of a glass substrate. An etching method is carried out which provides anisotropic material removal in one of the outer surfaces so as to produce recesses that have a conical shape. A layer that is resistant to an etching effect of the etching method is applied as a cover layer to only one outer surface. Then, a further etching method is carried out so that material is removed in the other outer surface until recesses of this other outer surface, which are produced and/or enlarged by the further etching method, have reached the cover layer.
US11377385B2	Glass tube for metal sealing and glass for metal sealing A glass tube for sealing a metal includes a glass that contains, in terms of mass %, 50% or more of SiO2+B2O3, 0% to 10% of Al2O3, 3% to 20% of RO (R is an alkaline earth metal), and 11% to 22% of R′2O (R′ is an alkali metal), and that has 10 μl/g or less of an amount of CO2 emitted when heated from a room temperature to 1100° C.
US11377381B2	Slurry handling apparatus A slurry handling apparatus includes at least one reception hopper includes a base, a rear wall and opposing side walls, and an opening provided in the base. Slurry delivered into the reception hopper from a tanker can pass through the opening in the base, and a respective first dewatering screen having an apertured screening deck is located beneath the at least one reception hopper so that slurry passing through the opening is delivered onto the deck of the respective screen, with undersize material and water passing through the apertures of the deck to be received within a sump, and with oversize material passing over the deck to be discharged from a downstream end of the deck.
US11377378B2	Electrolytic cell and system for treating water A water treatment system is disclosed having electrolytic cell for liberating hydrogen from a base solution. The base solution may be a solution of brine for generating sodium hypochlorite, or potable water to be oxidized. The cell has first and second opposing electrode end plates held apart from each other by a pair of supports such that the supports enclose opposing sides of the end plates to form a cell chamber. One or more inner electrode plates are spaced apart from each other in the cell chamber in between the first and second electrode plates. The supports are configured to electrically isolate the first and second electrode plates and the inner electrode plates from each other. The first and second electrode plates are configured to receive opposite polarity charges that passively charge the inner electrode plates via conduction from the base solution to form a chemical reaction in the base solution as the base solution passes through the cell chamber.
US11377375B2	Capacitive deionization electrode module and water treatment apparatus and method capable of saving energy using the same The present invention relates to a capacitive deionization electrode module, a water treatment apparatus and method capable of saving energy using the same, and more particularly, to a capacitive deionization electrode module that is capable of improving durability, suppressing fouling, and increasing the amount of incoming water treated and to a water treatment apparatus and method that is capable of recovering and reusing energy generated while a saline adsorbed to the capacitive deionization electrode module is being desorbed through an energy recovery device, thereby saving the energy.
US11377374B2	System and process for treating water A method and system for removing at least dissolved hydrogen sulphide or another targeted constituent from a feedstock is provided wherein the targeted constituent has a gas: liquid equilibrium. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of: contacting the feedstock in at least one stripping vessel with a stripping gas to produce a gas stream containing at least hydrogen sulphide gas; conveying the gas stream from the at least one stripping vessel to an oxidation reactor; contacting the gas stream with an oxidizing agent in the oxidation reactor so as to oxidize the at least hydrogen sulphide gas to produce sulphuric acid; and conveying the produced sulphuric acid from the oxidation reactor to the at least one stripping vessel so as to reduce a pH value of the feedstock within the stripping vessel.
US11377368B2	Apparatus for producing and providing sterile water and method of operating the apparatus A method and an apparatus for producing and providing sterile water comprising an inlet for process water; a recuperator for preheating process water and for cooling down the sterile water; a heating circuit comprising a pump, a heater for heating preheated process water and a heat retention section for keeping heated process water hot; a temperature sensor for measuring a current temperature of the sterile water leaving the heat retention section; a flow control valve located downstream of the temperature sensor; and a bypass between the flow control valve and the heater. The flow control valve keeps a volume flow in the heating circuit constant, the recuperator cools down the sterile water of a first partial volume flow, when such a first partial volume flow of sterile water is taken from the heating circuit, the bypass returns into the heating circuit a second partial volume flow of sterile water.
US11377367B2	Metal-doped cobalt precursor for preparing positive electrode active material for secondary battery Provided is a cobalt precursor for preparing a lithium cobalt oxide of a layered structure which is included in a positive electrode active material, wherein the cobalt precursor is cobalt oxyhydroxide (CoM′OOH) doped with, as dopants, magnesium (Mg) and M′ different from the magnesium.
US11377366B2	Process for the preparation of nanoparticles The present invention relates to a “safety-by-design” method for the preparation of nanoparticles, to a method for the preparation of a nanocomposite material, and to the use of a direct liquid injection device so as to prepare nanoparticles or nanocomposite materials in a “safety-by-design” process.
US11377365B2	Process for the selective removal of copper compounds and other impurities with respect to molybdenum and rhenium, from molybdenite concentrates Disclosed is a process for the selective removal of copper compounds, and other impurities with respect to molybdenum and rhenium, from concentrates of molybdenite (MoS2) with a copper content that is higher than 0.5% in dry weight.
US11377354B2	Carbon nanotube growth method A process for growing carbon nanotubes includes making carbon nanotubes by flowing methane into a tube. The process also includes increasing pressure to a high predefined pressure for the carbon nanotubes and maintaining temperature at a low predefined temperature for the carbon nanotubes. The high pressure and low temperature produce carbon nanotubes within minutes.
US11377353B2	Stabilized amorphous calcium phosphate doped with fluoride ions and a process for producing the same The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a citrate-coated amorphous calcium phosphate nanoparticle which comprises the following steps: 1) providing a first solution of a salt of calcium and a citrate salt wherein the molar ratio of citrate ion to calcium ion is in the range from 1 to 2 thus obtaining a clear first solution; 2) providing a second solution of a salt capable to give phosphate anion and a carbonate salt; 3) mixing together the first and the second solution at a pH in the range from 8 to 11; 4) precipitating the nanoparticle; and 5) drying the nanoparticle obtained from step 4). Preferably and advantageously the invention provides for the addition of a fluoride compound in step 2) for obtaining a fluorine-doped citrate-coated calcium phosphate nanoparticle or a nanoparticle agglomerate. The nanoparticle/nanoparticle agglomerate of the invention has a peculiar superficial area and a diameter that allow to use it as a biomaterial for dentistry application.
US11377351B2	Ozone generation system An ozone generation system which is adaptable for supplying ozone to different medium and small application processes. The system has a source of feed gas, a corona discharge cell receiving the feed gas from the feed gas source and generating ozone for the application process, a flow controller measuring and managing the flow of the feed gas from the feed gas source to the corona discharge cell; and a regulator receiving gas from the corona discharge cell and sending the gas to the application process. The regulator maintains pressure in the corona discharge cell independent of the application process pressure.
US11377350B2	Air filter assembly A compact lightweight air filtration system is disclosed. The air filtration system includes a hydrophobic particulate/coalescing filter and a cleanable ozone converter housed in a housing with an inlet and an outlet. Air flowing from the inlet to the outlet passes through the particulate/coalescing filter element and then the cleanable ozone converter to remove particulates, aerosols, liquids, and ozone.
US11377347B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor structure and planarization process thereof A method for manufacturing semiconductor structure includes: providing a substrate having a first surface; forming a trench on the first surface, wherein a bottom surface and side walls of the substrate are configured along an outer periphery of the trench; annealing the substrate with high-purity argon or high-purity hydrogen to flatten the bottom surface and the side walls; conformally disposing a composite-material layer to cover the first surface, the bottom surface and the side walls; disposing a polysilicon material layer in the trench; removing the composite-material layer on the first surface; forming a multi-layer metal interconnection structure on the first surface and the polysilicon material layer, the multi-layer metal interconnection structure including a MEMS frame structure and through holes; removing the polysilicon material layer and the composite-material layer; using plasma treatment to the trench to flatten the bottom surface and the side walls. The plasma contains inert gas and hydrogen.
US11377341B2	Mobile distribution station with additive injector A distribution station includes a mobile trailer and a delivery system. The delivery system includes a pump, a manifold fluidly connected with the pump, reels, hoses, valves situated between the manifold and a respective different one of the hoses, and fluid level sensors. There is also an additive injector fluidly connected with the delivery system and operable to introduce controlled amounts of an additive into the delivery system.
US11377339B2	Beverage dispensing system, beverage container and pressurizing system for use in a beverage dispensing system or container Beverage dispensing system, beverage container and pressurizing system for use in a beverage dispensing system or container. Beverage dispensing system 1 comprising a beverage container 2 with a beverage compartment 3 and a pressurizing system 10, wherein the pressurizing system 10 comprises a gas container 11 comprising pressurized gas, a closure 13 closing the gas container 11 and a pressure regulator 12 operative for opening the closure 13 for allowing gas to enter into the beverage compartment 3 from the gas container 11, wherein the pressure regulator 12 comprises a regulating chamber 15 having at least a wall part 17 movable and/or deformable based on pressure in the beverage compartment 3, wherein at least one opening 24 is provided through a wall 18 of the regulating chamber 15 providing for at least part of a gas passage between the regulating chamber 15 and the beverage compartment 3.
US11377338B2	Self-serve beverage dispenser The present application provides a beverage dispensing system. The beverage dispensing system may include a cooler and a beverage dispenser positioned within the cooler. The beverage dispenser may include a nozzle, a flow of water, an internal carbonation system in communication with the flow of water and the nozzle, and a number of internal ingredient containers in communication with the nozzle such that the beverage dispenser produces a beverage at the nozzle within the cooler.
US11377335B2	Method for filling containers with a filling product A method for filling a container with a filling product in a filling-product filling system having a control valve, having the steps: a differential pressure Δpv decreasing across the control valve; and regulating and/or controlling the control valve as a function of the differential pressure Δpv which has been determined.
US11377330B2	Remote controlled lift assembly A remote controlled lift assembly includes a pair of supports is each mountable to a respective outrigger of scaffolding. A winch unit is positionable on the supports when the supports are mounted on the scaffolding and the winch unit has a cable extending downwardly therefrom. The cable is lowered or lifted when the winch is actuated. A receiver is coupled to the winch unit and the receiver is in electrical communication with the winch unit. A remote control is provided that is carried by a user and the remote control is in wireless electrical communication with the receiver. In this way the user can remotely lift and lower the cable for lifting and lowering cargo.
US11377322B2	Rotary self-lock catch The present invention discloses a rotary self-lock catch. As a rope penetrates into the take-up cavity of the take-up reel and a tail end of the rope is limited at a boundary between a through hole and a hollowed cavity, when the rotary knob is rotated, the take-up reel can be driven to rotate together, so that the rope is wound in the take-up cavity by the take-up reel, and the rotary knob is allowed to rotate along one direction, so that an effect of tightening the rope can be realized.
US11377321B2	Post-processing device and image forming system provided with the same A post-processing device for processing a sheet includes a post-processing section for post-processing a sheet; a buffer section for temporarily staying a plurality of sheets at an upstream of the post-processing section; and a conveying section for conveying, one by one, the plurality of sheets stayed at the buffer section to the post-processing section.
US11377320B2	Relay conveyance device, image forming system, combination of image forming system, and sheet conveyance device A relay conveyance device includes a discharge unit which discharges a sheet toward a carry-in port, a decurling unit attached to the discharge unit, and a discharge adjustment mechanism capable of adjusting a height direction inclination of the discharge unit. The discharge adjustment mechanism is set to be capable of adjusting an inclination of the discharge unit such that the decurling unit maintains a predetermined reference position even when the discharge unit is supported by any of a plurality of unit supporting portions set according to a height position of the carry-in port.
US11377319B2	Sheet loading device, sheet post-processing device provided therewith, and image forming system A sheet loading device includes a discharge roller pair, a loading tray, a paddle member, a sheet holding member, a tray lifting-lowering drive portion, a top surface detection sensor, and a control portion. The control portion is capable of performing a lifting-lowering operation to arrange the loading tray at a reference position by lowering the loading tray with the sheet holding member arranged at the holding position to turn the top surface detection sensor into an off state, then lifting the loading tray to turn the top surface detection sensor into an on state, and then lowering the loading tray again to turn the top surface detection sensor into the off state and stopping the loading tray. With the loading tray at the reference position, a predetermined clearance is provided between a top surface of a sheet loaded on the loading tray and a rotational orbit of the paddle member.
US11377315B1	Image processing apparatus According to one embodiment, the image processing apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a sheet feed cassette, a pull-in member, and a biasing member. The sheet feed cassette is provided to be insertable into the apparatus main body. The pull-in member pushes the sheet feed cassette from a pull-in start position to a pull-in complete position to pull in the sheet feed cassette to the apparatus main body. The biasing member biases the pull-in member in the insertion direction. The biasing force of the biasing member in the state where the pull-in member is at a first position closer to the pull-in complete position than the pull-in start position is larger than the biasing force of the biasing member in the state where the pull-in member is at a second position closer to the pull-in start position than the first position.
US11377313B2	Shipping container handling systems and methods There is provided shipping container handling systems and methods that maximize the number of containers that can be stored on a predetermined property, as well as increasing the efficiency of the transfer of containers between transshipment vehicles, such as cargo ships/barges, trucks, airline, rail systems and the like.
US11377312B2	Shingle with reinforced nail zone and method of manufacturing A method of making a laminated shingle is provided. The method includes coating a shingle mat with roofing asphalt to make an asphalt-coated sheet, adhering a reinforcement member to a portion of the asphalt-coated sheet, covering the asphalt-coated sheet, and optionally covering the reinforcement member, with granules to make a granule-covered sheet, dividing the granule-covered sheet into an overlay sheet and an underlay sheet, wherein the overlay sheet has a tab portion normally exposed on a roof and a headlap portion normally covered-up on a roof, the headlap portion having a lower zone adjacent the tab portion and an upper zone adjacent the lower zone, and wherein the reinforcement member is adhered to the lower zone of the headlap portion and laminating the overlay sheet and the underlay sheet to make the laminated shingle.
US11377310B2	Magnetic levitation system, base of a magnetic levitation system, vacuum system, and method of contactlessly holding and moving a carrier in a vacuum chamber A magnetic levitation system for contactlessly holding and moving a carrier in a vacuum chamber, including a base defining a transportation track, a carrier movable above the base along the transportation track, and at least one magnetic bearing for generating a magnetic levitation force between the base and the carrier. The at least one magnetic bearing includes a first magnet unit arranged at the base and a second magnet unit arranged at the carrier. The magnetic levitation system further includes a magnetic side stabilization device for stabilizing the carrier in a lateral direction, the magnetic side stabilization device comprising a stabilization magnet unit arranged at the base, wherein at least one of the first magnet unit and the first stabilization magnet unit is arranged in a housing space of the base, the housing space being separated from an inner volume of the vacuum chamber by a separation wall.
US11377305B2	Dual-tube core scraper blade for a conveyor belt system A scraper blade for a conveyor belt system, the blade having a pair of parallel tubes in a core region of the blade, integrally molded into elastomeric material. A plurality of spacers are provided to maintain the tubes in parallel arrangement during the molding process. End mounts are secured to the ends of the tubes to facilitate mounting on holders of the conveyor belt system.
US11377295B2	Packaging assembly The present invention relates to packaging systems (assemblies) and more particularly, but not exclusively to packaging systems (assemblies) to secure elongated products, such as extruded products, in a bundle for transportation.
US11377293B2	Adsorbent matrix as propellant in aerosol package Adsorbent materials adsorb large quantities of inert permanent gases and maintain the initial pressure inside aerosol packages throughout the useful life of the packages, thus acting as propellants.
US11377290B2	Portable insulated container A portable insulated container includes an outer shell and a temperature control pack. The portable insulated container also includes a first insert portion that fits inside the outer shell and a second insert portion that also fits inside the outer shell and is configured to engage with the first insert portion to form a plurality of insulated cavities including a temperature control pack cavity along with three or more separate bottle storage cavities. Each of the three or more bottle storage cavities is configured for receiving a bottle and each of the three or more bottle storage cavities is configured for receiving bottles of different sizes and shapes. Each of the three or more bottle storage cavities may also be equidistant from the temperature control pack cavity.
US11377288B1	Portable cordless fan carrying case A carrying case configured for a portable cordless fan is disclosed herein. Such a disclosed carrying case allows for storage and transport of the subject cordless fan with a provision of certain recess structures at specific locations therein for placement of the components of such a fan with facilitated storage, closure, and transport, as well as opening and access thereto. Such a carrying case is hinged for opening and closing with locking means leading from one top edge to the opposite top edge. Such a hinged mechanism and closing mechanisms allows for proper stowage of removable fan blades without potential for such blades escaping or falling out upon opening of the case itself after transport. A remote and power module are also provided with the subject fan with proper retaining recesses within the internal portion of the case, as well.
US11377286B2	Container structure for removal of vacuum pressure A hot-fill PET container or bottle (10) filling with a liquid at an elevated temperature has a side wall (9) extending to a lower portion including a pressure panel (11) and a base (21) in its unfolded or pre-fill position. The panel (11) is transversely oriented and has a decoupling or hinge structure or element (13), an initiator portion (1) and control portion (5) of a steeply angled inverting conical section between 30 and 45 degrees. The control portion enables the inversion of the panel (11) into the container (10) to compensate for vacuum or reduced pressure induced within the container as the liquid cools down. The base (2) can also have a plurality of reinforcing ribs (3).
US11377285B1	Bottling device and method Beverage packaging and container arrangements are shown and described. In one embodiment, the device comprises a container body, hollow rod, and removable cap to provide an assembled consumable beverage arrangement. The disclosure also includes a variety of fittings and removable caps to mate with beverage containers that are useful in both storage and operating positions.
US11377284B2	Resealable bag and method of producing the resealable bag A resealable bag includes a first end, a second end, a first transverse seal sealing the first end and a second transverse seal sealing the second end. The second transverse seal is part of a weak seal zone of the bag that can be readily unsealed by a consumer by hand. The bag further includes a third transverse seal between the first transverse seal and the second transverse seal, closer to the second transverse seal than the first transverse seal. The third transverse seal is at least partially longitudinally aligned with the second transverse seal and can be selectively unsealed and resealed by the consumer by hand. In one embodiment, a fourth transverse seal is located between the first transverse seal and the second transverse seal, while being at least partially transversely aligned with the third transverse seal, and part of a strong seal zone of the bag.
US11377283B2	Hanging pocket with tamper detection A hanging pocket for point-of-sale display is provided. The hanging pocket comprises a front panel, an upper rear panel connected to a top edge of the front panel long an upper fold line, and a lower rear panel connected to a bottom edge of the front panel along a lower fold line. The upper and lower rear panels are configured to fold towards the front panel to form a pocket with open sides. First and second side flaps connected to lateral edges of front panel fold inwardly and join with both the upper and lower rear panels to enclose open sides of the pocket.
US11377275B2	Multifunction cup lid and cup using same A multifunction cup lid used for engaging with a corresponding cup body of a cup includes a charging member for receiving a suitable earphone to charge the earphone, and a cap adapted to receive the charging member therein so that the earphone can be taken out of or put in the multifunction cup lid via opening or closing the charging member. The present structure can receive and charge the earphone via providing with the charging member, thereby users can use the cup with the multifunction cup lid to achieve the purpose of carrying one object with a variety of functions to further reduce the carrying burden and strengthen the convenience.
US11377274B2	Multi-chambered container A container is configured to house a consumer product. The container includes a base, a cap, and an over-cap. The base has a bottom wall and a side wall extending from the bottom wall. The cap is engaged with the base so as to define a first compartment. The first compartment is configured to house the consumer product. The over-cap is engaged with the base and at least partially defines a second compartment.
US11377273B2	Two-part dispensing closure system with internal seal and methods of using the same A dispensing closure system includes an upper closure portion and a lower closure portion including an axial flow conduit and a vent conduit. The upper closure portion is axially movable relative to lower closure portion between shipping and dispensing positions. A seal is disposed on the lower closure portion over the flow and vent conduits. A peripheral spacing strip is removably secured to the upper closure portion and engages with either the lower closure or the outside of the container to prevent movement. A piercing probe includes piercing elements in alignment with the flow and vent conduits for piercing the seal. In the shipping position, the piercing elements are spaced from the seal. However, when the spacing strip is removed and the upper closure portion is axially moved to the dispensing position, the piercing elements pierce the seal to open the flow conduit and the vent conduit.
US11377271B2	Plastic closure part with severable membrane The invention concerns a plastic closure part (10) which can be fixed to a container or a further closure part to be fixed to the container, comprising a tubular discharge portion (3) whose cross-section is closed by a membrane (7) which has a tear line (8) extending peripherally over more than 180° along its outer edge and a corresponding method for the production of such a closure. In order to develop a closure part having the features set forth in the opening part of this specification and a method for the production thereof to the effect that the problems occurring upon injection moulding due to narrow flow passages are eliminated it is provided according to the invention that the tear line (8) is formed by a cut introduced into the material of the membrane (7) with a cutting or punching tool.
US11377267B2	Choke-resistant closure A closure includes: a cap member for engaging a fitment; a handling member wall encircling the cap member; and septa connecting the cap and handling members and providing an interior space between them. The handling member can include an upper rim smaller than its lower rim, and multiple openings, providing structures for allowing air flow into or out of the interior space. The openings and rims are aligned to provide multiple ventilation passageways traveling in: straight, vertical directions; straight, horizontal directions; indirect horizontal directions; or indirect transverse pathways that include vertical and horizontal orientations.The closure can include a tamper-evident band for indicating the closure has disengaged from the fitment. The band can comprise indentations defining segments that the tamper-evident band can separate into when the closure disengages, and connecting elements that keep the intact tamper-evident band, and its separated segments, connected to the closure.
US11377266B2	Valve for a dispensing container A valve assembly for a dispensing container includes a closure body detachably coupled to a co-injected valve. The closure body includes a main closure body coupled to a closure cap via a flexible hinge. The co-injected valve includes a valve head and a valve frame. The valve head includes a valve head portion with multiple valve head slits, a sleeve portion, and a peripheral sealing flange. The valve frame is permanently coupled to the valve head and includes a radial ledge and a radial wall that support the peripheral sealing flange of the valve head. The co-injected valve is fabricated via a two-step injection molding process. The first step includes fabricating the valve frame from a first injection material, and the second step includes fabricating the valve member from a second injection material.
US11377265B1	Bag closing seal A bag sealing device comprises an opposed press lock structure together with two adhesive bearing strips disposed below the press lock structure together with at least one strip that is employed to prevent premature sticking of the two adhesive bearing strips. This device is employed in combination with a bag containing a food product with disposed within the bag.
US11377260B2	Electronics enclosure An enclosure comprises a bottom container and first and second shelves hingedly connected to the enclosure. The first shelf is movable between a storage position in which its shelf receiving portion is positioned entirely within the bottom container and an in-use position in which its receiving portion at least partially extends beyond a first corresponding wall of the bottom container. The second shelf is movable between a storage position in which its receiving portion is positioned entirely within the bottom container and an in-use position in which its receiving portion at least partially extends beyond a second corresponding wall of the bottom container. When the first and second shelves are in their respective storage positions, the receiving portions of the first and second shelves are positioned in a stacked arrangement such that the second shelf receiving portion is higher than the first shelf receiving portion within the bottom container.
US11377259B1	Protective articles comprising an adhesive and cohesive thermoset viscoelastic polymer A viscoelastic material comprises a unique adhesive and cohesive thermoset viscoelastic polymer coated onto a flexible substrate. The polymer can be formed by curing an uncured polymer mix derived from a thermosetting reaction media of a carefully balanced ratio of isocyanate prepolymer, polyether diols, polyether triols and organic plasticizers. The viscoelastic material can exhibit viscoelastic, adhesive, cohesive, releasability, cleansability and antimicrobial properties. In some aspects, the viscoelastic material can be fabricated into a personal protective article. In one embodiment, the personal protective article is a footwear cover.
US11377253B2	Packages having octagonal autobottoms and blanks therefor In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a package can include an octagonal side body formed of at least eight body panels and an autobottom connected to the octagonal side body and formed of a plurality of bottom panels extending from a respective body panel of the plurality of the at least eight body panels. The autobottom can connect all of the at least eight body panels together in an octagonal shape when the plurality of bottom panels are interacting with each other.
US11377250B2	Liquid dispensing apparatus A liquid dispensing apparatus may include a first container containing a first liquid and a second container containing a second liquid. The first and second containers each can have an opening in an end. One of the first liquid and the second liquid can contain a tastant which is essentially absent from the other liquid or is present in a relatively differing amount. When the first and the second liquids are poured from the apparatus, the first liquid flows through the opening in the end of the first container and the second liquid flows through the opening in the end of the second container, such that the first liquid begins to exit the opening in the end of the first container before the second liquid begins to exit the opening in the end of the second container.
US11377246B2	Auto-feed assembly for modular filling systems An adjustable table assembly for use in a filler assembly includes a table having a top surface configured to receive a flexible container thereon and a clamp disposed on the table and configured to releasably secure the flexible container to the table. The table has an infeed end and an outfeed end opposite the infeed end. The table is movable along a plurality of rails affixed to the filler assembly. The table is movable between a loading position, in which the table is configured to receive the flexible container, and an operating position, in which the table is inside the filler assembly. The movement of the table along the plurality of rails is along a first axis. Filler assemblies and methods of using adjustable table assemblies are also disclosed.
US11377245B2	Pre-perforated substrate separator and insertion device for food preparation line and pre-perforated substrate A substrate insertion system is configured for insertion of a substrate under a product being carried on a conveyor. A pre-perforated substrate and a method of inserting the pre-perforated substrates under products carried on a conveyor are also provided. Furthermore, a method is described including the construction and operation of a substrate insertion system.
US11377242B2	Taping apparatus and taping method Disclosed is a taping apparatus including: a tray storage device supplying a designated one of plural kinds of trays on which respective different kinds of parts are scattered; a carrier tape feed device intermittently moving a designated one of plural kinds of carrier tapes which correspond to the respective different kinds of parts; a first camera capturing an image of the scattered parts on the designated tray; a first image recognizing device recognizing respective centers of the scattered parts; a rotary head individually sucking the scattered parts to rotatable suction nozzles; a second camera capturing an image of the parts sucked to the suction nozzles; a second image recognizing device recognizing respective orientations of the sucked parts; and a part inserting device adjusting the orientations of the sucked parts to orientations insertable into part storage recesses defined in the designated carrier tape and then inserting the parts into the part storage recesses, respectively.
US11377241B2	Strapping device Strapping device including: frame defining supporting area to place thereon a strap being processed, tensioning assembly to lock and tension, on command, at least part of the strap, welding assembly for joining, on command, at least two edges of the strap, a first drive member to actuate at least part of the tensioning and welding assemblies, and second drive mechanism operatively connected to at least the first drive member, at least part of the tensioning assembly and the welding assembly, and including a first element to carry out at least first and second movements, the first element defining an intermediate position relative to the frame starting from which the drive member actuates at least part of the tensioning assembly if the first element carries out the first movement and alternately actuates at least part of the welding assembly if the first element carries out the second movement.
US11377240B2	Self-propelled wrapping machine A self-propelled wrapping machine movable around a load to wrap the load with a film of plastic material, comprises a wrapping apparatus, which includes a supporting base, a column fixed thereto and an unwinding unit slidably supported by the column and suitable to supply the film unwound from a reel; and an automatic guided vehicle movable and arranged to be reversibly and automatically coupled to the supporting base in an assembled condition of the self-propelled wrapping machine to support and move the wrapping apparatus around the load and enable to wrap the load with the film.
US11377239B2	Process for operating a machine for wrapping products with a thermoplastic film A working process of a machine for wrapping products in packages, carried out with a thermoplastic material film from a reel, the process comprising: reducing a transversal section of a hollow mandrel to be smaller than a transversal dimension of a bundle of products, positioning a sealing device in a position for sealing overlapped longitudinal edges of the film while forming a new tubular film casing, arranging two vertically mobile elements of a sealing and transversal cutting assembly in a closure position on the head portion of the new tubular film casing and on the tail portion of the tubular film casing of a finished package, and conveying the new tubular film casing away from the mandrel, and repeating the process so that the product placed inside the tubular casing by the mandrel is wrapped in a tight adherent manner due to the elastic retraction of the film.
US11377238B2	Packaging machine and method for introducing bulk materials into containers A packaging machine and method for filling bulk materials into packages with a rotatable machine frame and a plurality of circumferentially arranged filling spouts. During frame rotation, bulk materials are filled into packages. A machine silo is configured at the machine frame which has a storage volume for storing a quantity of bulk materials for filling a plurality of packages. Bulk materials are filled into the attributed packages from the silo through the filling spout. The machine silo is connected with a material supply with a controllable closing member for feeding bulk materials to the machine silo. A controller controls the closing member of the material supply dependent on the fill level to reduce the height of fall of the bulk materials being fed into the silo, or to avoid a free fall of the bulk materials during the feeding of bulk materials into the machine silo.
US11377236B2	Method for attaching a heat-emitting device, spacecraft wall and spacecraft A method for attaching a heat-emitting device and a capillary heat pipe to a panel of a spacecraft wall is disclosed including the steps of: a) positioning a capillary heat pipe on a portion of the panel; attaching female attachment bodies to the panel, the female attachment bodies protruding relative to the capillary heat pipe; c) placing a thermally-conductive and self-curing paste over a portion of the capillary heat pipe or over a heat-emitting device; d) placing a heat-emitting device on the thermally-conductive and self-curing paste and on the female attachment bodies, said heat-emitting device bearing against and being in direct contact with the female attachment bodies, and e) attaching the heat-emitting device and said capillary heat pipe to the panel by attaching male attachment members to the female attachment bodies.
US11377234B2	Reusable space transport vehicle with modular networked rocket propulsion A rocket-powered space launch system comprises both a vehicle segment with an integrally designed propulsion subsystem and a supporting ground facility segment. Elements of a propulsion unit as easily accessed for removal and replacement of individual components. Said launch system is highly reusable, operable, and facilitates governmental agency regulatory compliant safety of occupants and public without passenger escape function and/or commanded vehicle destruction.
US11377232B2	Combined information for object detection and avoidance Described is an imaging component for use by an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) for object detection. As described, the imaging component includes one or more cameras that are configured to obtain images of a scene using visible light that are converted into a depth map (e.g., stereo image) and one or more other cameras that are configured to form images, or thermograms, of the scene using infrared radiation (“IR”). The depth information and thermal information are combined to form a representation of the scene based on both depth and thermal information.
US11377229B2	Internet connected auxiliary power unit airline maintenance system Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for generating maintenance recommendation for an auxiliary power unit (APU). One system may include collecting APU data, applying an algorithm that may analyze the APU data using one or more tuning parameters to capture elements of the APU data that indicate an APU health concern, and transmitting the captured elements indicating the APU health concern to a cloud-based health monitoring system.
US11377228B2	Aerial refueling system, apparatus and methods An aerial refueling system utilizes the full drogue-probe coupling event as a control parameter for hose control. A variety of different types of signal sending and signal receiving devices may be used to indicate a coupling event between the drogue and probe. A positive coupling signal may serve to trigger a hose reel actuator to take up slack in the hose 16.
US11377227B2	Cockpit pressurization and oxygen warning system A cockpit pressurization and oxygen warning system includes a cabin pressure input and an aircraft pressure input. A pilot interface includes a first visual indicator having a first recognizable characteristic disposed in a first position that is made visually perceptible when a first signal is asserted and a second visual indicator having a second recognizable characteristic esthetically different from the first recognizable characteristic and disposed in a second position different from the first position that is made visually perceptible when a second signal is asserted. A control circuit that is responsive to the cabin pressure input and the aircraft pressure input determines an acceptable range for the cabin altitude that corresponds to the aircraft altitude. The control circuit asserts the first signal when the cabin altitude is within the acceptable range and asserts the second signal when the cabin altitude is not within the acceptable range.
US11377222B2	Power management between a propulsor and a coaxial rotor of a helicopter One aspect is a flight control system for a rotary wing aircraft that includes flight control computer configured to interface with a main rotor system, a translational thrust system, and an engine control system. The flight control computer includes processing circuitry configured to execute control logic. The control logic includes a primary flight control configured to produce flight control commands for the main rotor system and the translational thrust system. A main engine anticipation logic is configured to produce a rotor power demand associated with the main rotor system. A propulsor loads engine anticipation logic is configured to produce an auxiliary propulsor power demand associated with the translational thrust system. The flight control computer providing the engine control system with a total power demand anticipation signal based on a combination of the rotor power demand and the auxiliary propulsor power demand.
US11377221B2	Inlet cowl deflection limiting strut A turbofan engine may comprise an inlet and a fan case coupled to the inlet. An engine case may be coupled to the fan case via a vane extending between the fan case and the engine case. A strut apparatus may extend from the fan case and limit deflection of the fan case. The strut apparatus may comprise a first end proximate the fan case, and a second end coupled to at least one of the engine case or a structure for mounting the turbofan engine to an aircraft.
US11377218B1	Flexible turbine arrangement air cycle machine with adaptive heat exchanger A system includes a primary heat exchanger with a first passage connected to a hot fluid source, a second passage connected to the first passage, and a third passage connected to the second passage and an outlet line. A compressor inlet is connected to the outlet line. A secondary heat exchanger is connected to a compressor outlet. First and second turbines are connected to an outlet of the secondary heat exchanger. A first load heat exchanger is connected to the first turbine. A second load heat exchanger is between the second turbine and a system outlet. A first valve connects the hot fluid source to the second and third passages. A second valve connects the first and second passages with the outlet line. A third valve is between the secondary heat exchanger and the second turbine. A fourth valve is between the first load heat exchanger and the system outlet.
US11377216B2	Advanced method and aircraft for pre-cooling an environmental control system using a dual compressor four wheel turbo-machine A method and aircraft for providing bleed air to environmental control systems of an aircraft using a gas turbine engine, including determining a bleed air demand for the environmental control systems, selectively supplying low pressure and high pressure bleed air to the environmental control systems, wherein the selectively supplying is controlled such that the conditioned air stream satisfies the determined bleed air demand.
US11377208B2	Systems and methods for a vehicle-compatible drone Systems and methods for a vehicle-compatible drone. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes providing a drone having a plurality of blades and an expansion device. The expansion device is adapted to reconfigure the position of at least one blade of the plurality of blades from a first configuration of the drone to a second configuration of the drone. The computer-implemented method also includes identifying the drone being in a first mode that is associated with the first configuration. The computer-implemented method further includes detecting a trigger signal based on an event. The computer-implemented method includes transmitting a transition signal configured to cause the drone to transition to the second mode that is associated with the second configuration.
US11377201B1	System and method for flight control of an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft A system for flight control of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The system generally includes a pilot control, a pusher component, a lift component and a flight controller. The pilot control is mechanically coupled to the eVTOL aircraft. The pilot control is configured to transmit an input datum. The pusher component is mechanically coupled to the eVTOL aircraft. The lift component is mechanically coupled to the eVTOL aircraft. The flight controller is communicatively connected to the pilot control. The flight controller is configured to receive the input datum from the pilot control, initiate operation of the pusher component, and terminate operation of the lift component. A method for flight control of an eVTOL aircraft is also provided.
US11377198B2	Unmanned flying object An unmanned flying object, capable of suppressing an increase in overall size while having a configuration to reduce noise, is provided. The unmanned flying object includes a duct that corresponds to: at least one generator that generates airflow; at least one microphone; and at least one speaker. The duct covers the at least one generator in a direction perpendicular to an airflow direction, passes the airflow in the airflow direction, includes a space between inner and outer peripheral surfaces, and defines an opening at the end of the space in the airflow direction. A shape of the inner peripheral surface is tapered in the airflow direction. The at least one microphone is positioned in the space. The at least one speaker is positioned closer to the at least one generator than the at least one microphone.
US11377188B2	Saildrive arrangement A saildrive arrangement (1) which comprises an upper unit (13) to be positioned inside a hull (5) of a sailboat (7) and a lower unit (14) which is arranged to protrude from the bottom (6) of the hull (5). The upper unit (13) comprises an input shaft (4) to be connected to an engine (2) and the lower unit (14) comprises a propeller shaft (9). A brake (15), for locking the rotational movement of the propeller shaft (9), is located in the upper unit (13). The saildrive arrangement (1) is incorporated into a sailboat (7) with a hull (5) and an engine (2).
US11377179B2	Fender arrangement for docking a marine vessel with a boat landing of a marine off-shore structure Fender arrangement for docking a marine vessel (1) with a boat landing (2) of a marine offshore structure (3) such as a wind power plant, including at least one fender unit (12, 13) composed of elastically deformable material and provided with a receiving recess (18) for a docking rail (5) of said boat landing (2). The fender arrangement is especially characterized in that fender unit (12, 13) exhibits an internal deformation control cavity (20) positioned at a distance from the receiving recess (18) within the fender unit (12, 13) and extending at least along the width of said receiving recess (18), controlling deformation of the fender unit (12, 13) into forming a gripping hold of a docking rail (5) by compression of the internal deformation control cavity (20) when the fender unit (12, 13) is pressed against the docking rail (5).
US11377178B2	Wave sheltering monohull vessel The disclosure provides a wave sheltering vessel used to reduce the significant wave height of waves. The wave sheltering vessel includes a hull, a plurality of anchors, and a propeller system. A length of the hull is greater than or equal to 60 meters. A ratio of the length to a design draft of the hull is less than or equal to 6.5. A ratio of the length to a breadth of the hull is less than or equal to 3.5. A ratio of the breadth to the design draft of the hull is less than or equal to 2.3. The anchors are installed at the hull along a longitudinal direction of the hull. The propeller system is disposed at the hull.
US11377175B2	Modular ramp system for a landing craft A modular system, which may include a modular ramp for a landing craft, is described. For example, a ramp module according to some embodiments includes an enclosure defining a cavity, wherein the enclosure is configured to be removably received in a watertight recess formed in the hull of the landing craft. The ramp module also includes an extendible ramp operatively coupled to the enclosure and configured to be extended from the enclosure such that the ramp extends from the deck of the landing craft toward a shore to provide a support surface for unloading cargo onto or in close proximity to the shore. The extendible ramp is configured to be substantially fully retracted within the cavity, in some cases the enclosure forming an water tight seal with the recess in the hull and/or sealing the ramp, when retracted, in a water tight manner within its cavity.
US11377172B2	Semi-submersible drilling vessel, e.g. for use in a harsh environment A semi-submersible drilling vessel has a deckbox structure, one or more pontoons, and multiple support columns extending upward from the one or more pontoons and supporting thereon the deckbox structure. An annular riser joints storage caisson extends downwardly from the deckbox structure, wherein the storage caisson delimits an annular storage space configured for storage therein of an annular array of riser joints in vertical orientation thereof. A riser joints carousel device is provided in the annular storage space, which riser joints carousel device is configured to carry an annular array of riser joints in vertical orientation thereof in a mobile manner relative to the annular storage caisson so that the array of riser joints is movable along an annular path through the storage spaced between the inner and outer wall of the storage caisson. The deckbox structure is provided with a riser joint transfer passage at a riser joint transfer location above the annular path of the riser joints carried by the riser joints carousel device through the storage space. The vessel is provided with a riser joint vertical transfer device configured to lift and lower a riser joint out of and into the riser joints carousel device, passing therein vertically through the riser joint transfer passage of the deckbox structure.
US11377169B2	Bicycle crankarm and related crankset A bicycle crankarm has a rechargeable battery cell and a recharging port for the battery cell in a face of the crankarm body.
US11377167B2	Human-powered vehicle suitable for compact storage A structure of a human-powered vehicle including at least one coupling kit having a fastening zone and a complementary fastening zone. The fastening zone being configured to be coupled to the complementary fastening zone presented by a second similar vehicle or by a fixed terminal. A vehicle and/or terminal including at least one coupling kit of the structure. A method of recharging battery of such vehicle.
US11377165B2	Bicycle saddle A bicycle saddle includes a saddle shell. A saddle frame is arranged on a lower side of the saddle shell. A saddle cushion is arranged on the upper side of the saddle shell. The saddle cushion comprises at least two cushion elements. Further, a cover layer is provided whose edge region is arranged between the cushion elements in the region of a saddle edge.
US11377162B2	Soft biomimetic legged robot A soft biomimetic legged robot is provided in the present invention, including a plurality of soft robotic arms. The soft robotic arms include a plurality of motion units, and each of the motion units includes one or more of a twist module, an extension module, a contraction, and a bending module. The plurality of motion units is combined to achieve a full-posture motion of the soft robotic arms. By using soft robotic arms composed of different motion units, the soft biomimetic legged robot of the present invention can not only realize the underwater swimming and crawling, but the crawling on land or slopes, thereby adapting to more complicated environments and achieving richer functions. The motion posture is not limited to a single bending, twisting, extension, and shortening. The soft robotic arm can achieve full-posture movements, and its motion type is more complete.
US11377161B2	Tracked vehicle having motor coaxially arranged with drive wheel The invention relates to a tracked vehicle comprising a vehicle body and a track assembly pair. Said track assembly pair is arranged to suspendedly support said vehicle body allowing relative movement between said vehicle body and each track assembly (21) of said track assembly pair. Each track assembly (21) comprises a track support beam (22) configured to support a plurality of road wheels (23, 23a), a drive wheel (24), and a motor (110) for operating said drive wheel (24), an endless track (25) being disposed around said road wheels (23, 23a) and drive wheel (24). Said motor (110) is fixedly arranged to said track support beam (22). Said motor (110) is arranged in connection to the drive wheel (24) such that a motor axle essentially coaxially coincides with a centre axis (Z) of the drive wheel (24).
US11377160B2	Modular truck bed rack system and portions thereof A rack system that is configured to allow the omission of cross bars. The cross bars can be easily removable and replaceable or can be adjustable along a length of the rack system. In some configurations, the rack system includes at least one side support arrangement comprising a first vertical support and a second vertical support. Two or more side support arrangements can be provided on each side of the truck bed. Pairs of support arrangements on one side of the truck bed can be connected by one or more longitudinal supports. Accessories, such as tool boxes or gas cans, can be connected to the one or more longitudinal supports.
US11377153B2	Vehicle reinforcement member and vehicle center pillar An elongate vehicle reinforcement member having a U-shaped cross section, wherein the member is disposed inside and welded to a vehicle structural member, wherein the vehicle structural member includes opposite base lateral walls, the vehicle reinforcement member including: opposite reinforcement lateral walls extending in vehicle height and width directions, each having an outward edge on an outer side in vehicle width direction and an inward edge on an inner side; and a reinforcement connecting wall connecting the outward edges of the lateral walls, each lateral wall together with the connecting wall forming a ridge, each lateral wall including a row of welding projections, each protruding outward over the entire width of the lateral wall, each welding projection having a raised welding surface wherein the reinforcement lateral wall is welded to the base lateral wall, the welding projections in each row being arranged at intervals along vehicle height direction.
US11377152B2	Vehicle rear portion structure A ridgeline of a bottom surface portion at a rear portion of a rear side member rear at a rear of a fastening portion of rear side members to a rear portion of a rear suspension member is a slope shape which inclines downward toward a vehicle rear. A side member reinforcement, which is a reinforcing member which is against a load in a vehicle length direction, is attached to the rear portion of the rear side member rear. A fragile portion of low rigidity compared to a lower portion is formed at an upper portion of the side member reinforcement.
US11377151B2	Standard accessory mounting points for trucks and SUVs Methods and systems for attaching accessories to a vehicle. The system includes a first plurality of attachment devices located on a frame rail of a first vehicle, the first plurality of attachment devices spaced apart by a distance. The system also includes a second plurality of attachment devices located on a frame rail of a second vehicle, the second plurality of attachment devices spaced apart by the distance. The system also includes a plurality of engagement members of a vehicle accessory, each engagement member of the plurality of engagement members spaced apart by the distance and configured to engage with respective attachment devices from the first plurality of attachment devices or the second plurality of attachment devices. The system also includes a plurality of connectors configured to secure the plurality of engagement members to the first plurality of attachment devices or the second plurality of attachment devices.
US11377150B2	Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle, and control method The present invention provides a vehicle control apparatus for performing traveling control of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a detection unit configured to detect a peripheral status of the vehicle; a determination unit configured to determine, based on a detection result of the detection unit, whether a preceding vehicle exhibits a predetermined behavior in a vehicle width direction; and a control unit configured to perform steering control of the vehicle, wherein steering control modes of the vehicle include a first mode and a second mode, and wherein in a case where the determination unit determines that the preceding vehicle exhibits the predetermined behavior during the steering control of the vehicle in the first mode, the control unit changes from the first mode to the second mode and performs the steering control of the vehicle in the second mode.
US11377145B2	Vehicle control device and control method for vehicle A vehicle control device includes an external sensor configured to acquire environmental information around a host vehicle, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the host vehicle so that the host vehicle travels along a target travel trajectory; detect an adjacent preceding vehicle that is traveling in a lane adjacent to a lane in which the host vehicle is traveling; acquire environmental information on a road side or a lane on an opposite side of the lane in which the adjacent traveling vehicle is traveling from the lane in which the host vehicle is traveling; and generate the target travel trajectory of the host vehicle so as to move away from the adjacent preceding vehicle in a width direction of the lane in which the host vehicle is traveling, within a lane width of the lane in which the host vehicle is traveling.
US11377143B2	Steering system with failsafe torque sensor communication Technical solutions are described for providing failsafe assist torque in steering systems. An example method includes determining, by a first controller, a first assist torque signal using a first set of torque sensor signals from a first sensor and a second set of torque sensor signals from a second sensor, the first sensor corresponding to the first controller, and the second sensor corresponding to a second controller. The method further includes determining, by the second controller, a second assist torque signal using the first and second sets of torque sensor signals. Further the method includes generating, by a motor, an assist torque using the first and second assist torque signals, and in response to the first controller receiving a diagnostic signal indicating a failure of the first torque sensor, determining by the first controller, the first assist torque signal using only the second set of torque sensor signals.
US11377141B2	Electric power steering device An electric power steering device including: a control rotational displacement calculation unit configured to calculate a control rotational displacement when a steering angle of the steering system is in an angular range from a maximum allowable steering angle for the steering system to a predetermined threshold steering angle; a control steering angle shifting unit configured to calculate the control rotational displacement corrected by a correction amount based on one of the steering torque and rack axial force and a sign of one of the control rotational displacement and the steering angle as a shift control steering angle; and a feedforward control unit configured to output a second current command value based on the shift control steering angle and steering velocity. An assist control is controlled with a third current command value calculated by adding the second current command value to the first current command value.
US11377139B2	Method for controlling a steer-by-wire steering system in a motor vehicle and steer-by-wire steering system A method for controlling a steer-by-wire steering system in a motor vehicle, wherein, by means of an operator element to be actuated by an operator, a control command for actuating a steering actuator acting on at least one wheel to be steered is output, and wherein, by means of a force application element acting on the operator element and in operative connection with the steering actuator, an actuation force for the operator element is set. In the case of a disturbance of the force application element, the steering actuator is actuated so that the control command applied by the operator element is transmitted only in a damped manner to the steering actuator.
US11377137B2	Electric drive device and electric power steering device The device has motor housing side annular engagement portion 40 formed at outer circumferential surface of end surface portion of motor housing 11 which is opposite side to output shaft portion of rotation shaft of electric motor; and metal cover side annular engagement portion 38 formed at opening end 37 of metal cover 12 that covers electronic control unit and engaged with motor housing side annular engagement portion 40. Fixing region is formed by fixing metal cover side annular engagement portion 38 to motor housing side annular engagement portion 40 in a fixing manner without using any fixing screw in a state in which metal cover side annular engagement portion 38 is engaged with motor housing side annular engagement portion 40. Sealing region is formed between fixing region and opening end 37 of the metal cover 12 with liquid sealant 41 applied between fixing region and opening end 37.
US11377136B2	Steering device A steering device includes an electric actuator that applies a steering force to one end side of a steering shaft. The other end side of the steering shaft is provided with a displacement detection part for detecting the movement amount of the steering shaft. Either a detection target or a displacement detection sensor is provided on the steering shaft and the other is provided in a housing so as to output a signal according to a relative position change amount of the detection target with respect to the displacement detection sensor in the direction of the first axis. A first restriction mechanism restricts the relative movement of the detection target and the displacement detection sensor in a radial direction regarding the first axis to limit the change in the relative position in the radial direction of the detection target and the displacement detection sensor.
US11377131B2	Dolly and dolly arrangement A dolly (10) comprises a body (12) having an upwardly projecting first locating formation (20) for locating a further dolly thereon in a stacked condition of said dollies. The body (12) has a second locating formation (21) for stacking the dolly (10) on a further dolly in a stacked condition of said dollies. The first locating formation (20) is engageable with a second locating formation on the further dolly stacked on the first mentioned dolly, and the second locating formation (21) is engageable with a first locating formation of the further dolly on which the first mentioned dolly (10) is stacked.
US11377126B2	Vehicle control system In a vehicle control system (1) configured for autonomous driving, a control unit (15) invokes an autonomous stopping mode when an intervention detection unit (10, 11, 13, 33) has failed to detect an acceptance of a driving intervention request by the driver when the driving intervention request is notified by a notification interface (31, 32), and the control unit restricts a functionality of the autonomous driving after the autonomous stopping mode has been invoked due to a driver's failure.
US11377125B2	Vehicle rideshare localization and passenger identification for autonomous vehicles Various disclosed embodiments include methods of locating an intended passenger of an automotive vehicle and vehicle-based systems for locating an intended passenger of an automotive vehicle. In an illustrative embodiment, a method of locating an intended passenger of an automotive vehicle includes: moving an automotive vehicle to an approximate location of an intended passenger based on a location signal from the intended passenger received via a wireless network; after moving to the approximate location of the intended passenger, receiving, by the vehicle, an image from an electronic device of the intended passenger, the image being an image of the intended passenger or an image of local physical surroundings of the intended passenger; processing the image to determine additional location information of the intended passenger based on matching the image against one or more reference images; and accepting by the vehicle, the intended passenger responsive to the image processing.
US11377124B2	Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize at least a surroundings situation and an in-vehicle situation of a vehicle, and a driving controller configured to perform at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, the recognizer is configured to recognize an object to be loaded including at least any one of an occupant candidate present outside the vehicle and scheduled to board the vehicle and a baggage candidate present outside the vehicle and scheduled to be loaded into the vehicle, and to recognize that the object to be loaded has been loaded into the vehicle, and the driving controller is configured to permit start of travel of the vehicle in a case where the recognizer has recognized that all of the objects to be loaded have been loaded into the vehicle.
US11377117B2	Automated vehicle condition grading Aspects of the present disclosure relate to automated vehicle condition grading. In examples, a set of images for a vehicle are processed using a machine learning engine to generate an optical vehicle condition grade for each image of the set. The resulting set of optical vehicle condition grades may be aggregated to generate an aggregate optical vehicle condition grade for the vehicle. In some examples, additional information associated with the vehicle is processed, which may be used to generate an adjustment grade. Accordingly, the adjustment grade and the aggregate optical vehicle condition grade are used to generate a final vehicle condition grade for the vehicle. The final vehicle condition grade is associated with the vehicle in a vehicle condition grade data store for subsequent use by the vehicle grading service and/or by an associated client device, among other examples.
US11377111B1	Systems and methods for detecting vehicle mass changes Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses include collecting, via one or more sensors and during a first window of time, sensor data associated with an acceleration of the vehicle, processing the sensor data to obtain frequency domain sensor data, analyzing the frequency domain sensor data to identify one or more occurrences of a vehicle mass change event, classifying a use of the vehicle for a shared mobility service during one or more time periods of the first window of time based on the one or more occurrences of a vehicle mass change, and transmitting, to a remote computing device, a notification relating to use of the vehicle for the shared mobility service.
US11377109B2	Method for performing shifts in a motorcycle gearbox A method for changing between a multiplicity of discrete transmission ratio stages in a motorcycle gearbox is provided. In response to a shift demand, during the torque-transmitting connection of a drive shaft of the drive machine to a gearbox input shaft, a gear-selection drum of the transmission is rotatable from a first shifting position to an intermediate position which is situated between the first and a second shifting position, before shifting to the second shift position. In the intermediate position, no drive torque can be transmitted from the gearbox input shaft to a gearbox output shaft. During the gear selection drum movement from the first shifting position and the intermediate position, the drum may be rotated to a rest position in which drive torque can be transmitted from the gearbox input shaft to a gearbox output shaft.
US11377106B2	Control method for ISG of vehicle equipped with manual transmission An idle stop and go (ISG) control method for a vehicle provided with a manual transmission includes: determining, by a controller, whether a first operation determination condition is satisfied based on a bottom signal from a clutch pedal sensor, a brake pedal operation signal, and a first vehicle speed signal condition; determining, by the controller, whether a second operation determination condition is satisfied based on the bottom signal, the brake pedal operation signal, and a second vehicle speed signal condition; stopping, by the controller, an engine of the vehicle when the first operation determination condition or the second operation determination condition is satisfied; determining, by the controller, whether a first restart condition is satisfied based on a top signal or the bottom signal from the clutch pedal sensor; and restarting, by the controller, the engine when the first restart condition is satisfied.
US11377105B2	Off-road vehicle speed control assembly An off-road vehicle speed control assembly that includes a speed control device, a speed sensor, tire pressure sensors and an electronic controller. The speed control device controls speed of a vehicle power plant. The electronic controller is in electronic communication with the speed control device, the speed sensor and the plurality of tire pressure sensors and is configured to operate the speed control device in at least two different modes of operation: a normal mode in which the plurality of tires are inflated to a high-speed tire pressure; and, a first off-road mode in which the plurality of tires are inflated to a first off-road tire pressure that is less than the high-speed tire pressure. In the normal mode, speeds of the vehicle are unrestricted by the electronic controller. In the first off-road mode, speed of the vehicle is restricted.
US11377101B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and vehicle Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a vehicle recognition unit that performs recognition of a vehicle in a second lane that is adjacent to a first lane in which an own vehicle is traveling, and has a same traveling direction as the first lane, and a flow detection unit that detects a first difference between a number of vehicles in the second lane by which the own vehicle has been caught up with, and a number of vehicles in the second lane that the own vehicle has caught up with, or a second difference between a number of vehicles in the second lane by which the own vehicle has been overtaken, and a number of vehicles in the second lane that the own vehicle has overtaken on the basis of a recognition result of the vehicle in the second lane.
US11377100B2	Behavior prediction system A behavior prediction system includes an information obtainer, a probability distribution model generator, a map generator, and a display. The information obtainer obtains information on a traveling direction of a moving object whose behavior is to be predicted. The probability distribution model generator generates a probability distribution model regarding a traveling direction of the moving object based on the information on an obtained traveling direction of the moving object. The map generator uses the probability distribution model to calculate probabilities that the moving object passes through respective areas into which a movable region of the moving object is divided and that generates a probability map in which the probabilities are assigned to the respective areas. The display displays the probability map.
US11377088B2	Electric vehicles with engines and interaction with aftertreatment Systems and methods to control operation of a system based on aftertreatment interaction include a controller structured to receive one or more parameters associated with an exhaust aftertreatment system of an electric vehicle, where the one or more parameters are associated with an aftertreatment event associated with the aftertreatment system, determine an operation state of the system based on the one or more parameters, and generate a command structured to adjust operation of the system responsive to the determination of the operation state.
US11377086B2	Control method for hybrid vehicle and control apparatus for hybrid vehicle A control method for a hybrid vehicle is provided. The hybrid vehicle includes an electric motor (13) that drives the vehicle to travel, a generator (12) that supplies power to the electric motor (13), and an engine (11) that drives the generator (12). The control method includes: when bringing the electric motor (13) into a regenerative state, operating the generator to drive the engine (11) in a state in which fuel supply to the engine (11) is cut, thereby executing, in accordance with required deceleration, the motoring control for consuming the output power of the electric motor (13); and when the required deceleration decreases and driving of the engine (11) by the generator (12) is requested upon execution of the motoring control, imposing a restriction on a change in the rotational speed of the engine.
US11377083B2	Electromechanical actuator package for actuating brake assembly An electromechanical actuator package for actuating a brake assembly configured to operate a vehicle brake comprises: a motor; a differential operably connected to the motor, the differential comprising a pulley and an output connectable to the brake assembly; and a locking mechanism configured to lock the pulley of the differential, the locking mechanism comprising: a base configured to be movable, a plurality of projections projecting from the movable base, the projections comprising first and second projections, wherein at least a part of the pulley is positioned between the first and second projections projected from the movable base, an electromagnet assembly disposed adjacent to at least one of the projections, the electromagnet assembly operably associated with at least one of the projections, and one or more springs operably coupled to the movable base and/or at least one of the projections.
US11377078B2	Operative pedal device for vehicle Provided is a vehicular operation pedal device having a fail-safe function to prevent backward movement of a step portion of an operation pedal mechanism at the time of a vehicle collision. A brake pedal device (1) includes a protrusion (90) which performs rotation restriction for preventing a rotating member (50) from rotating about a rotating shaft portion (14), and on which a restricting load (F2) acts by the rotation restriction. During the rotation restriction by the protrusion (90), a second load acts as the restricting load (F2) when a step portion (24) of an operation pedal mechanism (20) is fully stepped forward of a vehicle, and when the restricting load (F2) is greater than the second load, the rotation restriction is released due to deformation of the protrusion (90) by shearing or bending.
US11377077B2	Brake-by-wire automatic brake system for vehicles A brake system for vehicles may have at least one front automatic actuator device, operatively connected to a manual actuator device by means of a first control unit, and to at least one braking device of a first axle. The system may also include at least one rear automatic actuator device, operatively connected to the manual actuator device via a second control unit, and to the at least one braking device of a second axle.
US11377076B1	Air powered landing gear An air powered landing gear supports a front end a trailer when it is deployed. A cylindrical rod is secured to an underside of the trailer, and a collar assembly rotates around the rod. A leg assembly is rigidly affixed to and extends downwardly from the collar assembly. A pneumatic cylinder extends between the trailer and the leg assembly and is configured to rotate the landing gear from a deployed position, wherein the landing gear supports the front end of the trailer, to a stowed position, wherein the landing gear is rotated upwardly toward the trailer.
US11377073B2	System for cleaning an optical sensor, assembly comprising such a system, and associated motor vehicle The present invention relates to a system (1) for cleaning an optical sensor (3), notably of a motor vehicle, comprising: —an element (5) for spraying a cleaning liquid, —a tank (7) of cleaning liquid fluidically connected to the element (5) for spraying cleaning liquid, —a pump (9) configured to pump the cleaning liquid from the tank (7) to the element (5) for spraying the cleaning liquid, the system (1) also comprising a containment wall (11) for the cleaning liquid, which is movable between a retracted position in which the containment wall is configured to be positioned outside the field of view of the optical sensor (3) and a cleaning position in which the containment wall (11) is configured to be positioned in front of the optical sensor (3) so as to define a collection vessel (13) for the cleaning liquid, and in that it comprises an evacuation pipe (15) for the cleaning liquid that is connected both to the collection vessel (13) in the cleaning position and to the tank (7) of cleaning liquid.
US11377067B2	Bush Entanglement of bush main bodies is suppressed. At a bush, a shaft portion of a bush main body, which extends in a circumferential direction of a mounting hole of an outer anchor, covers a peripheral surface of the mounting hole. A first flange portion and a second flange portion of the bush main body are placed on an front and back sides of the outer anchor, respectively. Moreover, a connection portion connects both circumferential direction sides of the bush main body. The connection portion allows elastic deformation of a diameter of the bush main body, and the second flange portion can pass-through the mounting hole.
US11377066B1	Safety systems for reclined seats A safety system includes a restraint configured to secure an occupant to a seat, an anchor coupled to the restraint and movable along an anchor guide, an anchor energy-absorbing (EA) device configured to control movement of the anchor along the anchor guide, and a controller that includes a processor configured to receive information indicative of an imminent vehicle event, receive information indicative of a recline angle of the seat being above a recline threshold, and send a command to enable the anchor to move along the anchor guide under control of the anchor EA device based on the information indicative of the imminent vehicle event and the recline angle being above the recline threshold.
US11377061B2	Airbag flap system having peripheral depressions of variable material thickness The subject matter of the invention is an airbag flap system for triggering an airbag of a vehicle dashboard in a fragment-free manner at sub-zero temperatures, having: a lid assembly which points towards a vehicle interior and which comprises a polymer, wherein the lid assembly has a frame body having at least one flap segment which has peripheral depressions; wherein the peripheral depressions generate at least one rectangular basic structure; and a deployment chute assembly which is connected to the lid assembly and comprises a polymer, wherein the deployment chute assembly has a main body and at least one flap body; wherein the main body is configured so as to cover the frame body, and wherein the at least one flap body is configured so as to cover the at least one flap segment; wherein the peripheral depressions of the rectangular basic structures of the lid assembly have at least two different material thicknesses. The present invention also relates to a lid assembly for the afore-mentioned airbag flap system. The present invention furthermore relates to a deployment chute assembly for the afore-mentioned airbag flap system.
US11377060B2	Flexible molded skin The present invention relates to a flexible molded skin as part of a composite structure for an airbag cover, and to a composition for producing such a skin using slush molding. The composition and flexible molded skin have a thermoplastic plasticized vinyl polymer, and a tear promoting agent selected from the group of one or more particulate blowing agents, inorganic mineral materials, organic filler materials and microspheres or a mixture of two or more of the afore mentioned materials. The particles of the particulate tear promoting agent have an average particle size of between 0.005 and 50 μm, preferably between 0.005 and 40 μm.
US11377054B2	Controlling unit Described is an electrical power controlling unit (1) for controlling electrical power delivery received from a direct current power source (2) to an electrical power consuming device (3), the alternating current power consuming device being driven by modulatable multiple phase alternating output current at a first voltage provided by the controlling unit, the controlling unit comprising an electrical current transformer (4), multiple outlet conductors (5) for connecting the transformer to the electrical power consuming device, command input means (6) to receive controlling commands from a controller interface (7), battery power input means (8), direct current power source input means (10) for receiving direct current from the electrical power source, a voltage converter (11), first conducting means (12) connecting the voltage converter to the current transformer, and second conducting means (13) connecting the voltage converter to a converted direct current power outlet (14).
US11377053B2	Extended slide vehicle seat with low profile adjustment control Disclosed is a vehicle that includes a vehicle seat with a backrest, a cushion, a sliding rail, and a seat mount coupled to the sliding rail. A recline control handle positioned on the side of the seat includes a rotation axis parallel to a lateral axis of the vehicle. A slide control handle positioned on the side of the seat includes a rotation axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and a recess configured to receive at least a portion of the slide control handle in both a first orientation and a second orientation.
US11377049B2	Wiring structure of wire harness and wire harness A wiring structure of a wire harness in which a wire harness is fixed to an adhesive member laid on a surface of a roof lining of an automobile is disclosed, wherein on at least a part of a bent portion, the plurality of electric wires are sandwiched between two belt-shaped tapes in which both side edges are fixed to each other, are spread side by side in the width direction, and are attached to an adhesive surface provided on an inner surface of at least one of the two tapes, thereby providing a restraint portion in which the bundle of the electric wires is held in a flat shape, a portion excluding the restraint portion is a non-restraint portion in which the electric wires are unrestrained, and an outer surface of one of the two tapes in the restraint portion is attached to the adhesive member.
US11377047B2	Cover member and wire harness A cover member includes: a main body; and a binding member. The main body includes, when viewed from the axial direction, a base area, a first overlap area located on one side, and a second overlap area located on the other side with the base area interposed therebetween. The first overlap area includes a first end part out of the main-body both end parts. The second overlap area includes a second end part out of the main-body both end parts. The base area is formed to be able to change an overlap amount of the first overlap area and the second overlap area. The main-body both end parts are formed from one opening part to the other opening part out of a pair of opening parts that communicate an inside space with the outside.
US11377040B2	Accessories supported by door strikers of motor vehicles This disclosure relates to accessories configured to be supported by door strikers of motor vehicles. In particular, the accessories may be mounted to a motor vehicle when a traditional, or factory, door is removed. Some example accessories are useable as a step when mounted to the vehicle, and are also useable as a tool (i.e., as a shovel, flashlight, bit driver, socket wrench, and/or hex wrench) when removed from the vehicle.
US11377035B2	BSM unit A BSM unit according to an embodiment is attached to a side surface facing the vehicle body of a visor of an outer mirror provided to a vehicle body of a vehicle. The BSM unit includes: a light source; a housing; and a lens configured to be attached to the housing and emit light from the light source to the outside of the housing. The visor has an edge portion which is positioned on a rear side of the vehicle on the side surface and is surrounding a mirror of the outer mirror, at least a portion of the lens is exposed on the side surface of the visor, and a shape of the exposure portion of the lens includes a center of the exposure portion and the edge portion and is bilateral-symmetrical with respect to a cross section orthogonal to the side surface of the visor.
US11377032B2	Actuator, sub-assembly with actuator and mirror head, rear view device, door and vehicle An actuator for a rear view device of a vehicle includes a body defining a folding axis for the rear view device, a tilt axle having a fastening means for torque-proof fastening the rear view device to the tilt axle and defining a tilting axis for the rear view device, an actuator housing being rotatable borne by the body and being configured for rotatable bearing the tilt axle, and a drive assembly being arranged completely within the actuator housing and being configured for rotating the actuator housing about the folding axis relative to the body by a folding angle and for rotating the tilt axle about the tilting axis relative to the actuator housing by a tilting angle.
US11377031B1	Automobile side view mirror apparatus and system A side view mirror apparatus for improving a driver's view of the area alongside and behind him or her while in the driver's seat of an automobile. The mirror apparatus has a frame with a side section that extends along a window post of the automobile and an upper section that extends along a window frame of the automobile. The mirror frame fits between the window and the window post and window frame. The mirror apparatus has a housing in the side section that defines an interior chamber. Multiple reflectors are movably mounted in the interior chamber to provide full view of the area on the side of the vehicle where the mirror apparatus is mounted. The side section mounts to an existing mounting position and the lowermost deflector is connected to the automobile's mirror control system. The system includes the mirror apparatus and relevant components of the automobile.
US11377027B2	Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, driving assistance apparatus, mobile body, and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes an input interface to acquire an image, and first to fourth controllers. The first controller performs image processing on the image. The second controller performs correction on an optical distortion in the image. The third controller performs recognition on the image. The fourth controller superimposes a result of the recognition onto the image and outputs a resulting image. The first controller can perform first and second image processing. The second controller can perform first and second correction processing. The third controller receives an input of the image, and outputs information indicating a location of a recognized object. The fourth controller receives an input of the image, and superimposes a drawing indicating the location of the recognized object onto a corresponding location in the image.
US11377026B2	Furnishing component for recreational vehicles The furnishing component for recreational vehicles comprising: a fixed portion associated with a recreational vehicle and defining a space of use; and a movable portion associated with the fixed portion in a variable manner between an opening position in which the movable portion is at least partially moved away from the fixed portion to allow the access to the space of use, and a closing position in which the movable portion is moved close to the fixed portion to prevent the access to the space of use; at least one emitter element of a luminous flux associated with the fixed portion; and at least one diffusing element associated with the movable portion and at least partially exposed to the luminous flux for its diffusion in the environment.
US11377023B2	Proactive headlight tracking for vehicle auto high beam assist In exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided for controlling an auto high beam functionality for headlights of a vehicle. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes: obtaining camera data pertaining to an object in front of the vehicle; identifying, via a processor, a radial gradient of pixels in a region of interest from the camera data; and automatically controlling, via the processor, the auto high beam functionality for the headlights based on the radial gradient.
US11377022B2	Adaptive headlights A system for adaptive lights for use in a vehicle includes a headlight configured to generate light to be at least partially directed away from the vehicle to illuminate a portion of an environment of the vehicle. The system further includes a sensor configured to detect data corresponding to an environmental condition in the environment of the vehicle. The system further includes an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the headlight and the sensor and configured to determine the environmental condition based on the detected data and to adjust an intensity and an orientation of the light generated by the headlight based on the environmental condition.
US11377020B1	Collapsible dunnage A dunnage device is disclosed. The dunnage device includes a mounting plate to secure the device to a trailer. The dunnage device is supported in a raised position by a first and second support plate. The dunnage device is configured to bear a load in the raised position by a load supporting plate connected to the first and second support plates. The dunnage device is able to transition between the raised position to a lowered position with a reduced profile. The translation of the dunnage device occurs by one or more pivotable connections.
US11377018B1	Cable transport A cable transport system, method, and apparatus are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a cable transport system comprises a cable transport assembly comprising a frame, wherein the frame comprises one or more bottom supports. In certain embodiments, the cable transport assembly comprises a first radii support coupled to a first end of the frame and a second radii support coupled to a second end of the frame, and one or more cables positioned longitudinally on the one or more bottom supports of the frame.
US11377016B2	Method of oil product receipt and metering The invention comprises a main and a subsequent stage. At the main stage, the medium is pumped into a first instrument line. This first instrument line is mounted in a main pipeline system and is equipped with an inlet mass meter with a first flow rate range. After reaching of a set value from the instruments, an automated control system (ACS) stops the first line pump, ensures operation of its driving isolation valves, thus, completing the main stage measurement cycle, and switches the system into the subsequent stage mode. At the subsequent stage, the medium flow is collected from the tank and cavities of the measuring system. It flows by gravity into the bottom of the system inner volume (9) and is then supplied by a to a second instrument line equipped by a mass meter with a second and lower flow rate range.
US11377015B2	Detachable motorized vehicle A system and method for transporting a detachable vehicle is provided. In one embodiment of the present invention, a track is affixed to a first vehicle, such as a van, and used to transport (e.g., load, secure, unload, etc.) a detachable vehicle, such as a motorized scooter. The track may be a single track, or a plurality of track portions (e.g., a ramp portion, a floor portion, a seat portion, etc.). In one embodiment of the present invention, the first vehicle includes a first connector and the detachable vehicle includes a second connector, where said first connector and said second connector can be mated, either manually or automatically in response to moving the detachable vehicle along the track (e.g., to a final location). Once an electrical connection is made, said electrical connection can be used to share information between the vehicles and/or to charge a battery on the detachable vehicle.
US11377012B2	Silo transport safe retrieval system A silo transport system includes a vehicle and a silo configured to store material when in a vertical orientation supported on the ground surface, and to be transported in a horizontal orientation on the vehicle. The vehicle includes a pivoting cradle supporting the silo in the horizontal orientation and a lock to releasably attach the cradle to the silo. A cradle controller pivots the cradle from a lowered position to a raised position where the silo is in the vertical orientation resting on the ground surface. When the cradle is attached to the silo, the cradle controller pivots the cradle away from the raised position to the lowered position when the silo attached to the cradle is empty, and is inoperative to pivot the cradle away from the raised position toward the lowered position when the silo attached to the cradle contains greater than a threshold amount of the material.
US11377009B2	Steering wheel desk A steering wheel desk comprising a single unit desk, the desk having an opening near top center of the desk, the opening shaped to allow for inserting the desk over a top portion of a steering wheel through the opening positioning the desk at an incline relative to the steering wheel, the opening having a center groove, the incline being ergonomically beneficial for a user employing the desk and the incline and the center groove preventing the user from accidentally activating a horn built into the steering wheel.
US11377007B2	Adjustment mechanism for motorized multi-way seat adjustment An adjustment mechanism for a seat comprises at least one screw shaft (111, 112) and a motor for driving the at least one screw shaft (111, 112). Further, the adjustment mechanism comprises at least one nut element (121, 122) engaged with the at least one screw shaft (121, 122) in such a way that a rotation of the at least one screw shaft (111, 112) caused by the motor translates into a linear motion of the at least one nut element (121, 122). In a first range of the linear motion of the at least one nut element (121, 122) the linear motion translates into adjustment of the seat according to a first degree of freedom, and in a second range of the linear motion of the at least one nut element (121, 122) the linear motion translates into adjustment of the seat according to a second degree of freedom.
US11377006B2	Seat conditioning module A seat conditioning module for a seat conditioning assembly including an air mover, an intake port, outtake port, wherein at least one of the intake port, the outtake port, or both are in fluid communication with a seat surface. A valve assembly with at least two apertures movably disposed between the air mover and the at least one intake and at least one outtake ports. An actuation device for moving the valve assembly to control the passage of the fluid through the at least two apertures. An optional conditioning device in fluid communication with the air mover and the seat surface. A control device for at least controlling the position of the at least two apertures of the valve assembly, the activation of the optional conditioning device, the operation of the air mover, or any combination thereof.
US11377000B2	Support mechanism for seating assembly A support mechanism for a vehicle seating assembly includes a seat frame moveable between a sitting position and a standing position and a support bracket coupled to a vehicle floor. A linkage assembly extends between the support bracket and the seat frame. The linkage assembly is positionable between a collapsed position if the seat frame is in the sitting position and an extended position if the seat frame is in the standing position and includes a first end rotatably coupled to the support bracket and a second end slidably coupled to the seat frame. A pawl assembly is engageable with the linkage assembly and positionable in an unlocked position if the linkage assembly is in the collapsed position and a locked position if the linkage assembly is in the extended position.
US11376999B2	Infant carrier An infant carrier is included in a child restraint that may also include a carrier-mount base adapted to be anchored to a passenger seat in a vehicle. The infant carrier includes a shell for holding an infant and a carry handle coupled to the shell and adapted to be gripped by a caregiver.
US11376995B1	Vehicle seating assembly A vehicle seating assembly includes a seatback movable between an upright position and a reclined position relative to a seat base. A track assembly includes a bracket slidably received by a rail. The bracket is operably coupled with at least one of the seatback and the seat base. A rear support assembly is positioned to extend at least partially along the seatback and includes a base operably coupled with the seatback. First and second struts extend downward from the base, and one of the first and second struts is pivotally coupled with a back end of the bracket. An actuator assembly is operably coupled with the base and is configured to move the seatback between the upright position and the reclined position.
US11376992B2	Automated vehicle seats Systems, methods, tangible non-transitory computer-readable media, and devices associated with the operation of a vehicle are provided. For example a vehicle computing system can receive occupancy data that includes information associated with occupancy of a vehicle that includes seats. One or more states of the vehicle can be determined. The states of the vehicle can include a disposition of any object that is within the vehicle. Further, a configuration of the seats in the vehicle can be determined based on the occupancy data and the states of the vehicle. The configuration can include a disposition of the seats inside the vehicle. Furthermore, at least one of the seats can be adjusted based on the configuration that was determined.
US11376991B2	Automobile seat with user proximity tracking Various implementations include seats and related systems for detecting user proximity and controlling one or more functions based on that proximity detection. In particular cases, the seats include capacitive sensors for detecting user proximity. In some particular aspects, an automobile seat includes: a core section; a cover over at least a portion of the core section, the cover having a set of capacitive sensors across a front of the seat; and a processor for processing signals from the set of capacitive sensors to detect a proximity of a user.
US11376990B1	Electrified military vehicle An energy storage system for a military vehicle, the energy storage system including a lower support configured to be coupled to a bed of the military vehicle, a lower isolator mount coupled to the lower support, a battery coupled to the isolation mounts such that the weight of the battery is supported via the lower isolator mount and the lower support, the battery configured to be electrically coupled to a motor/generator, a bracket coupled to the battery, and an upper isolator mount coupled to the bracket and configured to couple to a rear wall of the military vehicle.
US11376988B2	Method and apparatus for modular charging station A modular and portable charging station according to various aspects of the present technology may include a main chassis body that is fully assembled at one location and then transferred as a whole to a desired location and placed into operation without the need for significant site modification, or connection to the electric power grid. The interior of the main chassis body may contain one or more removable charging stations and at least one removable battery bank. The battery bank provides each charging station with electrical power to charge a vehicle battery system. The portable charging station may comprise its own onboard power supply configured to use renewable sources to maintain a charge to the battery bank. The portable charging station may also be configured to be connected to a local power source that is connected to the local power grid. A power management system monitors the charge level of the battery bank and is able to select an appropriate method of recharge.
US11376986B2	Method and system for validating power metering of power over the air system for vehicles A system and a method for validating electric vehicles in a network are provided herein. The method may include the following steps: transmitting energy from at least one road section to at least one electric vehicle; recording a magnitude of energy received by said at least one electric vehicle and transmitting a record of said magnitude of energy received for validation; recording a magnitude of energy transmitted from said at least one road section and transmitting a record of said magnitude of energy transmitted for validation; and validating energy usage of said at least one electric vehicle by periodically comparing said magnitude of energy received with said magnitude of energy transmitted to identify at least one of: component failure; and, a potential fraud. The system implements the method in a power-over-the-air network for electric vehicles.
US11376983B2	Traction battery charging station A traction battery charging station for charging a traction battery of a motor vehicle having an electric traction motor. The charging station includes a converter that feeds DC voltage into a pair of two charging lines during charging operation, a charging controller, and an insulation monitor having two measuring resistors that are each connected to a charging line and are able to be connected to protective earth via a respective resistor switch. The insulation monitor monitors the electrical insulation of the pair of charging lines with respect to protective earth during non-charging and during charging of the traction battery. A test mode controller has a non-restricted non-charging test mode in which one resistor switch is closed and the other resistor switch is open at the same time, and a symmetric charging test mode in which both resistor switches are closed at the same time or open at the same time.
US11376982B2	Current control method and current control device for on-board charger A current control method and a current control device is configured to control an on-board charger that supplies current to high-power components and a battery. When the on-board charger is controlled, the current control is executed to supply output current to the high-power components and the battery such that the output current is a sum of a drive current to be supplied to high-power components capable of computing current consumption based on their own operating states and the charging current to the battery.
US11376978B1	Establishing an electrical connection between a charging station and a vehicle by extending a receiver from the charging station and beneath the vehicle A control system of a charging station can automatically and intelligently connect to and charge an electric vehicle's battery or otherwise provide power to a component of a vehicle. The control system can be configured to detect the position of an onboard unit on a vehicle and automatically maneuver a receiver underneath the onboard unit. The control system can then cause the onboard unit to extend and plug into the receiver. The control system can then deliver power via the receiver and onboard unit.
US11376976B2	Vehicle charger and method for controlling the same A vehicle charger includes a power factor correction converter configured to correct the power factor of alternating current (AC) power is integrated with an input terminal of a DC-DC converter configured to generate a direct-current (DC) voltage having a magnitude required for an energy storage device in the vehicle, thereby reducing the size of the vehicle charger, reducing the number of required elements, and allowing the vehicle charger to have high efficiency; and a method for controlling the same.
US11376975B2	Discharge circuit and method for discharging a high-voltage DC link of a vehicle The invention relates to a discharge circuit (10) for discharging a high-voltage DC link (20) of a vehicle. The high-voltage DC link (20) comprises a DC link capacitor (30) to which a high voltage (U_H) is applied. The discharge circuit (10) is designed to adjust the level of the discharge current (I_D) provided by the discharge circuit (10) depending on the high voltage (U_H).
US11376971B2	Automobile charger A novel automobile charger which comprises a direct current voltage, wherein a positive pole of the direct current voltage is connected with one end or lead of a DC to DC module, one end of a battery voltage detection module and one end of a load module simultaneously, while a negative pole of a battery is connected with the other end of the DC to DC module, one end of a microcontroller, one end of an automobile start control module and the other end of the battery voltage detection module simultaneously. A third end of the DC to DC module is connected with the other end of the microcontroller, the other three ends of which are connected with a third end of the battery voltage detection module, the other end of the automobile start control module and one end of a load detection module respectively. The other end of the load detection module is connected with a third end of the automobile start control module and the other end of the load module simultaneously.
US11376962B2	Test drive mode for a vehicle The disclosure relates to a multimedia device for a vehicle, having a test drive application which can be executed during a test drive of the vehicle. The test drive application is configured to interact with a test driver during the test drive of the vehicle and to activate at least one functional system of the vehicle for test purposes. The test drive application is further configured to query a feedback of the test driver for each functional system activated for test purposes.
US11376961B2	Method and system for demonstrating function of vehicle-mounted heads up display, and computer-readable storage medium Method and system for demonstrating a function of a vehicle-mounted heads up display are disclosed. The method includes setting a projection region for displaying a first image, obtaining relative position and relative size relationships between the projection region and the virtual display region, projecting the first image in the projection region, capturing a second image of the first image, generating a virtual recognition region in the second image, determining whether an object in the second image is located within the virtual recognition region, and determining, in a case that the object is located within the virtual recognition region, a first position of the object within the virtual recognition region, determining, based on the first position, a display position of a virtual marker representative of the object within the virtual display region, and displaying the virtual marker at the display position within the virtual display region.
US11376959B2	Vehicle remote start prevention alert A motor vehicle includes at least one camera capturing images of an environment outside of the motor vehicle. A proximity sensor detects an object disposed adjacent to the motor vehicle. An electronic processor receives the images captured by the at least one camera, and receives a proximity signal from the proximity sensor. The proximity signal is indicative of whether an object is disposed adjacent to the motor vehicle. The electronic processor determines, based upon the images captured by the at least one camera and the proximity signal, whether the motor vehicle is disposed within an enclosure. The electronic processor receives an engine start request signal that has been wirelessly transmitted by a user. In response to receiving the engine start request signal, the electronic processor causes the engine start system to start an engine of the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle is not disposed within an enclosure.
US11376948B2	Vehicle A vehicle includes a vehicle interior, a front room provided in front of the vehicle interior with a dashboard interposed therebetween, a first protection target that is disposed along the dashboard and extends in an upper-lower direction, and a first protector that has a concave sectional shape and covers the first protection target toward the dashboard. The first protection target includes a curved portion curved along a curvature of the dashboard, and the first protector includes a bent portion that covers the curved portion, an upper extension portion that extends upward from the bent portion, and a lower extension portion that extends downward from the bent portion. The upper extension portion includes a first fixing portion that has a bolt insertion hole and is fixed to the dashboard, and the lower extension portion includes a second fixing portion that has a slit opened downward and is fixed to the dashboard.
US11376946B2	Magnetic couplers for shaft assembly A rotary screen door assembly for a work vehicle includes a door configured to couple to an enclosure of the work vehicle for movement between a closed position and an open position, and a screen rotatably supported on the door and configured to filter air passing through an air inlet defined in the door. The rotary screen door assembly also includes a first shaft segment rotatably supported on the door and coupled to the screen, the first shaft segment having a first magnetic coupler configured to engage a corresponding second magnetic coupler of the work vehicle.
US11376945B2	Air inlet device for an electric vehicle An air inlet device is provided for an electric vehicle, which includes a cladding portion for guiding an air flow around the electric vehicle. The cladding portion has a visible first inlet opening for letting in a first fraction of the air flow and a concealed second inlet opening for letting in a second fraction of the air flow.
US11376942B2	Torque converter with sealed turbine shell and clutch cooling A hybrid module for a hybrid vehicle is disclosed. The hybrid module has two clutches located radially inward of an electric motor, and in their own respective fluid chamber. Fluid from one chamber can cool one of the clutches. Then the fluid can travel axially to the other chamber to cool the other clutch. The hybrid module can include a wall assembly between the two clutches, separating the fluid chambers. After the fluid cools both clutches, the fluid is directed to the wall assembly, and passes through two walls, radially outwardly, to spray onto the electric motor to cool the motor.
US11376937B2	Panel joining arrangement for a vehicle canopy provided is a panel joining arrangement for a vehicle canopy. The vehicle canopy includes at least one three panel join where a side panel, roof panel and end panel of the vehicle canopy meet. The panel joining arrangement comprises first and second lip portions formed in the side panel of the vehicle canopy and a third lip portion formed in the roof panel. The first and second lip portions are longitudinally offset and transversely overlapping in relation to a length of the side panel. The third lip portion is configured to mate with the second lip portion at the three panel join of the vehicle canopy such that the third lip portion is located adjacent to and substantially flush with the first lip portion.
US11376936B2	Side rail A side rail for a cargo bed of a vehicle comprising an elongate body that defines a longitudinal axis; an axially extending drive channel disposed at a medial side of the body and defining an opening therein for receiving a drive chain, the drive channel having a recessed inner portion and a stepped outer portion adjacent the opening; a first receiving channel disposed within an upper wall of the outer portion of the drive channel and extending axially therealong; a first sealing member disposed within the first receiving channel; a second receiving channel disposed opposite the first receiving channel within a lower wall of the outer portion of the drive channel and extending axially therealong; and a guide element disposed within the second receiving channel and projecting upwardly therefrom, the guide element having an upper contact surface for slidably contacting a surface of the drive chain.
US11376935B2	Fully-embedded vehicle cover A fully-embedded vehicle cover is disclosed, the main cross rod being maintained in parallel to the auxiliary cross rod; T-shaped embedding slots being provided on both the main cross rod and the auxiliary cross rod; T-shaped embedding bars are provided on the elastic sealing bar; the embedding bars being clamped and embedded in the embedding slots; the elastic sealing bar being used for sealing gaps between the main cross rod and the auxiliary cross rod; the longitudinal rod and the main or auxiliary cross rod being directly or indirectly sealingly matched with together to form a plurality of frames; and the cover plate being sealingly clamped and embedded in the frames. There is no fitting gap between the longitudinal rod, the main cross rod, the auxiliary cross rod, the cover plate and the elastic sealing bar in the vehicle cover, which can ensure no water leakage or seepage.
US11376932B2	Modular canopy assembly A modular canopy assembly for enclosing a bed of a truck includes a frame and a set of panels. The frame comprises a set of first elements and a set of second elements. The first elements are mountable to a bed of a truck. The second elements are selectively engageable to the set of first elements so that the frame extends upwardly from the bed of the truck. The frame defines a top opening, a front opening, a rear opening, and opposed side openings. Each panel is selectively engageable to the frame to close a respective one of the top opening, the front opening, the rear opening, and the opposed side openings. The panels can be engaged to the frame to selectively enclose the bed of the truck.
US11376930B2	Cab for construction machine A cab capable of shielding solar radiation comprises a pair of front pillars and a pair of vertical beams; a front window glass member mounted movably along guide rails formed along the front pillars and the vertical beams, between a closing position for closing a front window formed between the front pillars and an opening position for opening the front window accommodated between the vertical beams; a roll screen and a winding member, wherein the winding member is disposed behind the inner surface of the front window glass member positioned at the closing position and in front of the front end of the front window glass member positioned at the opening position and on the outer side of the pair of guide rails; and a holding means attached to the front pillars and configured to releasably hold the leading end of the screen.
US11376927B2	Air vent device for vehicle An air vent device for a vehicle includes a main vent and an auxiliary vent divided by a partition wall and combined in a single air duct, a plurality of horizontal wings mounted at positions behind the main vent and the auxiliary vent, and an air volume control wing included in the plurality of horizontal wings for distributing an air volume discharged into an interior of the vehicle through the main vent and an air volume discharged into the interior of the vehicle through the auxiliary vent. The air vent device is capable of securing an interior discharge air volume, adjusting a wind direction, securing an air duct installation space, and re-distributing a leakage amount of air.
US11376922B2	Transport climate control system with a self-configuring matrix power converter A transport climate control system is disclosed. The transport climate control system includes a self-configuring matrix power converter having a charging mode, an inverter circuit, a controller, a first DC energy storage and a second DC energy storage, and a compressor. The first DC energy storage and the second DC energy storage have different voltage levels. During the charging mode, the inverter circuit is configured to convert a first AC voltage from an energy source to a first DC voltage, the controller is configured to control the self-configuring matrix power converter to convert the first DC voltage to a first output DC voltage to charge the first DC energy storage, and/or to a second output DC voltage to charge the second DC energy storage.
US11376915B2	Electrically powered suspension system Included are an electromagnetic actuator which generates a drive force for damping vibration of a vehicle body; an information acquirer which acquires time-series information about a stroke position of, and information about a stroke velocity of, the electromagnetic actuator, as well as information about reverse of a stroke direction and information about a stroke amount after the reverse; a damping force calculator which calculates a target damping force based on the information about the stroke velocity; and a drive controller which controls drive of the electromagnetic actuator using a target drive force based on the target damping force calculated by the damping force calculator. The damping force calculator corrects the target drive force based on the information about the stroke amount after the reverse acquired by the information acquirer.
US11376907B2	Vehicle coupling lines storage and control arrangement A storage arrangement for lines from a tractor truck to a trailer including at least one of an electrical line, a first pneumatic line and a second pneumatic line includes a housing member configured to be secured to the truck, a first receiver connected to the housing and configured to couple to a select one of the electrical and pneumatic lines and a control arrangement operably coupled to the first receiver such that upon coupling of the select one of the lines with the first receiver the control arrangement allows an operator to unlock a kingpin from a fifth wheel hitch plate assembly, wherein the control arrangement prevents the operator from unlocking the kingpin from the fifth wheel hitch plate assembly prior to the select one of the lines being coupled with the first receiver.
US11376906B1	Hitch receiver A hitch receiver includes a shorter and perpendicular secondary hitch receiver disposed upon the top of the hitch receiver. The secondary hitch receiver is configured to enable a user to rotate the hitch receiver into a profile parallel to a vehicle body upon which it is installed as opposed to being perpendicular.
US11376903B2	Towing assembly for motor vehicle A towing assembly for a motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a longitudinal member mount configured to attach to a longitudinal member of the motor vehicle, and a pulling element configured to transmit a tensile force to the longitudinal member and to translate relative to the longitudinal member in response to a compressive force. The pulling element includes a rod portion and a hook portion vertically offset from the rod portion.
US11376896B2	Stagger stick Generally, a device to measure the circumference of circular objects. Specifically, a device including a pair of slidingly engaged members disposed between a pair of arms configured to be engaged with tread on a tire at about the midline of a wheel, an electrical circuit which varies in output voltage based on the distance between the pair of arms, and a processor communicatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable medium containing a program which correlates the output voltage of the electrical circuit to a unit measure of distance between the pair of arms and calculates tire circumference.
US11376893B2	Tire of which the tread comprises wavy grooves A tire tread having a tread surface (20) in the new state and at least one wavy groove (1) opening into the tread surface, the groove is the new state having external cavities (11) that open onto the tread surface in the new state along a length (Le) and internal cavities (12) that do not open onto the tread surface. The external cavities (11) have a bottom (110) of which the points that are innermost in the tread are at a distance (H1) from the tread surface (20) in the new state, the internal cavities (12) having a bottom (120) of which the innermost points are at a distance (H22) from the same tread surface (20). The external cavities (11) and the internal cavities (12) being connected together by linking cavities (13). The tread (2) being such that at least two sipes (31, 32) are formed from the bottom (110) of the external cavities (11) and along an entire length (Le) of these external cavities (11).
US11376888B2	Decorative member and method for manufacturing decorative member The present disclosed relates to a decoration element and a method for preparing the decoration element. decoration element has dichroism expressing different colors depending on a viewing direction, and has improved visibility of the dichroism.
US11376886B2	Applicator device with automatic retraction An applicator device for a product, said applicator device comprising a housing, a product carriage, for supporting the product, that is mobile within the housing between an extended state and a retracted position, and a retraction mechanism configured to move the product carriage into the retracted position after a predetermined period of time in the extended state. A glue stick comprising said applicator device and an adhesive product.
US11376880B2	Variable printed UV curable adhesive retail signs An adhesive sign suited to use in retail applications includes a substrate layer. An adhesive layer is disposed on the substrate layer. The adhesive layer defines an exposed region for attachment to an associated structure. The adhesive layer is derived from a photo-curable inkjet composition. An ink layer is disposed on the substrate layer. The ink layer includes an image. The ink layer is derived from a photo-curable inkjet composition. The adhesive layer and ink layer can be formed in the same inkjet printing process and cured in a common photo-curing station. A stack of the adhesive signs can be assembled without interleaving a release liner between each pair of signs.
US11376876B2	Printing apparatus and method of printing A printing apparatus (printer) is provided in which a base material is conveyed by a roll-to-roll method and feedback control is performed on a tension imposed on the base material, and which includes a control unit, a first drive motor (front drive motor) configured to control a speed of conveyance of conveying the base material, and a second drive motor (feeding motor, rear drive motor, winding motor) configured to control the tension imposed on the base material. In a case where a conveyance operation for conveying the base material is stopped based on detection of a foreign object, and when a speed of the first drive motor is at a predetermined value or less, the control unit stops the tension control performed by the second drive motor.
US11376874B2	Half cutter, method of manufacturing half cutter, and tape printing device A half cutter includes a cutting blade having a blade and a holder to which the blade is fixed, a blade receiving member having a blade receiving surface from and with which the blade is separated and comes into contact, and a spacer having at least one of a holder spacer arranged at the holder which is made of a material that is different from a material of the holder, is provided in the holder to protrude toward the blade receiving surface further than the blade, and generates a gap between the blade and the blade receiving surface and a blade receiving spacer arranged at the blade receiving surface which is made of a material different from a material of the blade receiving member, is provided to protrude from the blade receiving surface, and generates a gap between the blade and the blade receiving surface.
US11376871B2	Printing apparatus, notification control method and storage medium A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit; a discharge unit configured to discharge a printed material on which the printing unit has performed printing and configured not to completely discharge but to hold the printed material; a detection unit configured to detect removal of the printed material that has been held by the discharge unit; and a control unit configured to control notification by a notification unit to a user. In response to detection by the detection unit of the removal of the printed material, the control unit is configured to control the notification unit to notify a user that the printed material has been removed.
US11376870B2	Liquid ejecting device having recesses and protrusions on contact surface between transport belt and rollers of liquid ejecting device Provided is a liquid ejecting device that includes an endless transporting belt that is stretched over a plurality of rollers and transports a medium in a transport direction by rotating while supporting the medium at a support surface that is a surface on an opposite side from a contact surface with the rollers, and a liquid ejecting unit that ejects a liquid onto the medium supported by the support surface. At the contact surface, recesses and protrusions are regularly formed in the circumferential direction of the transporting belt.
US11376858B2	Statuses of fill ports In some examples, a controller may include a processing resource and a memory resource storing non-transitory machine-readable instructions that are executed to cause the processing resource to direct a clock signal of an imaging device to a fill port via a detection circuit of the imaging device, determine based on a state of a switch included in the detection circuit whether the fill port is open or closed, determine based on the state of the switch indicating the fill port is closed a status of the fill port, and in response to the status of the fill port being closed, determine based on a voltage of the clock signal whether the fill port is connected to a colorant container.
US11376853B2	Waste liquid recovery apparatus and inkjet recording apparatus A waste liquid recovery apparatus including a waste liquid tube through which waste liquid flows and a displacement mechanism. The displacement mechanism includes a driven portion that receives a driving force and operates owing to the driving force and a displacement portion that is displaced within a predetermined displacement range in conjunction with the operation of the driven portion. The waste liquid tube includes a flexible tube at least at a terminal end from which the waste liquid is issued. When the displacement portion is displaced within the predetermined displacement range, a contact depth of the displacement portion with respect to the contacted portion of the flexible tube, near the terminal end, changes.
US11376850B2	Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting head including a flow path forming substrate in which a pressure chamber in communication with a nozzle is formed, a diaphragm formed on the flow path forming substrate, and a piezoelectric actuator including a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode that are formed on the diaphragm. In the liquid ejecting head, a center portion of the diaphragm is not provided with an active portion, which is a portion where the piezoelectric layer is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a protective film that covers the diaphragm is formed in the center portion, and compressive stress of the protective film is larger than that of the diaphragm.
US11376845B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid ejecting head unit A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting section configured to eject liquid to a print medium, a movement mechanism configured to change the relative positional relationship between the print medium and the ejecting section, an encoder configured to include a scale, a light emitting element emitting light, and a light receiving element receiving light reflected by the scale or light transmitted through the scale in the emitted light and configured to output information changed in accordance with a change in the positional relationship, a signal generation section configured to generate a pulse signal including a pulse prescribing a timing when the ejecting section ejects liquid based on the information, a measurement section configured to measure a time length between pulses included in the pulse signal, and an ejection restriction section configured to restrict ejection of liquid from the ejecting section when the time length is larger than a threshold value.
US11376844B2	Drive circuit and liquid ejecting apparatus A drive circuit for driving a first drive element having a first terminal and a second terminal and driving a second drive element having a third terminal and a fourth terminal, includes a first drive signal output circuit that is electrically coupled to the first terminal and outputs a first drive signal, a second drive signal output circuit that is electrically coupled to the third terminal and outputs a second drive signal, a reference voltage signal output circuit that outputs a reference voltage signal having a constant reference voltage value, and a first switch circuit having one end electrically coupled to an output terminal of the reference voltage signal output circuit and the other end electrically coupled to the second terminal and the fourth terminal. The first switch circuit switches whether or not to supply a second constant voltage signal to the second terminal and the fourth terminal.
US11376840B2	Fountain solution thickness measurement using print engine response Examples of the preferred embodiments use printed content (e.g., halftones, difference in grayscale or darkness) to determine thickness of fountain solution applied by a fountain solution applicator on an imaging member surface and/or determine image forming device real-time image forming modifications for subsequent printings. For example, in real-time during the printing of a print job, a sensor may measure halftones or grayscale differences between printed content and non-printed content of a current printing on print substrate. Based on this measurement of printed content output from the image forming device, the image forming device may adjust image forming (e.g., fountain solution deposition flow rate, imaging member rotation speed) to reach or maintain a preferred fountain solution thickness on the imaging member surface for subsequent (e.g., next) printings of the print job.
US11376836B2	Lithographic printing plate precursor A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor includes a coating including vinylogous vitrimer particles. The vinylogous vitrimer particles include a resin having at least one moiety of formula (I), (II), and/or (III):
US11376832B2	Vacuum press apparatus and method Disclosed are a vacuum press method and apparatus. The vacuum press apparatus includes an upper pressing part provided with an upper diaphragm, a lower pressing part provided with a lower diaphragm, an airtightness-maintaining member mounted between the upper pressing part and the lower pressing part, a processing space formed by the upper and lower pressing parts, the airtightness-maintaining member, and the upper and lower diaphragms, a vacuum-pressing operation part communicating with the processing space, a heating part mounted in the upper pressing part, an ascending/descending heating operation space formed between the upper diaphragm and the heating part, an upper ascending/descending operation part communicating with the ascending/descending heating operation space, a cooling part mounted in the lower pressing part, an ascending/descending cooling operation space formed between the lower diaphragm and the cooling part, and a lower ascending/descending operation part communicating with the ascending/descending cooling operation space.
US11376831B2	Flexible laminate for printed retort packaging The present invention is related to a retortable package comprising a flexible multilayer substrate comprising a reverse-printed layer, said reverse-printed layer comprising one or more crosslinked ink layer(s), and to a method for producing said multilayer laminate.
US11376828B2	Polyethylene film structures and related methods Film structures and related methods and uses thereof are described herein. One or more of the film structures generally include an A layer, a B layer and a C layer. The B layer is positioned between the A layer and the C layer. The A layer includes high density polyethylene. The B layer includes linear low density polyethylene and a nucleating agent. The C layer includes one or more polymers. One or more of the related methods include methods for producing film structures including an A layer, a B layer, and a C layer.
US11376826B2	Multi-layer film and metal laminate A multilayer film including alternately-laminated fluororesin layers and polyimide resin layers, wherein a total number of the fluororesin layers and the polyimide resin layers is five or more, a ratio of the total thickness of the fluororesin layers to the thickness of the whole multilayer film is 50% or more, and at least one of the outermost layers of the multilayer film is a fluororesin layer.
US11376824B2	Method to produce a thermoplastic wear resistant foil A method to produce a wear resistant foil, including providing a first foil including a first thermoplastic material, applying wear resistant particles and a second thermoplastic material form on the first foil, and adhering the first foil to the second thermoplastic binder and the wear resistant particles to form a wear resistant foil.
US11376823B2	Lightweight polyethylene film for aseptic packaging applications and the product resulting therefrom and the process of making the same A multilayer foam film comprising high density polyethylene for direct and non-direct food contact and aseptic packaging application is disclosed. In an embodiment, the film has a bulk density of less than 0.962 gr/cm3 wherein more than 50% of the cells in the foam layer are closed cells. In an embodiment, the foam films are thick (generally more than 8 mils thick) and have a bending stiffness value of more than 18, in Taber stiffness unit configuration according to TAPPI/ANSI T 489 om-15, and the ratio of the mass per unit area (the mass of a unit area of the film in gram per meter-squared (gr/m2)) over the stiffness value in Taber unit configuration is equal to or less than 13. In an embodiment, the film has a very smooth surface with a smoothness value of less than 25 in Sheffiled smoothness unit configuration according to TAPPI T 538. The described foam film can have a water vapor transmission rate value of less than 1 gr/m2/24 hr, according to ASTM E398-13. The described foam film can have an oxygen transmission rate value of less than 10 cc/m2/24 hr, according to ASTM D3985.
US11376819B2	Interlayer for laminated glass, and laminated glass Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of preventing generation of a void in the interlayer film in an end part of laminated glass. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has a lengthwise direction and a widthwise direction, and includes the following configuration A, the configuration B or the configuration C.Configuration A: containing a light stabilizer, and having such a distribution in content of the light stabilizer in the widthwise direction that the content of the light stabilizer is larger in one end side of the widthwise direction.Configuration B: containing an ultraviolet ray screening agent, and having such a distribution in content of the ultraviolet ray screening agent in the widthwise direction that the content of the ultraviolet ray screening agent is larger in one end side of the widthwise direction.Configuration C: containing an oxidation inhibitor, and having such a distribution in content of the oxidation inhibitor in the widthwise direction that the content of the oxidation inhibitor is larger in one end side of the widthwise direction.
US11376816B2	Manufacturing method of liquid crystal polymer film and flexible copper clad laminate having liquid crystal polymer film A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal polymer film, which includes the following operations: providing a liquid crystal polymer powder; uniformly dispersing the liquid crystal polymer powder in a solvent to form a mixed solution; coating the mixed solution on a carrier board to form a coating layer; heating the coating layer to a first temperature to remove the solvent in the coating layer; heating the liquid crystal polymer powder to a second temperature after the solvent is removed to form the liquid crystal polymer film.
US11376815B2	Multilayer assembly The present invention pertains to a multilayer assembly, to a process for the manufacture of said multilayer assembly, to a pipe comprising said multilayer assembly and to uses of said pipe in various applications.

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