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US11397292B2	Lighting display assembly A lighting display assembly includes a light guide frame composed of at least two or more light guide frame parts and a light source. The frame parts are made of material that is transparent to light. The light guide frame includes a front and rear surface, and a center opening extending between the surfaces and defining an inner sidewall. The light source is configured to emit light and is positioned facing the inner sidewall so that light emitted therefrom passes through the inner sidewall and into the frame. A surface structure formed in or on the frame and is positioned to be illuminated by the light emitted from the light source and entering the inner sidewall of the frame so that the light is scattered and/or refracted and is emitted from the front surface of the frame. A controller is configured to controllably activate and deactivate the light source.
US11397291B2	Illumination device having a plurality of different colored LEDs coupled to solid wedge-shaped waveguides An illumination device includes first and second solid, wedge-shaped waveguides and first and second light-emitting diodes (LEDs) positioned to couple light into the waveguides. Mixed light is emitted from (i) at least a portion of the first surface of the first waveguide and/or (ii) at least a portion of the first surface of the second waveguide, the mixed light including light emitted by the first LED and light emitted by the second LED.
US11397289B2	Controlling etch angles by substrate rotation in angled etch tools Embodiments described herein relate to methods of forming gratings with different slant angles on a substrate and forming gratings with different slant angles on successive substrates using angled etch systems. The methods include positioning portions of substrates retained on a platen in a path of an ion beam. The substrates have a grating material disposed thereon. The ion beam is configured to contact the grating material at an ion beam angle θ relative to a surface normal of the substrates and form gratings in the grating material. The substrates are rotated about an axis of the platen resulting in rotation angles ϕ between the ion beam and a surface normal of the gratings. The gratings have slant angles θ′ relative to the surface normal of the substrates. The rotation angles ϕ selected by an equation ϕ=cos−1(tan(θ′)/tan(θ)).
US11397288B2	Ceramic reflector for infrared lamps A ceramic reflector (100) for at least one IR lamp comprises at least one elongated concave reflector body (102). Each of the at least one elongated concave reflector bodies comprises an elongated bottom section and two elongated upstanding walls. Each of the elongated concave reflector bodies is provided for containing at least one IR lamp (150) and for reflecting the IR light from the at least one IR lamp. Each elongated concave reflector body has in each cross section at both of its upstanding walls a wall height. The wall height is the vertical distance between the deepest level of the bottom section of the reflector body and the highest level of the upstanding wall. At one or at both longitudinal ends of at least one reflector body; the wall height is at both upstanding walls larger than in the middle section of the elongated concave reflector body.
US11397284B2	Flexible hybrid electronic sensing system for UAV applications In examples, systems and methods for a radiating system of an aircraft are described. The aircraft system includes a conformal antenna array having a flexible substrate configured to conform to a curvature of a portion of an aircraft. Additionally, the conformal array has a plurality of antenna elements coupled to a first surface of the flexible substrate, where the plurality of antennas are formed in an array. The aircraft system further includes radio front-end hardware configured to communicate signals to and from the plurality of antenna elements. Moreover, the aircraft system includes a radar processing system coupled to the radio front-end hardware. Yet further, the aircraft system includes a renewable energy source configured to power the radar processing system and the radio front-end hardware.
US11397283B2	Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide optical element transfer structures that include an optical element releasably coupled with a transfer medium and methods of making and using the optical element transfer structures. The optical element transfer structures can be used to dispose an optical element onto an article, whereby the optical element imparts a structural color to the article.
US11397281B2	Determining a realfeel seasonal index A system and method for forecasting perceived transitions to the four annual seasons in geographic areas is disclosed. The perceived transitions are identified by comparing forecasted daily temperatures in each geographic area to thresholds generated based on normal daily temperatures in those geographic areas. The forecasted daily temperatures may be calculated using both forecasted temperatures and forecasted perceived ambient temperatures (calculated using both temperature and humidity, cloud cover, sun intensity, and/or wind speed).
US11397280B2	Information processing system, non-transitory storage medium storing program, and information processing method An information processing system includes: a plurality of vehicles; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles, wherein each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to detect wind information by using a wind detection device mounted on each of the plurality of vehicles, and send probe data to the server, the probe data including the wind information and position information on each of the plurality of vehicles at a time when the wind information was detected, and the server is configured to store the probe data received from the plurality of vehicles in a database, and provide information to a client by using the probe data stored in the database.
US11397279B2	Comparison of wells using a dissimilarity matrix Well information may define subsurface configuration of different wells. Marker information defining marker positions within the wells may be obtained. A dissimilarity matrix for the wells may generated, with the element values of the dissimilarity matrix determined based on comparison of corresponding subsurface configuration of the wells. A gated dissimilarity matrix may be generated from the dissimilarity matrix based on the marker positions within the wells. The elements values of the gated dissimilarity matrix corresponding to one set of marker positions and not corresponding to the other set of marker positions may be changed. Correlation between the wells may be determined based on the gated dissimilarity matrix such that correlation exists between a marker position in one well and a marker position in another well.
US11397275B2	Distributed device and method for detecting groundwater based on nuclear magnetic resonance A distributed device and method for detecting groundwater based on nuclear magnetic resonance are provided. The device includes an excitation apparatus, multiple polarization apparatuses, an aerial reception apparatus, and a control apparatus. The aerial reception apparatus includes an array cooled coil sensor. For each of the multiple polarization apparatuses, a position analysis module determines, together with a second position analysis module of the polarization apparatus, a position of the array cooled coil sensor relative to a polarization coil in the polarization apparatus. A polarization transmitter in the polarization apparatus switches to a mode of waiting for output in a case that the array cooled coil sensor is in coverage of the polarization coil. The polarization transmitter in the polarization apparatus remains in a standby mode in a case that the array cooled coil sensor is beyond coverage of the polarization coil.
US11397274B2	Tracked distance measuring devices, systems, and methods Tracked distance measuring device, systems, and methods for determining and mapping point of interest for use in utility locating operations and other mapping applications are disclosed. A tracked distance measuring device embodiment includes simultaneously triggered rangefinder and positioning elements to measure a distance and determine location and pose, optionally in conjunction with a utility locator.
US11397270B2	Method for operating a signal filter and radiation detection system In an embodiment a method for operating a radiation detection system having at least one radiation detector and at least one signal filter includes supplying an input signal to the at least one signal filter by the at least one radiation detector, the input signal having step-shaped signal rises, each step-shaped signal rise having a rise time, determining the rise time of a respective step-shaped signal rise, specifying a waiting time for the respective step-shaped signal rise in each case such that the waiting time is greater than or equal to the rise time of the respective step-shaped signal rise and producing an output signal of the at least one signal filter, data point pairs of the input signal being processed in which a time interval of data points from each other is equal to the waiting time for the respective step-shaped signal rise, wherein at least 80% of rise times of the step-shaped signal rises lie between 10 ns and 800 ns inclusive, and wherein the at least one radiation detector includes a silicon drift detector having a radiation entry window of at least 5 mm2.
US11397268B2	Edge-on x-ray detector There is provided an edge-on x-ray detector configured for detecting incoming x-rays. The edge-on x-ray detector includes a plurality of adjacent x-ray sensors, and each x-ray sensor is oriented edge-on to incoming x-rays. The x-ray sensors are arranged side-by-side and/or lined up one after the other, and the interspacing between the x-ray sensors is at least partly filled with a gap filling material including a mixture or compound of resin and metal disulfide.
US11397267B2	Radiation detection device A radiation detection device includes a circuit board, a light receiving sensor having a light receiving region and a plurality of circuit regions, an FOP, a scintillator layer, and a plurality of wires. The FOP includes a first portion facing the light receiving region and fixed to the light receiving sensor, a second portion facing the circuit region while separated from the light receiving sensor, and a second portion facing the circuit region while separated from the light receiving sensor. The second portions are integrally formed with the first portion. One end of the wire is connected to the circuit region in a region between the light receiving sensor and the second portion, and one end of the wire is connected to the circuit region in a region between the light receiving sensor and the second portion.
US11397265B2	Universal multi-channel GNSS signal receiver A universal multi-channel receiver for receiving and processing signals from different navigation systems is provided. The universal receiver is implemented as an ASIC receiver with a number of universal channels. The receiver with universal channels is capable of receiving and processing signals from navigation satellites located within a direct access zone. The universal receiver has a plurality of channels that share the same memory. The universal receiver can determine its coordinates using any of the existing navigation systems (GPS, GLONASS, Beidou and GALILEO). The receiver can receive and process any (PN) signals.
US11397263B2	Sonar system with acoustic beam reflector Sonar systems and related methods are provided. A sonar system for a water craft includes at least one transducer element having at least one emitting face. The at least one transducer element is mountable to the water craft. A sonar signal processor is in electronic communication with the at least one transducer element and is operative to associate signals with the at least one transducer element to cause at least one acoustic beam to be emitted from the at least one emitting face in a first beam direction. A beam reflector is mounted with respect to the at least one transducer element such that at least one beam reflecting surface of the beam reflector is positioned along the first beam direction. The at least one acoustic beam impinges upon the at least one beam reflecting surface and is reflected in a second beam direction different than the first beam direction.
US11397262B2	Surface type detection A robotic cleaning appliance includes a housing, surface treatment item, surface type detection sensor, and processor. The sensor emits sonic signals toward a surface being traversed and receives corresponding returned signals from the surface. The returned signals are used for surface type detection and include directly reflected primary returned signals and multi-path reflected secondary returned signals which return at a later time than the primary returned signals. The processor selects a window of time after transmission of a sonic signal such that the returned signals in the window comprise at least a portion of the secondary returned signals, wherein the window is related to round trip time-of-flight of the returned signals; processes the returned signals falling in the window to achieve a reflectivity metric; compares the reflectivity metric to a stored value; and based on the comparison, determines which surface type of a plurality of surface types has been detected.
US11397259B2	Time-of-flight measurement system and method Techniques related to measuring a time-of-flight (ToF), comprising switching a first measuring station to a main operating mode, transmitting, by the first measuring station, a first ToF packet to a remote device, switching the first measuring station to a receive mode to receive a first ToF response packet from the remote device, receiving, by the first measuring station, the first ToF response packet, determining, a time interval between transmitting of the first ToF packet and receiving the first ToF response packet, receiving a plurality of time intervals from one or more other measuring stations, determining a ToF measurement based on the first time interval and the plurality of time intervals, switching the first measuring station to a secondary operating mode, and transmitting to a second measuring station, an indication to switch to the main operating mode.
US11397258B2	Method, apparatus, and system for outdoor target tracking Methods, apparatus and systems for outdoor target tracking are described. In one example, a described system comprises: a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The transmitter is configured for transmitting a first wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel. The receiver is configured for receiving a second wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel. One of the transmitter and the receiver is a located device at a known location. The other of the transmitter and the receiver is a moving device. The second wireless signal differs from the first wireless signal due to the wireless multipath channel which is impacted by a movement of the moving device. The processor is configured for: obtaining a plurality of time series of channel information of the wireless multipath channel based on the second wireless signal, computing a spatial-temporal information (STI), and tracking the moving device based on the STI.
US11397254B2	Ultrasonic device and ultrasonic sensor An ultrasonic device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface having a front and back relationship with the first surface, and provided with an opening penetrating the second surface from the first surface; a vibration film provided over the first surface of the substrate so as to close the opening; a vibration element provided at a position overlapping the opening in the vibration film; and a sound absorbing portion provided over the second surface of the substrate.
US11397250B2	Distance measurement device and distance measurement method Disclosed is a distance measurement device including a control section. The control section executes control so that an operating voltage for operating a light-receiving section is applied to the light-receiving section at a second time point. The second time point is later than a first time point by a predetermined time. The first time point is a time point at which a light-emitting section operates.
US11397249B2	Light detection device and electronic apparatus comprising a reverse bias voltage adjustment in accordance with a pulse number output by a first SPAD array A light detection devices includes a SPAD bias control block that adjusts a reverse bias voltage in accordance with a pulse number of a pulse signal which is output by a SPAD array upon incidence of first light.
US11397248B2	Sensing system and driving support system Provided is a sensing system that performs set control with high sensing accuracy. The sensing system that outputs an object signal includes a solid-state imaging device that senses a first physical target from an object and a second physical target different from the first physical target, and an arithmetic operation unit that calculates an object signal using a first signal from the first physical target and a second signal from the second physical target. The arithmetic operation unit calculates an object signal using a reference signal from a device mounted with the sensing system.
US11397235B2	Method for controlling the orientation of a solar module with two photoactive faces A method for controlling the orientation of a solar module including a single-axis solar tracker orientable about an axis of rotation, and a photovoltaic device supported by said tracker and having upper and lower photoactive faces, including: measurement of a distribution of the solar luminance called incident luminance originating from the incident solar radiation coming from the sky to reach the upper face, said distribution being established according to several elevation angles; measurement of a distribution of the solar luminance called reflected luminance originating from the albedo solar radiation corresponding to the reflection of the solar radiation on the ground to reach the lower face, said distribution being established according to several elevation angles; determination of an optimum orientation considering the measurements of said distributions of the incident and reflected solar luminance; servo-control of the orientation of the module on said optimum orientation.
US11397231B2	Magnetic-resonance imaging method, apparatus and system, and storage medium Disclosed are a magnetic-resonance imaging method, apparatus and system, and a storage medium. The method includes acquiring an initial model of magnetic-resonance imaging and establishing an initial imaging model according to an iterative algorithm used for solving the initial model, where the iterative algorithm includes at least one of an undetermined parameter, an undetermined solving operator or an undetermined structural relationship; training the initial imaging model on the basis of sample data to generate a magnetic-resonance imaging model, where training of the initial imaging model is used for learning the at least one of the undetermined parameter, the undetermined solving operator or the undetermined structural relationship in the iterative algorithm; and acquiring under-sampled K-space data to be processed, inputting the under-sampled K-space data into the magnetic-resonance imaging model, and generating a magnetic-resonance image.
US11397227B2	Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for nondestructively measuring physical properties of a material by observing induced displacements using different focal configurations A method for quantitatively measuring a physical characteristic of a material includes performing one or more interrogations of a material sample, each interrogation using a push focal configuration. The method further includes taking measurements of displacement over time of a material sample caused by the one or more interrogations. Each measurement uses an interrogation focal configuration. The method further includes determining a physical characteristic of the material sample based on the measurements of displacement over time of the material sample. According to the method, at least one of the following is true: a tracking focal configuration used for one of the measurements is different from a tracking focal configuration used for another of the measurements; and a push focal configuration used for one of the interrogations is different from a push focal configuration used for another of the interrogations.
US11397226B2	Ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) electrical testing apparatus for spintronic devices A scanning ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) measurement system is disclosed with a radio frequency (RF) probe and one or two magnetic poles mounted on a holder plate and enable a perpendicular-to-plane or in-plane magnetic field, respectively, at test locations. While the RF probe tip contacts a magnetic film on a whole wafer under test (WUT), a plurality of microwave frequencies (fR) is sequentially transmitted through the probe tip. Simultaneously, a magnetic field (HR) is applied to the contacted region thereby causing a FMR condition in the magnetic film for each pair of (HR, fR) values. RF output signals are transmitted through or reflected from the magnetic film to a RF diode and converted to voltage signals which a controller uses to determine effective anisotropy field, linewidth, damping coefficient, and/or inhomogeneous broadening for a sub-mm area. The WUT is moved to preprogrammed locations to enable multiple FMR measurements at each test location.
US11397225B2	Current sensor, magnetic sensor and circuit The current sensor comprises: a magnetic detecting device that is arranged in the vicinity of a conductor, to which a magnetic field to be measured induced by a current flowing through the conductor is applied, and that changes an electrical resistance in response to a change in the magnetic field to be measured; two coils that generate a canceling magnetic field to cancel the magnetic field to be measured and that are arranged in the vicinity of the magnetic detecting device; a shunt resistor, that is connected in series between the two coils, for detecting a current flowing through the coils; a first differential amplifier that amplifies the output signal of the magnetic detecting device and that supplies the current to induce the canceling magnetic field to the coils; and a second differential amplifier that amplifies the voltage across the shunt resistor and that outputs a measured voltage proportional to the current flowing through the conductor.
US11397224B2	Magnetic sensor A magnetic sensor includes a radial magnetoresistance element including plural magnetic sensing parts arranged radially from one point, an annular or polygonal magnetoresistance element arranged so as to surround the radial magnetoresistance elements, and at least one half-bridge circuit including the radial magnetoresistance element and the annular or polygonal magnetoresistance element. The radial magnetoresistance element may include a first magnetoresistance element including plural first magnetic sensing parts and a second magnetoresistance element including plural second magnetic sensing parts. The annular or polygonal magnetoresistance element may include an annular or polygonal third magnetoresistance element surrounding the first and second magnetoresistance elements and an annular or polygonal fourth magnetoresistance element surrounding the third magnetoresistance element. Two half-bridge circuits including the first to fourth magnetoresistance elements may be installed in the magnetic sensor.
US11397223B2	Hall sensor and method for operation of such a sensor A Hall sensor has a Hall sensor element, which has multiple connection points spaced apart from one another. A supply source serves for feeding an exciter current into the Hall sensor element and is connected to a first and a second connection point of the Hall sensor element. The Hall sensor has a first and a second comparison device. The first comparison device has a first input connected to a third connection point of the Hall sensor element, a second input connected to a reference signal generator for an upper reference value signal, and an output for a first comparison signal. The second comparison device has a third input connected to the third connection point, a fourth input connected to a reference signal generator for a lower reference value signal, and an output for a second comparison signal. The outputs are connected to an evaluation device for generating an error signal as a function of the first and second comparison signal.
US11397213B2	Method, controlling unit and electronic charging arrangement for determining state of charge of a battery during charging of the battery A method, a controlling unit and an electronic charging arrangement for determining a state of charge of a battery (205) during charging of the battery (205) are presented. The method comprises charging (110) the battery (205) with a charging current (410) during a first time period (T1), interrupting (120) the charging current (410) after the first time period (T1) at least for an interruption time period (T2), determining (130) a change (480) of terminal voltage (420) of the battery (205) during the interruption time period (T2), and determining (140) the state of charge based on the determined change (480) of terminal voltage (420).
US11397207B2	System for analysing faults by reflectometry of optimised dynamic range A system for analyzing faults in a transmission line includes a test signal generator, a coupler for injecting the test signal into the transmission line and sampling the signal back-propagated in the transmission line, a control unit for generating a calibration signal equal to the opposite of the test signal and controlling its phase and its amplitude, at least one combiner for combining the calibration signal and the signal sampled by the coupler into a corrected signal, an amplifier for amplifying the corrected signal and a correlator for correlating the corrected signal and the test signal to produce a reflectogram, the control unit being further configured to make the amplitude and the phase of the calibration signal vary so as to eliminate, in the signal sampled by the coupler, at least one echo of the test signal on at least one point of impedance mismatch of the transmission line.
US11397202B2	Comparator and receiver including the same A comparator includes: a first selector for selecting one of a first reference voltage and a first correction reference voltage, based on a first determination value of data at a past time of a first adjacent channel; a first comparator for comparing the difference between a voltage selected from the first reference voltage and the first correction reference voltage and a second reference voltage with an input voltage at a current time of a target channel; and a first output unit for determining an output voltage at the current time of the target channel, based on the comparison result of the first comparator.
US11397200B2	Current measuring apparatus and method A technique of reducing errors in measurement of a charging/discharging current in a battery module including a plurality of secondary batteries. A current measuring apparatus according to the present disclosure is included in a battery pack including a bus bar on a charging/discharging path to measure a current flowing through the charging/discharging path.
US11397196B2	Current sensor A current sensor includes a wiring board, a shield, an insulating sensor housing, and a shield adhesive. The wiring board and the shield are accommodated in the sensor housing. The sensor housing has a shield support part to support the shield, and a shield adhesion part. An application surface of the shield adhesion part is further from the shield than a contact surface of the shield support part. The shield is mounted on the contact surface of the shield support part, and the shield adhesive is disposed between the application surface of the shield adhesion part and the shield. The shield and the wiring board are aligned with and spaced from each other in the sensor housing.
US11397193B2	Movement analysis method and apparatus A method and apparatus are for movement analysis. The apparatus and method receive acceleration data from an accelerometer (or measurements from other motion sensors) that is carried by a user. The acceleration data is divided into epochs and a determination is made as to whether the user is walking or running within each epoch. Consecutive epochs in which the user is found to be walking may be concatenated to determine periods of time during which the user is walking or running. An initial estimate of the time that the user starts to walk or run and stops walking or running are determined for each period of walking. An iterative optimization process is then performed to determine accurate start and stop times for the period of walking or running.
US11397190B2	Test system Provided is a test system operable with a simplified structure. A test system includes a first test device and a second test device each of which transports and tests a sample. The test device includes a master control unit, which performs assignment of samples to the first test device and the second test device, and control of a transport operation of the sample assigned to the test device. The test device includes a slave control unit, which controls a transport operation of the sample assigned to the test device by the master control unit.
US11397188B2	Method of detecting an APP Alzheimer's disease marker peptide in patients with Alzheimer's disease Certain embodiments are directed to marker peptides or marker peptide antibodies can be used in producing diagnostic kits or used in diagnostic methods for Alzheimer's disease. The antibodies and/or marker peptides can be used in immunohistochemical and biochemical methods for qualitative and quantitative analysis of marker peptide levels and/or localization in brain samples and CSF samples.
US11397187B2	IGFBP7 for prediction of risk of AKI when measured prior to surgery The present disclosure describes a method for predicting the risk of a patient to suffer from acute kidney injury (AKI) during or after a surgical procedure or after administration of a contrast medium. The method is based on the determination of the level of the biomarker IGFBP7 (Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 7) in a body fluid sample obtained from the patient prior to the surgical procedure or prior to the administration of a contrast medium. Further, the present disclosure describes a method for predicting the risk of a patient to suffer from acute kidney injury (AKI) based on the determination of the amount of the biomarker IGFBP7 (Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 7) and Cystatin C in a body fluid sample obtained from the patient. The present disclosure further encompasses kits and devices adapted to carry out the methods of the disclosed methods.
US11397186B2	Methods for covalently binding a cell surface protein and a ligand The present invention relates to a method for covalently binding a cell surface protein and a ligand, the ligand being capable of specifically binding to the cell surface protein, the method consisting essentially of contacting the living cells expressing the cell surface protein with the ligand comprising at least one furan moiety, thereby covalently binding the cell surface protein and the ligand.
US11397183B2	Biomarkers and uses thereof for selecting immunotherapy intervention The instant disclosure provides biomarkers and methods for identifying subjects at risk of developing cytokine release syndrome (CRS), neurotoxicity, or both after adoptive immunotherapy to guide preemptive intervention, modified therapy, or the like. For example, adverse event biomarkers may be measured in a subject before pre-conditioning chemotherapy, before immunotherapy (e.g., adoptive immunotherapy infusion comprising a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) modified T cell), or shortly after pre-conditioning chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy. Exemplary biomarkers include temperature, cytokine levels and endothelial activation biomarkers, such as angiopoietin 2, von Willebrand factor (vWF), ratio of angiopoietin 2 to angiopoietin 1, and ratio of ADAMTS13 to vWF. Also provided are methods of treating subjects identified as at risk of developing cytokine release syndrome (CRS), neurotoxicity, or both to minimize such potential adverse events.
US11397182B2	Methods for prognosing and preventing metastatic liver disease The present invention is directed to a method for identifying an individual who is at risk for developing metastatic liver disease that involves measuring, in a sample isolated from the individual, exosomal levels of one or more markers of metastatic liver disease. Kits for carrying out this method are also disclosed. The present invention also relates to a method of preventing metastatic liver disease in an individual who are at risk for developing the disease that involves administering one or more inhibitors of liver pre-metastatic niche formation.
US11397180B2	Methods and compositions for rapid functional analysis of gene variants Methods and compositions are disclosed for rapid functional analysis of gene variants based on analysis of protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interactions.
US11397176B2	Medical diagnostic system and method A medical diagnostic system is provided to automate analysis of samples to predict a medical condition, such as pregnancy or chronic kidney disease. The system may provide test strip usage automation. The medical diagnostic system may include a sample collection component, collection cup contamination protection mechanism, sample volume control component, test strip reader component, which may be manifested as a lateral flow strip reader, flow reader, sample analytic component, data processing component, data communication component, networked data management component, and device cleaning mechanism. A method to automate analysis of samples to predict a medical condition using the medical diagnostic system is also provided.
US11397175B2	Method and apparatus for the inspection of a paper web wound on a bobbin An apparatus adapted to examine a paper web includes a rotatable first bobbin, a rotatable second bobbin, and a first testing device. The first bobbin has a paper we wound thereabout that has transverse bands spaced apart along a length thereof. The second bobbin is arranged to receive the paper web from the first bobbin with a paper web path defined between the first and second bobbins. The first testing device is disposed along the paper web path and is arranged to nondestructively measure a diffusivity of one of the transverse bands of the paper web.
US11397173B2	Interconnected corrugated carbon-based network An interconnected corrugated carbon-based network comprising a plurality of expanded and interconnected carbon layers is disclosed. In one embodiment, each of the expanded and interconnected carbon layers is made up of at least one corrugated carbon sheet that is one atom thick. In another embodiment, each of the expanded and interconnected carbon layers is made up of a plurality of corrugated carbon sheets that are each one atom thick. The interconnected corrugated carbon-based network is characterized by a high surface area with highly tunable electrical conductivity and electrochemical properties.
US11397172B2	Determining the partial pressure of a gas, calibrating a pressure sensor There is disclosed a method and system for determining the partial pressure of at least one gas in a mixture of gasses contained in a pressure vessel, the mixture being pressurised to a level which is above local atmospheric pressure. The method comprises the steps of positioning a gas analysis sensor (14) within a pressure vessel (10); exposing the sensor to the mixture of gasses at the pressure level found in the pressure vessel; operating the sensor to measure the actual partial pressure of the at least one gas in the mixture contained in the vessel; and periodically calibrating the sensor by directing a calibrating gas mixture (20, 22) to the sensor in the chamber, the calibrating gas mixture being breathable by a human being.
US11397171B2	Adaptive range flow titration systems and methods with sample conditioning Systems for quantifying a target analyte concentration in a process solution are provided and can be used, for example, in methods for quantifying a target analyte concentration. These systems and methods include continuous automated titration methods that use titration chemistries to measure the target analyte concentration in the process solution. The method steps provide for efficient and robust automated titration methods for a variety of target analytes and can include methods that provide for methods that provide a dynamic range for measurement of target analyte concentrations.
US11397169B2	Modified resins and uses thereof Modified thermoplastic hydrocarbon thermoplastic resins are provided, as well as methods of their manufacture and uses thereof in rubber compositions. The modified thermoplastic resins are modified by decreasing the relative quantity of the dimer, trimer, tetramer, and pentamer oligomers as compared to the corresponding unmodified thermoplastic resin polymers, resulting in a product that exhibits a greater shift in the glass transition temperature of the elastomer(s) used in tire formulations. This translates to better viscoelastic predictors of tire tread performance, such as wet grip and rolling resistance. The modified thermoplastic resins impart remarkable properties on various rubber compositions, such as tires, belts, hoses, brakes, and the like. Automobile tires incorporating the modified thermoplastic resins are shown to possess excellent results in balancing the properties of rolling resistance, tire wear, snow performance, and wet braking performance.
US11397168B2	Mass spectrometry system and emitter current control method Mass spectrometry for a specimen is repeatedly performed while stepwise changing a parameter (for example, a current value) of an emitter current. Based on a plurality of chromatograms generated by this process, an evaluation value table including a plurality of evaluation values is generated. An individual evaluation value shows a degree of tailing for individual peak included in each chromatogram. A parameter function is generated based on the evaluation value table. The parameter of the emitter current is controlled according to the parameter function.
US11397163B2	Method and apparatus for detecting particles, like biological macromolecules or nanoparticles A method of detecting particles (1), e.g. proteins, after separation of particles based on their specific features, e.g. charge, size, shape, density, as series of single light scattering events created by the individual particles is described. The particles (1) are separated from each other along the separation path (11) and particles have specific arrival times at the target side depending on the particle features. The detecting step comprises an interferometric sensing of the light scattered at individual particles bound or transient in the detection volume (30). Parameters of the scattering light signals e.g. the interferometric contrast are analysed for obtaining specific particle features, e.g. size, mass, shape, charge, or affinity of the particles (1). Furthermore, a detection apparatus (100) being configured for detecting particles (1) is described.
US11397160B2	Gas sensor, gas detection device, gas detection method and device provided with gas detection device Provided are a gas sensor, a gas detection device, a gas detection method and a device provided with the gas detection device, capable of improving gas detection performance. The gas detection device is provided with a gas sensor comprising a thermosensitive resistance element and a porous gas molecule adsorptive material thermally bonded to the thermosensitive resistance element that releases specified gas molecules due to heating and cooling, and a power supply control unit that heats and cools the thermosensitive resistance element by controlling the supply of power thereto. The gas detection method comprises a heating step for putting the porous gas molecule adsorptive material in a heated state and a detecting step for detecting a specific gas due to the temperature change in the thermosensitive resistance element by heating.
US11397159B1	Systems, devices and methods for analyzing constituents of a material under test A method for analyzing constituents of a material under test is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a plurality of impedance spectroscopy measurements of the material under test over a predetermined frequency range. A data set is passed to a machine learning system, the machine learning system having been trained to return an output related to one or more constituents in the material under test based on impedance spectroscopy measurement data over the predetermined frequency range. An output of the machine learning system is received and outputted. Related systems, methods and devices are also disclosed.
US11397155B2	Kerogen maturity and porosity in shale A system having an NMR measurement device make measurements on a region of investigation in which an NMR-active fluid has been injected. A source of the NMR-active fluid (e.g., methane) is provided, and the pressure of the region of investigation may be monitored. A sealing apparatus serves to isolate the region of investigation. A parameter is estimating using the obtained measurement. The parameter estimated may include the inter-granular porosity, intra-kerogen porosity, kerogen maturity, free gas volume, and/or adsorbed gas volume. A baseline measurement may be made prior to injecting the NMR-active fluid, and the region of investigation may be evacuated before injecting the NMR-active fluid. The obtained T2 distribution can be resolved and each peak attributed to different constituent sources of the signal. The system can be conveyed into a wellbore using a drillstring, a wireline, a slickline, or a coil tubing.
US11397151B2	Device and a method for measurements by Raman spectroscopy A device for detection of a substance by Raman spectroscopy comprises a holder (40) with an area (41) adapted for receiving a sample of the substance and a vibration engine (42). The vibration engine (42) is configured to move the holder (40) in a three-dimensional motion when the area (41) with the substance is arranged in front of a focusing lens (FL) of the spectrometer to provide a large actual sampling area and hence to achieve a strong signal at detection. The device comprises a SERS surface (30) arranged at the area (41) of the holder (40) for adsorption of the sample of the substance. A method for detection of a substance by use of the device is also presented.
US11397150B2	Measuring device, measurement abnormality detecting method, and program Presently disclosed is a way to provide a measuring device capable of easily detecting measurement abnormality without increasing load in hardware. The measuring device may include: an emission means that may emit light to a measurement target region; a light measurement means that may measure light output from the measurement target region by emission with the emission means; a driving means that may move a position of at least one of the measurement target region and the emission means; and a determination means that may compare measurement values of the light measured a plurality of times by the light measurement means while changing positions of the measurement target region by the driving means and thereby determines abnormality of a measurement result. The determination means may determine measurement abnormality in a case where a reference measurement value being a measurement value obtained for a first time is lower than a comparison measurement value being a highest measurement value among measurement values obtained for second and subsequent times.
US11397148B2	Method of analyzing liquid samples, microplate reader and computer program The method of analyzing absorbance of one or more liquid samples arranged in the wells of a microplate includes the steps of setting a desired wavelength falling within the wavelength range of 380 nm-750 nm for absorbance measurement, illuminating the samples using electromagnetic radiation having a bandwidth of at most 20 nm around the set wavelength, measuring radiant flux transmitted through each sample, on the basis of measured radiant flux values, determining an absorbance value for each sample, and visualizing the absorbance values on a display as a matrix comprising a plurality of cells, each cell corresponding to a well of the microplate. The set wavelength is used as an input for determining the visual properties of the cells.
US11397145B2	Diagnostic methods and device A method for evaluating Dry Eye Disease (“DED”) in a human or animal subject is provided. Thread thinning dynamics of a tear sample of the subject are determined using an acoustically-driven microfluidic extensional rheometry instrument. At least one physical parameter value of the tear sample is calculated based at least in part on the determined thread thinning dynamics. DED is evaluated based at least in part on the at least one calculated physical parameter value of the tear sample. A device for evaluating Dry Eye Disease (DED) in a human or animal subject is also provided. The device includes an acoustically-driven microfluidic extensional rheometry instrument and a processing device configured to evaluate DED based at least in part on the calculated at least one physical parameter value of the tear sample.
US11397143B2	Digester system for processing a plurality of samples for chemical analysis Provided is a system and apparatus for preparing multiple samples for chemical analysis. The apparatus includes a housing having a heating compartment, a cooling compartment spaced apart from the heating compartment, and an insulating region located between the heating compartment. The apparatus has an infrared system including a least one infrared heating tube within the heating compartment for heating a sample within a crucible portion of a sample container while the sample container is received within the housing. The infrared heating tube includes an elongated tube positioned below the crucible portion. The apparatus includes a cooling mechanism for cooling the expansion portion of the sample container while the sample container is received within the housing.
US11397139B2	Metallographic grinder and components thereof A platen for a metallographic grinder has an outer peripheral rim with an upper surface having a lower height. Also, fingers engaging a specimen are allowed to move laterally (i.e., wobble) to minimize the tipping forces on the specimen during the grinding process. Either one or both of these structures can be employed and results in a much flatter specimen surface for use in subsequent analysis.
US11397138B2	Method for qualitatively analyzing insoluble pigment compound A method for analyzing the structure of an insoluble pigment compound is disclosed. In some embodiments, a method comprise determining a molecular weight of the pigment compound, the insoluble pigment compound by ultrasonic treatment in a solvent to form partial structural compounds, analyzing the elemental composition and the structure of partial structural compounds by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance, respectively and determining the structure of the insoluble pigment compound from the analysis of the partial structural compounds and the molecular weight of the insoluble pigment compound. In some embodiments, a method comprises determining molecular weight of the pigment compound using matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry, selecting a parent mass, fragmenting the parent mass and determining the molecular weight of each fragment, and determining the structure of the insoluble pigment compound from the molecular weight of the insoluble pigment compound and that of the fragments.
US11397137B2	Clamping mechanism for a tyre testing device and method for clamping a tested tyre into the clamping mechanism A tyre testing device and clamping system is capable of supporting inflation of tyres having narrower or collapsed sidewalls insofar that the tyre is sealed and inflated at a smaller rim width and subsequently it is open to a specific rim width. The present system is also capable of pressing the sidewalls having larger width to a specified rim width. The present teaching is particularly suitable for spindles of tyre testing device.
US11397136B2	Modular test bench for roadworthy complete vehicles A steering force module on a vehicle test bench including a first main body and a transverse force actuator that is displaceable relative thereto. A transverse force being generated by a displacement of the transverse force actuator relative to the first main body, by means of which the transverse force can be applied to the steering system. Furthermore, a drivetrain module is present which consists of a second main body and a drive actuator that is rotatable relative thereto, the drive actuator being rotationally fixable by means of a second mechanical interface to a drive axle of the drivetrain, a torque that is independent of the transverse force being generated by a rotation of the drive actuator relative to the second main body is applied to the drive axle.
US11397128B2	Level correction system A level correction system includes a first adjustment device, a chuck device provided on the first adjustment device, a first reflective device provided on the chuck device, a second adjustment device, a carrying table provided on the second adjustment device, a second reflective device provided on the carrying table, a laser emitter configured to emit incident laser light, a laser receiver, and a controller. The first reflective device and the second reflective device are used to reflect the incident laser light to form a reflected laser light. The laser receiver is used to receive the reflected laser light. The controller is used to determine a height of the chuck device or the carrying table and whether a center point of a reflected light spot formed by the reflected laser light is offset from a center point of an incident light spot formed by the incident laser light.
US11397126B2	System and method for grounded high voltage leak detection A leak detection system includes a high voltage leak detection (HVLD) testing system configured to inspect a package using a HVLD apparatus that includes an inspection electrode and a detection electrode. The leak detection system includes a grounding system that includes a grounding element. The grounding system is configured to remove, significantly reduce, or conduct away electric charge accumulation on the package. The leak detection system also includes a controller configured to operate and coordinate the operation of the grounding system with the operation of the HVLD testing system.
US11397119B2	Torque sensor and power control actuator [Object] To provide a torque sensor and power control actuator that are reduced in size and are capable of detecting torque with high accuracy.[Solution] The torque sensor includes: a first rotating body capable of making axial rotation about an input axis; a second rotating body capable of making axial rotation about an output axis; a strain generation part provided between the first rotating body and the second rotating body, having a first surface facing one side in a first direction parallel to the input axis and a second surface facing the other side in the first direction, and configured to transfer rotation torque while generating a strain between the first rotating body and the second rotating body; and a plurality of strain detection parts provided on the first surface and the second surface, respectively, to detect a strain of the strain generation part.
US11397109B2	Apparatus for carrying out polarization resolved Raman spectroscopy An apparatus for carrying out polarization resolved Raman spectroscopy on a sample (15), in particular a crystalline sample, comprises: at least one light source (11), in particular at least one laser, for providing excitation radiation to a sample (15), a spectrograph (31) for dividing light from the sample (15), in particular Raman scattered light from the sample (15), into at least one spectrum of spatially separated wavelength components and for directing at least a portion of the at least one spectrum to a detector (29), in particular a CCD detector, a polarization state control element (27) for the light from the sample (15), the polarization state control element (27) being arranged in a light path of at least one light beam (25) traveling from the sample (15) towards the detector (29), and the polarization state control element (27) comprising at least one polarization sensitive optical element (45, 47), in particular a Wollaston prism, the at least one polarization sensitive optical element being adapted to split the at least one light beam (25) into at least two, in particular orthogonally, polarized light beams (35a, 35b, 37a, 37b).
US11397107B2	System, apparatus and method for in situ polychromatic measurement of optical properties of topically applied sunscreen A system, apparatus and method of improved measurement of the SPF factor of sunscreen compositions. In one embodiment, a method of measuring the protection of a sunscreen composition includes exposing skin to a known intensity of light, measuring the amount of remitted light from the skin, applying sunscreen to the skin, exposing the skin to which the sunscreen has been applied the known intensity of emitted light of the spectrum of light from which the sunscreen is intended to protect the skin, measuring the amount of light remitted from the skin, and calculating a UltraViolet-A Protection Factor (UVA-PF) of the sunscreen by comparing the amount of light remitted from the skin with the sunscreen to the amount of light remitted from the skin without the sunscreen.
US11397106B2	Sensor arrangement A fiber optic sensor arrangement is disclosed that includes a plurality of optical fiber based sensor elements, the sensor elements configured to modify an associated optical carrier signal in accordance with changes in a sensed quantity at a location of the sensor element and a phase modulation arrangement for phase modulating each optical carrier signal in accordance with respective uncorrelated pseudorandom binary sequence signals. The sensor arrangement also includes an interferometer module for receiving each of the phase modulated optical carrier signals, the interferometer module operable to convert a change in the phase modulated optical carrier signals to a change in optical intensity of the corresponding optical carrier signal to generate a combined modulated optical intensity signal, an optical intensity detector for measuring the combined modulated optical intensity signal and generating a time varying electrical detector signal and an analog to digital convertor to convert the time varying electrical detector signal to a time varying digitized detector signal. Also included in the sensor arrangement is a decorrelator arrangement for decorrelating the time varying digitized detector signal against the respective uncorrelated pseudorandom binary sequence corresponding to each of the optical carrier signals to recover each of the modulated optical carrier signals and a demodulator for demodulating each of the modulated optical carrier signals to recover the respective optical carrier signal to determine the changes in the sensed quantity at the location of the sensor element.
US11397104B2	Systems and methods for weigh scale perimeter monitoring for scanner-scales Systems and methods for reducing erroneous weighing of items such as by detecting items extending beyond a periphery of a weigh platter whereby in one configuration, the system employs a light source disposed in or on a housing of a scanner-scale for producing a light beam along an edge of the weigh platter, the light beam being modulated to contain a defined packet of data; a detector for receiving the data-modulated light beam, the detector being disposed in or on the housing; and a processor coupled with the detector for decoding the defined packet of data responsive to the detector receiving the data-modulated light beam. Various indicators for alerting the operator of off-scale detection are also described.
US11397103B2	Sensor circuit and use thereof The sensor circuit (105) is configured for sensing of an electrolyte solution, such as an aqueous solution (1000) in a chamber (150). The sensor circuit comprises a signal generator configured for generating signals in a predefined frequency range above 1 MHz. It further comprises a capacitive sensor comprising a first and a second electrode (101, 102), wherein the electrolyte solution (1000) constitutes a medium of the capacitive sensor, and an output circuit for conditioning a response into a sensor signal. Herein, the capacitive sensor is part of a secondary, floating circuit which is coupled in a contactless manner to a primary circuit comprising the signal generator and the output circuit, and wherein said response is transmitted from the secondary circuit.
US11397102B2	Physical quantity detecting device It is possible to suppress overcorrection.A physical quantity detecting device includes: a physical quantity detecting sensor that detects a physical quantity of a measurement target fluid and outputs a detection signal; a compensation amount calculation unit that calculates, by using the detection signal, a lead compensation amount used in lead compensation for the detection signal; and a gain control unit that adjusts the lead compensation amount based on a deviation that is an amount of change in lead compensation amount over time.
US11397100B2	Method for calibrating a magnetic locator The invention relates to a method for calibrating a magnetic locator, said magnetic locator including at least a transmitter and a receiver, the calibration method involving a third sensor constituted of a transceiver, said method including, transmission of a first magnetic field by the transmitter and reception of first signals generated in the receiver by said magnetic field (S1), transmission of a second magnetic field by the transmitter and reception of second signals generated in the transceiver by said magnetic field (S2), transmission of a third magnetic field by the transceiver and reception of third signals generated in the receiver by said magnetic field (S3), the calibration method including the determination (S4) of at least a magnetic moment of the transmitter and a magnetic moment of the receiver from the first signals, second signals and third signals.
US11397089B2	Autonomous vehicle routing with route extension Various examples are directed to systems and methods for routing an autonomous vehicle. A vehicle autonomy system may generate first route data describing a first route for the autonomous vehicle to a first target location and control the autonomous vehicle using the first route data. The vehicle autonomy system may determine that the autonomous vehicle is within a threshold of the first target location and select a second target location associated with at least a second stopping location. The vehicle autonomy system may generate second route data describing a route extension of the first route from the first target location to the second target location and control the autonomous vehicle using the second route data.
US11397087B1	Ocean-based storage and distribution of items The Earth's oceans naturally distribute items aboard barges or other carrying vessels in an efficient manner. Carrying vessels are inserted into gyres, currents, eddies or other sources of flow by support vessels, which may be manned or autonomous. A carrying vessel may be transported from a port or other origin to a point within a naturally occurring flow of seawater by a support vessel, and permitted to travel at speeds and in directions defined by natural factors, from one point to another point, for extended durations. A carrying vessel may be removed from a naturally occurring flow of seawater by a support vessel and transported to a port or other destination. Flow rates, transit times and points within naturally occurring flows at which a carrying vessel may engage with or disengage from a support vessel may be determined according to a machine learning model or in any other manner.
US11397082B2	Estimation of spatial profile of environment Disclosed herein is a system and method for facilitating estimation of a spatial profile of an environment based on a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) based technique. In one arrangement, the present disclosure facilitates spatial profile estimation based on directing light over one dimension, such as along the vertical direction. In another arrangement, by further directing the one-dimensionally directed light in another dimension, such as along the horizontal direction, the present disclosure facilitates spatial profile estimation based on directing light in two dimensions.
US11397077B2	Power and security adjustment for face identification with reflectivity detection by a ranging sensor The present disclosure is directed to a system and method of controlling a facial recognition process by validating preconditions with a ranging sensor. The ranging sensor transmits a ranging signal that is reflected off of a user's face and received back at the ranging sensor. The received ranging signal can be used to determine distance between the user's face and the mobile device or to determine the reflectivity of the user's face. Comparing the distance to a range of distances corresponding to normal operation of the device or normal reflectivities associated with human skin tones can reduce the number of false positive activations of the facial recognition process. Furthermore, a multiple zone ranging sensor can produce a face depth map that can be compared to a stored face depth map or can produce a reflectivity map that can be compared to a stored face reflectivity map to further increase power efficiency and device security.
US11397071B1	System and method for anti-blinding target game A system, method, and console for interactive gaming including an anti-blinding target game is disclosed. The system includes a console, a LIDAR system, and a server all of which are communicatively coupled via a network. The console is configured to project gameplay visuals while continuously using the LIDAR system to monitor the gameplay environment. Upon the LIDAR system detecting a significant modification to the gameplay environment, the console initiates an anti-blinding mode resulting in black light being emitted from the console in order to prevent impacting the eye health of users.
US11397069B2	Locking holster system A holster for receiving and withdrawing a handgun having two active restraints and a dust cover. The holster further has a lockout button assembly comprising an elongated member having a lockout button portion on a proximal end and a blocking portion on a distal end, wherein the lockout button assembly is configured to be slidingly mounted to a housing for manual movement of the lockout button assembly between a protrusion portion blocking position and a protrusion portion non-blocking position, wherein the blocking portion is configured to block rotation of the protrusion portion and the thumb button when in the blocking position, and wherein the blocking portion is configured to allow rotation of the protrusion portion and the thumb button when in the non-blocking position.
US11397068B2	Configurable cable holder for firearms Various examples of a configurable cable holder for firearms are described. One example of the configurable cable holder includes an elastic band. The elastic band is configured to wrap around a portion of the firearm in one of a plurality of configurations when installed on the firearm. The elastic band has a clamp portion configured to elastically clamp a portion (e.g., cable) of an accessory of the firearm.
US11397066B1	Muzzle device and blast sleeve A muzzle device and blast sleeve system that includes a muzzle device having a muzzle device borehole, one or more venting apertures extending between the muzzle device borehole and an outer surface of the muzzle device, grouped venting apertures with at least one venting trough extending from or through each venting aperture to a muzzle device first end, and at least one screw recess; a blast sleeve having a blast sleeve borehole extending therethrough, wherein the blast sleeve borehole matingly corresponds to and allows for frictional engagement between the outer surface of the muzzle device and the inner blast sleeve sidewall of the blast sleeve borehole, and one or more venting ports formed through the blast sleeve to be aligned with at least two of the venting apertures; and an anti-rotation screw, positionable through the screw aperture and at least a portion of the screw recess.
US11397063B2	Jig for manufacturing of firearm lower receiver An improved jig for manufacturing a firearm lower receiver is comprised of a power tool mount; an adapter; a guide plate with plate screws; a rear support with mounting screws; a front support; and at least one of a carriages with at least one locating pin. A guide plate is disposed below the top surface of a lower receiver in conjunction with an adapter. The jig is a universal fitment and includes a bearing to support a rotary tool and at least one guiding feature can be used to facilitate in the guidance of the rotary tool without placing the rotary tool in direct contact with any of the guidance features. A removable locating pin is situated a long the front and rear takedown pin holes of a firearm receiver that is not threaded and is provided with at least one of a pull, string or other handle.
US11397062B2	Self-supporting additively-manufactured heat exchanger header An additively-manufactured heat exchanger header defines a build plane and a vertical axis defining a build direction that is orthogonal to the build plane. The additively-manufactured heat exchanger header includes a header body that at least partially contains a working fluid, and an upper support structure on the header body. The upper support structure defines an interior edge and includes a branchwork of gussets rising upward and outward from a root point located in the middle region on the header body. The header body defines a middle region, an upper region, and a top extension. The branchwork of gussets forms a number of top vanes, each supporting the top extension. The upper region is oriented over the middle region relative to the vertical axis, and the top extension partially defines the fluid boundary and is oriented over the upper region.
US11397051B2	Dry dust removal from furnace gas A process and a plant for cleaning furnace gas includes utilizing one or more sensors to continuously monitor one or more parameters indicative for an expected temperature peak in the blast furnace gas flow. The gas flow is then passed through a conditioning tower. In case the measured parameter exceeds a predefined limit value, a coolant, such as water, is sprayed into the blast furnace gas flow in the conditioning tower. Subsequently the flow of blast furnace gas passes one or more filter stations.
US11397050B2	Softgel drying machine The softgel drying machine comprises a casing, first tumblers, second tumblers, a pneumatic conveying device and a air-drying system. The casing comprises a air generation chamber and a air circulation chamber. The air circulation chamber comprises a first circulation chamber and a second circulation chamber, at least one first drying chamber is located at the first circulation chamber, at least one second drying chamber is located at the second circulation chamber, the first drying chamber comprises a first air inlet and a first air outlet, the second drying chamber comprises a second air inlet and a second air outlet. The first tumblers are located at the first circulation chamber. The second tumblers are located at the second circulation chamber. The air-drying system is located at the air generation chamber and comprises a blower fan, an air return duct and an air supply port.
US11397048B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator includes a cabinet configured to be formed with a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber, a first door configured to open and close the first storage chamber, a second door configured to open and close the second storage chamber, a first cooler and a heater configured to adjust the temperature of the first storage chamber, a second cooler configured to adjust a temperature of the second storage chamber, and a controller configured to perform a general operation of the first storage chamber in preference to door load response operation of the second storage chamber, of the general operation of adjusting the temperature of the first storage chamber and the door load response operation of the second storage chamber.
US11397045B2	Refrigerator Provided is a refrigerator including a supporting projection to reduce noise created from a rack. The refrigerator includes an outer case, an inner case arranged inside the outer case to define a storeroom, a rack removably arranged in the storeroom, a projection protruding from a side of the inner case, on which to put a side end of the rack, and at least one side supporting projection forming a separation space between the side of the inner case and a side of the rack to prevent the side of the rack from contacting the side of the inner case, wherein the side supporting projection includes a rack contact portion arranged between the side of the rack and the side of the inner case and formed into a curved plane to reduce an area of contact with the side of the rack.
US11397044B2	Method of making a vacuum insulated cabinet for a refrigerator A method of making an insulated cabinet for a refrigerator comprises: welding sheet metal to form an external wrapper, the external wrapper including an interior and welded areas with an outboard-facing side; welding sheet metal to form a first liner configured to be disposed within the interior of the external wrapper, the first liner including welded areas with an inboard-facing side; applying an adhesive to the outboard-facing side of the welded areas of the external wrapper; applying an adhesive to the inboard-facing side of the welded areas of the first liner; and disposing the first liner within the interior of the external wrapper, leaving a space between the first liner and the external wrapper.
US11397033B2	Refrigeration system and control method for starting refrigeration system A refrigeration system and a start control method for a refrigeration system. The refrigeration system includes: a refrigeration loop having an exhaust port of a compressor, a condenser, a throttle element, an evaporator, and a suction port of the compressor connected in sequence by using a flow path; wherein a first valve is disposed between the throttle element and the condenser, and the first valve is at least capable of cutting off a refrigerant flow from the throttle element to the condenser; and a second valve is disposed close to the suction port of the compressor, and the second valve is used to control on/off of a flow path between the evaporator and the compressor. Starting load of the refrigeration system according to the present invention can be effectively reduced, so that the power and size of a drive component for providing power can also be reduced.
US11397027B2	Condensate valve for furnace A flue collector box for a furnace having a cooling coil, a heat exchanger, and an inducer blower includes a housing having an interior chamber in fluid communication with the heat exchanger such that condensation generated in the heat exchanger flows to the interior chamber of the housing. A valve is connected to the housing and includes a pair of lips defining a fluid passage through the valve in fluid communication with the interior chamber. The lips have an open condition allowing condensation to exit the valve when the inducer blower is deactivated. The lips have a closed condition forcefully engaging one another when the inducer blower is activated to prevent condensation from exiting the valve.
US11397026B2	Burner for gas-fired furnace A burner system for gas-fired furnaces that includes a burner box having one or more burner heads. The burner box is linked to one or more heat exchanger tubes. A flame suppression tube extends from each of the one or more burner heads. The flame suppression tube extends in the direction of one of the one or more heat exchanger tubes. A space separates the flame suppression tube from the heat exchanger tube. A blower is configured to provide a mixture of flammable gas and air to the burner box. An air delivery means provides air in the space separating the flame suppression tube from the heat exchanger tube.
US11397025B2	Electric heating device, corresponding heating circuit and method for managing the temperature The invention relates to an electric fluid heating device (1) comprising: at least one fluid inlet (7), at least one fluid outlet (11), at least one heating element (13), at least one first temperature sensor (21) for measuring the temperature of said at least one heating element (13), and a control module (15) of the at least one heating element (13). According to the invention, the device (1) comprises at least a second temperature sensor (23) for measuring the temperature of the fluid at the at least one outlet (11), and the control module (15) comprises at least one processing means (17, 19, 35) for: using the temperature information (T21, T23) from the temperature sensors (21, 24), and for generating a command for the at least one heating element (13) according to the temperature information (T21, T23). The invention also relates to an associated heating circuit and method for managing the temperature.
US11397022B2	Air conditioner An air conditioner including an electrical-component box to accommodate therein electrical components on a lower surface of the air conditioner in an installation state in which the air conditioner is installed in a ceiling, wherein the electrical-component box includes an electrical-component box body having a box shape with a lower surface opened in the installation state, and including a body-side engaging portion protruding outward from a side surface, and a plate-like lid capable of closing the opening and including a lid-side engaging portion to be engaged with the body-side engaging portion, and wherein the lid is capable of being suspended from the electrical-component box body by engaging the lid-side engaging portion with the body-side engaging portion, and the lid includes a temporary item-placement portion on which items can be temporarily placed in a suspended state in which the lid is suspended from the electrical-component box body.
US11397021B2	Outdoor unit, indoor unit, and air conditioner An outdoor unit includes: a heat exchanger to exchange heat between refrigerant and air; a first air blower and a second air blower to blow air on the heat exchanger; a compressor drive unit to drive a compressor compressing the refrigerant, the compressor drive unit including a power device; a cooling fin to cool the power device; a cooling-fin-temperature detection unit to detect temperature of the cooling fin; and a position determination unit to determine a position of the first air blower and a position of the second air blower by using the temperature of the cooling fin.
US11397015B2	Air conditioning apparatus An air conditioning apparatus includes a heat exchange device that connects an outdoor unit to an indoor unit and that includes a heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange between refrigerant and water, thereby reducing an amount of refrigerant used to perform a cooling operation or a heating operation. The apparatus further includes a switching mechanism that connects the outdoor unit to the heat exchange device and that is configured to be connected to both a simultaneous outdoor unit and a switchable outdoor unit to thereby allow the heat exchange device to be installed regardless of the type of the outdoor unit.
US11397012B2	Panel restrictor for HVAC system A panel restrictor for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit includes a first bracket configured to couple to a structural support of the HVAC unit, where the first bracket includes a slot. The panel restrictor includes a second bracket configured to couple to a panel of the HVAC unit. An arcuate segment extends from the second bracket and is configured to extend through the slot. The panel restrictor also includes an engager configured to secure the arcuate segment within the slot at a plurality of discrete positions along the arcuate segment.
US11396998B2	Mechanical and electric connection apparatus for continuous run luminaires Methods, apparatus and systems for facilitating installation and/or replacement of linear lighting assemblies with linear light-emitting diode (LED) luminaires. In an embodiment, a system for installing a linear LED luminaire includes a suspension bracket having a connection feature for connection to a connection point, and an attachment portion for accepting a first distal end of a first linear LED luminaire. The system also includes a connecting bridge that includes a bridge housing, at least one aperture formed in the bridge housing, and at least one locking tab. The connecting bridge attaches to a second distal end of the first linear LED luminaire and enables secure mechanical and electrical connection between the first linear LED luminaire and a second LED luminaire.
US11396996B2	Light source device and display unit A light source device includes: a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate; a wavelength conversion member disposed to face the plurality of light sources; and a diffusion member disposed between the wavelength conversion member and the plurality of light sources, and configured to uniformize distribution of traveling direction angle of incident light.
US11396995B2	Panel light apparatus The back plate has four lateral walls and a bottom plate. A back side of the bottom plate includes multiple sets of folding hooks. Each set corresponds a different installation platform. One of the multiple sets of folding hooks is folded to be used for hooking to a corresponding installation platform. The light source module has multiple LED modules disposed on the bottom plate. Each LED module has a LED device and a lens. The lens diffuses a light of the LED device to be evenly emitted from the lens and broadening an output angle of the light via the lens. The diffusion plate with a peripheral edge is fixed to the four lateral walls of the back plate. The driver cover is attached to an external side of one of the four walls of the back plate. The driver cover defines a container cavity for concealing the driver module.
US11396993B2	Lamp for vehicle The present disclosure relates to a lamp for a vehicle, the lamp including: a light source provided in a housing; an inner lens provided in front of the light source; a cover member disposed between the inner lens and the light source and configured to move between a first position at which a front side of the light source is opened and a second position at which the front side of the light source is closed; and a drive part configured to selectively move the cover member from the first position to the second position, thereby improving marketability and design characteristics of the lamp.
US11396982B2	Light bulb apparatus A light bulb apparatus includes a light bulb shell, a bulb head, and a heat sink cup. The heat sink cup has a first end connected to the light bulb shell, and a second end connected to the bulb head. The light bulb apparatus includes a flexible filament and a central support. The flexible filament has a first terminal and a second terminal, and the central support provides a first electrode electrically connected to the first terminal, and provides a second electrode for electrically connected to the second terminal. The light bulb apparatus includes an expanding structure and a driver module. The expanding structure is mechanically coupled to the central support, and includes a plurality of holding portions for holding the flexible filament. The driver module is electrically connected to the bulb head and the central support for providing electrical power to the flexible filament.
US11396976B1	Axle assembly having a dipstick assembly An axle assembly that includes a housing assembly and a dipstick assembly. The housing assembly may at least partially define a cavity that receives a lubricant. At least a portion of the dipstick assembly may be removably mountable to the housing assembly and may include a fitting and a dipstick.
US11396975B2	Removable or adjustable cover for garage door sensor A sensor unit includes a garage door sensor, a frame configured to be secured at one side of an opening for a garage door, and a cover. The garage door sensor is connected to said frame. The cover is configured to accommodate at least a portion of said garage door sensor. The cover is removably secured to said garage door sensor, such as for periodic cleaning.
US11396971B2	Support tripod for photographic equipment A support tripod for video-photographic equipment. The tripod has a cross-piece with a mount for the equipment and a plurality of support legs pivotable with respect to the cross-piece to open/close the tripod. Each leg has a first leg portion articulated to a corresponding hinge on the cross-piece so that the leg can be pivoted between a closed configuration, in which the legs are arranged almost parallel with each other, and at least one operative configuration, in which the legs are apart with respect to the cross-piece, and a second leg portion parallel with and connected to the first leg portion. The second leg portion has a member which extends mainly along a longitudinal axis. The second leg portion can slide along the longitudinal axis, moving with respect to the first leg portion to release the leg from the cross-piece and make the leg pivotable with respect to the cross-piece.
US11396966B2	System, method and apparatus for sheathed retainer for a restrained pipe joint Provided are pipe systems and methods for assembling the same. A pipe system includes two pipes, each having an axis, an exterior surface, a retainer groove formed in the exterior surface, and a sheath mounted to a respective pipe such that the sheath at least partially covers the retainer groove prior to assembly. A retainer is also located in the each retainer groove, disposed radially beneath the sheath relative to the axis, prior to assembly. The system further includes a coupling having a bell configured to receive each of the two pipes. Each bell may have a retainer groove formed in an inner surface thereof and the bell configured to receive at least a portion of a respective retainer after assembly of the pipe system. When assembled, the sheaths are configured to uncover the retainer grooves such that the retainers expand into the retainer grooves of the coupling inner surface.
US11396965B2	Restraint gripper cover with lockout breakaway A gland assembly for a piping element includes a gland comprising a joint restraint assembly comprising a restraint base, the restraint base defining a restraint pocket, the joint restraint assembly further comprising a gripper disposed within the restraint pocket, wherein the gripper is configured to rotate within the restraint pocket about and between a disengaged position in which the gripper is disengaged from the piping element and an engagement position in which the gripper is engaged with the piping element. The gland assembly also includes a cover removably attached to the restraint base, the cover comprising a bottom wall comprising a stop leg; a sidewall; a tab extending from the sidewall, the tab preventing the cover from being pushed onto the restraint base in a fully depressed configuration and preventing the stop leg from engaging the gripper into the disengaged position.
US11396964B2	Joint restraint device A mechanical joint includes a piping element, the piping element including an element flange, the piping element defining a socket extending inwards from the element flange; a pipe length, the pipe length extending through the element flange into the socket, the pipe length defining an outer pipe surface; and a gland, the pipe length extending through the gland, the gland including a joint restraint assembly, the joint restraint assembly including a restraint base; and a gripper disposed within the restraint pocket, the gripper configured to rotate in the restraint pocket, the gripper further configured to engage the outer pipe surface to prevent removal of the pipe length from the socket.
US11396963B2	Device for making plumbing connections and a method of use thereof A device for making plumbing connections is provided. The device includes a first compression nut, a second compression nut, a sleeve fitting body between the first compression nut and the second compression nut, a first ferrule between the first compression nut and the sleeve fitting body, and a second ferrule between the sleeve fitting body and the second compression nut. The first compression nut has a first narrow portion and a first threaded portion, the first narrow portion having a first internal cavity with a first diameter. The second compression nut has a second narrow portion and a second threaded portion, the second narrow portion having a second internal cavity with a second diameter. The sleeve fitting body has a threaded portion that respectively correspond to the first and second threaded portions, and a first cavity portion having the first diameter, and a second cavity portion having the second diameter.
US11396960B2	Wire harness grommets with pull handles and methods of use A wire harness grommet includes a grommet body including a first flared portion, a second flared portion and a narrow portion between the first flared portion and the second flared portion. The first flared portion has a wire receiving opening extending therethrough for receiving one or more wires. A pull handle has a first end located at a first side of the first flared portion and a second end located at an opposite, second side of the first flared portion forming a closed loop.
US11396959B2	Suspension assembly A suspension assembly (10) comprises a support member (12), an elongate suspension member (14), and a securing arrangement. The support member (12) defines a central aperture (20) for receiving the suspension member (14) therethrough. The suspension member (14) defines a latching opening. The securing arrangement includes a latch member receivable through the latching opening in the suspension member (14) to secure the support member (12) to the suspension member (14).
US11396957B2	Child-resistant drain valve A safety device allows selective opening or closing of a drain opening of a tank, to render such action more difficult for a child. The device has a body, a plug, a means for restricting axial movement of the plug in a conduit that runs through the body, and, optionally, a tether. The conduit is adapted for engagement in the drain opening. The plug is frictionally engaged in the conduit. The means for restricting axial movement has complementary elements disposed on the plug and on the body, such that, in a first rotational position, the plug is axially retained relative to the conduit and, in a second rotational position, the plug is not restricted from axial movement out of the conduit. The tether attaches to the plug and the body to keep the plug proximate to the body.
US11396950B2	Check valve assembly having a poppet A poppet of a check valve includes a base, a shaft extending from the base, and a sealing head coupled to the shaft and extended away from the base by the shaft. A flow channel is defined between the base, the shaft, and the sealing head. The base includes a plurality of holes.
US11396946B2	Tribological body and method for producing such a body The invention relates to a tribological body (10) comprising a body with a sliding surface (12) and at least one hollow space through which a fluid can flow. The body (10) consists of a first monolithic partial body (14) comprising the sliding surface (12) and of a second monolithic partial body (16) connected to the first one, wherein the hollow space is designed as a conduit (20) which runs at least in sections inside the second partial body and is delimited from the latter at least on the bottom side and the side surface sides.
US11396941B2	Staged impeller for the oil supply of an epicyclic or planetary reduction gear An oil supply device intended to supply oil to an epicyclic reduction gear, the oil coming from at least one oil injector fixed with respect to the reduction gear, the oil supply device including at least one cup which is integral with a planet carrier of the reduction gear and substantially annular open radially with respect to an axis of the reduction gear and the walls of which delimit a cavity supplied by the at least one oil injector and which supplies at least one of the oil distribution circuits of the reduction gear. The oil supply device is staged and includes at least two independent stages provided with cups coaxial, of different diameters, each supplying an associated oil circuit and configured to receive the oil axially, centripetally, or tangentially, or according to an inclined direction combining two of the directions.
US11396939B2	Output shaft support structure An output shaft support structure includes: an output shaft; and a supporting body that supports the output shaft, the output shaft including: a rotating shaft; a first rolling bearing fixed to one end section of the rotating shaft; a second rolling bearing fixed to the other end section of the rotating shaft; and a secondary reduction driven gear including a boss section fixed to the rotating shaft. For a predetermined period, the boss section of the secondary reduction driven gear contacts the second rolling bearing, and a lower end of the rotating shaft is always separated from the supporting body.
US11396937B2	Chainring A sprocket for engagement with a drive chain has a first and a second group of teeth, wherein the teeth of the first group and the second group are alternately arranged and each tooth of the second group is wider than each tooth of the first group. The profile of each tooth of the second group has a first protrusion in the front half of the tooth on a first lateral surface and a second protrusion in the rear half of the tooth on a second, opposite lateral surface of the tooth. In particular, the portion of each tooth of the second group engaging the chain may have a center plane that is rotated or twisted during forming about the radial center line of the tooth with respect to the central plane of the sprocket.
US11396936B2	Reducer of power steering apparatus for vehicle A reducer of a power steering apparatus for vehicle. The formability and precision of a worm wheel is improved. The mechanical strength and durability of the worm wheel is increased so the reducer can be stably driven for a long time when a high power is transmitted from a worm shaft to a steering shaft through the worm wheel.
US11396928B2	Actuator with a parallel eccentric gear train driven by a mechanically amplified piezoelectric assembly An actuator is provided which includes a parallel eccentric gear train, a prime mover having an assembly of piezoelectric elements which drives the gear train and which forms a mechanical amplifier, and a crankshaft which is driven by the parallel eccentric gear train.
US11396925B2	Cable chain for use in cable management A cable assembly may include a cable communicatively coupling a first information handling resource to a second information handling resource and a cable chain for guiding a routing of the cable, the cable chain comprising a plurality of cable chain links. Each cable chain link may include a plurality of coupling features for rotatably coupling, about an axis, such cable chain link to another cable chain link, one or more limiting features for limiting a rotation of such cable chain link to the other cable chain link, and an opening formed in such cable chain link and configured such that the cable chain has a lengthwise opening along one side of the cable chain which forms a channel for receiving the cable.
US11396923B2	Centrifugal pendulum absorber with radial travel stop A centrifugal pendulum absorber, including: a first pendulum mass; a second pendulum mass; a center plate axially located between the first pendulum mass and the second pendulum mass, connected to the first pendulum mass and the second pendulum mass, and arranged to receive rotational torque; a first resilient bumper axially located between the first pendulum mass and the second pendulum mass, and connected to the first pendulum mass and the second pendulum mass; and a first radial travel stop connected to the first pendulum mass or to the second pendulum mass, located radially outward of the first resilient bumper, radially aligned with at least a portion of the first resilient bumper, and free of contact with the first resilient bumper when the centrifugal pendulum absorber is at rest.
US11396917B1	System and method for controlling a clutch plate assembly of a vehicle Provided is a system and method for controlling a clutch plate assembly of a vehicle. The system may include a first clutch control system, a second clutch control system, and a valve system. The valve system may have a first input fluidly connected to the first clutch control system for receiving a first pressure from the first clutch control system, a second input configured to be fluidly connected to the second clutch control system for receiving a second pressure from the second clutch control system, and an output configured to be fluidly connected to the clutch plate assembly. The valve system may be configured to provide at least a portion of at least one of the first pressure and the second pressure to the clutch plate assembly.
US11396901B2	Fastener locking A locking apparatus for locking the rotational position of a fastener component which is rotatable about an axis relative to a structure. The locking apparatus includes a collar and a rigid arm. The collar is configured to engage with the fastener component such that relative rotation of the collar and the fastener component is substantially prevented. The arm has a first end configured to engage with the collar such that rotation of the collar relative to the first end is substantially prevented, and a second end configured to engage with the structure such that rotation of the arm relative to the structure is substantially prevented. The collar has an inner surface having a first finite order of rotational symmetry about the axis, and an outer surface having a second, larger, finite order of rotational symmetry about the axis.
US11396900B2	Fastener and methods of manufacturing and use The present disclosure provides a fastener. The fastener includes an elongated body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The fastener also includes a head having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first end of the elongated body is coupled to the second surface of the head, and a diameter of the head is greater than a diameter of the elongated body. The fastener also includes a sleeve positioned over at least a portion of the elongated body and the second surface of the head. The fastener also includes a plurality of textured elements positioned on an exterior surface of the sleeve adjacent the second surface of the head. One or more of the plurality of textured elements extend from the exterior surface of the sleeve to the first surface of the head.
US11396896B2	Variable geometry thruster A propulsion system coupled to a vehicle. The system includes a diffusing structure and a conduit portion configured to introduce to the diffusing structure through a passage a primary fluid produced by the vehicle. The passage is defined by a wall, and the diffusing structure comprises a terminal end configured to provide egress from the system for the introduced primary fluid. A constricting element is disposed adjacent the wall. An actuating apparatus is coupled to the constricting element and is configured to urge the constricting element toward the wall, thereby reducing the cross-sectional area of the passage.
US11396891B2	Compressor A compressor, in particular, of a turbomachine. The compressor comprises at least one blade ring and at least two ring segments, wherein the blade ring has at least two equally large ring segments. The compressor also comprises blades, which are arranged in the ring segments of the blade ring in such a way that a first number of blades is arranged in a first ring segment and a second number of blades is arranged in a second ring segment. The first number of blades is not equal to the second number of blades.
US11396890B2	Magnetically coupled sealless centrifugal pump A magnetically driven centrifugal pump has a pump case, an open vane impeller in the pump case, a stuffing box including a stuffing box outer being fixed relative to the pump case and a stuffing box inner threadedly engaged with the stuffing box outer, and a rotor axially fixed and rotatably mounted in the stuffing box inner. Bushings are arranged between the rotor and the stuffing box inner. A drive is fixed relative to the pump case and includes a drive output extending into the rotor. There is a magnetic coupling between the rotor and the drive and a canister fixed to the stuffing box and extending through the magnetic coupling to isolate the rotor from the drive. A rub ring closes the end of the stuffing box inner and constrains the drive output from damaging the canister under catastrophic bearing failure.
US11396889B2	Supercharger and motor cooling method Provided is an electric-assist supercharger configured such that a motor (30) is attached to the end portion of a rotor shaft (15) close to a silencer (26), the rotor shaft (15) being connected to a compressor portion. Such a supercharger includes a suction air introduction path (24) formed in the silencer 26 such that a main suction air flow flows in the radial direction of the silencer (26) toward a connection portion between the silencer (26) and the compressor portion, and a cooling air intake path (40) formed in the silencer (26) in which at least an outlet thereof is on the center axis of the rotor shaft (15).
US11396887B2	Rotating diffuser pump A centrifugal pump with a rotating impeller and a rotating diffuser. The diffuser may be rotated with a controlled speed to broaden the operational range of the pump. Such control may be done independently of the rotational speed of the impeller to tailor pump operation to a particular NPSH, efficiency, fluid flow or related requirement. In one preferred form, the impeller and diffuser are made to counter-rotate relative to one another, while the independent rotational speed of each may be provided by one or more motors, as well as a variable-speed transmission coupled to such motor or motors. Such a pump is optimized for specific speed operating ranges beneath those associated with axial flow pump configurations.
US11396883B2	Reduced emission gas seal A dry gas mechanical seal system configured to inhibit the emission of process gas. The mechanical seal system having tandem first and second stage seals, and a single separation gas supply subsystem configured to direct a supply of separation gas from an inlet through interfacing portions of the first stage seal into a process cavity and from the inlet through the interfacing portions of the second stage seal and out through an outlet to the atmosphere, thereby inhibiting the emission of process gas between a compressor housing and a rotating compressor shaft.
US11396880B2	Inline axial flow fan An inline axial flow fan includes a first fan including a first impeller, a first motor portion, and a first case, and a second fan including a second impeller, a second motor portion, and a second case, the first fan and the second fan being positioned in sequence from one axial side to another axial side. The first case includes multiple first slits, and the second case includes multiple second slits. The inline axial flow fan includes a flange extending radially outward from an outer peripheral surface of the first case or the second case located between the first slit and the second slit in the axial direction.
US11396878B2	Fluid pump assembly A fluid pump assembly is provided. The pump has a pair of units magnetically coupled to each other. The first unit contains a drive motor and a magnetic assembly. The second unit contains a magnetic assembly and a blade of a propeller/impeller for imparting movement to a fluid. As the first unit is activated by the drive motor, a magnetic flux is created which in turn rotates the magnetic assembly in the second unit, driving the blade.
US11396877B2	Scroll compressor having axial guide support To be as lightweight and compact, for example for automotive technology, a scroll compressor further includes an axial guide that supports the movable compressor body to prevent movements in the direction parallel to a centre axis of the stationary compressor body and, in the event of movements, guides it in the direction transverse to the centre axis. A coupling prevents the movable compressor body from rotating freely. The axial guide supports a compressor body base, which carries the scroll vane, of the second compressor body against an axial support face, in that the axial support face abuts a sliding body such that it is slidable transversely to the centre axis. The sliding body is slidable transversely to the centre axis, on a carrier element that is arranged in the compressor housing.
US11396874B2	Vane pump including fluid communication passages for routing fluid received from two inflow passages around outer peripheral surface of the entire perimeter of the cam ring A vane pump that includes a first communication passage that extends along an outer periphery of the cam ring and that guides a fluid that has not flowed into the first suction port from the first inflow passage to the second suction port; a second communication passage that extends along the outer periphery of the cam ring on an opposite side of the first communication passage with respect to the rotor and that guides a fluid that has not flowed into the second suction port from the second inflow passage to the first suction port; and a rectifying portion that guides the fluid from the second inflow passage so that the fluid flows into the second suction port along the outer periphery of the cam ring.
US11396870B2	Reciprocating fluid pump including at least one magnet on a spool of a shuttle valve A reciprocating fluid pump may include a pump body, one or more subject fluid chambers within the pump body, one or more drive fluid chambers within the pump body, and a shuttle valve for shifting flow of pressurized drive fluid between two or more conduits. The shuttle valve includes a valve body and a spool disposed within the valve body and configured to move between a first position and a second position within the valve body. The shuttle valve also includes one or more magnets carried by the spool. The magnets are located and configured to impart a force on the spool responsive to a magnetic field such that the spool is magnetically biased away from an intermediate position between the first position and the second position.
US11396869B2	Seat valve Seat valve, with a valve body having a plurality of inlet channels, with a plurality of closing elements arranged movably in a longitudinal direction L, each inlet channel being assigned a closing element for opening and closing the inlet channel, with a closing spring assigned to each closing element. The closing spring applies a prestressing force to the respective closing element to close the inlet channel. Each closing element assigned a braking device which is arranged separately from the closing element and which gradually brakes an opening movement of the closing element when the inlet channel is opened, independently of the closing spring. The braking device having a stop body with a stop surface against which the closing element can be brought to bear after an opening movement when the inlet channel is opened, the stop body being arranged movably and/or yieldingly in the opening direction of the closing element.
US11396866B2	Suction pump and negative-pressure retaining device having a suction pump, and method for attaching a negative-pressure retaining device The subject of the invention is a suction pump having a suction tube and a suction piston for producing a negative pressure in a negative-pressure retaining device, a set consisting of the negative-pressure retaining device and the suction pump, and a method for attaching the negative-pressure retaining device.
US11396864B2	Condition monitoring and controlling of heating elements in wind turbines Examples are generally directed to techniques for monitoring and controlling heating elements in wind turbine blades and the wind turbine blades. One example of the present disclosure is a method of monitoring and controlling a condition of a heating element in a wind turbine blade and the wind turbine blade. The method includes measuring a voltage applied to the heating element and measuring the current flowing through the heating element. The method further includes calculating a resistance of the heating element using the measured voltage and the measured current and storing the resistance in a database. The method further includes determining whether an event corresponding to a failure of the wind turbine blade or the heating element in the wind turbine blade has occurred. When the event occurs, control of the heating element is adjusted.
US11396862B2	Position based vibration reduction of nacelle movement The present invention relates to control of a wind turbine where nacelle vibration is reduced by use of blade pitching. The nacelle vibrations are reduced based on a position signal of the nacelle. A pitch signal is determined based on the position signal and applied to the pitch-adjustable rotor blades in order to reduce nacelle vibration.
US11396861B2	Rotor restraining apparatus and method for wind turbines A rotor restraining apparatus (200) and methods for a wind turbine (1). The rotor restraining apparatus has a locking element (204) associated with a rotor (8, 203) of the wind turbine, a rotational axis of said rotor defining an axial direction, the locking element being at least part-circular in form. The locking element comprises a plurality of engagement formations (205) disposed on a periphery thereof. The apparatus also has a restraining member (206), comprising a plurality of engagement formations (207). The restraining member is movable substantially along said axial direction between: (a) a non-restraining position; and (b) a restraining position in which the restraining member engagement formations are able to engage the locking element engagement formations. At least a portion of the restraining member has an arcuate form that substantially matches the curvature of the locking element.
US11396857B2	Safely initiating an autonomous vehicle ride An autonomous vehicle having a user interface and a computing system that is in communication with the user interface. The computing system may have at least one processor and at least one memory that stores computer-executable instructions. When executed by the at least one processor, the instructions may cause the at least one processor to output information through the user interface to inform the passenger of an action that the passenger needs to enact prior to the autonomous vehicle beginning to move and determine, based upon an occurrence of the action that the passenger needs to enact, whether the autonomous vehicle is permitted to begin moving.
US11396855B2	Spacer for use in an air intake system of an internal combustion chamber The present invention refers to a spacer for use in an air intake system of an internal combustion engine for delimiting an intake duct between an intake manifold and a cylinder head of the engine, wherein the spacer is provided with at least one flow-through passage and at least one air-accumulation cavity which are fluid-communicatively connected and constitute the intake duct.
US11396852B2	Detection of fuel injector failure systems and methods A system includes one or more processors that are configured to obtain a measured fuel consumption rate for an internal combustion engine while the engine is operating at a predetermined operating condition to perform a mission. The one or more processors are also configured to compare the measured fuel consumption rate with an expected fuel consumption rate for the predetermined operating condition. Further, the one or more processors are configured to determine whether an injector flow limiter is in a latched condition based on the measured fuel consumption rate compared with the expected fuel consumption rate. Also, the one or more processors are configured to perform a responsive action responsive to determining that the injector flow limiter is in the latched condition.
US11396851B2	Method for carrying out a load point shift of an internal combustion engine upon activation or deactivation of an electrically heated component A method for operating an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, whereby an electrically heated component of an exhaust aftertreatment system being supplied with electrical power via an electric machine driven by the internal combustion engine, a load point shift of the internal combustion engine being carried out by an activation or a deactivation of the component or by a temporary storage of the necessary electrical energy for operating the component in a battery.
US11396849B2	Methods and systems for engine control Various methods and systems are provided for dynamically assigning cylinders to cylinder sets in engines having two or more cylinder banks, wherein each cylinder bank is fed intake air by a separate intake manifold, and wherein each cylinder bank includes a separate exhaust manifold. In one example, the current disclosure teaches comparing engine operating conditions against a plurality of predetermined override conditions, and responding to the engine operating conditions matching a predetermined override condition of the plurality of predetermined override conditions by reassigning at least a first cylinder of a first cylinder bank from a first cylinder set to a second cylinder set, and adjusting an operating parameter of the second cylinder set and first cylinder set based on the override condition. In this way, cylinders may be dynamically assigned to cylinder sets based, from a default cylinder set, based on occurrence of predetermined override conditions.
US11396847B2	Flutter sensing and control system for a gas turbine engine A method of operation for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, reducing a rotational speed of a fan relative to a shaft through a gear train, driving the shaft with a low pressure turbine, driving a high pressure compressor with a high pressure turbine, communicating airflow from the fan through a bypass passage defined by a nacelle, the nacelle extending along an engine axis and surrounding the fan, discharging the airflow through a variable area fan nozzle defining a discharge airflow area, detecting an airfoil flutter condition associated with adjacent airfoils of the fan, and moving the variable area fan nozzle to vary the discharge airflow area and mitigate the airfoil flutter condition.
US11396846B2	Aircraft turbine engine mechanical reduction gear A turbine engine mechanical reduction gear, for example, of an aircraft, the reduction gear comprising: a sun gear having an axis of rotation; a ring gear which extends around the sun gear and which is configured to be immobile in rotation about the axis; planetary gears which are meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear and which are supported by a planetary carrier which is configured to be mobile in rotation about the axis; at least one lubrication oil distributor which comprises a stator portion immobile in rotation and a rotating integral rotor portion of the planetary carrier; and an annular oil deflector which is integral with the ring gear, wherein the stator portion of the distributor is integral with the deflector.
US11396844B2	Fan blade, engine, and structure with anti-icing and de-icing functions [Object] To provide a fan blade, an engine, and a structure with anti-icing and de-icing functions, which are capable of efficiently performing anti-icing or de-icing with a simple structure.[Solving Means] A fan blade 8 is disposed on an air inlet 4 side of a jet engine 1 of an aircraft. The fan blade 8 includes a fan blade main body 21 made of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), and a pair of energizing units 31 and 32 that are provided on a leading edge 24 side and a trailing edge 25 side of a heating region 36 of the fan blade main body 21 and pass current through the fan blade main body 21. Voltage is applied between the pair of energizing units 31 and 32 and current passes through the fan blade main body 21 to heat the fan blade main body 21, thus performing anti-icing or de-icing.
US11396843B2	Cranktrain phase adjuster for variable compression ratio A phase adjuster assembly is disclosed herein that is configured to adjust a phase between a driving component and driven component of an internal combustion engine. The phase adjuster assembly includes an input gear configured to be driven by the driving component and an output gear configured to drive the driven component. A piston plate assembly is configured to adjust a phase between the driving component and the driven component via axial displacement of the piston plate assembly. A hydraulic fluid system is configured to selectively provide hydraulic fluid to a first piston control chamber on a first side of the piston plate assembly and to a second piston control chamber on a second side of the piston plate assembly to axially displace the piston plate assembly such that the phase between the driving component and the driven component is adjusted.
US11396840B2	Engine cooling system having a coolant control valve unit An engine cooling system has a coolant control valve unit and includes a cylinder head disposed on a cylinder block. The coolant control valve unit is configured to receive coolant from a coolant outlet side of the cylinder head to control coolant distributed to a heater and a radiator and to control coolant exhausted from the cylinder block. A control unit is configured to determine a heating priority mode according to operation conditions and to substantially open a first coolant passage corresponding to the heater by controlling the coolant control valve unit in the heating priority mode.
US11396839B2	Hydraulic drive fan control device A hydraulic drive fan control device is provided with a variable displacement hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor, a hydraulic drive fan that is driven by the hydraulic motor, a flow amount control valve, a rotational speed detector that detects a rotational speed of an engine, and a controller. The controller outputs a first valve control signal to the flow amount control valve and outputs a first pump control signal to the hydraulic pump to rotate the hydraulic drive fan at a first rotational speed, and outputs a second valve control signal to the flow amount control valve and outputs a second pump control signal to the hydraulic pump, thereby stopping the rotation of the hydraulic drive fan.
US11396832B2	Valve timing adjusting device A valve timing adjusting device includes an intake variable valve mechanism and an exhaust variable valve mechanism. The exhaust variable valve mechanism includes an exhaust electric driving portion and an exhaust phase shifting portion including an input shaft. The exhaust phase shifting portion is disposed in a rotation transmission path between an exhaust camshaft and a crankshaft and configured to shift a rotation phase of the exhaust camshaft. The input shaft rotates in a rotational direction opposite to a rotational direction of the crankshaft when advancing the rotation phase. A phase of the exhaust phase shifting portion is configured to be shifted to a most advanced angle phase when the exhaust electric driving portion is de-energized or fails and when the exhaust phase shifting portion receives a torque in a forward rotational direction.
US11396829B2	Apparatus and method of utilizing thermal energy using multi fluid direct contact hydraulic cycles Apparatus for extracting useful work or electricity from low grade thermal sources comprising a chamber, a source of heated dense heat transfer fluid in communication with the chamber, a source of motive fluid in communication with the chamber, wherein the motive fluid comprises a liquid phase, a flow control mechanism cooperating with the source of heated dense heat transfer fluid and with the source of motive fluid to deliver said fluids into the chamber in a manner that said fluids come into direct contact with each other in the chamber to effect a phase change of the motive fluid from liquid to gas to increase the pressure within the chamber to yield pressurized fluids, and a work extracting mechanism in communication with the chamber that extracts work from the pressurized fluids by way of pressure let down.
US11396827B2	Control method for optimizing solar-to-power efficiency of solar-aided coal-fired power system under off-design working conditions A control method for optimizing a solar-to-power efficiency of a solar-aided coal-fired power system under off-design working conditions is provided. Through reading the relevant information of the solar collecting system, the coal-fired power generation system, the environmental conditions, and the working conditions of the solar-aided coal-fired power system, the water flow rate range able to be heated by the solar collecting unit and the solar-coal feedwater flow distribution ratio range are determined; through establishing the relationship between the solar-to-power efficiency and the solar-coal feedwater flow distribution ratio, the solar-coal feedwater flow distribution ratio is regulated, so that a flow rate of water entering the solar collecting system to be heated is controlled, thereby maximizing the solar-to-power efficiency and improving the economy of the solar-aided coal-fired power system. The present invention provides clear guidance to improve the utilization rate of solar energy and facilitate the consumption of the renewable energy.
US11396822B2	Blade dovetail and retention apparatus Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a slot to accommodate a blade of an engine. An example apparatus includes: a socket to receive an end of a blade; and a retaining device to interact with the socket and the blade for retention of the end of the blade in the socket. The example retaining device includes: a spacer to be positioned in the socket with the end of the blade; a wedge positioned inside the spacer; and a spring to tighten to pull the wedge to expand the spacer.
US11396821B2	Turbine engine comprising a rotor supporting variable-pitch blades A turbine engine including: a rotor supporting a blade and guided by means of bearings; a control system for controlling the blade, which is solidly connected to the rotor and which includes an actuator driven by energy, the control system being disposed axially upstream of the bearings; and a device for transferring the energy, disposed axially between the bearings and including a stationary member and a moving member. The rotor includes a support ring supporting the blade and a shaft having a frustoconical portion and a cylindrical portion on which the bearings and the moving member are mounted, the frustoconical portion extending about the cylindrical portion.
US11396818B2	Triple-walled impingement insert for re-using impingement air in an airfoil, airfoil comprising the impingement insert, turbomachine component and a gas turbine having the same Impingement insert for an airfoil of a blade/vane of a gas turbine is provided. The impingement insert includes a triple-walled section having a central wall, an outer and an inner peripheral walls, that define—a central channel at an inner surface of the central wall, an inner channel between the central wall and the inner peripheral wall, a middle channel between the inner peripheral wall and the outer peripheral wall, and an outer channel at an outer surface of the outer peripheral wall. Impingement cooling holes are provided in the outer peripheral wall that use the cooling air of the middle channel to eject impingement jets into the outer channel. The impingement insert includes at least one supply duct that fluidly connects the central channel to the middle channel for supplying the cooling air from the central channel to the middle channel, at least one extraction duct that extends between the outer and the inner peripheral walls across the middle channel, and has an inlet at the outer channel, and an outlet at the inner channel, for flowing the cooling air, after impingement, from the outer channel into the inner channel.
US11396817B2	Gas turbine blade and method for producing such blade A gas turbine blade having a casted metal airfoil, the airfoil has a main wall defining at least one interior cavity, having a first side wall and a second side wall, which are coupled to each other at a leading edge and a trailing edge, extending in a radial direction from a blade root to a blade tip and defining a radial span from 0% at the blade root to 100% at the blade tip. The main airfoil has a radial span dependent chord length defined by a straight line connecting the leading edge and the trailing edge as well as a radial span dependent solidity ratio of metal area to total cross-sectional area. Solidity ratios in a machined zone of the airfoil from 80% to 85% of span are below 35%, in particular all solidity ratios in the zone.
US11396816B2	Airfoil for turbines, and turbine and gas turbine including the same An airfoil, a turbine, and a gas turbine having enhanced cooling performance are provided. The airfoil including a leading edge and a trailing edge may include: a first cooling passage connected to the leading edge; a second cooling passage connected to the trailing edge; a third cooling passage formed between the first cooling passage and the second cooling passage; a plurality of partitions provided in the second cooling passage and configured to partition the second cooling passage into a plurality of portions in a height direction of the second cooling passage; and a perforated plate extending in the height direction of the second cooling passage, and coupled with the partitions to support the partitions.
US11396810B2	Full-length screen pipe hole protection device and method with pressurized hole packing in soft coal seam A full-length screen pipe hole protection device and method with pressurized hole packing in a soft coal seam relates to the field of gas drainage technologies. The device includes a grouting system, a drainage system and a hole fixing system. The grouting system injects a pressurized sealing material into a borehole through a pressure pump to increase a sealing effect of the borehole. The drainage system drains gas in the middle of air holes on metal baffle plates and hole fixing screen pipes through a drainage pipe to increase flowability of gas. The hole fixing system is inside the borehole and fixed with the metal baffle plates, and the hole fixing screen pipes are fixedly connected with each other through fitting mouths and fitting buckles. The device is fixedly mounted in the gas drainage borehole. After hole packing, the drainage pipe is connected with a drainage pump to drain gas.
US11396808B2	Well interference sensing and fracturing treatment optimization A fracturing treatment optimization system using multi-point pressure sensitive fiber optic cables to measure interwell fluid interaction data, microdeformation strain data, microseismic data, distributed temperature data, distributed acoustic data, and distributed strain data from multiple locations along a wellbore. The fracturing treatment optimization system may analyze the interwell fluid interaction data, microdeformation strain data, microseismic data, distributed temperature data, distributed acoustic data, and distributed strain data, modify a subsurface fracture network model, and calculate interwell fluid interaction effects. The fracturing treatment optimization system may use the fracture network model to measure current and predict future fracture growth, hydraulic pressure, poroelastic pressure, strain, stress, and related completion effects. The fracturing treatment optimization system may enable real-time monitoring and analysis of treatment and monitoring wells. The fracturing treatment optimization system may suggest and effect modifications to optimize treatment of the treatment and monitoring wells.
US11396807B2	Dual turbine power and wellbore communications apparatus A downhole system and method of performing an operational action with the downhole system. The downhole system includes a downhole string having a flow channel therethrough, a first turbine generator for generating electrical energy when a flow rate of a fluid through the flow channel is within a first flow rate range, and a second turbine generator for generating electrical energy when a flow rate of the fluid through the flow channel is within a second flow rate range. A first pulser at a downhole location in the downhole string transmits a pressure pulse communicative of data generated downhole using electrical energy generated by one of the first turbine generator and the second turbine generator. A sensor at a surface location receives the pressure pulse, and a control unit performs the operational action based on the data communicated by the pressure pulse.
US11396804B2	Automated rate of penetration optimization for drilling Systems and methods for controlling drilling operations are provided. A controller for a drilling system may provide drilling parameters such as weight-on-bit and rotation rate parameters to the drilling system, based on a machine-learned reward policy and a model-based prediction. The machine-learned reward policy may be generated during drilling operations and used to modify recommended values from the model-based prediction for subsequent drilling operations to achieve a desired rate-of-penetration.
US11396802B2	Intelligent reamer for rotary/sliding drilling system and method A downhole intelligent reamer controller detects the difference between rotary drilling and sliding drilling, responds appropriately and quickly to multiple changes between rotary drilling and sliding drilling that may occur several times each stand of pipe. Additional controls prevent deployment of reamer members at inappropriate times such as when drilling out cement, testing, and running in and out of the wellbore. In one embodiment, a separate modular control sub is disclosed that may be utilized with and/or removably secured to an expandable reamer and/or other types of downhole tools.
US11396798B2	Downhole pump and method for producing well fluids A method of producing fluid from a wellbore includes operating a pump located proximate to a zone of fluid influx in the wellbore to draw a fluid from a reservoir into the wellbore at the zone of fluid influx. A first section of a tubing string is coupled to, and extends above, the pump, and a second section of the tubing string is coupled to, and extends below, the pump. A packer seals a first annular space around the first section of the tubing string. The method further includes operating the pump to move the fluid from the second section of the tubing string and into the first section of the tubing string.
US11396797B2	Sealing plunger lift system and tubing connector An improved plunger lift assembly, system, and method that can be used in all types of oil and gas wells including those of vertical, highly-deviated, S-curved, or horizontal bores is described. The plunger lift assembly can be part of a plunger lift system used to lift fluid formations out of a wellbore having a production tubing with a drift diameter. The plunger lift assembly may include a mandrel having a chamber, an elastic sealing mechanism, and a shift rod. The sealing mechanism can be disposed about an exterior of the mandrel. The sealing mechanism may be activated by at least one of pressure in the mandrel chamber and vertical force from movement of the mandrel. The shift rod can control fluid flow through the mandrel chamber.
US11396796B2	Solubility-based wellbore removal operations A soluble abrasive cutting tool is configured to perform a cutting operation in a wellbore. The cutting operation comprising directing a pressurized stream of an abrasive fluid containing abrasive particles at a surface in the wellbore. For example, a stream of abrasive particles can be directed via a nozzle on the cutting tool at casing in the wellbore to perforate the casing. The abrasive particles are selected to dissolve in the wellbore fluid after the cutting operations have been completed. Once dissolved, the wellbore fluid can be removed from the area of the cutting operations without clogging tubing or pumps used to remove the wellbore fluid.
US11396795B2	Fracture network fluid flow simulation with enhanced fluid-solid interaction force determination An illustrative hydraulic fracturing flow simulation method includes: identifying a network of fractures within a formation rock matrix; modeling each fracture in the network as fluid flow path having discrete points at which a fluid pressure is determined; representing the rock matrix with discrete nodes at which a fluid-solid interaction force is determined, each said discrete node being associated with multiple discrete points along a fluid flow path; deriving the fluid-solid interaction force for each node from the fluid pressure at the associated discrete points; estimating an extent of fracture propagation based in part on the fluid-solid interaction forces; and displaying a visual representation of the fracture propagation extent. The deriving includes: obtaining an analytic integral of the fluid pressure as modified by a weighting function for each interval between adjacent ones of the associated discrete points; evaluating the analytic integrals for each interval to obtain contributions; and summing the contributions.
US11396794B2	Device temperature gradient control Systems and methods for measuring a parameter of interest in a borehole in an earth formation are provided. The systems include a downhole sensor having a first sensor component with a first temperature and a second sensor component with a second temperature, the downhole sensor disposed on a downhole component. A temperature control system is configured with a thermal control mechanism operatively connected to at least one of the first and second sensor components. The thermal control mechanism is configured to maintain a temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature below a pre-determined temperature difference. The downhole sensor is configured to measure the parameter of interest when the temperature difference is below the pre-determined temperature difference.
US11396793B2	Systems and methods for multi-stage well stimulation A system for stimulating a subterranean formation that has a wellbore formed within the subterranean formation; and a tubular disposed within the wellbore. There is a first frac valve disposed within the tubular, the first frac valve having a first sleeve in a closed position, and further configured to move to an open position. There is an at least a second frac valve disposed within the tubular, the second frac valve having a respective sleeve in a respective closed position, and further configured to move to a respective open position. A dart is configured to pass through the first frac valve without moving the first sleeve, and to subsequently engage the second frac valve to move the respective sleeve to the respective open position.
US11396792B2	Downhole sleeve tool A downhole sleeve tool is provided that includes a lower sub defining a bore and one or more sleeve ports therethrough. There is a piston valve movably positionable within the lower sub to selectively block communication between the bore and the one or more sleeve ports. There is an upper sub connectable to the lower sub and sharing another bore therewith. The upper sub has an inlet port, one or more communication ports, and an outlet port. There is an at least one cartridge assembly disposed in a cartridge bore formed in a wall of the upper sub.
US11396791B2	Equalizing cartridge for a flapper valve A one-way valve for use in a wellbore includes a housing having a longitudinal axis defining a flow bore. A valve seat is arranged in the housing along the flow bore. A flapper member is pivotally supported in the housing between a closed position and an open position. The flapper member includes a first side having a sealing surface that selectively engages the valve seat in the closed position and an opposing second side. The flapper member also includes a central portion that is aligned with the longitudinal axis in the closed portion and a passage extending through the flapper member. An equalizing cartridge is arranged in the passage. The equalizing cartridge includes an equalizing housing and an equalizing plunger including an activation end provided at the first side of the flapper member.
US11396788B2	Fluid activated metal alloy shut off device A variety of methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed. In one example, a well tool is deployed downhole on a conveyance (e.g., tubing string) with the well tool in an open condition, wherein a flow path of the tool is in fluid communication with the tubing string. A swellable metallic material is arranged along the flow path. A service operation may be performed while the tool is in the open condition, including flowing a well fluid down the tubing string and through the flow path of the tool. After performing the service operation, an activation fluid may be delivered downhole to the well tool to activate the swellable metallic material to close the flow path of the tool.
US11396786B1	Wiper plug A wiper plug includes a mandrel and a seal unit disposed about the mandrel. The seal unit has a body and one or more fins extending outwardly from the body. An anti-extrusion assembly is disposed about the mandrel, and is arranged to transition between an initial configuration and an energized configuration. The anti-extrusion assembly limits extrusion of at least a portion of the seal unit.
US11396784B2	Subsea test tree assembly A subsea test tree assembly is provided which includes at least one subsea test tree or SSTT, the SSTT including a valve having at least one of a cutting function and a sealing function, the valve being movable between an open position and a closed position via hydraulic fluid supplied to the valve through control lines; and a control system including a source of hydraulic fluid, the control system being arranged to supply hydraulic fluid from the source of hydraulic fluid to the valve of the at least one SSTT on detecting that the control lines have been sheared, to automatically move the valve to the closed position. A method of controlling a well using an SSTT assembly is also provided.
US11396783B2	Downhole tool with a propellant charge A method of removing material from a target is described. The method comprises the steps of providing a tool, the tool having at least one propellant source; pressurising the tool to a pressure higher than the environmental pressure; igniting at least one of the propellant source(s) to form a combustion zone; and directing combustion products generated at the combustion zone along at least one tool flow path. The tool flow path(s) is selectively openable or closable, such that upon exiting the tool flow path(s) the combustion products interact with a target, the interaction causing material to be removed from the target.
US11396777B1	Rotary steering drilling apparatus Disclosed is a rotary steering drilling apparatus. The rotary steering drilling apparatus includes a plurality of cylinders that are fixedly connected in series, wherein at least a part of adjacent cylinders are in power connection via a power connection unit; the power connection unit includes a first electrical connecting assembly and a second electrical connecting assembly, the cylinder in power connection is provided with a first electrical connecting assembly at one end and a second electrical connecting assembly at the other end, the adjacent cylinders are in power connection via the first electrical connecting assembly and the second electrical connecting assembly, and the first electrical connecting assembly and the second electrical connecting assembly on the same cylinder are in power connection; the first electrical connecting assembly includes a first electrical connecting ring which is arranged annularly, and the first electrical connecting ring includes a plurality of first conducting regions and first insulating regions which are distributed circumferentially and are spaced apart; and the second electrical connecting assembly includes a second electrical connecting ring which is arranged annularly, and the second electrical connecting ring includes a plurality of second conducting regions and second insulating regions which are spaced apart. The rotary steering drilling apparatus according to the present application can achieve multi-path power connection between adjacent cylinders and has the advantages of being convenient to mount, high in conductivity reliability and the like.
US11396776B2	Multiple ridge cutting element A cutting element may include a substrate; and an ultrahard layer on the substrate, the ultrahard layer including a non-planar working surface that is surrounded by a peripheral edge having a varying height around a circumference of the cutting element, the working surface also having: a plurality of cutting crests extending from an elevated portion of the peripheral edge across at least a portion of the working surface; at least one valley between the plurality of cutting crests; and a canted surface extending laterally from each of the outer plurality of cutting crests towards a depressed portion of the peripheral edge, a height between the depressed portion and the elevated portion being greater than a height between the elevated portion and the valley.
US11396775B2	Rotary steerable drilling assembly with a rotating steering device for drilling deviated wellbores A drilling assembly and method of drilling a wellbore is disclosed. The drilling assembly includes a steering device having a tilt device and an actuation device. A first section and a second section of the drilling assembly are coupled through the tilt device, wherein the first section is attached to a drill bit. The actuation device includes an electromechanical actuator and causes a tilt of the tilt device to cause the first section attached to the drill bit and the drill bit to tilt relative to the second section. The wellbore is drilled using the drill bit. The electromechanical actuator is actuated to tilt the tilt device to cause the first section attached to the drill bit and the drill bit to tilt relative to the second section and to maintain the tilt geostationary while the drilling assembly is rotating to form a deviated section of the wellbore.
US11396770B2	Telescoping door with swing clear breakout hinge A guide pin support system may include: a first support plate; a second support plate pivotally attached to the first support plate; a first guide pin supported by the first support plate; a second guide pin supported by the second support plate and the second guide pin pivotable with respect to the first guide pin.
US11396766B2	Pivot device having components translatable during rotation A pivot device invention includes a base and a translating unit. The base includes a side having first and second connecting portions. The translating unit includes a first sliding seat, a pivot, a first wheel, a second wheel, and a first interlink. The sliding seat is mounted to the first connecting portion and is movable relative to the base. The pivot and the second wheel are pivotably mounted to the sliding seat. The first wheel is mounted to and jointly rotatable with the pivot. Rotation of the first wheel is in an interlocking relationship with rotation of the second wheel. The first interlink is mounted to and jointly rotatable with the second wheel. The first interlink includes a first sliding portion mounted to the second connecting portion and movable relative to the base. Rotation of the first interlink actuates the sliding seat to move relative to the base.
US11396765B2	Hinge and hinge roll A hinge for connecting a first pivoting body to a second pivoting body in a relatively pivotable manner includes a sheet body configured to attach a first end of the sheet body to the first pivoting body, and to attach a second end of the sheet body to the second pivoting body. The sheet body includes a plurality of layered sheet members, and a pivot shaft between layered sheet members of the plurality of layered sheet members to allow the first end and the second end of the sheet body to pivot relative to each other. The pivot shaft includes a soft resin part between the layered sheet members.
US11396763B2	Gravity-actuated latch mechanism A gravity-actuated latch mechanism is provided. The gravity-actuated latch mechanism may include a strike attached to a lid of a container and a latch body attached to an inside wall of the container. The latch body includes a housing and a catch accessible from outside of the housing, wherein the catch engages and disengages with the strike. The latch body includes a lever having a lever arm moveable between an engaged and disengaged position. The engaged position is engaged with the catch and the disengaged position is disengaged with the catch. The latch body also includes a latch actuation ball housed in an elongated passage within the housing. The lever arm of the lever extends into the elongate passage, allowing the latch actuation ball to apply force to the lever arm to move the lever from the engaged to the disengaged position in response to tipping the container for dumping.
US11396760B2	Telescoping flush handle for lift and slide doors The present disclosure includes a handle assembly system for use with lift and slide doors. The handle assembly can include a handle housing that can serve as a support frame for housing and securing the handle flush within a front face of the door. The handle can be pivoted out of the handle housing and extended to increase length, wherein rotating the handle allows a user to actuate the door panels in order to open and close the sliding door system. The telescoping handle can allow a user to grip the handle and provide a lever-type function to reduce the force required by the user to actuate the panel, such as to lift the panel onto or off the track.
US11396759B2	Low profile circular drain with water stop for swimming pool A low profile drain for installation in a surface of a swimming pool or spa formed of a surface material and having a drain inlet. The low profile drain comprises a sump having an annular chamber forming a top side defining an annular top opening. There is an outer sidewall and an inner sidewall on opposite sides of the annular top opening. The outer sidewall has an upper peripheral edge about the annular top opening. The sump has a water stop extending radially therefrom and adjacent to the upper peripheral edge. The sump has an outlet port formed laterally through one sidewall thereof for communication between the annular chamber and the drain inlet. The sump is configured to maintain open communication between the annular top opening and the outlet port, the annular top opening extending without substantial interruption about a center axis of the sump.
US11396756B2	Hand rail system and associated components and methods A hand rail system and associated methods. Newel posts of the hand rail system can be mounted in a top mount configuration or a lateral mount configuration. Mounts are receivable in a boot subassembly in a horizontal or vertical arrangement for anchoring the boot subassembly to substructure. After anchoring of the boot subassembly, a column subassembly may be installed and anchored. Openings in the boot and column subassemblies permit access to the interior of the newel post for anchoring the boot and column subassemblies and for connecting a hand rail to the column subassembly. Subsequent installation of covers on the boot subassembly and column subassembly closes the newel post and provides a finished appearance free of external indication that openings in the newel post existed and have been covered. Four-sided turned newels, newel panel retainers, and associated methods are also disclosed.
US11396754B2	System for supporting non-structural building components A system for supporting a non-structural building component beneath a soffit of a building. The system has a plurality of suspension assemblies that each have a first elongate non-rigid member, and at least one second elongate non-rigid member. The first elongate non-rigid member is secured at an upper end to a structural portion of the building at a first location, and at a lower end to one of: the non-structural building component, or a support member to which the non-structural building component is secured. The second elongate non-rigid member that is secured at a lower end to one of: the non-structural building component, or the support member to which the non-structural building component is secured, and at an upper end to a structural portion of the building at a second location. The first elongate non-rigid member is oriented substantially vertically. The second location is horizontally spaced from the first location, such that the second elongate non-rigid member is inclined to vertical. When the building is in a stable condition, the tensile force in the first elongate non-rigid member is greater than the vertical component of the tensile force in the second elongate non-rigid member.
US11396750B2	Building facade system and method of forming a building facade A building facade system which comprises a frame to support a building facade panel, a unified vertical shear blade anchor, a vertical mullion and an angled anchor member. The unified vertical shear blade anchor has a body portion and a flange extending horizontally therefrom. The flange has top and bottom surfaces with the bottom surface having serrations. The vertical mullion is secured by a shear connection to the vertical shear blade anchor. The shear connection between the vertical mullion and the vertical shear blade anchor is formed by a fastener which extends through side portions of the body portion and vertical mullion. The angle member has first and second flanges each having proximal ends joined together and opposing terminal ends. The second flange has a top surface with upwardly projecting serrations. The upwardly projecting serrations are configured for engagement with the downwardly projecting serrations of the vertical shear blade anchor.
US11396745B2	Urinal screens A urinal assembly having a frame and a plurality of posts or posts extending from the frame. The frame can include a plurality of openings. The openings can be defined by a plurality of sides and corners. The posts can extend from the corners and/or from the sides of the openings. In some embodiments, posts extend from a first face and a second face of the frame.
US11396743B2	Drain filter with air passage A drain filter assembly includes a screen filter that is configured to be installed at a drain and that is configured to block foreign substances in liquid while the liquid passes therethrough. The screen filter includes: a plurality of filter holes configured to allow passage of the liquid into the drain, where each of the plurality of filter holes has a pore size that is less than sizes of the foreign substances; and an air communication hole configured to allow passage of air the liquid passes through the plurality of filter holes. A diameter of the air communication hole is greater than the pore size of each of the plurality of filter holes.
US11396741B2	Multifunction faucet A faucet that includes a housing with a water supply assembly, a soap supply assembly, first and second sensing probe assemblies, and a controller provided in the housing, wherein a sensing region of the first sensing probe assembly is an upper portion of the housing, a sensing region of the second sensing probe assembly is a lower portion of the housing, an output terminal of each sensing probe assembly is electrically connected with an input terminal of the controller, and an output terminal of the controller is electrically connected with a control terminal of each of the water and soap supply assemblies. The controller controls the water supply assembly to start/stop water supply according to the sensing signal from the first or second sensing probe assembly, and controls the soap supply assembly to start/stop soap supply according to the sensing signal from the first or second sensing probe assembly.
US11396740B2	Independent control free standing bath filler A free standing bath filler that includes a body having an inlet configured to receive hot and cold water, a first outlet, and a second outlet; a first valve located within the body and configured to control at least one of a flow rate or a temperature of water from the inlet to the first outlet; a second valve located within the body and configured to control at least one of a flow rate or a temperature of water from the inlet to the second outlet; a first controller configured to control an operation of the first valve; and a second controller configured to control an operation of the second valve, wherein the each controller is operable independently of the other controller.
US11396739B2	Modular ground engagement tooling system A tooling system includes a dipper having a lip with a plurality of apertures, the apertures extending at least partially through the lip. The tooling system also includes a modular adapter configured to be inserted partially into one of the apertures along an axis of insertion. The adapter is configured to be releasably coupled to the lip. The adapter includes a first portion configured to extend into the aperture, and a second portion configured to extend out of the aperture. The tooling system also includes a locking system including a fastener configured to extend at least partially into the aperture and couple to the adapter to the lip.
US11396733B2	Quick-change coupler device A quick-change coupler device for coupling and uncoupling an implement attachment to a construction vehicle comprises a support member; first receiving members on one side of the support member for receiving a first coupling member; second receiving members disposed on the other side for receiving a second coupling member, the second receiving members having a locking member moveable between a release position for coupling or uncoupling the implement attachment and a coupling position for retaining the implement attachment on the coupler device; and a mechanical signaling mechanism for monitoring the locking status. The mechanical signaling mechanism comprises an assembly for signaling failure of the second coupling member to engage in the second receiving members. The assembly comprises a coupling gear for moving a signaling member into a locking position when the locking member moves into the coupling position, and into an unlocking position when the at least one locking member moves beyond the coupling position.
US11396729B2	Direct fixation fastener having interlocking eccentrics for lateral adjustment A direct fixation track rail fastener includes a fastener body having a top plate, a frame, and an overmolded jacket. A first and a second lateral positioner are positioned in positioner bores extending through the fastener body, and each includes an eccentric. The eccentrics include axially extending external teeth interlocked with axially extending slots within the positioner bores. In an aspect, the eccentrics are dual eccentrics each including tooth and slot interlocking arrangements with another eccentric or the frame.
US11396726B2	Air filtration articles The present invention provides compositions comprising cellulose fibers and cellulose ester fibers and wet laid articles made from the compositions, as well as wet laid processes to produce these compositions. More specifically, the present invention provided compositions comprising cellulose fibers and cellulose acetate fibers and wet laid articles made from these compositions as well as wet laid processes to produce these compositions. The present invention also relates to developing a composition, process, wet laid product, or articles exhibiting any one of many the desired benefits. The present invention also relates to a filter media for air filtration comprising cellulose fiber and a staple fiber; wherein said staple filter comprises cellulose ester; wherein said air permeability is higher for a given mean pore size as compared to a filtration that comprises 100% cellulose.
US11396720B2	Methods of creating soft and lofty nonwoven webs A method of creating a soft and lofty continuous fiber nonwoven web is provided. The method includes providing two molten polymer components having different melting temperatures to a spinneret defining a plurality of orifices, and flowing a fluid intermediate the spinneret and a moving porous member. The moving porous member is positioned below the spinneret. The method includes using the fluid to draw or push the two molten polymer components, in a direction that is toward the moving porous member, through at least some of the plurality of orifices to form a plurality of individual bi-component continuous fiber strands. The method includes depositing the continuous fiber strands on the moving porous member at a first location to create an intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web, and removing and/or diverting some of the fluid proximate to the first location to maintain loft and softness in the deposited intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web.
US11396719B2	Anti-cutting rubber-coated yarn An anti-cutting rubber-coated yarn includes a yarn body and a mixed rubber layer coated on the yarn body. A plurality of tiny pits is distributed on a surface of the yarn body, and the mixed rubber layer is attached in the tiny pits and is coated on an outside of the yarn body. According to the present invention, numerous tiny pits are made by etching on the surface of the existing yarn body, and simultaneously, molecular bonds on the surface of the yarn body are broken. In a dipping process, molecular bonding occurs between the rubber and the yarn body while the tiny pits are filled with the rubber and the tiny hard particles, thereby further enhancing adsorption fastness of the mixed rubber layer.
US11396716B2	Group-III nitride substrate containing carbon at a surface region thereof A group-III nitride substrate includes: a base material part of a group-III nitride including a front surface, a back surface, and an inner layer between the front surface and the back surface, wherein the carbon concentration of the front surface of the base material part is higher than the carbon concentration of the inner layer.
US11396714B2	Treatment device, plating apparatus including the same, conveying device, and treatment method To stably convey a substrate (workpiece) while suppressing the workpiece from bending. A treatment device is provided. This treatment device includes: a conveying part that conveys a workpiece in a state where a flat surface of the workpiece is inclined around a conveying directional axis relative to a horizontal plane; and a treatment part in which at least one of polishing and cleaning is performed on the flat surface of the workpiece, wherein the conveying part has a drive part configured to be brought into physical contact with an end part of the workpiece and apply force in a conveying direction to the workpiece, a first Bernoulli chuck arranged to face the flat surface of the workpiece, and a second Bernoulli chuck arranged to face an end face of an opposite end part to the end part of the workpiece.
US11396713B2	Method for the production of a metal strip coated with a coating of chromium and chromium oxide using an electrolyte solution with a trivalent chromium compound A method for the production of a metal strip coated with a coating. The coating containing chromium metal and chromium oxide and is electrolytically deposited from an electrolyte solution that contains a trivalent chromium compound onto the metal strip by bringing the metal strip, which is connected as the cathode, into contact with the electrolyte solution. An effective deposition of the coating with a high chromium oxide portion is achieved by successively passing the metal strip at a predefined strip travel speed through a plurality of electrolysis tanks arranged successively in a strip travel direction. The first electrolysis tank is set to a low current density; a second electrolysis tank, which follows in the strip travel direction, is set to a medium current density; and a last electrolysis tank is set to a high current density, where the low current density is greater than 20 A/dm2.
US11396709B2	Electrode for electrolysis and preparation method thereof Provided is an electrode for electrolysis and a preparation method of the same. The electrode for electrolysis has an improved needle-like structure of a rare earth metal compared to conventional electrodes, and thus detachment of catalytic materials is reduced, so that the electrode is excellent in durability such as exhibiting stable performance even in a reverse current flow. Further, since the electrode for electrolysis has a low overvoltage value, an overvoltage required amount of the electrolytic cell can be remarkably reduced. In addition, an electrode for electrolysis having the above effect can be prepared without introducing additional precursors or changing manufacturing facilities.
US11396707B2	Laminate and rust prevention method A laminate includes a layer containing a polyaniline-based polymer and a phenoxy-based resin, and a layer containing zinc and/or a zinc alloy, a laminate includes, in sequence, a layer containing a polyaniline-based polymer and a phenoxy-based resin, a layer containing zinc and/or a zinc alloy, and an aluminum or aluminum alloy layer. A rust prevention method includes forming a layer containing a polyaniline-based polymer and a phenoxy-based resin on a layer containing zinc and/or a zinc alloy or on a layer containing zinc and/or a zinc alloy disposed on an aluminum or aluminum alloy layer. The laminates and the rust prevention method are for reducing the formation of rust on the layer containing zinc and/or the zinc alloy or the aluminum or aluminum alloy layer for a long period of time.
US11396700B2	Substrate processing apparatus According to the technique of the disclosure, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a substrate retainer; a heat insulating assembly; a process chamber; a gas supplier including openings bored toward the wafer; a gas discharger including main exhaust openings bored toward the wafer; an exhaust port; an intermediate exhaust opening provided on a side wall of the process chamber at a position facing the heat insulating assembly; and a supply chamber exhaust port provided on the side wall of the process chamber at a height corresponding to the intermediate exhaust opening. The heat insulating assembly includes a constriction at a position corresponding to the intermediate exhaust opening, wherein its outer diameter is smaller than that of a portion of the heat insulating assembly above the position and that of another portion of the heat insulating assembly below the position.
US11396698B2	ALD process for NiO film with tunable carbon content Processing methods comprising exposing a substrate to a first reactive gas comprising a cyclopentadienyl nickel complex and a second reactive gas comprising a sub-saturative amount of oxygen to form a nickel oxide film with a carbon content in the range of about 2 to about 10 atomic percent are described.
US11396693B2	Mask plate and method for manufacturing the same A mask plate and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The mask plate comprises a first sub-mask plate and a second sub-mask plate stacked with each other, the first sub-mask plate is provided with at least one first opening therein, a size and a shape of the first opening correspond to those of a target display panel; the second sub-mask plate is provided with a second opening region, which covers at least one of the at least one first opening and includes a plurality of second openings. Since it is only required to ensure that the sizes and shapes of the first openings are the same as those of the target display panels respectively, and it is unnecessary to further manufacture openings for forming pixel patterns, comparing with the existing mask plate, the manufacturing process of the present disclosure is more simple and the manufacturing cost is lower.
US11396692B2	Method of heat treating an article The invention describes a method of heat-treating an article, which includes a first step of heating the article to a temperature of 400° C. to 500° C. at a pressure of 1 to 3 millibar in an atmosphere comprising hydrogen for a period of 0.1 to 50 hours to produce a hot article, a second step of heating the hot article at a temperature of 400° C. to 500° C. at a pressure of 1 to 3 millibar in an atmosphere comprising at least one of hydrogen, argon, and nitrogen, for 0.1 to 50 hours to produce a preliminary heat treated article, and a third step of heating the preliminary heat treated article at a temperature of 400° C. to 500° C. at a pressure of 1 to 3 millibar in an atmosphere comprising at least one of hydrogen, nitrogen, and a hydrocarbon gas, for 0.1 to 50 hours; to produce a heat-treated article.
US11396687B2	Feedstocks for additive manufacturing, and methods of using the same Some variations provide a method of making an additively manufactured metal component, comprising: providing a feedstock that includes a high-vapor-pressure metal; exposing a first amount of the feedstock to an energy source for melting; and solidifying the melt layer, thereby generating a solid layer of an additively manufactured metal component. The metal-containing feedstock is enriched with a higher concentration of the high-vapor-pressure metal compared to its concentration in the additively manufactured metal component. The high-vapor-pressure metal may be selected from Mg, Zn, Li, Al, Cd, Hg, K, Na, Rb, Cs, Mn, Be, Ca, Sr, or Ba, for example. Additively manufactured metal components are provided. Metal-containing feedstocks for additive manufacturing are also disclosed, wherein concentration of at least one high-vapor-pressure metal in the feedstock is selected based on a desired concentration of the high-vapor-pressure metal in an additively manufactured metal component derived from the metal-containing feedstock. Various feedstock compositions are disclosed.
US11396685B2	Nickel-based superalloy, single-crystal blade and turbomachine A nickel-based superalloy comprises, in percentages by mass, 4.0 to 5.5% rhenium, 1.0 to 3.0 ruthenium, 2.0 to 14.0% cobalt, 0.3 to 1.0% molybdenum, 3.0 to 5.0% chromium, 2.5 to 4.0% tungsten, 4.5 to 6.5% aluminum, 0.50 to 1.50% titanium, 8.0 to 9.0% tantalum, 0.15 to 0.30% hafnium, 0.05 to 0.15% silicon, the balance being nickel and unavoidable impurities. A single-crystal blade comprises such an alloy and a turbomachine comprising such a blade.
US11396684B2	Extracting rare earth metal from acidic solution by contacting with ionic liquid composition A method for extracting a rare earth metal from a mixture of one or more rare earth metals, said method comprising contacting an acidic solution of the rare earth metal with a composition which comprises an ionic liquid to form an aqueous phase and a non-aqueous phase into which the rare earth metal has been selectively extracted.
US11396679B2	Detection of colorectal cancer The present disclosure provides, among other things, methods for colorectal cancer screening and compositions related thereto. In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods for colorectal cancer screening that include analysis of methylation status of one or more methylation biomarkers, and compositions related thereto. In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods for colorectal cancer screening that include screening methylation status of one or more methylation biomarkers in cfDNA, e.g., in ctDNA. In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods for colorectal cancer screening that include screening methylation status of one or more methylation biomarkers in cfDNA, e.g., in ctDNA, using MSRE-qPCR.
US11396670B2	Protein expression strains The invention provides an improved host strain for production of desired protein.
US11396669B2	Production of steviol glycosides in recombinant hosts The invention relates to recombinant microorganisms and methods for producing steviol glycosides and steviol glycoside precursors.
US11396668B2	Methods of producing nor-opioid and nal-opioid benzylisoquinoline alkaloids A method of demethylizing an opioid to a nor-opioid is provided. The method comprises contacting an opioid with at least one enzyme. Contacting the opioid with the at least one enzyme converts the opioid to a nor-opioid. A method of converting a nor-opioid to a nal-opioid is provided. The method comprises contacting a nor-opioid with at least one enzyme. Contacting the nor-opioid with the at least one enzyme converts the nor-opioid to a nal-opioid.
US11396667B2	Enzymatic method for preparation of lecithin polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) The disclosure discloses an enzymatic method for preparation of lecithin polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), and belongs to the technical field of separation and application of enzyme. A heat treatment procedure is added after a reaction substrate is in contact with an enzyme to adjust the ratio of sn-1 lysophospholipid PUFAs to sn-2 lysophospholipid PUFAs in a reaction product and to promote the production of sn-2 lysophospholipid PUFAs, thereby promoting the production of lecithin PUFAs, which greatly increases the production efficiency of lecithin PUFAs and the lecithin PUFA content in the product. With simple operations and high reaction rate, the method can significantly increase the content of lecithin PUFAs in the product, can effectively avoid the oxidation of PUFA, and has high economic benefits and promising industrial application prospects.
US11396665B2	CRISPR-CAS system for a filamentous fungal host cell The present invention relates to the field of molecular biology and cell biology. More specifically, the present invention relates to a CRISPR-CAS system for a filamentous fungal host cell.
US11396662B2	Transposition of nucleic acid constructs into eukaryotic genomes with a transposase from amyelois The present invention provides polynucleotide vectors for high expression of heterologous genes. Some vectors further comprise novel transposons and transposases that further improve expression. Further disclosed are vectors that can be used in a gene transfer system for stably introducing nucleic acids into the DNA of a cell. The gene transfer systems can be used in methods, for example, gene expression, bioprocessing, gene therapy, insertional mutagenesis, or gene discovery.
US11396661B2	Lepidopteran-active CRY1DA1 amino acid sequence variant proteins Engineered Cry1Da amino acid sequences are provided that exhibit improved Lepidopteran insecticidal activity and an enhanced Lepidopteran spectrum compared to the naturally occurring Cry1Da protein toxin. Polynucleotide sequences intended for use in expression of the improved proteins in plants are also provided. Particular embodiments provide compositions containing insect inhibitory amounts of the engineered proteins, as well as recombinant plants, plant parts, and seeds containing polynucleotide constructs encoding one or more of the improved engineered proteins.
US11396657B2	Plants having increased oil quality This document provides materials and methods for generating oilseed (e.g., pennycress) plants that having low levels of erucic acid. For example, oilseed plants having reduced expression levels of one or more polypeptides involved in erucic acid metabolism (e.g., fatty acid elongase 1 (FAE1)), as well as materials and methods for making and using oilseed plants having low levels of erucic acid are provided.
US11396651B2	High-throughput single cell barcoding Methods and compositions for high-throughput, single cell analyses are provided. The methods and compositions can be used for analysis of genomes and transcriptomes, as well as antibody discovery, HLA typing, haplotyping and drug discovery.
US11396647B2	Human methylthioadenosine/adenosine depleting enzyme variants for cancer therapy Disclosed herein are compositions related to conjugated polypeptides with MTA/ADO-degrading enzyme activity. The conjugated polypeptides are engineered to allow for maximal conjugation while maintaining catalytic activities. Also disclosed are nucleic acids, expression vectors, and host cells related to the conjugated polypeptides. Further disclosed are methods of using the pharmaceutical formulations comprising above to treat cancer.
US11396646B2	Steviol glycosyltransferases and genes encoding the same Polynucleotides encoding corresponding polypeptides capable of glycosylating steviol at its C-19 position to produce a steviol glycoside, an expression vector including such a polynucleotide, a method for producing a steviol glycoside by culturing a recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector under conditions in which the cell expresses the UDP-glycosyltransferase from the polynucleotide, and a method for producing a steviol glycoside by contacting a composition including steviol with a recombinant UDP-glycosyltransferase. The steviol glycoside can be steviol-19-O-glycoside. The recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector can be a bacterial cell, a plant cell, or a fungal cell, an animal cell, or a multicellular organism such as a plant.
US11396643B2	Compositions comprising bacterial strains and use thereof in controlling pathogenic microorganisms An isolated bacterial strain Bacillus subtilis 281 or a functional homolog of same is provided. A sample has been deposited as KCTC 13468BP 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.
US11396642B2	Tumour immunogen, preparation method therefor, and application Provided are a tumour immunogen, a preparation method therefore, and an application. After localised sequential cooling-heating treatment is performed on tumour tissue and/or cells, the tumour tissue and/or cells release a large amount of tumour immunogen heat shock protein 70. The obtained tumour immunogen can activate the body's tumour immune system, to convert immunosuppressive cells into mature dendritic cells, thereby increasing immunogen presentation, and activating tumour immunity.
US11396639B2	Additive and lubricant for industrial lubrication Turbine lubricant additives and lubricants including such additives that provide rust prevention and water separation but also pass the demanding stage II wet filterability at the same time.
US11396638B2	Modified oil soluble polyalkylene glycols The present disclosure provides for a lubricant formulation and a method of forming the lubricant formulation for use in an internal combustion engine. The lubricant formulation includes a base oil and an esterified oil-soluble polyalkylene glycol (E-OSP) of Formula (I): R1 [O(R2O)n(R3O)m(C═O)R4]p wherein R1 is a linear alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl having 4 to 18 carbon atoms or an aryl with 6 to 30 carbon atoms; R2O is an oxypropylene moiety derived from 1, 2-propylene oxide; R3O is an oxybutylene moiety derived from butylene oxide, wherein R2O and R3O are in a block or a random distribution; R4 is a linear alkyl with 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl with 4 to 18 carbon atoms or an aryl with 6 to 18 carbon atoms; n and m are each independently integers ranging from 0 to 20 wherein n+m is greater than 0, and p is an integer from 1 to 4.
US11396623B2	Materials and methods for recovering oil from oil sands The present invention provides environmentally-friendly compositions and methods for recovering oil from oil sands. The present invention can also be used for reducing the viscosity and/or increasing the API gravity of oil. In specific embodiments, the invention utilizes compositions comprising biochemical-producing microorganisms and microbial growth by-products, such as biosurfactants, as well as cavitation, to enhance oil recovery.
US11396622B1	Production of hydrocarbons from brine containing hydrocarbon substances The invention discloses a system and method of producing hydrocarbons from brine. The brine is obtained from a subterranean source and contains carbon substances that may otherwise be difficult or inefficient to conventionally utilize. A mechanical energy is delivered to the brine to energize and rearrange the intermolecular hydrogen bonds in the brine's water molecules. A first and second borehole are selected, each connected to the same subterranean reservoir that permits flow between the boreholes. Brine is introduced into the first borehole, and into the subterranean reservoir. A hydrocarbon-enriched, and more alkane enriched liquid is extracted from, and transported away from the second borehole, and to the surface.
US11396620B2	Epoxidized alpha olefin based anti-bit balling additive for water-based drilling fluids Drilling fluid compositions and methods for using drilling fluid compositions are provided with enhanced anti-bit balling properties that include an aqueous-based fluid, one or more drilling fluid additives, and an anti-bit balling additive. The anti-bit balling additive may be an epoxidized α-olefin and the drilling fluid may include the anti-bit balling additive in an amount ranging from about 0.5 ppb to about 20 ppb. Methods for using the drilling fluid compositions may further include mixing an aqueous base fluid with one or more drilling fluid additives and an anti-bit balling additive, wherein the anti-bit balling additive includes epoxidized α-olefin and the drilling fluid may include the anti-bit balling additive in an amount ranging from about 0.5 ppb to about 20 ppb, and introducing the drilling fluid to a subterranean formation.
US11396618B2	Adhesive composition based on ethylene copolymers obtained by tube copolymerisation, that can be used for extrusion-coating and extrusion-lamination An adhesive composition of at least one ethylene polymer or copolymer, wherein at least one first polymer or copolymer including the unsaturated carboxylic acid ester type comonomer is copolymerized in a continuous high-pressure tubular reactor, while a second polymer or copolymer including the functional comonomer is copolymerized by either autoclave or tubular continuous high-pressure radical means; the first and second polymer or copolymer possibly being of one and the same polymer/copolymer. Also, a multilayer structure that incorporates the adhesive composition and a particular process for obtaining this composition.
US11396617B2	Adhesive formulations that are free of asphalt or substantially free of asphalt, methods of making the same, and roofing systems utilizing the same Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to roofing systems including a substrate and adhesive formulations that are free of asphalt or substantially free of asphalt. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods of making one or more adhesive formulations that are free of asphalt or substantially free of asphalt. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems utilizing one or more adhesive formulations that are free of asphalt or substantially free of asphalt.
US11396613B2	Cured product, optical member, lens, and compound The present invention provides a cured product obtained by curing a curable composition including a compound represented by General Formula 1, in which a birefringence Δn (587 nm) is 0.00≤Δn (587 nm)≤0.01. Pol1-Sp1-L1-Ar-L2-Sp2-Pol2 (General Formula 1) In the formula, Ar represents a divalent group containing a ring structure selected from the group consisting of a quinoxaline ring and a quinazoline ring; L1 and L2 each represent a single bond, —O—, —OC(═O)—, —OC(═O)O—, —OC(═O)NH—, and the like; Sp1 and Sp2 each represent a single bond or a divalent linking group; Pol1 and Pol2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a polymerizable group; and the compound represented by General Formula 1 has at least one polymerizable group. The cured product of the present invention has a small Abbe number (νd) and a large partial dispersion ratio (θg, F), and is therefore useful for production of optical members.
US11396612B2	Random copolymer for forming neutral layer, laminate for forming pattern including the same, and method for forming pattern using the same The present invention provides a random copolymer including structural units represented by the following Chemical Formulae 1 to 3 for forming a neutral layer for significantly reducing process time and process costs, and promoting directed self-assembly pattern formation of a block copolymer. The present invention further provides a laminate for forming a pattern including a neutral layer having a small thickness variation value due to washing, by including the random copolymer for forming a neutral layer. The present invention further provides a method for forming a pattern capable of stably vertically orienting a block copolymer on a laminate for forming a neutralized pattern.
US11396610B2	Method of printing ultranarrow line Disclosed is a method of printing an ultranarrow line of a functional material. The method entails providing a substrate having an interlayer on the substrate and printing the ultranarrow line by depositing ink on the interlayer of the substrate, the ink comprising the functional material and a solvent mixture that partially dissolves the interlayer on the substrate to cause the ink to shrink and sink into the interlayer on the substrate thereby reducing a width of the line.
US11396607B2	Compositions and methods for fabricating durable, low-ice-adhesion coatings This invention provides durable, low-ice-adhesion coatings with excellent performance in terms of ice-adhesion reduction. Some variations provide a low-ice-adhesion coating comprising a microstructure with a first-material phase and a second-material phase that are microphase-separated on an average length scale of phase inhomogeneity from 1 micron to 100 microns. Some variations provide a low-ice-adhesion material comprising a continuous matrix containing a first component; and a plurality of discrete inclusions containing a second component, wherein the inclusions are dispersed within the matrix to form a phase-separated microstructure that is inhomogeneous on an average length scale from 1 micron to 100 microns, wherein one of the first component or the second component is a low-surface-energy polymer, and the other is a hygroscopic material. The coatings are characterized by an AMIL Centrifuge Ice Adhesion Reduction Factor up to 100 or more. These coatings are useful for aerospace surfaces and other applications.
US11396606B2	Hydrophilic coating with enhanced properties to limit reactivity, limit dissolution, minimize contamination potential and provide anti-fungal properties A hydrophilic coating for use with a heat exchanger includes an insolubilizer configured to provide structure or support for the hydrophilic coating. The hydrophilic coating further includes a wetting agent configured to provide wettability for the hydrophilic coating. The hydrophilic coating further includes an antibacterial agent configured to eliminate at least a portion of bacteria that contacts the hydrophilic coating. The hydrophilic coating further includes an antifungal agent configured to eliminate at least a portion of fungi that contacts the hydrophilic coating, the antifungal agent being different than the antibacterial agent and the insolubilizer.
US11396598B2	PBS composite material and method for producing same A polybutylene succinate (PBS) nanocomposite material includes a matrix comprising polybutylene succinate chains, and nanocelluloses dispersed between the polybutylene succinate chains. The PBS composite material may be produced by polymerizing 1,4-butanediol and succinic acid or a derivative thereof in a mixture of 1,4-butanediol and succinic acid or a derivative thereof with nanocelluloses. The PBS nanocomposite material and the method have improved properties, which does not require a surface hydrophobization pretreatment process of cellulose, melt kneading, and solution mixing processes.
US11396597B2	Epoxy resin composition and cured object obtained therefrom Provided are an epoxy resin composition and a film or a molding material. The epoxy resin composition is an epoxy resin composition including the following components A to D: component A: an epoxy resin having an oxazolidone ring structure in a molecule thereof; component B: an epoxy resin that is liquid at 30° C.; component C: a diblock copolymer having a B-M structure (where M represents a block formed of a homopolymer of methyl methacrylate or a copolymer containing at least 50 wt % of methyl methacrylate, B represents a block that is incompatible with the epoxy resins and the block M, and that has a glass transition temperature Tg of 20° C. or less, and respective blocks represented by B and M are directly bonded to each other or are linked to each other through a linking group); and component D: an amine-based curing agent that is dicyandiamide or a derivative thereof.
US11396596B2	Heat-resistant resin composition Provided is a heat-resistant resin composition which includes: a base resin including: a graft copolymer prepared by graft polymerization of a diene-based rubber polymer with an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a vinyl cyan-based monomer; a first styrene-based copolymer including an aromatic vinyl-based unit and a vinyl cyan-based unit; a second styrene-based copolymer including a maleimide-based unit, an aromatic vinyl-based unit, and a vinyl cyan-based unit; and a carbonate-based polymer; and a third styrene-based copolymer including an aromatic vinyl-based unit and a maleic acid-based unit.
US11396594B2	Formulation for use with conducting polymers in solid electrolytic capacitors An improved formulation of conductive polymer is provided. The formulation comprises a conductive polymer and a polyanion wherein the polyanion is a copolymer comprising groups A, B and C represented the ratio of Formula A: AxByCz Formula A wherein: A is polystyrenesulfonic acid or salt of polystyrenesulfonate; B and C separately represent polymerized units substituted by a group selected from: —C(O)OR6 wherein R6 is selected from the group consisting of: —(CHR17)b—R18. All other groups are defined. The conductive polymer has an average particle size of at least 1 nm to no more than 10 microns.
US11396592B2	No break polypropylene impact copolymers with melt flow rate higher than 90 g/10 min Polymer compositions may include a matrix phase comprising a polypropylene-based polymer; and an elastomeric rubber phase; wherein the polymer composition has melt flow rate (MFR) according to ASTM D1238 at 230° C./2.16 kg equal to or greater than 90 g/10 min and at least one feature selected from (I) an Izod impact resistance according to ASTM D256A at 23° C. equal to or greater than 400 J/m; (II) an instrumented drop impact at −30° C., average total energy, equal to or greater than 17 J; or (III) an instrumented drop impact at −30° C., average percent ductility, equal to or greater than 60%.
US11396591B2	Composition for manufacturing lightweight footwear having improved heat-resistance and lightweight footwear manufactured using the same The lightweight footwear of the present invention maintains excellent durability and improves heat resistance, so that contraction percentage due to a change with the passage of time is significantly low, rarely causing deformation, and thus, the lightweight footwear may be used in a high temperature and sanitary environment. In addition, the present invention solves the problem of the occurrence of premature foaming due to injection molding and a pattern on the appearance due to dispersion failure, thereby facilitating injection molding.
US11396587B2	Recycling of superabsorbent polymer via hydrothermal microwave processing Poly(acrylic acid)-based superabsorbent polymer (SAP) and H2O2 in a feed is converted with microwave (MW) irradiation into poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) in the product. The MW total energy used to convert SAP into PAA is less than 50 MJ/kg SAP.
US11396585B2	Method of forming a void, channel, and/or vascular network in a polymeric matrix A method of forming a void, channel and/or vascular network in a polymeric matrix comprises providing a pre-vascularized structure that includes a matrix material and a sacrificial material embedded in the matrix material in a predetermined pattern, where the matrix material comprises a monomer and the sacrificial material comprises a polymer. A region of the matrix material is activated to initiate an exothermic polymerization reaction and generate a self-propagating polymerization front. As the polymerization front propagates through the matrix material and polymerizes the monomer, heat from the exothermic reaction simultaneously degrades the sacrificial material into a gas-phase and/or liquid-phase byproduct. Thus, one or more voids or channels having the predetermined pattern are rapidly formed in the matrix material.
US11396584B2	Polymer foam articles and methods of making polymer foams Molded polymer foam articles are described as having a novel foam structure. The polymer foam articles include a continuous polymer matrix defining a plurality of pneumatoceles therein which is present throughout the entirety of the article. The surface region is further characterized as having compressed pneumatoceles. The novel foam structure is achieved even when molding polymer foam articles comprising a shape and volume wherein a sphere having a diameter between 2 cm and 1000 cm would fit within the article in at least one location without protruding from a surface of the article, and the article further has a total volume of more than 1000 cm3. Methods of making a stabilized molten polymer foam, and of making a molded polymer foam article using the stabilized molten polymer foam are also described.
US11396580B2	Polyamide terpolymers for manufacture of transparent articles Amorphous polyamide terpolymers with a high level of transparency, transition glass temperature, flexibility, and chemical resistance. In one embodiment, the polyamide terpolymers are polymerized from caprolactam, at least one diamine, and at least one diacid.
US11396564B2	Electroconductive resin composition, method for manufacturing same and molded article obtained therefrom The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electroconductive resin composition that has excellent electroconductivity and high mechanical strength. The electroconductive resin composition according to the present invention comprises 75-99 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin (A), 1-25 parts by mass of a carbon material (B), and more than 1 part by mass but not more than 10 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the thermoplastic resin (A) and the carbon material (B), of a modified polyolefin wax (C), wherein the carbon material (B) is a granular carbon material having an average grain diameter of 500 nm or less or a fibrous carbon material having an average fiber length of 1000 μm or less.
US11396555B2	Monoclonal antibody which specifically recognizes B cell lymphoma and use thereof Provided is a monoclonal antibody which specifically recognizes B cell lymphoma cells and a use thereof. More specifically, provided are the monoclonal antibody; a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating B cell lymphoma including the monoclonal antibody; a composition for diagnosing B cell lymphoma including the monoclonal antibody; a method for providing information for diagnosing B cell lymphoma using the monoclonal antibody; a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) protein including i) the antibody, ii) a transmembrane domain, and iii) an intracellular signaling domain; a recombinant vector which expresses the CAR protein; a CAR-modified T cell transformed with the recombinant vector; a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating B cell lymphoma including the CAR-modified T cell; and an antibody-drug conjugate wherein the monoclonal antibody and a drug are conjugated.
US11396551B2	Chimeric antigen receptors targeting CD70 The disclosure provides CARs (CARs) that specifically bind to CD70. The disclosure further relates to engineered immune cells comprising such CARs, CAR-encoding nucleic acids, and methods of making such CARs, engineered immune cells, and nucleic acids. The disclosure further relates to therapeutic methods for use of these CARs and engineered immune cells comprising these CARs for the treatment of a condition associated with malignant cells expressing CD70 (e.g., cancer).
US11396548B2	EGFR targeted therapy of neurological disorders and pain The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treatment of neurological disorders. In particular, the present invention relates to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) as a clinical target for treatment of neurological disorders, preferably in conjunction with neuropathic pain. The invention relates in more detail to compositions comprising inhibitors of EGFR.
US11396545B2	BTLA agonist antibodies and uses thereof Antibodies which bind BTLA, and methods of using same, are provided, said antibodies are useful as agents for treating conditions associated with autoimmune disease including treating lupus.
US11396537B2	Polypeptide, process for the production thereof and use thereof The present invention relates to a polypeptide, a process for the production thereof and a use thereof. The polypeptide of the present invention has excellent adhesion effect and is highly stable in an aqueous solution. Endotoxins can be more easily removed from the product of the polypeptide.
US11396536B2	Peptide-HLA complexes and methods of producing same There is provided herein, the use of mammalian derived HLA class I molecule for in vitro peptide exchange. For example, there is provided a method of producing an HLA class I molecule complexed to a pre-selected peptide comprising: (a) providing a mammalian derived HLA class I molecule complexed to an existing peptide; (b) incubating, in vitro, the HLA class I molecule complexed to the existing peptide with the pre-selected peptide, wherein the pre-selected peptide is at a concentration sufficient to replace the existing peptide to produce the HLA class I molecule complexed to the pre-selected peptide; and the HLA class I molecule comprises α1, α2, α3 and β2m domains.
US11396534B2	Insulin analogs with reduced affinity to insulin receptor and use thereof The present invention relates to a novel insulin analog, use thereof, and a method for preparing the analog.
US11396533B2	Process for the manufacture of GLP-1 analogues The present invention provides a process for the manufacture of GLP-1 analogues with high yield and purity by fragment condensation on the solid phase. In particular, it describes a convergent synthesis by condensation of a C-terminal pseudoproline fragment A with a fragment B bound to a solid support, followed by deprotection and cleavage from the support and final purification to yield the desired peptide. The invention further provides intermediates useful in the manufacturing process.
US11396527B2	Dual mass spectrometry-cleavable crosslinking reagents for protein-protein interactions Described are dual mass-spectrometry-cleavable cross-linkers that can be cleaved selectively using two differential tandem mass-spectrometric techniques such as collision induced dissociation (CID) or electron transfer dissociation (ETD), i.e., a dual cleavable crosslinking technology (DUCCT) cross-linker. When used to cross-link a macromolecule, such as a peptide, MS/MS fragmentation produces two signature complementary mass spectra of same cross-linked peptides, the analysis of which gives rise to high confidence in characterizing the structures of the cross-linked macromolecules as well as sites of interactions. Also described, are methods of making and using DUCCT cross-linkers.
US11396525B2	C17, C20, and C21 substituted neuroactive steroids and their methods of use Described herein are neuroactive steroids or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Such compounds are envisioned, in certain embodiments, to behave as GABA modulators. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound described herein and methods of use and treatment, e.g., such as for inducing sedation and/or anesthesia.
US11396523B2	Proton activated atomic medicine The present application provides compositions and methods for preparing and using “heavy” nucleotide derivatives of thymidine or uridine by replacing the oxygen atom attached to one or more of positions with non-radioactive oxygen-18 (18O), administering it to a subject to target a tumor including incorporation into tumor cell DNA, and then treating the tumor with proton beam therapy to transmutate the 18O to 18F, resulting in a break of the new fluorine-phosphorous bond. This chemical event destabilizes ribose-phosphate DNA back-bone and base pairing thus produce single- and double strand breaks, clusters lesions that can lead to irreparable DNA damage and enhanced tumor cell killing. The atomic, chemical, and physical aspects result in the use of lower radiation doses and significantly alter acute and late morbidity of radiotherapy. Heavy thymidine and heavy uridine derivatives labeled with 18O have been made and tested.
US11396522B2	Bis-acetal-based substrates for imaging exo-glycosidase activity The invention provides fluorescence-quenched substrates of exo-glycosidase enzymes. The invention also provides methods for imaging exo-glycosidase enzymes activity within cells.
US11396521B2	Ultra-thin Ni—Fe-MOF nanosheet, preparation method and use thereof The present invention discloses a method for preparing an ultra-thin Ni—Fe-MOF nanosheet, which comprises the steps of dissolving an organic ligand in an organic solvent, dripping the resulting solution to an aqueous solution containing a nickel salt and an iron salt, mixing uniformly and reacting at 140-160° C. for 3-6 h to obtain the ultra-thin Ni—Fe-MOF nanosheet, wherein the organic ligand is terephthalic acid and/or disodium terephthalate, and the organic solvent is N,N-dimethylacetamide and/or N,N-dimethylformamide. The present invention discloses an ultra-thin Ni—Fe-MOF nanosheet, and use thereof. The preparation method does not require a surfactant, the surface of the product is neat and easy to be cleaned, and the large-scale synthesis of 2D ultra-thin MOF materials can be realized.
US11396518B2	Solid forms of thiophene derivatives Disclosed is an amorphous solid form of compound (S)—N-[5-[1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl]-4,6-dioxo-5,6-dihydro-4H-thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-1-yl]acetamide.
US11396517B1	Exo-aza spiro inhibitors of menin-MLL interaction Provided are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and their use as menin/MLL protein/protein interaction inhibitors, useful for treating diseases such as cancer, myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and diabetes.
US11396511B2	Substituted 9,13b-dihydro-1H-dibenzo[c,f]imidazo[1,5-a]azepin-3-ylbenzamides as anti-inflammatory and analgesic agents The present invention relates to compounds of [Formula A]: including N-(9,13b-dihydro-1H-dibenzo[c,f]imidazo[1,5-a]azepin-3-yl)-2-hydroxybenzamide, 2-((9,13b-dihydro-1H-dibenzo[c,f]imidazo[1,5-a]azepin-3-yl)carbamoyl)phenyl acetate, methods for preparing the compounds, and compositions including the compounds as active ingredients. The compounds of the present invention are very effective in anti-inflammation and pain relief. The compositions of the present invention are effective in preventing or treating inflammation and/or pain.
US11396509B2	Solid forms of a toll-like receptor modulator The present disclosure provides solid forms, solvates and hydrates of (R)-2-((2-amino-7-fluoropyrido[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)amino)-2-methylhexan-1-ol, and methods of making.
US11396506B2	Amino acid compounds with unbranched linkers and methods of use The invention relates to compounds of formula (A): or a salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R5a, R5b, R6a, R6b, R7a, R7b, R8a, R8b, R9a, R9b, R10a, R10b, R11a, R11b, R21, n, and G are as described herein. Compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are αVβ6 integrin inhibitors that are useful for treating fibrosis such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP).
US11396503B2	Sulfonyl substituted bicyclic compound which acts as ROR inhibitor Provided is a sulfonyl-substituted bicyclic compound (A) which acts as a RORγ inhibitor, said compound has good RORγ inhibitory activity and is expected to be used for treating diseases mediated by a RORγ receptor in mammals.
US11396498B2	Method for producing 2,5-bis(aminomethyl)tetrahydrofuran To provide a method that can efficiently produce 2,5-bis(aminomethyl)tetrahydrofuran. The method for producing 2,5-bis(aminomethyl)tetrahydrofuran, the method including subjecting 2,5-bis(aminomethyl)furan to a reaction with hydrogen source by using a hydrogenation catalyst to obtain 2,5-bis(aminomethyl)tetrahydrofuran.
US11396497B2	Proteasome inhibitors The disclosure provides proteasome inhibitors that can be used to halt cell division of rapidly dividing cells by preventing the degradation of cell cycle-regulating proteins, such as cyclins, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, and p53. The proteasome inhibitor compounds can be used to inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells.
US11396496B2	1,4-substituted isoquinoline inhibitors of KEAP1/NRF2 protein-protein interaction Disclosed herein are compounds that can act as inhibitors of the Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1/nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (“KEAP1/NRF2”) protein-protein interaction, and methods of using the compounds to treat and prevent diseases and disorders, such as COPD, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes, and in the promotion of wound healing. The compounds described herein can include compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: formula (I), wherein the substituents are as described.
US11396495B2	Amine compound for inhibiting SSAO/VAP-1 and use thereof An amine compound serving as a semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase (SSAO) and/or vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) inhibitor, a pharmaceutical composition, and an application thereof in medicines that can be used for treating inflammation and/or inflammation related diseases, diabetes and/or a disease related diabetes, psychiatric disorder, ischemic disease, vascular disease, fibrosis, or tissue transplant rejection.
US11396494B2	Compound and organic light emitting element comprising same Provided is a compound of Chemical Formula 1: and an organic light emitting device including the same.
US11396482B2	Cubic boron nitride sintered material, cutting tool including cubic boron nitride sintered material, and method of producing cubic boron nitride sintered material A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: more than or equal to 85 volume % and less than 100 volume % of cubic boron nitride grains; and a remainder of a binder, wherein the binder includes WC, Co and an Al compound, and when a TEM-EDX is used to analyze an interface region including an interface at which the cubic boron nitride grains are adjacent to each other, oxygen exists on a whole or part of the interface, and a width D of a region in which the oxygen exists is more than or equal to 0.1 nm and less than or equal to 10 nm.
US11396481B2	Dielectric composition and electronic component Provided is a dielectric composition exhibiting a high strength and a high specific dielectric constant. The dielectric composition contains composite oxide particles having a composition formula represented by (SrxBa1-x)yNb2O5+y and an Al-based segregation phase. The Al segregation phase has niobium, aluminum, and oxygen.
US11396480B2	Inorganic-organic phosphate ceramics and coatings This disclosure relates to an inorganic-organic metal phosphate ceramic coating from the reaction of an inorganic phosphate of the formulas (i) Am(H2PO4)m.nH2O or (ii) AH3(PO4)2.nH2O; where A is ammonium or an m-valent metal element; m=1, 2, or 3; and n is 0 to 25; and at least one metal oxide or hydroxide represented by the formula B2mOm or B(OH)2m, where B is a 2m-valent metal; and m=1 or 1.5; thereof; and at least one polymer capable of reacting with at least the one metal oxide or hydroxide; or a first organic precursor combined with the inorganic phosphate and a second organic precursor combined with the at least one metal oxide or hydroxide, the second organic precursor configured to chemically react with the one or more first organic precursor.
US11396479B2	Dry premixture for flexible concrete and method for its preparation and use thereof The invention relates to a cementitious powder blend comprising, based on total weight—45-90 wt % Portland cement; pref. 50-80 wt %—0-25 wt % siliceous fly ash; pref. 5-20 wt %—0-25 wt % limestone; pref. 5-20 wt %—5-30 wt % polyvinylalcohol, pref. 5-15 wt %. The PVA preferably has—a size distribution with D10=170-270 μm, D50=370-450 μm. D90=690-850 μm and D100=1000-1300 μm; and—an ester value in the range of 1-250 mg KOH/g, as determinable by EN-ISO 3681:1998 and/or wherein the polyvinyl alcohol has a viscosity of a 4% aqueous solution at 20° C. in the range of 1-40 mPa·s, as determinable by EN-ISO 12058-1:2002. A substantial part of the PVA may be present in the form of hybrid particles composed of Portland cement and the polyvinylalcohol. Further, the invention relates to concrete composed of the cementitious powder blend, water and aggregate as well as flexible concrete products made therefrom. The cementitious powder blend is used for—for the preparation of a paving of a road or other infrastructural element; for the preparation of a base course for a road or other infrastructural element; for the manufacture of a floor of a building; for the repair of a concrete structure; for grouting; or—as an injection into a concrete structure.
US11396476B2	Optical fibre coated with a polyester coating The present invention concerns an optical fibre comprising: an optical waveguide comprising a glass core surrounded by a glass cladding; a coating surrounding said optical waveguide comprising a cured polymer material comprising a polyester obtained by esterification of: a reactant A selected from an acid, a triglyceride, or a mixture of triglycerides having a C16-C24 aliphatic chain comprising at least two conjugated double bonds; and a polyol made of at least one monomer comprising at least 3 hydroxyl groups, the polyol being thermally stable up to 300° C. (reactant B). The present invention concerns also the above said polyester coating, a method for coating an optical fibre with said polyester coating and a method for obtaining predetermined mechanical properties of a coating for an optical fibre. The cured polymer forming the coating can be prepared by curing the polyester of the invention either thermally or by radiation.
US11396475B2	Quantum dot glass aging device and aging method thereof A quantum dot (“QD”) glass aging device including a bottom part including a flat surface defined by a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction; a side wall part including a side surface defined by the first direction and a third direction intersecting the bottom part, and a seating part disposed between the bottom part and the side wall part. The seating part includes a plurality of protrusion parts extending in the first direction and arranged in the second direction. A plurality of QD glasses is arranged on the plurality of protrusion parts. A plurality of light sources is disposed in the plurality of grooves defined between the protrusion parts and between the side wall part and a first protrusion part adjacent to the side wall part. Heights of upper surfaces of the protrusion parts gradually decrease from the side wall part to the bottom part.
US11396471B2	Method for machining the edges of glass elements and glass element machined according to the method A method for the production of glass or glass ceramic elements from flat glass or glass ceramic parts is provided where the edges of the glass or glass ceramic elements are treated by a combination of two processes. The flat glass or glass ceramic element with an edge surface connecting the two side surfaces is produced. The edge surface has at least one first elongated, strip-shaped edge region and at least one second elongated strip-shaped edge region, which are formed by a ground edge. The edge regions extend in the longitudinal direction along the edge surface and along the side surfaces. The first edge region has elongated parallel filamentary damages that are parallel and adjacent to one another and, in particular, spaced apart equidistantly, in the longitudinal direction thereof extending transversely to the side surfaces and along the surface of the first edge region.
US11396470B2	Continuous flow submerged combustion melter cooling wall panels, submerged combustion melters, and methods of using same Continuous flow submerged combustion melter cooling wall panels, including a primary metal plate, and several 90 degree metal pieces welded to the primary metal plate in parallel configuration, each of the 90 degree metal pieces having metal leg plates forming a 90 degree vertex there between. Each metal leg plate has an edge distal to the vertex, the distal edge of the first metal leg plate welded to the first major surface of the primary metal plate, the distal edge of the second metal leg plate welded to the vertex of an adjacent 90 degree metal piece. The plurality of 90 degree metal pieces may have a length (l) such that l
US11396469B2	Zero pollution hybrid desalination and energy production system The hybrid desalination and energy production system includes a desalination system for separating seawater into purified water and brine, an electrodialysis system for treating the brine and outputting low salinity water, a hypersaline brine solution, and H2 gas; an evaporator for treating the hypersaline brine solution and outputting salt and water vapor; a superheater for treating the water vapor and outputting a superheated water vapor; a turbine for receiving the superheated water vapor to generate energy; a gas scrubber for receiving the H2 gas from the electrodialysis system and producing dry hydrogen; and a hydrogen cell for receiving the dry hydrogen and outputting energy. A condenser converts the vapor into condensate and low salinity water. A desalinated water collection tank receives the desalinated or low salinity water. A pressure retarded osmosis system receives the brine, the low salinity water, and condensate from the condenser to produce dilute brine.
US11396468B2	High salinity water purification processes and systems A high salinity water purification system and process, including a forward osmosis system and a reverse osmosis or nanofiltration system. A concentrated brine of a zinc or iron complex combined with a salt or acid draws pure water across the FO membrane from the influent water. The diluted brine is pumped through a vessel holding an anionic adsorption media to remove the zinc or iron complex and the resultant brine is passed through the RO or nanofiltration system to obtain purified water and a concentrated brine stream. The adsorption media is regenerated by a rinse cycle using fresh water or water from the RO system, removing the zinc or iron complex adhered to the media. The resultant brine is stored and mixed with the output of the RO system.
US11396467B2	UV lamp and anti-scale water treatment water heater apparatus with sanitation loop A water heating and treatment system with UV lamp and anti-scale water treatment sanitation for suppression of pathogens including undesired bacterial content in a domestic water system includes a water heater. A cold water supply line to supply water to the water heater includes an anti-scale device, and a UV sanitation lamp. A water heater sanitation loop includes a sanitation loop pump to circulate hot water within the water heater. The water heater controller causes an activation of the water heater sanitation loop and a water temperature of the water heater to increase momentarily to a sanitization temperature above 151° F. for one or more periods of at least two minutes in a sanitation loop mode. A method for treating hot water to suppress pathogens including undesired bacterial content in a domestic water system is also described.
US11396463B2	Method for electrochemical treatment of water A method for electrochemical treatment of water is provided. The method includes providing a flow-through reactor including a cathode and an anode, wherein the anode includes about 80 weight percent or greater of a sub-stoichiometric titanium oxide. The method further includes applying power to the cathode and the anode, passing a solution including water and a metal chloride through the flow-through reactor, and withdrawing the purified water.
US11396458B2	Fluid sterilization apparatus A fluid sterilization apparatus includes: a flow passage tube in which a processing passage where a passing fluid is sterilized is formed; a first light source that irradiates the processing passage with ultraviolet light; an inflow passage formed in a direction that intersects an outer circumferential surface of the flow passage tube; and a communication passage that causes the inflow passage to communicate with the processing passage. The communication passage has a narrow passage in the middle of a path from the inflow passage toward an opening of a first end, the narrow passage being narrower than a passage toward the inflow passage.
US11396455B2	Multi-level outlet weir for enhanced volumetric separation for stormwater treatment A method, system, and apparatus directed to an innovative approach for the treatment of stormwater utilizing hydrodynamic separator assembly designed to maximize flow movement for more efficient sediment removal and maximize water flow control.
US11396452B2	Method for preparing lithium concentrate from lithium-bearing natural brines and processing thereof into lithium chloride or lithium carbonate A method for preparing lithium concentrate from natural lithium-bearing brines was developed. The brine is first subjected to purification from the suspended solids, then filtered through a static layer of a granulated sorbent based on LiCl.2Al(OH)3.mH2O, where m=3-5, to obtain a primary lithium concentrate. The process is carried out in sorption-desorption units consisting of 4 columns, two of which are in the process of sorption of lithium chloride from the brine, one column is in the process of washing the sorbent saturated with lithium chloride from the brine, and one column is in the process of lithium chloride desorption. The primary lithium concentrate is converted to a secondary lithium concentrate by concentration in evaporative pools or reverse osmotic concentration-desalination. The secondary lithium concentrate is used for further production of lithium chloride or lithium carbonate.
US11396446B2	High ratio fluid control Examples disclosed herein relate to a dispensing device including a syrup unit which transmits via one or more orifices one or more syrups and water to a dispensing block, a syrup source coupled to the syrup unit which provides the one or more syrups to the syrup unit, a water source which provides water to the syrup unit, and a cf valve coupled to a first orifice upstream of a solenoid valve where the cf valve provides a first range of pressures to the solenoid valve and where the first orifice is coupled to the dispensing block.
US11396444B2	Foldable truss boom section, truss boom and crane The present disclosure relates to a foldable truss boom section, a truss boom and a crane. The foldable truss boom section includes: two chords that do not intersect with each other; at least two slideways fixedly disposed on each of the two chords, wherein each of the at least two slideways has at least two slideway fixing points; and at least two long web members connecting the two chords, wherein each of the at least two long web members has at least one sliding end which is slidable along the slideway and connected to the slideway at one of the at least two slideway fixing points, so that a cross-section state of the truss boom section is changeable.
US11396441B2	Wear detection for elevator system belt A belt for an elevator system includes a plurality of tension members arranged along a belt width and extending longitudinally along a length of the belt, each tension member including a plurality of fibers. A metallized coating layer is applied to at least a portion of an outer surface of at least one tension member of the plurality of tension members. The metallized coating has a coating electrical conductivity greater than a tension member electrical conductivity of the at least one tension member. A jacket material at least partially encapsulates the plurality of tension members and the metallized coating layer.
US11396440B2	Method for determining information relating to elevator components received in an elevator shaft A method determines information relating to elevator components received in an elevator shaft, the elevator components each being provided with a machine-readable marker on which component-specific information is stored, which information is read out by a marker reading device. In the method, a movable elevator element on which the marker reading device is arranged is moved through the elevator shaft and the component-specific information is read out from the markers. The markers can be, for example, markers that can be read out electromagnetically and in a contactless manner, such as RFID tags. The method also includes a comparison of the read-out component-specific information with nominal specifications, and the compiling of a report indicating instances of conformity and/or differences between the read-out component-specific information and the nominal specifications.
US11396437B2	Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes a stacking member having a separation unit and an opening portion disposed upstream from the separation unit, a feeding member, and a moving device that includes a slope portion having a slope along which sheets are guided toward the separation unit. The moving device moves the stacking member between a first position where the feeding member and sheets stacked on the stacking member are in contact with each other, and a second position where the feeding member and the sheets are not in contact with each other. When the stacking member is at the first position, the slope portion is disposed at a position lower than the separation unit in a vertical direction. When the stacking member is at the second position, the slope portion is disposed to protrude via the opening portion to be higher than a stacking surface of the stacking member.
US11396436B2	Conveying device, image forming apparatus incorporating the conveying device, and method of conveying a medium A conveying device includes a sheet conveyor configured to convey a medium in a conveyance direction of the medium, a sheet winder including a winding roller and a winding motor, and circuitry to control the sheet conveyor and the sheet winder. The circuitry is configured to convey the medium intermittently while repeating: causing the sheet conveyor and the sheet winder to convey the loosened medium by a predetermined conveyance amount; rotating the winding motor in a normal direction by a predetermined torque according to an outer winding diameter of the medium to apply a predetermined tension force to the medium; and rotating the winding motor in a reverse direction to loosen the medium by a predetermined slack amount. The circuitry is configured to determine the predetermined tension force according to the width of the medium intersecting with the conveyance direction of the medium.
US11396434B2	Sheet stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet stacking apparatus includes a sheet stacking unit on which sheets are stacked, a sheet regulating unit, and a cover member. The sheet regulating unit includes a main body having a regulating surface regulating a position of the sheet on the sheet stacking unit, and an operating portion movably supported on the main body and having an operating surface. The operating portion is movable from a first to a second position by operating the operating surface. The sheet regulating unit is locked to the sheet stacking unit when the operating portion is in the first position, and unlocked when in the second position. The cover member includes a first surface covering the operating surface and a second surface covering an upper surface of the operating portion, and covers the operating portion with at least the first surface and the second surface so that the operating portion is not visible.
US11396432B1	Automated container shaking systems Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for automated container shaking systems. In one embodiment, an example container shaking system may include a first support disposed at a first side of a first container slot, a second support disposed at a second side of the first container slot, and a first moveable platform disposed on the first support and the second support. The first moveable platform may be configured to slide on the first support and the second support, and the first moveable platform may be configured to receive a first container. The system may include a first actuator coupled to the first moveable platform, the first actuator configured to push and pull the first moveable platform, and an optional first sensor configured to detect an item deposited into the first container. Feedback from the first sensor may optionally be used to trigger the first actuator.
US11396430B2	Methods, systems, and apparatuses, for operating a material handling system A material handling apparatus includes a first pop-up belt abutting a first cam. The first pop-up belt is configured to facilitate movement of a package between a first conveyor and a second conveyor. a separator wall abuts a second cam. The separator wall is configured to control movement of the package between the first conveyor and the second conveyor. In response to the camshaft rotating in a first direction, the first cam causes the first pop-up belt to extend out from the first conveyor. The second cam causes the separator wall to move to a first position. I in the first position, the separator wall allows the package to move from the first conveyor to the second conveyor. In response to the camshaft rotating in a second direction, the first pop-up belt move to a retracted position while the separator wall to move to a second position.
US11396429B2	Conveyance device, driven unit, auxiliary unit, and pallet A conveyance device includes a pair of first and second support frames provided so as to be parallel to each other, and configured to define a conveyance track of a pallet; a driving unit provided on the first support frame and configured to apply a conveyance force to the pallet; a driven unit as a unit forming the pallet, configured to travel along a first guide portion of the first support frame by the driving unit; an auxiliary unit as a unit forming the pallet, connected to the driven unit via a placement member of the pallet and capable of freely traveling along a second guide portion of the second support frame, and a stopping unit including an engaging portion that engages with a portion of the driven unit, and configured to temporarily stop a movement of the pallet.
US11396426B2	Warehouse rack system A system of warehouse racks placed perpendicularly to a working aisle. After selecting a place of storage of a given product, at least one rack is moved to the working aisle. The goods are placed or removed from the indicated place in the rack, and then the rack is moved to an initial position. The movement of the rack to the working aisle and its return to its initial position is made by movable, shared platform moving under at least one row of racks that is perpendicular to the direction of movement of the rack and parallel to the working aisle. The system includes a drive system, a power supply system, at least one running gear, a rack lifting system and a positioning system extending or retracting the rack. During movement to the working aisle and return to the initial position, the rack is lifted above the ground surface by the positioning system of the shared platform.
US11396416B2	Portable heating for small quantities of consumer product An apparatus for heating a product includes a storage compartment for a product to be heated and a heater module physically and thermally coupled to the storage compartment. The heater module has a housing that defines a reaction chamber. A rigid barrier is inside the reaction chamber and defines first and second portions thereof. A first reactant is inside the reaction chamber, and a flexible bag (with a second reactant) is in the first portion of the first chemical reactant. The first and second reactants react exothermically upon contact. A piercing element can pierce the flexible bag. After piercing, the a fluid path and one or more fluid channels carry the second reactant to a section of the first portion of the reaction chamber away from where the flexible bag is located.
US11396409B1	System for push and turn child safety container with finger grips Provided is a system a push and turn child safety container with finger indents. This improved safety container is characterized by a outer body having a first circular element bounded by a first circumferential wall having an inward lip at the distal end. An inner surface of the first circular element providing a plurality of first ridges. Nested within the outer body is an inner body characterized by a second circular element bounded by a second circumferential wall extending normally away from the second circular element. The inner surface of the second circumferential wall having first threads; and an outer surface of the second circular element having a plurality of second ridges for temporarily engaging with the first ridges of the first circular element. The safety container has a screw element screw element characterized by a circular first element having an outer circumferential wall having three generally equally spaced indents structured and arranged to receive a user's finger tips. The indents provide abutment surfaces for the user's finger tips. A threaded collar extends normally from the circular first element below the indents and is structured and arranged to be disposed within the inner body and engage the first threads of the inner surface of the second circumferential wall to temporarily bind the screw element with the inner body.
US11396408B2	Lid for container A lid can include a lid body having an opening and locking projection and a flip cover may include a flip cover flange where the flip cover can be configured to cover the opening. A release mechanism can include a latching mechanism for receiving the flange of the flip cover to secure the flip cover in the closed position. A locking slider may include an arm having a distal end that can be configured to interfere with the locking projection of the lid body to prevent the release mechanism from rotating and releasing the flip cover. The locking slider can be displaced such that the distal end of the arm moves away from the locking projection of the lid body and the release mechanism is permitted to move the latching mechanism away from the flip cover flange and the flip cover can be moved into an open position.
US11396406B2	Mobile cooling box with hinge module A mobile cooling box having a box main body and at least one lid for opening the box and providing access to the inside of the box. The at least one lid is pivotally attached to the box main body by at least two hinge modules. Each hinge module comprises a pin module having a hinge pin with a front end, a rear end, a longitudinal axis about which the lid is pivotable and predominantly a smooth outer surface of a cylindrical shape. Each hinge module further comprises a bearing module having a hinge bearing accommodating the hinge pin. The hinge pin laterally extends with its front end into the hinge bearing. A bolt portion extends from the rear end of the hinge pin so that so that the pin module is mountable by the bolt portion.
US11396399B2	Load transmitter jig A fixation member comprises a support structure comprising a top surface; a first L-shaped projection extending from the top surface of the support structure; a second L-shaped projection extending from the top surface of the support structure; the first L-shaped projection and the second L-shaped projection each comprising a base surface and a side surface.
US11396398B2	Shipping and display container and method of making the same The present disclosure relates, in general, to stackable containers which are effective for shipping goods to a point of sale and for being easily and reliably converted into a merchandise display case after delivery. More particularly, provided herein is a foldable, stackable shipping and display container for shipping goods to a point of sale can be easily converted into a merchandise display case, and can be formed from one or more blanks folded and formed according to a method for creating the box such that it encloses the storage space on all sides.
US11396395B2	Automated bag loading system An automatic bag loading system includes a transfer arm configured to grab a bag and transfer the bag from a conveyor a bag gripper, which then rotates the bag to a filling station. The system further includes a detection device to detect a location of a leading edge of the bag between the conveyor and the bag gripper.
US11396389B2	Payload adapter having a truss support structure A payload adapter configured to removably attach to one or more payload bridges. The payload adapter includes a forward open end defined by a forward ring, an aft open end defined by an aft ring, a plurality of truss supports connecting the forward ring and the aft ring to one another, and a plurality of mounting fixtures disposed around a circumference the payload adapter. The mounting fixtures are each configured to releasably attach to a secondary payload bridge.
US11396388B2	Optimized power balanced variable thrust transfer orbits to minimize an electric orbit raising duration An apparatus for providing optimized power balanced variable thrust transfer orbits to minimize an electric orbit raising duration is disclosed. The electric orbit raising includes a first transfer orbit and a target orbit. The apparatus includes control electronics configured to transfer to a second transfer orbit to reach the target orbit. A variable thrust based on a current electric power balance is determined. The control electronics are further configured to execute a maneuver to transfer from the first transfer orbit to the second transfer orbit according to the determined variable thrust and a predetermined maneuver plan. The predetermined maneuver plan includes a set of compound steering parameters. The set of compound steering parameters are based on an optimized variable thrust and an associated electrical power balance to the optimized variable thrust. An optimized series of transfer orbits minimizes the electric orbit raising duration.
US11396386B2	Supporting off-wing maintenance of an engine of an aircraft A method of supporting off-wing maintenance of an engine of a specific aircraft includes accessing flight data for a plurality of aircraft including measurements of properties from sensors or avionic systems, and maintenance data that indicates past maintenance or off-wing maintenance of a corresponding engine of each aircraft. A machine learning model is built to predict a life expectancy of the engine of the specific aircraft, measured to future off-wing maintenance of the engine, using a machine learning algorithm, and a set of features produced from selected properties. The machine learning model is built further using a training set produced from the set of features, the flight data including measurements of the selected properties, and the maintenance data. The machine learning model is then output for deployment to predict and thereby produce a prediction of the life expectancy of the engine of the specific aircraft from distinct flight data.
US11396383B2	Unmanned package storage system for drone package delivery and system thereof An unmanned article storage box for automatically receiving an article from a drone and storing the article includes: a box main body configured to form an accommodating space for storing the article therein; an article receiver configured to slidingly be carried in and out from the box main body; a sliding unit configured to slidingly move the article receiver by having a first end that is fastened to the article receiver and a second end that is fastened to an inside of the box main body; a power unit configured to transfer a power to enable the article receiver to move along the sliding unit; and a controller configured to control the power unit.
US11396382B2	High visibility safety tag A high visibility safety tag device including a body member and a safety tag member. The body member including a first adhesive element, an elastic element and a second adhesive element. The first adhesive element including an adhesive mechanism for attachment to an object at a first location, the elastic element including an elastic strap positioned in a vertical orientation along the body of the object with the first adhesive element and the second adhesive element positioned at opposite ends of the elastic element. The second adhesive element including an adhesive mechanism for attachment to the object at a second location which is located at an opposite end from the first location. The safety tag member is attached to the body member and includes a safety tag, and wherein the body member and the attached safety tag member are positioned vertically along the object in a manner such that a part of the device is visible from a front side of the object and a part of the device is visible from a back side of the object.
US11396374B2	Aircraft having radially extendable tailboom assembly A tail sitter aircraft includes a fuselage having a forward portion, an aft portion and a longitudinally extending fuselage axis. At least two wings are supported by the forward portion of the fuselage. A distributed propulsion system includes at least one propulsion assembly operably associated with each fixed wing and is operable to provide forward thrust during forward flight and vertical thrust during vertical takeoff, hover and vertical landing. A tailboom assembly extends from the aft portion of the fuselage and includes a plurality of rotatably mounted tail arms having control surfaces and landing members. In a forward flight configuration, the tail arms are radially retracted to reduce tail surface geometry and provide yaw and pitch control with the control surfaces. In a landing configuration, the tail arms are radially extended relative to the fuselage axis to form a stable ground contact base with the landing members.
US11396371B2	Rotor hub assembly with universal joint A rotor hub assembly that includes a yoke configured to attach blades thereto, a universal joint configured to attach to, and transmit forces between, a mast and the yoke, and an elastomeric member configured to attenuate vibrations transmitted from the universal joint to the mast.
US11396358B2	Door system for an aircraft and aircraft A door system for an aircraft includes a door frame defining a door opening with a first perimeter strut and a second perimeter strut spaced apart from the first perimeter strut, at least one first frame stopper attached to the first perimeter strut and at least one second frame stopper attached to the second perimeter strut. The frame stoppers each comprise a first contact portion projecting into the door opening and having a first toothing. The first toothings are each formed on an inner surface of the first abutment portion. Further, the door system comprises a door mounted movably relative to the door frame and disposed in the door opening in a closed state, and a number of door stoppers corresponding to the number of frame stoppers disposed on opposite sides of the door and connected to the door, each door stopper having a second abutment portion. The second abutment portion comprises a second toothing formed complementary to the first toothing. The first toothing of a respective frame stopper and the second toothing of a respective door stopper engage in each other in the closed state of the door.
US11396353B2	Horseshoe life buoy for water rescue and associated rescue rope assembly Horseshoe life buoy (10) for water rescue comprising a horseshoe shaped body lighter than water and between the two ends (7, 8) thereof a curved inner cavity (6) is provided which is sufficiently large to receive a subject (5) to be rescued, and for the receiving of an end of a rescue rope (3) held by a subject (4) carrying out the rescue to the horseshoe life buoy (10) an attachment means is provided, wherein the attachment means is a strap (12) mechanically connected with the body of the horseshoe life buoy (10), which is arranged at the very front of the horseshoe life buoy (10) symmetrically to the center of the body at the outer edge opposite to the inner cavity (6).
US11396351B2	Platform for floating type offshore structure having protrusion member and semi-submersible offshore structure including the same A platform for a semi-submersible floating type offshore structure according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a main body which is installed on the sea and has an arrangement structure in which a plurality of pontoons is combined to form a plurality of polygonal shapes; and a protrusion member connecting unit which extends from each corner of the main body and connects a protrusion member outwardly protruding from the main body to the main body.
US11396346B2	Electric motor device for pedal assist bicycles An electric motor device for pedal assist bicycles may include an electric motor connectable to a rear wheel rim of a bicycle, a pedaling sensor connectable to a hanger of a frame of the bicycle, a charging outlet, a control unit, and a block insertable into an oblique main tube of the frame. The electric motor may include at least one free wheel rigidly connectable to transmission gear wheels of the bicycle. The block may include a battery configured to actuate the electric motor, a motor controller configured to control a plurality of operating parameters of the electric motor, a battery manager configured to manage the battery connected in parallel to the battery and to the motor controller, a plurality of first cables connecting the block to the electric motor, the charging outlet, and the pedaling sensor, and a plurality of second cables connecting the block to the control unit.
US11396344B2	Bushing bypass A bushing bypass. The bushing bypass includes a bushing having a top surface and a bottom surface. The bushing also includes an inner diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing also includes an outer diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing further includes a channel formed in the outer diameter surface. The channel extends from the top surface of the bushing to the bottom surface of the bushing.
US11396339B2	Illuminating bicycle wheel device Disclosed is an illumination device for use with spoked wheels, such as bicycle wheels, wherein the wheel includes a hub portion, a plurality of spokes, and a rim portion. The illumination device includes a power pack, at least one adaptor body, and at least one attachment portion. The power pack having at least one wire, a flexible button cap, a body housing, and circuit board with a switch. The at least one wire including a plurality of light sources. The at least one attachment portion including a clip portion providing for the installation of the at least one adaptor body to the bicycle spokes. The illumination device also includes a holder for the installation of the power pack to the bicycle wheel. Further, the illumination device may include a tubular body located in the internal cavity of the at least one adaptor body.
US11396337B2	Adjustable seat assembly for a tilting vehicle and tilting vehicle with such an adjustable seat assembly An adjustable seat assembly for a tilting vehicle includes a seat pan configured to be secured in a fixed position with respect to a frame of the tilting vehicle, at least one cushion unit arranged on the seat pan and forming a seat surface, and at least one adjustment device by which the seat surface is transferable from a low seat position into at least one raised seat position. In addition or alternatively, the at least one adjusting device may alter an inclination of the seat surface relative to the seat pan. The cushion unit has at least one base cushion secured in a fixed position on the seat pan, and at least one adjustable cushion which is movable relative to the base cushion by the adjustment device.
US11396336B2	Anti-toenailing track shoe A machine track includes a track shoe having a first outboard edge and a second outboard edge, and a first set of pin lugs and a second set of pin lugs. A roller pad is positioned between the sets of pin lugs and includes a roller contact surface extending between a first roller pad end and a second roller pad end. The first roller pad end includes a relatively softer material, and the second roller pad end includes a relatively harder material that forms a trimming edge for trimming off interfering material of an adjacent track shoe in a machine track that is plastically deformed by way of roller contact with the adjacent track shoe during service.
US11396334B2	Deployable fairing system for use with vehicles Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a deployable fairing system to a tractor trailer. The deployable fairing system includes an actuator used to extend the deployable fairing from an unextended configuration to an extended configuration, for example to occupy a portion of a gap area that exists between a tractor and an attached trailer or to extend from the rear of a trailer. The deployable fairing includes deployable upper and/or lower horizontal assemblies that are pivotally coupled to a frame attached to the tractor/cab, and two side panels that are pivotally coupled to one or both of the upper and lower horizontal assemblies. The deployable upper and lower horizontal assemblies and the two side panels fold in on one another along multiple hinged axes in the unextended configuration, and extend rearward from the top and sides of the tractor in the extended configuration to cover a portion of the gap. The fairing may advantageously flair from front to the rear.
US11396330B2	Vehicle front structure A vehicle front structure includes: a front side member disposed on a front of a vehicle; a bumper beam mounting bracket joined to a front end surface of the front side member; a subframe mounting bracket joined to a rear surface of the bumper beam mounting bracket, and having a seating surface to which a front end of a front subframe is joined; a heat exchanger support joined to the bumper beam mounting bracket; and a first reinforcing member joining the bumper beam mounting bracket and the heat exchanger support.
US11396324B2	Self-propelled construction machine In the event of a malfunction in the supply of hydraulic fluid to the a braking device actuating device a hydraulic system has a manually actuated emergency-operation valve arrangement which is formed in such a way that, after the manual actuation thereof, a fluid connection is created between a steering device actuating device and the a pressure chamber of the braking device actuating device. The emergency-operation valve arrangement has a valve block in which flow paths are formed which can be shut off by means of shut-off screws.
US11396322B2	Moisture sensing in electric motors of motor vehicle steering systems with pull up resistor A motor vehicle steering system may include an electric motor disposed in a motor housing. The electric motor may have at least three phases, and for each phase a high side MOSFET and a low side MOSFET may be assigned. The MOSFETs may be part of an inverter that supplies voltages into the electric motor. A first non-insulated contact point of the electric motor and a second non-insulated contact point of the motor housing may be configured such that water that ingresses into the motor housing electrically connects the electric motor with the motor housing via the non-insulated contact points. A pull-up resistor may be disposed in parallel with one of the high side MOSFETs of one of the at least three phases. A measurement unit may detect a phase voltage of the one of the at least three phases as being indicative of water present in the motor housing.
US11396316B2	Shopping cart A cart includes a chassis and attached wheels; an upper basket attached to the chassis; and a lower basket attached to the chassis. In some embodiments, the cart includes no widthwise push bar in a rear of the cart such that access is unobstructed to the upper and lower baskets from the rear of the cart by a person. In some embodiments, the chassis defines on each lateral side of the cart a pair of vertically spaced handles, each handle surrounding and defining an opening. The handles preferably include handle bars shaped in an oval. On each cart side a curved elongate member extends between and connects the handles, and the curved elongate members represent the rearmost part of the cart. The rear area of the upper basket defines a seat for an infant, and a rear ledge of the lower basket defines a seat for a toddler.
US11396311B2	Vehicle control device A vehicle control device mounted to a vehicle and configured to control a traveling state of the vehicle is provided. The vehicle control device sets control contents for functions for automated driving of the vehicle, respectively, and to control the vehicle according to the control contents. The functions are each associated with one or more items of vehicle vicinity information in advance. The vehicle control device determines, for each of the functions, whether it is possible to recognize the associated one or more items of the vehicle vicinity information. The vehicle control device maintains the automated driving that uses a function associated with one or more items of the vehicle vicinity information recognized by the recognition determination unit, and switches over, into manual driving, the automated driving that uses a function associated with one or more items of the vehicle vicinity information not recognized by the recognition determination unit.
US11396307B2	Method and system for context-aware decision making of an autonomous agent A system for context-aware decision making of an autonomous agent includes a computing system having a context selector and a map. A method for context-aware decision making of an autonomous agent includes receiving a set of inputs, determining a context associated with an autonomous agent based on the set of inputs, and optionally any or all of: labeling a map; selecting a learning module (context-specific learning module) based on the context; defining an action space based on the learning module; selecting an action from the action space; planning a trajectory based on the action S260; and/or any other suitable processes.
US11396305B2	Systems and methods for improving driver warnings during automated driving System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving driver warnings for automated driving by a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring a vehicle control system for driver feedback during the automated driving. The method also includes adapting a points value at a defined rate according to whether the driver feedback is present. The method also includes, responsive to determining that the points value satisfies a threshold before the driver feedback is present, generating a warning to a driver.
US11396303B2	Vehicle control system and vehicle control method In a case where a first control device performs traveling control, an abnormality occurs in a first control target, and an abnormality further occurs in a first control target or a second control target, a vehicle control system executes the following processes: (A) in a case where no abnormality occurs in a first control target required for the traveling control, the first control device continues the traveling control; (B) in a case where an abnormality occurs in the first control target required for the traveling control and no abnormality occurs in the second control target required for the traveling control, the second control device executes the traveling control; and (C) in a case where an abnormality occurs in the first control target required for the traveling control and an abnormality occurs in the second control target required for the traveling control, the traveling control is limited.
US11396301B2	Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program A vehicle control apparatus comprises a first travel control unit and a second travel control unit that are configured to perform vehicle travel control by device control. The first travel control unit includes an instruction unit configured to instruct the second travel control unit to execute alternative control, a stop unit configured to stop the device control if execution of the alternative control was instructed by the instruction unit, a reception unit configured to receive information regarding an execution status of the alternative control from the second travel control unit, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the stopping of the device control by the stop unit is to be cancelled, based on the information regarding the execution status of the alternative control that was received by the reception unit.
US11396299B2	Video processing for vehicle ride incorporating biometric data A method includes capturing video data from a camera over a period of time while capturing motion data from a detector and biometric data from another detector over that same period of time. Then, the method additionally includes selecting a subset of the video data captured during the period of time, based on a corresponding subset of the motion data and/or biometric data. The method then proscribes storing this selected subset of video data in memory.
US11396296B2	Control system of vehicle, control method of the same, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium A control system of a vehicle, comprises: a control unit that controls a lane change operation from a travel lane on which the vehicle is traveling to an adjacent lane; a detection unit that detects a driver's lane change intention; and a switching unit that switches between a first control state in which the lane change operation of the vehicle is restricted and a second control state in which the lane change operation of the vehicle is possible, wherein in a case in which the detection unit detects the driver's lane change intention when the state of the vehicle is in the first control state, the lane change operation by the control unit is performed after the switching unit has shifted the state of the vehicle from the first control state to the second control state.
US11396295B2	Work vehicle This work vehicle is provided with an emergency brake function for quickly bringing said work vehicle to an emergency stop when an abnormality has occurred inside of the vehicle. The work vehicle comprises: a foot brake for braking left and right rear wheels; an autonomous travel unit that enables autonomous travel of the vehicle; and an electric actuator for switching the foot brake between a braking state and a release state. The autonomous travel unit comprises a control unit that controls the operation of the electric actuator. When in an autonomous travel mode, the control unit controls the operation of the electric actuator and switches the foot brake from the release state to the braking state when an abnormality is detected inside of the vehicle on the basis of detection information from a vehicle state detection device for detecting the state of each part of the vehicle, or when an emergency stop command is acquired from a wireless communication device set so as to be capable of wireless communication with the autonomous travel unit.
US11396291B2	Inferring a lane boundary position by the detected position of other vehicles in different lanes A vehicle control device is equipped with a detection unit configured to detect lane markings and another vehicle on the basis of peripheral information, and a control unit which, in the case that the lane marking is detected on one side of a host vehicle, but the lane marking is not detected on another side of the host vehicle, is configured to control the host vehicle on the basis of the positions of a plurality of the other vehicles that are traveling respectively in mutually different lanes.
US11396288B2	Parking assistance device In the invention, in automatic parking, a route from a parking start position to a target parking position is calculated prior to the start of parking. However, there are cases where an external environment recognition device cannot detect an obstacle at a distant or blind spot. In such a case, smooth parking is hindered when the vehicle is actually automatically parked. In the invention, in Step S1101, the vehicle is virtually moved from a parking start position 1201 in the direction of a turning position, and a turning position 1206 is calculated on a parking route 1205. In Step S1103, a preliminary route to a target parking position 1207 when the vehicle is turned back at the turning position 1206 is calculated. In the next Step S1104, it is determined whether the preliminary route can be generated, and when the preliminary route satisfies a predetermined condition, the route calculated by a candidate route calculation unit 501 is adopted as an automatic parking route.
US11396281B2	Control device for a parking brake device of a vehicle A utility vehicle control device for a parking brake device of a trailer vehicle includes a pneumatic supply connection, a control connection for controlling a spring brake cylinder, a directly manually actuatable parking valve, a first connection line and a control valve for controlling the parking valve. The parking valve is arranged in the first connection line, and wherein as a result of the parking valve, the supply connection and the control connection can be connected via the first connection line. A control line branches from the first connection line. The control line is connected to a first pneumatic control input of the control valve, wherein the control valve has a second pneumatic control input. In the event of an unexpected reduction in operating pressure in the first connection line and/or in the control line, the control valve can be controlled by the first or second control input of the control valve such that a switching state of the parking valve can be pneumatically controlled by the control valve independently of an operating state of the supply connection, whereby the control connection is ventilated by the parking valve.
US11396280B2	Platooning controller for performing braking control based on hitch angle, a system including the same, and a method thereof A platooning controller, a vehicle system including the same, and a method thereof perform braking control based on a hitch angle. The platooning controller includes a processor that controls platooning of one or more vehicles, each with a trailer, and includes a storage storing information for controlling the platooning. The processor controls a host vehicle such that a hitch angle of the host vehicle with the trailer meets a predetermined reference angle, when it is necessary to perform braking control, and controls the host vehicle to perform the braking control.
US11396277B2	Method for operating a motor vehicle having at least one exterior camera and motor vehicle having at least one exterior camera A method for operating a motor vehicle with at least one exterior camera includes detecting whether the motor vehicle is put into operation before a driver gets into the motor vehicle, determining whether there is any contamination of the at least one exterior camera, in particular of a lens and/or a cover of the exterior camera, and outputting at least one signal in the event of certain contamination and detected start-up. A motor vehicle includes a control or regulating device designed to carry out the method.
US11396270B2	Front passenger seat airbag device An airbag is configured by six base materials of two side wall configuration panels, a projecting portion configuration panel, a front panel, and two rear panels. Each of the side wall configuration panels configure a left wall portion or a right wall portion facing each other on a side in a rightward-leftward direction in a main body inflation portion, and a projecting portion configuration portion configuring a projecting inflation portion is located in one of the side wall configuration panels. The front panel configures a region from an upper wall portion to a lower wall portion, which face each other on a side in an upward-downward direction in the main body inflation portion. Each of the rear panels configures a rear surface in the main body inflation portion when the main body inflation portion is completely inflated. The projecting portion configuration panel has an external shape substantially coincident with that of the projecting portion configuration portion. The projecting portion configuration panel and the rear panel on the projecting inflation portion side include a recess portion configuration portion configuring a restraining recess portion.
US11396267B2	Pivoting gutter system for a vehicle A vehicle includes a body including an A-pillar, and a windshield having an exterior surface and a lateral edge secured to the A-pillar. The A-pillar has a first part and a second part. The first part is positioned between the second part and the lateral edge of the windshield. The first part is movable relative to the second part from a stowed position wherein an outer surface of the first part is flush with an outer surface of the second part, and a deployed position wherein the outer surface of the first part extends obliquely relative to the outer surface of the second part such that in the deployed position the first part together with the second part define a gutter shaped to collect water flowing across the exterior surface of the windshield.
US11396266B1	Autonomous mobile device with extensible mast An autonomous mobile device (AMD) includes a telescoping mast with sensors on top that are connected to a cable running through the mast. An inner section of the mast includes a bobbin that secures cables. The bobbin has a shaft and features that guide cables to helically wind around the shaft. The bobbin reduces stress on the cable as the mast moves. The mast is lifted by a rack that includes a portion with teeth and a portion without. The portion with teeth is driven by a motor. The portion without teeth connects the rack to a spool. The toothless section reduces stress on the toothed portion of the rack as it spools or unspools. The AMD includes a hinge to tilt a display. To securely position the hinge on a shaft, the shaft is spun after assembly so that a push nut cuts a retention groove in the shaft.
US11396265B2	Package stabilizing device A package stabilizing device for use in transporting a package in a vehicle includes a bracket assembly that is configured to couple to an element of a vehicle so that an arm of the bracket assembly extends into an interior space of the vehicle. A sling is coupled to and extends from a distal limit of the arm. The sling is configured to position a package so that the package is suspended within the interior space. The sling is configured to swing within the interior space to diminish forces that are applied to contents of the package as the vehicle traverses an uneven surface, accelerates, brakes, and turns.
US11396259B2	Lighting device A light guide body is held in a more compact holder. In a lighting device (10A) including a light emitter (20), an optical fiber (30), and a holder (40) configured to hold the optical fiber (30) with the optical fiber (30) facing the light emitter (20), the holder (40) includes two sandwiching portions (44, 45) configured to engage with each other in a state in which a holding target portion (31) of the optical fiber (30) held by the holder (40) is sandwiched in a first direction crossing an extending direction of the holding target portion (31). Two sandwiching portions (44, 45) engage with each other at positions adjacent to the holding target portion (31) in a second direction crossing both of the extending direction and the first direction.
US11396254B2	Railcar-mover vehicle Disclosed herein is a railcar-moving vehicle having a highway mode for operation on roadways, and a rail mode for operation on rails. The railcar-moving vehicle including a support system, at least one drive axle with rubber tried drive wheels, and at least one pair of steering tires and two spaced apart rail bogies suspended by the support system. The railcar-moving vehicle including a weighted sled frame slidably mounted to the support system, the sled frame translatable between the front end and the rear end of the support system for optimizing weight distribution for increasing traction by the bogies when in rail mode. The bogies retained in an elevated and stowed position during highway mode and in a lowered position when in rail mode.
US11396253B1	Adjustment mechanism for seating assembly member A seating assembly having a seating assembly frame that includes a seat frame and a seatback frame. The seating assembly includes an extension member coupled to the seat frame and movable in response to an actuating force between an extended position relative to the seat frame and a compressed position relative to the seat frame and including an end fixedly coupled to the seat frame and an end coupled to an adjustment device disposed on the seat frame.
US11396251B2	Passenger seating headrest with spring adjustment assembly The present disclosure relates to headrest assemblies for passenger vehicles. More specifically, the present disclosure describes a headrest assembly that provides adjustment between a raised position and a lowered position by way of a pair of compression springs or an over-centering linkage. Also provided herein is a method for using the same.
US11396250B2	Upper seat back assembly A seat back frame assembly may include first and second brackets coupled with and extending outwardly from the seat back frame assembly. The first and second brackets may define first and second recesses, respectively. A cushion assembly may include first and second sides. The first and second sides may be disposed within the first and second recesses, respectively. An upper hood comprising first and second ends may be coupled with first and second brackets, respectively.
US11396247B2	Electrically powered sliding unit for vehicle A sliding unit for a vehicle includes: a rail including a first extension part, a second extension part, and a bending part connecting the first extension part and the second extension part; a movable part slidably disposed on the rail, and including a magnetic part configured to be locked with or unlocked from the rail; a power supply part disposed in the rail, having a shape extending in a lengthwise direction along the rail, and electrically connected to a power source of the vehicle; and a first contact part and a second contact part disposed in the movable part, and electrically connecting the power supply part and the magnetic part when contacting the power supply part.
US11396244B2	Methods for transferring user profiles between vehicles using cloud services Methods and systems for communicating with a server of a cloud services system used to interface with vehicles are provided. One method includes receiving, by the server, a request from electronics of a vehicle to access a profile for a user account. The request identifies user information for a user to use the vehicle. The method includes processing, by the server, at least part of the user information to verify the user against data associated with the user account. The profile has a plurality of settings of the user for the vehicle, and at least part of the plurality of settings for the profile being stored on storage accessible to the cloud services system. The method includes transferring, by the server, upon verification of the user information, one or more settings of the plurality of settings to the vehicle. The transferring is configured to instruct software associated with said electronics of the vehicle to apply said one or more settings to the vehicle for customizing said vehicle to use said one or more settings, and the vehicle uses wireless communication with the cloud services system to receive said one or more settings for the profile. And, the profile is transferrable from vehicle to vehicle used by the user, so user settings go with the user. The profile, in one example, is activated automatically in a vehicle upon pairing a device with the vehicle.
US11396233B2	System and arrangement at an electric motor that drives a hydraulic pump in a demolition robot A power supply system can be used for an electric motor that drives a hydraulic pump in a demolition robot. The system provides a DC current from a source of power, controls and monitors the voltage level (VDCnom) of the DC current, can be activated, and supplies a pre-determined load current (IL) from the source of power to the electric motor. In order to offer improved operational availability and flexibility, the load current (IL) can be constituted by a DC current, and the electric motor can be a DC motor.
US11396229B2	Multi-boss flange The present invention relates to a flange that includes a base region, a first raised region, a second raised region, a first sloped region between the base region and the first raised region, and a second sloped region between the base region and the second raised regions, wherein the first and second sloped regions extend through a gap region between the first and second raised regions, and wherein the first and second sloped regions define multiple concave and convex regions in multiple planes of the flange so as to reduce stress within the flange.
US11396228B2	Heat exchange system, method, non-transitory storage medium, and vehicle A heat exchange system includes a first thermal circuit, a second thermal circuit, and a controller. A first thermal circuit includes a first device, a first pump, and a first flow path and a second flow path configured to cool the first device. A second thermal circuit includes a second device, a second pump, and a third flow path and a fourth flow path configured to cool the second device. A controller is configured to switch, when the controller switches a flow path of the first thermal circuit from the first flow path to the second flow path and switches a flow path of the second thermal circuit from the fourth flow path to the third flow path, the fourth flow path to the third flow path and the first flow path to the second flow path.
US11396227B2	Cooling apparatus of vehicle driving system A cooling apparatus of a vehicle driving system for driving a vehicle according to the invention activates a heat pump to cool a hybrid system by cooling medium and flows an engine cooling water in an engine water circulation passage through a condenser to cool the cooling medium by the engine cooling water at the condenser when an engine water circulation condition is satisfied. The engine water circulation condition is a condition that a heat pump activation condition is satisfied, and an engine cooling condition is not satisfied. The heat pump activation condition is a condition that a process of cooling the hybrid system by the cooling medium of the heat pump is requested. The engine cooling condition is a condition that a process of cooling an internal combustion engine by the engine cooling water is requested.
US11396225B2	Electric work vehicle, battery pack for electric work vehicle and contactless charging system An electric work vehicle includes: a battery pack that is arranged between a left rear wheel arranged outside of a left frame and a right rear wheel arranged outside of a right frame, the front end of the battery pack being located forward of an axle center of a rear wheel unit; a left motor that is arranged above the battery pack, in the periphery of the left rear wheel, receives a supply of power from the battery pack, and transmits rotational power to the left rear wheel; and a right motor that is arranged above the battery pack, in the periphery of the right rear wheel, receives a supply of power from the battery pack, and transmits rotational power to the right rear wheel.
US11396222B2	Soft front cockpit cover with unconnected 2 bow system An articulating soft front cockpit cover assembly having no 2-bow drive link for a vehicle. The soft front cockpit cover assembly in sealing engagement with a rearward top portion of a roof. The articulating portion movable between at least a closed position over about the front vehicle cockpit and at least one open position for an open air feel.
US11396218B2	Methods and systems for supplemental flow control of working fluid through a climate control circuit A method for providing supplemental flow control of working fluid through a transport climate control circuit during a start-stop cooling operation mode is provided. The method includes closing a main liquid suction solenoid valve disposed between a condenser and an evaporator of the transport climate control circuit when the compressor is OFF. The method also includes monitoring a climate controlled space temperature within a climate controlled space. When the climate controlled space temperature is greater than or equal to a setpoint temperature, the method includes turning a compressor ON, and opening the main liquid suction solenoid valve when a suction pressure at the suction port of the compressor is less than or equal to a predetermined suction pressure threshold. When the climate controlled space temperature is less than or equal to the setpoint temperature, the method includes turning the compressor OFF, and closing the main liquid suction solenoid valve.
US11396217B2	Heater assembly A heater assembly includes a base panel; a heating member disposed behind the base panel opposite a heating target space; a thermal conductive film having a film shape, attached to an outer surface facing the heating target space of the base panel, and transmitting heat of the heating member to the outer surface of the base panel by having an end portion extending behind the base panel and coupled to the heating member; and a shield layer preventing the thermal conductive film from being directly exposed to the heating target space by being attached to an outer surface facing the heating target space of the thermal conductive film.
US11396216B1	Climate control validation for K9 police vehicles A wireless mobile device is used to control an HVAC temperature setpoint in a police vehicle containing a police dog. A wireless signal specifying a commanded temperature setting is checked to prevent malicious adjustments by a hacker. The commanded temperature setting is rejected when it is outside a predetermined range between an absolute minimum and an absolute maximum. When an outside ambient temperature is below a cold-day threshold, then the commanded temperature setting is rejected when it requests a temperature decrease. When the outside ambient temperature is above a hot-day threshold, then the commanded temperature setting is rejected when it requests a temperature increase. Otherwise, when the commanded temperature setting is not rejected as being outside the predetermined range, as being a decrease when below the cold-day threshold, or as being an increase when above the hot-day threshold, then the temperature setpoint is set to match the commanded setting.
US11396215B2	System and method for ride height estimation Methods and systems are provided for estimation of a ride height of a vehicle axle via a linear displacement sensor. In one example, a method may include, during motion of vehicle wheels, estimating a change in ride height of an axle based on a distance of axial movement between a first axle constant velocity universal (CV) joint and a differential unit.
US11396213B1	Bracket assembly for a multi-link suspension system A bracket assembly for a multi-link suspension system is provided, said bracket assembly mounted to a housing of an automotive vehicle, as opposed to a chassis of the automotive vehicle, enabling modularity and ease of replacement of the housing and adjustability of suspensions system components. The bracket assembly may have a body, wherein the body includes: an axle tube hole; one or more cross tube support holes; at least one trailing arm attachment portion having a first plurality of adjustment holes and a second plurality of adjustment holes; an anti-roll bar attachment portion having one or more attachment holes; and a shock attachment portion having a plurality of attachment holes. Further, the bracket assembly may include one or more engagement points, configured to support a number of said suspension system components, such as at least one trailing arm, an anti-roll bar, a shock absorber coupler, and a shock absorber.
US11396212B1	Vehicle having an axle assembly and a wheel end support housing A vehicle having an axle assembly and a wheel end support housing. The axle assembly may have a differential assembly. The wheel end support housing may be mounted to a frame rail and may be spaced apart from the axle assembly. A linkage may operatively connect the differential assembly to a wheel end assembly may be mounted to the wheel end support housing.
US11396211B2	Stud pin and studded tire A stud pin includes a tip, a body portion that supports the tip, and a lower flange connected to the body portion at an end on an opposite side to the end surface. A profile shape of the lower flange and a body profile shape of the body portion are anisotropic shape. The flange profile shape includes four or more first flange protrusion portions projecting toward the longitudinal direction and two second flange protrusion portions projecting toward the lateral direction. The body profile shape includes four or more first body protrusion portions projecting toward the lateral direction and two second body protrusion portions projecting toward the longitudinal direction.
US11396208B2	Tire provided with an outer sidewall containing a composition comprising a crumb rubber A tire is provided with an outer sidewall, said outer sidewall comprising at least a rubber composition based on at least an elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a crosslinking system and more than 25 phr of a crumb rubber.
US11396207B2	Wheel hub unit with thermally insulating coating for reducing the thermal load on a wheel bearing The present disclosure relates to a wheel hub unit of a motor vehicle and to a method for producing such a wheel hub unit. The wheel hub unit includes a wheel hub and a contact flange firmly connected to the wheel hub. The contact flange includes a plurality of fastening elements for fastening a wheel rim, as well as a contact surface which is intended to come into mechanical contact, at least in part, with a brake hat of a brake disk when the brake disk is in the mounted state. At least part of the contact surface is provided with a thermally insulating coating. Alternatively, the entire contact surface is provided with the thermally insulating coating.
US11396206B2	Bicycle wheel A bicycle wheel contains a rim, multiple spokes, and multiple abutting faces. The rim includes multiple through orifices, a hub, and multiple threaded orifices. Two intersected spokes are connected with two adjacent through orifices and two threaded orifices corresponding to the two adjacent through orifices respectively. Each spokes includes a first screwing section and a second screwing section. The second screwing section is screwed with each of multiple nuts and each of multiple second screw bushings. The multiple abutting faces are connected with the multiple spokes respectively. Each spoke includes an axial line defined along a center thereof. An angle is defined between each abutting face of the rim and the axial line of each spoke and is 90 degrees. Two connection sections are formed on two ends of each abutting face.
US11396202B2	Product marketing magazine rider A publication and product delivery package is disclosed which permits a variety of products to be packaged and displayed along the binding (or “spine”) of a publication, such as a magazine, or an object of similar size, or in other places alongside such a publication, and delivered to a purchaser of that publication in an attractive, efficient, cost effective way, utilizing standard delivery services such as the United States Postal Service. The publication package allows delivery of products which are otherwise loose, liquid, or fragile to arrive intact, despite the stresses and impacts of such packaging, display, and delivery. The publication package also allows additional high-impact and memorable marketing text and images, which providing exposure of product names and graphics, and coordinated text and images.
US11396199B2	Inkjet ink receptive coating comprising esterified or etherified starch and laponite A method of manufacturing a paper or paperboard with improved printing properties, which method comprises the steps of, providing a paper or paperboard substrate, comprising cellulosic fibres, providing a coating composition comprising a mixture of an esterified or etherified starch and a inorganic mineral; and coating at least one surface of said substrate with at least one layer of said coating composition.
US11396197B2	Marking system for moldable substrates A marking system includes a composition having at least one color precursor, a moldable substrate having a color developer, and a marking instrument for applying the composition to the moldable substrate to form at least one mark on the moldable substrate. A method of producing a colored three-dimensional molded object includes the steps of manipulating a moldable substrate having a color developer into a molded shape having an outer surface; and applying, on the outer surface of the molded shape, a first composition having at least one color precursor to a first portion of the molded shape.
US11396196B2	Apparatus and methods for contact-printing using electrostatic nanoporous stamps Methods and apparatus for contacting printing via electrostatic force. In one example, an apparatus for contact printing using an ink includes a substrate, a conductive layer disposed on the substrate, and a group of microstructures disposed on the conductive layer. Each microstructure includes a group of conductive porous medium extending from the conductive layer. The apparatus also includes a dielectric layer conformally disposed on the microstructures and configured to electrically insulate the microstructures from the ink during use. The conductive layer is configured to apply a voltage on the group of microstructures to facilitate the loading and dispensing of ink.
US11396195B2	Gravure printing unit and method for checking and/or adjusting and/or correcting a relative position A gravure printing unit is provided by which substrate can be printed according to a gravure printing method. The gravure printing unit has a forme cylinder, which comprises, on its circumference, an image-forming pattern of recesses, and has an inking unit by which the pattern of recesses provided on the forme cylinder can be at least partially inked. The forme cylinder can be partially inked from an inking device via a first inking unit cylinder, which has, in the region of its lateral surface, recesses that correspond to recesses on the forme cylinder, and via a second inking unit cylinder, which is to be partially inked by the first inking unit cylinder. To produce an image element to be used for checking a relative position between the forme cylinder and the first inking unit cylinder, the forme cylinder has, within the printing width but preferably outside of an image-forming pattern of recesses that supplies the print image of one or more N-up copies, and lying in a circumferential region, at least one first recess, which overlaps on the forme cylinder only partially with a projection, which is obtained on the forme cylinder by the rolling off, in pairs in each case, of the inking unit cylinders that are involved in the ink transport, of a recess, which is provided in a defined position and location on the circumference of the first inking unit cylinder for the purpose of checking the relative position. A substrate section and a method for checking and/or adjusting and/or correcting a relative position between the first inking unit cylinder and the forme cylinder are also disclosed.
US11396193B2	Label printer and label printer control method According to one embodiment, a label printer for printing labels attached to a mount is provided. The label printer includes detection unit configured to detect a peel-off state of a label to be printed and a printing unit configured to control printing of labels on the mount according to the detected peel-off state of the label to be printed. When the detected peel-off state is total peel-off, the printing unit is configured to advance the mount to a next label on the mount, and when the detected peel-off state is partial peel-off, the printing unit is configured to not print on the label.
US11396192B2	Digital web printing press, control apparatus and method for operating the digital web printing press A digital web printing press, control apparatus and method for operating the digital web printing press includes selecting a frequency for actuating a digital printing head at the frequency to output printing ink onto a print web, wherein a specified conveying speed for conveying the print web is ascertained based on the selected frequency and printing data, a motor driving a first roller and/or a motor driving a second roller is controlled based on the specified conveying speed such that the print web between the first roller and the second roller is conveyed at the specified conveying speed and the digital printing head at the selected frequency and activated based on the printing data such that the digital printing head is advantageously actuated at a selected, fixed frequency, and such that complex dynamic actuation of the digital printing head and an associated measurement and control system are eliminated.
US11396190B2	Digital printing process Embodiments of the invention relate to a method of indirect printing with an aqueous ink. Related apparatus, systems and treatment formulations are disclosed herein. Some embodiments relate to an aqueous treatment formulation for use with an intermediate transfer member of a printing system. In some embodiments, the system comprises a treatment station disposed downstream of the impression station and upstream of the image forming station for forming a uniform thin layer of a liquid treatment formulation onto a surface of an intermediate transfer member (ITM) at a lower run thereof.
US11396189B2	Printing apparatus having inkjet heads for printing can bodies at linear part of annular movement route A printing apparatus is provided with: a support member supporting a can body; a movement route in which the support member moves, the movement route being formed into an annular shape and partially including a linear part, which is a linear-shaped movement route; and plural inkjet heads forming an image onto the can body supported by the support member positioned at the linear part. Thus, it is possible to suppress degradation of image quality that may happen in the case of forming a movement route of can bodies into an annular shape when an image is to be formed on a can body by use of the plural inkjet heads.
US11396187B2	Image forming apparatus and computer-readable storage medium An image forming apparatus, having a first container with a first compartment, a second container with a second compartment, a recorder, a display, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the display to display a first screen and a second screen. The first screen contains a first object having a form that reflects an amount of a colorant in the first compartment and a second object having a form that reflects an amount of the colorant in the second compartment. The second screen contains a third object having a form that reflects one of the amount of the colorant in the first compartment, the amount of the colorant in the second compartment, and a total amount of the colorant in the first compartment and the second compartment.
US11396185B2	Liquid container A liquid container includes: a liquid containing section that stores liquid; a supply port joined to the liquid containing section, the supply port having an opening for supplying the liquid to an outside; a seal member disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the opening of the supply port; a cap configured to be attached to a position where it covers the supply port, the cap having a tubular protruding portion extending from a cap opening formed at a center of the cap, the protruding portion having a length sufficient to be inserted into the opening of the supply port; and a fixation portion that fixes the cap to the supply port, wherein the tubular protruding portion has a shape that abuts the seal member disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the opening when the cap is fixed to the supply port by the fixation portion.
US11396180B2	Inkjet head manufacturing method, inkjet recording device manufacturing method, inkjet head, and inkjet recording device An inkjet head manufacturing method for an inkjet head that includes a head chip including: a nozzle ejecting ink; and a flow path substrate including an ink flow path which communicates with the nozzle and through which the ink flows, the method including: composite substrate manufacturing that is manufacturing a composite substrate including a plurality of regions which forms flow path substrates by being split; first protective film forming that is forming a first protective film on a surface of the composite substrate and an inner wall surface of the ink flow path; splitting that is splitting the composite substrate into the flow path substrates; and second protective film forming that is forming a second protective film on at least an exposed face in a split face of the flow path substrate generated in the splitting, the exposed face being exposed in a surface of the head chip.
US11396179B2	Head unit There is provided a head unit including: head modules; a plurality of first tubes; and a plurality of second tubes. Each of the head modules includes: energy-applying mechanisms; supply buffer chambers; and return buffer chambers. The supply buffer chambers of the plurality of head module are connected in series via the plurality of first tubes. The return buffer chambers of the plurality of head modules are connected in series via the plurality of second tubes.
US11396177B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus, drive circuit, and integrated circuit A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a drive element, and a drive circuit that outputs a drive signal that drives the drive element. The drive circuit includes an integrated circuit that outputs an amplification control signal, an amplifier circuit that output an amplified modulation signal, and a demodulation circuit that output the drive signal. The integrated circuit includes a modulation circuit that modulates the base drive signal to output a modulation signal, a discharge circuit that discharges a charge based on the drive signal, a constant voltage output circuit that outputs a DC voltage signal, and an output terminal from which the DC voltage signal is output. The constant voltage output circuit and the discharge circuit are electrically coupled to the output terminal, and a shortest distance between the output terminal and the constant voltage output circuit is shorter than a shortest distance between the output terminal and the discharge circuit.
US11396173B2	Tool and associated method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a tool including assembling a stack-up that includes a plurality of precured composite laminates, the stack-up having an engagement surface, wherein each precured composite laminate of the plurality of precured composite laminates is flexible, and wherein an adhesive is positioned between adjacent precured composite laminates of the plurality of precured composite laminates, and placing the engagement surface of the stack-up onto a target surface of a substrate.
US11396172B2	Wood-like coating method for substrate A protective coating method of a material such as aromatic polyurethane substrates is effected through a process that promotes coating adhesion to the substrate while providing a wood-like aesthetic. Closed cells on the surface of the aromatic polyurethane are opened via sanding techniques to promote adhesion. Once a sufficient surface is achieved, the substrate is coated using spray techniques to protect the aromatic polyurethane from ultra-violet light exposure. The wood-like appearance is achieved through embossing a wood-grain on the deformable surface and subsequently filling the grain with a contrasting agent to highlight its appearance through a reverse-roll-coating technique. Abrasion properties are achieved through a final clear top coat that allows both the contrast agent and the top coat to fully cure.
US11396167B2	Laminate and method for producing laminate A method for producing a laminate, the method comprising at least a pretreatment step of pretreating a surface of a substrate made of a plastic film by reactive ion etching so that the maximum displacement of the substrate surface measured by local thermal analysis is 300 nm or more, and a lamination step of laminating a thermoplastic resin layer made of a material different from that of the substrate on the pretreated surface of the substrate; wherein the plastic film is a polyethylene terephthalate film.
US11396163B2	Intermediate film for laminated glass, and laminated glass There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass making a gap difficult to be generated at an end part of the sheet of laminated glass and enabling an increase in the YI value measured at the end part of the sheet of laminated glass to be suppressed. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is provided with a first layer which contains a polyvinyl acetal resin and a plasticizer and a second layer which is arranged on a first surface side of the first layer and contains a polyvinyl acetal resin and a plasticizer, the first layer further contains a hindered amine light stabilizer having an alkyl group to bond to the nitrogen atom of a piperidine structure or an alkoxy group to bond to the nitrogen atom of a piperidine structure, and the glass transition temperature of the second layer is higher than or equal to 32° C.
US11396157B2	Decorative sheet There is provided a decorative sheet having a three-dimensional effect by a tactile sense and a visual three-dimensional effect or texture and excellent in design properties. A decorative sheet (10) according to this embodiment is provided with a base material (1), an image design layer (2) provided on a front surface (1a) side of the base material (1), a transparent adhesive layer (3) provided on a front surface (2a) side of the image design layer (2), a transparent thermoplastic resin layer (4) provided on a front surface (3a) side of the transparent adhesive layer (3), and a surface protective layer (5) provided on a front surface (4a) side of the transparent thermoplastic resin layer (4). On a front surface (5c) side of the surface protective layer (5), a recess and projection design (8) and a recess and projection pattern (9) having a plurality of regions (9a, 9b, 9c) which is provided on each of the surfaces of recess portions and the surfaces of projection portions of the recess and projection design (8) and in which recesses and projections are formed are provided. A height difference between the recess portions and the projection portions of the recess and projection design (8) is 3 μm or more and 200 μm or less. A height difference between recess portions and projection portions in each of the regions (9a, 9b, 9c) of the recess and projection pattern 9 is smaller than the height difference between the recess portions and the projection portions of the recess and projection design (8).
US11396153B2	Methods for thermal welding of wind turbine blades Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems for manufacturing wind turbine blades which in some instances require using new blade joint designs. The blade joint designs described herein may allow for contact in places where welds will be made, which allows for existing manufacturing tolerances to be used while still enabling the use of thermal welding for wind turbine blades.
US11396152B1	Self-healing vehicle with 3D printing device for autonomous tire repair A vehicle comprises a chassis, wheels rotationally mounted to the chassis, each wheel being disposed within a respective wheel well, and a tire mounted to each wheel. A tire sensor disposed within the wheel well senses a tire condition and generates and outputs a tire condition signal indicative of the tire condition. A repair controller receives the tire condition signal from the tire sensor and processes the tire condition signal to determine whether to repair the tire. The repair controller is configured to generate and output a tire repair signal. A 3D printing device disposed in the wheel well and communicatively connected to the repair controller receives the tire repair signal and 3D prints an additive reparation to the tire by drawing a tire repair compound from a supply container within the vehicle and by depositing the tire repair compound on the tire to repair the tire.
US11396149B2	Method for producing and/or recycling a conveyor belt, and conveyor belt A method for producing and/or recycling a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt having at least one belt layer, the at least one belt layer or one of the belt layers including a tension member, the tension member including a matrix material and filaments embedded in the matrix material, includes: providing a tension member starting material by: providing a recyclate, which already contains filaments or filament groups, or combining a recyclate, which already contains filaments or filament groups, with the matrix material and/or filaments, or combining the matrix material with filaments; producing an extrudable state of the tension member starting material by mixing the provided tension member starting material in a mechanically-aided manner and influencing a temperature on the provided tension member starting material; and extruding the tension member, forming the at least one belt layer of the conveyor belt, from the tension member starting material.
US11396147B2	Prepreg automatic layering device A prepreg automatic layering device includes a rotary die-cutter, a cutting mechanism and a control device. The rotary die-cutter, by cutting a prepreg sheet only in the width direction, cuts out a prepreg cut-out section in which a prepreg cut section and an unnecessary portion are integrated. The cutting mechanism is disposed before a layering stage, and separates a portion corresponding to the prepreg cut section and a portion corresponding to the unnecessary portion by cutting the prepreg sheet in the direction in which the prepreg sheet is conveyed. The control device controls the cutting mechanism.
US11396146B2	Method and equipment for making unidirectional continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite material Disclosed herein a method and equipment for making a unidirectional continuous fiber-reinforced resin composite material. A resin plasticized and molten by an extruder is transported to a coating guide roller through a die head, and a hot-melt resin film layer with uniform thickness is formed on a roller surface of the coating guide roller. Simultaneously, the coating guide roller guides the hot-melt resin to continuously and uniformly coat on a row of flattened unidirectional continuous fibers along the roller surface of the coating guide roller. Subsequently, the coated flattened unidirectional continuous fibers pass through an open dip-coating roller device to effectively combine with the hot-melt resin to obtain a composite material of the hot-melt resin and fibers, which passes through a cooling and forming device to a winder under a driving force of the main traction to obtain the unidirectional continuous fiber-reinforced resin composite material.
US11396145B2	Method and device for producing pultruded material Provided are a method and a device for producing a pultruded material that improve the homogeneity of a thermosetting resin. The device for producing a pultruded material comprises a first opening section, a second opening section, a closing section, a tension-applying section, an impregnating section, and a mold. The first opening section and the second opening section open a bundle of reinforcing fibers and thereby obtain a bundle of reinforcing fibers. The closing section closes the bundle of opened reinforcing fibers and thereby obtains a bundle of reinforcing fibers. The tension-applying section applies tension along the direction in which the reinforcing fibers extend to the bundle of reinforcing fibers that pass through the closing section. The impregnating section impregnates the bundle of reinforcing fibers with a thermosetting resin. The mold pultrudes the bundle of reinforcing fibers that have been impregnated with the thermosetting resin.
US11396142B2	Disposable mold core, method for producing a component, and the component itself A disposable mold core for producing a fiber-reinforced component includes a support core having a granulate and a binder. The support core has a hard shell formed of the binder and the granulate, and an inner core which is binder-free and formed of the granulate. A related method of producing a fiber-reinforced component is disclosed.
US11396139B2	High-speed polymer-to-metal direct joining system and method A method of directly joining a polymer to a metal along a joint interface through the formation of C—O-M chemical bonds, where M represents an element in the metal to be joined. The method includes heating the metal to a predetermined temperature above a glass transition temperature of the polymer and less than a flash ignition temperature of the polymer and less than a metal melting temperature of the metal; physically contacting at least one of the metal and the polymer; and applying compression pressure to the joint interface of the metal and the polymer when the metal is above the glass transition temperature of the polymer and less than the flash ignition temperature of the polymer and less than the metal melting temperature of the metal to generate intimate atomic contact between the metal and the polymer to create C—O-M chemical bonds between the metal and the polymer.
US11396132B2	System and method for a quick-change material turret in a robotic fabrication and assembly platform Systems and methods for a robotic fabrication and assembly platform providing a plurality of printable materials for fabrication of a three-dimensional object are provided. A method includes activating a pneumatic actuator to extend a quick-change turret from a pneumatic seal. The method may insert a plurality of barrels into the quick-change turret. The method may also align one of the plurality of barrels with a pneumatic seal in the quick-change turret. The method may also disengage the pneumatic actuator to seat the aligned barrel onto the pneumatic seal and print a three-dimensional object. The method may further halt the printing of the three-dimensional object prior to completion and engage the pneumatic actuator to extend the quick-change turret from the pneumatic seal.
US11396131B2	Screen unit for a printing device and a printing system A screen unit for a printing device for printing three-dimensionally shaped structures, in particular on substrates, printed circuit boards, wafers, solar cells, carrier substrates, printing tables, carrier plates, sintering plates or the like, has a frame holding at least one printing screen and is designed to be accommodated in a screen receptacle of the printing device, to be filled with a printing compound and to be subjected to the action of a squeegee for carrying out a printing process. The screen unit has, in or on the frame, at least one holding device for the squeegee, which is in the form of an exchangeable squeegee.
US11396129B2	Increasing electrical conductivity at selected locations of a 3D object A device includes a coater, a dispenser, and a treatment portion. The coater is to coat, layer-by-layer, a build material relative to a build pad to form a 3D object. The dispenser is to at least dispense a fluid including a first at least potentially electrically conductive material. In at least some selected locations of an external surface of the 3D object. The treatment portion is to treat the 3D object to substantially increase electrically conductivity on the external surface of the 3D object at the at least some selected locations.
US11396127B2	Systems and methods for electrophotography-based additive manufacturing of parts utilizing multiple printing paths An electrostatic-based layer-wise manufacturing system (e.g., 200; 200-1; 250; 282; 300) decouples a layer imaging process from a layer transfusion process. The layer imaging process is performed in a first batch process that is independent from the layer transfusion process that is performed in a second batch process.
US11396126B2	Printing layer in response to substrate contour A method of printing a three-dimensional structure onto a base having irregularities on the surface is disclosed. A sensing device determines the depth of the irregularity on the surface. A computing system receives an image file including a predetermined thickness of a layer to be printed onto the base. The predetermined thickness is adjusted based on the depth of the irregularity. A printing device prints a layer onto the base having the adjusted predetermined thickness print on the irregularity to make the surface substantially smooth.
US11396122B2	Nozzle shaft assembly The present disclosure includes a forming and filling head for simultaneously forming and filling a polymeric container with liquid. The forming and filling head includes a nozzle shaft assembly having a first portion removably engaged with a second portion. The nozzle shaft assembly defines a through-bore extending through each one of the first portion and the second portion. An annular seal is within the through-bore and is seated at one of the first portion and the second portion to permit access to the annular seal when the first portion and the second portion are disengaged. Flow ports are defined by a wall of the nozzle shaft assembly. The flow ports extend from an exterior of the nozzle shaft assembly to the through-bore to direct the liquid for forming and filling the polymeric container into the through-bore.
US11396120B2	Rubber extrusion device and method for manufacturing rubber extrudate A rubber extrusion device includes a sensor which detects a deviation from a preset reference position of a rubber extrudate extruded from an extrusion port. Based on this detection data, a control unit provides control for correction of the deviation by adjusting a position of a die relative to a head along a leading end surface of the head or a rotational speed of a screw. A rubber material is mixed and kneaded while being extruded forward by a screw installed inside a cylinder. Resultant unvulcanized rubber is fed into an extrusion flow path and extruded from the extrusion port formed in the die.
US11396119B2	Method and injection molding manifold adapted for leak detection during injection molding An injection molding hot runner system adapted for leak detection during injection molding includes a manifold and a housing surrounding the manifold, wherein the manifold and the housing are spaced apart defining one or more pockets, the manifold comprises at least one junction point establishing a connection to a component attached to the manifold, wherein at the at least one junction point a sensor is located in the pocket, wherein the sensor is configured to indicate a leak when getting in contact with the molten plastic due to a leak at the junction point.
US11396112B2	Process for fabricating a colored powder coating composition from solid filaments A process for fabricating a powder coating composition having a desired color from solid input filaments. A plurality of solid input filaments is fed to a mixer in accordance with an input formulation for a color. The input filaments are liquefied at the mixer, and the liquefied input filaments are combined together in the mixer into an extrudate mixture. The extrudate mixture is removed from the mixer, solidified, and then the solidified extrudate mixture is milled into a powder.
US11396111B2	Thickness planer A thickness planer includes a motor, a planing part, a placing part, a feeding part, and a battery pack mounting unit. The planing part is configured to be driven by the motor and plane a workpiece. A workpiece is placeable on the placing part. The feeding part is configured to feed the workpiece placed on the placing part to the planing part. A battery pack for supplying power to the motor is attachable to the battery pack mounting unit.
US11396107B2	Razor handle comprising inserts within holes and razor comprising such a razor handle A razor includes a razor handle connected to a razor cartridge. The razor handle includes an elongated body extending in a longitudinal direction, and having an upper face and a lower face opposite the upper face. The upper face and lower face form at least a portion of an outermost surface of the razor handle. The outermost surface is provided with a first hole and a second hole. The first and second holes open on the outermost surface of the razor handle. The first hole extends from the upper face to the lower face of the outermost surface of the elongated body and includes an insert partially encapsulated within the first hole. The second hole includes an elongated bar or rib dividing the second hole into two parts. The elongated bar or rib extend in the longitudinal direction and is exposed on the upper face of the elongated body.
US11396097B2	Teaching apparatus, robot system, and teaching method A teaching apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to obtain result information corresponding to a position of a worked region on a workpiece. The circuitry is configured to generate first teaching information based on the result information. The first teaching information specifies a motion of an examination robot configured to examine the workpiece that has undergone work.
US11396096B2	Humanoid robotics system and methods Systems and methods related to construction, configuration, and utilization of humanoid robotic systems and aspects thereof are described. A system may include a mobile base, a spine structure, a body structure, and at least one robotic arm, each of which is movably configured to have significant human-scale capabilities in prescribed environments. The one or more robotic arms may be rotatably coupled to the body structure, which may be mechanically associated with the mobile base, which is preferably configured for holonomic or semi-holonomic motion through human scale travel pathways that are ADA compliant. Aspects of the one or more arms may be counterbalanced with one or more spring-based counterbalancing mechanisms which facilitate backdriveability and payload features.
US11396092B2	Electric power tool provided with motor controller controlling motor including limiter for limitting current contributing to torque generation An electric power tool is provided with a permanent magnet synchronous motor, and a controller. The controller is configured to control an operation of the permanent magnet synchronous motor. The controller includes a limiter that limits a current contributing to torque generation by the permanent magnet synchronous motor to a predetermined maximum set value based on a predetermined tightening torque. The controller calculates the maximum set value of the current that contributes to the torque generation by changing one of a rotation speed and an angular speed of the permanent magnet synchronous motor.
US11396087B2	Easily assembled ratchet wrench A ratchet wrench includes a wrench main body provided at an end thereof with a through hole, wherein a ratchet wheel is disposed, which is provided from top to bottom thereof in order with an upper ratchet portion, an upper annular groove, a middle ratchet portion, a lower annular groove and a lower ratchet portion. The upper and lower ratchet portions both protrude out of the through hole. The middle ratchet portion is located in the through hole. Two retainers are respectively disposed in the upper and lower annular grooves located out of the through hole, for retaining the ratchet wheel in the through hole. As a result, in the ratchet wrench of the present invention, the wrench main body doesn't need much processing, thereby improved in processing convenience. Besides, the installation of the members is convenient and firm, thereby benefiting the operation of the ratchet wheel.
US11396086B2	Grinding wheel center hole protection pad A grinding wheel center hole protection pad is provided, which mainly include a positioning portion attached to the peripheral thereof and the guiding portions disposed at the center hole at the axial center thereof. The guiding portions serve as the isolation layer between the center hole of the grinding wheel and the peripheral plate guiding wall of a flange plate. Therefore, the grinding wheel can be closely attached to the flange plate during the assembling process to decrease eccentricity. Accordingly, it is not necessary to perform the cutting calibration process and balance adjustment by a cutting machine, which can reduce the waste of manpower and material resources.
US11396084B2	Multi-jet abrasive head Multi-jet abrasive head for cleaning/removing material surfaces and splitting/cutting materials by a liquid beam enriched with solid abrasive particles with a uniform velocity and density profile allowing the cutting power to be increased with more efficient cutting beam usage.
US11396081B2	Chemical mechanical polishing pad A chemical mechanical polishing pad is provided containing a polishing layer having a polishing surface, wherein the polishing layer comprises a reaction product of ingredients, including: an isocyanate terminated urethane prepolymer; and, a curative system, containing a high molecular weight polyol curative; and, a difunctional curative.
US11396077B2	Wheel burr cleaning device A wheel burr cleaning device comprises a lower turnover system, a lower turnover system, a center hole burr brushing system, a back cavity burr brushing system, an upper lifting rotation system. The present disclosure not only can be used for removing burrs from the center hole of the wheel, the roots of the flanges and the edge of each spoke, but also can adapt to the wheels of different sizes and different widths.
US11396075B2	Method of detecting origin point of machine tool and tool magazine A machine tool includes a tool magazine configured to hold a plurality of tools, the tool magazine having a rotary unit rotatable around a predetermined rotary axis and a measured portion provided in the rotary unit, a sensor disposed outside of the rotary unit in a radial direction that is perpendicular to the rotary axis, and configured to detect the measured portion, and a controller configured to detect a position of an origin point of the rotary unit based on a result of the detection by the sensor.
US11396072B2	Robotic manipulation of objects using external contacts Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for manipulating the position and/or orientation of an object while it is held in a robotic gripper. In one such embodiment, one or more physically possible and stable displacements for moving an object relative to a gripper using one or more frictional pushes may be determined and applied to the object to move the object from a first position and orientation to a second position and orientation while the object is held by the gripper. In certain embodiments, the physically possible and stable displacements may be determined using an appropriate motion cone approximation.
US11396071B2	Shim manufacturing methods and devices A method of manufacturing a shim and related systems and equipment. A mechanical tool inserted into a shim space defined between two or more components with the mechanical tool in a first configuration. The mechanical tool is free of measurement electronics. The mechanical tool, while in the shim space, is modified such that the mechanical tool assumes a second configuration to establish a plurality of model points corresponding to a boundary surface of the shim space. The mechanical tool is removed from the shim space while maintaining the mechanical tool in the second configuration. Using a measurement station distinct from the tool, the positions of the model points are electronically measured while the mechanical tool is both disposed outside of the shim space and in the second configuration. Machining instructions are generated based on the measured positions. A shim is fabricated based on the generated machining instructions.
US11396065B2	Composite braze liner for low temperature brazing and high strength materials An apparatus, material and method for forming a brazing sheet has a composite braze liner layer of low melting point aluminum alloy and 4000 series braze liner. The low melting point layer of the composite braze liner facilitates low temperature brazing and decrease of the diffusion of magnesium from the core into the composite braze liner. The reduction of magnesium diffusion also lowers the formation of associated magnesium oxides at the braze joint interface that are resistant to removal by Nocolok flux, thereby facilitating the formation of good brazing joints through the use of low temperature controlled atmosphere brazing (CAB) and Nocolok flux. The apparatus also enables the production of brazing sheet materials with high strength and good corrosion property.
US11396058B2	Electric connector engaging a welder to a spot welding tool A electrical connector for removably engaging a welder to a spot welding tool having a first arm in a pivoting engagement to a second arm. The connector features an electrically conductive member engaged to or forming a powered translating shaft of a welder which is surrounded by a housing. The connector engages within a passage formed in a coupling to communicate forward and rearward movement and electric current to a first arm of a spot welding tool.
US11396057B2	Twin laser camera assembly A twin laser camera unitary assembly for a robot processing tool is disclosed. The assembly has a housing having a front wall defining an upright U-shaped channel into which a tubular portion of the tool is laterally insertable. A mounting support attaches the housing relative to the tool in operative position. Twin laser range finders are respectively mounted in the housing on opposite sides of the U-shaped channel in a symmetrical in-line arrangement with respect to the tool. A controller mounted in the housing is configured to receive robot control signals, operate laser projectors and process image signals produced by imagers of the laser range finders so that joint and bead position and geometry signals are produced in a robot reference frame. The assembly is designed and protected for use in industrial processes such as robotic laser and arc welding and sealant dispensing.
US11396054B2	Method of cutting with a band saw A method of cutting a workpiece with a band saw includes rotating, with a band saw machine, a blade about a central longitudinal axis. The method also includes supporting a back edge of the blade during the rotating with a back support and a first lateral side edge with a first lateral side support. The method also includes monitoring, with a first sensor, a first level of force exerted against the back support and, with a second sensor, a second level of force exerted against the first lateral side support. The method also includes moving the blade along the axis during the rotating. The method also includes dynamically controlling, with a computing device, the band saw machine during the moving in response to at least one of the first level of force and the second level of force.
US11396051B2	Tool system and method for turning A tool system for machining includes a tool body that has a first end for connecting to a machine tool and a second end having an end face on which a seat for an interchangeable cutting insert is formed. The cutting insert has an underside formed as an abutment surface, a top side formed as a rake face, and an encircling side face formed as a flank, and a cutting edge is formed at a transition from the top side to the encircling side face. The cutting insert is arranged on the seat such that the top side extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the tool body and the cutting edge protrudes beyond the outer circumference of the end face of the tool body in a radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis with two usable cutting corners and cutting-corner portions adjoining the latter on both sides.
US11396047B2	Method to machine a metal work piece by turning A method to form a surface on a metal work piece includes providing a turning insert that has a nose angle formed between first and second cutting edges less than or equal to 85°; providing a turning tool having a tool body with an insert seat in which the turning insert is mountable; arranging the orientation of the second cutting edge such that it forms a back clearance angle of more than 90° in a feed direction; rotating the metal work piece around a rotational axis in a first direction; moving the turning insert in a direction parallel to or at an angle less than 45° relative to the rotational axis; and setting the longitudinal axis of the tool body at an angle greater than zero but less than or equal to 90° relative to the rotational axis of the metal work piece.
US11396042B1	Serial multi-cavity high pressure casting apparatus and high pressure casting method using the same A serial multi-cavity high pressure casting apparatus includes a three stage mold comprising a fixed mold, an operation mold, and a medium mold disposed between the fixed mold and the operation mold, a main sleeve penetrating a lower portion of the fixed mold, and having molten metal injected thereinto, a main runner formed to extend upward from the main sleeve, an auxiliary sleeve branched to both directions from the main runner, an auxiliary runner formed to extend upward from each of both ends of the auxiliary sleeve and connected to each of a first cavity formed between the fixed mold and the medium mold, and a second cavity formed between the medium mold and the operation mold, and a sleeve core disposed on a lower portion of the medium mold, and having the main sleeve, the main runner, and the auxiliary sleeve inserted thereinto.
US11396040B2	Fastening device, fastening device system and method for feeding fasteners A fastening device for feeding fasteners to a workpiece and for joining it, the fastening device comprising a fastening tool, a fastening device system. The fastening device including a magazine arrangement mounted on the fastening tool. The magazine arrangement having a magazine for holding a fastener, a magazine plate, and a base plate. The magazine plate includes a plate body and a closure arrangement with a closure slider adapted to move between an open position and a closed position, and a toggle mechanism adapted to move the closure slider from the closed position to the open position.
US11396038B2	Fastening tool A fastening tool includes a housing, a handle, an anvil, a pin-gripping part, a motor, and a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism is configured to move the pin-gripping part along a first axis defining a front-rear direction, relative to the anvil. The driving mechanism includes a rotary member, a movable member, a driving gear and an idler gear. The rotary member has a driven gear formed on its outer periphery and is rotatable around the first axis. The movable member is connected to the pin-gripping part and configured to be linearly moved in the front-rear direction by rotation of the rotary member. The driving gear is configured to be rotated around a second axis extending in parallel to the first axis below the first axis. The idler gear is engaged with the driving gear and the driven gear.
US11396034B2	Motor control of a drain cleaning machine A drain cleaning machine includes a brushless direct current (DC) motor configured to rotate a snake about the snake axis. An electronic processor is configured to control power switching elements to drive the brushless DC motor. In a first operating range when a load experienced by the brushless DC motor is less than or equal to a predetermined load, the electronic processor is configured to control the power switching elements to drive the brushless DC motor at an approximately constant speed regardless of the load experienced by the brushless DC motor. In a second operating range when the load experienced by the brushless DC motor is greater than the predetermined load, the electronic processor is configured to control the power switching elements to drive the brushless DC motor at a decreasing speed as the load experienced by the brushless DC motor increases.
US11396032B2	Self-cleaning roller screen A method for cleaning of a roller screen transporting and screening particles by means of at least three rotating rollers. The rollers are installed in succession at given clearances and arranged transversally in relation to the transport direction of the particles to screen a desired range of particle sizes. At least one roller changes its circumferential velocity and/or its rotational direction over time at defined time intervals for defined time periods such that for this defined time period for at least one pair of neighbored rollers one roller has a higher circumferential velocity than the other and/or both rollers roll in opposite rotational directions.
US11396028B2	Liquid material application apparatus and liquid material application method Object: A liquid material application apparatus and a liquid material application method are provided with which a liquid material can be discharged in a predetermined discharge amount per unit time regardless of a relative moving speed in a series of application works.Solution: The liquid material application apparatus includes a discharge head, a robot moving the discharge head relative to a workpiece, a movement control unit controlling relative movement of the discharge head and the workpiece, and a discharge control unit controlling an operation of discharging a liquid material from a discharge head, wherein the discharge control unit executes, in a switchable manner in accordance with an application program, first mode discharge control of changing a discharge amount of the liquid material, which is discharged from the discharge head per unit time, depending on a relative moving speed between the discharge head and the workpiece, and second mode discharge control of operating the discharge head to discharge the liquid material in a predetermined discharge amount per unit time regardless of the relative moving speed. The liquid material application method is implemented using the liquid material application apparatus.
US11396025B2	Method and device for sorting fibers in suspension in an aerosol through the combination of electrostatic and centrifugal forces The invention consists of a continuous sorting method and device which highlights the trajectory differences to which fibers of different form factors and particles charged under the joint influence of electrical forces and a centrifugal force could be subjected. Thus, according to the sorting method, the conditions exploit this difference in order to recover/collect the fibers separated from the non-fibrous particles present in the same initial aerosol or to sort fibers exhibiting different form factors.
US11396024B2	Underground coal separation process Disclosed is an underground coal preparation process adopting a water medium, comprising: feeding exploited raw coal into a Φ25 mm raw coal classifying screen for screening; performing dry coal preparation on a classifying screen oversize product with a particle size greater than 25 mm and feeding a classifying screen undersize product with a particle size less than 25 mm into a special underground compact jigging machine for sorting to obtain jigging machine overflow clean coal, jigging middling coal and jigging gangue; screening and dewatering the jigging machine overflow clean coal to obtain a clean coal product, and screening and dewatering the jigging middling coal to obtain a middling coal product, sorting slime water to be sorted and generated during sorting to obtain coarse clean coal slime and coarse middling coal slime, and performing circulating water treatment on a final liquid.
US11396021B2	Multi-connector hammer The various embodiments disclosed and pictured illustrate a multi-connector hammer for comminuting various materials. The illustrative embodiments pictured and described herein are primarily for use with a rotatable hammermill assembly. The multi-connector hammer includes a connection portion having a rod hole therein, a contact portion for delivery of energy to the material to be comminuted, and a multi-connector neck portion affixing the connection portion to the contact portion. In other embodiments, a shoulder is positioned around the periphery of the rod hole for added strength. In still other embodiments, a neck reinforcement is positioned along a portion of the neck for increased strength. A weld or plurality of welds may be affixed to various surfaces of the contact portion to aide in comminuting and/or longevity of the multi-connector hammer.
US11396020B2	Integrated microfluidic device for target amplification and microarray detection In one aspect, the present disclosure provides an integrated microfluidic device for nucleic acid amplification and microarray detection. In one aspect, the device comprises: (1) a microchip configured to process reagents, comprising a plurality of reservoirs, channels, valves, and/or fluid interfaces; (2) an amplification chamber for PCR, carried out in a detachable tube assembled on the microchip through a joint; and (3) a microarray chamber comprising a microarray and a reaction chamber. In some embodiments, these features are interconnected to allow transportation of reagents for nucleic acid amplification and hybridization detection functions in a closed system. In one aspect, the integrate device herein overcomes the problem of contamination during the amplification and hybridization reactions.
US11396019B2	Roughly cylindrical sample containers having multiple reservoirs therein and being adapted for acoustic ejections Provided herein is generally tubular container, preferably including a plurality of reservoirs defined therein. The container can be adapted for acoustic ejection of a fluid disposed within at least one of the reservoirs of the plurality of reservoirs. Alternatively, the container can be adapted for extraction of a fluid disposed within at least one of the reservoirs of the plurality of reservoirs using a non-acoustic liquid handling method.
US11396017B2	Method and system for recovering products from an emulsion The present invention relates to a method for selecting and recovering products, comprising the following steps: providing an emulsion (6) comprising a plurality of drops (4) contained in a carrier fluid (10), each drop comprising an internal fluid (8), measuring at least one physical parameter for several drops (4) of the emulsion (6), classifying at least some of the drops (4) of the emulsion in a class based on measurements obtained during the measuring step, tagging at least some of the classified drops (4) based on the class of the drop (4), selectively recovering the drop (4) or part of the drop (4) using the tag of the drop or part of the drop (4).
US11396015B2	Implementing barriers for controlled environments during sample processing and detection Provided herein are methods for processing and/or detecting a sample. A method can comprise providing a barrier between a first region and a second region, wherein the first region comprises the sample, wherein the barrier maintains the first region at a first atmosphere that is different than a second atmosphere of the second region, wherein a portion of the barrier comprises a fluid in coherent motion; and using a detector at least partially contained in the first region to detect one or more signals from the sample while the first region is maintained at the first atmosphere that is different than the second atmosphere of the second region. The portion of the barrier comprising fluid may have a pressure lower than the first atmosphere, the second atmosphere, or both.
US11396011B2	Device for taking a sample and sample analysis system comprising such a device A device for taking and optionally processing a sample, includes (i) a housing containing a porous matrix that can receive the sample, (ii) a stopper that can be connected to the housing in a tight manner and including a piston that ensures the tight closing of the housing, compressing the porous matrix or the sample, and (iii) a storage receptacle that can be connected to the housing, can receive the sample that has passed through the porous matrix, and includes at least one conduit connecting the inside of the receptacle to the outside, once the porous matrix or the sample is compressed. The device also includes a seal between the stopper and the storage receptacle. The stopper closes the storage receptacle in a tight manner when the stopper and the storage receptacle are connected to the housing.
US11396010B2	Substrate and a method of manufacturing a substrate A catalytic convertor comprising a substrate body (100) arranged within the catalytic convertor such that a principal flow of fluid through the catalytic convertor flows along a surface (101) of the substrate body, wherein said surface (101) has a plurality of openings (210) to micro-channels that extend away from said surface (101); and at least a portion of the surface (101) of the substrate body (100) comprises a catalytically active material, wherein the substrate body (100) is in the form of: a pellet; a sheet; solid elongate bodies; solid rods; a solid body having a plurality of bores; a non-tubular elongate body; a non-hollow body; a sheet curved in the form or a spiral; or a combination thereof.
US11396002B2	Detecting and correcting problems in liquid lifting in heat exchangers A plant or refinery may include equipment such as reactors, heaters, heat exchangers, regenerators, separators, or the like. Types of heat exchangers include shell and tube, plate, plate and shell, plate fin, air cooled, wetted-surface air cooled, or the like. Operating methods may impact deterioration in equipment condition, prolong equipment life, extend production operating time, or provide other benefits. Mechanical or digital sensors may be used for monitoring equipment, and sensor data may be programmatically analyzed to identify developing problems. For example, sensors may be used in conjunction with one or more system components to detect and correct maldistribution, cross-leakage, strain, pre-leakage, thermal stresses, fouling, vibration, problems in liquid lifting, conditions that can affect air-cooled exchangers, conditions that can affect a wetted-surface air-cooled heat exchanger, or the like. An operating condition or mode may be adjusted to prolong equipment life or avoid equipment failure.
US11396000B2	Friable shell microcapsules, process for preparing the same and method of use thereof The present application describes a microcapsule comprising: (i) a lipophilic core material, and (ii) a microcapsule shell, wherein microcapsule shell formed from oil-in-water emulsion polymerisation of monomer mixture consisting essentially of: (a) greater than 70 to about 99% by weight of at least one polyfunctional ethylenically unsaturated monomer, (b) about 1 to about 30% by weight of at least one unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer or its ester, and (c) about 0 to about 30% by weight of at least one vinyl monomer. Also provides process for preparing the same and its method of use in various applications.
US11395997B2	Systems for automated production, application and evaluation of coating compositions Systems for producing, applying and evaluating coating compositions are disclosed. An automatic color matching system includes an automatic coating component dispenser, a container, a mixer for mixing the components of the coating composition and a solvent, an automatic pressurization station to apply pressure to the mixed coating composition, and a robotic arm to transport the container to and from the mixer. A coating composition dispensing system includes a computer to provide a target formulation for a coating composition, an automated component dispenser containing the components of the coating composition, a container positionable adjacent to the component dispenser to receive the components of the coating composition, and an automated component sensor to measure the amounts of each of the components dispensed into the container. The computer is programmed to store data corresponding to the measured amounts of each of the components, and amounts of components contained in the coating compositions may be monitored, along with processing parameters when the coating compositions are applied to various substrates. The characteristics of a produced sample coating may be compared with the characteristics of a target or reference coating to determine if they are sufficiently matched.
US11395988B2	Advanced double skin membranes for membrane reactors A hydrogen permeable membrane device is provided that includes a porous ceramic layer having a material that includes zirconia, Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), γ/Al2O3, and/or YSZ— γ/Al2O3, and a porous Pd film or porous Pd-alloy film deposited on the a mesoporous ceramic layer.
US11395987B2	Scrubber system improvement for sulfur containing gas streams An improvement in a wet scrubbing process for treating gaseous industrial process streams which contain one or more of SO2, SO3, H2SO4 which comprises contacting the stream of gas with a countercurrent flow of liquid derived from a circulating liquid stream which includes (i) a purge stream configured to remove a portion of the circulating liquid having a concentration of H2SO4 from the process, and (ii) a liquid make-up stream configured to replace the portion of the circulating liquid that is removed from the circulating liquid stream, the improvement comprising controlling the flow of liquid make-up whereby the concentration of H2SO4 in the purge stream is increased to a useful value; and filtering the purge stream to remove unwanted contaminants to yield a clarified purge stream.
US11395986B2	Method and system for drying compressed air Drying compressed air while utilizing a method for preemptive overload avoidance of moisture to a desiccant bed, including a recovery control process. The method may include a purge means, an initialization period for pre-learning to develop usage-profile log performance summary to compare against real-time data and a protocol for a normal state, a recovery state and a supplemental purge state and means to reestablish normal operations. A procedure for standby and overload alarm alerting states are also described. The purge means may be fixed rate or modulating. The system may have cycle times decrementing or incrementing stepwise in a predetermined or varying time frame to respond to on-going trending data in order to correct imbalance loading conditions by adjusting drying and regenerating cycle times, thus affording a stable delivery of quality dewpoint compressed air to the dryer output.
US11395985B2	Barrier vent assembly The technology disclosed herein relates to a vent assembly having a vent housing that defines a first airflow pathway, a second airflow pathway, and a third airflow pathway. The first airflow pathway is configured for fluid communication with an interior of an enclosure. The second airflow pathway is configured for fluid communication with the external environment, and the third airflow pathway extends between the first airflow pathway and the second airflow pathway. A membrane is coupled to the vent housing such that the second airflow pathway and the third airflow pathway are in communication through the membrane. Coalescing filter media is disposed within the vent housing such that the third airflow pathway and the first airflow pathway are in communication through the coalescing filter media. The vent assembly defines a spacing region between the coalescing media and the membrane.
US11395981B2	Systems and methods for optimizing the performance of olefin plant quench water separators Systems and methods of removing coke/tar from water in a quench water recycling loop of a steam cracker quench system are disclosed. The systems include a quench water separator that has a feed calming compartment for reducing eddies in feed to the quench water separator. The feed calming compartment is defined, at least in part, by a perforated baffle in the quench water separator. The methods include the use of the quench water separator with the perforated baffle and the calming compartment to separate coke/tar from quench water in the quench water recycling loop.
US11395980B2	Chromatographic cassette A chromatographic cassette includes a cassette including a chamber, chromatographic media disposed within the cassette chamber, a distribution network fluidly coupled to the chromatographic media and an inlet port and an outlet port coupled to the distribution network. A hyper-productive chromatography technique includes providing a scalable and stackable chromatographic cassette, loading a sample to be processed, operating the scalable chromatographic cassette having an adsorptive chromatographic bed having a volume greater than 0.5 liter by establishing a flow at a linear velocity greater than 500 cm/hr with a residence time of the loading step of less than one minute.
US11395975B2	Broadcast-ready table sports system In one example, a system includes a movable object, a detection region including a playing surface for supporting the movable object, and a plurality of cameras spaced apart from one another about the detection region, each of the plurality of cameras configured to capture a field of view of the detection region. The system may further include a controller configured to determine the position of the movable object on the playing surface. The cameras may be configured to track the movement of the movable object on the playing surface. The output from the camera may be selected based upon the movement of the movable object on the playing surface. Sensors may be provided to gather telemetry data of the system so as to provide analysis of the system. The system may be part of or be used with various table sports or table games.
US11395974B1	Contextually aware active social matchmaking Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for contextual matchmaking. The method includes receiving player information for a plurality of players, the player information for each player comprising at least one of player statistics, player tendencies, and player preferences. The method also includes generating player archetypes for each of the plurality of players based on the player information, each of the player archetypes comprising at least one premier scenario. The method also includes matching the players based on the player archetypes. The method also includes generating in-game objectives based on the player archetypes.
US11395972B2	System, server, program, and method for detecting cheating by user in game Provided is a system including: a user terminal that executes a game program for playing a game, that determines a parameter for executing a certain event in the game, and that executes the event on the basis of the parameter to generate a user result; a result-for-verification generation unit that generates a plurality of virtual instances for virtualizing the user terminal, that executes the game program in a headless mode in the plurality of virtual instances, that selects, from the plurality of virtual instances, a virtual instance for executing the event on the basis of the parameter received by a server, and that executes the event in the selected virtual instance on the basis of the parameter to generate a result for verification; and a cheat verification unit that compares the user result with the result for verification to determine whether or not cheating has been conducted at the user terminal.
US11395968B2	Surfacing prerecorded gameplay video for in-game player assistance A method, including: receiving, over a network from a plurality of first client devices that execute respective sessions of a video game, videos generated from the respective sessions at the first client devices; for each video, receiving, over the network from one of the first client devices, location metadata that identifies spatial locations in a virtual environment of the video game at which gameplay depicted by the video occurs, the location metadata being correlated to video frames of the video and identifying the spatial location of the gameplay depicted by a given video frame; during a session of the video game executed by a second client device, receiving, over the network, a current spatial location in the virtual environment of gameplay occurring in the session; using the current spatial location to select one or more of the videos; presenting, over the network, the selected videos at the second client device.
US11395961B2	Portable key operation apparatus A key operating device according to various embodiments of the disclosure includes: first and second operating portions movable in a sliding manner in directions being away from or close to each other while maintaining a state of being parallel with each other; a seating portion disposed in an overlapping manner between the first and second operating portions while maintaining a state of being parallel with each of the first and second operating portions, and disposed to be parallel between the first and second operating portions by moving downward depending on a sliding movement of the first and second operating portions; and at least one connecting device which connects each of the first and second operating portions and the seating portion, wherein the seating portion is restricted in a downward movement when in a state of overlapping with each of the first and second operating portions, and is rotatable by means of the connecting device and thus is movable downward when it is no longer in the state of overlapping with each of the first and second operating portions.
US11395960B2	Temporal axial alignment adapter for VR hand controllers Various examples are provided for adapters for virtual reality (VR) hand controllers. The adapters can be coupled to hold the VR controllers in temporal axial alignment. In one example, an adapter includes a first end, a second end and one or more cross members connecting the first and second ends. The first adapter coupled to the second adapter in a fixed temporal orientation via a first coupling assembly installed in the first end or the second end of the first adapter and a second coupling assembly installed in the first end or the second end of the second adapter. For example, the first and second coupling assemblies can include a post coupling assembly and a recess coupling assembly. In another example, a system including two adapters can be coupled together to hold VR hand controllers in a fixed orientation with each other, e.g., in temporal axial alignment.
US11395959B2	Glasses case and system A glasses case for a pair of glasses that in turn includes an integral display, the glasses case including a housing, where the housing encloses a volume in which the glasses are to be stored; and a battery operably coupled to a power access unit from which the glasses, when stored in the housing volume, can draw power; and where the housing of the glasses case includes, on the outer portion thereof, user control inputs laid out in a configuration similar to, and operational as, a conventional handheld videogame controller, and adapted to provide inputs to a computing system driving the integral display of the glasses.
US11395956B2	Metallized scratch-off on-demand printed construct A direct thermal printable construct, such as a ticket, game piece, coupon, collection piece, label, security card, or voucher includes a thermally printable medium and a metallized layer bonded directly or indirectly to the thermally printable medium. A thermosensitive imaging layer of the thermally printable medium is printable by exposing the metallized layer to localized heat of a thermal printer for inducing local changes in the color of the thermosensitive imaging layer that are obscured from view through both the metallized layer and a base substrate of the thermally printable medium. One or more areas of the metallized layer are arranged to be removable by a scratching action using a fingernail or coin for revealing the underlying local changes in the color of the thermosensitive imaging layer.
US11395954B2	Methods and apparatus for emulating live performance routine competition conditions without live competition staging Methods and apparatus for staging emulated live performance routine competitions. Various emulation methods and apparatus may allow for live conditions to be emulated even in the absence of actual staged live competition. Live performance routines may be recorded and stored as live performance routine data. Competition judging may be input and stored as competition judging input data. Data transformation processors may transform such data into live performance routine competition conditions emulated data that may emulate live performance routine competition conditions. Data may be aggregated into an emulated live performance routine competition for remote spectator access.
US11395951B2	Coaching aid for golf Systems and methods providing statistical analytics of golf performance for coaching including text, tabular, graphic, and image-based outputs that include trends information for the golfer, all based upon actual golf play on course situations, wherein the golfer inputs shot data during play, without interrupting the flow of the game, and uploads the shot data for analytics and review online, and wherein all information related to a given user are reviewable by an authorized coach user through a web-based coach access account. The system is further operable to provide the coach user rights for providing corrective or instructive feedback to the user, including visual recommendations such as modified target areas.
US11395950B2	Adjustable double end bag A vertically adjustable double end bag system includes a double end bag connected to a tether. The tether may be a continuous cord o two connected cords, and may be flexible or substantially fixed length. The double end bag includes an adjuster mechanism for selectively positioning the bag. A support, such as may be connected to a door or other upright fixture or as may be free-standing via a base, connects to and suspends the tether.
US11395948B2	Bicycle climbing and descending training device A training device for use with a bicycle includes a shuttle guide member including a lower end and an upper end that define an axis therebetween. A shuttle is operably coupleable to a front end of the bicycle and translatable along the axis by a drive coupled to the shuttle. When coupled to the front end of the bicycle, translation of the shuttle along the axis by the drive results in each of a rotation of the shuttle guide member about a pivot and a change in elevation of the front end of the bicycle.
US11395947B2	Virtual environment construction apparatus, video presentation apparatus, model learning apparatus, optimal depth decision apparatus, methods for the same, and program A virtual reality system is provided that includes a video presentation apparatus, the virtual reality system comprising: the video presentation apparatus which includes circuitry configured to: obtain as input a video sequence composed of a plurality of frames and mask information specifying a complementation target region in the video sequence; separate a frame into a foreground region and a background region based on binary images representing differences between the plurality of frames included in the video sequence; determine either one of patch-search-based completion and paste synthesis as a complementation method for the complementation target region based on a number of pixels belonging to the foreground region and located within a given distance from a periphery of the complementation target region; and complement the complementation target region in accordance with the complementation method; and a virtual reality head mounted display which presents the complemented video sequence to the user.
US11395945B2	Hybrid baseball bat and construction methods Disclosed herein are various forms of hybrid baseball bats comprising a wood shell having a radial wall and an outer radial surface profile defining a baseball bat. The wood shell having a central core with a central surface thereon extending from a distal end of the bat. The central surface being profiled with a taper that in some embodiments extends entirely through to the proximal end. A fibrous construct is housed in the central core and infiltrated with an epoxy resin. In some forms, the fibrous construct is in the form of a sleeve. Disclosed are various manufacturing techniques for manufacturing hybrid baseball bats including a low pressure bladder method, a high pressure bladder method, and a centrifugal force method.
US11395944B2	Convertible sports equipment caddy An equipment caddy is provided that is convertible between a container and an equipment rack.
US11395938B2	Respiratory training system A system for respiratory training including a housing, a respiratory air channel disposed within the housing, a sensor configured to detect a breathing indicator and transmit a breathing indicator signal, a haptic device disposed within the housing, a processor operatively coupled to the sensor and the haptic device, and a memory device operatively coupled to the processor. The memory device includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive the breathing indicator signal from the sensor; generate a breath determination based on the breathing indicator signal; and responsive to the breath determination, cause the haptic device to generate a vibration.
US11395935B2	Adjustable resistance and braking system for exercise equipment An adjustable resistance system for use with an indoor cycle comprising a magnetic resistance assembly, a friction brake assembly, and a resistance adjustment assembly.
US11395933B2	Fire fighting device A fire fighting device comprises a fire fighting aggregate (3) for penetrating a wall (5) and injecting fire fighting fluid into a space behind the wall. The fire fighting aggregate (3) comprises: a fluid driven rotating motor, such as a turbine, with a rotor (303) carrying a rotating cutting element (305), and a fluid inlet (109) for receiving fire fighting fluid to drive the rotor (303); a support (1) for attachment to the wall (5) suspending the fire fighting aggregate (3), at least the rotating cutting element (305) being movable relative to the support (1) towards the wall (5); a power means (322, 340) for pressing the rotating cutting element (305) towards the wall (5); and a second conduit for feeding the fire fighting fluid to the power means (322, 340) to provide for said power means (322, 340) to press the rotating cutting element (305) towards the wall (5).
US11395932B1	Fire-extinguishing tarp The fire extinguishing tarpaulin is configured for use extinguishing a chemical combustion reaction in an area of conflagration. The fire extinguishing tarpaulin comprises a fire tarpaulin, a rocket system, and an aircraft. The fire tarpaulin forms a gas impermeable barrier that limits the chemical combustion by limiting access to the oxygen required to sustain the chemical combustion reaction. The rocket system is a propulsion system that propels the fire tarpaulin to the chemical combustion reaction. The aircraft is a vehicle used: a) as a launching platform to deliver the fire tarpaulin to the chemical combustion reaction; and, b) a vehicle to subsequently recover the fire tarpaulin for future use.
US11395927B2	Head neck immobilization wrap An immobilization apparatus having at least one or more straps that engage a surface; wherein at least one of the straps comprises a force gauge to determine the amount of force applied to a patient immobilized with said straps; wherein the position of the patient is replicable for treatment of radiation and other head or neck treatments.
US11395926B2	Treatment plan generation for radiation therapy treatment The invention relates to a system for planning a radiation therapy treatment. The system obtains a first treatment plan generated in accordance with values of parameters quantifying an amount of radiation provided by radiation components, obtains an instruction to change a radiation dose delivered to at least one volume element, and directly calculates, for each of the radiation components, a change of the amount of radiation provided by the radiation component based on the instruction and based on the contribution of the radiation component to the radiation dose delivered to the at least one volume element. In order to observe upper and/or lower thresholds of the parameter values, the updated parameter values are calculated by iteratively adding the determined changes to the parameter values until a parameter value reaches the threshold or until the desired dose change is realized.
US11395925B2	Device and method for inducing lypolysis in humans A device includes light sources, electromagnetic field generators, and vibration components to apply a variety of treatment regimens to a living animal organism, including a human person or a body part of a person. The light and electromagnetic therapy are applied at frequencies which have physiological effects, and which can be combined to induce lipolysis, stimulate muscle, and achieve other effects. Feedback is used to dynamically adjust the intensity, duration, and other parameters of the light, electromagnetic, and vibration treatment modalities.
US11395923B2	Branched proximal connectors for high density neural interfaces The present disclosure relates to branched proximal connectors for high density neural interfaces and methods of microfabricating the branched proximal connectors. Particularly, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a branched connector that includes a main body having a base portion of a supporting structure and a plurality of conductive traces formed on the base portion, and a plurality of plugs extending from the main body. Each plug of the plurality of plugs include an end portion of the supporting structure comprised of the one or more layers of dielectric material, and a subset of conductive traces from the plurality of conductive traces. Each trace from the subset of conductive traces terminates at a bond pad exposed on a surface of the end portion of the supporting structure.
US11395920B2	Brain connectivity atlas for personalized functional neurosurgery targeting and brain stimulation programming A system and method for identifying a patient-specific neurosurgery target location is provided. The system receives brain imaging data for a patient that includes tracts and networks in the patient brain, accesses a quantitative connectome atlas comprising population-based, disease-specific structural and functional connectivity maps comprising a pattern of tracts and networks associated with an optimal target area (OTA) identified from a population of patients, and defines the patient-specific neurosurgery target location based on a comparison between a pattern of the tracts and networks from the brain imaging data for the patient and the pattern of tracts and networks associated with the OTA identified from the population of patients in the quantitative connectome atlas. The quantitative connectome atlas comprises a disease-specific, population-based quantitative connectome atlas that identifies an optimal target location for treatment associated with a maximal clinical improvement for each disease in the population of patients.
US11395919B1	Therapeutic stimulator system Systems, devices and methods are provided for transcutaneously delivering energy impulses to bodily tissues for therapeutic purposes, such as for enhancing the body's bone healing process in spinal fusion patients. A therapeutic stimulator system comprises a housing for an energy source and a signal generator. The system further includes one or more electrodes coupled to the signal generator. A processor is coupled to the housing and configured to determine usage levels of the signal generator and/or motion data of the housing. The system may include a mobile device that allows the patient to input user status data, such as pain levels, and compare the user status data with the usage levels and/or the motion data, thereby improving patient compliance with a prescribed therapy regimen.
US11395915B2	Electrode devices and methods of manufacturing An extravascular or intravascular neural interface is disclosed containing electrodes for neurostimulation of the vessel. The devices are housed in flexible substrates formed from a multilumen tubing housing conductors for electrodes positioned in a distal serpentine shaped end of the device. The distal serpentine shaped end includes rows or strips of electrodes or coil electrodes.
US11395910B2	Passive pump A method for repairing a heart includes identifying a heart of a patient as having a reduced ejection fraction. In response to the identifying, wall stress of a ventricle of the heart is reduced by implanting apparatus that facilitates cyclical moving of fluid that is not blood of the patient into and out of the ventricle of the heart. During ventricular diastole, a volume of the fluid is moved into the ventricle in a manner that produces a corresponding decrease in a total volume of blood that fills the ventricle during diastole. During ventricular systole, the volume of the fluid is moved out of the ventricle in a manner that produces a corresponding decrease in a total volume of the ventricle during isovolumetric contraction of the ventricle. Other embodiments are also described.
US11395908B2	Apparatus and method for skin treatment Apparatuses and methods configured to provide heat and cold to the skin along with a skin treatment to control rate of skin treatment flow to the skin are described. The disclosed apparatuses and methods include beneficially delaying the transition of skin treatments once skin penetration is achieved to improve the effectiveness of topical treatments to the skin. Accordingly, the disclosed apparatuses and methods are configured to enhance the benefits of topical treatments to the skin.
US11395905B2	Securement dressing for vascular access device with skin adhesive application window Catheter securement dressings that aid in applying skin adhesive to a catheter insertion site are described. Catheter securement dressings can include a first dressing layer that secures a position of a catheter at a catheter insertion site following catheterization. The first dressing layer can include an access window that provides access to the catheter insertion site to allow for application of skin adhesive to the catheter insertion site. After the skin adhesive has dried, a second dressing layer can be folded over the first dressing layer to cover the access window.
US11395904B2	Catheter tube A catheter that has a catheter tube everting inside-out during the process of catheterization. The catheter tube has a plurality of longitudinal protrusions extending from the first end of the catheter tube through at least a portion of the catheter tube, and forming an angle of 0 degrees to 45 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the catheter tube and facing radially inwards, and provides for dilating a circumference of the catheter tube upon everting the catheter tube inside-out from the first end of the catheter tube.
US11395901B2	Systems and methods for therapeutic gas delivery for personal medical consumption having safety features Embodiments relate to systems and methods for gas delivery for personal medical consumption having safety features. A hydrogen or oxygen gas delivery system herein can include electrolytic cores performing electrolysis-based reactions, and obtain free hydrogen (H2) gas for collection and delivery to a user. In aspects, the electrolytic core(s) can be scaled to produce a sufficient amount of hydrogen (H2) or oxygen (O2) gas so that the user can ingest that gas directly, without a need for storage. The system can be portable, and configured with a delivery tube for transmitting hydrogen or oxygen gas to a user. While safety risks are generally minimal, the system can be configured with sensors to detect fault conditions or hazards such as combustion or overpressure, which can only be caused by deliberate user action to expose gaseous products to flame or spark, and even then would not be likely to trigger violent combustion.
US11395898B2	Air delivery conduit An air delivery conduit includes first and second conduit portions that cooperate to form the conduit, each conduit portion including an inner layer of a film laminate that forms an interior surface of the conduit and an outer layer of a textile that forms an exterior surface of the conduit.
US11395896B2	Coaxial and double lumen breathing circuit systems having a lung pressure measurement port and closed system water trap which can be drained with an enjector The invention relates to providing novel functions to the double lumen breathing circuits and coaxial breathing circuits which at present do not comprise water traps, by adding a closed system water trap designed to have an inkwell shape and a lung pressure measurement port to said circuits wherein the fluid collected in the bottle section can be discharged without having to open the bottle by means of a drainage luer port located at the base of the bottle and a needleless apparatus that has been inserted into the port, and an injector.
US11395895B2	Headgear for a respiratory mask and a method for donning a respiratory mask Headgear for a respiratory mask includes a strap arrangement including front strap portions adapted to be disposed over a patient's cheeks and having front ends adapted for attachment to an airway interfacing portion, top strap portions connected to respective front strap portions and adapted to be disposed over the top of a patient's head and to connect to each other, and a back strap extending rearwardly from and connecting respective junctions of the front strap portions and top strap portions or regions adjacent these junctions and adapted to locate underneath a patient's occiput. In use with a patient having long hair, the back strap is adapted to extend under the patient's hair and urge upwardly on the patient's hair and against the patient's head beneath the occiput. In use with a patient having short hair, the back strap is adapted to urge against the patient's head beneath the occiput. In an embodiment, front strap portions of the headgear may be provided with a sleeve or cover (e.g., constructed of a fleece material) to enhance comfort in use.
US11395892B2	Cushion assembly for a respiratory mask A mask cushion or a mask assembly therewith provides a comfortable and effective seal for provision of a gas therapy by a respiratory treatment apparatus. The mask cushion may be integrated with or coupled to a mask frame. The mask cushion typically includes an inner cushion component. The mask cushion also includes a patient facial-contact side portion with a chamber and a barrier to form the chamber that may be flexible. The chamber may serve as an outer layer with respect to the inner cushion component. The chamber may be partially or completely filled with a gas, fluid or gel. The inner cushion may be formed with a soft flexible material such as an elastomer or foam, etc. The barrier may be a membrane and may also be soft flexible material.
US11395891B2	Methods and delivery devices using herbal extracts A method of purifying herbal extract(s) from an herbaceous plant composition includes heating the herbal extracts-containing composition to volatilize at least one of herbal extract(s) into a vapor and condensing the vapor on a substrate or wet extracting the herbal extract(s) by treatment of the herbaceous plant composition or a derivative thereof with a solvent for the herbal extract(s), separating the solution of herbal extract(s), forming a concentrate and casting the concentrate on the substrate to form a coating of the herbal extract(s) on the substrate. A corresponding delivery cartridge and delivery system can include a controllable heating element and the substrate coated with at least one of herbal extract(s). These are configured to allow passage of air over the substrate to volatilize or entrain the herbal extract(s) as a vapor, gas or aerosol for administration to a user.
US11395890B2	Smart valved holding chamber A medication delivery system including a holding chamber having an input and an output end, a backpiece coupled to the input end of the holding chamber and having an electrical circuit and an opening. An MDI includes an insert portion moveable between an engaged position wherein the insert portion is received in the opening and a disengaged position wherein the insert portion is removed from the opening, and at least one contact that completes the electrical circuit when the insert portion is in the engaged position.
US11395887B2	Intranasal device with inlet interface A device for delivering a compound to the olfactory region of the nasal cavity includes an actuator body and a tip that removably couples to the actuator body. The actuator body includes a propellant channel in fluid communication with a propellant canister. The tip includes an exit channel, an inlet interface, one or more grooves, and an outlet orifice. The exit channel extends between a proximal end and a distal end of the tip. The inlet interface is positioned about a distal end of the exit channel, and the inlet interface couples to a compound container containing the compound. The grooves are positioned about the inlet interface and direct propellant from the propellant channel into the compound container, thereby agitating and entraining the compound in the compound container with the released propellant. The compound and the propellant then travel through the exit channel and out the outlet orifice.
US11395885B2	Sheaths for needle delivery A needle apparatus having a sheath with a protective hypotube insert and a method of making the needle sheath. An example needle apparatus includes a handle, a needle having a proximal end connected to the handle and a sheath. The sheath is configured to receive of the needle. The sheath includes a proximal end connected to the handle, a distal end, a lumen and the protective insert. The lumen passes from the proximal end to the distal end of the sheath. The protective insert is received within the lumen at the distal end of the sheath when force and/or heat are applied.
US11395884B2	Mechanism for reducing risk of drug contamination The present invention provides a drug delivery system (1) comprising a drug delivery device (2, 3) carrying at least one reservoir (40a, 40b), and a needle unit (4) being attachable to the drug delivery device (2, 3) in axial extension thereof and adapted to establish a flow way between the at least one reservoir (40a, 40b) and a drug delivery site. The needle unit (4) comprises a needle structure (11) comprising a front needle portion (12) for entering the drug delivery site, and at least one back needle portion (13a, 13b) for insertion into the at least one reservoir (40a, 40b), and a needle shield (20). The needle shield (20) and the needle structure (11) are capable of undergoing relative axial motion between an accommodating relative position in which the needle structure (11) is completely accommodated within the needle shield (20) and a protruding relative position in which the front needle portion (12) protrudes from the needle shield (20), the needle shield (20) and the needle structure (11) being biased towards the accommodating relative position by a first bias force. When the needle unit (4) is attached to the drug delivery device (2, 3) the needle structure (11) and the at least one reservoir (40a, 40b) are capable of undergoing relative axial motion between a disconnected relative position in which the at least one back needle portion (13a, 13b) is spaced apart from the at least one reservoir (40a, 40b), and a connected relative position in which the at least one back needle portion (13a, 13b) and the at least one reservoir (40a, 40b) are fluidly connected, the needle structure (11) and the at least one reservoir (40a, 40b) being biased towards the disconnected relative position by a second bias force which is greater than the first bias force.
US11395881B2	Auto-injector apparatus Disclosed is an auto-injector apparatus for receiving a safety syringe, the safety syringe including a sheath deployable on actuation of a plunger to a position at least partially covering a needle of the syringe, wherein the apparatus is configured to allow movement of the sheath to a closed position that substantially covers the needle.
US11395879B2	Dual-chamber syringe with dual-lumen intravenous set A dual-chamber syringe may include an end wall and a primary plunger. The primary plunger may include a primary stopper. The primary stopper may form a primary chamber with the end wall. A secondary plunger may be in mechanical association with the primary plunger. The secondary plunger may include a secondary stopper. The secondary stopper may form a secondary chamber with the primary stopper. A primary nozzle may extend from the end wall and may be in fluid communication with the primary chamber. A secondary nozzle may extend from the end wall and may be in fluid communication with the secondary chamber.
US11395877B2	Systems and methods for fluid delivery A system for at least partial closed-loop control of a medical condition is disclosed. The system includes at least one medical fluid pump. The medical fluid pump including a sensor for determining the volume of fluid pumped by the pump. Also, at least one continuous analyte monitor, and a controller. The controller is in communication with the medical fluid pump and the at least one continuous analyte monitor. The controller includes a processor. The processor includes instructions for delivery of medical fluid based at least on data received from the at least one continuous analyte monitor.
US11395874B2	Sequential collapse waveform dressing An apparatus for tissue therapy may include a sequentially-collapsing tissue interface for use with negative pressure. The apparatus may include a first manifold and a second manifold fluidly coupled to the first manifold through a constricted fluid path. A fluid conductor may fluidly couple the second manifold to the first manifold. The fluid conductor may constrict fluid flow between the first manifold and the second manifold. The apparatus may include a negative-pressure source fluidly coupled to the first manifold in some embodiments. A controller may be configured to operate a negative-pressure source to provide negative pressure to a tissue interface in a therapy sequence adapted to propagate a wave in the tissue site. Such motion may be particularly advantageous or beneficial for a variety of conditions, including lymphedema, edema, or venous insufficiency.
US11395873B2	Control of wound closure and fluid removal management in wound therapy Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems and methods for operating the systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a negative pressure source can provide negative pressure via a fluid flow path to a wound dressing comprising a stabilizing structure. The stabilizing structure can be inserted into a wound and collapse upon application of negative pressure to the wound when the stabilizing structure is positioned in the wound. A controller can in turn determine a measure of collapse of the stabilizing structure from a pressure in the fluid flow path while the negative pressure source maintains a magnitude of the pressure in the fluid flow path within a negative pressure range. The controller can output an indication responsive to the measure of collapse.
US11395864B2	Settable bone void filler The invention provides composite materials that form a biocompatible and bioresorbable settable ceramic-forming composition, and that possesses high strength when set and other desirable mechanical properties. The composite materials may include additive materials that provide beneficial advantages in the handling and physical properties of the material. When a hydrated precursor, the composite material is capable of being injected through cannulas for placement in treatment sites. The composite material provided desirable handling properties and sets in a clinically relevant time period.
US11395862B2	Phosphocalcic cement composition comprising blood A bone cement paste containing a powder component comprising α-tricalcium phosphate (α-TCP) particles having an average size greater than or equal to 9 μm, and a liquid component comprising blood is disclosed. A method for preparation of the phosphocalcic cement composition is also disclosed.
US11395861B2	Device for diffusing volatile substances A device including a receptacle that defines a neck. A liquid that impregnates diffusion means is housed inside the receptacle. The diffusion means includes a flexible band and a rigid band in contact with each other, the flexible band being in contact with the liquid inside the receptacle. The device also includes an inner closing element that fits tightly inside the neck and a regulation element complementary to the inner closing element. The rigid band is associated with the regulation element, the position of which determines the surface of the rigid band arranged on the outside of the receptacle. The device facilitates accurate regulation of the exposed surface of the rigid band, thereby regulating the intensity of the perfume in a room.
US11395860B2	Method of preparing containers for blood-derived products A method of preparing containers for blood-derived products includes filling the blood-derived product containers with the blood-derived product, of virally inactivating the blood-derived product containers, and detecting possible defects in the blood-derived product containers. The viral inactivation is carried out by placing the blood-derived product containers in contact with steam at sub-atmospheric pressure in a chamber adapted for that purpose.
US11395858B2	Multiple light emitter for inactivating microorganisms Disclosed herein is a multiple light emitter device which inactivates microorganisms. The device includes at least two light emitters and at least one light-converting material arranged to convert at least a portion of light from the light emitters. Any unconverted light emitted from the light emitters and converted light emitted from the at least one light-converting material mixes to form a combined light, the combined light being white. In one aspect, the light emitters include at least one blue light emitter and at least one violet light emitter. In another aspect, the light emitters include one blue light emitter and one emitter within the range of approximately yellow to infrared light.
US11395852B2	Therapy involving antibodies against Claudin 18.2 for treatment of cancer The present invention generally provides a therapy for effectively treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing CLDN18.2, in particular cancer diseases such as gastroesophageal cancer. Data are presented demonstrating that administration of an anti-CLDN18.2 antibody to human patients with gastroesophageal cancer is safe and well-tolerated up to a dose of at least 1000 mg/m2. Furthermore, data are presented demonstrating that the antibody is fully functional in these patients to execute anti-tumor cell effects and evidence for antitumoral activity was obtained.
US11395850B2	RSV vaccines and methods of production and use thereof Recombinant, live, attenuated viruses of the Pneumoviridae family are disclosed that include a baculovirus GP64 envelope glycoprotein or variant or fragment thereof and a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) F protein variant or fragment thereof. Also disclosed are polynucleotides encoding the virus as well as pharmaceutical compositions and vaccines containing the virus. In addition, methods of producing and using each of the above compositions are also disclosed.
US11395848B2	Methods and compositions for treating diabetes Described herein are methods and compositions for treating diabetes mellitus, concerning oral pharmaceutical compositions comprising insulin in combination with a GLP-1 analogue.
US11395844B2	Pueraria flower extract rich in isoflavones and a method and application of the same A method of preparing a Pueraria flower extract rich in isoflavones includes: grinding dry Pueraria flowers to obtain a Pueraria flower powder; adding a first 20-50% ethanol solution to form a mixture, stirring and heating the mixture at 20-80° C. for 1-4 hours, removing the first solution, adding a second 20-50% ethanol solution, stirring and heating the mixture, removing the second solution, and combining the first solution and the second solution to obtain an extract solution; filtering the extract solution to remove solids; concentrating the extract solution under vacuum to obtain a crude extract containing 10-40% solid components; adding anhydrous ethanol solution to reach an ethanol concentration of the crude extract of 75-95%, storing the crude extract at 20-30° C. for 1-4 hours; centrifuging the crude extract at a speed of 2,000-5,000 r/min to obtain a supernatant; and concentrating and spray drying to obtain the Pueraria flower extract without any purification steps.
US11395842B2	Purified cannabis extracts and methods for production thereof A method for producing a purified cannabis extract includes providing a first extract with an organic hydrophilic solvent, at least one cannabinoid, and water at concentration W1 by weight, and at least one impurity at impurity to cannabinoid weight/weight ratio R1; adding water to the first extract to reach water concentration W2 by weight, whereby a solid matter and a second extract are formed; separating the solid matter from the second extract, whereby separated solid matter and separated second extract are formed. The separated second extract includes the organic hydrophilic solvent, the at least one cannabinoid, and water to cannabinoid weight/weight ratio R2.
US11395839B2	Use of lactic acid bacteria to treat or prevent gestational diabetes mellitus The present invention provides methods of treating or preventing gestational diabetes by administering Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 or derivatives thereof, in addition to uses, compositions, and medicaments comprising Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 or derivatives thereof to treat or prevent gestational diabetes mellitus.
US11395837B2	Placental tissue component compositions for treatment of skin defects and methods using same The present disclosure provides methods of treating defects such as wrinkles or scars via a subdermal injection of placental tissue components. It also provides placental tissue compositions maintained within the barrel of a syringe, which may be for use in treating such defects.
US11395835B2	Use of common gamma chain cytokines for the visualization, isolation and genetic modification of memory T lymphocytes It is described in vitro methods for expanding, detecting or isolating rare populations of antigen specific memory T cells. It is also described an in vitro method for obtaining a genetically modified memory T cell population. Uses of cells so obtained are also disclosed.

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