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| US11384876B2 |
Fluid conduit connector system
A fluid conduit connector system includes a first body having a neck extending from a first side, an opening in the neck, and a bore extending from the opening. The fluid conduit connector system further includes a second body having second and third sides, an opening in the second side, a bore extending from the opening, and an array of holes positioned around the bore and extending from the second side to the third side. Upon assembly, the bore of the first body is aligned with the bore of the second body, the second side of the second body is disposed adjacent to the neck, a tension flange is disposed around the neck, and a plurality of connection rods is coupled to the tension flange, each connection rod disposed in a corresponding hole of the array of holes and extending out of the third side of the second body. |
| US11384874B2 |
Fitting device for making connection tube that can fine position adjustment of the tube
A tube fitting device for facilitating tube connection position determination includes a fitting body, a pair of fixing nuts, and an O-ring. The fitting body has a cylindrical channel portion into which a first tube and a second tube may be inserted, the cylindrical channel portion comprising an accommodation groove formed therein. Each fixing nut is rotatably coupled to a respective open end of the fitting body and surrounds the first tube and the second tube, respectively. The O-ring is mounted on the accommodation groove and has an inner diameter smaller than that of the cylindrical channel portion such that the inner surface of the O-ring protrudes inside the fitting body to facilitate determining positions of the first tube and the second tube to be inserted into the cylindrical channel of the fitting body. |
| US11384870B2 |
Tapered stress-relieved helically reinforced hose
Helically reinforced, flexible tubing or hose is formed from continuously extruded thermoplastic material helically circumferentially wound at a wrapping station around an array of bearing-supported rods that are concurrently but individually turned and are adjustably canted relative to an imaginary center axis. The tubing or hose being formed has a continuous reinforcing rib helically wound therearound and continuously integrally connected thereto. The resulting tubing or hose may be transversely severed at intervals along its length to provide discrete lengths of hose that are annealed while axially compressed to relieve stress. |
| US11384864B2 |
Vacuum pressure proportional control valve
A vacuum pressure proportional control valve placed on a pipe connecting between a reaction vessel and a vacuum pump to control the vacuum pressure in the reaction vessel includes a cylinder provided with a piston chamber, a piston housed in the piston chamber so as to make reciprocal linear movement, a valve seat surface, and a valve element which contacts with or separates from the valve seat surface according to the movement of the piston. A stopper member is provided in the cylinder so that a leading end portion of the stopper member is placed in the piston chamber. The stopper member is configured to move the piston back and forth in a moving direction of the piston by use of an adjusting unit to thereby adjust the position of the leading end portion. |
| US11384859B2 |
Valve
A valve including a housing, a solenoid arranged in the housing, a pin that can be moved by the solenoid, a cup-shaped piston connected to the pin, a seal arranged in the base region of the piston and interacts with a valve seat, and a seal arranged in the region of the open end of the piston and seals the piston from the housing. The seal interacting with the valve seat has an outer diameter which approximately corresponds to an outer diameter of the seal at the open end of the piston. |
| US11384855B2 |
Fluid pressure valve
A fluid pressure valve according to an embodiment of the present invention is applicable to a fluid pressure servo mechanism. The fluid pressure valve includes a housing having a housing member, the housing member being formed integrally so as to have a first port, a second port, and a flow path connecting between the first port and the second port. |
| US11384854B1 |
Pop-up emitter
A pop-up emitter comprising a base defining a circular bore along a central axis. The base further defines a circular opening at a distal end of the bore. A hub is provided, defining an aperture, positioned in the center of the opening. A circular cap is provided, sized to fit inside the opening, the cap including a spike extending perpendicular to the cap from the center of the cap. The spike resides movably within the aperture such that the cap is movable between a closed condition in which the opening is closed, and an open condition in which the opening is open. |
| US11384850B2 |
Hydraulic control valves for ram air turbine stow actuators
A hydraulic control valve includes a sleeve with actuator and biasing member ends and a spool with first and second lands. The sleeve defines a bore extending along a spool movement axis, a source port proximate the stow solenoid end and in communication with the bore, and a supply port between the source port and the biasing end. The spool is slidably disposed within the bore, is movable along the spool movement axis between first and second positions, fluidly separates the source port from the supply port in the first position, and allows the bore to fluidly couple the source port with the supply port in the second position. The first land extends circumferentially about the spool and has a first land length, the second land extending circumferentially about the spool and has a second land length, and the first land length is larger than the second land length. |
| US11384849B2 |
Pinch valve with linear sections
The invention relates to a pinch valve comprising a valve element (4) with precisely one flow channel (20) that is surrounded by a circumferential wall (21) and has an inlet opening (24), which is designed for connecting a connection member (2) or which adjoins a connection element (2a), at a first end and an outlet opening (25), which is designed for connecting a connection member (2) or adjoins a connection element (2a), at a second end. The valve element (4) additionally has a pair of force transmitting elements (19, 19′) or a force transmitting element (19) and a fixing element (26) which are connected to the circumferential wall (21) in a central closing region (18) that is arranged between the inlet opening and the outlet opening. The force transmitting elements (19, 19′) or the force transmitting element (19) and the fixing element (26) are arranged at least substantially perpendicularly to the flow direction of the flow channel (20). The circumferential wall (21) consists of an elastic material such that the force transmitting elements (19, 19′), or the force transmitting element (19) and the fixing element (26), can be moved towards each other under the effect of a pressure or tensile force perpendicularly to the flow direction of the flow channel (20). In the absence of a pressure or tensile force acting on a force transmitting element (19, 19′), the circumferential wall (21) has a cross-section which differs from a circle in the central closing region (18). In the cross-section, the circumferential wall (21) surrounds a flow channel (20) surface area which is constant at least substantially over the entire valve element (4). Thus, the average flow speed is at least substantially uniform at all positions along the valve element (4). |
| US11384845B2 |
Valve body with identification tab
A valve body includes a flange; and an identification tab disposed on the flange, the identification tab defining indicia. A pipe system includes a first flange; a second flange fastened to the first flange by a plurality of fasteners; and an identification tab disposed on the first flange, the identification tab defining indicia. |
| US11384840B2 |
Seal device
A seal device for sealing a space between a housing and a rotating shaft includes seal members, and a holder having a cylindrical portion and configured to retain the seal members the cylindrical portion being press-fitted into a shaft hole provided in the housing. The holder is provided with, at one end of the cylindrical portion, a protruding portion protruded in a radially outward direction of the cylindrical portion. The shaft hole of the housing has a tapered portion having an annular shape and forming one end portion of the shaft hole to guide an insertion of the holder into the shaft hole. The protruding portion is provided on an inner diameter side of the tapered portion. |
| US11384836B2 |
Piston for compressor
A piston for a compressor includes a bearing portion having a cylindrical shape to define a suction space into which refrigerant is accommodated therein, the bearing portion being provided with a bearing surface facing an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder, a head portion coupled to a front opening of the bearing portion and provided with a plurality of suction ports which communicate with the suction space, the head portion having a compression surface configured to face a compression space to compress the refrigerant in the compression space, and a flange portion coupled to a rear opening of the bearing portion and provided with a through-passage through which the refrigerant is introduced from a muffler unit to the suction space, the flange portion being coupled to a driving portion to transmit driving force to the piston. The bearing surface is subjected to a surface treatment to improve abrasion resistance. |
| US11384834B2 |
Systems and methods for bypass of hydraulic charge circuits
A control system for a hydrostatic drive system can include a hydraulic charge pump circuit having a hydraulic load and a tank. The hydraulic charge pump can be in fluid communication with the hydraulic charge pump circuit. A bypass line can extend to the tank from a junction between the hydraulic charge pump and the hydraulic load. A charge bypass valve can be disposed to control flow through the bypass line. The control system can include a control device configured to determine one or more operational parameters for the power machine and control the charge bypass valve to allow flow through the bypass line, from the hydraulic charge pump to the tank, based on the determined operational parameters during a starting operation. |
| US11384833B2 |
Transmission integrated converter flow
An automatic transmission comprising a control valve body adapted to control oil flow within the transmission, a torque converter having a torque converter clutch operable in one of an open and an applied condition, a first control circuit between the control valve body and the torque converter and a second control circuit between the control valve body and the torque converter, a first oil path that provides a fluid connection between the first control circuit and the torque converter, a second oil path that provides a fluid connection between the second control circuit and the torque converter, a third oil path that provides a fluid connection between the second control circuit and the torque converter clutch, and an orifice that provides a fluid connection between the second control circuit and the torque converter. |
| US11384832B1 |
System and method for neutral transmission hold
A method and system for vehicle control including detecting a change in a position of a transmission input interface to a neutral position indicating a transmission mode of the vehicle is shifted into a neutral gear. Responsive to receiving an input sequence at the transmission input interface, changing a neutral hold mode of the vehicle to active. The input sequence at the transmission input interface includes changing the position of the transmission input interface to a park position, holding the position of the transmission input interface at the park position for a predetermined length of time, and changing the position of the transmission input interface to the neutral position. Further, controlling the vehicle to maintain the neutral gear responsive to a change in a vehicle occupancy state while the neutral hold mode is active. |
| US11384829B2 |
Planetary transmission, powertrain and wind turbine
A planetary transmission includes a ring gear holder and a ring gear for accommodating at least one planetary gear. The ring gear holder can be connected to a housing component at its end face, and a plurality of recesses for accommodating fastening means are embodied at an end face of the ring gear holder. Accommodated in at least one of the recesses is a hollow element, in which a fastening screw is accommodated. The hollow element establishes a positive-fit engagement between the ring gear holder and the housing component. |
| US11384823B2 |
Motive power transmission device for vehicle
A motive power transmission device for a vehicle includes a transmission that outputs motive power input from a drive source while performing gear-shifting for the motive power and a drive shaft that is coupled with the transmission and transmits the motive power from the drive source, which is output from the transmission, to a drive wheel. The transmission has a transmission mechanism unit that is arranged in a transmission casing such that an axis line extends in a vehicle front-rear direction and that performs gear-shifting for the motive power from the drive source. The drive shaft extends in a vehicle width direction on a central side of the transmission mechanism unit in the vehicle front-rear direction and is provided such that the drive shaft passes through the transmission casing. |
| US11384822B2 |
Lifter device
A lifter device includes: an output shaft; a support member supporting the output shaft; an input member coupled to an operation handle; a feed portion transmitting forward and reverse rotation of the input member to the output shaft; a lock portion locking the rotation of the output shaft; and a friction generating portion applying a frictional force to the rotation of the output shaft. A rotating cam of the friction generating portion is a switching structure of switching to: a friction-suppression state when the operation handle is in a neutral position and when the operation handle is turned from the neutral position in a direction of raising the seat; and a friction-on state when the operation handle is turned from the neutral position in a direction of lowering the seat. |
| US11384815B2 |
Roller chain inner plate
A bicycle chain is used to transmit the drive force to at least one chain wheel and contains chain rollers and inner and outer plates which are connected to each other by means of pins. As a result of a corresponding shaping of the extremely hard inner plate, the wear on the teeth which cooperate with the inner plate can be reduced on the chain wheels or sprockets. |
| US11384814B2 |
Compliant hanger assembly
A compliant hanger assembly is disclosed for installation onto a strut channel. With the installation of the compliant hanger assembly, the simple and effective use of a metal ball locking cable tie is made available to attach components (e.g., cables) onto the strut. |
| US11384812B2 |
Triple mass flywheel
A triple mass flywheel (104, 304, 504, 604) includes a first flywheel part (112, 312, 512, 612), a second flywheel part (114, 314, 514, 614), and a third flywheel part (116, 316, 516, 616) all arranged for rotation on an axis (118, 318). The triple mass flywheel (104, 304, 504, 604) also includes a first torsional damper (120, 320, 520, 620) connected to the first flywheel part (112, 312, 512, 612) and the second flywheel part (114, 314, 514, 614) and a second torsional damper (122, 322, 522, 622) connected to the second flywheel part (114, 314, 514, 614) and the third flywheel part (116, 316, 516, 616). The second flywheel part (114, 314, 514, 614) is driven by an electric motor (110, 310, 510, 610) to adjust the loading of the first torsional damper (120, 320, 520, 620) in relation to the first flywheel part 112, 312, 512, 612) and the second torsional damper (122, 322, 522, 622) in relation to the third flywheel part (116, 316, 516, 616). The electric motor (110, 310, 510, 610) can also be driven by the second flywheel part (114, 314, 514, 614) to store electrical energy for use in a vehicle. |
| US11384809B2 |
Sintered friction material and production method for sintered friction material
A sintered friction material includes a copper component in an amount of 0.5% by mass or less, a titanate as a matrix, a ceramic material, and a lubricant. A method for manufacturing a sintered friction material includes a step of mixing raw materials including a titanate for forming a matrix, a step of molding the raw materials, and a step of sintering a molded body molded in the molding step. In the method, a sintering temperature in the sintering step is 900° C. to 1300° C. |
| US11384802B2 |
Method for clutch kiss point characterization
A method for determining a kiss point is disclosed. A drive unit having one or more motors with a motor output shaft is provided. One or more actuation profiles are ran and an amount of motor current and motor shaft position data is measured. The data measured is filtered and one or more motor current vs. motor shaft position plots having one or more curves with a high force and high current region are generated. A derivative is calculated over the curves and a slope of the high force and high current region is determined. A relative slope threshold is determined by multiplying the slopes by a predetermined percentage. One or more lines having a slope substantially equal to the relative slope threshold are plotted. The kiss point is determined based on the position of the motor shaft where the derivative of the curves equals the slope of the lines plotted. |
| US11384800B2 |
Jamming roller lock
A jamming roller lock with a housing and at least two jamming discs, which are arranged in the housing such that they can be rotated and which each comprise at least one recess, in which a jamming roller is located, at least one driving projection and at least one driven projection, wherein the jamming discs are arranged and designed in such a way that a rotation of the jamming discs can be achieved by driving the driving projections and a rotation of the jamming discs is prevented by driving the driven projections. |
| US11384793B2 |
Rolling bearings having an integrated current-removal function
A rolling bearing for rotatably supporting a shaft has an inner ring with a first raceway for a rolling body, an outer ring with a second raceway for a rolling body, and rolling bodies which are arranged between the raceways of the bearing rings. At least two plates are fastened to a first of the bearing rings, wherein an electrically conducting element is arranged between the two plates, which electrically conducting element lies against the respective other bearing ring or a component which is connected to the respective other bearing ring. |
| US11384791B2 |
Device and vacuum chamber
The present invention relates to an apparatus for sliding friction free and lubricant free movement in vacuum, wherein the apparatus has a fixed position rail and a rail movable relative thereto by means of magnetic force. The invention further relates to a vacuum chamber, for example for a coating plant having an apparatus in accordance with the invention. |
| US11384788B2 |
Thermoplastic tie-rod
A tie rod that includes a central section, a first tapered section, and a second tapered section. A thermoplastic tube extends the length of the tie rod. The first tapered section includes a first insert positioned within the thermoplastic tube. The second tapered section includes a second insert positioned within the thermoplastic tube. A channel extends through the tie rod along the central section, the first tapered section, and the second tapered section. |
| US11384785B2 |
Push-button lock for plug-in connector housing
Disclosed is a push-button lock for locking a plug-in connector housing. The lock has a push-button body with a cylindrical unlocking recess containing an unlocking pin. The appropriate interaction of an outer contour of the unlocking pin, an inner contour of a through-opening of the plug-in connector housing and the push-button body by at least one locking element and two springs allows the plug-in connector housing to be locked and unlocked with great ease of use, the operating concept being particularly self-explanatory. |
| US11384781B2 |
Turnbuckle
A turnbuckle for adjustably locking a component of a gas turbine engine to an engine static structure is disclosed. In various embodiments, the turnbuckle includes an outer body having a first internal threading and an outer body witness hole, the outer body defining a first end configured for attachment to the component; an inner body having a first external threading, the inner body defining a second end configured for attachment to the engine static structure; and a coupling body having a second internal threading configured to threadedly engage the first external threading and a second external threading configured to engage the first internal threading, wherein the outer body witness hole extends through the outer body and is configured to detect a first short-threading of the second external threading within the first internal threading. |
| US11384773B2 |
Air flow control in data storage systems
A fan assembly includes a radial blower unit configured to exhaust air radially from an inlet axis of the radial blower unit. The fan assembly also includes baffles each partially surrounding the radial blower unit. The baffles are rotatable between an open position and a closed position around respective pivot axes, and the baffles have respective centers of mass aligned with the respective pivot axes. |
| US11384771B2 |
Compressor
There is disclosed a compressor comprising a case comprising a discharging part provided one side and configured to discharge a refrigerant, the case defining a predetermined space for storing oil; a drive part comprising a rotor coupled to an inner circumferential surface of the case and having coils wound there around and configured to generate a rotation magnetic field, and a rotor mounted in the rotor and configured to be rotatable by the rotation magnetic field; a shaft extending in a state of being coupled to the rotor; a compression part lubricated by the oil in a state of being coupled to the shaft and configured to compress and discharge the refrigerant; and a sealing part extending from the stator towards the compression part and configured to induce the winding of the coil. |
| US11384763B2 |
Scroll-type fluid machine with cooling fan including a peripheral wall configured to minimize vortices
A scroll-type fluid machine includes a fixed scroll, an orbiting scroll, a drive shaft, a cooling fan, and a cooling air duct. In a bent portion, immediately adjacent to the cooling fan, where a direction of the cooling air duct is changed from a direction perpendicular to the drive shaft to a direction of the drive shaft, a part of an outer peripheral wall which is distant from the drive shaft is planar and defines a plane which intersects a plane perpendicular to the drive shaft at an obtuse angle. With this configuration, a main stream of the cooling air is prevented from separating from an inner peripheral wall of the bent portion. |
| US11384761B2 |
Variable capacity compressor
A variable capacity compressor is provided, including: two cylinders and a middle plate; at least one flow channel provided in the middle plate, wherein one end of the flow channel is connected to an exhaust chamber of any one of the two cylinders, the other end is connected to a suction chamber of the other one of the two cylinders. In present disclosure, by setting a flow channel in the middle plate of the variable capacity compressor, the exhaust chamber of one cylinder is connected to the suction chamber of the other cylinder. When the flow channel is completely closed, the two cylinders operate independently; when the flow channel is opened, the refrigerant in the exhaust chamber flows into the suction chamber through the flow channel, that is, the upper cylinders and the lower cylinder are connected to each other, which can adjust the capacity of the compressor. |
| US11384758B2 |
Cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine with an inlet ventilator
A cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine, includes a housing (2) with two co-operating rotors (6a, 6b) therein, namely an outer rotor (6a) mounted rotatably in the housing (2) and an inner rotor (6b) mounted rotatably in the outer rotor (6a), whereby a compression chamber (8) is located between the rotors (6a, 6b), which will move by rotation of the rotors (6a, 6b) from the inlet side (9a) of the rotors (6a, 6b) to the outlet side (9b) of the rotors (6a, 6b), wherein the inlet side (9a) of the outer rotor (6a) is provided with a ventilator (12), to supply air to the compression chamber (8). |
| US11384754B2 |
Method and system of slow rate pumping
A slow rate pumping system which includes a discharge line to receive a discharge flow of displacement fluid from a high rate pumper, a return line off of the discharge line to receive a return flow of displacement fluid, a slow rate diversion pumping line off of the discharge line for supplying a diversion flow of displacement fluid downhole, a return valve to control the return flow, and a diversion valve to control the downhole flow. A method of supplying a slow rate flow which includes receiving a main pumping flow through a return line at a pumping pressure, producing a differential pressure between the pumping pressure and a downhole pressure matching a differential setpoint, diverting a slow rate flow of fluid from the main flow using a diversion line off the return line prior to the return valve, and maintaining the differential pressure. |
| US11384746B2 |
Centrally located linear actuators for driving displacers in a thermodynamic apparatus
A heat pump is disclosed that has a hot displacer section and a cold displacer section with a linear actuator section disposed between the hot and cold displacer sections. By providing the linear actuator section between the displacers, the shafts that couple the actuators in the linear actuator section to their respective displacer is shorter than if the linear actuator section were located at the bottom of the cold displacer. The shorter shaft can be less stiff to avoid buckling. Due to a lesser propensity to cock, there is less friction of the shaft when reciprocating. |
| US11384744B2 |
Peristaltic pump precise dosing control system and control method thereof
A peristaltic pump precise dosing control system includes a driver, a pump head, pipeline switching means, a metering pipeline, and a discharge pipeline. An elastic tubing is provided in the pump head, and the outlet end of the elastic tubing is connected to the pipeline switching means. The driver drives the pump head to rotate to pump the liquid in the elastic tubing to the outlet end of the elastic tubing. The driver is electrically connected to the pipeline switching means so as to be capable of controlling the pipeline switching means to switch to the output pipeline with which the outlet end of the elastic tubing is connected. The pipeline switching means is driven to switch the outlet end of the elastic tubing from a state of connection with the discharge pipeline to a state of connection with the metering pipeline. |
| US11384743B2 |
Aerosol-generating device comprising a heat exchanger
An aerosol-generating device for use in an aerosol-generating system is provided, the aerosol-generating device including a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article; a heat exchanger having a first portion proximate to the cavity and a second portion distal to the cavity for capturing heat from a lighter; and a retractable cover, wherein the retractable cover is movable from a first position in which the retractable cover covers the second portion of the heat-exchanger to a second position in which the second portion of the heat exchanger is exposed for heating by a lighter and wherein the retractable cover is configured to automatically return from the second position to the first position when the second portion of the heat exchanger reaches a threshold temperature. |
| US11384741B2 |
Stator assembly, electric machine and wind turbine having the stator assembly
A stator assembly, an electric machine and a wind turbine having the stator assembly are provided. The stator assembly includes a stator iron core, a stator bracket supporting the stator iron core, and an air flow conveyer configured to convey a first cold air flow along the radial direction of the stator iron core to a radial side surface of the stator iron core opposite to an air gap side. The embodiment of the present disclosure enables two radial sides of the stator to be cooled at the same time. Thereby, the expansion and deformation of the stator iron core are reduced, the air gap is prevented from being narrowed, magnetic poles are protected from being baked by the high temperature of the stator, and the service life of the electric machine is prolonged. |
| US11384740B2 |
System and method for locking of a rotor of a wind turbine during extended maintenance
A rotor lock assembly for locking a rotor of a wind turbine includes at least one removable rotor lock. The removable rotor lock has a housing comprising an opening and a mounting portion, a pin shaft positioned within the opening, and a locking mechanism. The opening extends from a first end to a second end thereof. The mounting portion is adapted for mounting to a bearing housing adjacent to a rotor lock plate of the rotor. |
| US11384737B2 |
Determining an orientation of a rotor plane of a wind turbine
A method is provided for determining an orientation of a rotor plane of a wind turbine, including the following steps: determining direction information of a moving part of a wind turbine on basis of at least one signal of a positioning system received at the moving part, determining the orientation of the rotor plane on basis of the determined direction information. Further, a wind turbine and a device as well as a computer program product and a computer readable medium are suggested for performing the method. |
| US11384735B2 |
Reduced profile wind tower system for land-based and offshore applications
A reduced profile wind tower system includes a slim cylindrical spinal core extending up vertically from a foundation. A turbine nacelle is mounted on a top end of the core. Wind turbine blades extend out from the nacelle. A plurality of axially loaded tubular arms, braced by the core, are spaced around the core and link to the core through continuous shear wings or discrete bracket assemblies. The tubular arms and shear wings extend up from said foundation. The tubular arms can be set either vertically or slightly sloped; cables may substitute for the tubular arms and a pontoon may substitute for an on ground foundation. |
| US11384734B1 |
Wind turbine
A power generating windmill having a plurality of blade extending radially outward from a central rotor in position to be engaged by a moving fluid stream is provided. Each blade partially overlaps the blade prior to and behind it to increase lift forces on the blades. |
| US11384730B2 |
Thrust balance control of a multirotor wind turbine based on constraints
A method for controlling a multirotor wind turbine is disclosed. A first operational state of each of the energy generating units of the wind turbine is obtained. A difference in thrust acting on at least two of the energy generating units is detected. At least one constraint parameter of the set of operational constraints is adjusted in accordance with prevailing operating conditions and in accordance with the detected difference in thrust, and a new operational state for at least one of the energy generating units is derived, based on the at least one adjusted constraint parameter, the new operational state(s) counteracting the detected difference in thrust. Finally, the wind turbine is controlled in accordance with the new operational states for the energy generating units. |
| US11384728B2 |
Wind turbine rotor blade pitch bearing
Provided is a wind turbine rotor blade pitch bearing for mounting a rotor blade to a hub, including a carrier with an annular arrangement of bearing pad seats; a plurality of bearing pads, wherein a bearing pad is arranged in each bearing pad seat of the carrier; and a gripping assembly for gripping the carrier, which gripping assembly including a sliding part arranged to lie against an annular arrangement of bearing pads and further includes an access window dimensioned to expose a bearing pad when opened. A wind turbine with a number of such pitch bearings; and a method of performing a service routine on a wind turbine rotor blade pitch bearing is further provided. |
| US11384726B2 |
Hydroelectric energy systems and methods
In accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure, a hydroelectric turbine includes a stator and a rotor disposed radially outward of the stator. The rotor is rotatable around the stator about an axis of rotation. The turbine also includes a generator disposed along the axis of rotation. The generator is stationary and coupled to the stator. The turbine additionally includes a gear disposed along the axis of rotation. The gear is operably coupled to the generator. The turbine further includes a plurality of blades operably coupled to and extending radially outwardly from the gear. The plurality of blades is fixed to the rotor to rotate the rotor in response to fluid flow interacting with the blades. |
| US11384724B2 |
Permanently engaged starter system
A permanently engaged starter system for use in a vehicle includes a flex plate. The vehicle includes a crankshaft and an engine block. The flex plate extends along and is rotatable about an axis. The flex plate is adapted to be rotatably coupled to the crankshaft. The permanently engaged starter system also includes a one-way clutch including an outer and inner race. The permanently engaged starter system additionally includes a ring gear rotatably coupled to one of the inner race and the outer race of the one-way clutch. The permanently engaged starter system further includes a starter support plate, and a pilot support plate coupled to the ring gear. The pilot support plate is fixedly coupled to the starter support plate and is configured to axially and radially align and retain the ring gear and one of the inner race and the outer race with respect to the axis. |
| US11384721B1 |
Dual fuel system having dual fuel injector and engine operating method
A dual fuel system for an internal combustion engine includes a first fuel supply of a liquid pilot fuel, a primary fuel supply of a liquid primary fuel, and a dual fuel injector. The dual fuel injector includes a spill valve fluidly connected with a plunger cavity and movable to control a start of injection and an end of injection, and an admission valve. The admission valve is movable to admit a pilot fuel into the fuel injector, such that the pilot fuel is conveyed through an outlet check to form, within a primary fuel passage fluidly connected to the plunger cavity, a segmented fuel charge of leading pilot fuel and trailing primary fuel by displacing some of the primary fuel. The liquid pilot fuel may be a higher cetane/lower octane liquid fuel, and the primary fuel may be a lower cetane/higher octane liquid fuel. |
| US11384719B2 |
Fluid tank for a power tool
A power tool includes a tool head having a working element and a powerhead configured to provide power to the working element. The powerhead includes a fluid tank configured to hold a combustible fuel and defines an initial internal volume having an internal pressure. A diaphragm is formed of a flexible material and forms at least a portion of the fluid tank. The diaphragm moves from an unexpanded state to an expanded state when a temperature of the combustible fuel increases above a threshold value. Movement of the diaphragm to the expanded state increases the internal volume of the fluid tank to allow the internal pressure of the fluid tank to remain approximately constant. |
| US11384717B2 |
Heat exchanger for gases, in particular engine exhaust gases
The present invention relates to a heat exchanger for gases, in particular for the exhaust gases of an engine, which includes a plurality of gas circulation conduits and a casing for the exchange of heat between said gases and a coolant fluid that surrounds the gas circulation conduits housed inside the casing, wherein baffles are used to configure the passage of the coolant fluid between said gas circulation conduits, having at least one inlet baffle that directs the flow of coolant to the part and thus improving the operating conditions of the exchanger and making same more efficient. |
| US11384715B2 |
Mixture formation unit and two stroke engine having a mixture formation unit
A mixture formation unit has a base body in which an intake channel section is formed. The intake channel section extends from a first end side of the base body to a second end side of the base body. The mixture formation unit has at least one rectilinearly extending channel which opens into the intake channel section. The channel opens at the first end side of the base body. The mixture formation unit is preferably provided for a two stroke engine whose intake channel is divided downstream of the mixture formation unit into a mixture channel and an air channel. |
| US11384712B1 |
Active control of scramjet isolator shock systems
This disclosure relates to a system for actively controlling shock train in a high speed, air-breathing propulsion engine. The system includes an isolator, a sensor associated with the isolator, and a shock train fuel injector in electrical communication with the sensor. The sensor is configured to sense changes in pressure generated by a shock train in the isolator. The shock train fuel injector is in electrical communication with the sensor. The shock train fuel injector is configured to modulate fuel flow to the engine to control back pressure produced by the engine in response to predetermined pressure changes in the shock train. |
| US11384704B2 |
Injection control device
An injection control device includes: a conversion coefficient setter setting a conversion coefficient for each injection when a fuel injection valve is driven by an electric current to inject fuel from the fuel injection valve; and an area correction unit calculating an energization time correction amount by performing area correction using the conversion coefficient for each injection regardless of whether a drive current of the fuel injection valve has reached a target peak current or not. |
| US11384700B2 |
Spark ignition engine control with exhaust manifold pressure sensor
Control of a spark ignited internal combustion in response to an exhaust manifold pressure measurement of an engine is disclosed. An engine out NOx amount for at least one cylinder is determined at least in part in response to the exhaust manifold pressure measurement and a brake mean effective pressure of the at least one cylinder. An operating condition of the engine is adjusted in response to the engine out NOx amount. |
| US11384698B2 |
Self-contained compression brake control module for compression-release brake system of an internal combustion engine
A compression-release brake system for operating an exhaust valve of an engine during an engine braking operation. The compression-release brake system comprises a self-contained compression brake control module (CBCM) operatively coupled to the exhaust valve for controlling a lift and a phase angle thereof. The CBCM includes a casing defining an actuator cavity, a actuation piston disposed outside the casing so as to define an actuation piston cavity between the casing and the actuation piston, and a check valve provided between the actuation piston cavity and a compression brake actuator disposed in the actuator cavity. The actuation piston reciprocates relative to the casing. The compression brake actuator includes an actuator element and a biasing spring. The actuator element selectively engages the check valve when deactivated so as to unlock the actuation piston cavity and disengages from the check valve when activated so as to lock the actuation piston cavity. |
| US11384693B2 |
Through-flow gas turbine engine with electric motor and electric generator
A through-flow gas turbine engine includes a core comprising multiple spools rotatable about a center axis. An accessory gearbox (AGB) is drivingly engaged to the core and disposed aft of the outlet. A reduction gearbox (RGB) is drivingly engaged to the core and disposed forward of the inlet. The RGB has an RGB output to provide rotational output to a rotatable load. An electric motor is drivingly engaged to the rotatable load. An electric generator is configured to provide electrical power to the electric motor. One of the electric motor and the electric generator is disposed axially between the outlet and the AGB and the other of the electric motor and the electric generator is disposed axially between the inlet and the RGB. |
| US11384691B2 |
Integrated exhaust baffle and split line retaining plate
A baffle is provided herein. The baffle includes a cylindrical baffle section. The cylindrical baffle section includes one or more holes. The baffle also includes a split line retaining section. The split line retaining section includes one or more mounting bosses. Each of the one or more mounting bosses receives one or more mounting bolts. |
| US11384689B2 |
Shielding assembly for debris management
A shield assembly that may be disposed within an engine compartment of an agricultural vehicle, the shield assembly includes a plurality of shields that may block buildup of debris within the engine compartment. At least one shield of the plurality of shields includes a sloped surface that may direct debris away from the engine compartment. The shield assembly also includes a plurality of ducts formed between the plurality of shields. The plurality of ducts may redirect cooling fluid from a cooling fan package to the engine compartment to remove debris from within the engine compartment. |
| US11384688B2 |
Air intake structure for an aircraft nacelle comprising an impact absorber element
An air intake structure for a nacelle of an aircraft is disclosed having an air intake lip with a U-shaped section open towards the rear, an acoustic panel that extends the air intake lip towards the rear and on an inner side, an outer panel extending the air intake lip towards the rear and on an outer side, and a rear strengthening frame fixed between the outer panel and the acoustic panel, where the rear strengthening frame partly defines an inner volume that is immediately in front of the rear strengthening frame. The air intake structure comprises an impact absorber element positioned in the inner volume and the impact absorber element assumes the form of a structure that is deformable during an impact and that is at least partially filled with a fluid. The impact absorber element is a flexible shroud filled with a pressurized gas. |
| US11384685B1 |
Casella hydraulic variable compression ratio piston
The invention in question relates, in particular, to a hydraulic variable compression ratio piston comprising a full floating eccentric mounted in the body of said piston, wherein the eccentric accepts a piston pin, with the pin in turn, accepting the small end of the connecting rod. The eccentric moves in a circular manner against the force of preloaded springs installed at the bottom of the piston, thereby allowing the piston to move up or down relative to the connecting rod. An adjustment mechanism within the piston comprising of a combination of said preloaded springs and a lifter acting against the movement of the eccentric, holds the piston's current position relative to the connecting rod until an increase or decrease in combustion forces act upon the piston and changes the compression ratio. |
| US11384678B2 |
Heat insulating cover for exhaust device
There is provided a heat insulating cover for an exhaust device, including outer shell members each having flanges formed at both ends in a peripheral direction, and the adjacent flanges are bonded to each other without generating any gap in an entire axial direction of the heat insulating cover for the exhaust device. A flange includes at least two fixing portions provided apart from each other in the axial direction of an exhausting member, the fixing portions of the adjacent flanges in the peripheral direction abutting each other and being fixed in a face-to-face manner, and includes an inclined portion provided between the fixing portions in the axial direction, the inclined portion being inclined relative to the fixing portions to be positioned closer to the other adjacent flange as being closer to an outer side in the peripheral direction. |
| US11384677B2 |
State estimation apparatus
A state estimation apparatus includes: a rate calculating configured to calculate, based on both a flow rate and an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into an oxygen storage catalyst, a rate of change in an oxygen storage amount in the oxygen storage catalyst; a limit calculating unit configured to calculate a limit rate which is a limit value for the rate of change; and a storage-amount updating unit configured to update, based on the rate of change and the limit rate, an estimated value of the oxygen storage amount. Moreover, the storage-amount updating unit is further configured to: update, when the rate of change does not exceed the limit rate, the estimated value based on the rate of change; and update, when the rate of change exceeds the limit rate, the estimated value based on the limit rate. |
| US11384671B2 |
Gas/gas mixer for introducing gas into the exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine
A gas/gas mixer for introducing gas into an exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine. The gas/gas mixer includes an exhaust gas flow duct (18) in an exhaust gas carrying element (14), through which exhaust gas (A) can flow. A mixer body (20) is arranged in the exhaust gas carrying element (14) with a plurality of exhaust gas flow openings (44), through which exhaust gas (A) flowing in the exhaust gas flow duct (18) can flow. A gas feed volume (38), through which gas (G) to be introduced into the exhaust gas stream (A) can flow, is formed in the mixer body (20). The gas feed volume (38) is open towards the exhaust gas flow duct (18) via a plurality of gas release openings (56). |
| US11384670B2 |
Mixer assembly unit
A mixer assembly unit, especially for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, includes a mixer body (48) with an incoming flow side (58) and with an outgoing flow side (60); and a carrier element (24) with a carrier element body (44) enclosing the mixer body (48) radially on an outside in relation to a mixer longitudinal axis. The mixer body (48) includes a plurality of flow deflection elements (62) and at least one holding area (70). The carrier element (24) includes a counter holding area (46) in association with a holding area (70). The counter holding area (46) is connected in substance to the holding area (70). The counter holding area (46) overlaps the holding area (70) at least partly radially on a side oriented in a direction of the outgoing flow side (60) of the mixer body (48). |
| US11384669B2 |
Integrated base filter for a DEF manifold
A base filter for a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) filter of a header assembly in a fluid reservoir is disclosed may include first and second semi-cylindrical holder portions having a semi-cylindrical walls concluding at abutment surfaces that face and engage when the base filter is assembled. The semi-cylindrical holder portions have one or more mounting tabs extending inward from inner surfaces of the semi-cylindrical walls. The header assembly may include a header with a cylindrical header boss having mounting recess defined therein. The mounting tabs may be circumferentially spaced about the semi-cylindrical walls to align with and be inserted into the mounting recesses of the header boss the base filter is assembled on the cylindrical header boss. Fasteners may be inserted through fastener bosses of the semi-cylindrical holder portions and into fastener bores of the header boss to hold the semi-cylindrical holder portions together and on the header. |
| US11384660B1 |
Fan cowl failsafe gooseneck assembly
A gooseneck hinge assembly includes a first gooseneck hinge portion having a first portion first end coupled to a first surface, a first portion second end having a first portion aperture to receive a pin, and a first gooseneck curve between the first portion first end and the first portion second end. The assembly further includes a second gooseneck hinge portion being a mirror image of the first hinge portion and having a second portion first end coupled to the first surface, a second portion second end having a second portion aperture to receive the pin, and a second gooseneck curve between the second portion first end and the second portion second end. The assembly further includes the pin coupled to a second surface and to extend through the first portion aperture and the second portion aperture to facilitate rotation of the second surface relative to the first surface. |
| US11384659B2 |
Boss for gas turbine engine
A gas turbine engine, has: a case extending circumferentially around a central axis of the gas turbine engine; a boss protruding from the case away from the central axis, the boss defining an internal passage; a tubular member received within the internal passage of the boss and secured to the boss; an annular gap extending all around the tubular member and located between the tubular member and the boss; and a fitting hydraulically connecting a fluid source to the tubular member, the fitting having a portion received within the tubular member and encircled by both of the annular gap and the tubular member, the fitting sealingly engaged to the tubular member. |
| US11384650B2 |
Servitude passage arm for a turbo machine
The invention relates to a lead-through arm (30) for the auxiliaries of a turbomachine, intended to be mounted in a substantially radial direction of the turbomachine. The lead-through arm (30) comprises two fairing walls (32) connected at one of the axial ends thereof by a connecting element (34) and a transverse firewall (38) connecting the two fairing walls (32), characterised in that it comprises a firebreak member (36) disposed in the radial direction, said member (36) being elastically deformable and being inserted axially, and constrained elastically, between an axial end of the firewall (38) and the connecting element (34). |
| US11384648B2 |
Methods for depositing coatings on aerospace components
Protective coatings on an aerospace component are provided. An aerospace component includes a surface containing nickel, nickel superalloy, aluminum, chromium, iron, titanium, hafnium, alloys thereof, or any combination thereof, and a coating disposed on the surface, where the coating contains a nanolaminate film stack having two or more pairs of a first deposited layer and a second deposited layer. The first deposited layer contains chromium oxide, chromium nitride, aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, or any combination thereof, the second deposited layer contains aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, yttrium oxide, yttrium nitride, yttrium silicon nitride, hafnium oxide, hafnium nitride, hafnium silicide, hafnium silicate, titanium oxide, titanium nitride, titanium silicide, titanium silicate, or any combination thereof, and the first deposited layer and the second deposited layer have different compositions from each other. |
| US11384645B2 |
Turbine wheel
A turbine wheel is provided with a groove having a bottom surface and a pair of side wall surfaces. The turbine wheel includes: a balance weight that is arranged in the groove, is insertable from any circumferential position of the opening of the groove, and has a through-hole opened toward one of the pair of side wall surfaces; and a retaining member that contacts the one of the pair of side wall surfaces in a state of being inserted in the through-hole of the balance weight, to thereby cause the balance weight to abut against the other one of the pair of side wall surfaces and be retained in the groove. The groove has engagement recesses provided at intervals in a circumferential direction at the bottom surface or an engagement protrusion fitted to one of fitting recesses provided at intervals in the circumferential direction at the bottom surface and protruding from the bottom surface. The balance weight has an engagement protrusion or an engagement groove that engages with one of the engagement recesses or the engagement protrusion of the groove, to thereby restrict a circumferential shift of the balance weight in the groove. |
| US11384636B2 |
Method to determine tracer response from non-ideal chemical tracers
A method for normalizing a chemical tracer response in a zone can include measuring a concentration of the tracer as produced from a proximal zone, measuring a concentration of a reference tracer as produced from the proximal zone, and applying a mathematical correction to a concentration of the tracer as produced from the zone. Another method can include normalizing a chemical tracer concentration to a reference tracer concentration, and then allocating flow to a zone corresponding to the tracer based on the normalized tracer concentration. Another method can include injecting a first chemical tracer into a first wellbore reference zone and into additional producing zones of the first wellbore, injecting a second chemical tracer into a second wellbore reference zone and into additional producing zones of the second wellbore, and injecting a third chemical tracer into each of the additional producing zones of the first and second wellbores. |
| US11384635B2 |
Downhole acoustic leak detection and profiling
A method for determining the location of a leak within a tubular having tubular components by sending an acoustic signal from an acoustic tool, receiving reflective signals from the acoustic signal, correlating the reflective signals with known tubular components, identifying an unexpected reflective signal and determining the location of a leak by correlating the location of the unexpected reflective signal with the known tubular components. |
| US11384631B2 |
Tubing condition monitoring
A method of condition monitoring of tubing (10) in an injection well (12). A baseline measurement of friction loss in the tubing is taken by obtaining pressure responses at the wellhead (34) and downhole for a number of injection rates. After a period of time, pressure responses at the wellhead and downhole are taken when the well is shut-in. Analysis of the Instantaneous Shut-In Pressure (ISIP) at the wellhead and downhole on shut-in provide the friction loss in the tubing for the last injection rate before shut-in. A comparison can be made with the baseline measurement of friction loss to indicate deterioration of the inner surface of the tubing if the friction loss has increased. The baseline measurement may be made using a step rate test or by analysis of the combined ISIP. |
| US11384628B2 |
Open hole displacement with sacrificial screen
A downhole completion system and methodology is provided for use in a well. The downhole completion comprises a packer and a plurality of flow control sand screens. Each flow control sand screen has an inflow control device (ICD). The downhole completion further comprises at least one lower sand screen positioned below the plurality of flow control sand screens. The at least one lower sand screen is configured without an ICD. A flow restrictor is disposed between the plurality of flow control sand screens and the at least one lower sand screen. |
| US11384627B2 |
System and method for firing a charge in a well tool
A system for initiating a charge downhole in a wellbore includes a first donor charge detonable to produce a first detonation wave, a second donor charge detonable to produce a second detonation wave, and an acceptor charge detonable by either the first detonation wave or the second detonation wave. The system also includes a donor charge barrier separating the first donor charge from the second donor charge. The donor charge barrier includes heat dissipative and conduction characteristics for preventing deflagration from spreading between the first donor charge and the second donor charge. The system also includes an acceptor charge barrier separating the acceptor charge from the first donor charge and the second donor charge. The acceptor charge barrier includes Shockwave impedance characteristics for conveying the first detonation wave or the second detonation wave to the acceptor charge to detonate the acceptor charge. |
| US11384626B2 |
Micro-controller-based switch assembly for wellbore systems and method
A switch assembly, which is part of a chain of switch assemblies. The switch assembly includes a micro-controller PB that has no address, a thru-line switch, and a detonator switch. The micro-controller PB is configured to directly communicate with an upstream or downstream switch assembly through a pulsing scheme, and the micro-controller PB receives no command from a surface controller. |
| US11384625B2 |
Device and method for angularly orientating wellbore perforating guns
A steerable sub for controlling an angular orientation of a well tool in a well, the steerable sub including a housing; a steering element attached to the housing and configured (i) to partially extend out of the housing and (ii) to change an orientation relative to the housing; and an actuation mechanism connected to the steering element and configured to change the orientation of the steering element relative to the housing. |
| US11384622B2 |
In situ decontamination of downhole equipment
A method of decontaminating naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) from downhole equipment may include injecting a NORM dissolver into an isolated region of a wellbore in which NORM-contaminated production equipment is located; and removing the NORM contaminants from the production equipment. The method may also include recommencing production of hydrocarbons following the decontamination. |
| US11384620B2 |
Bridge plug with multiple sealing elements
Included are bridge plugs and methods and systems for the use and deployment of the bridge plugs. An example bridge plug comprises a first sealing element, a second sealing element, and a spacer; wherein the spacer is disposed between the first sealing element and the second sealing element; wherein the first sealing element and the second sealing element are not adjacent to one another. |
| US11384615B2 |
Core retrieving tool
A core retrieving tool for retrieving a core sample of an underground formation includes a coring assembly having a coring bit, a core barrel within a core-receiving chamber, an expandable fluid chamber in fluid communication with the core-receiving chamber, and a valve that selectively seals the core-receiving chamber. The expandable fluid chamber is expandable in response to a pressure differential between the pressure of the core-receiving chamber and an external pressure. With the valve closed, the expandable fluid chamber is in open fluid communication with the core-receiving chamber such that a pressure of the expandable fluid chamber is equalized with the pressure of the core-receiving chamber. |
| US11384604B2 |
Laser induced graphene coated optical fibers
Optical fiber having a graphene coating, a method to apply a graphene coating onto an optical fiber, and a fiber optic cable having a graphene coating are disclosed. A first carbon based coating is applied to an optical fiber along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber. A laser beam is focused at the first carbon based coating. A first surface of the first carbon based coating is photothermally converted into a first layer of graphene. |
| US11384602B2 |
Boring assembly and associated boring method
A boring assembly extends along a main axis and comprises a boring head comprising at least one first nozzle and at least one second nozzle The or each second nozzle is different from the or each first nozzle. The boring assembly includes a first delivery device configured to deliver a jet of abrasive-free water at a pressure comprised between 2000 bar and 4000 bar to the at least one first nozzle. The boring assembly includes a second delivery device configured to deliver a jet containing at least one abrasive material at a pressure comprised between 2000 bar and 6000 bar to the at least one second nozzle. |
| US11384601B2 |
Hole opener for horizontal directional drilling
A hole opener comprising a shaft, a key, a first blade, and a second blade. The shaft includes a front end, a rear end, and a longitudinal axis that extends through the front end and the rear end, the shaft configured for rotation about the longitudinal axis by the horizontal directional drilling rig. The key is coupled to the shaft for rotation with the shaft. The first blade is removably coupled to the key, and is spaced a first radial distance from the longitudinal axis and spaced a first longitudinal distance from the front end. The second blade is removably coupled to the key and is spaced a second radial distance from the longitudinal axis that is greater than the first radial distance. The second blade is spaced a second longitudinal distance from the front end that is greater than the first longitudinal distance. |
| US11384598B2 |
Screen device
There is provided a screen guide that engages a support rail or is detachable from the support rail at an intermediate position on the support rail. The support rail supports the screen guide and includes first and second engagement edges, and the screen guide is formed by connecting a plurality of guide pieces to one another in series. Each of the guide pieces includes a piece body that engages an end portion of a screen and an engagement member that includes first and second engagement portions that engage the first and second engagement edges of the support rail, respectively. Each of the engagement members is coupled to the corresponding piece body such that the engagement member is capable of being displaced to a first position at which the first and second engagement portions engage the first and second engagement edges, respectively, and to a second, detached position. |
| US11384590B2 |
Automatic tailgate operation
Methods and systems for automatically opening the tailgate of a vehicle without any interaction with a smartkey or the vehicle itself are provided. The tailgate can be opened automatically by utilizing location data of the vehicle and remote key or smartkey proximity to the vehicle, in tandem with location data and mobile payment information of a user's mobile device. Instead of having to manually open the tailgate, place a foot under the tailgate, press a button on a remote key fob, or press a trunk-release button on the tailgate or key fob, the tailgate can automatically open as the user approaches the vehicle. |
| US11384588B2 |
Drive arrangement for door operator
Method (100) for controlling a drive arrangement (200) for an automatic door operator (30) of an entrance system (10) having one or more movable door members (D1 . . . Dm), whereby the automatic door operator (30) is for causing movements of the one or more movable door members (D1 . . . Dm) between a closed position and an opened position, respectively. The drive arrangement (200) comprises a DC-motor (34) for driving the automatic door operator (30), a H-bridge (96) and a controller (32, 232) for controlling the drive arrangement (200). The H-bridge (96) comprises a first leg (A) and a second leg (B), the first leg (A) and second leg (B) both being connected to a first voltage supply line (97) and a second voltage supply line (98), the first voltage supply line (97) having a higher voltage than the second voltage supply line (98). |
| US11384587B2 |
User interface unit
A user interface unit for an automatic door drive comprises a display unit for outputting output information and a control element arrangement for capturing input information. The user interface unit, together with the door drive, is mountable in a first spatial position and in a second spatial position on a door that is drivable by the door drive. The control element arrangement comprises a first control element and a second control element, wherein the first control element is arranged in the first spatial position of the user interface unit on the same spatial side of the control element arrangement as the second control element in the second spatial position. The display unit is designed to display the displayed output information in the same spatial orientation in both the first spatial position and the second spatial position of the user interface unit. In addition, the user interface unit is designed to capture the same input information in the first spatial position with the first control element as with the second control element in the second spatial position. |
| US11384583B2 |
Retraction device for two end positions
A retraction device for two end positions has two driving elements which are connected to one another by a spring energy accumulator. Each driving element is displaceably mounted in a respective guide housing. A sliding door has such a retraction device, and a sliding door arrangement has such a sliding door. Each driving element is coupled or can be coupled to a cylinder-piston unit mounted in the respective guide housing. Both guide housings are adjustable relative to one another in the longitudinal direction of the retraction device by means of at least one sliding joint. This provides a retraction device for two end positions, which can be used for a range of door widths without design modifications. |
| US11384579B2 |
Sliding door arrangement
A guiding assembly (300) for guiding a sliding door leaf (101) movable along a sliding door rail (110) is provided. The guiding assembly (300) comprises a bogie (130) having a first end (132) being provided with a first steering member (136) and a second steering member (138), and an opposite end (134) comprising at least one guiding element (122) being engaged with the sliding door rail (110), wherein the bogie (130) is connected to the sliding door leaf (101). The guiding assembly (300) further comprises a guiding rail (140) having first end section (140a) and a second end section (140b). The bogie (130) is configured to pivot relative the sliding door leaf (101) as the second steering member (138) travels along the guiding rail (140). |
| US11384577B2 |
Furniture fitting
A furniture fitting includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to a furniture carcass, and a second fitting portion to be fixed to a movable furniture part and hingedly or releasably connected to the first fitting portion. The first fitting portion includes a mounting body for fixing to the furniture carcass, and a carrier configured to adjust a position of the carrier relative to the mounting body. An actuating arm is pivotally arranged on the carrier, and a spring device applies a force to the actuating arm. An adjustment device with three operating elements is provided, and a position of the carrier relative to the mounting body can be adjusted by the operating elements. The mounting body includes a fastening side for fixing the mounting body to a furniture panel. Each of the operating elements is configured to be actuated from the front side of the mounting body. |
| US11384575B2 |
Keeper and aircraft with such keeper
The invention involves a keeper (20) to interact with a bolt (16) of a lock (10);The keeper includes a bracket (22) for attachment to a structure, and a keeper rod (24) secured to the bracket, the keeper rod extending from one surface (27) of the bracket.In the keeper, a shaft (32) is attached to the bracket and can rotate freely relative to the bracket such that it extends in a longitudinal direction (X); a blade (40) is mounted on the shaft (32) on one side of the bracket near the keeper rod in such a way as to always rotate along with the shaft; an angular position indicator (46) is also mounted so as to always rotate along with the shaft; the blade being so positioned that it can be rotated by the latch when the latch hooks on to or releases from the keeper rod, and the angular position indicator (46) being capable of indicating the angular position of the blade.The invention is for example intended to be used on an aircraft door such as that of a helicopter. |
| US11384569B2 |
Lock with replaceable modules
A lock with replaceable modules includes a first part and a second part which is connected to the first part. The lock has a latch bolt recess, a restriction recess and a deadbolt recess so as to selectively install a latch bolt, a restriction bolt and a deadbolt. A lock block is selectively installed in the restriction recess. The lock includes an installation slot which can be selectively oriented in different directions, and a core recess for receiving the deadbolt. The lock is selectively installed with different components by features of modularization and normalization so as to reduce inventory pressure. The customers may install the lock to entrance doors, gate doors, storage room doors, emergency doors, room doors, bathroom doors or the like. |
| US11384563B2 |
Spring retaining assembly for vehicle latch actuator mechanism
An actuator mechanism of a vehicle latch assembly includes an electric motor having an output shaft. Also included is a worm coupled to the output shaft. Further included is a worm gear driven by the worm. Yet further included is a spring operatively coupled to the worm gear and to a latch housing, the spring having a first leg extending through an aperture defined by the worm gear and a second leg extending into a receiving hole defined by the housing, the first leg including a first segment extending along a first leg axis and a second segment oriented at a non-parallel angle to the first leg axis, the second segment contacting a face of the worm gear to prevent removal of the spring. |
| US11384560B2 |
Awning assembly
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for an awning. An awning apparatus of the disclosure includes a plurality of vertical support members and one or more flexible connectors coupled to the plurality of vertical support members. The one or more flexible connectors are removably secured to an upper end of at least one of the plurality of vertical support members. The apparatus includes a cover adapted for engaging the plurality of vertical support members. The apparatus includes a clipping mechanism attached to the cover and configured to removably secure the cover to at least one of the one or more flexible connectors. The apparatus is such that the one or more flexible connectors is configured to provide tension to hold the cover in a stretched orientation. |
| US11384559B1 |
Power transmission tower having elevatable trusses
Disclosed is a power transmission tower having elevatable trusses. The power transmission tower has a tower head, a tower body, and a tower leg. The power transmission tower comprises a truss set symmetrically arranged at both sides of the tower body and an elevating device which is capable of driving the displacement of the truss set. The elevating device comprises a power unit arranged within the tower body, and a linear slide module secured to side of the tower body. The linear slide module is connected to the power unit and the truss set, respectively. |
| US11384558B2 |
Multidirectional adaptive re-centering torsion isolator
A multidirectional adaptive re-centering torsion isolator is used for isolating buildings, tanks and bridges from earthquakes. The multidirectional adaptive re-centering torsion isolator includes a flat and/or articulated slider and four or more cylindrical energy dissipaters. The flat and/or articulated slider positioned on top of the column provides vertical load transmission, low friction and horizontal displacement capacity. The cylindrical energy dissipaters provide displacement, re-centering and damping in any of the horizontal directions. |
| US11384557B2 |
Systems and methods of operating automatic swimming pool cleaners
A swimming pool cleaner may include motive elements intentionally driven in an unbalanced manner. This unbalanced driving may allow a cleaner to maintain contact with (“hug”) walls of a pool, allowing the cleaner to, e.g., obtain information allowing mapping of the pool perimeter. |
| US11384552B2 |
Massage system for inflatable pool
An air passageway system (100) includes an annular air delivery passageway (132), a linear air delivery passageway (112b), and one or more air injection passageways (134a-1341, 116). The annular air delivery passageway (132), the linear air delivery passageway (112b), and the one or more air injection passageways (134a-1341, 116) are constructed from flexible polyvinyl chloride walls. |
| US11384550B2 |
Pre-fabricated skeletal frame for a room
A pre-fabricated and pre-engineered integrated skeletal frame for a room is discussed. In an embodiment, the pre-fabricated and pre-engineered integrated skeletal frame is for an electrical room with its electrical equipment installed, wired up, and tested offsite in a factory. The pre-fabricated and pre-engineered integrated skeletal frame can have rigging components such as lifting eye hooks and temporary structural cross connect bracing for rigging. The prefabricated room can have electrical equipment mounted inside, wired up, and tested off site at the factory and then be shipped to the construction site. |
| US11384549B2 |
Supporting structure having integrated turret for a mobile concrete pump and mobile concrete pump
The supporting structure for a mobile concrete pump for connecting a distribution boom includes two support leg boxes that cross each other diagonally, and a boom pedestal attached thereto having a turret that has an opening that is surrounded at its one end at least partially by a pivot mount receptacle for a pivot bearing for pivoting the distribution boom of the concrete pump with respect to the turret. Part of the wall of the turret is formed by a side wall of the supporting leg boxes that cross each other, wherein the side walls of the supporting leg boxes are, in a first region in which same form part of the wall of the turret, free of joining points such that loads introduced via the turret directly into the side walls are distributed beyond the first region without shear load of a joining point in the side walls. |
| US11384548B2 |
Sleeve for concrete slab penetration
A sleeve for forming a channel through a concrete slab is described herein. The sleeve includes a sleeve body with top and bottom ends extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the top end is wider than the bottom end. The sleeve includes an attachment flange attached to the bottom end that extends laterally outward with respect to the longitudinal axis. The attachment flange may be secured to a concrete form. An alternative sleeve has an attachment mechanism protruding from the first end of the sleeve body for facilitating the attachment of the sleeve body to a concrete form. In some embodiments, the sleeve can also include a removal mechanism disposed at the second end of the sleeve body to facilitate removal of the sleeve body from the concrete slab. Various sleeve configurations are described, some of which are reusable and some of which are one-time use only. |
| US11384547B2 |
Method of constructing hollow wall structure
A method of constructing a hollow wall structure comprising: a step (A) of constructing a grout wall mold; a step (B) of grouted a curable liquid material into the grouting space; a step (C) of removing the first template wall and the second template wall so as to produce a semi-finished hollow wall having the Styrofoam board; and a step (D) of removing a semi-finished hollow wall having the Styrofoam board so as to obtain a hollow wall having a communication space. The communication space has an inflow conduit and a connection channel. |
| US11384545B2 |
Profile system for intersecting joints
A profile system includes elongate profiles (2) for terminating installed tiles with a uniform, substantially L-shaped cross-section comprising a fastening leg (5) for fastening to a substrate and forming a bearing surface. An adjoining, substantially perpendicular, boundary leg (6) forms a contact surface for the tiles and each of the front ends (12) of the boundary leg forms a contact surface provided with a receiving opening (13) for receiving a connecting element (4). At least one corner connecting piece (3) is configured to visually connect the front ends (12) of the boundary legs of three profiles (2). At least two connecting elements (4) are configured so that one exposed end is inserted into the receiving opening (13) of a profile (2) for terminating installed tiles and an other exposed end is inserted into the receiving recess (24) of a corner connecting piece (3). |
| US11384541B2 |
Roofing material with a non-asphalt backing
A roofing material including a substrate having a top face and a bottom face. The roofing material further includes a non-asphalt coating applied to the substrate and an asphalt layer covering at least a portion of the top face. The bottom face is asphalt-free, or substantially asphalt-free. |
| US11384540B2 |
Timber beam end connection using embedded mechanical fastening
A beam connecting system uses a threaded connector rod and a mating connector, for example a nut, for mounting the end of a wood beam against the upright supporting surface of a supporting body. The connector rod protrudes from the upright supporting surface of the supporting body to be received in a fastener bore extending longitudinally into the beam from the end face of the beam. A transverse access bore which intersects the fastener bore receives the mating connector to form a mechanical connection to fasten the end face of the beam against the upright supporting surface. A wood plug encloses the access bore such that the mechanical connection is fully embedded in the beam and supporting body so as to be surrounded by wood material, and thus be protected from elevated temperatures in fire condition. |
| US11384537B2 |
Suspended ceiling system incorporating key and keyhole combinations and method of installing same
A suspended ceiling system for supporting panels. The system includes beams and connectors forming keyholes at their junctions. Locking keys are inserted in the keyholes to lock the connectors and beams to each other. |
| US11384533B2 |
Corner structure for studded walls
A building wall with an improved corner structure having a having a right-angled interior corner and an arcuate exterior corner, corner brackets used to construct the same, and a method of constructing the same. The pair of brackets include a first bracket that attaches to an upper end of both a first studded wall and a perpendicularly extending second studded wall, and a second bracket that attaches to a lower end of both the first studded wall and the second studded wall. When the first studded wall is joined to the second studded wall using the pair of brackets, an interior side of the corner joint includes two interior faces coming together at the right-angled corner, and an exterior side of the corner joint directly opposite the right-angled corner includes an arcuate exterior face. |
| US11384531B2 |
Interconnects for temporarily coupling modular frame members
An interconnect system for coupling first and second frame members includes female and male interconnect members. The female interconnect is secured to the first frame member and has defined therein a receptacle. The male interconnect member is secured to the second frame member and defines a protrusion configured for selective axial insertion into, and mating engagement with, the receptacle. The receptacle extends axially between a receptacle opening through which the protrusion is axially received and a receptacle rear wall at which the receptacle terminates. The protrusion terminates at a protrusion tip. The receptacle and protrusion are furthermore configured such that at least one of (a) the receptacle and the protrusion are complementarily keyed in order to prevent relative rotational displacement of the male and female interconnect members when they are in mutual mating engagement, and (b) the protrusion tip is magnetically attracted toward the receptacle rear wall. |
| US11384530B2 |
Vault for active shooters and tornadoes
The present disclosure relates to a protective enclosure to secure occupants against external threats, such as ballistic projectiles, blasts, or natural phenomena. |
| US11384528B2 |
System and methods for the preservation of mechanical assets
A system and methods for the storage, and preservation of mechanical assets, including collectable automobiles, small airplanes and watercraft in a storage unit. The storage unit includes a plurality of asset modules. The volume of each asset module is variable. The atmosphere of each asset module may be controlled by a control system. Control of the atmosphere of each asset module includes control of parameters including the type of gas each atmosphere is composed of and the temperature, the pressure and relative humidity of each atmosphere. These parameters may be monitored and controlled from a remote location. |
| US11384527B2 |
Corrugated metal plate and overhead structure incorporating same
A method of assembling a corrugated structure formed of corrugated metal plates. The corrugated structure may include corrugations extending transversely of the longitudinal length of said corrugated structure. At least some of said corrugated metal plates may include a longitudinal flange extending from each longitudinal edge and a transverse flange extending from each transverse edge. At least some of the flanges may include alignment features. The method includes: bringing adjacent plates into abutting relationship such that alignment features on adjacent plates matingly engage; installing fasteners through aligned holes to secure abutting plates; and repeating said bringing and said installing as necessary until said corrugated structure is assembled. |
| US11384526B2 |
Photoinitiation-based deployable structures
The present disclosure relates to deployable structures and methods of use thereof. In particular, deployable structures with non-cylindrical or irregular shapes and methods of use thereof are disclosed. Non-cylindrical combustion elements can be used to rigidize such non-cylindrical or irregular shapes. The use of gaseous oxidizers along with deployable structures is also disclosed. |
| US11384524B2 |
Below-grade modular assembly
A modular assembly is provided and includes a modular frame to be installed at least partially below grade and at least two panels attached to the modular frame, where the at least two panels are made of a material that withstands lateral, vertical and shear forces generated by surrounding below grade materials. The modular frame and the at least two panels are joined together as a unit prior to installation. |
| US11384521B2 |
Flush toilet
A flush toilet according to an embodiment includes a bowl part, a rim part, a water spout port, and a water storage part. The bowl part receives waste. The rim part is formed on a top of the bowl part. The water spout port spouts a washing water. The water storage part is formed on a bottom of the bowl part. A first region that is connected to a discharge channel and a second region that is located on a front side of the first region are formed in the water storage part. A main stream of the washing water that is spouted from the water spout port along the rim part swirls on the bowl part and flows into the first region. |
| US11384515B2 |
Image display system for work machine, remote operation system for work machine, and work machine
An image display system for a work machine includes an imaging device mounted to a work machine including a working unit having a working implement, an attitude detector detecting an attitude of the working unit, a distance detector determining information about distance to an object to be worked by the work machine, and a processor using information about position of the working implement obtained using an attitude of the working unit, and information about position of the object to be worked obtained from the information about distance from the work machine to an object to be worked, determined by the distance detector, generating an image of a portion corresponding to the working implement, on the object to be worked opposing the working implement, combining the generated image with an image of the object to be worked imaged by the imaging device, and displaying the combined image on a display device. |
| US11384511B2 |
Wheeled work vehicle
A wheeled work vehicle includes: a transmission transmitting the rotational power of a traveling hydraulic motor to wheels; a traveling control valve having an interruption position that interrupts supply of hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic pump to the traveling hydraulic motor; a shift changeover valve that shifts the speed stage of the transmission by the position of the shift changeover valve being selectively switched; and a controller that controls the traveling control valve and the shift changeover valve. The controller switches the traveling control valve to the interruption position, then switches the position of the shift changeover valve such that the speed stage of the transmission is shifted to the low speed stage, and switches the traveling control valve from the interruption position to an original position side before the switching in a case where the controller shifts the transmission from the high speed stage to the low speed stage. |
| US11384510B2 |
System and device for anticipating and correcting for over-center transitions in mobile hydraulic machine
A mobile hydraulic system includes a hydraulic actuator coupled to a load, and a control unit coupled to the load and/or to the hydraulic actuator. The control unit is adapted to anticipate an over-center transition of the load relative to a gravity vector prior to the over-center transition through the use of sensors configured with accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers. In some examples, the over-center transition is from an overrunning driving of the load to a passive driving of the load. In some examples, the over-center transition is from a passive driving of the load to an overrunning driving of the load. In some examples, the control unit is adapted to control change in a metered flow through one or more ports of the associated actuator to minimize and/or prevent one or more hydraulic effects of the anticipated over-center transition. In some examples, the control unit controls the metered flow by causing one or more actuators (e.g., a solenoid) to shift one or more valve positions to change the flow through one or more ports of the associated actuator. |
| US11384509B2 |
Work machine
A controller (25) of the hydraulic excavator (1) includes a signal separation section (150) that separates each of target speed signals for a plurality of front members (8, 9, 10) into a low frequency component and a high frequency component, a high fluctuation target speed calculation section (143) that allocates the separated high frequency components preferentially to a front member having a relatively small inertial load to calculate high fluctuation target speeds individually for the plurality of front members, a high fluctuation target actuator speed calculation section (141c) that calculates high fluctuation target speeds individually for the plurality of actuators from the high fluctuation target speeds for the plurality of front members, a low fluctuation target actuator speed calculation section (141b) that calculates low fluctuation target speeds individually for the plurality of actuators from the low frequency components separated by the signal separation section, and an actuator controller (200) that controls the plurality of actuators individually based on values obtained by adding the high fluctuation target speeds and the low fluctuation target speeds. |
| US11384508B2 |
Automated machine impeller clutch
A system for controlling a machine impeller clutch includes a power source, a transmission unit, an impeller clutch operatively coupling the power source to the transmission unit, and an input device configured to generate a force data signal indicative of a working fluid pressure. An electronic control module in communication with the input device is configured to execute a time-step predictive analytical model for impeller clutch engagement. The electronic control module configured to receive the force data from the input device, determine an impeller clutch engagement value based at least in part on the force data signal and utilizing the time-step predictive analytical model, and cause engagement of the machine impeller clutch according to the impeller clutch engagement value. |
| US11384499B2 |
Drainage channel support assembly
A drainage channel support assembly including a support member adapted to support drainage channel, a pair of pegs arranged to anchor the support member to the ground, and a pair of coupling elements mounted to respective of each of the pair of pegs. The coupling arrangements are configured where on anchoring of the support member to the ground via respective of the pair of pegs either: in a first install mode, the coupling arrangement contacts an upper surface of the support member with the associated peg penetrating the ground along substantially the full length of the peg; or, in a second install mode, the coupling arrangement couples to a fitting which contacts the upper surface of the support member, the coupling arrangement contacting a lower surface of the support member for suspension of the drainage channel above the ground. |
| US11384497B2 |
Containment dike
Flexible containment tubes form sections of a dike for fluid containment. For example, multiple vinyl-coated polyester tubes with a 19-inch diameter may be filled with water and stacked on top of each other to create a temporary diversion dike. Multiple sections of dike may be abutted together to form longer sections of dike. A vapor barrier or plastic membrane may wrap over dike sections and/or weaved through the flexible containment tubes as they are placed prior to filling. Configurations of the vapor barrier and associated anchoring mechanisms improve the utility of dike sections by reducing hydrostatic pressure of contained fluid on the dike, harnessing the weight of fluid columns, and mitigating seepage through the dike sections. |
| US11384496B2 |
Systems for forming flood barriers
The disclosed water barrier systems may include a first mobile water barrier, and adjacent second mobile water barrier, and a translation mechanism for translating the first mobile water barrier and the second mobile water barrier toward each other. Lowering mechanisms may be configured to lower sidewalls of the mobile water barriers. The mobile water barriers may include sealing elements to form water seals between the adjacent mobile water barriers and between the sidewalls and a surface. Related methods of forming a water barrier assembly are also disclosed. |
| US11384493B2 |
Portable barricade and portable barricade system
A portable barricade includes a road plate, first and second support posts extending upward from end portions of the road plate, a barricade arm extending between the first and second support posts, and a lift coupled one of the end portions of the barricade arm and a corresponding one of the first and second support posts. Actuation of the lift is configured to slide the barricade arm relative to the first and second support members between a retracted position proximate to the road plate and a deployed position distal from the road plate. |
| US11384483B2 |
Tissue paper
The present invention is directed to a non-moisturizing high-grade type tissue paper having excellent softness wherein the polyol applied to the two-ply tissue paper is not applied by external addition. In various embodiments, the tissue paper has a basis weight per ply of 14.0 to 17.0 g/m2, a paper thickness for two plies of 160 to 220 μm, and a water content of 4.0 to 9.0% by mass, contains 0.15 to 0.45% by mass of an oily component to be extracted with diethyl ether, and has a bending rigidity of less than 0.006 gf·cm/cm in CD (cross direction) and a bending recovery force of less than 0.005 gf·cm/cm in CD. |
| US11384480B2 |
Method for bleaching paper pulp
The present invention relates to a method for bleaching an unbleached or pre-bleached paper pulp comprising at least the following consecutive steps: a) preparing an unbleached or pre-bleached paper pulp having a pH of at least 8, b) bringing the paper pulp obtained at the end of step a) into contact with chlorine dioxide, c) when the pH of the paper pulp obtained from step b) is lower than 10, adding at least one Brønsted base to the paper pulp, d) adding hydrogen peroxide to the paper pulp obtained at the end of step c), e) maintaining the paper pulp obtained at the end of step d) in a first bleaching tower, f) optionally, adding sulphuric acid to the paper pulp obtained at the end of step e) and maintaining the obtained paper pulp in a second bleaching tower, the method dispensing with the need for a step of washing the paper pulp before the end of step e), and, if applicable, before the end of step f). |
| US11384478B2 |
Moisture control fabrics
The present disclosure provides articles of manufacture with improved moisture control as well as methods of making such articles. In some embodiments, provided herein the article has a fabric with an outer hydrophobic surface and an inner surface with hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions where the hydrophilic regions can form a pattern, allowing moisture to collect and move through the pattern, and the hydrophobic regions prevent the whole inner surface from becoming moist and the outer hydrophobic regions does not show moisture. The fabric may be used to make garments. The entire inner surface of the garment may be patterned with hydrophilic patterns for partial absorption, and the entire outer surface of the garment is hydrophobic, thereby preventing perspiration from being seen from outside of the garment. Further provided herein are methods of making fabrics with improved moisture control including by printing or knitting. |
| US11384476B2 |
Laundry treating apparatus
A laundry treating apparatus may include a main body provided with a front panel having a laundry inlet port, and a recess recessed into the front panel to surround the laundry inlet port; and a door rotatably coupled to the front panel to open and close the laundry inlet port, and having a portion thereof protruding forward from the recess. The door may include an outer frame facing an outside of the recess; a front glass attached to a front surface of the outer frame; an inner frame coupled to a rear surface of the outer frame, the inner frame facing an inside of the recess; and a handle recessed into a rear surface of the inner frame so as to face a portion where the recess starts to be recessed. |
| US11384472B2 |
Washing machine having detergent supply device
Provided is a washing machine having a detergent supply device in which water supplied to the detergent supply device is evenly distributed in a detergent case so that detergent remaining in the detergent case is washed out completely. The detergent supply device includes a housing having an opening, a detergent case coupled to be movable through the opening and provided with a detergent accommodating part in which a detergent is accommodated, and a water supply unit coupled to the housing and configured to guide water to the detergent case, wherein the water supply unit includes: a first water supply frame provided with a first water supply channel that guides water to a first area corresponding to the detergent accommodating part; and a second water supply frame provided with a second water supply channel that guides water to a second area having at least a portion located outside a circumference of the first area. |
| US11384466B2 |
Laundry treating apparatus
The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus, including a housing configured to supply laundry detergent to the tub and define an outer appearance; a storage container disposed to extend in a front-rear direction of the main body to store the laundry detergent, and mounted to the housing; a laundry detergent pump provided at a rear portion of the housing to define a movement of laundry detergent stored in the storage container; and a remaining amount sensing unit that applies a current toward an inside of the storage container to sense a remaining amount of laundry detergent stored in the storage container. |
| US11384460B2 |
Needlepunching machine
A needlepunching machine for needlepunching a flat textile material comprises a needle bar arranged in a needling zone, on which needle bar a needle board is arranged. A plurality of needles projects from the needle board. A drive device for the needle bar is configured to move the needle bar at least in an up-and-down stroking movement. Upper and lower support and guide for the flat textile material extend at least over the needling zone and guide the flat textile material between them. Both the upper and the lower support and guide are each formed by a plurality of parallel, tensioned wires, between which through-openings for the needles are arranged. The wires of the upper and lower support and guide are immovable in the conveying direction of the needlepunching machine. |
| US11384454B2 |
Drawing and spinning apparatus and method of mixed yarns for air spinning machines with multiple feeds
A drawing and spinning apparatus of mixed yarns for air spinning machines with multiple feeds comprises at least a first and a second introducer element, an air spinning device, a drawing device, interposed between the introducer elements and the air spinning device, an air spinning chamber, an introducer nozzle shaped to receive the webs from the drawing device into respective insertion channels and introduce the webs into the spinning chamber according to a longitudinal feeding direction. With respect to a cross-section plane perpendicular to the longitudinal feed direction, groove bottoms of each of the two insertion channels of the webs into the chamber are aligned along a segment which is offset by an eccentricity with respect to a geometric centre of the chamber itself, through which a symmetry axis of the spinning chamber passes, the eccentricity being less than 5% of a maximum diameter of the spinning chamber. |
| US11384446B2 |
Compositions and methods for the electrodeposition of nanotwinned copper
A copper electroplating solution comprising a copper salt, a source of halide ions, and a linear or branched polyhydroxyl. The copper electroplating solution is used to deposit copper having a high density of nanotwinned columnar copper grains on a substrate. The linear or branched polyhydroxyl may comprise a reaction product between 2,3-epoxy-1-propanol and aminic alcohol or ammonium alcohol. |
| US11384445B2 |
Process for electrodeposition of cobalt
The present invention relates to a process for the fabrication of cobalt interconnections and to an electrolyte which enables the implementation thereof. The electrolyte which has a pH below 4.0 comprises cobalt ions, chloride ions and at most two organic additives of low molecular weight. One of these additives may be an alpha-hydroxy carboxylic acid or a compound having a pKa value ranging from 1.8 to 3.5. |
| US11384444B2 |
Method for electrochemical extraction of uranium from seawater using oxygen vacancy (OV)-containing metal oxide
A method for electrochemical extraction of uranium from seawater using an oxygen vacancy (OV)-containing metal oxide includes the following steps: adding glycerin to a solution of indium nitrate in isopropanol, transferring a resulting mixture to a reactor, and conducting reaction to obtain a spherical indium hydroxide solid; dissolving the solid in deionized water, transferring a resulting solution to the reactor, and conducting reaction to obtain a flaky indium hydroxide solid; calcining the solid to obtain calcined OV-containing In2O3-x; adding the In2O3-x to ethanol, and adding a membrane solution; coating a resulting solution uniformly on carbon paper, and naturally drying the carbon paper; clamping dried carbon paper with a gold electrode for being used as a working electrode for a three-electrode system; and adding simulated seawater to an electrolytic cell, placing the three-electrode system in the simulated seawater, and stirring the simulated seawater for electrolysis to extract uranium from the seawater. |
| US11384441B2 |
Reduced volume electrochlorination cells and methods of manufacturing same
An electrochemical cell includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and a central axis and an anode-cathode pair disposed concentrically within the housing about the central axis and defining an active area between an anode and a cathode of the anode-cathode pair. An active surface area of at least one of the anode and the cathode has a surface area greater than a surface area of an internal surface of the housing. The anode-cathode pair is configured and arranged to direct all fluid passing through the electrochemical cell axially through the active area. |
| US11384440B1 |
Structurally altered gas molecule produced from water and method of generation thereof
A method for generating a structurally altered gas molecule from water. An example method includes placing an electrolyte solution in a chemical reaction chamber, adding purified water to the chemical reaction chamber, and applying a focused magnetic field and an electric field to a mixture of the purified water and the electrolyte solution to cause generation of the structurally altered gas molecule from the purified water. The structurally altered gas molecule is a combination of two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen. The structurally altered gas molecule has a hydrogen-oxygen-hydrogen bond angle between 94 degrees and 104 degrees and hydrogen-oxygen bond length between 0.95 Angstrom and 1.3 Angstrom. The structurally altered gas molecule is stable at a pressure exceeding 300 pounds per square inch gauge. |
| US11384438B2 |
Cathodic corrosion protection system with rebar mounting assembly
In a method for cathodically protecting and/or passivating a metal section in an ionically conductive material such as steel reinforcement in concrete or mortar, an impressed current or sacrificial anode is mounted on the metal reinforcing bar by attaching a nut member having a female thread to the metal reinforcing bar by elongate flexible wires attached to the nut member so that the nut member and wires encircle the metal reinforcing bar and rotating a threaded rod member carrying the anode body into the female thread so that a forward end of the rod member engages with a front face of the metal reinforcing bar and pulls on the nut member away from the metal reinforcing bar to tension the wrapping wires. |
| US11384436B2 |
Piston ring with shot-peened running-in layer and method for the production thereof
A piston ring includes an annular body, a wear-resistant layer that is applied to the annular body by thermal spraying, and a strain-hardened run-in layer, made of an AlCuFe alloy, that is applied to the wear-resistant layer by thermal spraying. |
| US11384433B2 |
Gas injection module, substrate processing apparatus, and method of fabricating semiconductor device using the same
A gas injection module includes a showerhead having first injection holes on a first region of the showerhead and second injection holes on a second region of the showerhead, the second region being outside the first region, a first distribution plate on the showerhead and having first and second upper passages respectively connected to the first and second injection holes, and a flow rate controller on the first and second upper passages of the first distribution plate. The flow rate controller reduces a difference in pressure within the first and second upper passages so that the gas may have similar flow rates within the first and second injection holes. |
| US11384432B2 |
Atomic layer deposition chamber with funnel-shaped gas dispersion channel and gas distribution plate
Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate processing chamber includes: a chamber body; a chamber lid assembly having a housing enclosing a central channel that extends along a central axis and has an upper portion and a lower portion; a lid plate coupled to the housing and having a contoured bottom surface that extends downwardly and outwardly from a central opening coupled to the lower portion of the central channel to a peripheral portion of the lid plate; and a gas distribution plate disposed below the lid plate and having a plurality of apertures disposed through the gas distribution plate. |
| US11384429B2 |
Selective cobalt deposition on copper surfaces
Embodiments of the invention provide processes to selectively form a cobalt layer on a copper surface over exposed dielectric surfaces. In one embodiment, a method for capping a copper surface on a substrate is provided which includes positioning a substrate within a processing chamber, wherein the substrate contains a contaminated copper surface and a dielectric surface, exposing the contaminated copper surface to a reducing agent while forming a copper surface during a pre-treatment process, exposing the substrate to a cobalt precursor gas to selectively form a cobalt capping layer over the copper surface while leaving exposed the dielectric surface during a vapor deposition process, and depositing a dielectric barrier layer over the cobalt capping layer and the dielectric surface. In another embodiment, a deposition-treatment cycle includes performing the vapor deposition process and subsequently a post-treatment process, which deposition-treatment cycle may be repeated to form multiple cobalt capping layers. |
| US11384420B2 |
Method and device for promoting adhesion of metallic surfaces
An adhesion promoting layer is formed on a metallic substrate by generating a non-thermal plasma in air at atmospheric pressure, and exposing a surface of the metallic substrate to the plasma. The plasma oxidizes the metallic substrate to form metal oxide from metal atoms of the metallic substrate. The metal oxide is formed as a metal oxide layer disposed directly on an underlying bulk metallic layer of the metallic substrate. Alternatively, the plasma nitridizes the metallic substrate to form metal nitride from metal atoms of the metallic substrate. The metal nitride is formed as a metal nitride layer disposed directly on an underlying bulk metallic layer of the metallic substrate. |
| US11384412B2 |
Direct scandium alloying
A method is provided for forming a metal alloy. The method includes preparing a mixture of scandium oxide and a flux, thereby obtaining a flux-oxide mixture, wherein the flux contains less than 20% fluoride by weight, based on the total weight of the flux; mixing the flux-oxide mixture with molten aluminum, thereby obtaining a flux-metal mixture; cooling the flux-metal mixture; and separating at least a portion of the flux from the flux-metal mixture, thereby obtaining a metal alloy. |
| US11384410B2 |
Method for decomposing medium-/low-grade scheelite
The present invention discloses a method for decomposing medium-/low-grade scheelite, specifically comprising steps of: grinding medium-/low-grade scheelite, decomposing in an autoclave by using sodium phosphate and activated magnesium fluoride as leaching agents, and treating by solid-liquid separation to obtain crude sodium tungstate solution and residue. In this way, the medium-/low-grade scheelite is decomposed. Magnesium chloride is added in a sodium fluoride solution to prepare activated magnesium fluoride as a leaching agent. The present invention has the advantage that the high-efficiency decomposition of medium-/low-grade scheelite can be realized with low consumption of leaching agents, and the leaching cost can be greatly reduced in comparison to the existing decomposition processes using sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate. This process is short in route, simple in operation, readily available and reliable in production equipment, and easy for industrialization. |
| US11384406B2 |
Production method for inline increase in precipitation toughening effect of Ti microalloyed hot-rolled high-strength steel
There is provided a production method for on-line improving precipitation strengthening effect of Ti microalloyed hot-rolled high-strength steel, comprising: casting a molten steel with microalloying element Ti added to obtain an ingot; after heating the ingot, subjecting it to rough rolling, finish rolling, laminar cooling and coiling to obtain a hot-rolled coil; after unloading the coil, covering the coil on-line with an insulating enclosure and moving it into a steel coil warehouse along with a transport chain; after a specified period of on-line insulating time, removing the coil from the insulating enclosure, and cooling it to room temperature in air, wherein the microalloying element Ti has a content of ≥0.03 wt %; the coiling is performed at a temperature of 500-700° C.; said covering on-line with an insulating enclosure means each hot-rolled coil is individually covered with an independent, closed insulating enclosure unit within 60 minutes after unloading; the on-line insulating time is ≥60 minutes. The method of the present disclosure is characterized by low cost and high efficiency, and is not affected by surroundings. |
| US11384402B2 |
Sorghum cytoplasmic male sterility markers and loci
Various methods and compositions are provided for identifying and/or selecting a sorghum plant or germplasm with or without a cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) trait. In certain embodiments, the method comprises detecting at least one allele of one or more marker locus within or linked to a QTL associated with CMS. In further embodiments, the method comprises crossing a selected sorghum plant with a recurrent sorghum parent plant and selecting progeny with CMS. |
| US11384401B2 |
Detecting gastrointestinal neoplasms
Provided herein is technology for gastrointestinal neoplasia screening and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, compositions, and related uses for detecting the presence of gastrointestinal neoplasm, and classifying the site location of such a gastrointestinal neoplasm (e.g., a colorectal region, a pancreaticobiliary region, a gastroesophageal region). |
| US11384399B2 |
Methods for subtyping diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)
Described herein are innovations for classifying subtypes of DLBCL, as well as using the results of classification for diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy selection. In this way, the classifier can effectively classify subtypes of DLBCL and provide meaningful output for the benefit of medical practices and DLBCL patients. Also described are arrays and kits that can be used to measure expression of DLBCL signatures genes. |
| US11384398B2 |
Assay for detecting human papilloma virus (HPV)
The disclosure is directed to kits and methods for amplifying and detecting human papilloma virus (HPV) of genotype 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, and/or 68 in a sample, which comprises a variety of combinations of forward oligonucleotide primers, reverse oligonucleotide primers, and oligonucleotide probes. |
| US11384397B2 |
Methods and compositions for diagnosing, prognosing, and treating endometriosis
This document provides methods and materials related to genetic variations associated with endometriosis. For example, this document provides methods for using such genetic variations to assess risk of, or susceptibility of developing or diagnosing endometriosis. |
| US11384392B2 |
Flow cells
An example of a flow cell includes a substrate; a first primer set attached to a first region on the substrate, the first primer set including an un-cleavable first primer and a cleavable second primer; and a second primer set attached to a second region on the substrate, the second primer set including a cleavable first primer and an un-cleavable second primer. |
| US11384389B2 |
Non-invasive diagnosis of graft rejection in organ transplant patients
The invention provides methods, devices, compositions and kits for diagnosing or predicting transplant status or outcome in a subject who has received a transplant. |
| US11384388B2 |
DNA vaccines
An in vitro process for the production of closed linear deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) comprises (a) contacting a DNA template comprising at least one protelomerase target sequence with at least one DNA polymerase in the presence of one or more primers under conditions promoting amplification of the template; and (b) contacting amplified DNA produced in (a) with at least one protelomerase under conditions promoting production of closed linear DNA. A kit provides components necessary in the process. |
| US11384387B2 |
Compositions, methods and kits to detect adenovirus nucleic acid
The disclosed disclosure is related to methods, compositions, and kits for targeting Adenovirus, nucleic acid. Compositions include amplification oligomers and/or detection probe oligomers. Kits and methods comprise at least one of these oligomers. Methods include uniplex and multiplex amplification and detection reactions. |
| US11384386B2 |
Spatially encoded biological assays
The present invention provides assays and assay systems for use in spatially encoded biological assays. The invention provides an assay system comprising an assay capable of high levels of multiplexing where reagents are provided to a biological sample in defined spatial patterns; instrumentation capable of controlled delivery of reagents according to the spatial patterns; and a decoding scheme providing a readout that is digital in nature. |
| US11384385B2 |
Method for predicting therapeutic effects of irinotecan, and kit for same
A therapeutic effect of irinotecan is predicted using a predetermined genetic polymorphism. A genetic polymorphism identified by rs1980576 in APCDD1L gene, or a genetic polymorphism in linkage disequilibrium with the above genetic polymorphism is analyzed, and determination is performed based on the genotype of the genetic polymorphism. |
| US11384381B2 |
Reaction accelerating agent
Provided is a compound which accelerates the enzymatic reaction catalyzed by an oxidase. The present invention provides an oxidase reaction accelerating agent comprising a compound represented by formula (I) and a method using the same. |
| US11384380B2 |
Compositions and methods for detecting N6-methyladenine in the mammalian genome
The invention provides compositions and methods for identifying DNA methylation. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for detecting N6-methyladenine. |
| US11384379B2 |
Method for producing a protein and disaccharide using a Talaromyces cellulolyticus
A method for producing an objective protein and a method for producing a disaccharide are provided. An objective protein is produced by culturing Talaromyces cellulolyticus in a culture medium containing an expression inducer such as gentiobiose. A disaccharide is produced from a saccharide raw material by enzymatic conversion using a disaccharide synthesizing enzyme. |
| US11384377B2 |
Reusable initiators for synthesizing nucleic acids
The invention provides improved methods for synthesizing polynucleotides, such as DNA and RNA, using renewable initiators coupled to a solid support. Using the methods of the invention, specific sequences of polynucleotides can be synthesized de novo, base by base, in an aqueous environment, without the use of a nucleic acid template. |
| US11384372B2 |
Method for producing inositol derivative
A method for producing an inositol derivative includes a step of reacting inositol and dextrin in the presence of cyclodextrin glucanotransferase to generate an inositol derivative in which a sugar is bonded to the inositol, and to obtain a solution containing the inositol derivative and the cyclodextrin glucanotransferase; and a step of removing the cyclodextrin glucanotransferase in the solution using an ultrafiltration membrane, in which a deactivation treatment of the cyclodextrin glucanotransferase in the solution is not performed. |
| US11384371B2 |
Hydroxylation of branched aliphatic or aromatic substrates employing the amycolatopsis lurida cytochrome P450
The use of a cytochrome P-450 enzyme comprising SEQ ID NO: 3, or a variant enzyme having at least 70% identity thereto and having CYP-450 activity, for the hydroxylation of an organic compound. |
| US11384369B2 |
Microorganisms and methods for the production of glycolic acid and glycine via reverse glyoxylate shunt
The present invention provides biochemical pathways, glyoxylate producing recombinant microorganisms, and methods for the production and yield improvement of glycolic acid and/or glycine via a reverse glyoxylate shunt. The reverse glyoxylate shunt comprises an enzyme that catalyzes the carboxylation of phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) to oxaloacetate (OAA), or an enzyme that catalyzes the carboxylation of pyruvate to oxaloacetate (OAA) or an enzyme that catalyzes the carboxylation of pyruvate to malate or a combination of any of the previous reactions; an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of malate to malyl-CoA; an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of malyl-CoA to glyoxylate and acetyl-CoA; and optionally an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of oxaloacetate (OAA) to malate. Glyoxylate is reduced to produce glycolate. Alternatively, glyoxylate is converted to glycine. The reverse glyoxylate shunt pathway of the present invention can be utilized synergistically with other glycolic acid and/or glycine producing pathways to increase product yield. |
| US11384363B2 |
HCO32 and HCO27 and related examples
The instant invention relates to transgenic non-human animals capable of producing heterologous antibodies, transgenes used to produce such transgenic animals, transgenes capable of functionally rearranging a heterologous D gene in V-D-J recombination, immortalized B-cells capable of producing heterologous antibodies, methods and transgenes for producing heterologous antibodies of multiple isotypes, methods and transgenes for producing heterologous antibodies wherein a variable region sequence comprises somatic mutation as compared to germline rearranged variable region sequences, transgenic nonhuman animals which produce antibodies having a human primary sequence and which bind to human antigens, hybridomas made from B cells of such transgenic animals, and monoclonal antibodies expressed by such hybridomas. |
| US11384362B1 |
Squash plants with resistance to downy mildew
The present invention relates to novel squash plants displaying an increased resistance to downy mildew infection. The present invention also relates to seeds and parts of said plants, for example fruits. The present invention further relates to methods of making and using such seeds and plants. The present invention also relates to novel genetic sequences associated with said increased resistance and to molecular markers associated with said novel genetic sequences. |
| US11384360B2 |
Gene targeting in plants using DNA viruses
Systems and methods for gene targeting in plants, including systems and methods that include the use of geminiviruses and customizable endonucleases. |
| US11384359B2 |
Bacteria engineered to treat diseases that benefit from reduced gut inflammation and/or tightened gut mucosal barrier
Genetically engineered bacteria, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating or preventing autoimmune disorders, inhibiting inflammatory mechanisms in the gut, and/or tightening gut mucosal barrier function are disclosed. |
| US11384356B2 |
Composition and method for oligonucleotide delivery
The invention provides aptamer-gene modulator conjugates, where the aptamer and the gene modulator are linked together. The invention further provides a method for cell-specific delivery of gene modulators to hard to transfect cells such as CD4+ cell. |
| US11384355B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting gene expression of alpha-1 AntiTrypsin
The invention relates to a RNA interference triggers for inhibiting the expression of an AAT gene through the mechanism of RNA interference. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the AAT RNAi trigger together with an excipient capable of improving delivery of the RNAi trigger to a liver cell in vivo. Delivery of the AAT RNAi trigger to liver cells in vivo provides for inhibition of AAT gene expression and treatment of alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency and associated diseases. |
| US11384352B2 |
RNA affinity purification
Provided herein, in some embodiments, are methods of purifying a nucleic acid preparation. The methods may comprise contacting a nucleic acid preparation comprising messenger ribonucleic acid with an RNase III enzyme that is immobilized on a solid support and binds to double-stranded RNA contaminants. |
| US11384351B2 |
Methods and tools for purifying nucleic acids and using polymerized tubulin
The present invention relates to the field of nucleic acid purification. In particular, it relates to methods and tools for purifying nucleic acids in a sample; which are compatible with high-throughput sequencing and diagnosis. The inventors have shown that nucleic acid binding proteins recruited to polymerized tubulin (i.e. microtubules) could, subsequently, be isolated from cell lysates. Surprisingly, it has now been found that the amount of recovered nucleic acid found in these microtubule pellets increases dramatically in the presence of nucleic acid-trapping proteins comprising a nucleic acid-binding moiety and a polymerized tubulin-binding moiety, by comparison to proteins devoid of the nucleic acid-binding moiety; and that the recovery of the purified nucleic acids was itself particularly efficient. This purification method is particularly amenable to high-throughput sequencing and/or in the context of a diagnosis method for identifying or comparing the amount of nucleic acids in a set of samples. |
| US11384349B2 |
Recombinant Bacillus subtilis engineered bacterium capable of efficiently expressing keratinase
The disclosure discloses a recombinant Bacillus subtilis engineered bacterium capable of efficiently expressing keratinase, and belongs to the technical fields of genetic engineering and fermentation engineering. The disclosure successfully constructs a genetically engineered bacterium B. subtilis WB600-pP43NMK-ker capable of efficiently expressing keratinase by using a keratinase gene from Bacillus licheniformis (BBE11-1) as a target gene, pP43NMK as an expression vector and B. subtilis WB600 as an expression host; and meanwhile, the disclosure conducts in-depth research on fermentation media and fermentation conditions when the engineered bacteria are configured as a production strain to produce keratinase to obtain a fermentation medium capable of increasing a yield of keratinase and an optimum process for fermentation production of keratinase. |
| US11384348B2 |
Serine proteases of the Bacillus gibsonii-clade
The present disclosure relates to serine proteases cloned from Bacillus gibsonii, and variants thereof. Compositions containing the serine proteases are suitable for use in cleaning fabrics and hard surfaces, as well as in a variety of industrial applications. |
| US11384345B2 |
DNA polymerase theta mutants, methods of producing these mutants, and their uses
The invention relates to mutant DNA polymerases of the Pol theta subfamily capable of performing non-templated nucleic acid extension, or of a functional fragment of such a polymerase, methods of producing these mutant DNA polymerases, kits and methods of using these mutant DNA polymerases. |
| US11384344B2 |
CRISPR-associated transposase systems and methods of use thereof
The present application provides systems, methods and compositions used for targeted gene modification, targeted insertion, perturbation of gene transcripts, nucleic acid editing. Novel nucleic acid targeting systems comprise components of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) systems and transposable elements. |
| US11384342B2 |
Selection marker for cell transfection and protein production
The present invention is within the field of industrial protein production. The invention provides a novel expression system using dehydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) as a selection marker in combination with leflunomide or a metabolite thereof, notably for use in mammalian cell lines. Expression vectors encoding DHODH, cell lines comprising said vectors and methods of producing recombinant proteins are also provided. |
| US11384340B2 |
Alcohol dehydrogenase variants
Described herein are non-natural NAD+-dependent alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) capable of at least two fold greater conversion of methanol or ethanol to formaldehyde or acetaldehyde, respectively, as compared to its unmodified counterpart. Nucleic acids encoding the non-natural alcohol dehydrogenases, as well as expression constructs including the nucleic acids, and engineered cells comprising the nucleic acids or expression constructs are described. Also described are engineered cells expressing a non-natural NAD+-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase, optionally include one or more additional metabolic pathway transgene(s), methanol metabolic pathway genes, target product pathway genes, cell culture compositions including the cells, methods for promoting production of the target product or intermediate thereof from the cells, compositions including the target product or intermediate, and products made from the target product or intermediate. |
| US11384335B2 |
Genetically-modified immune cells comprising a microRNA-adapted shRNA (shRNAmiR)
The present invention encompasses genetically-modified immune cells (and populations thereof) expressing a microRNA-adapted shRNA (shRNAmiR) that reduces the expression of a target endogenous protein. Methods for reducing the expression of an endogenous protein in an immune cell are also provided wherein the method comprises introducing a shRNAmiR that targets the endogenous protein. Using shRNAmiRs for knocking down the expression of a target protein allows for stable knockdown of expression of endogenous proteins in immune cells. |
| US11384333B2 |
Compositions comprising bacterial strains and use thereof in controlling pathogenic microorganisms
An isolated bacterial strain Bacillus subtilis 3 or a functional homolog of same is provided. A sample has been deposited as KCTC 13467BP at the Korean Collection for Type Cultures, wherein the isolated microbial strain is purified to a level of at least 99%. Also provided are methods of using the isolated bacterial strain or the functional homolog of same. |
| US11384329B2 |
Photobioreactors, gas concentrators, and periodic surfaces
A system for growing algae includes a gas concentrator configured to receive a first gas containing CO2 at a first concentration and discharge a second gas containing CO2 at a second concentration higher than the first concentration, and a photobioreactor containing algae in an algae slurry and fluidically coupled to the gas concentrator to receive the second gas. A recycling line extends from a gas outlet on the photobioreactor to remove a third gas from the photobioreactor for future use in the photobioreactor. |
| US11384326B2 |
Selective particles transfer from one device to another
A target particle transferring device is disclosed, which comprises: (a) a substrate with a thickness of T and a width of W, having top and bottom portions, the top portion having a top surface and the bottom portion having a bottom surface; (b) a notch structure formed in the bottom portion of the substrate, comprising: a groove with a width of W1, located at a distance oft below the top surface of the substrate, wherein the groove is formed in the bottom portion from the bottom surface extending toward the top portion; and (c) a target substrate portion with a width of W2 and a thickness of T, located in the top and bottom portions of the substrate and being surrounded by the groove. Methods of transferring a target particle from one device to another is also disclosed. |
| US11384321B2 |
Headlight lens cleaning and restoring compositions and methods of use thereof
A polycarbonate headlight lens cleaning and restoring kit has a lens cleaning composition, an applicator wipe; and a lens restoring composition comprising a coating component. The polycarbonate cleaning composition contains only liquid components and is free of water. The cleaning composition has a first solvent that softens a Control Polycarbonate Substrate and has a flash point of from −58 F to 220 F; and a second solvent that does not soften a Control Polycarbonate Substrate. The first solvent and the second solvent are present in an amount effective to substantially remove discoloring contaminants from a polycarbonate headlight lens and the polycarbonate lens, and also in an amount so that, after removal of the discoloring contaminants, the polycarbonate headlight lens can be restored to a clear condition. A method of cleaning and restoring a polycarbonate headlight lens that is at least partially discolored from discoloring contaminants is also provided. |
| US11384320B2 |
Synthetic detergent bars
A bar composition comprising: a) 10%-60% synthetic (non-soap) surfactant; b) 0%-50% fatty acid and soap wherein total fatty acid soap is less than 60% of total synthetic surfactant; c) 6.8%-54% water-soluble structurant, selected from • polyalkylene oxides having MW 1,500-10,000, • PEO-PPO blockcopolymers, wherein the water soluble structurant has a melting point of 40-100° C. and further comprises polyalkylene oxides having MW 50,000-500,000, 1-5 wt %; d) 0.1%-4.8% alkali metal isethionate; e) 2.7%-13.5% water, wherein the sum of water, alkali metal isethionate and water-soluble structurant is 10%-60%, wherein based on the total amount of water, alkali metal isethionate and said water-soluble structurant, • water is present 4-27%, • alkali metal isethionate is present less than 8%, • water-soluble structurant is present 68-90%. Use of the composition for eliminating efflorescence. |
| US11384319B2 |
Cleaner composition, cleaning aerosol, and method for cleaning contaminated part
A cleaner composition, a cleaning aerosol, and a method for cleaning a contaminated part, in which the contaminated part, particularly a part around an automobile brake or the like, can be cleaned easily, safely, and with high efficiency and minimal environmental impact. A cleaner composition can include a component (A); cis-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233zdZ) as a cleaning agent; and a component (B); carbon dioxide as a propellant; wherein a content of the component (B) contains 1.6 to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the component (A). |
| US11384318B2 |
Laundry perfuming composition
Laundry perfuming composition of the type comprising water-soluble, non-polymeric crystal salts in combination with a fragrance in free form, wherein said crystal salts are furthermore provided with at least a partial coating layer consisting of a fragrance in microcapsules, and such fragrance in free form is absorbed in said coating layer. |
| US11384314B2 |
Cleaning compositions containing gum and methods of use therewith
The disclosure provides cleaning compositions including at least one acid, at least one carbonate salt, at least one gum, at least one acid salt, and, optionally, at least one chelating agent. When exposed to an aqueous medium, the cleaning compositions may produce carbon dioxide. These cleaning compositions find use, for example, in cleaning textile fibers, such as carpets, drapery, upholstery, and the like. The disclosure provides methods of cleaning soiled textile fibers with a cleaning composition including gum arabic, at least one acid, and at least one carbonate salt. |
| US11384309B2 |
Refrigerator oil and hydraulic fluid composition for refrigerators
One aspect of the present invention is a refrigerating machine oil containing: a base oil containing an ester of an alcohol and a fatty acid; a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group, R3 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group, and R4 represents hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and the refrigerating machine oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 10 mm2/s or less. |
| US11384303B2 |
Three-phase fuel composition
A three-phase fuel composition may be synthesized by producing a first composition by trapping at least one gas into pores of an adsorbent, producing a coated composition by spray coating a solution on the first composition, and mixing the coated composition with a liquid fuel. |
| US11384302B2 |
Methods for preparing fuel additives
A method for preparing a fuel additive d is provided. The method comprises carrying out the following reaction: (1) The fuel additive d may be used as an octane-boosting additive in a fuel for a spark, ignition internal combustion engine. |
| US11384301B2 |
Low sulfur fuel oil blends for stability enhancement and associated methods
Fuel oil compositions, and methods for blending such fuel oil compositions, to enhance initial compatibility and longer term stability when such fuel oil compositions are blended to meet IMO 2020 low sulfur fuel oil requirements (ISO 8217). In one or more embodiments, asphaltenic resid base stocks are blended with high aromatic slurry oil to facilitate initial compatibility such that low sulfur cutter stocks, e.g., vacuum gas oil and/or cycle oil, may be further blended therein to cut sulfur content while maintaining longer term stability. These fuel oil compositions are economically advantageous when used as marine low sulfur fuel oils because greater concentrations of high viscosity resids are present in the final blend. |
| US11384300B2 |
Integrated process and system to upgrade crude oil
The processes and systems herein integrate hydroprocessing and coking in a manner to effectively upgrade/desulfurize crude oil feedstocks. An initial liquid hydrocarbon feedstock, such as crude oil, is upgraded by fractionating both the hydrocarbon feedstock and coker thermally cracked hydrocarbon products in a fractionating zone. A coker recycle stream is thermally cracked to produce coker thermally cracked hydrocarbon products that are passed to the fractionating zone. The hydrocarbon distillates are hydroprocessed under conditions effective for desulfurization and conversion into lighter hydrocarbon distillates to produce a hydroprocessed liquid hydrocarbon effluent, such as a bottomless synthetic crude oil. |
| US11384298B2 |
Integrated process and system for treatment of hydrocarbon feedstocks using deasphalting solvent
Separation of asphaltenes from residual oil is carried out with naphtha as solvent. In particular, straight run naphtha obtained from the same crude oil source as the residual oil feed is used as the solvent. The mixture of deasphalted oil and solvent is passed to a hydroprocessing zone, without typical separation and recycle of the solvent back to the solvent deasphalting unit. Asphalt is separated from the residual oil (residue from atmospheric or vacuum distillation); the mixture of deasphalted oil and naphtha solvent is passed to the hydroprocessing unit. |
| US11384297B1 |
Systems and methods for upgrading pyrolysis oil to light aromatics over mixed metal oxide catalysts
A system for upgrading pyrolysis oil may include a pyrolysis upgrading unit having a mixed metal oxide catalyst and a separation unit operable to separate used mixed metal oxide catalyst from a reaction effluent. A method for upgrading pyrolysis oil may include contacting the pyrolysis oil with hydrogen in the presence of the mixed metal oxide catalyst at reaction conditions to produce a reaction effluent. The pyrolysis oil may include multi-ring aromatic compounds. The mixed metal oxide catalyst may include a plurality of catalyst particles and each of the plurality of catalyst particles having a plurality of metal oxides. Contacting the pyrolysis oil with hydrogen in the presence of the mixed metal oxide catalyst at the reaction conditions may convert at least a portion of the multi-ring aromatic compounds in the pyrolysis oil to the light aromatic compounds. |
| US11384291B1 |
Petrochemical processing systems and methods for reducing the deposition and accumulation of solid deposits during petrochemical processing
The present disclosure is directed to petrochemical processing systems that may include a component including a first surface oriented to contact a process fluid, which may define a plurality of channels. The petrochemical processing systems may further include a plurality of metal spheres disposed at least partially in the plurality of channels. Each one of the plurality of metal spheres may be fixed in place within one of the plurality of channels such that each of the plurality of metal spheres is freely rotatable. Methods for reducing accumulation and formation of solid deposits during petrochemical processing using the petrochemical processing systems are also disclosed. |
| US11384290B2 |
Fuel composition for a diesel engine
The invention is directed to a fuel composition for diesel engines. The fuel composition comprises 0.1-99% by weight of a component or a mixture of components produced from biological raw material originating from plants and/or animals and/or fish. The fuel composition comprises 0-20% of components containing oxygen. Both components are mixed with diesel components based on crude oil and/or fractions from Fischer-Tropsch process. |
| US11384287B2 |
Side chain liquid crystal epoxy monomer (S-LCEM) and preparation method thereof, and side chain liquid crystal epoxy resin (S-LCER) with high intrinsic thermal conductivity
The present disclosure provides a side chain liquid crystal epoxy monomer (S-LCEM) and a preparation method thereof, and a side chain liquid crystal epoxy resin (S-LCER) with high intrinsic thermal conductivity, and belongs to the technical field of epoxy resin materials. There are biphenyl mesogenic groups with strong rigidity in a molecular structure of the S-LCEM provided in the present disclosure and there are also flexible connections among chain segments, which promotes the ordered arrangement of S-LCEM molecular chains during a curing process. The highly-ordered arrangement of such mesogenic units is conducive to the formation of a local crystalloid structure, so that a heat flow is transferred along a direction of the ordered molecular chain, which effectively inhibits the scattering of phonons in the S-LCER with high intrinsic thermal conductivity and greatly improves the intrinsic thermal conductivity of the S-LCER with high intrinsic thermal conductivity. |
| US11384284B2 |
Methods for pressure protection using a foamed pressure protection composition
Disclosed are compositions and methods for the pressure protection of existing wells during infill drilling operations. The methods can include injecting a foamed pressure protection composition into the existing wellbore in fluid communication with an unconventional subterranean formation prior to and/or during fracturing of the new wellbore in fluid communication with the unconventional subterranean formation. |
| US11384282B1 |
One-component type multi-functional fracturing fluid additive and process for preparing the same
The present disclosure discloses a one-component type multi-functional fracturing fluid additive and a process for preparing the same. The process the following steps: mixing ethylene glycol, isopropanol, 1-butanol, 1-hexanol and 1-octanol, and heating to uniformly disperse the mixture to obtain an aqueous dispersant; adding a high molecular polymer thickener and an auxiliary agent to the aqueous dispersant, and stirring the mixture at a high speed to obtain a suspension, wherein the auxiliary agent is one or more selected from clay stabilizers, drainage aids, drag reducers, emulsion inhibitors, filtrate reducers, corrosion inhibitors and fungicides; and slowly stirring the suspension at a low speed, and cooling the suspension to room temperature to collect a sample of suspension. This auxiliary agent has good characteristics such as temperature resistance, shear resistance, salt resistance, and sand suspension. |
| US11384280B1 |
Adsorption improved water in supercritical CO2 encapsulation for improved oil recovery
A dispersion of capsules in critical or supercritical carbon dioxide is provided. The capsules include an aqueous solution encapsulated by zeolite-templated carbon particles. Also provided is a method of making a dispersion of aqueous solution capsules. The method includes providing a medium of critical or supercritical carbon dioxide, introducing the aqueous solution into the critical or supercritical carbon dioxide medium, and introducing a zeolite-templated carbon particle into the critical or supercritical carbon dioxide medium. Associated methods of using the disclosed dispersions in hydrocarbon-bearing formations are also provided. |
| US11384279B2 |
Delayed gelation of polymers
The disclosure is directed to methods and compositions delaying the gelation of polymers in water flooding by sequentially or co-injecting a carboxylate-containing polymer solution, a gel-delaying polymer, and gelation agent into a hydrocarbon reservoir. Delays of weeks are observed. |
| US11384273B2 |
Drilling fluid compositions
A drilling fluid composition having a controlled viscosity with the addition of a polyamide as a rheology modifier. The polyamide having has an acid value from 10 mg KOH/g to 200 mg KOH/g is obtained from a reactant mixture comprising: one or more polycarboxylic acids and one or more polyamines. The polycarboxylic acid is selected from the group of polycarboxylic acids having a carboxylic acid functionality of two or more, an average number of carboxylic acid functionalities of from 2 to 4, and having from 2 to 60 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of the polycarboxylic acids is derived from a dimer fatty acid. The polyamine is selected from the group of polyamines having an amine functionality of two or more selected from the group of primary and secondary amino groups, an average number of amine functionalities of from 2 to 4, and having from 2 to 36 carbon atoms. |
| US11384272B2 |
Processing produced fluids for fluid recovery
The present disclosure relates to methods for adding a recirculation chemical composition to a hydrocarbon containing stream. The recirculation chemical composition may be an emulsion breaker. The hydrocarbon containing stream may be separated into a stream containing water and a stream containing oil. The stream containing oil may be contacted in a water wash unit, and the residual emulsion breaker may be removed from the stream containing oil. |
| US11384265B2 |
Pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, polarizing plate, and optical member
The present application relates to a photocurable solventless pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a pressure-sensitive adhesive polarizing plate and a display device. According to the present application, a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal device, which have excellent durability and antistatic abilities, can be provided. |
| US11384264B2 |
Binder compositions and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides for aqueous, curable binder compositions, as well as articles and products comprising assemblies of matter comprising mineral fibers, synthetic fibers, natural fibers, cellulosic particles and sheet materials comprising the binder compositions disclosed herein. |
| US11384263B2 |
Adhesive compound in particular for curved surfaces
Crosslinkable adhesive compound comprising at least a first base polymer component having functional groups suitable for covalent crosslinking and for coordinative crosslinking, and comprising at least one covalent crosslinker and at least one coordinative crosslinker, wherein the coordinative crosslinker is present in molar excess in relation to the covalent crosslinker. |
| US11384262B2 |
Packaging material with matte and glossy appearance, and cold seal adhesive
A packaging material can include cold seal adhesive on a first side of a substrate, glossy material on a second side of the substrate, and matte material on the glossy material, so that the matte material covers at least a predetermined portion of the glossy material. Each of the glossy and matte materials can be a cold seal release lacquer configured so that when the packaging material is formed into a roll, the cold seal adhesive is releasably adhered to the cold seal release lacquers, the glossy cold seal release lacquer is fixedly adhered to the substrate, and the matte cold seal release lacquer is fixedly cohered to the glossy cold seal release lacquer. |
| US11384261B2 |
Radiation-activatable pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having a dark reaction and use thereof
A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising or consisting of a radiation-activatable polymerizable composition comprising or consisting of: A 5 to 60 parts by weight of at least one film former component; B 40 to 95 parts by weight of at least one epoxy component; C 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of at least one photoinitiator, and D optionally 0.1 to 200 parts by weight of at least one additive, based in each case on the radiation-activatable polymerizable composition, where the parts by weight of components A and B add up to 100, wherein the film former component A comprises or consists of at least one polyurethane polymer and method of joining two components with the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape. |
| US11384260B1 |
Adhesive devices and uses thereof
The invention features adhesive devices for holding objects (e.g., bone fragments) fixed with respect to each other. |
| US11384258B2 |
Method for the production of a laminated core
The invention relates to a method for the production of a laminated core comprising a stack of metallic plates, in which: —a metallic sheet (2, 3) is chosen, having a first main face (4, 8) and a second main face (6, 9) which are coated with a sub-layer comprising at least one material selected from epoxides and polyepoxides, —a layer (12, 20) with a thickness of less than 500 μm of a precursor composition selected from partly epoxides and at least partly cross-linked polyepoxides is placed in contact with said sub-layer, —a layer (16, 22) with a thickness of less than 500 μm of a curing composition comprising at least one crosslinking agent is placed in contact with said sub-layer, —said metallic sheet is punched, —the metallic plates are then superposed to each other. |
| US11384256B2 |
Polishing method and method for manufacturing semiconductor substrate
The present invention provides a polishing method in which the polishing speed of silicon germanium is sufficiently high, the etching of the silicon germanium is suppressed, and the selection ratio of the polishing speed of the silicon germanium is sufficiently high.The present invention relates a polishing method including: polishing an object to be polished containing silicon germanium using a polishing composition, in which the polishing composition contains an abrasive, an inorganic salt, and a polishing accelerator having an acid group, and pH of the polishing composition is 8 or more. |
| US11384254B2 |
Chemical mechanical polishing composition containing composite silica particles, method of making the silica composite particles and method of polishing a substrate
A chemical mechanical polishing composition includes water, colloidal silica abrasive particles with a silica core containing a nitrogen species, a cerium compound coating including cerium oxide, cerium hydroxide or mixtures thereof, and a positive zeta potential, optionally an oxidizing agent, optionally a pH adjusting agent, optionally a biocide and optionally a surfactant. The chemical mechanical polishing composition has a pH of less than 7. Also described is a method of polishing a substrate containing silicon dioxide and a method of making the composite colloidal silica particles with the coating of cerium oxide, cerium hydroxide or mixtures thereof. The chemical mechanical polishing composition can be used to enhance the removal of silicon dioxide from a substrate in an acid environment. |
| US11384253B2 |
Dual additive composition for polishing memory hard disks exhibiting edge roll off
The invention provides a chemical-mechanical polishing composition comprising (a) an abrasive comprising colloidal silica, (b) a compound of formula (I), (c) a compound of formula (II), (d) hydrogen peroxide, and (e) water, wherein the polishing composition has a pH of about 1 to about 5. The invention also provides a method of chemically-mechanically polishing a substrate, especially a nickel-phosphorous substrate, by contacting the substrate with the inventive chemical-mechanical polishing composition. |
| US11384249B2 |
Aqueous ink jet composition
An aqueous ink jet composition contains at least one disperse dye selected from the group consisting of C.I. Disperse Yellow 54, C.I. Disperse Red 60, and C.I. Disperse Blue 359, and a styrene maleic acid-based dispersing agent represented by Formula (1). |
| US11384238B2 |
Polymer composite containing recycled carbon fibers
A polymer composition is described well suited for being combined with relatively short fibers. The fibers, for instance, can have a mean fiber length of less than 1,000 microns, such as less than 700 microns, such as less than 500 microns. The polymer formulation allows for intimate mixing with the fibers without having to use a sizing agent. In one embodiment, the composition contains a polybutylene terephthalate polymer combined with a thermoplastic polymer having lower crystallinity. |
| US11384235B2 |
Retardation film, polarizing plate comprising same, and liquid crystal display device comprising same
The present application relates to a retardation film including a composition or a cured product thereof, the composition comprising: an acrylate-based resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 120° C.; or more; a retardation adjusting agent comprising a styrene monomer; and a triazine-based birefringence adjusting agent, in which the triazine-based birefringence adjusting agent is included in an amount of more than 5 parts by weight and 15 parts by weight or less, based on 100 parts by weight of the acrylate-based resin; a polarizing plate comprising the same, and a liquid crystal display device comprising the same. |
| US11384234B2 |
Crosslinkable polymer composition comprising polymer blend of EVA copolymer and EMA copolymer
The present invention relates to a crosslinkable polymer composition for use as a sheath layer of cable, and to a cable comprising a crosslinked layer obtained from said composition. The crosslinkable polymer composition according to the present invention comprises a polymer blend of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer and ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer, a flame retardant filler and a crosslinking agent. |
| US11384233B2 |
Polyolefin blend compositions
The present disclosure relates to polypropylene-based and polyethylene-based polyolefin compositions having improved impact properties. In at least one embodiment, a polyolefin composition includes an ethylene polymer, a propylene polymer, a propylene-based elastomer, and an ethylene-based plastomer. Compositions of the present disclosure can have one or more of: a Notched Charpy impact strength at 23° C. of 8 kJ/m2 or greater, a Notched Izod Impact Strength at 23° C. of 6 ft-lb/in. or greater, an Unnotched Izod impact strength at 23° C. of 10 ft-lb/in. or greater, and a portion of the composition having a submicron domain content of 50% or greater per mm2. |
| US11384232B2 |
Heterophasic propylene polymerization material
This heterophasic propylene polymerization material comprises a propylene copolymer (I), an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (II-1), and an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (II-2), wherein the contained amount of a monomeric unit derived from an olefin other than propylene in the propylene copolymer (I) is not less than 0.05 wt % but less than 10 wt %, the limiting viscosity [η]I of the propylene copolymer (I) is less than 1.50 dL/g, the contained amount of a monomeric unit derived from ethylene in the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (II-2) is 10-30 wt %, and the limiting viscosity of the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (II-2) is higher than that of the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (II-1). |
| US11384229B2 |
Compositions comprising multimodal ethylene-based polymers and low density polyethylene (LDPE)
Embodiments of polymer compositions and articles comprising such compositions containing at least one LDPE and at least one multimodal ethylene-based polymer having at least three ethylene-based components. |
| US11384228B2 |
Thermoformed film compositions with enhanced toughness after thermoforming processes
Embodiments of thermoformed monolayer or multilayer films are provided, wherein the thermoformed monolayer multilayer films comprise a first composition comprising at least one ethylene-based polymer, wherein the first composition comprises a Molecular Weighted Comonomer Distribution Index (MWCDI) value greater than 0.9, and a melt index ratio (I10/I2) that meets the following equation: I10/I2≥7.0−1.2×log (I2). |
| US11384226B2 |
Ethylene-based polymer compositions with improved processability
The invention provides a composition comprising the following components: A) a first composition, wherein the first composition comprises a first ethylene-based polymer and a second ethylene-based polymer, and wherein the ratio of the “high load melt index (I21) of the first composition” to the “high load melt index (I21) of the first ethylene-based polymer” is greater than, or equal to, 40, and B) one or more azide compounds present in an amount greater than, or equal to, 50 ppm, based on the weight of the first composition. |
| US11384225B2 |
TPO sheet allowing display and touch sensing
The present invention relates to a TPO sheet allowing display and touch sensing. More specifically, the present invention relates to a TPO sheet having a color and light-transmitting properties used as surface materials for automobile interior parts. According to the present invention, when the TPO sheet is used as surface materials for automobile interior parts, an interior decorative effect may be obtained due to color properties thereof. In addition, when the TPO sheet is attached to the surface of a display panel, due to light-transmitting properties thereof, light emitted from the display panel may be transmitted through the TPO sheet. Thus, content displayed on the display panel may be visible through the TPO sheet. In addition, a touch sensing operation may be performed on the TPO sheet. |
| US11384223B2 |
Fluororubber composition and fluororubber crosslinked product
A fluororubber composition containing a ternary fluororubber polymer including vinylidene fluoride, perfluorovinyl ether and tetrafluoroethylene; a reaction product of silica-aluminum silicate with vinyl ethoxysilane; and hydrotalcite. The fluororubber composition does not substantially contain magnesium oxide and calcium hydroxide. The fluororubber composition contains 2 to 55 parts by weight of the reaction product of silica-aluminum silicate with vinyl ethoxysilane and 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of the hydrotalcite relative to 100 parts by weight of the ternary fluororubber polymer. |
| US11384222B2 |
Composition for polyester hydrolytic stabilization
The invention relates to the use of at least one compound of the formula (1) herein R1, R2 and R3 are the same or different and denote a C1-C10-alkyl as a hydrolysis stabilizer in polyester materials. |
| US11384221B2 |
Absorbent core having water-absorbing polymer particles
A method for making water-absorbing polymer particles is provided and includes providing crosslinkers, polymerizable monomers and inorganic solid particles. The average closest distance between two neighboring crosslinkers (RXL) in a water-absorbing polymer particle for a specific X-load of the water-absorbing polymer particle is calculated via the formula below: Rxl = ( ( 1 rho_dry + x_L rho_liq ) N A · ∑ i w_xl i Mr_CXL i ) 1 3 ( I ) with x_L being the amount of liquid absorbed in the water-absorbing polymer particle in g liq/g water-absorbing polymer particle, rho_liq being the density at room temperature of the fluid that swells the water-absorbing polymer particle (generally saline of 0.9% w NaCl) in g/cm3, rho_dry being the true density of the dry water-absorbing polymer particle in g/cm3, Mr_CXL being the molar mass of the crosslinkers in g/mol, w_xl being the weight ratio of crosslinkers in dry water-absorbing polymer particle, NA being the Avogadro's number in mol−1. |
| US11384220B2 |
White resin composition
Provided is a white resin composition that can maintain a high degree of whiteness even after undergoing a thermal resistance test. A white resin composition contains: a white pigment; a surface-treated calcium carbonate in which particle surfaces of a synthetic calcium carbonate with an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 1 μm are subjected to surface treatment with a condensed phosphoric acid and an organic modified silicone oil; and a resin, wherein a content ratio between the white pigment and the surface-treated calcium carbonate is, in mass ratio (white pigment to surface-treated calcium carbonate), within a range of 90:10 to 60:40, and a total content of the white pigment and the surface-treated calcium carbonate in the resin composition is within a range of 5 to 70% mass. |
| US11384218B2 |
Liquid composition comprising biological entities and uses thereof
The present invention relates to a new liquid composition comprising biological entities having a polymer-degrading activity, a carrier and a solvent that may be advantageously used for the manufacture of a biodegradable plastic product. |
| US11384215B2 |
Light-transmissive foam composition and process
A polyolefin foam having improved light-transmittance comprises an average cell size of about 70 microns to about 500 microns; a total cell wall thickness to gauge ratio of between about 0.15 to about 0.55; a basis weight of about 0.00005 lb/in2 to about 0.00050 lb/in2; an L color solid value of about 95 to about 45; and a light transmittance of about 10% to about 50% according to JIS K 7361-1.A process for producing a polyolefin foam having improved light-transmittance comprises extruding a foamable sheet at a pressure from about 1 psi to about 55 psi, and foaming the foamable sheet with a foaming agent having an average diameter of about 10 to about 25 microns to produce a foam having a light transmittance of about 10% to about 50% according to JIS K 7361-1. |
| US11384213B2 |
Method of increasing the hydrophilicity of a fluorine-containing polymer
Methods for modification of surface wettability of fluorine-containing polymers by sequential treatments first with gaseous plasma rich in ultraviolet radiation, and then oxidation using neutral reactive oxidative species. The methods are rapid and permit treatment of fluorine-containing polymers of any shape and size including ‘infinite’ materials such as foils. A surface layer of an object made from a fluorine-containing polymer is depleted of fluorine upon interaction with gaseous plasma rich in ultraviolet radiation. The depleted surface layer is then exposed to reactive oxygen species such as neutral oxygen atoms in the ground state. The wettability of objects made from or containing fluorine-containing polymers treated according to the methods of the present disclosure is close to the theoretical limit for smooth polymers well functionalized with polar functional groups. Unlike conventional treatment of fluorine-containing polymers with oxygen plasma, the methods of the present disclosure do not produce hazardous gases such as oxy or peroxy fluorinated carbon compounds. |
| US11384209B2 |
Composite material including carbon fibers and thermoplastic resin, molded body production method using same, and molded body
Provided is a composite material including carbon fibers having a weight average fiber length of 1 mm or more and 100 mm or less and a thermoplastic resin. The composite material satisfies K1≤1.5×K2 and exhibits excellent conformability during a stretching step in press molding; and a press molded body production method using said composite material. K1 represents the inclination of an approximate straight line of linear approximation on the plot in the range of 35% strain or more, obtained by strain sweep tests from 0% to 100% on the composite material at a temperature of 270° C., a shear of 100 rad/sec, and a normal load of 2 N, plotting, both in logarithmic scales, the values of strain % versus the values of complex viscosity coefficient Pa·sec. K2 represents the inclination of an approximate straight line of linear approximation on the plot in the range of less than 35% strain. |
| US11384208B2 |
Super absorbent polymer and method for producing same
A super absorbent polymer according to the present invention has an excellent discoloration resistance property even under high temperature/high humidity conditions, while maintaining excellent absorption performance, and is preferably used for hygienic materials such as diapers, and thus can exhibit excellent performance. |
| US11384207B2 |
Preparation of a cured polymer comprising urethane groups and silicon atoms
A process prepares a cross-linked polymer containing urethane groups and silicon atoms. Starting materials of the process include a compound A) with a five-membered cyclic monothiocarbonate group, a compound B) with an amino group, selected from primary or secondary amino groups or blocked amino groups, and optionally, a compound C) with at least one functional group that reacts with a group —SH. One of the compounds contains a silicon-functional group. In one example of the process, compounds A) and B), and optionally C), are then reacted under exclusion of water to obtain a polymer with curable silicon-functional groups. The polymer is applied to a surface, gap, or a three-dimensional template. The silicon-functional groups are cured with ambient water. The polymer contains 0.001 to 0.3 mol of silicon per 100 g of the polymer. |
| US11384206B2 |
Devolatization of highly viscous silicone fluids in the short path evaporator
Volatile siloxanes, particularly those of a cyclic nature, are removed from high viscosity silicone polymers and high viscosity silicone compositions by evaporation in a short path evaporator. |
| US11384199B2 |
Polymer composition containing polyalkylene carbonate resin and film using the same
The present invention relates to a polymer composition having improved processability by containing a polyalkylene carbonate resin and a film using the same. |
| US11384194B2 |
Reactive adhesives based on block copolymers
The present invention relates to a composition comprising the reaction product of a block copolymer based on OH-functional polyolefin which is unhydrogenated, preferably polybutadiene, and cyclic esters in the form of a polyol having at least 1.8, preferably at least two, OH groups and at least one isocyanate compound having at least two isocyanate groups, which is notable in that the composition includes at least 0.0001% to 40% by weight of titanium and has a content of free isocyanate groups of at least 0.1% by weight based on the overall composition, to a process for preparation thereof and to the use of the composition for bonding of substrates. |
| US11384193B2 |
Hydrophobic pinning mat for directed self-assembly of diblock copolymer novel compositions and processes for self-assembly of block copolymers
The present invention relates to a novel styrenic polymer comprised of the repeat units of structures (I), (II), and (III), wherein R1, R2 and R3 are individually selected from H or a C-1 to C-4 linear alkyl, R5, R7 and R6 are individually selected from a C-1 to C-8 linear alkyl, a C-3 to C-8 linear alkyl and a C-3 to C-8 cyclic alkyl and to the novel composition comprised of this polymer and a spin on organic solvent. In another aspect of this invention it pertains to the use of this composition to create a grafted on a substrate, and a further aspect, this grafted film may be used in a directed self-assembly process. |
| US11384192B2 |
Modified hydrogenated product, method for producing same, resin composition, and various uses thereof
The present invention relates to a modified hydrogenated product of a block copolymer having a polymer block (A) containing a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound, and a polymer block (B) containing a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene compound, a method of producing the modified hydrogenated product, and a resin composition containing the modified hydrogenated product. The modified hydrogenated product has one or more functional groups selected from an alkoxysilyl group, a carboxy group, an amino group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group, and an acid anhydride-derived group, and satisfies the following conditions.Condition (1): after stay at 330° C. for 30 min under nitrogen atmosphere, a weight change rate is −5.5% or more.Condition (2): the peak top intensity of tan δ measured in accordance with JIS K7244-10 (2005), under conditions including a strain amount of 0.1%, a frequency of 1 Hz, a measurement temperature of −70 to 120° C., and a temperature rise rate of 3° C./min, is 1.0 or more. |
| US11384189B2 |
Graft copolymer, and thermoplastic resin composition and thermoplastic resin molded article comprising the same
The present invention provides a graft copolymer comprising (A) a seed comprising units derived from an alkyl methacrylate monomer; (B) a core formed on the seed and comprising units derived from an alkyl acrylate monomer; and (C) a shell formed on the core and comprising units derived from one or more one or more selected from the group consisting of an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, a vinyl cyanide-based monomer and an alkyl methacrylate monomer, wherein an average particle diameter of the core is 40 to 90 nm, and a graft ratio of the shell is 10 to 30%, and a thermoplastic resin composition and a thermoplastic resin molded article including the same. |
| US11384171B2 |
Surfactant as titanation ligand
A pre-catalyst composition comprising: a) a silica support comprising silica wherein an amount of silica is in a range of from about 70 wt. % to about 95 wt. % based upon a total weight of the silica support; b) a titanium-containing compound wherein an amount of titanium is in a range of from about 0.1 wt. % to about 10 wt. % based upon the total weight of the silica support; c) a chromium-containing compound wherein an amount of chromium is in a range of from about 0.1 wt. % to about 10 wt. % based upon the total weight of the silica support; d) a surfactant wherein the surfactant comprises a non-ionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, or a combination thereof, e) a carboxylate wherein the carboxylate comprises a multi carboxylate, an alpha-hydroxy carboxylate, or a combination thereof, and f) a solvent. |
| US11384170B2 |
Process for the preparation of solid catalyst
A process for the preparation of a solid olefin polymerization catalyst or a solid olefin polymerization catalyst component comprising the steps of: (a) forming a liquid/liquid emulsion of (i) a first organic liquid comprising at least one olefin polymerization catalyst component and (ii) an optionally halogenated hydrocarbon liquid immiscible therewith; where the first organic liquid forms the dispersed phase and the optionally halogenated hydrocarbon liquid forms the continuous phase of the liquid/liquid emulsion and wherein the dispersed phase forms droplets in the continuous phase; and (b) transforming the droplets of the dispersed phase to solid particulate particles comprising said at least one olefin polymerization catalyst component, wherein the liquid/liquid emulsion is stabilized with a solid particulate stabilizer. |
| US11384168B2 |
Two-phase 3D printing method
An additive manufacturing method wherein the carrier (400) is within a vessel (100), the vessel contains the free-radically crosslinkable resin (300) and a liquid (200) which is immiscible with the free-radically cross-linkable resin (300) and has a higher density than the free-radically crosslinkable resin (300), such that the free-radically crosslinkable resin (300) floats on top of the liquid (200) and, prior to each step II), the distance between the carrier (400) and the free-radically crosslinkable resin (300) is altered such that a layer of the free-radically crosslinkable resin forms above the uppermost surface (420), viewed in vertical direction, of the previously deposited layer of the construction material (600) and at least partially forms contact with this uppermost surface (420) of the previously deposited layer of the construction material (600). The free-radically crosslinkable resin (300) comprises a urethane (meth)acrylate. The invention further relates to the use of a free-radically crosslinkable resin comprising a urethane (meth)acrylate as construction material in a two-phase 3D printing method. |
| US11384165B2 |
Aqueous dispersion of multi-stage polymeric particles and process of making the same
A stable aqueous dispersion of multi-stage polymeric particles comprising a polymer and an oligomer, and an aqueous freeze-thaw stable coating composition comprising the aqueous dispersion providing coatings made therefrom with acceptable scrub resistance. |
| US11384163B2 |
Alkali metal salt of carboxyalkyl ether of tamarind gum with improved composition
The present disclosure relates to an alkali metal salt of carboxyalkyl ether of tamarind gum with low fat content and high protein content and other elements like carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen at desired concentration levels. The modified alkali metal salt of carboxyalkyl ether of tamarind gum with improved composition of the present disclosure possesses high viscosity, cold water solubility, and desired particle size and purity levels and is biodegradable. |
| US11384161B2 |
Amphiphilic polysaccharides, polysaccharide-based hydrogels, and methods of manufacture
A method for the synthesis of alkyl ω-carboxy(hydroxyethyl) polysaccharides is described. The method includes methylating or ethylating a polysaccharide or providing a methylated or ethylated polysaccharide, hydroxyethylating the methylated or ethylated polysaccharide, and oxidizing the hydroxyethylated polysaccharide to form the ω-carboxy(hydroxyethyl) polysaccharide. A method for the synthesis of oxidized polysaccharides is also described. The method includes hydroxypropylating a polysaccharide and oxidizing the hydroxypropylated polysaccharides. A method for the production of a solid capable of forming a hydrogel is also described. The method includes combining a first solution comprising an oxidized oligo(hydroxypropyl) polysaccharide bearing one or more ketone groups with a second solution comprising an amine substituted polysaccharide to form a third solution, and removing solvent from the third solution to form the solid, or adding an additional solvent to the third solution to precipitate the solid. Novel polysaccharides and hydrogels prepared according to these methods are also described. |
| US11384158B2 |
Antibodies to symmetrically dimethylated arginine analytes and use thereof
Disclosed is an antibody which binds to a symmetrically dimethylated arginine analyte that can be used to detect a symmetrically dimethylated arginine analyte in a sample, such as in a homogeneous enzyme immunoassay method. |
| US11384156B2 |
Adoptive T-cell therapy using EMPD-specific chimeric antigen receptors for treating IgE-mediated allergic diseases
A chimeric antigen receptor specific for the extracellular membrane-proximal domain (EMPD) of membrane-bound IgE (mIgE) is provided. The EMPD-specific chimeric antigen receptor comprises an extracellular ligand binding domain capable of binding EMPD, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain that mediates T cell activation upon EMPD binding. Nucleic acids and vectors encoding the EMPD-specific chimeric antigen receptor are provided. T cells transduced with such vectors find use in chimeric antigen receptor-based adoptive T-cell therapy for targeting IgE-expressing B cells and treating IgE-mediated allergic diseases. |
| US11384153B2 |
Bispecific anti-BCMA x anti-CD3 antibodies and uses thereof
B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) is expressed on malignant plasma cells. The present invention provides novel bispecific antibodies (bsAbs) that bind to both BCMA and CD3 and activate T cells via the CD3 complex in the presence of BCMA-expressing tumor cells. In certain embodiments, the bispecific antigen-binding molecules of the present invention are capable of inhibiting the growth of tumors expressing BCMA. The bispecific antigen-binding molecules of the invention are useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders in which an upregulated or induced BCMA-targeted immune response is desired and/or therapeutically beneficial. For example, the bispecific antibodies of the invention are useful for the treatment of various cancers, including multiple myeloma. |
| US11384150B2 |
Antibody-drug conjugates and uses thereof
An immunoconjugate, comprising an anti-EGFR antibody or a binding fragment thereof, and a kinase inhibitor. |
| US11384148B2 |
Anti-FcRn antibodies
The disclosure relates to antibodies specific to FcRn, formulations comprising the same, use of each in therapy, processes for expressing and optionally formulating said antibody, DNA encoding the antibodies and hosts comprising said DNA. |
| US11384146B2 |
BTLA-binding antibodies for modulating immune response and treating disease
The invention provides novel anti-BTLA antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such antibodies, and therapeutic methods of using such antibodies and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of diseases such as cancer or autoimmune disease. |
| US11384141B2 |
Serum albumin binding antibodies for tuneable half-life extension of biologics
The present document describes an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment that bind to serum albumin comprising three complementarity determining regions (CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3), for half-life extension of biologics. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions, nucleic acid vectors, cells comprising the nucleic acid vectors, and methods of removing molecules from serum. |
| US11384130B2 |
Agent for promoting angiogenesis and methods and uses thereof
The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I) which are multimeric forms of a monomeric binding peptide linearly bonded to PEG moieties to form the multimers. The multimeric forms stimulate angiogenesis and promote wound healing. The disclosure also includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising the multimers, including compositions suitable for topical or systemic administration. |
| US11384121B2 |
Creation of peptide-based anti-tumor agent
An object of the present invention is to provide an echinomycin derivative that has anti-cancer activity equal to or greater than that of echinomycin, and a production method therefor based on a chemical procedure. Provided are an echinomycin derivative represented by formula (I), and a production method therefor based on a chemical procedure. |
| US11384120B2 |
Peptide capable of binding to biomarker for inflammatory and metabolic diseases, and use thereof
The present invention pertains to: a peptide having ATF3-binding ability and represented by any one amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 4; a fused peptide in which a cell-permeable peptide is bound to the peptide having ATF3-binding ability; and a use of the peptides for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, metabolic diseases, autoimmune diseases and/or fibrotic diseases. According to the present invention, a novel peptide having the ability to bind to ATF3, which is a protein serving as a biomarker and an important factor in the occurrence of various inflammatory diseases, metabolic diseases, autoimmune diseases and/or fibrotic diseases, is provided to thereby regulate the intracellular concentration of ATF3, and can thus be used for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, metabolic diseases, autoimmune diseases and/or fibrotic diseases. Moreover, the disease treatment effect can be enhanced by further fusing a peptide having intracellular permeability and an inflammation inhibitory function to the peptide. |
| US11384117B2 |
Connective tissue stimulating peptides
Novel peptides are described which comprise an amino acid motif selected from the group consisting of “PG”, “GP”, “PI” and “IG” and having up to 10 amino acids upstream and/or downstream of the amino acid motif, wherein “P” in the motif is proline or hydroxyproline and the peptide stimulates the development, maintenance and repair of bone, cartilage and associated connective tissue. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions of these peptides, as well as therapeutic and prophylactic uses of such peptides. |
| US11384114B2 |
Polymorphic forms of an oxysterol and methods of making them
Compositions and methods for preparing OXY133 polymorphs Form C to Form I are provided. The methods include subjecting a slurry of OXY133 to conditions sufficient to convert OXY133 to the OXY133 polymorph Form C, polymorph Form D, polymorph Form E, polymorph Form F, polymorph Form G, polymorph Form H, polymorph Form I or a mixture thereof. A polymorph of OXY133 is also provided and that polymorph can be polymorph Form C, polymorph Form D, polymorph Form E, polymorph Form F, polymorph Form G, polymorph Form H, polymorph Form I or a mixture thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions including OXY133 polymorphs are also provided. |
| US11384112B2 |
Artificial nucleoside and artificial nucleotide, and artificial oligonucleotide
Provided is an artificial nucleoside or artificial nucleotide capable of composing an artificial oligonucleotide having superior nuclease resistance. The artificial nucleoside or artificial nucleotide is a compound represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof (wherein, Bx represents a pyrimidine base or purine base, R1, R2, R3 and R4 represent hydrogen atoms, C1-6 alkyl groups or the like, Y represents NR5R6 (wherein, R5 and R6, independently of each other, represent a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl group or the like, or R5 and R6, together with a nitrogen atom bound thereto, form a 3- to 11-membered nitrogen-containing non-aromatic heterocyclic group) or an optionally substituted C2-9 aromatic heterocyclic group, Z1 and Z2 represent hydrogen atoms, hydroxyl group-protecting groups, phosphorous-containing groups or the like, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3). |
| US11384108B2 |
Transition metal compound for olefin polymerization catalyst, olefin polymerization catalyst including same, and polyolefin polymerized by using olefin polymerization catalyst
The present invention relates to a transition metal compound for an olefin polymerization catalyst, represented by chemical formula 1. The description of chemical formula 1 is as described in the specification. |
| US11384105B2 |
Processes for preparing oligomers
Provided herein are processes for preparing an oligomer (e.g., a morpholino oligomer). The synthetic processes described herein may be advantageous to scaling up oligomer synthesis while maintaining overall yield and purity of a synthesized oligomer. |
| US11384104B2 |
Delivery systems for controlled drug release
The present invention provides a compound having the structure of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, or isomer thereof, for the controlled delivery and release of Agent. |
| US11384102B2 |
Lithium alkyl aluminates as alkyl transfer reagents
The invention relates to lithium alkyl aluminates according to the general formula Li[AlR4] and to a method for preparing same, starting from LiAlH4 and RLi in an aprotic solvent. The invention also relates to compounds according to the general formula Li[AlR4] which can be obtained using the claimed method, and to the use thereof. The invention also relates to the use of a lithium alkyl aluminate Li[AlR4] as a transfer reagent for transferring at least one radical R to an element halide or metal halide and to a method for transferring at least one radical R to a compound E(X)q for preparing a compound according to the general formula E(X)q-pRp, where E=aluminium, gallium, indium, thallium, germanium, tin, lead, antimony, bismuth, zinc, cadmium, mercury, or phosphorus, X=halogen, q=2, 3 or 4, and p=1, 2, 3 or 4. The invention also relates to compounds which can be obtained using such a method, to the use thereof, and to a substrate which has an aluminium layer or a layer containing aluminium on one surface. |
| US11384100B2 |
Bipyridine and bipyrimidine gold(III) dithiocarbamate complexes and methods of treating cancer
A gold(III) complex of formula (I) or formula (II) wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, an optionally substituted arylalkyl, or an optionally substituted aryl; R3 and R4 are each independently a hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, an optionally substituted arylalkyl, an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted heterocyclyl, an optionally substituted alkoxy, a hydroxyl, a halo, a nitro, a cyano, a N-monosubstituted amino group, or a N,N-disubstituted amino group; and X is Cl, Br, or I. A pharmaceutical composition containing the gold(III) complex of formula (I) or (II), and a method of treating cancer are included. |
| US11384098B2 |
Pyrrolobenzodiazepine-antibody conjugates
The present invention relates to pyrrolobenzodiazepines (PBDs) having a labile protecting group in the form of a linker to an antibody. |
| US11384095B2 |
Diels-Alder reaction with furanics to obtain aromatics
The present invention is directed to the preparation of phthalic anhydride compounds and the intermediate phthalide compounds. In particular, the invention is directed to an improved bio-based route from furanic compounds to phthalic anhydride compounds by reacting furfuryl alcohol (i.e. 2-hydroxymethylfuran) or an analogue thereof having a nucleophilic atom on the 2-methyl, with a dienophile comprising an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl comprising an α′-leaving group. The inventions further involved preparation of phthalic anhydride compounds, phthalic acid compounds and reduction products of the intermediate phthalide compounds. |
| US11384091B2 |
Process for preparing oxycodone hydrochloride having less than 25 ppm 14-hydroxycodeinone
In certain embodiments the invention is directed to a process for preparing an oxycodone hydrochloride composition having less than 25 ppm of 14-hydroxycodeinone. |
| US11384090B2 |
Spiropyrrolidine derived antiviral agents
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (Ia), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, thereof: which inhibit coronavirus replication activity. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (Ia) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of treating or preventing a coronavirus infection in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (Ia) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US11384087B1 |
KRAS mutant protein inhibitors
The invention relates to a KRAS mutant protein inhibitor shown as formula (I), a composition containing the inhibitor and the use thereof. |
| US11384086B2 |
Crystalline forms of 3-(imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazin-3-ylethynyl)-4-methyl-n-{4-[(4-methylpiperazin-1- yl)methyl]-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl}benzamide and its mono hydrochloride salt
Novel crystalline forms of 3-(imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazin-3-ylethynyl)-4-methyl-N-{4-[(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)methyl]-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl}benzamide free base and 3-(imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazin-3-ylethynyl)-4-methyl-N-{4-[(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)methyl]-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl}benzamide mono hydrochloride, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of their preparation and use are disclosed herein. |
| US11384083B2 |
Substituted spiro[cyclopropane-1,5′-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin]-6′(7′h)-ones as CDK2 inhibitors
The present application provides pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidinone inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) of Formula (I): as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating cancer using the same. |
| US11384082B2 |
Hydrates of polymorphs of 6-(1H-indazol-6-YL)-N-(4-morpholinophenyl)-2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-A]pyrazin-8-amine bisemsylate as Syk inhibitors
Polymorphs of a bis-mesylate salt of a compound of Formula IA: are provided. Also provided are process for making the polymorphs and methods of use thereof. |
| US11384074B2 |
Pesticidally active pyrrole derivatives
Compounds of formula (I) as defined herein, to processes for preparing them, to pesticidal, in particular insecticidal, acaricidal, molluscicidal and nematicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control pests such as insect, acarine, mollusc and nematode pests. |
| US11384073B2 |
Maleate salt of benzothiophene compound, crystalline form thereof, and use thereof
The present disclosure relates to a maleate salt of a benzothiophene compound, a crystalline form thereof, and a use thereof. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to a compound represented by formula (I-A), a crystalline form A thereof, a preparation method of a pharmaceutical composition including the same, and a use of the pharmaceutical composition in the preparation of drugs for preventing or treating diseases of the central nervous system. The compound represented by formula (I-A) and the crystalline form A thereof in the present disclosure have excellent physical and chemical properties, high oral bioavailability, excellent drugability, and are well-suited for pharmaceutical preparation, application, and preservation. |
| US11384071B2 |
Inhibitors of mechanotransduction to treat pain and modulate touch perception
Chemical compounds that are useful as inhibitors of mechanotransduction in the treatment of pain and modulation of touch perception and topical administration of the compounds described herein in the treatment of pain and modulation of touch perception. |
| US11384070B2 |
Organic molecules for optoelectronic devices
An organic molecule for use in optoelectronic devices having a structure of formula I wherein X1 and X2 are at each occurrence independently selected from the group consisting of CR21 and N; X3 and X4 are at each occurrence independently selected from the group consisting of CR22 and N; X5 and X6 are at each occurrence independently selected from the group consisting of CR23 and N; R21, R22, R23 is at each occurrence independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, C1-C5-alkyl, C2-C8-alkenyl, C2-C8-alkynyl, C6-C18-aryl, and C3-C17-heteroaryl; and at least one variable of X1 and X2 is N, at least one variable of X3 and X4 is N and at east one variable of X5 and X6 is N. |
| US11384068B2 |
Estrogen receptor-modulating compounds
Described herein are compounds that are estrogen receptor modulators. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors. |
| US11384067B2 |
Pyrazole n-linked carbamoyl cyclohexyl acids as LPA antagonists
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, and X4 are each independently CR6 or N; provided that no more than two of X1, X2, X3, or X4 are N; Q2 is N or NR5a; one of Q1 and Q3 is CR5, and the other is N or NR5a; and the dashed circle denotes optional bonds forming an aromatic ring; Y1 is O or NR3; Y2 is —CO—, —SO2—, or —S(O(NH)—; Y3 is O or NR4a; provided that (1) Y1 and Y3 are not both O, and (2) when Y2 is C(O), Y1 is not O; L is a covalent bond or C1-4 alkylene substituted with 0 to 4 R7; R1 is (—CH2)aR9; a is an integer of 0 or 1; R2 is each independently halo, cyano, hydroxyl, amino, C1-6 alkyl, C3-6 cycloalkyl, C4-6 heterocyclyl, alkylamino, haloalkyi, hydroxyalkyi, aminoalkyi, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, haloalkoxyalkyl, or haloalkoxy; n is an integer of 0, 1, or 2; R3 and R4a are independently hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, haloalkyi, hydroxyalkyi, aminoalkyi, alkoxyalkyl, haloalkoxyalkyl, alkoxy, or haloalkoxy; R4 is C1-10 alkyl, C1-10 haloalkyi, C1-10 deuterated alkyl, C1-10 alkenyl, C3-8 cycloalkyl, 6 to 10-membered aryl, 3 to 8-membered heterocyclyl, —(C1-6 alkylene)—(C3-8 cycloalkyl), —(C1-6 alkylene)—(6 to 10-membered aryl), —(C1-6 alkylene)—(3 to 8-membered heterocyclyl), or —(C1-6 alkylene)—(5 to 6-membered heteroaryl); wherein each of the alkyl, alkylene, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, and heteroaryl, by itself or as part of other moiety, is independently substituted with 0 to 3 R; or alternatively, R3 and R4, taken together with the N and 0 atoms which they are attached, form a 4 to 9-membered heterocyclic ring moiety which is substituted with 0 to 3 R8; or alternatively, (R3 and R5a) or (R3 and R5), taken together with the atoms to which they are attached to, form a 5 to 8-membered heterocyclic ring moiety which is substituted with 0 to 3 R8; R5a is hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, alkylamino, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, haloalkoxyalkyl, alkoxy, or haloalkoxy; R5 and R6 are each independently hydrogen, halo, cyano, hydroxyl, amino, alkyl, alkylamino, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, haloalkoxyalkyl, alkoxy, or haloalkoxy; R7 is halo, oxo, cyano, hydroxyl, amino, C1-6 alkyl, C3-6 cycloalkyl, C4-6 heterocyclyl, alkylamino, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, haloalkoxyalkyl, alkoxy, or haloalkoxy; R8 are each independently deuterium, halo, hydroxyl, amino, cyano, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 deuterated alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl, alkylamino, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, haloalkoxyalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, phenyl, or 5 to 6-membered heteroaryl; or alternatively, two R8, taken together with the atom(s) to which they are attached, form a 3 to 6-membered carbocyclic ring or a 3 to 6-membered heterocyclic ring each of which is independently substituted with 0 to 3 R12; R9 is selected from —CN, —C(O)OR10, —C(O)NR11aR11b—, —CO—NH—CO—Re, —CO—NH—SO2—Re, —CO—NH—SO—Re, —SO2—OH, —SO2—NH—CO—Re, —P(O)(OH)2, tetrazol-5-yl, —CH2—CO—NH—CO—Re, —CH2—CO—NH—SO2—Re, —CH2—CO—NH—SO—Re, —CH2—SO2—OH, —CH2—SO2—NH—CO—Re, —CH2—P(O)(OH)2, tetrazol-5-ylmethylene; Re is C1-6 alkyl, C3-6 cycloalkyl, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyi, aminoalkyi, alkoxyalkyi, or haloalkoxyalkyi; R10 is hydrogen or C1-10 alkyl; and R11a and R11b are each independently hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, C3-6 cycloalkyl, C4-6 heterocyclyl, alkylamino, haloalkyi, hydroxyalkyi, aminoalkyi, alkoxyalkyi, haloalkoxyalkyi, alkoxy, or haloalkoxy; and R12 is halo, cyano, hydroxyl, amino, C1-6 alkyl, alkylamino, haloalkyi, hydroxyalkyi, aminoalkyi, alkoxyalkyi, haloalkoxyalkyi, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, phenyl, or 5 to 6-membered heteroaryl. These compounds are selective LPA receptor inhibitors. |
| US11384066B1 |
Heterocyclic compounds useful as aurora a selective inhibitors
Provided are compounds of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which can be used for inhibiting the activity of Aurora A and treating cancer mediated by Aurora A. |
| US11384063B2 |
Modulators of estrogen receptor proteolysis and associated methods of use
The present disclosure relates to bifunctional compounds, which find utility as modulators of estrogen receptor (target protein). In particular, the present disclosure is directed to bifunctional compounds, which contain on one end a cereblon, Von Hippel-Lindau ligase-binding moiety, Inhibitors of Apotosis Proteins, or mouse double-minute homolog 2 ligand, which binds to the respective E3 ubiquitin ligase, and on the other end a moiety which binds the target protein, such that the target protein is placed in proximity to the ubiquitin ligase to effect degradation (and inhibition) of target protein. The present disclosure exhibits a broad range of pharmacological activities associated with degradation/inhibition of target protein. Diseases or disorders that result from aggregation or accumulation of the target protein are treated or prevented with compounds and compositions of the present disclosure. |
| US11384060B2 |
Amide compounds and use thereof
Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) below and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: (I), in which each of variables R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, A1, A2, A3, A4, X and Y is defined herein. Also disclosed are methods for reducing the glycemic level and treating glucagon-associated disorders with a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof and a pharmaceutical composition containing same. |
| US11384051B2 |
Ionizable compounds and compositions and uses thereof
This invention includes ionizable compounds, and compositions and methods of use thereof. The ionizable compounds can be used for making nanoparticle compositions for use in biopharmaceuticals and therapeutics. More particularly, this invention relates to compounds, compositions and methods for providing nanoparticles to encapsulate active agents, such as nucleic acid agents, and to deliver and distribute the active agents to cells, tissues, organs, and subjects. |
| US11384050B1 |
Method for preparing levetiracetam and intermediates thereof
There is disclosed a method for preparing levetiracetam and intermediates from a compound of the formula: wherein CR is selected from the group consisting of cyano, carboxylic acid, carboxamide, alkali carboxylate, alkaline earth metal carboxylate, alkyl carboxylate, and a mixture thereof. |
| US11384045B2 |
Method for producing 1,3-bisacyloxy-2-methylene propane
A method for producing a 1,3-bisacyloxy-2-methylenepropane represented by the following general formula (II), including reacting a carboxylic acid represented by the following general formula (I), isobutylene, and oxygen, in a liquid phase, in the presence of a catalyst containing a carrier having carried thereon palladium and a transition metal of Group 11 in the periodic table, and a catalyst activator. |
| US11384042B2 |
Process for hydroformylation of short-chain olefins in the gas phase
A hydroformylation process can be used for short-chain olefins, especially C2 to C5 olefins, wherein the catalyst system is heterogenized on a support that contains a porous ceramic material. Systems can also be used for carrying out said process. |
| US11384039B2 |
Process for the separation of diols
The invention provides a process for the separation of a first C3 to C7 diol from a first mixture of C3 to C7 diols. The first mixture is provided to a first distillation column. An extractant is fed to the first distillation column above the first mixture. A stream comprising the first diol and the extractant is removed as a bottoms stream from the first distillation column and subjected to distillation in a second distillation column. A high purity first diol stream is removed from the top section of the second distillation column, while a used extractant stream is removed from the bottom section. The extractant is a C3 to C6 sugar alcohol or mixture thereof. The first diol is a close-boiler to and/or forms an azeotrope with one or more of the other C3 to C7 diols present in the first mixture. |
| US11384033B2 |
Compositions with improved urease-inhibiting effect comprising (thio)phosphoric acid triamide and further compounds such as amines and colorants
A composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (L1) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (L10), (L11), (L12), (L13), (L14), (L15), (L16), (L17), (L18), (L19), (L20), (L21), (L22), (L23), (L24), and (L29). |
| US11384030B2 |
Fiber cement product comprising at least one profiled surface
A method for improving the hydrophobic properties of a fiber cement product, said method comprising the steps of: providing a fiber cement product comprising at least one profiled surface; applying a hydrophobation agent to the at least one profiled surface; wherein the obtained fiber cement product has a water take up of less than 1.5 mL after 48 hours as measured by the RILEM Test No 11.4 in horizontal application. |
| US11384029B2 |
Formulations and processing of cementitious components to meet target strength and CO2 uptake criteria
Provided herein are compositions and methods of carbonation processing for the fabrication of cementitious materials and concrete products. Embodiments include manufacturing processes of a low-carbon concrete product comprising: forming a cementitious slurry including portlandite; shaping the cementitious slurry into a structural component; and exposing the structural component to a CO2 waste stream, thereby enabling manufacture of the low-carbon concrete product. |
| US11384028B2 |
Internal cooling circuits for CMC and method of manufacture
A method for forming a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component with an internal cooling channel includes forming a first fiber member, forming a first depression in a surface of the first fiber member, covering the first depression with a second fiber member to form a near-net shape fiber preform of a component with an internal channel defined in part by the first depression, and densifying the fiber preform. |
| US11384023B2 |
Aqueous gelcasting formulation for ceramic products
The present disclosure relates to the manufacture of ceramic products by aqueous gelcasting. Exemplary ceramic products include sanitary ware, such as toilets and sinks. The process includes a slurrying step, a mixing step, a molding step involving aqueous gelcasting, a drying step, a glazing step, and a firing step. |
| US11384016B1 |
Additive for reinforced concrete
The additive for reinforced concrete is a concrete additive for preventing corrosion of steel rebars in steel-reinforced concrete, improving the workability of the cast concrete, and reducing water absorption/permeability in the cast concrete. The reinforced concrete may be a conventional reinforced concrete, such as that formed from a mixture of water, an aggregate and cement, having at least one steel rebar embedded in the mixture. The additive is added to the mixture prior to curing and casting. The additive may for example, have a concentration with respect to the cement of between 0.25 wt % and 1.0 wt %. The additive includes a triazole and a non-ionic surfactant including a poly oxy ethoxylated reaction product of sorbitan and a fatty acid. The triazole and the non-ionic surfactant are dissolved in the solvent. |
| US11384014B2 |
Glass mat reinforcement
A glass mat is provided. The glass mat includes an assembly of glass fibers; and a binder composition including a polymer resin and a crosslinker. The polymer resin has a pH of at least about 5.0. The polymer resin includes a styrenic copolymer, an acrylic copolymer, or combination thereof having at least one functional group of a carboxylic acid, a salt of a carboxylic acid, an anhydride, a salt of an anhydride, or combination thereof. The crosslinker includes a polyol, a polyepoxy, a polycarbodiimide, a polyaziridine, a bivalent metal carbonate, or combination thereof. Further provided is a method of making the glass mat. |
| US11384012B2 |
Atomized anti-scratching nano-coating for glass surface and method of manufacturing thereof
A durable, hydrophobic and anti-scratching nano-coating for coating on a glass substrate or surface having a water contact angle of about 90° or more, a reduced coefficient of friction by 50% or more, and a reduced surface roughness compared to those of the glass substrate or surface without the nano-coating is provided, which includes a layer of fluorinated silica derived from sol-gel hydrolysis between one or more tetraalkoxysilanes having at least three alkoxy groups and one or more polyfluorinated silanes having at least a trialkoxysilane and from 15 to 17 fluorine atoms in the presence of a catalyst to a reaction mixture of the sol-gel hydrolysis between the one or more tetraalkoxysilanes and the one or more polyfluorinated silanes, and a solvent. A related method of fabricating the nano-coating via atomization of acid-containing or alkali-containing solution and sol-gel precursor solution onto the glass surface is also provided. |
| US11384010B2 |
High strength glass-ceramics having petalite and lithium silicate structures
In embodiments, a precursor glass comprising from about 55 wt. % to about 80 wt. % SiO2; from about 5 wt. % to about 20 wt. % Al2O3; from about 5 wt. % to about 20 wt. % Li2O; from about 2 wt. % to about 4 wt. % P2O5; and from about 0.2 wt. % to about 15 wt. % ZrO2. |
| US11384006B2 |
Wire-drawing optical fiber base material manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus
A wire-drawing optical fiber base material manufacturing method of heating an optical fiber base material by a heater and forming a drawing shape portion at an end portion. The manufacturing method includes: forming, by a flow-regulating member disposed adjacent to the heater, a gas flow such that formation, along a surface of the optical fiber base material, of a flow of a gas containing a Si compound generated from the optical fiber base material heated by the heater is inhibited; and forming, while maintaining the gas flow, the drawing shape portion by pulling part of the optical fiber base material softened by being heated by the heater. |
| US11384003B2 |
Laser filamentation
The invention relates to a method and a device for separating the excess glass (32) in the production of hollow glass products (12), wherein the method comprises: centring a hollow glass product (12) in a receiving device (10), which is designed to hold the hollow glass (12) and to rotate about a rotational axis in such a way that a separation line (24) along which the excess glass (32) is to be separated from the hollow glass product (12) to be produced is centred in relation to the rotational axis; processing the hollow glass product (12) in a plurality of positions along the separation line (24) by means of a laser beam in order to generate local filaments with a weakened glass structure during a rotation of the hollow glass product (12) about the rotational axis; and introducing energy along the separation line (24) in order to separate the excess glass (32) along the weakened glass structure. |
| US11384000B2 |
Control system and an adaptive electrokinetic dewatering system incorporating same for dewatering tailings
An adaptive electrokinetic dewatering system for dewatering slurry and soil deposits, including tailings deposits and a control system therefor. The control system automatically determines an optimal applied power specification, including sets of power parameters to be applied to the deposit being dewatered and when to apply each set of power parameters during the electrokinetic dewatering process. Furthermore, the control system automatically adjusts the applied power specification throughout the course of the dewatering process to account for the changing properties of the deposit. The control system determines the applied power specifications and adjustments to be made to them by simulating the electrokinetic dewatering process using a simulator which incorporates the latest measurements of the electrical, physical and chemical properties of the deposit being dewatered. The control system uses the simulator to forecast the dewatering performances of alternative applied power specifications and selects and applies the alternative applied power specification having a forecast dewatering performance that satisfies one or more switching criteria set by an operator. |
| US11383998B1 |
Advanced liquid treatment and oxidation method and system
A system for disinfecting aqueous solutions for destroying harmful bacteria, viruses and pathogens in industrial processes including an influent stream containing an invasive species, a pH adjustment stage for maintaining the pH of the influent to within a specific range, a preparation stage for preparing a disinfectant for destroying the invasive species, the disinfectant comprising a quantity of calcium hypochlorite, water, and a catalyst including the metal minerals manganate and manganese oxide, a process mixing stage for receiving and mixing the pH adjusted influent and the disinfectant, a filtration and discharge stage receiving the pH adjusted and disinfected influent for removing foreign matter prior to discharging a filtered disinfected effluent, and a microprocessor control panel for monitoring a plurality of process sensors in each of the stages for controlling the disinfecting of the influent. |
| US11383995B2 |
Apparatus and method for treating hydrogen sulfide and ammonia in wastewater streams
A process of removing contaminants and concentrating wastewater includes delivering wastewater from a source of wastewater to a hydrogen sulfide removal device, mixing an oxidant with the filtered wastewater in the hydrogen sulfide removal device to produce a hydrogen sulfide lean effluent, delivering the hydrogen sulfide lean effluent to a direct contact concentrator, and evaporating a portion of the hydrogen lean effluent in the direct contact evaporator to produce a slurry and an exhaust gas. |
| US11383994B2 |
Sodium nitrite oxidation of hydrogen sulfide
A method for treating hydrogen sulfide in a solution includes providing the solution containing hydrogen sulfide. The method also includes adding sodium nitrite to the solution in an amount suitable to react with the hydrogen sulfide and treat the hydrogen sulfide. |
| US11383993B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a magnetically treated electrolyzed water
The present invention relates to systems and methods for cleaning materials, such as flooring and upholstery. In some cases, the systems and methods use an electrolytic cell to electrolyze a solution comprising sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium acetate, sodium percarbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, and/or any other suitable chemical to generate electrolyzed alkaline water and/or electrolyzed oxidizing water. In some cases, the cell comprises a recirculation loop that recirculates anolyte through an anode compartment of the cell. In some cases, the cell further comprises a sensor and a processor, where the processor is configured to automatically change an operation of the cell, based on a reading from the sensor. In some cases, a fluid flows past a magnet before entering the cell. In some additional cases, fluid from the cell is conditioned by being split into multiple conduits that run in proximity to each other. Additional implementations are described. |
| US11383989B2 |
Polar oxysulfide for nonlinear optical applications
Single crystals of a new noncentrosymmetric polar oxysulfide SrZn2S2O (s.g. Pmn21) grown in a eutectic KF-KCl flux with unusual wurtzite-like slabs consisting of close-packed corrugated double layers of ZnS3O tetrahedra vertically separated from each other by Sr atoms and methods of making same. |
| US11383988B2 |
Oolitic aragonite beads and methods therefor
Disclosed herein are personal care and/or cosmetic compositions, comprising a carrier and oolitic aragonite beads having an average diameter between 10 nm to 10 mm. Also disclosed herein are methods of reducing plastic contamination and/or pollution comprising making a cosmetic or personal care composition, wherein at least a portion to all (100%) of the plastic microbeads in the cosmetic or personal care composition are replaced with oolitic aragonite. Also disclosed herein are a milling system and milling methods for producing oolitic aragonite particles having a clean top size in which the particles are screened to remove any oversized particles. Additional uses include drug-loaded aragonite particles for therapeutic drug delivery and chromatography media. |
| US11383985B2 |
Hybrid silica gel made of porous silica particles
Compositions, methods, and articles of manufacture relating to a transparent/translucent insulating material formed by a hybrid silica gel composition made of porous silica particles joined with each other by silane crosslinking through a three dimensional silica network. In one embodiment, the hybrid silica gel includes small porous silica particles, and is made by a process that avoids energy intensive techniques. |
| US11383984B2 |
Nanocarbon separation device, nanocarbon separation method, and nanocarbon recovery method
A nanocarbon separation device includes a separation tank which is configured to accommodate a dispersion liquid including a nanocarbon, a first electrode that is provided at an upper part in the separation tank, a second electrode that is provided at a lower part in the separation tank, and a partition member that is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode in the separation tank, and the partition member partitions the separation tank into a plurality of regions. |
| US11383983B2 |
Nanocarbon separation device, nanocarbon separation method, nanocarbon recovery method
A nanocarbon separation device of the present invention includes a separation tank which is configured to accommodate a dispersion liquid including a nanocarbon, a first electrode that is provided at an upper part in the separation tank, a second electrode that is provided at a lower part in the separation tank, and a porous structure that is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode in the separation tank. |
| US11383979B1 |
Water circulation system with pipe assembly for in-line mixing to create an oxidation reduction potential (ORP) in water for a recreational or decorative water feature
A water circulation system that includes a pipe assembly for in-line mixing of water and ozone for a recreational or decorative water feature is disclosed. The pipe assembly includes a first flow path for water to flow through. The first flow path includes one or more ozone intake ports that are fluidically coupled to one or more ozone output ports of an ozone supply unit. The pipe assembly further includes a second flow path fluidically coupled in parallel with the first flow path. The second flow path includes a control valve that selectively permits a portion of the water to flow through the second flow path to produce a negative pressure in the first flow path so that ozone is drawn into the first flow path through the one or more ozone intake ports and mixed into the water flowing through the first flow path. |
| US11383971B2 |
Process for manufacturing microelectromechanical devices, in particular electroacoustic modules
A process for manufacturing MEMS devices, includes forming a first assembly, which comprises: a dielectric region; a redistribution region; and a plurality of unit portions. Each unit portion of the first assembly includes: a die arranged in the dielectric region; and a plurality of first and second connection elements, which extend to opposite faces of the redistribution region and are connected together by paths that extend in the redistribution region, the first connection elements being coupled to the die. The process further includes: forming a second assembly which comprises a plurality of respective unit portions, each of which includes a semiconductor portion and third connection elements; mechanically coupling the first and second assemblies so as to connect the third connection elements to corresponding second connection elements; and then removing at least part of the semiconductor portion of each unit portion of the second assembly, thus forming corresponding membranes. |
| US11383968B2 |
Portable container with refill structure
Disclosed is a portable container with a refill structure, which includes: first and second containers that are open towards each other and form a contents receptacle space by being inserted in a watertight and variable way and communicating with each other; a one-way valve attached to the first container to allow the contents to be introduced; and a pump unit attached to the second container to release the contents held in the receptacle space through a nozzle. A negative pressure is generated in the receptacle space by pulling out the first and second containers in a watertight way. |
| US11383966B1 |
Fluid dispenser with anti-run-on
A fluid dispenser for a refrigerator having a dispenser housing; a dispenser frame pivotally mounted within the dispenser housing, the dispenser frame with a front face and two side faces and a first gear disposed on one of the side faces; an actuator with a paddle and a lever, the lever interlocking with the dispenser frame such that when the paddle is pushed, the lever causes the dispenser frame to pivot forward; a flexible tube; a fixed compression jaw mounted onto the dispenser housing behind the flexible and compressible tube; a movable compression jaw having a jaw end and a pivot end, the jaw end mounted in front of the flexible tube, the pivot end having a second gear which interlocks with the first gear, such that when the paddle is pushed the first gear rotates the second gear moving the movable jaw away from the flexible tube is provided. |
| US11383965B1 |
Valve current error detection for fluid mixture dispensing device
Ingredient dispensing systems and methods are disclosed. A disclosed system includes an ingredient reservoir and an electromechanical valve configured so that, when the electromechanical valve is activated, an ingredient is dispensed from the ingredient reservoir. The disclosed system also includes a current sensor configured to measure a current draw of the electromechanical valve. The disclosed system also includes a controller programmed to sample the current draw from the current sensor and to detect a dispense error of the electromechanical valve based on the sampled current draw. |
| US11383964B2 |
Wireless vehicle lift system with enhanced electronic controls
Wireless portable vehicle lift system incorporating one or more enhanced communication and/or control features. The lift system can incorporate enhanced touch screen-enabled functionalities and/or enhanced wireless communication features. |
| US11383963B2 |
Obstacle detection system for an aerial work platform
A platform assembly includes a work platform including a platform floor and a safety rail extending from the platform floor to a rail height, and a primary sensor unit secured to the work platform and positioned adjacent the platform floor. The primary sensor unit is configured to monitor an area from the platform floor to a space above the rail height and forward and aft of the work platform. The platform assembly enhances protection for an operator from sustained involuntary operation resulting in an impact with an obstruction or structure. |
| US11383959B1 |
Method for expanding a rise of an elevator hoistway
Disclosed is a method of expanding an elevator system in a hoistway, involving: connecting an elevator car at a first level to an overhead winch that is connected to a hoist-beam at a second level, the elevator car being supported by a rail system, the rail system defining, at a first level, first and second rails with first and second rail terminal ends; connecting a machine system mounted to the first rail terminal end to a machine hoist mounted at the second level; removing a dead-end hitch from the second rail terminal end; hoisting the machine system to the second level; extending the rail system to the second level to define third and fourth rail terminal ends; hoisting the elevator car and the dead-end hitch to the second level; and installing the machine system and the dead-end hitch at the second level, to the third and fourth rail terminal ends. |
| US11383958B2 |
Elevator compensation rope guard
An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator compensation assembly includes at least one compensation sheave having an outer surface configured to engage a plurality of compensation rope members. A guard has an inner surface situated adjacent the outer surface of the compensation sheave. A plurality of dividers that extend away from at least one of the outer surface of the compensation sheave or the inner surface of the guard. The dividers establish a space between adjacent ones of the dividers for accommodating a compensation rope member. |
| US11383957B2 |
Method, elevator control unit and elevator for moving an elevator car to landing floor in case of event related to main electrical power supply of the elevator
A method and an elevator for moving an elevator car to a landing floor in case of a predefined event related to a main electrical power supply of an elevator are disclosed. The method includes charging energy from the main electrical power supply into an external electrical energy storage prior to detecting the predefined event related to the main electrical power supply, controlling an operation of an electric motor for moving the elevator car with an electrical drive to decelerate the elevator car and to produce regenerative electrical energy, selectively utilizing said energy charged from the main electrical power supply into the external electrical energy storage and said produced regenerative electrical energy to maintain an elevator brake in deactivated state. |
| US11383952B2 |
Sheet stacker having movable arms maintaining stack quality
A sheet stacking apparatus includes a frame, a round member directly or indirectly connected to the frame, and an arm directly or indirectly connected to the frame. The arm is rotatable to rotate between a first position and a second position. The arm is positioned to bias sheets toward the round member when in the first position, and the arm is positioned to bias the sheets away from the round member when in the second position. |
| US11383949B2 |
Medium loading device
Provided are a loading portion configured to load a medium discharged from a discharging portion, and a plurality of pressing portions provided downstream of the discharging portion in a discharging direction of the medium, and configured to press the medium loaded on the loading portion. The loading portion includes a first loading portion including a downward sloped surface sloping downward in the discharging direction, and also includes a second loading portion including an upward sloped surface sloping upward in the discharging direction. The downward sloped surface and the upward sloped surface form a discharging path through which the medium is discharged. The plurality of pressing portions includes a first pressing portion configured to press the medium loaded on the first loading portion, and also includes a second pressing portion configured to press the medium loaded on the second loading portion. |
| US11383948B2 |
Rolled material tensioning and loading system
Maintaining a level of tension on material as it is processed in a manufacturing operation assists in the processing of the material. The tension of the material as it is fed through a process station is maintained by a material sag portion, such as an unsupported portion of the material extending between a roll of the material and the process station. The formation of the sag portion and the loading of the material forming the sag portion are automated and adjusted with a system having a material storage retrieval system, a shuttle, a tensioning device, and/or a processing station. |
| US11383947B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing coreless rolls of paper
A machine forms a roll of convolutely wound web material. The machine includes a winding apparatus configured to receive a mandrel and the web material and wind the web material around the mandrel. A pulling device pulls the mandrel longitudinally to remove the mandrel from the roll after forming the roll. The machine further includes a restraint that engages the peripheral surface of the roll when the mandrel is pulled longitudinally to remove the mandrel from the roll. A method is also provided. In one aspect of the method, a web material is wound around a mandrel to form a roll of convolutely wound web material. The mandrel is pulled longitudinally after the step of winding the web material around the mandrel. The periphery of the roll is restrained from moving axially when the mandrel is pulled longitudinal. The mandrel is then removed from the roll. |
| US11383946B2 |
Solid roll product formed from surface rewinder with belt and winding drum forming a winding nest
A rewinding machine winds web material into a log. The machine has a winding drum that is rotatable about a center axis and about which the web material to be wound is directed. A continuous loop is spaced from the winding drum and with the winding drum defines a nip through which the web material is directed when winding the web material into the log. The continuous loop is configured to move in a direction generally opposite of a direction of the winding drum at the nip. The continuous loop is configured to change speed relative to a speed of the winding drum during winding the web material into the log about a lead edge of the web material. The continuous loop is positionable relative to the winding drum at the nip to accommodate winding the web material into the log about the lead edge of the web material and to sever the web material. |
| US11383942B1 |
Container packer system and method
A container packer system includes a transfer base, which receives a container packer adapted for movement longitudinally between retracted and extended positions with respect to the transfer base. The transfer base includes a power subsystem with a motor or engine driving a hydraulic pump for powering hydraulic piston-and-cylinder units of the system, including a container packer piston-and-cylinder unit for hydraulically extending and retracting the container packer. The container packer generally encloses an interior adapted for receiving bulk material for transfer to a transport container, which can comprise a standard shipping container, a trailer or some other bulk material receptacle. The container packer includes a push blade assembly longitudinally movably mounted in its interior and actuated by a push blade piston-and-cylinder unit. |
| US11383939B2 |
Conveyor
A conveyor conveys a tray along a transportation path including a linear path and a curved path connected to the linear path. The conveyor includes an orientation assist member configured to assist a change of the conveyance orientation of the tray when the tray is conveyed from the linear path to the curved path. The orientation assist member is provided on the linear path on the upstream side of conveyance from a starting position S of the curved path on the transportation path. |
| US11383936B1 |
Automatic height adjusting manifold
The present invention relates to an automatic height adjusting manifold, and in particular to a manifold that is adjustable to be located adjacent to a workpiece. A conveyor can have an overhead structure that supports a concealer such as a canopy or removable doors. A sizing device measures the height of a workpiece. The sizing device is outside of the work areas of the machine. A height safety is provided to make sure that no workpieces taller than the measured piece enter the machine. There are liquid bays and blowoff bays within the machine. The blowoff bay has an air knife or other manifold device. A height system is provided and is adjustable to correlate with the measured height at the sizing device. A string potentiometer can be used for an air knife position feedback to the programmable logic controller (PLC). |
| US11383934B2 |
Gap filler for reciprocating floor slat conveyor
For use in a reciprocating floor slat conveyor system having formed slats made of steel, a gap filler for sealing the gaps between side-by-side steel slats includes a portion that extends upwardly into the gap, and a lower portion that is connected to one of the side-by-side slats. The gap filler is installed by pushing down the gap filler into the gap between slats. |
| US11383931B2 |
Apparatus for lifting and positioning a remote-controlled aircraft
The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a device that can be used to lift and/or position a remote-controlled (RC) aircraft as needed by a user (e.g., into/out of a transport vehicle). The device includes a handle that allows the user to grip and hold the device. The handle is operably connected to an arm that comprises an angled portion and a connector portion. The angled portion is angled to accommodate the canopy of an associated aircraft. The connector portion allows joining of the arm to an extender. The extender passes through the central portion of the aircraft to allow the user to lift and/or position the aircraft as desired. |
| US11383930B2 |
Delivery system
A delivery system generates a pick sheet containing a plurality of SKUs based upon an order. A loaded pallet is imaged to identify the SKUs on the loaded pallet, which are compared to the order prior to the loaded pallet leaving the distribution center. The loaded pallet may be imaged while being wrapped with stretch wrap. At the point of delivery, the loaded pallet may be imaged again and analyzed to compare with the pick sheet. |
| US11383927B2 |
Shipping buffer for an order-picking system
The present invention concerns an order-picking system, comprising a goods-in buffer (3) with at least one storage area (4), in which the picked goods units are stored before they leave the order-picking system, and at least one staging area (6), in which the picked goods units are staged automatically by an operating device in accordance with a predetermined sequence. In addition, the present invention comprise a pallet racking warehouse for a shipping buffer and a stacker crane for a corresponding pallet racking warehouse. A gravity conveyor (5) for the staging area of the shipping buffer is also the subject-matter of the present invention. |
| US11383926B2 |
Automated storage and retrieval system
A remotely operated vehicle assembly for an automated storage and retrieval system moves a product item between a storage container stored in an automated storage and retrieval grid configured to store a plurality of stacks of storage containers, and target containers. The remotely operated vehicle assembly includes a first vehicle including a vehicle body and a wheel arrangement connected to the vehicle body configured to move the remotely operated vehicle along a rail system of the automated storage and retrieval system; and a picking system for moving the product item. The first vehicle includes a container lifting device configured to carry a first target container. The vehicle assembly further includes a second vehicle including a vehicle body and a wheel arrangement connected to the vehicle body configured to move the remotely operated vehicle along a rail system of the automated storage and retrieval system. The second vehicle includes a container lifting device configured to carry a second target container. A bar system mechanically connects the vehicles of the vehicle assembly to each other. The picking system is connected to the bar system. The picking system is configured to move the product item from the storage container to one of the first or second target container. |
| US11383923B2 |
Smart airflow distribution system
A shipping container is provided and includes a structural frame defining an interior, a transport refrigeration unit (TRU) and a control system. The TRU includes an inlet through which air is drawn from a lower region of the interior, a refrigeration unit configured to cool the air drawn from the lower region of the interior through the inlet and an outlet through which air cooled by the refrigeration unit is exhausted toward an upper region of the interior. The control system is configured to control an exhaustion of the air cooled by the refrigeration unit toward the upper region of the interior to maintain a predefined environmental condition within the interior. |
| US11383919B2 |
Transport case for a folding bicycle
A transport case for a folding bicycle has a base with a first wall element connected along an edge. A connection device can be used to fix the first wall element to an element of the transport case to produce an interior of a first volume. Another connection device can be used to fix the first wall element to an element of the transport case to produce an interior of a second volume. The first volume is bigger than the second volume. |
| US11383917B2 |
Aerosol product
Provided is an aerosol product which has a simple configuration and which makes it possible to emulsify a foamable liquid and a foaming agent sufficiently and discharge a satisfactory foam without shaking the aerosol container. An aerosol product (100) has a plurality of partitioned housing spaces and a valve unit (120) provided with an inflow port (122) corresponding to the housing space, wherein at least one among the plurality of housing spaces is a foamable liquid housing section (141) that houses contents (S) including a foamable liquid, at least one other of the plurality of housing spaces is a foaming agent housing section (140) that houses contents including a foaming agent (LG), and the foamable liquid (S) discharged from the inflow port (122) and the foaming agent (LG) discharged from the inflow port (122A) are mixed in an actuator (130). |
| US11383913B1 |
Dispenser actuator assembly
A dispenser actuator assembly (100) has base member (102) and an actuator arm (104) that is configured to crush a glass ampoule assembly (10). The glass ampoule assembly (10) has a rupturable glass ampoule (12) containing a flowable material (M). The glass ampoule (12) is contained within an outer container (14), the outer container (14) having a first open end (22) and a second closed end (24). The glass ampoule assembly (10) has an applicator (16) positioned in the first open end (22). The dispenser actuator assembly (100) has the base member (102) that is configured to mount on the outer container (14). The actuator arm (104) is pivotally connected to the base member (102). The actuator arm (104) is pivotable from a first position to a second position that is configured to engage the outer container (14) to crush the glass ampoule (12) wherein the flowable material (M) is dispensed from the glass ampoule assembly (10). |
| US11383912B2 |
Adjustable insulation packaging
An insulation liner includes an outer film; and an insulation material encapsulated within the outer film. An insulation packaging assembly includes a box defining a box cavity; a first insulation liner positioned within the box cavity, the first insulation liner defining a C-shape, the first insulation liner including an outer film and an insulation material encapsulated within the outer film; and a second insulation liner positioned within the box cavity, the second insulation liner defining the C-shape, the second insulation liner fitting together with the first insulation liner to define a storage cavity enclosed by the first insulation liner and the second insulation liner. |
| US11383907B2 |
Carrier for containers
A carrier for holding a plurality of containers includes a plurality of panels including at least one central panel and at least one attachment panel foldably connected to the at least one central panel, the at least one attachment panel including container retention features for engaging at least one container of the plurality of containers. The at least one central panel includes a plurality of openings and is for being positioned between and attached to adjacent containers of the plurality of containers. |
| US11383902B2 |
Pressure relief cap
A pressure relief cap includes a body engageable with a container and rotatable about an axis for coupling or decoupling the body from the container. The pressure relief cap also includes a handle and a motion control mechanism operable to selectively couple the handle to the body. The motion control mechanism includes a clutch plate moveable between an engaged position in which the clutch plate permits torque transfer from the handle to the body, and a disengaged position in which the clutch plate inhibits torque transfer from the handle to the body. The pressure relief cap also includes a relief valve for releasing pressure in response to elevated pressure within the container. |
| US11383901B2 |
Pressure relief cap
A pressure relief cap includes a body engageable with a container and rotatable about an axis to couple or decouple the body from the container, a handle is coupled to the body and rotatable about the axis in a loosening direction and an opposite, tightening direction and, a ring member coupled for co-rotation with the handle in the loosening direction. The cap includes relief valve assembly coupled to the body. The ring member and the body include a lost motion region in which the ring member is rotatable relative to the body in the loosening direction. Rotation of the ring member relative to the body in the loosening direction in the lost motion region opens the relief valve assembly. Rotation of the ring member in the loosening direction beyond the lost motion region causes the body to co-rotate with the ring member in the loosening direction. |
| US11383898B2 |
Beverage container closure
A beverage container closure or lid that is adapted for closing an open end of a beverage container. The lid is selectively couplable to the beverage container and includes a selectively openable stopper that when closed, creates a fluid-tight seal between the beverage container and the environment. The stopper may be selectively opened by a user by the user pressing a button disposed on a side of the beverage container closure. The stopper is subsequently automatically closed when the user releases the button. Thus, a user may open and close the beverage container closure using a single hand without the need to remove the beverage container closure from the beverage container. |
| US11383893B2 |
Container with cap opening feature
Containers comprise a container body and a cap, wherein the cap comprises a surface feature configured to accommodate engagement with a member to provide desired increased leverage to a user to aid loosening and/or removing the cap from the container. The surface feature may be an opening or any other surface feature, and the member may be another container having a cap or container body having a surface feature configured to complement and fit the surface feature of the cap, forming an interlocking attachment therewith. Both containers may be configured identically, each having surface features that complement one another, thereby forming a system made up of such two containers for loosening/removing the caps of one another. The caps each may include an opening and a section sized to fit in the opening so that the section of one cap fits in the opening of the other cap. |
| US11383892B2 |
Fluid container closure
A closure (1) for a fluid container includes a top deck (11), a skirt (13) extending from the top deck (11) in an axial direction (−z), wherein the skirt (13) comprises a screw thread (14), slits (17) in the skirt (13), an elongated stabilizing section (15) and retaining means on the inside of the skirt (13) for engagement of a collar (36B) of the neck finish (31) of the fluid container (3). The closure includes torque engagement means (12) arranged on the outside of the top deck (11) for interacting with a torqueing member during fitting of the closure (1). |
| US11383891B2 |
Child-deterrent packaging having a barrier to protect contents from surrounding environment
Child-deterrent packaging includes an enclosure having opposing first and second sidewalls coupled with each other. The child-deterrent packaging also includes a zipper assembly coupled with the first and second sidewalls of the enclosure. The zipper assembly includes first and second zipper portions that mate with each other to enclose product that release from each other to provide access to the product. The child-deterrent packaging also includes a peel seal providing a barrier to ingress of one or more of oxygen or moisture. The peel seal is one or more of: disposed between and coupling the first and second zipper portions with each other, disposed between and coupling an entry section of the first sidewall with the first zipper portion of the zipper assembly, or disposed between and coupling the entry section of the first sidewall with another portion of the first sidewall. |
| US11383885B2 |
Collapsible beverage container
The present invention provides a beverage container that is user friendly and ecofriendly. The present invention has three components which can be used irrespective of each other. According to a preferred embodiment, the present invention is spill proof and leak proof making it perfect for users to carry around. Further, the present invention is collapsible, which allows for compact storage. Furthermore, the present invention comprises braille impression outside the container and indicia inside the container for effectively indicating the volume of the container. Additionally, the lid of the present invention comprises multiple drinking ports, and a lid closure for making the container spill proof, irrespective of the drinking mode chosen by the user. Thus, the present invention allows the user to have a travel friendly, compact, ecofriendly, and reusable beverage holder with a detachable lid and lid closure. |
| US11383883B2 |
Portable beverage container including portion pack and fixing cap
A portable beverage container includes a portion pack and a fixing cap, wherein the portion pack includes a tubular-shaped fastening part having a first screw formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof; and a storage part extending from the fastening part and configured to store a tea bag or a concentrate therein, and the fixing cap includes an inner insertion part disposed by inserting into the fastening part of the portion pack and having a second screw formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof to be screwed with a screw formed at an inlet of a bottled water container; and an outer insertion part extending from an upper end of the inner insertion part parallel thereto and having a third screw formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof to be screwed with the first screw formed on the fastening part of the portion pack. |
| US11383879B2 |
Folding transport container
Folding transport container intended mainly for transport of materials, goods, and other cargo, comprising the base, side panels with side uprights (2, 3), where these panels have pivot links with edges of the base and lock-release mechanism (1). The lock-release mechanism is placed inside the side upright (2) of the first side panel and includes the lever (4) with catch (5) and spring (6), wherein the lever (4) is placed in rotary fashion inside the side upright (2) of the first side panel using fixed axis (7) so that one end of the lever (4) is placed within the hollow 1 (8) of the side upright (2) of the first side panel, while the other end of the lever (2) has fixed link to a catch (5), which is placed inside the hollow 2 (9) of the side upright (2) of the first side panel. The side upright (3) of the adjacent side panel is equipped with an opening (10), whose shape and dimensions are adapted to the shape and dimensions of the catch (5) and it is in one plane with the catch (5). The spring (6) is linked to the lever (4). |
| US11383877B2 |
Heavy duty pack and method of manufacturing
A heavy duty pack, comprising a main body including a front, a rear, a bottom, and opposite sides that join the front, the rear, and the bottom; a top section including a flat flange with a front panel and a back panel, and angled sections that join the main body to the flat flange. The flat flange includes opposite ends with respective seals adjacent thereto securing the front panel and the back panel together adjacent to the opposite ends. |
| US11383876B2 |
Portable handle assembly
The present disclosure provides a portable handle assembly for use with one or more secondary packages. The handle assembly includes a base portion. The base portion includes a first handle pocket at a proximal end extended towards a second handle pocket at a distal end. Each of the handle pocket includes a recess having an inward opening and an outward opening. The handle assembly further includes a handle having a gripping portion extended towards a first enclosed portion at the proximal end and towards a second enclosed portion at the distal end. Each of the enclosed portions is adapted to be received within the recess of at least one of the handle pocket such that it is slidingly clamped there within. When a user grasps the handle by lifting up the gripping portion, at least one of the enclosed portion slides out to a locked state and moves back. |
| US11383875B2 |
Double container
A double container includes: an outer layer body including an outer mouth portion and a barrel portion; an inner layer body including an inner mouth portion and a containing portion; an outside air introduction port for introducing outside air; and a plurality of vertical ribs arranged with spacing in a circumferential direction on an inner surface of the outer layer body or an outer surface of the inner layer body, and each extending over the outer mouth portion to the shoulder portion or extending over the inner mouth portion to the containing portion, wherein at least one of the plurality of vertical ribs faces the outside air introduction port. |
| US11383870B2 |
Thermal method for sterilizing poloxamer comprising liquid drugs
The invention relates to chemical and pharmaceutical industry, in particular to technologies of obtaining sterile drugs, drug substances and cosmetic products used in the form of solutions or emulsions, and comprising poloxamer. The thermal method for sterilizing aqueous poloxamer solutions is provided, the method including: dissolving a poloxamer in water for injection; performing the sterilizing filtration of the aqueous poloxamer solution simultaneously with filling sterile containers with the filtered poloxamer solution; sealing the containers containing the poloxamer solution; applying a thermal sterilization with steam under pressure to the containers containing the poloxamer solution, and cooling them, wherein the thermal sterilization of the containers containing the poloxamer solution with steam under pressure is performed under the pressure between 82.4 and 107.8 kPa. |
| US11383869B2 |
Packaging machine and method for producing sealed packages
A packaging machine for producing sealed packages of a pourable product from a packaging material web advancing along a web advancement path comprises an isolation chamber separating inner and outer environments, and a sterilization apparatus for sterilizing the packaging material web and in fluid connection with the isolation chamber. The sterilization apparatus comprises a main shielding chamber housing an irradiation device and comprising an advancement channel having inlet and outlet openings, and through which, in use, the packaging material web advances, and first and second auxiliary shielding chambers having respectively first and second inner spaces fluidically connected to the advancement channel. A pressure control controls a first pressure in the first auxiliary shielding chamber, a second pressure in the second auxiliary shielding chamber and a third pressure in the isolation chamber, the third pressure being higher than the second pressure and the second pressure being higher than the first pressure. |
| US11383864B2 |
Capsule filling apparatus
Disclosed is a capsule filling apparatus. The capsule filling apparatus includes a supplying member configured to supply a tablet; a moving member configured to move the tablet supplied from the supplying member in a preset direction; a catching member configured to catch the tablet moved by the moving member by suction and insert the caught tablet into a capsule; and a capsule accommodating member located below the catching member so that the capsule is accommodated therein. |
| US11383862B2 |
Automatic packing machine for express delivery and automatic packing method for express delivery
An automatic packing machine and automatic packing method for express delivery are provided. The automatic packing machine for express delivery includes: a frame; a box discharging mechanism, fixed to the frame; a weighing mechanism, fixed to the frame, the weighing mechanism including a weighing plate and a weighing plate steering engine which are arranged in coordination and an image collecting module, the weighing plate steering engine and the image collecting module being fixed to the frame, and the image collecting module facing the weighing plate; a box body unfolding mechanism; a box closing mechanism; a conveying mechanism; and a controller, connected to all other structures of the automatic packing machine for express delivery. Through the technical solutions of the present invention, multiple functions are integrated, the degree of automation is high, and different items are packaged by using different box bodies. |
| US11383861B2 |
High speed poucher
An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content. An endless web substrate, with or without flavor film thereon, is formed into a tubular shape with a longitudinal seam. The tube is cut to individual lengths, and a procession of tubes is crimp-closed at one end, filled and crimp-closed at the other end to complete pouch production. During production, the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch are parallel to one another and the longitudinal seam of the pouch is midway between the sides of the pouch and orthogonal to the seams formed at the crimped ends of the pouch. |
| US11383857B2 |
Method, device and system for guiding unmanned aerial vehicle to land
The present disclosure provides a method, a device and a system for guiding an unmanned aerial vehicle to land. A navigation equipment on the unmanned aerial vehicle sends a landing instruction to the ground, so that a landing platform receiving the landing instruction displays a landing pattern. The navigation equipment scans image of the ground to identify the landing pattern, and guides the unmanned aerial vehicle to land at the landing pattern and land on the landing platform eventually. The landing platform displays a landing pattern according to the received instruction, and the unmanned aerial vehicle lands at the landing pattern, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle lands quickly and conveniently without extensive calculation. |
| US11383855B2 |
DC bus voltage input into RAT auto-deploy
A system includes a first AC bus configured to supply power from a first AC power source. A second AC bus is configured to supply power from a second AC power source. A first transformer rectifier unit (TRU) connects a first DC bus to the first AC bus through a first TRU contactor (TRUC). A second TRU connects a second DC bus to the second AC bus through a second TRUC. A first voltage sensor is connected to sense voltage of the first DC bus. A second voltage sensor is connected to sense voltage of the second DC bus. A ram air turbine (RAT) automatic deployment controller is operatively connected to the first voltage sensor and to the second voltage sensor to automatically deploy a RAT based on the combined status of the first voltage sensor and the second voltage sensor. |
| US11383854B2 |
Oil reservoir vent valve
An oil reservoir assembly includes a tank, a return passage, a pressurization valve, a first passage, and a vent valve. The tank includes a canister, a fill port, an first oil outlet, an second air outlet, and an inlet. The inlet is disposed in the canister and is connected to a restrictor. The return passage is connected to the inlet of the tank and to a scavenge pump. The pressurization valve is fluidly connected to the second air outlet of the tank. The first passage is connected to the pressurization valve and to an accessory gearbox of the engine. The vent valve is disposed in the return passage and includes a body, a channel extending through the body, an inlet orifice, and an outlet orifice. The inlet orifice is disposed in an end of the body. The outlet orifice is fluidly connected to the inlet orifice via the channel. |
| US11383850B2 |
Integrated electric propulsion assembly
An integrated electric propulsion assembly includes a stator including at least a first magnetic element generating first magnetic field. The assembly includes a propulsor with an integrated rotor, the propulsor further including a hub rotatably mounted to the stator and at least a second magnetic element affixed to the hub, the at least a second magnetic element generating a second magnetic field. At least one of the first magnetic field and the second magnetic field varies with respect to time, wherein the varied magnetic field includes generating a magnetic force between the at least a first magnetic element and the at least a second magnetic element, and the magnetic force causes the hub to rotate with respect to the stator. |
| US11383848B2 |
Supersonic aircraft propulsion installation
A propulsion system includes a main gas turbine engine adapted for generating propulsive thrust during subsonic and supersonic flight operations and a supplementary propulsion unit adapted for generating additional thrust. The supplementary propulsion unit has an air intake and an exhaust for gas accelerated by the supplementary propulsion unit to provide the additional thrust and is adapted to generate the additional thrust during a limited range of subsonic flight operations, and to be dormant during other flight operations. The propulsion system has housing for the supplementary propulsion unit, including intake and exhaust covers which are moveable between deployed and stowed configurations. During the limited range of subsonic flight operations the intake and exhaust cover are moved to the deployed configuration to open the intake and the exhaust. During other flight operations the intake and exhaust cover are moved to the stowed configuration to close the intake and the exhaust. |
| US11383843B2 |
Aircraft tray table retention assembly
An aircraft tray table retention assembly may include a seat magnetic component installed within a rear bezel of an aircraft seat, and a tray table magnetic component installed within an aircraft tray table. The aircraft tray table may be coupled to the aircraft seat via at least one of one or more hinges or a set of rails, and may be configured to actuate between a stowed position and a deployed position via the at least one of one or more hinges or a set of rails. The tray table magnetic component may be configured to engage the seat magnetic component when the aircraft tray table is in the stowed position. The aircraft tray table retention assembly may include a tray magnetic component configured to engage the tray table magnetic component when the aircraft tray table is in the deployed position. |
| US11383839B2 |
Reconfigurable narrow galley cart for single-aisle aircraft
An aircraft galley cart is disclosed. In embodiments, the galley cart includes two adjacent portions (e.g., left and right side) hingedly or slidably connected. The galley cart has a default configuration compatible with galley cart bays of galley structures. The galley cart may be transitioned into a narrow configuration by articulating the left-side portion relative to the right-side portion (e.g., by pivoting or rotating the left-side portion). When in the narrow configuration, the galley cart may be twice as long but half as wide, allowing passenger access through an aisle without removing the galley cart back out of the aisle and disrupting in-seat food and beverage services. The galley cart includes auxiliary casters that deploy during transition to support the main casters in keeping the galley cart balanced and mobile in the narrow configuration. |
| US11383837B2 |
Under floor stored pallet sequential/independent locking system
A cargo restraint system includes a driveshaft having a plurality of drive pins and a plurality of first restraints each configured to actuate between a lowered position and a raised position. Each of the plurality of first restraints includes a head to actuate between the lowered position and the raised position, a drive disk rotatably coupled to the head and having a notch to receive a respective drive pin of the plurality of drive pins, and a locking disk to be received by the drive disk in response to the head being in the raised position. The cargo restraint system further includes a handle coupled to the driveshaft and configured to translate the driveshaft and to actuate such that the respective drive pin is received by the notch of the respective first restraint to move the respective first restraint between the lowered position and the raised position. |
| US11383835B2 |
System and transport device for unmanned aerial vehicles
A system composed of at least two unmanned aerial vehicles, each aerial vehicle comprising a drive unit, a flight control unit for controlling the trajectory of the aerial vehicle by means of the drive unit and a rechargeable power cell. Each aerial vehicle comprises an electrical first interface, and the system comprises at least one transport device with at least one chamber defined by boundary elements, in particular corner elements, for receiving the aerial vehicles stacked essentially vertically in the operating position and an electrical control and supply system for charging the power cells and/or for communicating with the flight control units via the first interfaces. |
| US11383833B2 |
Ground effect craft
A ground effect craft having a ground effect wing, a plurality of sponsons, and a control system is disclosed. The ground effect wing may include a fore ground effect wing and an aft ground effect wing. The ground effect wing may generate a stabilizing moment on at least one sponson to stabilize the around effect craft. The plurality of sponsons may be dynamically coupled to the body. The plurality of sponsons may be dynamically coupled to each other. The dynamic coupling may permit the sponsons to move relatively independent of the body and each other, thereby stabilizing the ground effect craft. The ground effect craft may include a stabilizing wing. |
| US11383831B1 |
Methods of vertical take-off/landing and horizontal straight flight of aircraft and aircraft for implementation
Vertical take-off, landing and horizontal straight flight of an aircraft includes activation a plurality of front and rear lifting propellers, each of which is connected to a respective independently operating electric motor. In addition, horizontal straight flight of the aircraft includes activation of additional left and right pushing in-ring propellers, each of which is connected to an independently operating electric motor. The front and rear lifting propellers are respectively positioned generally horizontally and symmetrically opposite to one another and equidistantly relative to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The right pushing in-ring propeller and the left pushing in-ring propeller are positioned generally vertically and symmetrically opposite to one another and equidistantly relative to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. |
| US11383821B2 |
Wing leading-edge device and a wing having such a wing leading-edge device
A wing leading-edge device includes a flow body having a front side, a back side, a plurality of ribs arranged in ribs, wherein at least one of the ribs is a load introduction rib having at least one first lug for coupling with a drive mechanism, a second load path component, which includes at least one second lug, wherein the second load path component is at least connected to the load introduction rib, such that a second opening of the at least one second lug is co-axial with a first opening of the at least one first lug. |
| US11383811B2 |
Method for controlling the propulsion of a ship
The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling the propulsion of a ship (10). The ship (10) comprises an engine (5) and a controllable pitch propeller (7), wherein torque and engine speed are adjusted to correspond to an output set point value. The adjustment is such that the ship (10) is operated in an operating condition with an engine speed of the engine (5) and a propeller pitch of the controllable pitch propeller (7) such that the fuel consumption of the ship (10) is brought and/or held within a desired fuel consumption range. The method comprises determining a top pressure value indicative of a top pressure in at least one cylinder (9) and reducing the torque of the engine (5) upon detection that the lop pressure value exceeds a top pressure threshold value. |
| US11383810B2 |
Cooling device for power source for ship propulsion device
The cooling device for a power source for a ship propulsion device that pumps up cooling water, from which foreign matters with sizes that cause clogging of a cooling water route have been removed, supplies the cooling water to a cooling water passage (30), and discharges the cooling water to outside after cooling a power source (10) includes: a filtration device (40, 40A, 40B) provided in the cooling water route to filtrate foreign matters remaining in the cooling water, and the filtration device is of a cartridge type that incorporates a filter (45, 72) for filtration disposed in a main water passage (P1) and a valve member (46, 66) configured to open and close a bypass water passage (P2) and that is configured such that in a case in which clogging occurs in the filter, the valve member opens to cause the cooling water to flow via the bypass water passage. |
| US11383807B2 |
Underwater observation unit and system
An observation unit (30) for underwater deployment on/in a submerged earth layer (12) or structure. The unit comprises a housing (32), a light source (36), an underwater imaging device (40), a processor device (44), and a communication device (35). The housing supports the underwater observation unit relative to the submerged layer or structure. The light source is fixed to the housing, and configured to emit light into the unit's surroundings. The imaging device is attached to the housing, and configured to acquire image data of a second light source located within a FOV of the camera that covers the surroundings of the unit. The processor device is configured to determine positional data of the second light source relative to the imaging device, from the image data. The communication device is configured to transmit the positional data to another underwater observation unit, an underwater vehicle, or an underwater processing station. |
| US11383806B2 |
Supporting saturation divers underwater
A subsea assistance system for supporting saturation diver operations includes an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) such as an observation remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) that can be flown to a subsea worksite, and various items of ancillary electrical equipment that are connected or subsea-connectable to the UUV or to a skid forming part of the UUV. Those items can include any of: a hand-portable subsea display that displays an image to a diver communicated from the UUV, which image can be generated or enhanced underwater and/or by surface support; a subsea camera that captures subsea image data for communication to the UUV and from the UUV to surface support; and a selection of electrical power tools for performing subsea tasks. Fast-acting protective devices protect divers when using high-voltage wet-mateable subsea connectors on the UUV. |
| US11383805B2 |
Buoyancy generator for vehicle
A buoyancy generator for a vehicle may include a housing detachably mounted on a vehicle, a buoyancy generating unit mounted in the housing and including a tube configured to be inflated and deployed to an outside of the housing and a gas supply connected to the tube and configured to supply inflation gas to the tube during operation, and a handle unit provided in the housing and having a handle to be operated to deploy the tube so that the tube floats to a water surface due to buoyancy of the tube to allow an occupant gripping the handle to float to the water surface together with the tube. |
| US11383800B2 |
Marine vessel display device, marine vessel, and image display method for marine vessel
A marine vessel display device includes an imager that images surroundings of a vessel body, an image processor that generates a bird's-eye view image based on images captured by the imager, a display provided in the vessel body and that displays the bird's-eye view image, and a controller. The controller is configured or programmed to perform a control to switch an image displayed on the display from the bird's-eye view image to an object image obtained by imaging in a direction toward an object from the vessel body based on object information. |
| US11383799B2 |
Floating support structure for offshore wind turbine and method for installing a wind turbine provided with such a support structure
A floating support structure for an offshore wind turbine, comprises a float intended to be partly immersed and on which a wind turbine mast is intended to be assembled, and a counterweight connected to the float and intended to be immersed under the float. The float comprises a toroid or polygon-shaped main structure with at least five sides, a central tubular structure having a diameter adapted to receive the mast of the wind turbine and comprising a section able to be ballasted in order to adjust the waterline of the float, a first series of horizontal struts distributed about a vertical axis and connecting the main structure to the central structure, and a second series of oblique struts distributed about a vertical axis and connecting the main structure to the central structure at an angle comprised between 15° and 60° with the horizontal struts. |
| US11383798B2 |
Floating point power tower for a boat
An apparatus may include a tower configured to be mounted to a boat. The apparatus may further include an actuation assembly, wherein the actuation assembly may include a linkage extending between a folding portion of the tower and at least one respective base for moving the tower between a first position and a second position. |
| US11383795B2 |
Craft with device for movement of a stern platform provided with integrated steps
Craft including hull having stern with mobile platform having first work position where it is extracted from water, and second work position where it is immersed in water, device for platform movement having a pantograph, a structure with an articulated quadrilateral connected to the mobile platform, said movement and a unit for actuating movement of this structure, which unit allows moving the platform from the first to second work position and vice versa. The structure with articulated quadrilateral folded back onto hull when platform is in first position, and extended when platform is in second position. The movement device includes a body distinct from hull. The structure with articulated quadrilateral integral with, but mobile relative to body. The body secured on hull stern and having at least one fixed step, at least one second step inside the structure with articulated quadrilateral, which step moveable and foldable back with the structure. |
| US11383791B2 |
Powertrain
A powertrain for a pedal vehicle includes a crank axle and an output sprocket rotating around a first rotation axis. The coupling between the crank axle and the output sprocket goes through an epicyclic gear system that includes a ring gear, a planet carrier, and a sun gear (13) which rotate around a second rotation axis that is spatially offset from the first rotation axis. |
| US11383789B2 |
Variable speed drive, a drive device for an assisted-pedal human-powered vehicle and a vehicle comprising said device
A variable speed drive (37) is described, comprising: a ring (60) adapted to rotate about a first rotation axis; two coaxial disks (73), rigidly connected to each other, adapted to rotate about a second rotation axis (B-B) parallel to the first rotation axis; wherein the ring (60) is at least partially housed between the two coaxial disks (73); a plurality of driving members (75), carried by the ring (60) and arranged according to a circular arrangement coaxial to the ring (60); said driving members are arranged and configured to cooperate with opposite surfaces (73A) of the two coaxial disks (73), transmitting a rotation motion from the ring (60) to the two coaxial disks (73); a device for adjusting the distance between the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis. A drive device (17) of an assisted-pedal human-powered vehicle (10) which includes such a drive is also described. |
| US11383784B2 |
Child balance bike
A child balance bike includes a bike body and a coat. The bike body includes a frame, a stem and wheels. The coat includes a main coat body and a head body, wherein the main coat body is provided with lower ends corresponding to legs of an animal, and an inside of the lower ends is provided with an end pocket and a locking portion. The main coat body and the head body are connected as a whole behind the stem, a portion of the coat behind the stem is a filling housing segment through which the head body and the main coat body penetrates and filled with a filler, and the head body is hung on the stem through the filling housing segment filled with the filler. The present invention has a simple structure and convenient operation for connecting. |
| US11383777B2 |
Scooter auxiliary wheel system and method of use
An auxiliary wheel system for a scooter includes an auxiliary wheel, an arm, an drive assembly, and an operation module. The arm has a first end fixed to the auxiliary wheel, and a second end pivotally fixed to a frame of the scooter via a joint attached at the second end. The drive assembly is configured to pivot the arm about the joint between a raised position and a lowered position with respect to the frame wherein the auxiliary wheel is vertically offset from a ground surface and in the lowered position. The operation module is configured to cause the arm to pivot about the joint between the raised position and the lowered position based on a tilt of the frame with respect to the ground surface exceeding a threshold value. |
| US11383776B2 |
Unmanned vehicle chassis and unmanned vehicle
An unmanned vehicle chassis includes: a chassis bracket, a front wheel assembly, a middle wheel assembly, and a rear wheel assembly that engage the chassis bracket, a driving unit disposed on the chassis bracket and configured to drive the unmanned vehicle chassis to move, a rocker arm connected to the chassis bracket, where the rocker arm rotates around an axis of the middle wheel assembly, and the middle wheel assembly and the rear wheel assembly are mounted at both ends of the rocker arm, respectively, and connected to the chassis bracket through the rocker arm, and a driving mechanism disposed on the chassis bracket and configured to control the rocker arm to move. |
| US11383770B2 |
Vehicle-body structure of vehicle
A vehicle-body structure which prevent deformation of a floor tunnel caused by a side collision load transmitted from a cross member to the floor tunnel via a seat mounting bracket. A pair of left and right backbone frames extending in a vehicle front-rear direction are provided each of which faces a top and a side of a floor tunnel and is fixed to the floor tunnel. A tunnel reinforcement is provided that includes a front projection, an intermediate projection, and a rear projection abutting on an underside of the floor tunnel. The backbone frame includes multiple beads abutting on the floor tunnel. The tunnel reinforcement is fixed at the front projection, the intermediate projection, and the rear projection to the seat mounting bracket via the floor tunnel and is also fixed to the multiple beads of the backbone frame via the floor tunnel. |
| US11383768B2 |
Composite flooring for recreational vehicles
A composite floor is provided comprising a skeletal framework, foam core inserts, an impact resistant sheet, and a weather resistant sheet bonded together with adhesive. Recreational vehicles incorporating such floors are also contemplated, as are methods of making the composite floor. |
| US11383763B2 |
Method for compensating for trajectory deviation when braking with power steering
A method for a power steering system of a motor vehicle delivering, to the steering, a torque controlled by a computer for compensating for trajectory deviation of the vehicle when this vehicle is braking, which, from a request to activate the method while braking, in a first step, calculates a rough correction torque taking into account the speed of the vehicle, the yaw of this vehicle, and a signal representing the force applied by the steering to the steered wheels. |
| US11383759B2 |
Motor control apparatus
A manual steering command value generation unit generates a manual steering command value, using a steering torque. A summed angle command value calculation unit calculates a summed angle command value, by adding the manual steering command value to an automatic steering command value. A control unit performs angle control of an electric motor, based on the summed angle command value. The control unit includes a basic torque command value calculation unit that calculates a basic torque command value, a disturbance torque estimation unit that estimates a disturbance torque other than a motor torque of the electric motor applied to an object driven by the electric motor, and a disturbance torque compensation unit that corrects the basic torque command value, based on the disturbance torque. The manual steering command value generation unit uses an estimated torque calculated based on the disturbance torque, when generating the manual steering command value. |
| US11383757B2 |
Shaft for steering device, method of manufacturing shaft for steering device, and electric power steering device
A shaft for a steering device has a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion that is a shaft integrated with the first portion and the second portion and couples the first portion and the second portion in a first direction. The outer diameter of the third portion is smaller than the length of the second portion in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and is constant across a direction extending along the first direction. The hardness of the third portion is greater than the hardness of the second portion, and is constant across the direction extending along the first direction. |
| US11383753B2 |
Traveling vehicle
A traveling vehicle includes a steering shaft to which a steering handle is attached, the steering shaft being adjustable in tilt angle and length, a tilt lock to lock the steering shaft at an adjusted tilt angle, a telescopic lock to lock the steering shaft at an adjusted length, and an operator including an operation area to allow locking of both of the tilt lock and the telescopic lock to be released. |
| US11383752B2 |
Support for steering wheel of a vehicle and a vehicle including a support
A support for a steering wheel of an agricultural or construction vehicle to improve working conditions of operators inside cabins and, also, to simplify production lines of the vehicle. A steering wheel support is formed by first and second articulated elements which are connected together and fastened on an installation base, and the first articulated element is pivoted on the installation base, while the second articulated element is connected at an opposite end of the first articulated element through a connector element, and a free end of the second articulated element further sustains a framework for installing a steering box with its respective steering wheel. |
| US11383751B2 |
Mounting and securing structure for damper unit in steering wheel and steering wheel
A collar member formed as a hollow cylinder having an opening at one end into which a mounting pin member of the damper unit is inserted, and which is secured to a cored bar member, a seat part provided at the other end of the collar member in which the insertion side tip of the pin is seated, a positioning groove part formed on the collar member between the seat part and the opening, a locking groove part formed on the pin that is positioned in the positioning groove part when the insertion side tip is seated in the seat part, and a spring member provided on the cored bar member inserted through the positioning groove part that is elastically locked by the locking groove part when the insertion side tip is seated in the seat part and retains the pin. |
| US11383750B2 |
Vehicle steering assembly
A vehicle steering assembly has a steering handle for steering a vehicle and a suspension part that can be secured to the vehicle. The steering handle is secured to the suspension part and it can be pivoted with respect to the suspension part about a pivot axis in a steering position and a table position, in which the steering handle can be used as a table. |
| US11383746B1 |
Adjustable tray assembly
An adjustable tray assembly is configured to span a distance between the handle of a shopping cart to the backrest of the seat area. The assembly is adjustable to different sizes of shopping carts by utilizing an attachment member within a tray portion at the handle that can be located in different positions, and by permitting the pivoting of an arm portion of the assembly. The pivoting nature of the arm portion allows the arm portion to adjust to the different depth of the seat areas and type of cart. A latch is used to secure the arm portion to the backrest of the seat area. A hollowed area is formed in the arm portion for a child to use the seat area. |
| US11383738B2 |
Method for operating a driving assistance system of a motor vehicle with remote-controlled manoeuvring of the motor vehicle at different automation levels and driving assistance system
A method for operating a driving assistance system of a motor vehicle includes manoeuvring the motor vehicle autonomously with a driving assistance system while a user with a mobile terminal is located outside the motor vehicle. The user performs, by the driving assistance system and during the manoeuvring, longitudinal guidance and transverse guidance of the motor vehicle. The driving assistance system is operated at a first automation level when communication between the driving assistance system and the mobile terminal is ensured. While the user activates the mobile terminal, the longitudinal guidance, and the transverse guidance in a predetermined fashion, a surrounding area of the motor vehicle is sensed, at the first automation level, by the driving assistance system, and in addition to the longitudinal guidance and the transverse guidance of the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle is then autonomously manoeuvred according to the sensed surrounding area. |
| US11383736B2 |
Vehicle battery controller
A vehicle battery controller includes a sensor configured to acquire information on a subordinate battery configured to back up a main battery during autonomous driving, a DDC provided between the main battery and the subordinate battery, a switching circuit configured to switch a connection state of the subordinate battery between a connection state for manual driving and a connection state for the autonomous driving, and an electronic control unit configured to control charging and discharging of the subordinate battery by controlling the DDC and the switching circuit based on the information acquired by the sensor. The electronic control unit permits the autonomous driving when determination is made, through first battery control, that the subordinate battery can output backup power. The electronic control unit determines whether the subordinate battery can output the backup power by executing second battery control having higher accuracy than that of the first battery control. |
| US11383732B2 |
Unintended vehicle motion alert system
A driver alert arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a sensor detecting that the motor vehicle is in motion and transmitting a signal indicative of whether the motor vehicle is in motion. A driver monitoring camera captures images of a human driver of the motor vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the sensor, the driver monitoring camera, and to a user interface. The electronic processor receives the signal from the sensor, receives the images captured by the driver monitoring camera, determines from the images where the driver is looking, and alerts the driver via the user interface that the motor vehicle is in motion. The alerting is dependent upon the signal and where the driver is looking. |
| US11383730B2 |
Method and device for assisting a driver during the deactivation of a highly automated driving mode of a vehicle
A method for assisting a driver during the deactivation of a highly automated driving mode of a vehicle. In this context, a takeover signal, which represents a takeover of control of the vehicle by the driver, and auxiliary information are read in. The auxiliary information includes image information representing the driver and/or vehicle-control information representing a control of the vehicle by the driver. In a further step, a degree of attentiveness of the driver is determined, using the takeover signal and the auxiliary information. Finally, using the degree of attentiveness, an assistance signal is output to assist the driver during the takeover of control, by activating at least one driver-assistance function of the vehicle. |
| US11383723B2 |
Vehicle control device
Provided is a vehicle control device capable of suppressing a yaw angle error at startup due to an initial phase shift of pulse waveforms of right and left wheels at the startup and precisely estimating a vehicle position.A yaw angle displacement amount of the vehicle is corrected in the direction of reducing an error in the yaw angle displacement amount at the estimation start point with respect to a reference direction in which the vehicle is to travel depending on output of a pulse waveform of a wheel speed sensor provided in right and left non-steering wheels of the vehicle immediately after the startup. Specifically, a range of an estimation error in a traveling direction at the startup is limited by two steps of correction at the startup. |
| US11383716B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle, operating method of vehicle control apparatus, and storage medium
A vehicle control apparatus for controlling a vehicle based on peripheral information of the vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to control steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle in a first state in which holding of a steering apparatus of the vehicle by a driver is required or a second state in which holding of the steering apparatus is not required, wherein the control unit transitions a state of the vehicle from the second state to the first state, if input of an intervention operation for acceleration/deceleration by the driver is detected in a case of executing course change of the vehicle, when the vehicle is traveling in the second state. |
| US11383714B2 |
Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium
A vehicle control device includes a driving controller configured to control a speed and steering of a vehicle to perform an automatic lane change, in which the driving controller limits the automatic lane change when it is detected that the vehicle is in a first area having a length of a first distance in a longitudinal direction of a road with a starting point of a specific road structure set as a reference or in a second area having a length of a second distance in the longitudinal direction of the road with an end point of the specific road structure set as a reference on the basis of information of at least one of an external recognition result and map information. |
| US11383711B2 |
Turning control device
A turning control device is provided for use in a vehicle control system including a steer-by-wire system and a brake system. The turning control device is configured to calculate a braking force difference, which is a difference in braking force between the left and right tire wheels. The turning control device is further configured to perform a high turning control that provides the braking force difference to the left and right tire wheels to cause a smaller turning radius of the vehicle when a steering angle corresponding value is larger than a judgment threshold. |
| US11383710B2 |
Control apparatus for vehicle
A vehicle control apparatus performing an automatic driving of a vehicle includes: a vehicle information acquiring unit that acquires vehicle information related to a nearby vehicle; a setting unit that sets an intervehicle margin between the vehicle and the nearby vehicle by using the vehicle information, and determines a change timing of a travelling speed of the vehicle depending on the intervehicle margin; and a driving control unit that performs in a lane change operation, a control of changing the travelling speed of the vehicle at the change timing, and a control of an intervehicle distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle of the vehicle after the lane change operation. |
| US11383707B2 |
Vehicle safety device deployment threshold adjustment for secondary collisions
A vehicle includes an inertial sensor configured to measure a speed, a steering angle, and a yaw rate, a camera configured to acquire image data, a radar configured to acquire a radar data, and a safety device including an air bag and a seat belt pretensioner. A controller is configured to predict a collision with a first object located at the outside of the vehicle based on the image data or the radar data, predict a collision with a second object that is likely to occur after the collision with the first object based on an angle of reflection predicted at a time of the collision with the first object, and lower a deployment threshold that is compared with a collision severity such that the safety device is deployed before the collision with the second object. |
| US11383706B2 |
Drive assistance system and vehicle with drive assistance system
A drive assistance system includes a primary target setter to designate an object determined based on a current movement locus of the own vehicle to be a primary target probably interfering with the own vehicle; a prediction locus estimation unit to estimate a prediction locus along which the own vehicle moves when primary avoidance control is executed in the own vehicle to avoid the interference with the primary target; and a secondary target setter to designate another object determined based on the prediction locus as a secondary target probably interfering with the own vehicle. The drive assistance system also includes a drive assistance controller to execute drive assistance control in the own vehicle based on a determination of whether the interference by the secondary target can be avoided by executing a secondary avoidance control in the own vehicle to avoid the interference by the secondary target. |
| US11383703B2 |
Work vehicle
The present invention is provided to more reliably keep a work vehicle from coming into contact with an obstacle during automated driving. The work vehicle includes an electronic control system for automated driving that automatically drives the vehicle body. The electronic control system includes an obstacle detection module configured to detect presence or absence of an obstacle, and a contact avoidance control unit configured to perform, upon the obstacle detection module detecting an obstacle, contact avoidance control to keep the vehicle body from coming into contact with the obstacle. The obstacle detection module includes a plurality of obstacle searchers that are distributed on the front end portion and the right and left end portions of the vehicle body such that the front side and the right and left lateral sides of the vehicle body are search-target areas. |
| US11383701B2 |
Obstacle avoiding guidance system
An obstacle avoiding guidance system includes a processing device and a guidance device. The processing device sets a movement range in a certain field. The guidance device is disposed on a vehicle and has a detection module, a positioning module, and a calculation module. The detection module detects the current position of the user. The positioning module detects the current position of the vehicle and generates a position signal. The calculation module compares the position signal with the movement range for controlling the vehicle to follow the user in the movement range. Therefore, the vehicle is prevented from entering an improper area and able to effectively follow the user. |
| US11383696B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a powertrain system
A powertrain system configured to transfer torque to a driveline is described, and includes an internal combustion engine, a torque converter, a transmission, an electric machine, and a controller. The engine is configured to operate in one of an all-cylinder mode and a dynamic deactivation mode to generate an engine torque. The electric machine is configured to generate a motor torque. The motor torque and the engine torque combine to generate an output torque that is transferable to the driveline and is responsive to an output torque request. The controller is in communication with the engine, the torque converter, the transmission, and the electric machine. The controller includes an instruction set that is executable to operate the engine in the dynamic deactivation mode to generate engine torque, and operate the electric machine to generate motor torque to supplement the engine torque to generate the output torque. |
| US11383691B2 |
Fuel cell system, control method of fuel cell system, and computer program
A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell stack configured to react hydrogen and oxygen, a hydrogen supply passage for supplying hydrogen, a hydrogen circulation passage for returning anode waste gas discharged from an anode to the hydrogen supply passage, a hydrogen circulation pump, has an inlet and an outlet, and operates to circulate the anode waste gas, a waste gas discharge passage for discharging the anode waste gas, a first discharge valve, a gas-liquid separator, a water discharge passage, a second discharge valve configured to put the water discharge passage into an open or a close state, and a control unit to switch the first discharge valve and the second discharge valve into an open or a close state, and the control unit performs control to deviate a period when the first discharge valve is open and a period when the second discharge valve is open from each other. |
| US11383689B2 |
Brake monitoring system with temperature monitoring
A method for monitoring a wheel system by comparing a wheel end temperature to a wheel end temperature threshold; generating a brake monitoring signal when at least one brake monitoring condition has occurred; and generating a wheel monitoring signal if a brake monitoring signal is generated when the wheel end temperature is greater than the wheel end temperature threshold. The brake monitoring conditions may include (i) a brake supply pressure is less than a brake supply pressure threshold; (ii) a brake control pressure is greater than a first brake control pressure threshold and a stop lamp power signal is not present; and/or (iii) the stop lamp power signal is present and the brake control pressure is not greater than a second brake control pressure threshold. A brake monitoring system configured to monitor a wheel system. |
| US11383686B2 |
Bistable solenoid valve for a hydraulic brake system, and method for actuating a valve of this type
A bistable solenoid valve for a hydraulic brake system, includes a guide sleeve, in which an upper and a lower non-moving pole core are arranged fixedly and a closing element is arranged movably, wherein the closing element penetrates into a valve seat during a closing movement and lifts up from the valve seat during an opening movement. The closing element is connected fixedly to a permanent magnet, wherein the permanent magnet is positioned between the lower and the upper pole core. A coil group is positioned around the guide sleeve and substantially encloses the guide sleeve. The coil group includes at least two coils, wherein the coil group is configured in such a way that an actuation of a movement of the closing element takes place by means of an activation of the at least two coils. |
| US11383681B2 |
Drum brake apparatus for vehicle
A drum brake apparatus for a vehicle may include: a cylinder device configured to apply a braking force to a shoe; a clip part extended from the cylinder device toward the shoe, and elastically contacting the shoe; a cylinder coupling part coupling the clip part to the cylinder device; and a shoe assembling part fastening the clip part to the shoe. |
| US11383675B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling a lock of a vehicle
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for controlling a lock of a vehicle. The methods may include determining if there is a valid unlocking instruction when the vehicle is in a valid-unlocked state; determining if the vehicle is moved; sending a locking instruction to the lock upon the determination that: there is not a valid unlocking instruction, and the vehicle is moved; or keeping the lock in the valid-unlocked state. |
| US11383674B2 |
Authentication system and corresponding security method
The invention relates to an authentication system (10) for a vehicle (100), in particular a motor vehicle (100), for storing an ID-transmitter (80) in the vehicle (100) with an outer housing (11) in which the ID-transmitter (80) can be stored. In this case it is provided that an electronic security unit is provided to monitor at least the secure storage of the ID-transmitter (80) within the outer housing (11). |
| US11383670B2 |
Side airbag apparatus
A side airbag apparatus includes an airbag that is configured to be deployed and inflated between a body side portion of a vehicle and an occupant seated in a seat in a passenger compartment by a pressure of gas supplied from an inflator. The airbag includes an outer bag and an inner bag, which is provided in the outer bag and accommodates the inflator. The inner bag includes an upper-side inflation portion, which projects forward when inflated to correspond to the shoulder of the occupant, a lower-side inflation portion, which projects forward when inflated to correspond to the lumbar region of the occupant, and a recessed portion, which is provided between the upper-side inflation portion and the lower-side inflation portion. The inner bag includes a connecting hole that connects the inside and the outside of the inner bag to each other. |
| US11383666B2 |
Side airbag for vehicle
A side airbag (SAB) of a vehicle includes: a main chamber disposed in a seat to be deployed from a side surface portion of the seat and, when deployed, configured to cover at least one of a thoracic region, an abdomen region, or a pelvis region of an occupant; a main inflator configured to supply gas to the main chamber to deploy the main chamber; and an auxiliary chamber communicating with the main chamber to allow the gas inside the main chamber to be supplied to an interior of the auxiliary chamber and connected to the main chamber to be deploy above the main chamber. |
| US11383665B2 |
Driver airbag module coupling assemblies
Airbag module coupling interfaces, assemblies, and related methods. Some embodiments may comprise one or more springs each defining a perimeter comprising at least three sides, wherein a first side of which may extend opposite a second side and may be at least partially angled towards the second side at an acute angle. A third side of the spring may connect the first and second sides. A spring mounting structure may be provided and may comprise a guiding interface for coupling the spring to the steering wheel. An opening in the guiding interface may be configured to receive a coupling prong, which may be configured to engage the third side of the spring. |
| US11383660B2 |
Material handling vehicle having a multi-piece bumper assembly
A bumper assembly for a material handling vehicle is provided. The material handling vehicle includes a vehicle frame. The bumper assembly includes a first bumper coupled to a first side of the vehicle frame and having a first slot extending along a portion of the first bumper and a first protruding portion. The first protruding portion extends outwardly at an angle past a plane defined by the first side of the vehicle frame. The bumper assembly further includes a second bumper coupled to a second side of the vehicle frame opposite to the first side and having a second slot extending along a portion of the second bumper and a second protruding portion. The second protruding portion extends outwardly at an angle past a plane defined by the second side of the vehicle frame. |
| US11383659B2 |
Vehicle power supply apparatus
A vehicle power supply apparatus includes a power converter circuit, a power storage unit, and a processor. The power converter circuit converts a voltage of electric power received from a normal power supply of a vehicle configured to perform idle-stop operation, and supplies the converted electric power to vehicle loads of the vehicle. The power storage unit is coupled to the power converter circuit. The vehicle loads include a first vehicle load related to travel of the vehicle and a second vehicle load not related to the travel of the vehicle. At an end of the idle-stop operation, the processor supplies the converted electric power to one of the first vehicle load and the second vehicle load, and supplies electric power from the normal power supply to the other of the first vehicle load and the second vehicle load. |
| US11383658B2 |
Supporting member and wiring member
A supporting member is a supporting member for attaching a plurality of electrical wires to an attaching target member. The supporting member includes a plurality of electrical wire holding members each including an electrical wire holding part which can hold at least a part of an electrical wire and a connection part integrally formed with the electrical wire holding part. The plurality of electrical wire holding members are parallelly connected by the connection parts so that the plurality of electrical wires to be held by the electrical wire holding parts are parallel to each other. |
| US11383656B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing system
A display image is obtained in accordance with a deviation of a viewpoint position of a driver from a reference viewpoint position, on the basis of a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from a vehicle. The reference viewpoint position is updated on the basis of a long-term fluctuation of the viewpoint position. For example, the reference viewpoint position is not updated when a line-of-sight of the driver is in a certain region including a display unit that displays a display image. For example, when a viewpoint position of the driver enters a certain region corresponding to a seated state, there is registered, as an initial reference viewpoint position, a viewpoint position of the driver in a case where a line-of-sight of the driver is continuously present for a certain period of time on the display unit that displays a display image. |
| US11383653B2 |
Monitor disposition structure of car
A monitor for displaying an image is disposed inside a front door of a car. The monitor is disposed at a position that does not overlap at least one of a front window and a front door window in a viewing direction of an occupant who sits in a front seat. |
| US11383650B2 |
Box apparatus for vehicles
A box apparatus for vehicles is disposed to a side of a seat and includes: a box having an internal space having an opening facing upward; and a lid having a lid body and a pivotal shaft integrated with the lid body and pivotally supported relative to the box, configured to open and close the opening of the box, and positionally changed between a closed position where the lid body is disposed above the box and closes the opening, and an opened position where the lid body is disposed at a side of the box and opens the opening. The lid body has an opened-position upper-surface portion becoming an upper surface at the opened position and a closed-position upper-surface portion becoming an upper surface at the closed position and becoming a side surface at the opened position, and a heating element is disposed at the opened-position and closed-position upper-surface portions. |
| US11383641B2 |
System and method for a remote vehicle light check
Systems and methods for a remote vehicle light check of a host vehicle having a plurality of lights is provided. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a lighting check signal at a host vehicle having lights. The lighting check signal is received from a trigger device. The method also includes triggering a light sequence in response to the lighting check signal being detected. The light sequence causes one or more lights of the plurality of lights to be activated. The method further includes activating the one or more lights based on the light sequence. The method further includes pausing the activation of the one more lights by a predetermined delay. |
| US11383637B2 |
Warning message delivery apparatus of vehicle
A warning message delivery apparatus of a vehicle, may deploy an emergency tripod by opening a trunk lid to deliver a warning message to a vehicle entering the rear upon the occurrence of an emergency situation, and secures visibility of the emergency tripod to reduce the accident occurrence possibility. |
| US11383635B1 |
Lighting system for vehicle wheels
A system for vehicle wheels including a hub cap assembly, a bracket assembly and a vehicle assembly is disclosed. The hub cap assembly includes a hub cap that includes lights. The hub cap is mounted to a vehicle to allow a user to customize the vehicle to display different colored lights while driving. The hub cap assembly includes a base mounted underneath of the hub cap. The bracket assembly includes a bracket that is mounted to the wheel hub of the vehicle. The base and hub cap are mounted over the wheel hub and secured to the bracket. |
| US11383631B2 |
Apparatus and method for a self-activating stop for preventing watercraft from sliding off towing trailers
An apparatus and method for providing a self-activating stop device at the back of a hauling trailer for a boat. The apparatus is a compact, lightweight and durable U-shaped housing having a retractable stop element pivotably positioned therein. Through-holes in the housing permit the apparatus to be quickly and easily secured to bunkers or other framing at the trailer back end. The U-shaped housing's top surface can be easily aligned with the top surface of the bunk or framing while the stop element is biased in an upright position. When the boat is lifted out of the water and slid onto the bunker or framing, the boat's presence pivots the stop element down into the housing and once the transom of the boat passes over the stop element, the stop element self-activates, pivoting upward acting as a stop against the transom, thereby preventing the boat from sliding back off of the trailer. |
| US11383629B2 |
Method and system for operating a tipper
A system for and method of operating a tipper comprising a tipper body pivotably movable with respect to a frame with a hydraulic cylinder disposed therebetween and actuatable to pivot the tipper body. A loading parameter relating to the load through the hydraulic cylinder is monitored during tipping. Based on at least the loading parameter, it is determined whether the hydraulic cylinder is at risk of buckling and, if it is determined that the hydraulic cylinder is at risk of buckling, an output is generated in response. |
| US11383628B2 |
Vehicle cabin structure
A vehicle cabin structure includes a pillar constituting a framework of a vehicle cabin, and a pillar trim which is an interior member arranged with a clearance from a vehicle cabin inside facing surface of the pillar and covering the vehicle cabin inside facing surface of the pillar. The pillar trim has, in its surface facing toward inside of the vehicle cabin, a slit extending along the pillar. |
| US11383621B2 |
Control of a seating arrangement
A method of controlling tilting movement of a headrest of a seating arrangement of a vehicle, the method comprising: receiving a request for tilting movement of the headrest; determining if the headrest is attached to the seat by checking for the presence of at least one electrical component that is located within the headrest; and operating a tilt motor to commence tilting movement of the headrest in response to the request only if the or each component is found to be present. |
| US11383620B2 |
Automatic vehicle configuration based on sensor data
A vehicle receives sensor data that includes image data of frames that depict one or more individuals outside of the vehicle, and identifies, by analyzing the sensor data using one or more attribute recognition techniques, a set of attributes of an individual of the one or more individuals. The vehicle determines a set of scores indicating a set of likelihoods of a set of vehicle configurations being a preferred vehicle configuration for the individual, based on a data model performing a machine-learning-driven analysis of attribute data identifying the set of attributes, and/or location data identifying a location of the individual relative to the vehicle. The vehicle selects a particular vehicle configuration based on a score that indicates a likelihood of the particular vehicle configuration being the preferred vehicle configuration and provides an instruction to cause a vehicle component to implement the particular vehicle configuration by updating a configurable value. |
| US11383619B2 |
Interior variable vehicle
An internal variable vehicle may include instrument panels provided on a side of an internal space of the vehicle, having a structure in which a portion thereof overlaps, configuring an embedding portion of the internal space when being developed, and forming an opening through which the internal space of the vehicle is externally exposed out of the vehicle when the portion thereof overlaps; a seat movable from the internal space of the vehicle to the outside; a guide provided on a floor of the internal space of the vehicle, and providing a path in which the seat is movable from the internal space of the vehicle to an opening side of the instrument panels; and a fixing module configured of fixing the seat to one point of the guide and releasing the fixing of the seat from the point of the guide when the seat is required to move to the outside of the vehicle through the opening of the instrument panels. |
| US11383603B2 |
Driveline assembly including torque vectoring system
A driveline assembly including a pair of reducers each having a sun gear fixed about a primary shaft. A plurality of planet gears are meshed with and rotatable about the sun gear. A ring is positioned about and meshed with the planet gears. A planet carrier is connected to a center of each of the planet gears and fixed to a wheel output. A low gear clutch is moveable between an engaged position fixing the ring to a ground in the engaged position, and a disengaged position disconnecting the ring from the ground. An upshift clutch is moveable between a contact position fixing the primary axle to the wheel output, and a released position disconnecting the primary axle from direct connection with the wheel output. A controller selectively shifts the center clutch, the low gear clutch and the upshift clutch. Methods of using the driveline assembly are also provided. |
| US11383593B2 |
Electric drive unit clutch
An electric drive unit clutch for an automobile includes a first rotatable shaft, a one-way clutch fixedly mounted onto the first rotatable shaft, a dog clutch slidingly mounted onto the first rotatable shaft and adapted to rotate with the first rotatable shaft, a clutch ring positioned between the one-way clutch and the dog clutch, and a second rotatable shaft rotatable engaged with the clutch ring, wherein the clutch ring is adapted to transfer rotational motion from the second rotatable shaft through the one-way clutch and the dog clutch to the first rotatable shaft. |
| US11383592B2 |
Mounting structure for drive device in series hybrid vehicle
A mounting structure for a drive device includes: a power generation unit having an engine and a generator driven by the engine to generate electric power; and a drive unit having a motor for traveling and a power transmission mechanism that outputs torque from the motor toward a driving wheel. A frame member of a vehicle body is provided inside an engine compartment. The power generation unit and the drive unit are arranged, inside the engine compartment, side by side in a width direction of a vehicle so as not to contact each other, and are each connected to the frame member via a mount member. Portions of the power generation unit and the drive unit, which are close to each other in the width direction, are connected by a connecting member having an anti-vibration elastic body. |
| US11383589B2 |
Multi-hinge tonneau cover
A tonneau cover comprising: (a) a plurality of panels; (b) one or more hinges between each panel of the plurality of panels so that the plurality of panels are rotatably connected together, wherein some or all of the one or more hinges include: (i) a plurality of expansion links that are movably interconnected together, some of the plurality of expansion links including: (1) one or more expansion projections; (2) one or more pockets that receive all or a portion of the one or more expansion projections from an adjacent one of the plurality of expansion links; and (3) one or more expansion stops that restricts movement of the one or more expansion projections from the adjacent one of plurality of the expansion links that extend within the one or more pockets; wherein the one or more hinges rotate so that the one or more hinges form of angle of about 90 degrees or more and about 225 degrees or less. |
| US11383588B2 |
Vehicle side structure
The present application prevents an engaging pin or a catcher pin from damaging an upper surface of a side sill or a lower surface of a side door when the door is closed, and reduces a height of the side sill over which an occupant steps when getting into a vehicle. A vehicle side structure includes an engaging portion that is at least partially provided between a lower part of a side door and a side sill and provides engagement between the lower part and the side sill. The engaging portion includes an engaging pin provided to protrude from an upper surface of the side sill, and a catcher pin that is provided in the lower part of the side door, receives the engaging pin brought into a space above the lower part of the side door, and engages a tip of the engaging pin. |
| US11383587B2 |
Vehicle sun visor
A vehicle sun visor having a visor main body with a recess; a shaft located in the recess; and first and second mounting parts. The first mounting part has an inlet through which a first shaft end is inserted; an inlet protrusion; an inlet recess; a deep-side protrusion that extends from the inlet recess toward a deep side and protrudes toward the first shaft end; a deep-side flat part that extends farther toward the deep side than the inlet protrusion; and a first stopper that is located at a position farther on the deep side than the deep-side protrusion. The second mounting part has an inlet through which a second shaft end is inserted; a first inlet protrusion that protrudes at the inlet toward the second shaft end; a second inlet protrusion; and a second stopper that is located farther on a deep side than the second inlet protrusion. |
| US11383582B2 |
Heat pump system for vehicle
A heat pump system for a vehicle includes an integrated control valve, an external condenser connected to the integrated control valve through first and second connection lines, an expansion valve connected to the integrated control valve through a third connection line, an evaporator connected to the expansion valve, an accumulator connected to the evaporator, a compressor connected to the accumulator, an internal condenser connected to the compressor and connected to the integrated control valve through a fourth connection line, a first chiller disposed on a fifth connection line connecting the integrated control valve and the accumulator, a sixth connection line connecting the fifth connection line and the integrated control valve between the first chiller and the accumulator, and a second chiller provided on a seventh connection line connecting a refrigerant line and the integrated control valve between the evaporator and the accumulator. |
| US11383580B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle
An apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle, which control a route of the vehicle or an air circulation mode of the vehicle based on an outdoor air condition of an autonomous driving vehicle and control an indoor air cleaner of the vehicle based on an indoor air condition. In some implementations, an apparatus for controlling a vehicle includes an outdoor measurement sensor attached to an exterior of the vehicle and measuring an external fine dust concentration, a communicator receiving, from an environment server, a local fine dust concentration corresponding to a position of the vehicle, and when a difference between the measured external fine dust concentration and the received local fine dust concentration exceeds a set allowance, a controller checking whether an object generating fine dust exists outside the vehicle and allowing the vehicle to travel while avoiding the object when it is confirmed that the object exists. |
| US11383579B2 |
Air conditioning system for vehicle and control method thereof
An air conditioning system for a vehicle and a control method thereof may include a temperature detector; an air conditioning actuator including a cooling device and a blower; and a controller connected to the temperature detector and the air conditioning actuator and including: a load determination portion determining an air conditioning load based on factors including an internal temperature or an external temperature of a vehicle detected by the temperature detector; a storage portion storing a control map that controls the air conditioning actuator according to the air conditioning load; and an update portion updating a control value, pre-stored in the control map, of the air conditioning actuator for the air conditioning load to a demand value of a user when receiving the demand value of the user for the air conditioning actuator. |
| US11383577B2 |
Thermal management system for vehicle
A thermal management system may include a battery line connected to a high-voltage battery core and having a first radiator, and through which cooling water flows by a first pump; an introduction line having an end connected to an upstream side of the first radiator and the other end connected to the internal air-conditioning heating core, and through which cooling water flows by a second pump; a discharge line having an end connected to an upstream side of the high-voltage battery core in the battery line and the other end connected to the internal air-conditioning heating core, and through which the cooling water introduced through the introduction line flows; a refrigerant line having an expansion valve, an internal air-conditioning cooling core, a compressor, and an air-cooling condenser and through which a refrigerant flows; and a water-cooling condenser connecting the refrigerant line and the introduction line. |
| US11383576B2 |
Disconnecting stabilizer bar assembly having disconnect mechanism with reduced backlash
A stabilizer bar assembly having a pair of bar members and a clutch assembly with a first and second couplers, which are fixedly coupled to the bar members, a coupling sleeve and a rotary lock. The coupling sleeve matingly engages the first coupler. The coupling sleeve is movable along an axis between a first position, in which the coupling sleeve is disengaged from the second coupler to permit relative rotation between the stabilizer bar members about the axis, and a second position in which the coupling sleeve is engaged to the first and second couplers. The rotary lock has lock members that are fixedly coupled to the coupling sleeve and the second coupler. The lock members engage one another when the coupling sleeve is in the second position to inhibit relative movement about the rotational axis between the coupling sleeve and the second coupler. |
| US11383574B2 |
Vehicle twist axle assembly
The twist axle assembly includes a cross beam that extends along a length between opposite ends, and a pair of trailing arms are fixedly attached with the opposite ends. A spindle plate is fixedly attached with each of the trailing arms. For each spindle plate and trailing arm combination, the spindle plate and trailing arm are provided with cooperating orbital adjustment features which allow an orientation of the spindle plate relative to the trailing arm to be adjusted prior to the spindle plate being fixedly attached with the trailing arm for allowing preselection of a camber angle, a caster angle, and a toe angle for a wheel to be coupled with the spindle plate. |
| US11383573B2 |
Steerable independent wheel suspension with additional bracket
The invention relates inter alia to a steerable independent wheel suspension for a mobile agricultural machine. A support device serves for the pivotable mounting of the independent wheel suspension on a frame part of the agricultural machine. At least one guide column is mounted displaceably in the support device. A wheel hub is guided displaceably along the at least one guide column. A bracket is connected fixedly to the at least one guide column so as to move with the at least one guide column. The bracket can allow a flexible and improved arrangement of height adjustment means, damping means and spring-mounting means of the independent wheel suspension. |
| US11383567B2 |
Vehicles having a retractable hitch
A vehicle having a retractable towing hitch includes a towing hitch assembly. The towing hitch assembly includes a coupler portion. The coupler portion is configured to be movable relative to a bumper of the vehicle such that the coupler portion is positioned farther from the bumper when the coupler portion is in an extended position than when the coupler portion is in a towing position and a retraction mechanism. |
| US11383560B2 |
Tire for two-wheeled automotive vehicle
A tire for a two-wheeled automotive vehicle includes a carcass that is extended on and between one of beads and the other of the beads along inner sides of a tread and sidewalls. The carcass includes a first ply and a second ply that is layered outward of the first ply. The first ply is turned up around the beads from an inner side toward an outer side in an axial direction. By the turning-up, the first ply includes a main portion and turned-up portions. The second ply is turned back around the beads from the outer side toward the inner side in the axial direction. By the turning-back, the second ply includes a main portion and turned-back portions. |
| US11383559B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A tire includes side protectors arranged in a sidewall portion. Each of the side protectors is provided with a groove. The groove includes a first inclined groove portion inclined to a first side with respect to the tire radial direction, or a second inclined groove portion inclined to a second side opposite to the first side with respect to the tire radial direction. The side protectors include first protectors each provided with the first inclined groove portion, and second protectors each provided with the second inclined groove portion. |
| US11383557B2 |
Tire for two-wheeled automotive vehicle
A tire 2 includes: a tread 4 forming a tread surface 20; a band 14 disposed inward of the tread 4 in a radial direction; and a belt 12 disposed between the tread 4 and the band 14 in the radial direction. The tread 4 includes a center region 22 disposed at a center in an axial direction, and a shoulder region 24 disposed on an outer side in the axial direction. The band 14 includes a band cord. The band cord is helically wound and extends in a circumferential direction. The belt 12 includes a belt cord. The belt cord extends so as to be tilted relative to an equator plane. An absolute value of an angle of the belt cord relative to the equator plane is not less than 70° and not greater than 90°. |
| US11383553B2 |
Transmission element for the transmission of torque from a chain wheel to a wheel hub
A transmission element for transferring torque from a set of sprockets to a bicycle rear wheel hub bearing-supported on a wheel axle is equipped with a first interface for coupling to the sprocket. This first interface is arranged such that it secures the sprocket or the cassette to the driver in axial and/or radial and/or tangential direction. The driver is furthermore equipped with a second interface for coupling to the sprocket. The second interface is arranged such that it secures the sprocket to the driver in axial and/or radial and/or tangential direction. The second interface is then present in a larger diameter than the first interface. |
| US11383550B2 |
Composite rim of vehicle wheel and method of manufacturing the same
Disclosed are a composite rim of a vehicle wheel and a method of manufacturing the same, which is reduced in weight through the use of a continuous fiber composite. The rim of a vehicle wheel may be formed by stacking composite sheets, each prepared by impregnating fibers with a resin to form a sheet. The composite sheets may be stacked in multiple layers such that end portions of the respective composite sheets may contact each other in a circumferential direction of the wheel, and discontinuous interfaces, formed at the contacting end portions of the respective composite sheets along an axial direction of the wheel, may not be aligned with each other. |
| US11383548B2 |
Transfer sheet, design product, and method of manufacturing design product
A transfer sheet includes a base sheet and a transfer body. The transfer body includes a liquid-soluble adhesive layer and a liquid-insoluble sheet main body layer laminated on the liquid-soluble adhesive layer. The sheet main body layer includes a sticking layer adjacently laminated on the adhesive layer and a design layer adjacently laminated on the sticking layer. The sticking layer includes a protruding portion protruding outward beyond an end edge of the design layer. The protruding portion is transparent. |
| US11383545B2 |
Apparatus and method for deposting an overcoat on an image on a substrate
A system and method for applying an overcoat to a printed image on a substrate generally includes a radiative source that transmits electromagnetic radiation within a predefined wavelength range to the printed image on the substrate to be absorbed by the printed image and heat the printed image to a predetermined temperature range, a depositing device that deposits an overcoating powder onto the heated printed image, the overcoating powder having a melting point within the predetermined range such that upon deposition thereof, the overcoating powder adheres and/or melts onto the heated printed image, and a residual powder removing device that removes any residual overcoating powder not adhered to the printed image or the substrate. |
| US11383543B2 |
Method for producing printed matter and printing machine
Provided are a method for producing a printed matter and a printing machine which suppress the decrease of transferability and improve adhesiveness between ink and a film substrate when ink is printed on the film substrate. The method for producing a printed matter of the present invention is a method for producing a printed matter by printing ink on a film, which uses a film having a nitrogen element concentration of 0.5 to 10.0 atom % in the film surface, and includes irradiating with an active energy ray after printing. |
| US11383539B2 |
Unit attaching/detaching structure and image forming system
A unit attaching detaching structure includes: a unit that is attachable to and detachable from an apparatus main body; a displacement portion that is provided on the apparatus main body and is displaceable to one side and another side; a detection unit that detects attachment of the unit when the displacement portion is displaced from the another side to the one side; a connecting portion that is separated from the detection unit in a direction intersecting with a direction of attaching/detaching of the unit, and is connected to the displacement portion so as to displace the displacement portion; a movement portion that is provided on the unit and displaces the displacement portion by moving the connecting portion when the unit is attached to the apparatus main body; and a returning unit that returns the displacement portion when the unit is detached from the apparatus main body. |
| US11383536B2 |
Inkjet printing apparatus
Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus that can reduce smears on a back surface of a print result medium by reducing accumulation of ink in a platen while reducing generation of mist. To achieve this, an ink receiving portion of a platen is provided away from a support surface by a predetermined distance, is formed in a mesh shape by laying multiple linear members, and is formed as a guide member that guides the ink received in the ink receiving portion to an ink guide holes. |
| US11383532B2 |
Drying device and printing apparatus
A drying device includes a support portion that supports a printed medium, a heating unit provided in a drying chamber for drying the medium supported by the support portion, a flow path member that forms an air flow path connecting an inflow port that opens downward in the vertical direction and the drying chamber, an air blowing unit that supplies, to the drying chamber, air flowing from the inflow port into the air flow path and causes the air to flow out of an outflow portion of the drying chamber, and a control unit that controls driving of the air blowing unit. The outflow portion is positioned lower than the inflow port in the vertical direction, and the control unit controls the driving of the air blowing unit to change an air flow rate of the air supplied to the drying chamber. |
| US11383524B2 |
Supply reservoirs with rotary valves
In some examples, an apparatus can include a supply reservoir including print substance, and a rotary valve having a central rotary axis, where the central rotary axis is perpendicular to a height of the supply reservoir, where the rotary valve is in a closed position such that the print substance is unable to be supplied from the supply reservoir. |
| US11383519B2 |
Liquid storage bottle and method of manufacturing the same
A liquid storage bottle includes a bottle body having a resin-made first cylindrical part at one end, the first cylindrical part having an opening at its front end, and a tubular nozzle for pouring out the liquid contained in the inside of the bottle body by way of the opening, the tubular nozzle having a resin-made second cylindrical part bonded to the bottle body. The inner peripheral surface of the second cylindrical part is welded to the outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical part. The outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical part is provided with an annular groove extending in the circumferential direction and the annular groove is made to contain a part of the resin that is molten during the bonding operation. |
| US11383514B2 |
Die for a printhead
A die for a printhead is described herein. The die includes a number of fluid feed holes disposed in a line parallel to a longitudinal axis of the die. A number of fluidic actuators are disposed in a line parallel to the fluid feed holes. A crack detector trace is routed between each of the plurality of fluid feed holes. |
| US11383513B2 |
Liquid discharging apparatus, head control unit, and head unit
In a liquid discharging apparatus, a head control unit, which controls an operation of a head unit, includes a first conversion circuit that converts an image signal input from an outside into a first electric signal, a first photoelectric conversion circuit that converts the first electric signal into an optical signal, the head unit, which discharges a liquid, includes a second photoelectric conversion circuit that converts the optical signal into a second electric signal, a second conversion circuit that converts the second electric signal into a discharge control signal for controlling discharge of a liquid. The first conversion circuit performs a first conversion process of converting the image signal into the first electric signal without depending on a discharge information, and the second conversion circuit performs a second conversion process of converting the second electric signal into the discharge control signal by using the discharge information. |
| US11383512B2 |
Inkjet recording device
An inkjet recording device includes a nozzle, a pressure generator and a driver. The nozzle ejects ink. The pressure generator changes pressure on ink in an ink flow path that communicates with the nozzle by a predetermined drive operation. The driver makes the pressure generator perform the drive operation predetermined limes of at least twice at time points on a predetermined cycle, and makes the nozzle eject an ink droplet of an amount corresponding to a number of drive operations included in a set of drive operations. In a case in which the number of drive operations is two, the driver makes the pressure generator perform the drive operation twice with an interval twice as long as the cycle. |
| US11383510B2 |
Inking system with minimal ink storage
The invention discloses an inking system for a rotary printing machine, like a flexographic or rotogravure press. The inking system uses the nip area between two cylinders of the machine as the sole source for inking the printing cylinder. This results in an inking system with very little ink, thereby gaining in reaction time and ink waste. |
| US11383506B2 |
Food dispensing module for a delaminating food dispensing system
A food dispensing module for a delaminating food dispensing system includes an outer housing; and a delaminating housing. The delaminating housing has a first portion being located within said outer housing and a second portion located outside said outer housing. The delaminating housing includes delaminating nips, a first film take-up roller, a second film take-up roller, an output opening, and a trap void. The output opening is located in the second portion of the delaminating housing. |
| US11383505B2 |
Biodegradable eco-friendly material and manufacturing method there
Provided are a biodegradable eco-friendly material and a manufacturing method thereof. The biodegradable eco-friendly material includes a biodegradable base fabric into which paper mulberry yarn and cotton yarn are mixed and woven, a leather layer made of a biodegradable material attached to one side of the base fabric, and a coating layer attached to the other side of the base fabric. Here, the base fabric may be woven in a state where 74 to 76 parts by weight of the cotton yarn and 24 to 26 parts by weight of the paper mulberry yarn are mixed. |
| US11383504B2 |
Vapor-permeable, substantially water-impermeable multilayer article
This disclosure relates to an article that includes a nonwoven substrate, a first film supported by the nonwoven substrate, and a second film such that the first film is between the nonwoven substrate and the second film. The first film includes a first polymer and a pore-forming filler. The difference between a surface energy of the first film and a surface energy of the nonwoven substrate is at most about 10 mN/m. The second film includes a second polymer capable of absorbing and desorbing moisture and providing a barrier to aqueous fluids. |
| US11383503B2 |
Composite sandwich panel and associated methods of manufacture
Disclosed herein is a composite sandwich panel that includes a first face portion with fully consolidated comingled first fibers and a first thermoplastic matrix. The composite sandwich panel also includes a second face portion with fully consolidated comingled second fibers and a second thermoplastic matrix. Additionally, the composite sandwich panel includes at least one core portion with partially consolidated comingled third fibers and a third thermoplastic matrix. The at least one core portion is interposed between the first and second face portions. The first thermoplastic matrix is melded with the third thermoplastic matrix and the second thermoplastic matrix is melded with the third thermoplastic. A density of the fibers across a thickness of the composite panel is non-uniform. |
| US11383502B2 |
Recyclable retort pouch and recyclable retort polyester film thereof
A recyclable retort pouch and a recyclable retort polyester film thereof are provided. The recyclable retort polyester film includes a heat seal layer and at least one polyester layer. The heat seal layer is composed of isophthalic acid, neopentyl glycol, polybutylene terephthalate, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, and polyethylene terephthalate-1,4-cyclohexane dimethanol ester. The polyester layer is formed on the heat seal layer, and is composed of a polyester composition. The polyester composition includes a polyester resin made from recycled PET bottle flakes processed by physical or chemical methods and the polyester resin has an inherent viscosity between 0.62 dl/g and 1.0 dl/g. The recyclable retort pouch is made of the recyclable retort polyester film. |
| US11383501B2 |
Net replacement film
A prestretched polyethylene film is provided having a longitudinal degree of prestretching in the range of from 100% to 400% and a remaining longitudinal elongation capability in the range of from 100% to less than 300% as determined according to ASTM D882. The film comprises at least 25% by weight of a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) substantially free from long chain branching (LCB) and having a density below 915 kg/m3. The film is particularly useful as a net replacement film in the baling of compressed bulk material, such as silage, and may offer to users improved flexibility and reliability and/or increased yield. |
| US11383499B2 |
Insulating sheet and laminate
Provided is an insulating sheet capable of effectively enhancing thermal conduction and adhesiveness and effectively suppressing variation in the adhesiveness. The insulating sheet according to the present invention contains a thermosetting component and boron nitride, the insulating sheet has a first surface on one side in a thickness direction and a second surface on the other side in the thickness direction, and a first average aspect ratio of the boron nitride in a region having a thickness of 10% of a thickness of the sheet, from the first surface toward the second surface is smaller than a second average aspect ratio of the boron nitride in a region having a thickness of 90% of a thickness of the sheet, from the second surface toward the first surface. |
| US11383498B2 |
Layered film and display device
The present invention provides a laminate film and a display member including the laminate film, which are excellent in visibility of external information such as scenery and displayability of information from a projection member, and are also excellent in color tone reproducibility. The laminate film includes a laminate of 50 or more alternately arranged layers of a plurality of different thermoplastic resins, the laminate film having a transmittance of light incident perpendicularly to a film surface of 50% or more, the laminate film satisfying a relationship of R20≤R40 |
| US11383495B2 |
Elastic silicone cotton structure and preparation method thereof
Disclosed are an elastic silicone cotton structure and its preparation method. The elastic silicone cotton structure includes a cotton body, a silicone nest body and at least one glue layer. The silicone nest body is embedded into the cotton body and extended to a surface of the cotton body; the silicone layer is bonded to an upper surface and/or a lower surface of the cotton body. The novel elastic silicone cotton structure and the silicone nest body embedded into the cotton body improve the softness, resilience, pressure resistance, supportability, toughness, and anti-deformation performance of the cotton body. The portion of the structure protruding from the surface of the cotton body can be bonded with the glue layer stably to further improve the interlayer stability of the elastic silicone cotton structure and the bonding stability with other materials and prevent interlayer separation, so that the structure has a high practical value. |
| US11383492B2 |
Outer plate of refrigerator and method for manufacturing the same
Provided is an outer plate of a refrigerator. The outer plate of the refrigerator include a steel plate made of a metal material and having an outer surface on which a hairline is processed, a film layer made of a resin material and attached to a surface of the steel plate on which the hairline is provided, and a primer layer allowing the film layer to adhere to the steel plate. The primer layer includes an adhesion promoter for the adhesion between the steel plate and the film layer and a nano pigment for realizing a color while maintaining transparency of the primer layer, and when viewed from the outside of the refrigerator, the hairline that is visible through the primer layer and the film layer is visible together with the color of the primer layer. |
| US11383489B2 |
Package comprising a sealed contact area including a nonwoven having a bonded surface with an embossed impression pattern
This invention relates to a package for providing an enclosed interior environment capable of being sterilized and a gas permeable fibrous nonwoven sheet structure useful in such structure, wherein the nonwoven sheet structure has at least one surface having a pre-sealed, embossed impression pattern; and a particle barrier penetration of below 10%, a Gurley Hill Porosity of 40 seconds or less, and a moisture vapor transport rate of 3500 g/m2/day or greater. |
| US11383488B2 |
Joined body and method for manufacturing same
A joined body of a resin body containing a fluorine-based resin and a rubber body containing a vulcanized silicone rubber. It is preferable that the vulcanized silicone rubber contains a dimethylsiloxane unit. It is found that, by performing predetermined plasma treatment on the surface of a rubber body containing a vulcanized silicone rubber, the rubber body adheres to a resin body containing a fluorine-based resin. |
| US11383485B2 |
Plastic laminated film
A plastic laminated film comprising a first layer comprising a polyamideimide copolymer and a second layer provided on at least one surface of the first layer and comprising a polyimide copolymer. The plastic laminated film has both excellent mechanical properties and UV weathering resistance while being colorless and transparent, and can be suitably used as cover films for various flexible or foldable devices. |
| US11383483B2 |
Multilayer foam films and methods for making the same
Multilayer foam films including a core layer and two skin layers, (i) the core layer including the product of the combination of an LDPE composition, at least one blend partner and at least one foaming agent; and (ii) the two skin layers each independently including the product of the combination of an ethylene 1-hexene copolymer and at least one additive; wherein the core layer is disposed between the two skin layers, are provided. Methods for making the multilayer foam films are also provided. |
| US11383479B2 |
Hair cleaning implement
A hair cleaning implement in the form of a laminate with surface properties specifically tailored to improve sebum removal from hair. The implement includes a nonwoven material joined to a film to form a laminate and a plurality of discrete protrusions extending from the surface of the nonwoven material. The protrusions are configured to provide the desired surface properties to the implement. |
| US11383476B2 |
Compact manual dunnage conversion apparatus
A manually-operated dunnage conversion apparatus includes a housing, a support mounted in the housing and configured to support a supply of sheet material for dispensing from the dunnage conversion apparatus, and one or both of (a) a guide member mounted in the housing downstream of the support and providing a resilient surface across which the sheet material may be drawn to restrict tearing of the sheet material as it is drawn from the dunnage conversion apparatus, and (b) a tensioning assembly mounted in the housing and configured to apply a compressive force between opposite axial sides of the housing to control the force necessary to dispense the supply of sheet material. Except for the tensioning assembly, the apparatus may be made of paper-based products, making the apparatus recyclable, reusable, and composed of a renewable resource, as well as inexpensive to manufacture. |
| US11383475B2 |
Dunnage conversion machine and method
A method of making a dunnage product includes the following steps: (a) converting a sheet stock material into a lower density strip of dunnage having a width and a height that is less than the width; and (b) cutting the strip of dunnage to form a discrete dunnage product of a desired length by cutting across less than the width of the strip of dunnage to maintain a connection between the strip of dunnage and the discrete dunnage product. The connection between respective dunnage products in a string of connected dunnage products keeps the dunnage products together, in the order in which they were produced, and helps to ensure that the dunnage products do not shingle and can assist in feeding the dunnage products to a packing station. |
| US11383472B2 |
Press ram fastening system
A press for waste has an actuator (42) that moves a ram (40) in a chamber (30). The actuator and the ram are connected by a fastening system (100). The fastening system allows the ram to be displaced in a direction perpendicular to the length and direction of travel of the actuator. In this way, as inner surfaces of the chamber wear the ram may adjust to the worn surfaces without applying large forces perpendicular to the length of the actuator. When the actuator moves forward, it pushes directly against the back of the ram. When the actuator moves backwards, it pulls a pin (102) that pushes on an inner surface (108) of the ram. |
| US11383470B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling the laying down of components of tyres on forming drums
A method for controlling the laying down of components of tyres on forming drums, includes: sending a first electromagnetic radiation on a first laying down structure including a forming drum and a first component of a tyre laid down on the forming drum; detecting at least a first corresponding reflected radiation, determining as a function of the first reflected radiation a first parameter representative of a first main length of the first component; comparing the first parameter with one or more pre-stored reference values; generating a first correction signal as a function of the comparison; and sending the first correction signal to at least one preparation station adapted to prepare the first component to regulate the preparation of further components. An apparatus for controlling the laying down of components of tyres on forming drums is also described. |
| US11383467B2 |
Apparatus and method for continuously producing reinforced plastic pipe using transfer film
An apparatus and a method enable continuous production of a reinforced plastic pipe using a transfer film. The transfer film moves at a predetermined speed in the longitudinal direction and is arranged to be in close contact with a circumferential surface of a base mold which winds glass fiber wound around the outer circumferential surface thereof using a filament winding method to mold a reinforced plastic pipe, such that the reinforced plastic pipe molded with the moving transfer film is moved forward, thereby being capable of continuously producing a reinforced plastic pipe with a desired length without breakage. The apparatus includes a rotary axial pipe; a base mold; a transfer film feeding part; and a transfer film withdrawing part. The method for continuously producing a reinforced plastic pipe includes a transfer film adhering step; a transfer film forced moving step; and a pipe cutting and separating step. |
| US11383466B2 |
Method and device for sealing and inflating inflatable articles, and sealing agent
A method for sealing and inflating inflatable articles, in particular for sealing and inflating motor vehicle tires, wherein, by means of a compressor which is driven preferably by means of an electric motor, a sealing and pumping pressure is generated, wherein, by means of the sealing and pumping pressure, via a valve and distributor device for sealant and compressed gas and via compressed-air and sealant hoses between valve and distributor device and an entry valve or an inlet nozzle of the inflatable article, a sealant situated in a sealant vessel connected to the valve and distributor device is conveyed into the inflatable article and, at the same time, the inflatable article is inflated to a predefined operating pressure, wherein, by configuration of the corresponding parameters, of the sealant and of the device, in or downstream of the entry valve/the inlet nozzle, the sealant is at least partially atomized to form an aerosol by virtue of the sealant or the sealant-air mixture being converted, in the entry valve or in the inlet nozzle, into a turbulent flow with a Reynolds number Re≥2300. |
| US11383464B2 |
Device having free-running cooling rollers for producing a fibre composite material in the form of a fibre strip impregnated with polymer
A device having at least one pair of free-running cooling rollers for the continuous production of a fibre strip impregnated with polymer, wherein the fibres are continuous fibres and the fibres in the impregnated fibre strip are aligned unidirectionally in the direction of travel of the impregnated fibre strip. Preferably, at least one of the two rollers is equipped with a pair of sealing rings preferably of the same type. Also disclosed is a polymer-impregnated fiber strip, a process for producing a polymer-impregnated fiber strip, and a multilayer composite. |
| US11383462B2 |
Auto-aligning vacuum press
Auto-aligning vacuum presses, that include a mobile assembly with a first platen, a vacuum docking station with a second platen, a first locating device to guide the mobile assembly to a desired location along the Y-axis as the mobile assembly moves along the X-axis into the vacuum station, and a second locating device to guide one of the first and second platens along the Z-axis into sealing engagement with the other platen. |
| US11383461B2 |
Method and apparatus for forming a composite fuselage structure
A method and apparatus for forming a composite structure. A stackup comprising a plurality of overbraided thermoplastic members and an overbraided thermoplastic skin is built. The stackup is placed between an inner tooling and an outer tooling. The inner tooling, the stackup, and the outer tooling are held in place together using a load constraint. The inner tooling, the stackup, the outer tooling, and the load constraint form a consolidation setup. The consolidation setup is heated to form the composite structure. |
| US11383458B2 |
Epoxy core with expandable microspheres
A method of fabricating a formed structure with expandable polymeric shell microspheres. A first plurality of polymeric shell microspheres are heated from an unexpanded state to an expanded state to form a plurality of expanded microspheres. The plurality of expanded microspheres are mixed with an epoxy resin and a second plurality of unexpanded polymeric shell microspheres. The mixture is formed in a shape to create a preform. The preform is wrapped with fiber tape to create a wrapped preform. The wrapped preform is placed in a mold. The mold is heated and the second plurality of unexpanded microspheres expand from an unexpanded state to an expanded state. The mold is cooled and the formed structure is removed from the mold. |
| US11383454B2 |
Wind turbine blade manufacture
Improvements relating to wind turbine blade manufacture A method of making wind turbine blades of variable length is described. The method involves forming first and second half shells of a main blade section in a main blade mould assembly. A pre-manufactured tip section is selected from a plurality of tip sections of different lengths according to a total length requirement for the wind turbine blade. The tip section is supported adjacent to the main blade mould assembly such that an inboard end of the tip section overlaps with an outboard end of one of the half shells of the main blade section. The main mould assembly is then closed to bond the two main half shells together and to bond the tip section to the main blade half shells. The invention allows blades of different overall length to be produced using a common main blade mould assembly. |
| US11383453B2 |
Methods of repairing and waterproofing articles
A relatively thick, rubberized adhesive tape is applied to an article to repair, patch, bond, seal, or waterproof the article, to join two or more articles, and/or to modify the appearance and/or physical properties of the article, such as by thermal insulation, shock resistance, vibration resistance, electrical insulation, and the like. |
| US11383452B2 |
Applicator and method for applying a lubricant/sealer
A lubricant/sealer dispenser is disclosed for a component press-in system that includes a pressurized lubricant/sealer reservoir filled with lubricant/sealer. A nozzle is supplied with lubricant/sealer from the reservoir and includes an offset tip formed of PTFE that is enclosed in a steel tube. A controller controls a motor that rotates the nozzle within an opening in a part at a selected depth. The motor rotates the nozzle about a fixed axis and follows an inner surface of the opening as the part is moved by a robot relative to the nozzle in a selected pattern. The nozzle applies the lubricant/sealer by applying the lubricant/sealer onto the inner surface of the opening. |
| US11383449B2 |
Determining excess build material
An example method to determine an excess of build material in 3D printing includes providing an amount of build material, spreading the amount of build material to form a layer of build material on a build platform and to leave any excess build material on an excess zone having visible marks thereon and analyzing the marks on the excess zone to determine an excess of build material at the excess zone. |
| US11383445B2 |
Forming layers of build material of a three-dimensional printing system
According to one aspect, there is provided a method of forming a layer of build material on a build platform of a three-dimensional printing system. The method comprises obtaining characteristics of a build volume to be processed, determining characteristics of a volume of build material to be used to form the layer, forming an intermediate volume of build material having the determined characteristics, and spreading the intermediate volume of build material over the build platform to form the layer. |
| US11383440B2 |
Three-dimensional printing system and equipment assembly
A three-dimensional printing system and equipment assembly for the manufacture of three-dimensionally printed articles is provided. The equipment assembly includes a three-dimensional printing build system, an optional liquid removal system and an optional harvester system. The build system includes a conveyor, plural build modules and at least one build station having a powder-layering system and a printing system. The equipment assembly can be used to manufacture pharmaceutical, medical, and non-pharmaceutical/non-medical objects. It can be used to prepare single or multiple articles. |
| US11383439B1 |
High-throughput and high-precision pharmaceutical additive manufacturing system
The present disclosure relates generally to manufacturing pharmaceutical products using additive manufacturing technology. An exemplary printing system comprises: a material supply module for receiving a set of printing materials; a flow distribution module comprising a flow distribution plate, wherein the material supply module is configured to transport a single flow corresponding to the set of printing materials to the flow distribution plate; wherein the flow distribution plate comprises a plurality of channels for dividing the single flow into a plurality of flows; a plurality of nozzles, wherein the plurality of nozzles comprises a plurality of needle-valve mechanisms; one or more controllers for controlling the plurality of needle-valve mechanisms to dispense the plurality of flows based on a plurality of nozzle-specific parameters; and a printing platform configured to receive the dispensed plurality of flows, wherein the printing platform is configured to move to form a batch of the pharmaceutical product. |
| US11383433B2 |
Fusing agent(s)
Fusing agent(s) are described herein. In an example, a fusing agent can comprise a metal bis(dithiolene) complex, at least one electron donor compound, a polar aprotic solvent, and water. In some examples, the at least one electron donor compound can comprise at least one hindered amine light stabilizer compound. In some examples, the polar aprotic solvent can be selected from the group consisting of 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, 2-pyrrolidone, 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone, dimethylformamide (DMF), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and a combination thereof. |
| US11383432B2 |
Printing a multi-structured 3D object
In an example implementation, a method of printing a multi-structured three-dimensional (3D) object includes forming a layer of sinterable material. The method includes processing a first portion of the sinterable material using a first set of processing parameters and processing a second portion of the sinterable material using a second set of processing parameters. The processed first and second portions form, respectively, parts of a first and second structure of a multi-structured 3D object. |
| US11383426B2 |
Method of patterning a surface and articles comprising the same
An article has a curved surface. Disposed upon the curved surface is a plurality of patterns. Each pattern is defined by a plurality of spaced apart features attached to or projected into the curved surface. The plurality of features each have at least one neighboring feature having a substantially different geometry, wherein an average spacing between adjacent features is about 1 nanometer and about 1 millimeter in at least a portion of the curved surface. The plurality of spaced apart features are represented by a periodic function. |
| US11383424B2 |
System and method for thermoforming an object
A system for thermoforming an object is provided. The system includes a mold and a pressure-box. The mold has a surface that defines a shape of the object and includes two or more portions of differing porosities. The pressure-box is operative to generate a pressure differential across the surface. The two or more portions apply the pressure differential at different loads, based at least in part on the differing porosities, to a material disposed onto the surface so as to form the object by deforming the material into the shape. |
| US11383420B2 |
Resin bottle and method for making the same
To provide a resin container and a method for manufacturing the same with which it is possible to generate more effervescence than hitherto. This resin container is provided with: a resin container main body inside which is formed an accommodating space that is hermetically sealed using a cap; and a textured region which is formed on an inner surface of the container main body and is formed from a rough surface. |
| US11383414B2 |
Parts degating apparatus using laser
A parts fabrication apparatus has a staging fixture that is configured to position at least a portion of a molded plastic assembly that has a connective runner portion with at least one molded part extended from the connective runner portion by a severable gate portion. A laser source is energizable to direct toward the severable gate portion, from a laser output aperture positioned beneath the staged plastic assembly, a coherent light beam having sufficient energy for melting the gate portion and releasing the molded part along a drop path. A support is disposed to deflect the drop path of at least a portion of the released molded part in a direction away from the coherent light beam. |
| US11383411B2 |
Shoe component and manufacturing method thereof
A shoe component includes a foam member including a thermoplastic material and a mixed material mixed to each other, wherein the weight percentage of the thermoplastic material is 90 wt % to 99 wt %, and the weight percentage of the mixed material is 10 wt % to 1 wt %. A manufacturing method of the shoe component is also disclosed herein. |
| US11383408B2 |
Mould assembly for forming a spliced joint in a handrail, or other elongate article
A core mould element can be mounted between first and second mould parts. The first and second mould parts and the core mould element can be mounted between first and second thermal platens. The thermal platens can have generally planar faces for mounting in a press, for maintaining a desired pressure within the mould assembly. The thermal platens can provide for heating and cooling the mould assembly, and each can include a central portion and end portions, with thermal breaks between the central portion and the end portions. Bores can extend through the central and end portions, for receiving heating elements and pipes for cooling fluid. The end portions can include bores for a cooling fluid for cooling the end portions. |
| US11383405B2 |
Methods for producing ceramic molded body and ceramic structure
A method for producing a ceramic molded body, the method including: a molding step of subjecting a ceramic molding material to extrusion molding using an extrusion molding machine equipped with a temperature control portion to provide a ceramic molded body; a cutting step of cutting the ceramic molded body to have a predetermined length; and a dimension measuring step of measure a dimension of the cut ceramic molded body. A relationship between a temperature of the temperature control portion and the dimension of the cut ceramic molded body is previously obtained, and based on the relationship, an appropriate temperature of the temperature control portion is calculated from the dimension of the ceramic molded body measured in the dimension measuring step, and the temperature control portion is controlled to the appropriate temperature in the molding step. |
| US11383404B2 |
Compressed articles and methods of manufacturing the same
A compressed article formed by a composite material comprising a thermoset polymer and a wood material, a method of producing the same and the use of the novel articles. The composite material has a continuous matrix of a hardened thermoset polymer and, distributed within the matrix, wood chips which are at least partially encased by the thermoset polymer, said article having a water absorbency of less than 1% by weight upon immersion into water over a time period of at least 168 h at room temperature. The articles can be used in structures that are frequently contacted with water. |
| US11383400B2 |
Tree limb or trunk cutting device
A tree limb or trunk cutter including a saw assembly, a clamp, and a remote controller. The saw assembly includes a housing, at least one motor disposed within the housing, and a saw bar support rotatably coupled to the housing. The motor is operatively coupled to the saw bar support and configured to rotate the saw bar support about an axis in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction. A wireless receiver coupled to the housing is operable to receive commands from a remote controller. The clamp is configured to secure to a limb or trunk of a tree. The housing releasably couples to the clamp. The remote controller is in communication with the wireless receiver and is configured to control a direction of rotation of the saw bar support and to control power provided to a chain drive. |
| US11383398B2 |
Loading apparatus
A loading apparatus for loading food products onto and/or into a slicing apparatus, in particular a high-speed slicer, comprises at least one magazine unit that includes a conveying means that endlessly circulates along a running direction. The conveying means is configured to lift the products to a transferring height at which the products can be transferred to the slicing apparatus and includes several product support surfaces, the product support surfaces being oriented essentially perpendicular to the running direction and positioned subsequently along the running direction with a space between each other. At least one product is loadable onto a respective product support surface for lifting the product to the transferring height. |