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US11487533B2	Method and system for inferencing logic out of an application source The application source code generally does not have any uniformity, defined executional sequence or documented information on the underlying complexity. It varies based on the requirement, domain and from each developer to developer. The slightest mistake in analyzing/modifying it will have a huge impact for the existing functionalities and interfacing applications. A method and system for inferencing code logic out of an application source code has been provided. This starts with the conversion of the raw form of code into logically linked blocks. These logical blocks in-turn represent standard meaningful representation of the code logic and are processed into vectors. Further, the processed vectors are fed into pre-trained machine learning models from which the code logic is predicted. Further the system and method can also be extended to various other applications in application maintenance, aiding the SME, inducting a new resource, documentation etc.
US11487529B2	User interface that integrates plural client portals in plural user interface portions through sharing of one or more log records A computer-implemented method for integrating client portals of underlying data processing applications through a shared log record, including: storing one or more log records that are each shared by the process management application and the version control application; receiving instructions through a user interface that integrates, through the shared one or more log records, the process management client portal with the version control client portal; in response to the receiving of the instructions, executing the received instructions, the executing of the received instructions including: selecting, by the version control application, a particular version of the rule from the multiple versions of the rule stored in the system storage; and transitioning, by the process management application, the particular version of the rule from the first state of the plurality of states to the second, different state of the plurality of states.
US11487528B1	Managing system upgrades in a network computing environment Techniques are provided for managing system upgrades in a network computing environment. For example, a method includes managing an upgrade of a system within a cluster of systems which communicate in a network computing environment system to implement a distributed application. The system performs an upgrade operation to upgrade a current version of the system to a new software version number which comprises a new feature. The system performs a cluster version update process to communicate with other systems in the cluster to determine a cluster version number of the cluster. The system enables the new feature of the new software version if the new software version number is not greater than the determined cluster version number of the cluster.
US11487526B2	Distributed user agent information updating Methods and systems for providing distributed user agent information updating. One system includes a data processing server configured to receive an update event associated with an update to an active version of user agent information. The active version of the user agent information is actively accessible for request enrichment. The data processing server is also configured to generate an updated version of the user agent information according to the update and replace the active version with the updated version in storage. In response to the storage of the updated version, the updated version is actively accessible for request enrichment.
US11487525B2	Method and system for remote load of on-board certified software Provided is a method for remotely uploading certified software from a source to a data update module on an asset via a wireless communications link. The method includes encrypting the communications link between the source and the data update module to form a secure tunnel and verifying credentials of the source via the data update module when a software update file is transmitted. A load assurance check is performed on a portion of the transmitted update file to confirm integrity of the transmitted file when the credentials of the source are verified. The uploading of the certified software is immediately activated when the file integrity is verified, the activating occurring automatically and being devoid of human intervention.
US11487512B2	Generating a services application Technologies are described herein for generating a service application. A service application generator can be used to generate a service application upon receiving a prompt to generate the service application. The service application generator can interface with a user or other entity to determine information used to build a service application.
US11487511B2	Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to accept a setting for a timing of an input of an attribute value of a specific attribute when creating a program that runs by linking a first application of a link source and a second application of a link target. The specific attribute is one of attributes handled by the first application or the second application, and the attribute value of the specific attribute is variable in accordance with progress of a process performed by the program.
US11487507B2	Multi-bit compute-in-memory (CIM) arrays employing bit cell circuits optimized for accuracy and power efficiency A bit cell circuit of a most-significant bit (MSB) of a multi-bit product generated in an array of bit cells in a compute-in-memory (CIM) array circuit is configured to receive a higher supply voltage than a supply voltage provided to a bit cell circuit of another bit cell corresponding to another bit of the multi-bit product. A bit cell circuit receiving a higher supply voltage increases a voltage difference between increments of an accumulated voltage, which can increase accuracy of an analog-to-digital converter determining a pop-count. A bit cell circuit of the MSB in the CIM array circuit receives the higher supply voltage to increase accuracy of the MSB which increases accuracy of the CIM array circuit output. A capacitance of a capacitor in the bit cell circuit of the MSB is smaller to avoid an increase in energy consumption due to the higher voltage.
US11487506B2	Condition code anticipator for hexadecimal floating point An aspect includes executing, by a binary based floating-point arithmetic unit of a processor, a calculation having two or more operands in hexadecimal format based on a hexadecimal floating-point (HFP) instruction and providing a condition code for a calculation result of the calculation. The floating-point arithmetic unit includes a condition code anticipator circuit that is configured to provide the condition code to the processor prior to availability of the calculation result.
US11487504B2	Generating quantum representations of hexadecimal data Methods, systems, and apparatus for implementing a hexadecimal to quantum computation translation. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining one or more hexadecimal data inputs; applying a quantum computation translation operation to each hexadecimal data input to generate one or more corresponding sequences of quantum computations; implementing the one or more sequences of quantum computations using quantum computing hardware to obtain one or more corresponding sequence of measurement results; and providing the one or more sequences of measurement results as respective representations of the one or more hexadecimal data inputs.
US11487501B2	Device control using audio data An audio control system can control interactions with an application or device using keywords spoken by a user of the device. The audio control system can use machine learning models (e.g., a neural network model) trained to recognize one or more keywords. Which machine learning model is activated can depend on the active location in the application or device. Responsive to detecting keywords, different actions are performed by the device, such as navigation to a pre-specified area of the application.
US11487500B2	Portable playback device state variable Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to facilitate playback of multimedia content are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a network interface configured to receive audio content over a playback network. A processor comprising instructions which when executed, cause the processor to detect that a portable playback device has joined the playback network. The processor is to update a state variable to indicate that the portable playback device has joined the playback network. The processor is to play audio content received over the playback network based on the state variable. The processor is to detect that the portable playback device is not joined to the playback network. The processor is to, after detecting that the portable playback device is not joined to the playback network, update the state variable to indicate that the portable playback device is not joined to the playback network.
US11487495B2	Audio flow for internet of things (IOT) devices during power mode transitions Systems and methods for essentially continuous audio flow for Internet of Things (IoT) devices during power mode transitions contemplate an audio bus, such as a SOUNDWIRE audio bus, to maintain an audio stream during a clock transition without having to tear down the audio stream as a new clock becomes active on the audio bus. By preserving the audio stream during such a transition, gaps in the audio are avoided resulting in better performance and end user experience.
US11487493B2	Automatic display unit backup during failures of one more display units through the utilization of graphic user interface objects defined for control transfer and reversion after resolution of the failures Automatic display unit backup during failures of one more display units through the utilization of graphic user interface objects defined for control transfer and reversion after resolution of the failures is provided herein. A system can comprise a memory operatively coupled to a processor that executes stored executable components comprising a first controller, a second controller, and a failure indication component that provides a first notification based on a first detection of a first failure at the second controller, and a second notification based on a second detection of a second failure at the first controller. Further, the executable components can comprise a control transfer component that automatically transfers control of a second display unit from the v controller to the first controller based on the first notification, or control of a first display unit from the first controller to the second controller based on the second notification.
US11487491B2	Screen projection method and apparatus, and storage medium The disclosure provides a screen projection method, a screen projection apparatus and a storage medium. The method includes: determining, in response to a meeting screen projection request of a user, at least one candidate meeting reservation notification that meets a preset condition from current meeting reservation notifications of the user; obtaining and displaying meeting prompt information corresponding to each candidate meeting reservation notification; obtaining a first screen projection code corresponding to the meeting prompt information; and performing, in response to detecting a screen projection instruction of the user for a target meeting prompt information of the meeting prompt information, a screen projection connection with a screen projection device based on the first screen projection code and the target meeting prompt information.
US11487488B2	Control apparatus, control method, and storage medium for performing a predetermined image processing based on a result of calibration on image data In response to reception of instructions to print a color sample from a user, first, a printing unit is caused to perform calibration. Then, after the calibration is completed in the printing unit, control is performed so that print data is generated by execution of predetermined image processing for image data representing the color sample and printing processing of the print data is performed in the printing unit.
US11487478B2	Memory system and method of controlling nonvolatile memory According to one embodiment, when a command executed in a nonvolatile memory is an erase/program command and when a cumulative weight value satisfies a condition that a first input is selected as an input of high priority, a memory system suspends execution of the erase/program command by transmitting a suspend command to the nonvolatile memory. The memory system repeats executing an operation of starting the execution of one read command of the first input and an operation of updating the cumulative weight by using the weight associated with the read command until read command no longer exists in the first input or until the condition that the cumulative weight is larger than the first value is not satisfied, and resumes the execution of the suspended erase/program command.
US11487476B2	Semiconductor memory device According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to receive a first command set, receive a second command set related to a read operation while rejecting a command set related to a write operation or erase operation in response to the first command set, and execute the read operation on the memory cell array in response to the second command set.
US11487474B2	Memory system and method of operating a memory device included in the same A memory system includes: a plurality of memory devices including a memory cell array having a plurality of planes, the plurality of memory devices being commonly connected to a memory controller through a channel; a super block including pages included in the planes of at least two memory devices among the plurality of memory devices; and the memory controller for transmitting, to the memory devices, at least one command instructing an operation on the super block and an address corresponding to the command. Each of the memory devices includes: peripheral circuit for performing the operation on the memory cell array; a group selection signal generator for outputting a group selection signal indicating the at least two memory devices constituting the super block; and control logic for controlling the peripheral circuit to perform an operation corresponding to the command, based on the group selection signal.
US11487473B2	Memory system A memory system is disclosed, which relates to technology for implementing data communication between memory devices. The memory system includes a plurality of memory devices and a memory controller. The memory devices allow a data packet composed of data and header information to be directly communicated between the memory devices. The memory controller transmits the data packet to a source memory device from among the plurality of memory devices, and receives the data packet from a last memory device from among the plurality of memory devices. Each of the memory devices hashes the header information such that the data is accessed, using a result of the hash, in address regions located at different positions.
US11487469B2	Apparatus and method for controlling access to memory module An apparatus controls access to a memory module coupled to a host controller via a data bus to exchange data with the host controller. The apparatus has a configurable information memory and comprises: an access control input port via which the apparatus receives a data access command from the host controller; a control unit to identify a data access command including an access address directed to a predetermined storage region of the memory module, and generate an information processing command based at least on the access address directed to the predetermined storage region, such that the control unit can configure the information memory based on the information processing command or provide the information processing command to the memory module; and an access control output port via which the apparatus provides the information processing command to the memory module, such that the memory module outputs corresponding data information to the host controller based on the information processing command.
US11487468B2	Healing failed erasure-coded write attempts in a distributed data storage system configured with fewer storage nodes than data plus parity fragments A distributed data storage system using erasure coding (EC) provides advantages of EC data storage while retaining high resiliency for EC data storage architectures having fewer data storage nodes than the number of EC data-plus-parity fragments. To ameliorate the effects of certain storage node outages or fatal disk failures, incoming data is temporarily replicated so that read and write operations can continue from/to the storage system. The system automatically heals failed EC write attempts in a manner transparent to users and/or applications: when all storage nodes are operational, the distributed data storage system automatically converts the temporarily replicated data to EC storage and reclaims storage space previously used by the temporarily replicated data. Individual hardware failures are healed through migration techniques that reconstruct and re-fragment data blocks according to the governing EC scheme. An illustrative embodiment is a three-node data storage system using EC 4+2.
US11487467B1	Layered memory mapped file technology Rapid writing to and reading from even very large amounts of data, especially where the data evolves more slowly over time. For each of a sequence of commits of the data, the data is represented by identifying pages of the data that have changed since a prior commit in the sequence of commits. A sparce file is formulate for the commit, and contains each of identified pages, and for each identified page a mapping of the identified to a page address of the identified page in the address range. The sparce file is then stored as associated with the corresponding commit. Thus, an ordered sequence of sparce files can be created and layered on top of a base file that represents the entire page address range. The sparce files may be quite small as there may be relatively few pages (or perhaps even no pages) that changed since the prior commit in the sequence of commits. Reads occur by creating a sparce in-memory object, and checking for each page at each sparce.
US11487466B2	Information processing apparatus reading data using host physcal address and guest physical address and computer-readable recording medium recording control program reading data using host physical address and guest physical address An information processing apparatus coupled to a storage device via a network includes a processor configured to: acquire a host physical address over a physical storage region in which information regarding an access to the storage device from a guest OS is stored from a first packet stored in the physical storage region storing a packet obtained by encapsulating the information regarding the access; convert the acquired host physical address into a guest physical address recognized by the guest OS; create a data structure of a block device; store the guest physical address in a data address region of the data structure; specify the host physical address corresponding to the guest physical address while referring to the memory when reading from the data address region is detected; read data from the specified host physical address over the physical storage region; and transfer the read data to the guest OS.
US11487463B2	Adaptive replication modes in a storage system In one aspect, adaptive replication modes in a storage system are provided. An aspect includes during an active replication session in which a first type of replication is performed at the storage system, monitoring write input/output (IO) operations, collecting data from the write IO operations, and determining, from the collected data, write IO latency. Upon determining that a threshold value has been met from the write IO latency, where the threshold value is defined for the first type of replication, an aspect includes automatically switching from the first type of replication to a second type of replication. The second type of replication is configured to compensate for operational deficiencies detected in response to the write IO latency.
US11487462B2	Method and device of predicting inter-volume copy time based on inter-pool copy speed An inter-volume copy time is to be accurately predicted. An operation management system is configured to perform operation management on a storage device including a plurality of resources and a plurality of volumes. In the storage device, IO processing and copy processing are performed between a plurality of volume groups in which the plurality of volumes are collected. The operation management system includes a processor, and the processor is configured to predict an inter-pool copy speed between the plurality of volume groups belonging to a same resource pool in the storage device, and predict an inter-volume copy time based on the predicted inter-pool copy speed.
US11487461B2	Preventing recovery of specific data elements Techniques for preventing recovery of specific data elements based on a recovery prevention configuration defined by a user are disclosed. In some embodiments, a computer system performs operations comprising: receiving a recovery prevention configuration from a first computing device of a first user, the recovery prevention configuration comprising at least one recovery prevention parameter specified by the first user via one or more user interface elements displayed on the first computing device, the at least one recovery prevention parameter being configured to identify one or more backup data elements stored in a secondary storage system; storing the recovery prevention configuration in a database in association with the secondary storage system; and filtering out the one or more backup data elements stored in the secondary storage system from a data recovery process based on the at least one recovery prevention parameter of the stored recovery prevention configuration.
US11487457B2	Reclassification of files in a hierarchical storage management system In an approach to automatically reclassifying files in an HSM system, responsive to occurrence of a recall to move a file on a hierarchical storage system from a secondary storage to a primary storage, whether stub metadata exists for the file is determined. Responsive to determining that stub metadata exists for the file, whether reclassification of the file is necessary is determined based on the stub metadata. Responsive to determining that the reclassification of the file is necessary, the file is reclassified, where the reclassification uses a latest classification model, and further where the stub metadata is updated with results of the reclassification. The file is migrated from the primary storage to the secondary storage based on the stub metadata.
US11487455B2	Dynamic block allocation to optimize storage system performance One or more performance parameters associated with data stored at a storage device of a plurality of storage devices are received by a storage controller. A first number of blocks of the storage device to a high resiliency portion and a second number of blocks of the storage device to a low resiliency portion of the storage device are allocated based on the one or more performance parameters.
US11487452B2	Electronic device and method for utilizing memory space thereof In various embodiments, an electronic device may include a display, a memory including a first space storing no data and a second space storing data, and a processor. The processor may be configured to control the electronic device to: receive an input for inputting a setting value for a fast data storage mode of the memory, to allocate a predetermined size of a free space of a file system of the electronic device as a temporary memory space for the fast data storage mode based on the setting value for the fast data storage mode, to control the memory to allocate a predetermined size of the first space as a borrowed space for the fast data storage mode corresponding to the size of the temporary memory space, to recognize occurrence of an event for starting data storage through the fast data storage mode, and to control the memory to perform the data storage using the borrowed space through the fast data storage mode in response to the occurrence of the event.
US11487451B2	Fast restart of large memory systems Utilizing a storage replica data structure includes receiving, at a hyper-kernel running on a computing node in a plurality of interconnected computing nodes, an indication of an operation pertaining to at least one of a guest physical memory address or a stable storage address. A guest operating system is run on a virtual environment that is defined by a set of hyper-kernels running on the plurality of interconnected computing nodes. It further includes updating a storage replica data structure. The storage replica data structure comprises a set of entries. The set of entries in the storage replica data structure comprises associations among guest physical memory addresses, physical memory addresses, and stable storage addresses.
US11487449B2	Data storage device and method for enabling higher lane utilization in run time via device hints on workload patterns A storage system and method for improving utilization of a communication channel between a host and the storage system are provided. In one embodiment, a host sends a request for workload pattern information to the data storage device, and the data storage device provides the requested workload pattern information to the host. Based on that workload pattern information, the host queues commands to be sent to the data storage device to improve utilization of the communication channel between the host and the data storage device. Other embodiments are provided.
US11487448B2	Storage device using unsupervised learning scheme and memory management method thereof A method includes sampling input/output requests from a host to generate sampled input/output requests; classifying the sampled input/output requests into clusters using an unsupervised learning algorithm; determining a hot data range based on a characteristic of the clusters; and incorporating the determined hot data range into a hot data table.
US11487447B2	Hardware-software collaborative address mapping scheme for efficient processing-in-memory systems Approaches are provided for implementing hardware-software collaborative address mapping schemes that enable mapping data elements which are accessed together in the same row of one bank or over the same rows of different banks to achieve higher performance by reducing row conflicts. Using an intra-bank frame striping policy (IBFS), corresponding subsets of data elements are interleaved into a single row of a bank. Using an intra-channel frame striping policy (ICFS), corresponding subsets of data elements are interleaved into a single channel row of a channel. A memory controller utilizes ICFS and/or IBFS to efficiently store and access data elements in memory, such as processing-in-memory (PIM) enabled memory.
US11487444B2	Centralized power management in memory devices A total power requirement for a plurality of memory operations is estimated. It is determined that the total power requirement would meet a power budget. In in response to determining that the total power requirement would meet the power budget, a power profile identifier associated with a first operation of the plurality of memory operations is adjusted. The first operation and the power profile identifier are issued to a memory device. The power profile identifier is used by the memory device to regulate an amount of power used when performing the first operation.
US11487443B2	Systems and methods for use in segregating data blocks to distributed storage Systems and methods are provided for storing data blocks in distributed storage. One exemplary computer-implemented method includes, in response to receipt of a data block comprising data, generating a value N for the data block, wherein the value N includes a variable integer greater than one and dividing the data block into N segments, wherein each segment includes a portion of the data. The method also includes generating a value M for the data block, wherein the value M includes a variable integer greater than or equal to one, and adding M segments of chaff to the N segments. The method then includes encrypting the N segments and the M segments of chaff and distributing the M segments and the N segments in distributed storage, wherein the N segments and the M segments of chaff are stored in multiple different storage devices included in the distributed storage.
US11487440B1	Evaluation system for evaluating resource operation of information system by user Disclosed is an evaluation system for evaluating a resource operation of an information system by a user. The evaluation system includes one or more arithmetic units, and one or more storage devices. The one or more storage devices are configured to store risk management information for managing an erroneous operation risk evaluation index relating to the resource operation of the information system. The one or more arithmetic units are configured to: receive operation information indicating a first resource operation designated by a first user, and evaluate an erroneous operation risk of the first resource operation based on the first resource operation and the risk management information.
US11487438B1	Recovering allocated storage space in a storage system Systems, methods, and computer readable storage mediums for discovering volumes which are good candidates for space reclamation. A storage subsystem identifies the file system storage capacity for a given volume from the file system metadata of the given volume. Then, the storage subsystem compares the file system capacity of the given volume to the allocated capacity on the storage subsystem. If the allocated capacity is greater than the file system capacity by a given threshold, the storage subsystem marks the given volume as a candidate for space reclamation and generates an alert to the user to reclaim the space of the given volume.
US11487436B2	Trims corresponding to logical unit quantity Instructions can be executed to determine a quantity of logical units that are part of a memory device. The instructions can be executed to operate the logical units with a programming time sufficient to provide a required throughput for storage of time based telemetric sensor data received from a host. The instructions can be executed to operate the logical units with a trim that correspond to the programming time.
US11487432B2	Direct response to IO request in storage system with remote replication An apparatus comprising a processing device is configured to communicate with a storage node of a storage system via at least one network and to communicate with a compute node that implements at least a portion of an application via the at least one network. The at least one processing device is configured to obtain an input-output request associated with the application from the compute node via the at least one network and to associate information corresponding to the compute node with the input-output request. The at least one processing device is further configured to submit the input-output request and the associated information that corresponds to the compute node to the storage node. The storage node is configured to submit a response to the input-output request to the compute node via the at least one network based at least in part on the information.
US11487431B2	Storage system In write processing of a data set group to be written to be one or more data sets to be written, a storage system performs encoding processing including processing for generating a data model showing regularity of the data set group to be written and having one or more input values as an input and the data set group as an output. In the write processing, the storage system writes the data model generated in the encoding processing and associated with a key of the data set group to be written.
US11487430B2	Reducing data using a plurality of compression operations in a virtual tape library Embodiments are provided for reducing data using a plurality of compression operations in a computing storage environment. A speed of data writing to a virtual tape device and an availability of one or more processor devices for the virtual tape device may be monitored. One or more requests may be received for writing data to the virtual tape device. Data to be written to the virtual tape device, corresponding to a selected number of the one or more requests for writing the data, may be compressed according to both the speed of data writing to the virtual tape device and the availability of one or more processor devices for the virtual tape device. The compressed data may be stored in the virtual tape device in record units. Non-compressed data may be compressed in the virtual tape device at a subsequent period of time (e.g., future time period).
US11487428B2	Storage control apparatus and storage control method A storage control apparatus, includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: receive management information for managing data stored in a first storage device, generate, for each processing unit of the data, restoration information for restoring the management information, add the data to the restoration information by processing the data based on the management information on a second storage device, store, in the first storage device, the added restoration information, and reconstruct the management information on the second storage device based on the added restoration information when detecting an abnormality occurrence on the receiving the management information.
US11487427B2	Fine-grained hardware transactional lock elision Concurrent threads may be synchronized at the level of the memory words they access rather than at the level of the lock that protects the execution of critical sections. Each lock may be associated with an array of flags and each flag may indicate ownership of certain memory words. A pessimistic thread may set flags corresponding to memory words it is accessing in the critical section, while an optimistic thread may read the corresponding flag before any memory access to ensure that the flag is not set and that therefore the associated memory word is not being accessed by the other thread. Thus, optimistic threads that do not have conflicts with the pessimistic thread may not have to wait for the pessimistic thread to release the lock before proceeding.
US11487426B2	Apparatus and method for cursor control and text selection and editing based on gesture-based touch inputs received in a virtual keyboard display area An apparatus and method of editing text in a mobile terminal include a display unit, configured to display a text display area, a touch sensitive keypad display area, at least one text character in the text display area, and a cursor in the text display area; and at least one processor, configured to detect a first gesture in a touch input in the touch sensitive keypad display area, and control moving, upon detecting the first gesture, the cursor in the text display area, according to the touch input in the touch sensitive keypad display area. The first gesture includes a touch of a point in the touch sensitive keypad display area where no key is displayed.
US11487423B2	Sub-display input areas and hidden inputs Disclosed in some examples are display systems, methods, devices, and machine-readable mediums which provide for a gesture-based method for specifying a region of a display in which to show shared content. Also disclosed are pairing methods for associating the region of the display with a content source device, methods for sharing content within the region, and methods for providing input from the region back to the content source device.
US11487421B2	Systems and methods for generating and providing intelligent time to leave reminders Systems and methods for identifying on an electronic device an identifier and an associated time, date, or time and date, wherein the identifier is a name of an entity that a user is scheduled to visit at the associated time, date, or time and date. Determining, at around the time, date, or time and date, using a location sensor, a location of the electronic device as an entity address. Associating the identifier with the entity address and storing the identifier and associated entity address. Upon receipt of the identifier as an input: retrieving, using the identifier, the entity address, displaying, at the touch-sensitive display, a selectable user interface element corresponding to the entity address, receiving a selection of the selectable user interface element corresponding to the entity address, and in response to receiving the selection, providing the entity address to an application on the electronic device for use.
US11487420B2	Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to display data in compact spaces Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to display data in compact spaces. Examples instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least render a view container and a scroll container included in a graphics user interface (GUI); in response to a left edge of the scroll container being closer to a left side of the GUI than a left edge of the view container, render a left scroll toggle actionable to scroll the scroll container left; and in response to a right edge of the view container being closer to the left side of the GUI than a right edge of the scroll container, render a right scroll toggle actionable to scroll the scroll container right.
US11487414B2	Systems and methods for production and display of dynamically linked slide presentations Systems and methods are provided for production and display of map based slide presentations. The system may provide a map of a geographic region via a map interface and select a portion of the geographic region for creation of a slide. The slide may be created to incorporate all of the data within the selected portion and may be part of a series of slides in a presentation. The user may further provide access controls to data aspects within the slide and the system may use the access controls to regulate display of the slide.
US11487404B2	Device, method, and graphical user interface for navigation of concurrently open software applications An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and one or more programs stored in memory for execution by one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for displaying a first application view that corresponds to a first application in a plurality of concurrently open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first input, and in response, concurrently displaying a group of open application icons that correspond to at least some of the plurality of concurrently open applications with at least a portion of the first application view. The open application icons are displayed in accordance with a predetermined sequence of the open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first gesture distinct from the first input, and in response, displaying a second application view that corresponds to a second application adjacent to the first application in the predetermined sequence.
US11487403B2	Systems and methods for displaying notifications received from multiple applications Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying notifications received from multiple applications. In some embodiments, an electronic device can monitor notifications that are received from the multiple applications. Responsive to receiving the notifications, the electronic device can control the manner in which the notifications are displayed while the device is operating in a locked or an unlocked state. In some embodiments, the electronic device can allow users to customize how notifications are to be displayed while the device is in the locked and/or unlocked states.
US11487401B2	System and method for selectively displaying waveforms using graphical user interface A method and test system are provided for selectively emphasizing waveforms on a display of the test system. The method includes presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) on the display of the test system; receiving through the GUI a selection of channels to be viewed on the display; receiving through the GUI an indication enabling a waveform emphasis feature; receiving through the GUI an indication of a cycle time; and displaying through the GUI multiple waveforms, respectively produced by the selected channels, by sequentially emphasizing each waveform of the multiple waveforms for the cycle time as a viewable waveform, while de-emphasizing each remaining waveforms of the multiple waveforms in relation to the emphasized waveform for the cycle time.
US11487397B2	Multiple windows for a group-based communication system A system, method, and computer-readable media for dividing the content of a user interface for a group-based communication system among a plurality of windows. A parent window may comprise a plurality of panes. A child window may be created from the parent window by an actuation on a pane of the plurality of panes presented by the user interface. Child windows and the parent window may share computer memory. A plurality of windows may be created to divide the content of the user interface. Libraries designed for single window applications may be modified to work with a plurality of windows. The group-based communication system may be implemented via various web technologies.
US11487393B2	Method for preparing stacking structure, stacking structure and touch sensor A method for preparing stacking structure includes providing a substrate; disposing a metallic layer and a silver nanowire layer on the substrate; applying flexographic printing technology to print an anti-etching layer on a surface of the metallic layer or the silver nanowire layer so that the anti-etching layer partially covers the metallic layer or the silver nanowire layer; applying an etching technology to remove a part of the metallic layer or the silver nanowire layer that is not covered by the anti-etching layer and the metallic layer or the silver nanowire layer disposed therebelow with an etching liquid so that the metallic layer comprises: metallic wires; a metallic grid; and a metallic plate; and removing the anti-etching layer. A stacking structure comprises: the substrate; the metallic layer; and the silver nanowire layer. The method for preparing stacking structure and the stacking structure can be applied to a touch sensor.
US11487390B2	Information processing apparatus and control method of information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus using proximity wireless communication is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a detection unit that includes a plurality of capacitance sensors arranged in a two-dimensional array along an operation surface and a recognition unit that recognizes an object placed on the operation surface on the basis of a detection result of the detection unit. The recognition unit recognizes a position and a direction of the capacitance sensor on which the metal portion included in the object is placed on the basis of the detection result obtained by discarding a detection value less than a predetermined threshold and recognizes a position and a direction less than an interval between the capacitance sensors in the metal portion on the basis of the detection result in which the detection value less than the predetermined threshold is not discarded.
US11487387B2	Method for driving display panel integrated with touch function, display module and display device including the same The present disclosure provides a method for driving a display panel, a display module and a display device. The display panel includes a touch electrode. The method includes: in a touch stage, providing a touch signal to the touch electrode. The touch stage includes: a first touch sub-stage and a second touch sub-stage spaced from each other; the touch signal includes: an uplink signal and a touch driving signal, and an active level of the uplink signal is higher than an active level of the touch driving signal. In the first touch sub-stage, the uplink signal is provided to the touch electrode; and in the second touch sub-stage, the touch driving signal is provided to the touch electrode.
US11487386B2	Touch screen controller, touch screen driving circuit including the same and touch screen system A touch screen controller, a touch screen driving circuit and a touch screen system are provided. The touch screen driving circuit configured to drive a touch screen includes an analog driving circuit configured to provide driving signals to a display panel and a touch panel of the touch screen, and generate a touch sensing value based on a touch sensing signal from the touch panel; a display noise table (DNT) comprising display noise information indicating display noise that varies according to a driving state of the touch screen and image data; a feature extractor configured to extract a plurality of feature values from the driving state and the image data; and a touch processor configured to read a display noise value mapped to the plurality of feature values from the DNT, subtract the display noise value from the touch sensing value and generate a touch value.
US11487375B2	Touch sensor A touch sensor comprises a touch sensor layer having an electrode pad portion formed in a bezel area, and a polarizing layer coupled to the touch sensor layer while opening an area of the electrode pad portion and having a side surface of an area of the electrode pad portion defining an altered surface and a side surface excluding the area of the electrode pad portion defining a straight line surface. The altered surface and the straight line surface have a cross-sectional inclination angle of 30° or less in a lateral direction with respect to a vertical direction.
US11487367B1	Computer input devices having translational and rotational degrees of freedom In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for an advanced computer input device with a rotational degree of freedom (zrot) in addition to two translation degrees of freedom (x and y), in an easy and intuitive fashion. A plurality of independent position sensors may be arranged on a lower surface of the computer input device, each determining a direction and velocity of motion of the input device when in use. The detected directions and velocities may be compared to determine whether a rotational motion of the input device has been applied as opposed to (or in addition to) a translation.
US11487365B2	Electronic apparatus for repositioning and transitioning among input devices An electronic apparatus that comprises at least a repositioning mechanism wherein at least one of said repositioning mechanisms alternately repositions for use and disuse at least an input device such that user can transition from using at least one of said input devices to using at least another one of said input devices even while both palms remain continuously engaged to their locations.
US11487364B2	Raise to speak Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process includes detecting input representing motion of an electronic device and sampling an audio input with a microphone of the electronic device. The example process further includes determining, based on the audio input and the input representing motion of the electronic device, whether to initiate a virtual assistant session. In accordance with a determination to initiate the virtual assistant session, the example process includes initiating the virtual assistant session. In accordance with a determination not to initiate the virtual assistant session, the example process includes forgoing initiating the virtual assistant session.
US11487362B1	Enclosure with locally-flexible regions A force input/haptic output interface for an electronic device can include a force input sensor and a haptic actuator. In one example, the force input sensor and the haptic actuator are accommodated on a frame positioned below an input surface. In many examples, the frame includes relieved portions that redirect and/or concentrate compression or tension in the haptic actuator into the frame.
US11487360B1	Gaze tracking method and gaze tracking device using ihe same A gaze tracking method includes the following steps. Firstly, a to-be-analyzed facial image is captured. Then, whether the to-be-analyzed facial image conforms to a customized 3D face model is determined If not, a customized 3D face model of the to-be-analyzed facial image is created. If yes, an eye area image of the to-be-analyzed facial image is obtained. Then, according to the customized 3D face model and the to-be-analyzed facial image, head posture information is obtained. Then, an eye camera coordinate value referenced to a camera coordinate system is obtained. Then, the eye camera coordinate value is converted into an eye frame coordinate value referenced to a display frame coordinate system. Then, according to the eye frame coordinate value, the head posture information and an eyeball radius, an eyeball center point coordinate value is obtained, and accordingly a gaze coordinate value is obtained.
US11487359B2	Video display apparatus and method With respect to a video display apparatus, a technology capable of improving the operability and usability for a user in relation to a generated image such as AR (Augmented Reality) is provided. An HMD as a video display apparatus displays an AR image on a display screen, configures an ID image including identification information (ID) for supporting an operation of a user to the AR image, detects a sight line direction of the user to set a sight line region, and displays the ID image so as to be associated with the AR image when the AR image falls within a range of the sight line region. The HMD receives an operation to select the ID image from the user, selects the AR image associated with the ID image when receiving the operation to select the ID image, and executes a predetermined process associated with the AR image.
US11487355B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method It is desired to provide a technology capable of controlling an object so as to improve user convenience. An information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes an object control unit that: suppresses a movement of a first object, on the basis of a first line-of-sight movement in which a gaze point of a user moves toward a first part of the first object or has moved to the first part; and moves the first object such that the first object leaves away from the gaze point of the user, on the basis of a second line-of-sight movement in which the gaze point of the user moves toward a second part of the first object different from the first part or has moved to the second part.
US11487344B2	Communication system, communication device, and power saving method Provided are a communication system, a communication device, and a power saving method, which enable a communication partner device to reliably recognize a communication unit switched to an ON state in response to reception of a predetermined signal from the communication partner device. A BLE chip transmits a BLE BD address when a BT3 chip is in an OFF state. A mobile terminal identifies a BT3 BD address associated with the BLE BD address received from a BLE chip based on stored correspondence data. A card reader switches the state of the BT3 chip to an ON state when the BLE chip receives a predetermined signal transmitted from the mobile terminal. The BT3 chip switched to an ON state starts to communicate data to be used for predetermined information processing to and from the mobile terminal.
US11487343B2	Semiconductor storing apparatus and flash memory operation method A semiconductor storing apparatus and a flash memory operation method, for shortening a recovery time from a deep power-down (DPD) mode without a dedicated command for the DPD are provided. A flash memory includes: a standard command interface circuit and a DPD controller, operating through an external power voltage; a voltage supply node, for supplying power from the external power voltage via a first current path; a voltage supply node, for supplying power from the external power voltage via a second current path; an internal circuit group, connected to the voltage supply node; and a charge pump circuit, connected to the voltage supply node. When the DPD mode is released, the internal circuit group is enabled after the charge pump circuit is enabled.
US11487341B2	Techniques for configuring a processor to execute instructions efficiently Systems and techniques for improving the performance of circuits while adapting to dynamic voltage drops caused by the execution of noisy instructions (e.g. high power consuming instructions) are provided. The performance is improved by slowing down the frequency of operation selectively for types of noisy instructions. An example technique controls a clock by detecting an instruction of a predetermined noisy type that is predicted to have a predefined noise characteristic (e.g. a high level of noise generated on the voltage rails of a circuit due to greater amount of current drawn by the instruction), and, responsive to the detecting, deceasing a frequency of the clock. The detecting occurs before execution of the instruction. The changing of the frequency in accordance with instruction type enables the circuits to be operated at high frequencies even if some of the workloads include instructions for which the frequency of operation is slowed down.
US11487340B1	Probe filter retention based low power state A data fabric routes requests between the plurality of requestors and the plurality of responders. The data fabric includes a crossbar router, a coherent slave controller coupled to the crossbar router, and a probe filter coupled to the coherent slave controller and tracking the state of cached lines of memory. Power state control circuitry operates, responsive to detecting any of a plurality of designated conditions, to cause the probe filter to enter a retention low power state in which a clock signal to the probe filter is gated while power is maintained to the probe filter. Entering the retention low power state is performed when all in-process probe filter lookups are complete.
US11487335B1	Tablet cooling device and method of use A tablet cooling device includes a copper plate, having a fan mounted on the coper plate to direct airflow; a heat sink secured directly under the fan; a thermal control board to control and regulate the fan and heat sink; and a peltier cooler secured underneath the heat sink; a sub cooling plate, having a circulation channel embedded in the sub cooling plate; a liquid mixture is circulated through the circulation channel; a power source; the thermal control board detects temperature to maintain a predetermined temperature range via active and passive cooling.
US11487332B2	Systems and methods for determining hinge angle position in an information handling system A method for forming an information handling system may include mechanically coupling a first assembly to a second assembly via one or more hinges and mechanically coupling a plurality of rotational capacitors to one or both of the first assembly or the second assembly. Each particular rotational capacitor may include a fixed stator plate configured to remain fixed relative to the first assembly when the second assembly is rotated relative to the first assembly and a rotating rotor plate configured to rotate about an axis of the one or more hinges in synchronization with the second assembly when the second assembly is rotated relative to the first assembly, such that an overlap between the fixed stator plate and the rotating rotor plate varies as the second assembly is rotated relative to the first assembly, thus varying a capacitance of the particular rotational capacitor as the second assembly is rotated relative to the first assembly.
US11487330B2	Electronic device with wrap around display A consumer electronic product includes at least a transparent housing and a flexible display assembly enclosed within the transparent housing. In the described embodiment, the flexible display assembly is configured to present visual content at any portion of the transparent housing.
US11487328B1	Multi-screen display device with internal wiring The present disclosure relates to a multi-screen display device with internal wiring. The multi-screen display device comprises a clamping frame, a circuit board and at least two display units, wherein the clamping frame is configured to be fixed on a screen to be extended, the circuit board is provided inside the clamping frame and is configured to be connected to a host end of the screen to be extended, and the display units are rotatably connected to the clamping frame respectively; and the circuit board is connected to the display units through wire harnesses in the clamping frame, respectively, and the wire harnesses are configured to transmit data and electric power to the display units. When the device of the present disclosure is in use, external wire harnesses only need to be directly connected to the circuit board without being connected to the display units respectively, so that wire harnesses used externally are reduced, the messiness of the wire harnesses is reduced, the convenience of use is improved, and the user experience is improved as well. An internal wire harness plugged into the circuit board will penetrate through a through hole of a tie rod. When the clamping frame is extended, the wire harness will not be directly observed. The integrity of the entire product is improved, and the wire harness can also be effectively protected.
US11487327B2	Display assembly, portable information device, manufacturing method of display assembly, and manufacturing method of portable information device A display assembly includes: a first plate having a first surface; a second plate having a second surface; and a display formed into one sheet shape and including a first region fixed to the first surface, a second region fixed to the second surface, and a third region as a region between the first region and the second region. The display assembly includes a flat plate form in which the first and second surfaces are lined up in a plane direction to be formed into a flat-plate shape, and a folded form in which the third region is so bent that the surface of the first plate and the surface of the second plate face each other. In the flat plate form, a tension is applied to the third region in a width direction toward the first region and the second region.
US11487326B2	Elevated docking station for different mobile devices The present disclosure relates to a docking station including a triangular prism shaped body, and a cradle proximal to a top section of the triangular prism shaped body for detachably receiving a mobile device, wherein the cradle may include a plurality of different connection interfaces to provide a selectable connection with a complementary connection interface of the mobile device.
US11487323B2	Electronic device for acquiring fingerprint information by using ultrasonic signal Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device according to an embodiment may include an ultrasonic sensor and a processor electrically connected to the ultrasonic sensor. The processor may be configured to obtain a noise signal at a periphery of the electronic device, via the ultrasonic sensor, to determine an attribute of a first ultrasonic signal oscillated by the ultrasonic sensor, based on the obtained noise signal, and to obtain fingerprint information based on the second ultrasonic signal obtained via the ultrasonic sensor and the determined attribute. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible.
US11487321B2	Foldable electronic device The present disclosure relates to a foldable electronic device. The foldable electronic device may include a shaft bracket, a first housing and a second housing, a flexible panel and a guiding member. The shaft bracket may include a base plate, a first side plate and a second side plate. The base plate, the first side plate and the second side plate may define an accommodation space. The flexible panel may include a first region, a middle region and a second region integrated together. The middle region may be arranged corresponding to the base plate of the shaft bracket. The guiding member may be arranged between the middle region of the flexible panel and the shaft bracket, and may be configured to apply a guiding force towards the accommodation space of the shaft bracket to the middle region of the flexible panel.
US11487317B1	Low-latency retimer with seamless clock switchover A low-latency signaling link retimer generates an output signal transmission synchronously with respect to a core clock signal alternately selected from two or more plesiochronous or mesochronous clock sources with switchover between or among the core-clock sources executed without shrinking, extending or otherwise disrupting the edge-to-edge core clock period or clock duty cycle.
US11487310B2	Load driving device, and lighting apparatus and liquid crystal display device using the same A light emitting load driving device includes a first constant current source structured to be serially connected to a first light emitting load group; a second constant current source structured to be serially connected to a second light emitting load group; a first load connection terminal structured to be connected to the first light emitting load group; a second load connection terminal structured to be connected to the second light emitting load group; and a control circuit structured to be supplied a first voltage applied to the first load connection terminal, a second voltage applied to the second load connection terminal, and a reference voltage applied to the control circuit, wherein the control circuit is structured to select a minimum voltage between the first voltage and the second voltage, and the control circuit is structured to equalize the minimum voltage and the reference voltage.
US11487305B2	Thermostatic cartridge The thermostatic cartridge includes: a cartridge body, inside which are delimited a chamber, a hot and cold fluid inlet passages and a mixed fluid outlet passage; a slide valve regulating the temperature of the mixed fluid, movable along an axis to close, in inverse proportions, the inlet passages; a thermostatic element, a mechanism for adjusting a thermostatic regulation temperature, which is, in a usage configuration, mechanically connected to the body to set, and by actuation, to modify the position of the piston of the thermostatic element along the axis; and a control member rotationally mounted on the body so as to, in the usage configuration, actuate it when the control member is rotationally driven in between positions associated with extreme low and high values of the thermostatic regulation temperature. When the control member is driven past a first position, the adjustment mechanism is disconnected from the body or control member.
US11487304B2	Process fluid path switching in recipe operations A method includes identifying time values for a length of time to carry out process fluid delivery within multiple processing chambers that concurrently process multiple substrates; translating each time value to a recipe parameter for execution of an operation of a processing recipe; and causing the operation to be performed using each recipe parameter as a control value to control valves of a fluid panel of the multiple processing chambers. For each processing chamber of the multiple processing chambers: causing the process fluid to flow to the processing chamber for a first period of time corresponding to a first time value; and causing the process fluid to flow to a divert foreline of the processing chamber for a second period of time, the second period of time being based on a timestep of the operation and the time value.
US11487303B2	Valve assembly with integrated flow sensor controller An actuator of an environmental control system of a building including a motor and a drive device driven by the motor and configured to drive a valve within a range of positions. The actuator includes one or more printed circuit boards including one or more processing circuits configured to obtain a raw measurement data set from transducers and generate a flow signal based on the raw measurement data set. The flow signal indicates a flow rate of a fluid through a conduit. The one or more processing circuits are configured to determine an actuator position setpoint based on a flow rate setpoint and the flow signal and operate the motor to drive the drive device to the actuator position setpoint. The motor, the drive device, and the one or more printed circuit boards are located within a common device chassis.
US11487289B1	Autonomous vehicle repair Techniques are described for repairing an autonomous vehicle. One of the methods includes receiving a message that an autonomous vehicle requires repair, the message including a time period during which the autonomous vehicle is available for repair. The method includes scheduling a time for the repair with a third-party, the third party having an address. The method also includes directing the autonomous vehicle to autonomously drive to the address at the time.
US11487277B2	Model predictive maintenance system for building equipment A model predictive maintenance (MPM) system for building equipment includes an equipment controller configured to operate the building equipment to affect a variable state or condition in a building and an operational cost predictor configured to predict a cost of operating the building equipment over a duration of an optimization period. The MPM system includes a maintenance cost predictor configured to predict a cost of performing maintenance on the building equipment over the duration of the optimization period and an objective function optimizer configured to optimize an objective function to predict a total cost associated with the building equipment over the duration of the optimization period. The objective function includes the predicted cost of operating the building equipment and the predicted cost of performing maintenance on the building equipment.
US11487275B2	Analyzer An analyzer includes a preliminary analysis unit that extracts interval data obtained by cutting out time-series data with a predetermined sliding window width, and analyzes simplicity of a change trend of the extracted interval, a data division unit that divides the data into pieces of division data with a sliding window width set based on an analysis result performed by the preliminary analysis unit, a data generation unit that generates combination data which is a text indicating a change trend in the division data based on the division data, and a data analysis unit that analyzes the combination data.
US11487272B2	Multi-scale data acquiring and processing device and method for aluminum oxide production process A multi-scale data acquiring and processing device and method for an aluminum oxide production process. The device includes a production index and variable configuring module, a data acquiring module, a data storing module, a main control module, a display module, a data processing module and a data transmitting module. The main control module is used for emitting a command, acquiring production indexes and variables generated in the aluminum oxide production process by different process control devices, and is used for performing unified processing, storage and display on the data, and further the data is transmitted through a transmitting module to systems or devices using the data.
US11487268B2	Method of calibrating a machine having at least two rotation axes The method can include measuring the tridimensional positions of a reference feature for a first at least three different angular positions of the reference feature around the first rotation axis and a same first reference angular position around the second rotation axis, the reference feature being fixed relative to the component; and measuring the tridimensional positions of the reference feature for a second at least three different angular positions of the reference feature around the first rotation axis and a same second reference angular position around the second rotation axis.
US11487264B2	Sensor and actuator based lifecycle monitoring of machines performing automated machine tasks The invention relates to a control system for automatically monitoring machine tasks and workflows performed by agriculture, mining or construction machines, comprising a computer for enabling a user to configure sensors and actuators and for reading sensor and actuator signals as sensor values and actuator statuses, a hardware interface for connecting the computer to an installed sensor and actuator network having a plurality of sensors and actuators, and a software configuration tool with a software interface, wherein the software interface enables a user to enter configuration instructions for instructing the computer, to configure a user-specifically customizable transformed sensor based on amending a sensor value and/or actuator status of a sensor and/or actuator of the sensor and actuator network and machine task based on logically linking sensor values, transformed sensor values and actuator statuses, wherein the user-specific customizability is enabled by providing a selectability, linkability and conditionability of sensor values, transformed sensor values and actuator statuses as variables, wherein at least two variables are logically linked and wherein at least one variable is conditioned based on using relational operators.
US11487258B2	Controller and control management system In a controller that operates a control program which executes sequence control or the like together with a data processing program which executes a complex arithmetic operation or the like, I/O resource information is shared with a shared memory, and an access right to the I/O resource information by the data processing program is controlled using read-in prohibited information and write-in permitted information.
US11487255B1	Integrated detection scheme for fast blood flow measurement Disclosed are various embodiments for integrated diffuse correlation spectroscopy. A first control signal can be sent to a switch to cause an integrator to integrate a current from a photodiode. An integrated current can be received from the integrator, and a data signal can be sent to a computing device based at least in part on the integrated current. A second control signal can be sent to a switch to cause the integrator to cease integrating the current from the photodiode.
US11487252B2	Process model identification in a process control system A method of controlling and managing a process control system having a plurality of control loops includes implementing a plurality of control routines to control operation of the plurality of control loops, respectively, wherein the control routines may include at least one non-adaptive control routine. The method then collects operating condition data in connection with the operation of each control loop, and identifies a respective process model for each control loop from the respective operating condition data collected for each control loop. The identification of the respective process models may be automatic as a result of a detected process change or may be on-demand as a result of an injected parameter change. The process models are then analyzed to measure or determine the operation of the process control loops.
US11487247B2	Timepiece case and timepiece Provided is a timepiece case that does not require a seal ring, such as an O ring, that is made of a resin material. The timepiece case includes a case body configured from metallic glass; and a button part that is formed integrally with the case body and is flexible.
US11487236B2	Recovery container and powder coating device A recovery container includes: a container body that is attachable to and detachable from an attachment target and capable of accommodating a powder; a first insertion portion that is provided at the container body, is capable of protruding from one of two wall portions of the container body at opposite sides in a direction intersecting an attachment direction of the container body, and is to be inserted into a first opening provided in a portion of the attachment target facing the one of the two wall portions by movement in a protruding direction of the first insertion portion; a second insertion portion that is provided at the container body, is capable of protruding from other of the two wall portions to a side opposite to the first insertion portion, and is to be inserted into a second opening provided in a portion of the attachment target facing the other of the two wall portions by movement in a protruding direction of the second insertion portion; and a third insertion portion that is provided at the container body, is capable of protruding from the other of the two wall portions to a side same as the second insertion portion, and is to be inserted into a third opening provided in a portion of the attachment target facing the other of the two wall portions by movement in a protruding direction of the third insertion portion.
US11487234B2	Sheet accommodating apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet accommodating apparatus includes an apparatus body, a first cassette to be drawn out in a draw-out direction with respect to the apparatus body, a second cassette disposed adjacent to the first cassette in a vertical direction, a holder member attached to the apparatus body, and a first light emitting member and a second light emitting member that are supported by the holder member. The first cassette includes a first accommodating container and a first cover. The second cassette includes a second accommodating container and a second cover. The first cover has a first hole in a position opposing the first light emitting member such that the light emitted from the first light emitting member passes therethrough. The second cover has a second hole provided in a position opposing the second light emitting member such that the light emitted from the second light emitting member passes therethrough.
US11487231B2	Heater, heating device, and image forming apparatus A heater includes a first heat generator and a second heat generator each of which has a hypothetical center line that divides each of the first heat generator and the second heat generator into a first section and a second section. A first conductor connects a first electrode to the first heat generator and the second heat generator. A second conductor connects a second electrode to the first heat generator and the second heat generator. A first primary connector connects the first conductor to the first section of the first heat generator. A second primary connector connects the first conductor to the second section of the second heat generator. A first secondary connector connects the second conductor to the first heat generator. A second secondary connector connects the second conductor to the second heat generator.
US11487229B2	Image forming apparatus with additional exhaust port An image forming apparatus includes a guide member including a guide surface that guides a sheet to a delivery rotating body, an opposing member opposed to the other face of the sheet, on an opposite side of the guide surface of the guide member, and defining an air passage between the opposing member and the guide member, such that one end portion is located on a side of the outer space, and the other end portion, on an opposite side of the outer space, communicates with a predesignated space on a side of the fixing device in an apparatus main body, and a dam member located downstream of the delivery rotating body in a sheet transport direction, and configured to dam air to be discharged with the sheet by the delivery rotating body, thereby guiding the air to the one end portion of the air passage.
US11487228B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a control unit configured to execute a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is a mode in which a toner image is formed on a sheet at a time when a sheet passes through an image formation position for a first time after detecting a property of the sheet by a detection unit. Wherein the second mode is a mode in which a toner image is not formed on a sheet at the time when the sheet passes through the image formation position for the first time after detecting the property of the sheet by the detection unit and is formed on the sheet at a time when the sheet is conveyed via the second conveyance path and passes through the image formation position for a second time.
US11487222B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a developer container to and from which the replenishment container is attachable and detachable and which includes an accommodating portion that accommodates developer and a replenishment port, an agitation member, an opening/closing member configured to be movable between a closed position and an open position, a drive source for driving the agitation member, and a control portion configured to control the drive source. The apparatus is configured such that image formation is not possible when the opening/closing member is at the open position, and the agitation member is capable of driving in a case where the opening/closing member is at the open position.
US11487221B2	Developer supply container and developer supplying system A toner cartridge includes a container accommodating toner and including a discharge opening. A pump is configured to alternately generate (i) a first air flow from outside to inside of the toner cartridge and (ii) a second air flow from inside to outside of the toner cartridge, with the pump being configured to supply the toner from the discharge opening to outside of the toner cartridge with the second air flow. The cartridge also includes a rotational force receiving portion configured to receive a rotational force from outside of the toner cartridge, with the rotational force receiving portion being configured to drive the pump with rotation of the rotational force receiving portion.
US11487219B2	Imaging system with control member for conveyance path and developing roller having a peeling pole An imaging system includes: a housing including a developing chamber, a developing roller located in the developing chamber to transport a developer and spaced apart from the housing; a conveyance path extending along at least part of a periphery of the developing roller in order to form a flow of air including the developer; and a control member. The developing roller includes a peeling pole at a fixed position with respect to the housing, to discharge the developer. The control member is located along the conveyance path in proximity to the peeling pole of the developing roller, to reduce a flow rate of the air flowing through the conveyance path.
US11487215B2	Optical deflector, optical scanning device equipped therewith, and image forming apparatus In an optical deflector, a polygon mirror and a drive motor are covered by a cover body including a first cover portion and a second cover portion. The first cover portion includes a top wall disposed above the polygon mirror, and a peripheral wall formed having a cylindrical shape extending downward from an outer peripheral end edge of the top wall and having a first opening opened by facing the deflection surface of the polygon mirror. The peripheral wall has an upper-end edge-defining portion and a lower-end edge-defining portion defining an opening end edge of the first opening, and the top wall has, on an inner surface side of a specific portion connected to the upper-end edge-defining portion, a first slope portion inclined downward toward the upper-end edge-defining portion.
US11487214B2	Charging roller, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A charging roller comprising an electroconductive mandrel and an electroconductive layer as a surface layer, the electroconductive layer including a matrix containing a cross-linked product of a first rubber and domains dispersed in the matrix, each of the domains containing a cross-linked product of a second rubber and an electroconductive particle, the domains each having a volume resistivity lower than a volume resistivity of the matrix, and when sampling a cubic sample of the electroconductive layer having a side of 20.0 μm from a region from an outer surface of the electroconductive layer to a depth of 20.0 μm, 50 number % or more of all the domains in the cubic sample satisfy a specific condition.
US11487211B2	Device and method for processing a microstructured component The invention relates to a device and a method for processing a microstructured component, in particular for microlithography. A device for processing a microstructured component comprises an ion beam source for applying an ion beam to at least regions of the component, wherein an ion energy of this ion beam is no more than 5 keV, and a detector for detecting particles backscattered at the component.
US11487206B2	Methods and apparatus for digital material deposition onto semiconductor wafers A microelectronic device is formed by dispensing discrete amounts of a mixture of photoresist resin and solvents from droplet-on-demand sites onto a wafer to form a first photoresist sublayer, while the wafer is at a first temperature which allows the photoresist resin to attain less than 10 percent thickness non-uniformity. The wafer moves under the droplet-on-demand sites in a first direction to form the first photoresist sublayer. A portion of the solvents in the first photoresist sublayer is removed. A second photoresist sublayer is formed on the first photoresist sublayer using the droplet-on-demand sites while the wafer is at a second temperature to attain less than 10 percent thickness non-uniformity in the combined first and second photoresist sublayers. The wafer moves under the droplet-on-demand sites in a second direction for the second photoresist sublayer, opposite from the first direction.
US11487203B2	Monomers, polymers and photoresist compositions Monomers and polymers are provided that comprise a carbon alicyclic group or heteroalicyclic group that comprises 1) one or more acid-labile ring substituents and 2) one or more ether or thioether ring substituents. Photoresists that comprise such polymers also are provided.
US11487195B2	Dome screen, dome screen projection apparatus, and method for fabricating the same A dome screen projection apparatus has screen members made of synthetic resin and detachably joined together to form a dome screen having a curved configuration. Frame members are detachably connected together to form a frame, and suspension members suspend the dome screen in a suspended condition from the frame. The frame members include frame column members disposed on the outside of the dome screen, one at each side of the dome screen and one at the rear of the dome screen, a frame beam member supported at opposite ends at upper portions of the two frame column members at each side of the dome screen and extending above the top front portion of the dome screen, and a frame arc-shaped beam member supported at upper portions of the frame column members. A projector is supported by the frame and projects an image on an inner face of the dome screen while the dome is in the suspended condition. The dome screen may have a generally hemispherical shape with an open front that enables viewers located in front of the dome screen to view an image projected on the inner face of the dome screen. The dome screen projection apparatus can be easily assembled and disassembled on site and moved to another site for assembly and disassembly.
US11487193B2	Projector device and control method An improvement in quality is achieved by improving a contrast ratio. Therefore, in a projector device including a light source device using a solid-state light source (AR) includes a temperature adjustment device (190) capable of setting a state in which a temperature of at least the solid-state light source is caused to increase. Then, a determination unit (12) determines a luminance state of an image and a control unit (16) controls a heat state of the solid-state light source (AR) by controlling the temperature adjustment device (190) on the basis of a determination result. In particular, by increasing the temperature of the solid-state light source (AR) in accordance with an image, light emission efficiency is lowered to decrease luminance.
US11487192B2	Optical redirection adapter An optical redirection adapter for an electronic device having a camera includes a housing. An optical element is attached to the housing and positioned such that, when the adapter is attached the electronic device, the optical element is positioned in the camera's field of view. The optical element reflects light in the camera's field of view from a redirection angle that is offset from the camera's field of view. The optical redirection adapter facilitates ergonomically sound use of the camera.
US11487191B2	Plate for camera equipment A plate provides clearance between a camera and a quick-release receiver securing the camera to a support.
US11487188B2	Optical apparatus and image pickup apparatus having a mechanism that extends distal end in optical axis direction An optical apparatus and an image pickup apparatus capable of reducing an impact force transmitted to an inside without increasing a total length is provided. A frame member which moves forward and backward in the optical axis direction integrally with an extension lens barrel has a recess facing a protrusion of a cam barrel in a radial direction. An elastic member urges the extension lens barrel and the frame member to be away from each other in the optical axis direction. A restriction member holds the frame member with a first gap formed between the extension lens barrel and the frame member in the optical axis direction. A second gap formed between the protrusion and the recess in the optical axis direction is smaller than the first gap.
US11487187B2	Camera lens support system A camera lens support system distributes the weight of a lens in a camera rig. The camera lens support system provides multiple degrees of freedom and adjustment to support a large number of lens and camera body combinations. The camera lens support system includes a locking mechanism that can simultaneously restrict translational and rotational adjustments of the camera lens support system.
US11487183B1	Tunable optical device configurations and packaging According to various embodiments, a cover is sealed over a metasurface on a substrate to create a sealed chamber. Liquid crystal, or another tunable refractive index dielectric material, is positioned within the sealed chamber around optical structures of the metasurface before or after the cover is sealed. For example, the liquid crystal may be injected through small vias or holes to fill a sealed chamber. In some embodiments, a glass cover is shaped or patterned with photoresist to protrude into the sealed chamber to reduce the thickness of the liquid crystal used to fill the sealed chamber. A driver to control the metasurface may be, for example, integrated within the substrate, be attached to exposed bond pads of the metasurface, and/or be embodied as a control layer connected to the metasurface through the substrate by through-substrate vias (TSVs).
US11487182B2	Display device and method of manufacturing lenticular lens panel A display device includes a display panel which displays an image and a lenticular lens panel disposed above the display panel, where a lenticular lens area and a sealing area adjacent to the lenticular lens area are defined in the lenticular lens panel. The lenticular lens panel includes a first substrate disposed on the display panel, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, an insulating layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where a plurality of lenticular lens surfaces overlapping the lenticular lens area and a groove overlapping the sealing area are defined on the insulating layer, a sealing member disposed in the groove, where the sealing member combines the first substrate with the insulating layer, and a plurality of liquid crystal molecules disposed between the lenticular lens surfaces and the first substrate.
US11487176B2	Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus A first substrate of an electro-optical device includes a data line, a switching element of a demultiplexer, which is provided corresponding to the data line, and a selection signal supply wiring configured to supply a selection signal for selecting one data line, among a plurality of the data lines grouped into blocks, to the switching element. The first substrate also includes a resistance member for electrically connecting the selection signal supply wirings adjacent to each other. Thus, all of the selection signal supply wirings can be supplied with a selection signal for analysis, when a probe is brought into contact with an inspection terminal.
US11487173B2	Display panel, repair method for display panel and display device The present application discloses a display panel, a repair method for the display panel and a display device, where a repair line includes a first repair point, a second repair point and a third repair point which overlap with a data line, the first repair point is located on a side of a first overlapping area away from the second repair point, the second repair point is located between the first overlapping area and a second overlapping area, and the third repair point is located on a side of the second overlapping area away from the second repair point.
US11487170B2	Display device and method for manufacturing display device According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a first substrate, and a wiring board mounted on a mounting portion of the first substrate. The display panel includes a first terminal and a second terminal located in the mounting portion, a first alignment mark located in the mounting portion and located between the first terminal and the second terminal, a first wiring line connected to the first terminal, and a second wiring line connected to the second terminal. The wiring board includes a first connection wiring line connected to the first terminal, a second connection wiring line connected to the second terminal, and a second alignment mark located between the first connection wiring line and the second connection wiring line.
US11487167B2	Method for fabricating liquid crystal phase modulation device having spacer in liquid crystal layer A method for fabricating a liquid crystal phase modulation device is provided. The method includes detecting thicknesses of a plurality of portions of a reference liquid crystal layer of a reference liquid crystal phase modulation sample; determining a distribution according to the thicknesses of the portions of the reference liquid crystal layer; forming a plurality of spacers over a first substrate in the determined distribution; and combining the first substrate with a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer to form the liquid crystal phase modulation device.
US11487164B2	Substrate of display panel, manufacturing method therefor and display device The present application discloses a substrate of a display panel, a manufacturing method therefor and a display device. The substrate of the display panel includes a substratum, a shading layer and a plurality of retaining walls with different heights, where the shading layer is located in a non-display area of the substratum, the retaining walls are arranged on the shading layer in a direction parallel to a sealant coating direction of the display panel, and the plurality of retaining walls are connected in a laminated manner.
US11487163B2	Display panel and display apparatus This application discloses a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes: a substrate; a seal, arranged around a non-display region of the substrate, to form a sealing region; a peripheral component, exposed out of the sealing region; and a protection component, covering the peripheral component. The peripheral component includes a metal line and a black matrix. The protection component includes a seal, a support spacer, a Tuffy adhesive, a black adhesive, and a passivation layer. The Tuffy adhesive is attached on a side portion of the substrate, to completely cover the metal line and the black matrix.
US11487161B2	Display panel,method of photo alignment and driving method of the display panel The present application discloses a display panel, a method of photo alignment and a driving method of the display panel. A display area of the display panel is divided into at least a first area and a second area, light transmittance of the first area is different from that of the second area when driven by the identical voltage difference, and pre-tilt angles of liquid crystal molecules corresponding to the first area are different from those of liquid crystal molecules corresponding to the second area.
US11487160B2	Light adjusting glass The present disclosure provides a light adjusting glass, including a light transmitting substrate and a light adjusting functional layer, where the light transmitting substrate includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed opposite to each other, the light adjusting functional layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the light adjusting functional layer includes at least two liquid crystal cells; the liquid crystal cells are disposed in a laminated mode, and each of the liquid crystal cells has a liquid crystal layer including dye liquid crystal.
US11487156B2	Backlight module and display device including the same A backlight module includes: a back plate; an optical film disposed on the back plate; and a support module disposed on the back plate and between the back plate and the optical film, wherein the support module includes a base, and an elasticity coefficient of the base is greater than or equal to 0.4 kgf/mm and smaller than or equal to 0.6 kgf/mm.
US11487155B2	Backlight module and display device A backlight module includes an optical plate, a light source, and at least one optical film. The optical plate includes a light-emitting surface, a bottom surface and a side surface. The light source faces to the bottom surface or the side surface. The optical film is disposed above the light-emitting surface and includes a main body and at least one refractive part disposed on an end surface of the main body. The refractive part includes a plurality of microstructures and a substrate. The substrate is adhered to the end surface, and the microstructures are distributed in the substrate.
US11487154B2	Light source device and display device Light having high directivity and high uniformity is emitted. A light source apparatus (10) according to the present invention includes: a light emitting body group (11a) in which a plurality of light sources (11) that emit directional light are arranged on one surface; and a first visual field limiting film (12) that is provided on an optical path of the light emitted from the plurality of light sources (11), and outputs light that enters the first visual field limiting film in a first predetermined angular range by homogeneously diffusing the light within the first predetermined angular range.
US11487153B2	Backlight device and holographic 3-dimensional image display device including the same A backlight device includes: a light source to emit coherent light; an optical path difference generator on the light source, the optical path difference generator including an incident surface and a plurality of light emitting surfaces, the light emitting surfaces being parallel to the incident surface and having different separation distances from the incident surface; a light condenser on the optical path difference generator; a diffuser on the light condenser; and a collimator on the diffuser.
US11487149B2	Curved display device Provided is a curved display device capable of preventing or reducing local light leakage while achieving a certain contrast ratio. The curved display device includes a liquid crystal panel in a normally black mode. The liquid crystal panel includes a first polarizer, a liquid crystal cell, and a second polarizer in a stated order from a viewing surface side. The liquid crystal cell includes a first substrate including a transparent substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate including a transparent substrate in a stated order from the viewing surface side. At least one of the first substrate or the second substrate is provided with a third polarizer on a surface of the transparent substrate closer to the liquid crystal layer.
US11487145B2	Display panel, mask for manufacturing same, and display device This application discloses a display panel, a mask for manufacturing same, and a display device. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a plurality of grooves, and a spacer. The second substrate and the first substrate are arranged oppositely. The liquid crystal layer is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The plurality of grooves are provided on the first substrate and depressed from the surface of the first substrate. The spacer is formed on the first substrate and arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. The spacer includes a main spacer and sub-spacers, the main spacer being higher than the sub-spacers, and the sub-spacers being located inside the grooves.
US11487136B2	Customized wavefront-guided methods, systems, and devices to correct higher-order aberration Methods and systems for manufacturing a wavefront-guided scleral lens prosthetic device customized for an eye of a patient include obtaining a first scleral lens prosthetic device with a central optic zone configured to vault over the eye's cornea and a peripheral haptic zone configured to align with the eye's sclera, collecting measurements of any offset and/or rotation of the first scleral lens prosthetic device relative to the eye's pupil and of any aberrations, particularly higher-order aberrations, generating a wavefront-guided profile from the measurements, and fabricating a second scleral lens prosthetic device with the profile on a surface of a central optic zone configured to vault over the eye's cornea and a peripheral haptic zone customized to align with the eye's sclera.
US11487135B2	Lens supply system and related methods The supply systems for providing spectacle ophthalmic lenses have improved efficacy, in particular with respect to lens blank picking performance and/or lens manufacturing performance.
US11487127B2	Magnetic seesaw scanner This document relates to an optical device that uses a mirror scanning system as part of a display engine, where images generated by the mirror scanning system can be propagated through a waveguide or other such optical assembly to a user's eye. The mirror scanning system can utilize a magnetic assembly, where the mirror of the scanning system can be held in place magnetically instead of using support structures such as torsion bars or beams. Actuators can then be actuated to control the tilt of the mirror by way of magnetic fields, providing a greater field of movement for the optical element and enabling a spherical scan area to be produced.
US11487124B2	Methods and systems for auto-alignment of displays A method, medium and system for auto-aligning displays of a head/helmet mounted display. The method, medium and system may provide for an auto-alignment of components of a headband, headgear, or a helmet. The method, medium and system may provide for a first sensor mounted to the helmet of a user and configured to communicate and transfer align with a vehicle comprising an inertial navigation system (INS). The method, medium and system may provide for display comprising a second sensor configured to communicate with the first sensor and transfer align the second sensor with the first sensor based on the transfer alignment of the first sensor with the vehicle. The method, medium and system may provide for wherein the first sensor and the second sensor comprise an inertial measurement unit (IMU). Further, the method, medium and system may also provide for the aligning of two displays on the head/helmet relative to each other in real time.
US11487115B2	Head-up display apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a head-up display apparatus further reduced in size, the head-up display apparatus having: an image display apparatus including a light source and a display element; and a virtual image optical system in which light emitted from the image display apparatus is reflected by a windshield or a combiner of the vehicle so that a virtual image is displayed in front of the vehicle, wherein the virtual image optical system has a concave mirror and a distortion correcting lens, and the distortion correcting lens is disposed between the image display apparatus and the concave mirror, the concave mirror is disposed in a housing including an outer case along a shape of an effective light path area of the image light from the image display apparatus, and the image display apparatus is attached to part of an outer periphery of the housing.
US11487114B2	Display device and head-up display device The purpose of the present invention is to provide a head-up display having enhanced evenness of display image luminance. This head-up display is provided with: a backlight unit having a light source, the backlight unit emitting illumination light; a liquid crystal display element for displaying an image, the image being irradiated by the illumination light, whereby the liquid crystal display element emits display light; a control means for controlling the illuminance of the backlight unit and display by the liquid crystal display element; a housing having an opening through which the display light passes, the housing housing the liquid crystal display element and the backlight unit; and a cover glass for reflecting and/or transmitting in at least one location in a display light path and projecting the reflected and/or transmitted display light.
US11487112B2	Head-up display The invention relates to a head-up display device, a vehicle comprising such device and a method of forming an image in a head-up display device. The head-up display device is adapted to project an image on an image surface, such as a windshield. The device comprises a waveguide capable of guiding light carrying the image to be displayed, and an optical correction element. According to the invention, the waveguide is configured to couple light propagating therein towards the optical correction element, and the optical correction element is further configured to perform an optical function for said light and to direct the light towards the image surface through the waveguide.
US11487108B2	Extended macro to wide angle conversion lens Disclosed is an interchangeable conversion lens for underwater photography or cinematography able to change from macro to wide angle photographic perspectives and consists of a sequential assembly of optical lens elements. This conversion lens includes an objective lens, a relay lens and a focusing unit which are positioned on an optical axis and are interrelated in their optical performance to one another. The objective lens is to form an intermediate image (reversed and inverted) from wide angle perspective to half the size of the sensor in the camera, this intermediate image is then transmitted through the relay lens and the focusing unit which projects the image through a macro lens into the sensor of a camera. The three parts can be disassembled and reassembled underwater, all three separate parts are waterproof and therefore the optical performance of water is taken into consideration in the optical system. The length of this lens can be extended or reduced, and the three individual parts can be changed according to personal preferences. This provides a flexible underwater optical system that can easily be changed in water between macro and wide angle perspectives, depending on the photographer's needs.
US11487104B2	Optical module An optical module includes a base which has a main surface and in which a mounting region and a driving region for moving the mounting region along a first direction parallel to the main surface are provided, a movable mirror which has a mirror surface having a positional relationship of intersecting the main surface and is mounted in the mounting region, a first fixed mirror which has a mirror surface having a positional relationship of intersecting the main surface and of which a position with respect to the base is fixed, and a beam splitter unit which constitutes a first interference optical system for measurement light together with the movable mirror and the first fixed mirror. The mirror surface of the movable mirror and the mirror surface of the first fixed mirror are directed to one side in the first direction.
US11487095B2	Optical microscope and system including illumination to change function of biomaterial An optical microscope device includes: a first illumination optical system including a light source that emits illumination light for illuminating a specimen an LCOS spatial light modulation element that controls a polarization state of the illumination light, a first illumination optical member that uniformly illuminates the LCOS spatial light modulation element, and a polarization optical element that controls a transmission state of the illumination light directed to the specimen from the LCOS spatial light modulation element in response to the polarization state of the illumination light; a second illumination optical system including a second illumination optical member that images a light flux from the first illumination optical system on a specimen surface; and an imaging optical system for imaging the specimen surface.
US11487092B2	Zoom lens and imaging device A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group that is positive, a second lens group that is negative, a third lens group that is positive, and a fourth lens group that is positive. During zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, at least the first lens group and the third lens group are fixed and an interval on an optical axis of an adjacent lens group relative thereto is changed. In the zoom lens, the fourth lens group includes at least one positive lens and satisfies a predetermined conditional expression. In addition, an imaging device includes the zoom lens and an image sensor.
US11487091B2	Photographing lens assembly, imaging apparatus and electronic device A photographing lens assembly includes seven lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The image-side surface of the seventh lens element includes at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. The object-side surface and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element are aspheric.
US11487089B2	Image capturing optical lens assembly including five lenses of +−++− or +−−+− refractive powers, imaging apparatus and electronic device An image capturing optical lens assembly includes five lens elements, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path, being a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. At least one of surfaces of the fifth lens element includes at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof.
US11487088B2	Imaging lens assembly including seven lenses of ++−+−+− or ++−−−+− refractive powers, image capturing unit and electronic device An imaging lens assembly includes seven lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The sixth lens element has positive refractive power, and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens element has negative refractive power. At least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of at least one lens element of the imaging lens assembly is aspheric and has at least one inflection point.
US11487084B2	Optical imaging lens including seven lenses of +--+-+- or +--+++- refractive powers An optical imaging lens includes, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first to seventh lens elements each having an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The optical imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression: (G56+T6+G67)/(TG34+GT45)≥2.600. G56 is an air gap from the fifth to the sixth lens element along the optical axis. T6 is a thickness of the sixth lens element along the optical axis. G67 is an air gap from the sixth to the seventh lens element along the optical axis. TG34 is a distance from the object-side surface of the third lens element to the object-side surface of the fourth lens element along the optical axis. GT45 is a distance from the image-side surface of the fourth lens element to the image-side surface of the fifth lens element along the optical axis.
US11487079B2	Lens actuating apparatus, periscope photographing module, and photographing device The present disclosure relates to a lens actuating apparatus, a periscope lens module including the lens actuating apparatus, and a photographing device including the periscope lens module. Light enters a lens group after being reflected, where a direction of an optical axis of the lens group is different from a thickness direction of the photographing device to eliminate a limitation of a length of the direction of the optical axis of the lens group on a thickness of the photographing device, and implement thinness of the photographing device. A translation motor and an axis-moving motor are disposed on a holder of the lens actuating apparatus to implement focusing and anti-shake of the periscope lens module including an optical component and the lens actuating apparatus. The translation motor and the axis-moving motor are independent of each other.
US11487072B2	Articulating optical fiber guide system An articulating cable guide system for routing cables includes a plurality of fittings connected together via ball and socket coupling. Each fitting includes a base defining a cable support surface and a pair of opposing sidewalls extending therefrom, the support surface and the sidewalls cooperating to define an open first end, an open second end, and an open access end of the base. Each fitting includes at least one of a ball mount and a socket mount. The ball mount includes a plurality of pins aligned along a first plane and the socket mount defines a plurality of slots configured to receive the pins, wherein the pins and the slots restrict the movement of the coupling to pivotal motion generally along two perpendicular planes, wherein each of the two perpendicular planes is different than the first plane.
US11487068B2	Adjustable grid tracking transmitters and receivers Optical telecommunication receivers and transmitters are described comprising dispersive elements and adjustable beam steering elements that are combined to provide optical grid tracking to adjust with very low power consumption to variations in the optical grid due to various changes, such as temperature fluctuations, age or other environmental or design changes. Thus, high bandwidth transmitters or receivers can be provides with low power consumption and/or low cost designs.
US11487067B2	Ultra-small form factor optical connectors An optical connector holding one or more optical ferrule assembly is provided. The optical connector includes an outer body, an inner front body accommodating the one or more optical ferrule assembly, ferrule springs for urging the optical ferrules towards a mating receptacle, and a back body for supporting the ferrule springs. The outer body and the inner front body are configured such that four optical ferrule assembly are accommodated in a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver footprint or eight optical ferrule assembly are accommodated in a quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP) transceiver footprint. A receptacle can hold one or more connector inner bodies forming a single boot for all the optical fibers of the inner bodies.
US11487066B2	Optical transceivers with protective layers A package includes a light emitting portion configured to emit light, a lens including a first lens surface and a second lens surface, a protective layer between the light emitting portion and the first lens surface and that shields the first lens surface from a surrounding environment, and an optical component that redirects light output from the second lens surface. The first lens surface is configured to receive the emitted light from the light emitting portion, the second lens surface is configured output light that has passed through the first lens surface, and the protective layer has a refractive index greater than 1.5.
US11487065B2	Multiports and devices having a connector port with a rotating securing feature Devices having at least one connector port associated with a rotating securing features are disclosed. A device for making optical connections comprising a shell, at least one connection port, and at least one rotating securing feature is disclosed. In one embodiment, the at least one connection port is disposed on a device with at the least one connection port comprising an optical connector opening extending from an outer surface of the device into a cavity of the device and defining a connection port passageway. The at least one rotating securing feature is associated with the connection port passageway, and the at least one rotating securing feature is secured to the device along a rotational axis that is not aligned with a longitudinal axis of the at least one connection port.
US11487064B2	Fiber optic connectors having a ferrule insertion stop A ferrule-based fiber optic connectors having a connector assembly with a ferrule insertion stop for limiting the insertion of a ferrule into a ferrule sleeve are disclosed. In one embodiment, the fiber optic connector comprising a connector assembly, ferrule insertion stop, a connector sleeve assembly and a female coupling housing. The connector assembly comprises a ferrule and a resilient member for biasing the ferrule forward and the connector sleeve assembly comprises a housing and a ferrule sleeve, where the ferrule of the connector assembly is at least partially disposed in the ferrule sleeve when assembled. The ferrule insertion stop limits the depth that the ferrule may be inserted into the ferrule sleeve.
US11487057B2	Optical substrate and display device An optical substrate and a display device are provided. The optical substrate includes a light guide plate and a plurality of light selection units, wherein, the light guide plate includes a light-incident surface and a light-exiting surface, and the light-exiting surface includes a plurality of light-exiting regions; each light selection unit is configured to select light incident from the light-incident surface and propagating in the light guide plate, such that monochromatic light of different colors are emitted from multiple light-exiting regions corresponding to the each light selection unit, and each of the multiple light-exiting regions emits monochromatic light of a single color.
US11487054B2	Viewing angle adjusting film and display device including the same A viewing angle adjusting film includes a polarizing film having a transmission axis in a first direction and an optical film disposed on the polarizing film and including first areas having isotropy or anisotropy and second areas having anisotropy, the first areas and the second areas being alternately disposed. A refractive index of the second areas in the first direction is higher than a refractive index of the first areas in the first direction. Therefore, the optical film including first areas and second areas having different refractive indices is disposed on a polarizing film to thereby form a viewing angle adjusting film, so that diffusion and collection of light can be easily achieved.
US11487051B2	Polarization filters having nanograting pattern and plasmonic structure oriented at nonzero angle A circular polarization filter of a chiral metasurface structure is disclosed including a substrate having a nanograting pattern extending from the substrate, a dielectric layer formed directly on the nanograting pattern, and a plasmonic structure in direct contact with the dielectric layer, where the plasmonic structure may be oriented at a nonzero angle with respect to the nanograting pattern. An integrated polarization filter array is also disclosed including include a linear polarization filter, and a circular polarization filter. Methods of detecting full-stokes polarization using an integrated polarization filter array having both linear and circular polarization filters made from chiral metasurface structures is disclosed. Methods of using a Mueller matrix to evaluate polarization response of any optical device or system is also disclosed.
US11487048B2	Data processing system for generating weather reports and related methods A data processing system is for producing a weather report. The data processing system may include external weather event databases, each external weather event database having a different weather event data set, and a server in communication with the external weather event databases. The server may be configured to import the different weather event data sets from the external weather event databases, perform a filtering process on the different weather event data sets from the external weather event databases, and generate the weather report based upon the filtered different weather event data sets from the external weather event databases and a geolocation.
US11487046B2	Methods and systems for detecting weather conditions using vehicle onboard sensors Example methods and systems for detecting weather conditions using vehicle onboard sensors are provided. An example method includes receiving laser data collected for an environment of a vehicle, and the laser data includes a plurality of laser data points. The method also includes associating, by a computing device, laser data points of the plurality of laser data points with one or more objects in the environment, and determining given laser data points of the plurality of laser data points that are unassociated with the one or more objects in the environment as being representative of an untracked object. The method also includes based on one or more untracked objects being determined, identifying by the computing device an indication of a weather condition of the environment.
US11487043B2	X-ray image generation device An X-ray image generation device includes a moving mechanism that moves an object relative to a grating part in a direction crossing X-rays emitted toward the grating part. The grating part includes N (2≤N) regions along the direction of movement by the moving mechanism. A cyclic direction of a grating structure in each of the plurality of gratings belonging to an ith (1≤i≤N−1) region out of the N regions and a cyclic direction of a grating structure in each of the plurality of gratings belonging to an (i+1)th region out of the N regions are different directions. The plurality of gratings are configured so that moiré interference fringes generated in the N regions have a cyclic intensity fluctuation measurable by the detector and of at least one cycle or more in the direction of movement by the moving mechanism.
US11487031B2	MEMS-based rotation sensor for seismic applications and sensor units having same The present disclosure is directed to a MEMS-based rotation sensor for use in seismic data acquisition and sensor units having same. The MEMS-based rotation sensor includes a substrate, an anchor disposed on the substrate and a proof mass coupled to the anchor via a plurality of flexural springs. The proof mass has a first electrode coupled to and extending therefrom. A second electrode is fixed to the substrate, and one of the first and second electrodes is configured to receive an actuation signal, and another of the first and second electrodes is configured to generate an electrical signal having an amplitude corresponding with a degree of angular movement of the first electrode relative to the second electrode. The MEMS-based rotation sensor further includes closed loop circuitry configured to receive the electrical signal and provide the actuation signal. Related methods for using the MEMS-based rotation sensor in seismic data acquisition are also described.
US11487025B1	Method for inferring GPS location A method of inferring the GPS location of a device with a GPS receiver is disclosed. The method includes using signals from two GPS satellites to determine two candidate GPS locations. Geographic information can be used to estimate the probability that the device is at each location. If one of the two candidate GPS locations has a substantially higher probability of being the correct location, that location may be selected as the inferred GPS location. The method may also include making use of additional sensed data that could be provided using sensors onboard the device.
US11487022B2	3D point cloud map alignment with open street map for outdoor 6D localization on mobile platforms A method of mapping and localization is disclosed that includes, reconstructing a point cloud and a camera pose based on VSLAM, synchronizing the camera pose and a GPS timestamp at a first set of GPS coordinate points and transforming the first set of GPS coordinate points corresponding to the GPS timestamp into a first set of ECEF coordinate points. The method also includes determining a translation and a rotation between the camera pose and the first set of ECEF coordinate points, transforming the point cloud and the camera pose into a second set of ECEF coordinates based on the translation and the rotation and transforming the point cloud and the camera pose into a second set of GPS coordinate points. The method further includes constructing and storing a key-frame image, a key-frame timestamp and a key-frame GPS based on the second set of GPS coordinate points.
US11487020B2	Satellite signal calibration system A satellite signal calibration system can receive sensor data from one or more sensors provided on a vehicle and detect satellite signal from one or more satellites of a satellite positioning system. Using the sensor data, the system can perform a localization operation to determine a current location of the vehicle. The system may then determine timing offsets of the satellite signals from each of the one or more satellites based at least in part on the current location of the vehicle.
US11487018B2	Algorithm and architecture for map-matching streaming probe data An apparatus for matching probe measurements to a path in a geographic location includes a receiver, a window manager, a location generator, a path calculator, and an output. The receiver is configured to receive a stream of probe measurements. The window manager is configured to fill a window with the measurements, to select an additional measurement from the stream, and to select an oldest measurement in the window. The location generator is configured to generate candidate locations for the measurements in the window and the additional measurement. The path calculator is configured to match the oldest measurement to a candidate location. The output is configured to output a path-matched probe measurement based on the oldest measurement and the candidate location matched to the oldest measurement.
US11487016B2	Systems and methods for distributed avionics processing Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for distributed vehicle processing. For instance, the method may include: in response to determining a first trigger condition of a first set of trigger conditions is satisfied, performing a first process corresponding to the first trigger condition on-board a vehicle; in response to determining a second trigger condition of a second set of trigger conditions is satisfied, prompting a second process corresponding to the second trigger condition by transmitting an edge request to an edge node and receiving an edge response from the edge node; and in response to determining a third trigger condition of a third set of trigger conditions is satisfied, prompting a third process corresponding to the third trigger condition by transmitting a cloud request to a cloud node and receiving a cloud response from the cloud node.
US11487014B2	Integrated device for laser ranging and imaging An integrated device includes a laser ranging module, a dual-branched fiber bundle, a beam splitter, and an image receiving module. The laser ranging module includes a light source, an optical receiver and a computing unit. The fiber bundle is disposed between the laser ranging module and the beam splitter. A target reflects a measuring beam emitted by the light source to form a reflected beam. The beam splitter splits the reflected beam into a first reflected beam and a second reflected beam. The first reflected beam is transmitted to the optical receiver through the fiber bundle to generate a measurement signal. The computing unit receives the measurement signal to calculate a distance between the target and the fiber bundle. The image receiving module is disposed on the optical path of the second reflected beam to receive the second reflected beam and displays the image of the target.
US11487006B2	Imaging method, an apparatus implementing said method, a computer program and a computer-readable storage medium Disclosed is an imaging method for producing an image of a region inside a medium by an array of transducers, including the a transmission step of a plurality of waves inside the medium, a reception step for acquiring a set of data, a beamforming step providing a plurality beamformed pixel values depending on various transmit weighting vectors, and a combining step for combining the beamformed pixel values into a pixel value of each pixel in the image. The transmit weighting vectors are different and orthogonal one to another one.
US11487005B2	Method and device for identifying a road condition A method for identifying a road condition of a road. A piece of road condition information representing the road condition is determined using a noise level detected by at least one ultrasonic sensor of a vehicle and a bottom echo detected from a road surface in the area of the vehicle.
US11487003B2	Envelope regulation in a frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar system A radar system that can block false echoes includes: a local oscillator configured to generate a chirp signal comprising a plurality of chirps, each having a corresponding envelope; a transmitter configured to transmit a signal corresponding to the chirp signal; and a modulation circuit configured to modulate the transmitted signal by regulating a magnitude of one or more portions of the chirp envelopes in a predetermined pattern such that the radar system can discern false echoes which do not match the pattern.
US11486999B2	Radar system comprising a plurality of radar chips A radar system is described. In accordance with one example implementation, the radar system comprises a passive coupler arrangement and also a first radar chip, a second radar chip and a third radar chip. The radar chips each comprise at least one external RF contact and also a local oscillator designed to generate an RF oscillator signal at least in a switched-on state. The external RF contacts of the radar chips are coupled via the coupler arrangement in such a way that, in a first operating mode, the RF oscillator signal can be transferred from the first radar chip via the coupler arrangement to the second radar chip and the third radar chip, and that, in a second operating mode, the RF oscillator signal can be transferred from the second radar chip via the coupler arrangement to the third radar chip.
US11486998B2	Ultra-wideband (UWB) positioning system, base station, tag and operation methods thereof The invention discloses an ultra-wideband (UWB) positioning system, UWB base stations (BSs), UWB tags and the operation methods thereof. Because the present invention uses a server aware of the positions of all BSs to determine the BSs that performs distance measurement, and the server assigns different time slots to each BS that performs distance measurement, the present invention can avoid collisions between the BSs in the process of distance measurement. Furthermore, because the tag can select a specific time slot to access the UWB positioning system by monitoring the UWB signals in the air, the present invention can reduce collisions between the tags. By carefully planning the system frames and subframes of the time division multiplexing system, and sophisticatedly arranging the operation timings of the BSs and the tags, the present invention provides practical and stable UWB positioning system, BSs, and tags.
US11486995B2	Systems and methods for a radar system using sectional three-dimensional beamforming System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to scanning a surrounding environment of a vehicle by radar during automated driving. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting an object by using a three-dimensional beam formed by a layered array of end-fire antennas. The method also includes scanning the object by using a fine three-dimensional beam formed by a section of the layered array of end-fire antennas. The method also includes tracking the object by using the fine three-dimensional beam.
US11486986B2	LIDAR system with solid state spectral scanning A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) apparatus is provided that includes an optical source to emit a first optical beam having a first frequency and a second optical beam having a second frequency and a dispersive element to deflect the first optical beam having the first frequency at a first angle and the second optical beam having the second frequency at a second angle.
US11486985B2	Lidar receiver with electro-optical filter Embodiments of the disclosure provide a receiver in an optical sensing system for receiving a light beam. The receiver includes a first polarizer configured to pass the light beam of a first polarization. The receiver further includes an electro-optical layer coated with patterned transparent electrodes. An electric field is applied to a selected area of the electro-optical layer through the patterned transparent electrodes, and the electro-optical layer changes a portion of the light beam from the first polarization to a second polarization. The receiver also includes a second polarizer configured to selectively pass the portion of the light beam of the second polarization. The receiver additionally includes a detector configured to receive the portion of the light beam output from the second polarizer.
US11486980B2	Lidar receiver with dual analog-to-digital converters A light detection and ranging (lidar) receiver may include a first frequency filter to pass a first range of frequencies of an analog signal. The lidar receiver may include a second frequency filter to pass a second range of frequencies of the analog signal that is different from the first range of frequencies of the analog signal. The lidar receiver may include a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to derive a first digital signal based on the first range of frequencies of the analog signal using a first sampling rate. The lidar receiver may include a second ADC to derive a second digital signal based on the second range of frequencies of the analog signal using a second sampling rate that is different from the first sampling rate.
US11486978B2	Technology to support the coexistence of multiple independent lidar sensors Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that initiates one or more optical pulses in accordance with a first emission pattern, obtains a second emission pattern in response to one or more of a time-variable trigger or a deviation of one or more received optical reflections from an expected reflection pattern, and initiates one or more optical pulses in accordance with the second emission pattern. Moreover, infrastructure node technology may detect, based on an interference notification from a first sensor platform, a deviation of received optical reflection(s) from an expected reflection pattern, select emission parameter(s) in response to the deviation, and alter a first emission pattern with respect to the selected emission parameter(s) to obtain a second emission pattern.
US11486977B2	Hyper temporal lidar with pulse burst scheduling A lidar system includes a lidar transmitter and a control circuit. The lidar transmitter can controllably fire a plurality of laser pulse shots into a field of view, and the control circuit can (1) detect a target based on a return from a laser pulse shot fired at a first shot angle, and (2) in response to the detected target, (i) schedule a pulse burst to be fired at the target, wherein the pulse burst comprises a second laser pulse shot to be fired at a second shot angle and a third laser pulse shot to be fired at a third shot angle, wherein the first shot angle is between the second and third shot angles, and (ii) control the lidar transmitter to fire the scheduled pulse burst.
US11486963B2	Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) target emulation system and method for testing MMWAVE radar sensor A MIMO target emulation system for testing a mmWave radar sensor having multiple radar transmitters and receivers includes a coupling probe antenna array for receiving radar signals from the radar transmitters and for sending emulated target echo signals to the radar receivers; emulator receivers for down converting and digitizing the radar signals; a processing unit that decouples the digital radar signals, retrieves target parameters corresponding to emulated targets, generates emulated target echo signals corresponding to the targets in response to the decoupled digitized radar signals using the target parameters, and pre-decoupling the emulated target echo signals; and emulator transmitters for performing digital to analog conversion of the emulated target echo signals and up converting frequencies of the analog emulated target echo signals. The emulator transmitters simultaneously send the analog emulated echo target signals to the radar sensor via the antenna array to emulate target echoes responsive to the radar signals.
US11486961B2	Object-localization and tracking using ultrasonic pulses with reflection rejection Methods and systems are disclosed for determining pose information for at least one of a transmitter and receiver, both of which comprise ultrasonic transducers. A relative position is determined between the transmitter and the receiver and an orientation for at least is also determined. After obtaining field of view data for at least one of the transmitter and receiver, a field of view between them is determined, based at least in part on the field of view data, the determined relative position and the determined orientation. The pose information is then determined by weighting measurements of an ultrasonic signal emitted by the transmitter and received by the receiver based at least in part on the determined field of view relationship.
US11486952B2	System and method for selecting rotation angle for reduced field of view imaging In a method for determining imaging parameters for a Magnetic Resonance (MR) image, a set of image sequence parameters of the imaging sequence is determined, a frequency offset of off-resonant tissue potentially present in the object under examination is determined, an allowed maximum position shift of the off-resonant tissue along a slice selection direction is determined, a rotation angle which leads to the allowed maximum shift for the off-resonant tissue is determined based on the determined set of image sequence parameters, and the determined rotation angle is provided to the MR imaging system to allow the MR imaging system to generate the MR image using the determined rotation angle in the imaging sequence.
US11486951B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method In MRI, upon simultaneously generating computed images of multiple parameters, imaging time is efficiently reduced while preventing decrease in spatial resolution and SN ratio as much as possible. A plurality of original images is reconstructed from nuclear magnetic resonance signals acquired under various imaging conditions, and a computed image is obtained by calculation performed among the plurality of original images. The various imaging conditions include an imaging condition that a repetition time of an imaging sequence is different from one another, and upon imaging, the number of phase encoding steps is made smaller when the repetition time is long. An image is reconstructed in such a manner that a matrix size of the image obtained when the number of phase encoding steps is small is made equal to the matrix size of the image obtained when the number of phase encoding steps is large.
US11486946B2	Magnetically coupled loading chamber and apparatus for in situ MAS NMR: operating under either high or low pressure A sample chamber holder for MAS-NMR capable of operating at both low and high pressures. In one example the sample chamber holder is made up of a sample holder body defining a sample chamber therein, a connector configured to operatively statically hold an in situ rotor within the sample chamber; a coupler configured to operatively connect the sampler holder body to a magnetically coupled rotation member. The magnetically coupled rotation member is configured to engage and rotate a sealing cap from an NMR rotor in such a way so as to allow an NMR cap to be alternatively opened or sealed in-situ while the NMR rotor remains statically positioned in an NMR device.
US11486939B2	System and method of determining age of a transformer A method of determining polymerisation of transformer insulation within a transformer. The method includes the steps of measuring a first and second moisture activity of oil in a transformer, and a first and second temperature of the transformer. The method further includes calculating the ratio of the gradients of the moisture equilibrium curves associated with the moisture activity and the temperature. The calculated ratio can then be used to characterise the polymerisation of the insulation and age of the transformer.
US11486931B2	Battery capacity estimation device, battery capacity estimation method, and computer program product A battery capacity estimation device in an embodiment includes one or more hardware processors configured to: acquire an alternating current power or an alternating current energy that is input to and output from a storage battery system via a direct current-alternating current converter, the storage battery system being capable of controlling charge and discharge; acquire a state of charge (SoC) of the storage battery system; and estimate a battery capacity of the storage battery system based on the acquired alternating current power or the acquired alternating current energy and the acquired SoC.
US11486930B2	Electronic battery tester with battery clamp storage holsters A battery tester includes a pair of battery clamps, a testing unit, and a pair of holsters. Each battery clamp is configured to connect to a terminal of a battery. The testing unit includes testing circuitry that is connected to the battery clamps, and is configured to perform one or more battery tests on a battery connected to the battery clamps. Each of the holsters is attached to a housing of the testing unit, and is configured to receive and hold one of the battery clamps.
US11486924B2	Inspection apparatus An inspection apparatus includes a load port area in which a carrier accommodation chamber for accommodating a carrier that receives an inspection object is disposed; an inspection area in which a plurality of probe cards are respectively disposed under a plurality of inspection devices, and in which the probe card is pressed against an electronic device of the inspection object on a chuck top to inspect the electronic device; a transfer area in which a transfer mechanism transfers the inspection object onto the chuck top; and a plurality of probe card accommodation devices disposed in at least one of the load port area or the inspection area, each probe card accommodation device being capable of accommodating the probe card, and a number of the probe card accommodation devices being equal to or greater than a number of the probe cards.
US11486922B1	Over-the-air measurement system and over-the-air measurement method An over-the-air (OTA) measurement system is described. The OTA measurement system includes a plurality of measurement antennas, a DUT positioner, and a controller (e.g., control circuit). The DUT positioner is configured to position a device under test at a test location. At least two measurement antennas of the plurality of measurement antennas are arranged at different distances from the test location. The at least two measurement antennas are arranged at different elevation angles and/or at different azimuth angles with respect to the test location. The controller is configured to control the DUT positioner to rotate the device under test at the test location in azimuth and/or elevation. The controller is configured to control the DUT positioner to rotate the device under test into a first orientation for a first OTA power measurement by a first one of the at least two measurement antennas. The controller is configured to control the DUT positioner to rotate the device under test into a second orientation for a second OTA power measurement by a second one of the at least two measurement antennas. A relative orientation between the device under test in the first orientation and the first one of the at least two measurement antennas is the same as a relative orientation between the device under test in the second orientation and the second one of the at least two measurement antennas. Further, an OTA measurement method for performing OTA measurements on a device under test by an OTA measurement system is described.
US11486916B2	Frequency synthesizer output cycle counter including ring encoder A method of frequency estimation. A clock output from a frequency synthesizer is received at an input of a ring encoder. The ring encoder generates outputs including a ring encoder output clock and an encoded output which represents LSBs of a clock cycle count of the clock output. A binary counter is run using the ring encoder output clock which provides an output count which represents MSBs of the clock cycle count. Using a reference clock, the encoded output is sampled to provide a sampled encoded output and the output count is sampled to provide a sampled output count. Error correcting is applied to the sampled encoded output to provide a corrected sampled encoded output. The corrected sampled encoded output and sampled output count are combined to provide a combined output which is used for estimating an instantaneous or average frequency of the clock output.
US11486913B2	Electronic device for detecting stuck voltage state and method of monitoring stuck voltage state An electronic device includes a driver that is connected with a pin, receives an input signal, and outputs an output signal to the pin in response to the input signal, a core circuit that transfers the input signal to the driver, and a monitor circuit that receives the input and output signals and detects a stuck voltage state of the output signal based on the input and output signals. The monitor circuit includes a first detection circuit that detects the stuck voltage state when the input and output signals are logically incorrect, a second detection circuit that detects the stuck voltage state when the input and output signals are logically correct and when the output signal is at a low level, and a third detection circuit that detects the stuck voltage state when the input and output signals are logically correct and when the output signal is at a high level.
US11486907B2	Monitoring device and method of monitoring an impedance of a protective conductor, and charging control unit A monitoring device for monitoring an impedance of a protective conductor. The monitoring device has a first voltage divider for connection to a voltage source including a series connection to a first resistor and a second resistor. The second resistor has a resistance value which corresponds to a threshold value for the impedance of the protective conductor. A second voltage divider includes a series connection to a third resistor and a bridge diode and a connection to the first resistor at a first end of the third resistor and connectable to a second end of the third resistor and to the protective conductor. A measuring device is provided for the detection of a bridge voltage between a first node and a second node if the impedance of the protective conductor is greater than the value of the second resistor.
US11486905B1	Integrators for current sensors An integrator for use with a current sensor provides a feedback loop reducing drift while maintaining wide bandwidth.
US11486904B2	Electronic module An electronic module has an electronic element 210; a connection body 250 provided on a front face of the electronic element 210; and a detection part 100 having a winding wire part 10 provided so as to surround the connection body 250, and a winding return wire part 50 connected to a terminal end part of the winding wire part 10 and returns from the terminal end part toward a starting end part.
US11486898B2	Multi-conductor transmission line probe Vertical transmission line probes having alternating capacitive and inductive sections are provided. These alternating sections can be designed to provide a desired transmission line impedance (e.g., between 10 and 100 Ohms, preferably 50 Ohms). Probe flexure in operation is mainly in the inductive sections, advantageously reducing flexure stresses on the dielectrics in the capacitive sections.
US11486897B2	Contact and test socket device for testing semiconductor device The present invention relates to a contact and a socket device for testing a semiconductor device. The contact of the present invention is a spring contact which is integrally formed by blanking and bending a metal plate member and includes an elastic portion made of various strips of certain pattern and a tip provided at both ends of the elastic portion. Preferably, an inner volume of the contact is filled with a filler having conductivity and elasticity, whereby durability and electrical characteristics are excellent. Further, the test socket according to the present invention is a rubber type employing the above-mentioned contact and has an advantage that it is suitable for testing a fine pitch device.
US11486896B2	Contact and test socket device for testing semiconductor device The present invention relates to a contact and a socket device for testing a semiconductor device. The contact of the present invention is a spring contact which is integrally formed by blanking and bending a metal plate member and includes an elastic portion made of various strips of certain pattern and a tip provided at both ends of the elastic portion. Preferably, an inner volume of the contact is filled with a filler having conductivity and elasticity, whereby durability and electrical characteristics are excellent. Further, the test socket according to the present invention is a rubber type employing the above-mentioned contact and has an advantage that it is suitable for testing a fine pitch device.
US11486887B2	Automated analyzer The present invention is provided with a sample rack insertion unit 12 that is capable of holding one or more sample racks 5 having mounted therein one or more sample containers 6 accommodating a sample to be analyzed, one or more analysis devices 2, 3 for analyzing the sample accommodated in the sample containers 6, a sample rack conveyance unit 14 for conveying the sample racks 5 from the sample rack insertion unit 12 to the analysis devices 2, 3, and a control device 4 for acquiring, for each analysis device 2, 3, load information that is information expressing an operating condition of the analysis device 2, 3, and, if there is an analysis device 2, 3 for which the load information is larger than a predetermined conveyance permission value, carrying out control so as to stop the conveyance of the sample racks 5 from the sample rack insertion unit 12 to the analysis device(s) 2, 3. As a result of this configuration, it is possible to mitigate in-device sample conveyance congestion occurring as a result of the insertion of many samples and keep the sample environment and analysis processing power at high levels.
US11486886B2	Automatic analyzer and automatic analysis method An automatic analyzer includes: a diluted sample holding unit configured to hold dilution containers into which a diluted sample is dispensed; a reaction container holding unit configured to hold reaction containers; a dispensing device configured to dispense the diluted sample from the dilution containers to the reaction containers; a measuring unit configured to perform optical measurement of the diluted sample reacted with reagents corresponding to test items in the reaction containers; a storage unit configured to store information on the diluted sample associated with each of the dilution containers; and a dispensing control unit. The dispensing control unit extracts a dilution container for collecting the diluted sample for retest by searching for the information on the diluted sample stored in the storage unit, and causes the dispensing device to perform a retest dispensing process.
US11486881B2	Methods and devices for detection of peripheral membrane protein interactions using nonlinear optical techniques Methods and devices for identifying agents that block binding or activation of peripheral membrane proteins are disclosed.
US11486879B2	Kit and method for measuring measurement target substance in biological sample An object of the present invention is to provide a kit and a method capable of achieving high-precision measurement of a measurement target substance in a biological sample in a wide concentration range from a low concentration to a high concentration by sufficiently avoiding the influence of antibodies such as anti-serum albumin antibody present in blood. According to the present invention, there is provided a kit for measuring a measurement target substance in a biological sample, the kit including: a labeled particle having a first binding substance capable of binding to the measurement target substance and having a first blocking agent; and a substrate having a second binding substance capable of binding to any one of the measurement target substance or the first binding substance and having a second blocking agent, in which the labeled particle is a luminescent labeled particle containing at least one kind of compound represented by Formula (1) and a particle, and the first blocking agent and the second blocking agent are different from each other. Each symbol in Formula (1) has the meaning described in the present specification.
US11486878B2	Compositions and methods for identifying cancer cells Provided herein are compositions and methods for identifying cancer cells. In particular, provided herein are optimized assays for identifying a variety of different cancer cells present in a sample at low concentrations.
US11486870B2	Method for determining the gender of a chicken embryo The present invention relates to a method for spectroscopical in-ovo gender determination of fertilized and incubated bird eggs comprising the steps of:a. providing a number of passages in an egg shell of an egg for allowing entrance into an interior of the egg and/or exit from the interior of the egg of electromagnetic waves suitable for spectroscopy,b. introducing electromagnetic waves into the interior of the eggc. detecting electromagnetic waves exiting the egg;d. analysing, by spectroscopy, of the exiting electromagnetic waves at at least one passage of the number of passages; and e. determining the gender of a chicken embryo.
US11486868B2	Automatic particle or scent tracing to check social distancing in public places A kit includes at least one facemask configured to cover a respective user's mouth and nose. The facemask contains at least one layer impregnated with a first chemical. When the facemask covers the respective user's mouth and nose, airborne particles of the first chemical are released from the at least one layer through the user's breathing. A sensor is configured to measure airborne concentration of the first chemical. A processing circuitry is configured to receive outputs of the sensor, to calculate a change in airborne concentration of the first chemical, and to issue a notification when the airborne concentration of the first chemical increases at above a predetermined rate.
US11486864B2	Method and system of identifying and quantifying antibody fragmentation Methods and system for identifying and quantifying antibody fragments and identifying the site of fragmentation on an antibody are provided herein.
US11486862B2	Ultrasound image display method and apparatus, storage medium, and electronic device This present disclosure describes an ultrasound image display method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes acquiring, by a device, an input signal by performing detection on a to-be-detected object, the input signal comprising a three-dimensional (3D) radio-frequency (RF) signal. The device includes a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory. The method also includes performing, by the device, a modulus calculation on the 3D RF signal to obtain envelope information in a 3D ultrasound image, the modulus calculation being at least used for directly acquiring a 3D amplitude of the 3D RF signal; and displaying, by the device, the envelope information in the 3D ultrasound image, the envelope information being at least used for indicating the to-be-detected object.
US11486861B2	Device for examining the interior of a pipe using multi-element ultrasound A device for examining the interior of a pipe using multi-element ultrasound technology, finding application in the detection of defects in the wall of a tubular pipe or the verification of the characteristics of the wall of a tubular pipe is disclosed. The device is designed to be placed inside a fluid transport pipe and to move under the action of the transported fluid, to detect defects in, or check characteristics of, the wall of the pipe. The device has a circumference and comprises a plurality of ultrasonic sensors distributed over its circumference and each formed by a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of reception antennas. The device also includes an electronic controller configured to control each sensor and to receive and record the information measured by the sensors.
US11486860B2	Inspection apparatus, method and program of controlling inspection apparatus An inspection apparatus comprises a chassis position/attitude estimator to estimate position/attitude information of a moving body and generate a chassis position/attitude estimation signal, a hammering tester hammer part error signal generator to generate a hammering tester hammer part error signal, a hammering tester hammer part position/attitude signal generator to generate a hammering tester hammer part position/attitude signal, a first sensor data frequency characteristic interpolator to generate a first sensor data frequency characteristic interpolation signal from the received chassis position/attitude estimation signal, a second sensor data frequency characteristic interpolator to generate a second sensor data frequency characteristic interpolation signal from the received hammering tester hammer part error signal and the received hammering tester hammer part position/attitude signal, and a hammering tester hammer part position/attitude estimator to generate a hammering tester hammer part position/attitude estimation signal from the received first sensor data frequency characteristic interpolation signal and the received second sensor data frequency characteristic interpolation signal.
US11486859B2	Fluidic device with fluid port orthogonal to functionalized active region A fluidic device includes at least one bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator structure with a functionalized active region, and at least one first (inlet) port defined through a cover structure arranged over a fluidic passage containing the active region. At least a portion of the at least one inlet port is registered with the active region, permitting fluid to be introduced in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the active region bearing functionalization material. Such arrangement promotes mixing proximate to a BAW resonator structure surface, thereby reducing analyte stratification, increasing analyte binding rate, and reducing measurement time.
US11486857B2	Carrier-resolved photo-hall system and method Systems and methods are provided that facilitate high-sensitivity, carrier-resolved photo-Hall effect measurements. Majority and minority carrier properties can be measured and determined simultaneously. In one aspect, a system and method determine majority carrier type, density and mobility and, with modulated illumination, minority carrier mobility and photocarrier density. In another aspect, a system and method can determine hole and electron mobility, photocarrier density, absorbed photon density, recombination lifetime and diffusion length for hole, electron and ambipolar transport.
US11486855B2	Electrochemical sensor The present disclosure relates to an electrochemical sensor for determining a measurand correlating with a concentration of an analyte in a measuring fluid, comprising: a sensor membrane designed to be in contact with the measuring fluid for detecting measured values of the measurand; a probe housing which has at least one immersion region designed for immersion into the measuring fluid, wherein the sensor membrane is arranged in the immersion region of the probe housing; and a measurement circuit which is at least partially contained in the probe housing and is designed to generate and output a measurement signal dependent on the measurand, wherein the sensor membrane contains an optically detectable substance for marking the sensor membrane.
US11486854B2	CMOS compatible BioFET The present disclosure provides a bio-field effect transistor (BioFET) and a method of fabricating a BioFET device. The method includes forming a BioFET using one or more process steps compatible with or typical to a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process. The BioFET device may include a substrate; a gate structure disposed on a first surface of the substrate and an interface layer formed on the second surface of the substrate. The interface layer may allow for a receptor to be placed on the interface layer to detect the presence of a biomolecule or bio-entity.
US11486853B2	Gas sensor and protective cover A gas sensor includes a sensor element, an inner protective cover including a first member and a second member, and an outer protective cover having outer inlets. The inner protective cover has a sensor element chamber inside. The outer protective cover and the inner protective cover form an inlet-side gas flow channel from an outside to the sensor element chamber. The inlet-side gas flow channel has a first flow channel extending in an upward direction from the outer inlets and a second flow channel extending in a downward direction. A ratio W2/W1 between a flow channel width W1 of the first flow channel and a flow channel width W2 of the second flow channel is less than one. A tip end portion of the outer protective cover has a tapered portion that reduces in diameter toward a bottom portion of the tip end portion.
US11486851B2	Electrochemical gas sensors A gas sensor comprises an electrochemical film, a plurality of electrodes coupled with the electrochemical film and a semiconductor wafer coupled with the plurality of electrodes. A passivation layer is formed between the electrochemical firm and the semiconductor wafer and a dielectric layer is coupled between the electrochemical film and the semiconductor wafer.
US11486842B2	Sensor system and electrodes Sensors having an advantageous design and methods for fabricating such sensors are generally provided. Some sensors described herein comprise pairs of electrodes having radial symmetry, pairs of nested electrodes, and/or nanowires. Some embodiments relate to fabricating electrodes by methods in which nanowires are deposited from a fluid contacted with a substrate in a manner such that it evaporates and is replenished.
US11486841B2	Systems and methods for monitoring a gas analyte This disclosure relates to systems and methods for monitoring and classifying released gases in an enclosed system having a gas source, by a gas sensor that has been a priori pre-trained to distinguish an off-gas event (OGE) or a thermal run off event (TRE) from non-OGE interfering gases release. The pre-training utilizes one of a machine learning (ML) or a deep learning (DL) algorithm to pre-train the gas sensor to detect a plurality of known gas analyte to generate sensor signals with respective unique characteristics, extracting features from the sensor signals to establish a decision boundary or an estimated probability of a false positive release of the OGE or the TRE from the non-OGE type of interfering gas release. The established decision boundaries or probability distributions are implemented as candidate model for field deployment to classify the released gases to distinguish whether OGE or TRE takes place.
US11486836B1	Method and system for determining the location in 3D space of an object within an enclosed opaque container A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored machine-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the processor to determine the location in 3D space of an object of interest within the interior region of an opaque container. Hence, a user or operator is allowed to construct a three-dimensional representation of the interior region of the opaque container so as to allow viewing of objects, components and substances within the interior region. The users or operators now have the opportunity to isolate a particular object of interest within the interior region that may be a threat, such as an explosive device or other energetic component. A disrupter device is aimed at the three-dimensional location and thereafter, the disrupter device fires a projectile or substance at the object of interest in order to disable or destroy the object of interest.
US11486830B2	Method for determining ultraviolet light sensitivity The present invention provides a method for determining a sensitivity to ultraviolet light non-invasively and immediately. A method for determining a UV sensitivity is provided involving: a step of irradiating the skin of a test subject with ultraviolet light to determine the UV sensitivity using the amount of biophotons to be detected within a specific period after the irradiation, wherein 50% or more of the specific period overlaps a period from 1 to 3 minutes after the irradiation.
US11486816B2	Corrosion measurement device Apparatus (200) for detecting corrosion of a coating (250) of an object (216), the apparatus comprising: an electrically conductive body (202) defining a cavity (204) for containing an electrolyte (206), the body (202) arranged to be, in use, in electrically conductive contact with the object (216) and arranged to isolate, in use, the electrolyte (206) from the object; and a first electrode (208) within the cavity (204), the first electrode (208) for electrical connection to a potentiostat (402) or to a galvanostat and arranged to be, in use, in electrical contact with the electrolyte (206) in the cavity (204); wherein the body (202) comprises a first part (222) and a second part (224), the second part (224) being slidably movable relative to the first part (222) between a retracted position and an extended position.
US11486801B2	Mounting press and closing device for a mounting press The present disclosure relates to a mounting press for hot mounting a sample, comprising: a mounting cylinder for receiving the sample, having a main cylinder axis and a cylinder opening, the main cylinder axis extending inside the mounting cylinder and out through the cylinder opening, a sliding closure with a sliding carriage, an upper piston and a closing lever that is operatively connected to the upper piston, wherein the sliding carriage is configured so as to be displaceable in a direction transverse to the main cylinder axis, for example by means of the closing lever, and wherein in a position of use of the sliding carriage the upper piston can be driven to or into the cylinder opening of the mounting cylinder, wherein the closing lever has at least one open position and one closed position and can be transferred from the open position into the closed position, and wherein the closing lever cooperates with the upper piston such that the upper piston closes the cylinder opening when guiding the closing lever from the open position into the closed position when the sliding carriage is in the position of use.
US11486797B2	System for estimating tire tread depth A system is provided for estimating a tread depth of a tire supporting a vehicle. The tire includes a pair of sidewalls extending to a tread. The system includes a sensor unit, which includes a time of flight sensor. The sensor includes an emitter that emits a first pulse to an outer surface of the tread and a lens that captures the reflected first pulse. A processor measures a time from emission to capture of the first pulse, and calculates a tread surface distance from the time. The emitter emits a second pulse to a base of a tread groove and the lens captures the reflected second pulse. The processor measures a time from emission to capture of the second pulse, and calculates a reference distance from the time. The processor determines a depth of the tread from a difference between the tread surface distance and the reference distance.
US11486791B2	Backscattering optical amplification device, optical pulse testing device, backscattering optical amplification method and optical pulse testing method The present invention is to provide a backscattered light amplification device, an optical pulse test apparatus, a backscattered light amplification method, and an optical pulse test method for amplifying a desired propagation mode of Rayleigh backscattered light with a desired gain by stimulated Raman scattering in a fiber under test having the plurality of propagation modes. The backscattered light amplification device according to the present invention is configured to control individually power, incident timing, and pulse width of a pump pulse for each propagation mode when the pump pulse is incident in a plurality of propagation modes after the probe pulse is input to the fiber under test in any propagation mode.
US11486790B2	Laser measuring system A laser collimation- measuring system, including: a first laser source; a second laser source; a light combining device; a collimator; and a light divergence device. The first laser source and the second laser source emit a first laser and a second laser, respectively, to the light combining device. The first laser and the second laser are transmitted through the light combining device as a third laser and a fourth laser, respectively, and the third laser partially overlaps the fourth laser. The collimator is disposed in a light path of the third and fourth lasers and positioned between the light combining device and the laser divergence device. The laser collimation-measuring system enhances intensity of the laser collimation-measuring system.
US11486784B2	Pressure transducer and fabrication method thereof A pressure transducer and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The pressure transducer includes a light-emitting element, an interference light-filtering structure and a light-sensing element stacked on top of each other. The light-emitting element is configured to emit incident light onto the interference light-filtering structure. The interference light-filtering structure is configured to change its thickness in accordance with the pressure exerted on the pressure transducer and generate emergent light corresponding to the pressure. The light-sensing element is configured to detect the emergent light and generate an electrical signal corresponding to the emergent light.
US11486783B2	Stand-alone water detector According to some aspects of the subject technology, an apparatus includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a dielectric membrane disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode include a number of pores within a region of an input port of the apparatus. The first electrode, the second electrode and the dielectric membrane form a capacitor that is configured to enable detection of occlusion of the input port by water.
US11486782B2	Micromechanical device and method for manufacturing a micromechanical device A micromechanical device that includes a carrier substrate; a sensor device that is situated on the carrier substrate and spaced apart from a surface section of the carrier substrate with the aid of spring elements in such a way that the sensor device is oscillatable relative to the surface section; and at least one stopper element, situated on the sensor device and/or on the surface section of the carrier substrate, which limits a deflection of the sensor device in the direction of the surface section.
US11486781B2	Method and device for monitoring the clamping of an assembly by a threaded fastener A device for monitoring clamping of an assembly including at least one part to be clamped, an internally threaded element and an externally threaded element engaged in an internal thread of the internally threaded element. The device includes a driver to rotate one of the elements including the internally threaded element and the externally threaded element to clamp the assembly and a first sensor to measure a screwing torque of the driver, a tool for holding fixed against rotation the other of the elements including the internally threaded element and the externally threaded element, a second sensor to measure a reaction torque of the holding tool, a mechanism for determining a third parameter chosen from a time elapsed from a given time and a screwing angle from a reference position, and a calculation system to determine pre-tension in the externally threaded element.
US11486779B2	Tactile sensor and android A tactile sensor has an elastically deformable sheet, a coil that is provided in the sheet, a powdery or fibrous magnetic material that is provided in the sheet with the coil, and a detection portion that detects an inductance of the coil. The coil is wound in a spiral shape and the powdery or fibrous magnetic material is dispersed in the sheet.
US11486778B2	Torque-angle sensor for monitoring a steering situation of a vehicle A torque-angle sensor includes a torque sensing unit, an angle sensing unit, and a PCB. The torque sensing unit includes a signal input rotor and a signal output rotor. The angle sensing unit includes a driving gear and a driven gear that is fitted round and fixed to one of the signal rotors. The PCB has a torque magnetic field generating unit, an input shaft signal collecting unit, and an output shaft signal collecting unit that sense a rotation angle and torque of the signal rotors. The PCB has an angle magnetic field generating unit and an angle collecting unit that sense a rotation angle of the driving gear and the driven gear. The torque magnetic field generating unit, the input shaft signal collecting unit, the output shaft signal collecting unit, the angle magnetic field generating unit, and the angle collecting unit are configured as coils formed by printed circuits.
US11486773B2	Non-contact magnetostrictive sensors and methods of operation of such sensors A sensor for sensing stress in a ferromagnetic material includes a non-magnetic substrate. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A first coil is attached to or formed on the first surface of the substrate. The first coil is configured to induce a magnetic flux in the ferromagnetic material being driven by an alternating current (AC) signal. At least one second coil is attached to or formed on the first surface of the substrate. The at least one second coil is spaced from the first coil. In addition, the second coil is configured to detect changes in the magnetic flux induced in the ferromagnetic material.
US11486765B2	Method for detecting variation value Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a method for detecting variation value comprising selecting a numerical value in a first time interval as a comparison basis; selecting a numerical value in a second time interval as a inspection interval; statistically identifying the numerical value of the inspection interval and the numerical value of the comparison basis are to detect a variation value.
US11486762B2	Systems and methods for spectral processing improvements in spatial heterodyne spectroscopy Raman spectroscopy data is collected using a Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer and processed in order to reduce signal noise. The processing of the Raman spectroscopy data includes segmenting generating an interferogram from the Raman spectroscopy data, segmenting the interferogram, determining an estimate of power spectrum density, and averaging the estimates of power spectrum density for each segment to provide an output spectrum. The output spectrum has greatly reduced variance of the individual power measurements, and allows the length of segments to be optimized to balance noise reduction operations and the loss of frequency resolution.
US11486758B2	Ultrasonic sensor An ultrasonic sensor includes a casing and a piezoelectric vibrator element. The casing includes a first unit made of a metal and a second unit made of a resin. The first unit has a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical shape extending in a first direction. The second unit is connected to one end of the first unit in the first direction and includes a cylindrical section and a bottom plate. The cylindrical section extends in the first direction. The bottom plate is a disk-shaped portion which closes an end of the cylindrical section positioned farther away from the first unit in the first direction. The piezoelectric vibrator element is mounted on the bottom plate.
US11486757B2	Ultrasonic sensor, ultrasonic sensing device and display device The present disclosure relates to ultrasonic sensors, ultrasonic sensing devices and display devices. The ultrasonic sensor includes an array of thin film transistors in which first electrodes are disposed, a piezoelectric material, and second electrodes. In order to generate ultrasonic waves and perform sensing, the second electrode is disposed in a patterned structure in which the second electrode is divided into multiple second electrodes, and a high voltage in the form of pulse is applied to the second electrode. Thus, in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a high voltage is not applied to the array of thin film transistors; therefore, it is possible to reduce or overcome degradation of circuit elements disposed in the array of thin film transistors. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the reliability and lifetime of the circuit elements disposed in the array of thin film transistors, while performing sensing.
US11486756B2	Mechanical resonator device A mechanical resonator device. The resonator device includes a resonator element made of an elastic material under tensile stress and adapted for sustaining at least one oscillation mode; and a clamping structure supporting the resonator element. The clamping structure has a phononic density of states exhibiting a bandgap or quasi-bandgap such that elastic waves of at least one polarisation and/or frequency are not allowed to propagate through the clamping structure. The resonator element and the clamping structure are configured to match with a soft-clamping condition that elastic waves of polarisation and/or frequency corresponding to the at least one oscillation mode of the resonator penetrate evanescently into the clamping structure in a manner such as to minimize bending throughout the entire resonator device. Thereby, bending related loss may be minimized and the Q-factor of the mechanical resonator may be maximized.
US11486755B2	Float-based fluid level indicator for surgical cassette A fluid level indicator (50) for indicating the fluid level in an ophthalmic irrigation and/or aspiration system comprises a chamber (10) configured for holding a surgical fluid (F). The chamber (10) comprises at least one fluid port (72; 74) and a pressure port (71) for connection to a pressure source (20). A channel (140) extends from the chamber (10). The fluid level indicator (50) comprises a float (160) having a float body (162) disposed within the chamber (10) and a stem (164) extending from the float body (160) into the channel (10). The float body (160) is configured to move with the level of fluid within the chamber (10), thereby moving the stem (164) along the channel (140) extending from the chamber (10). The position of the stem (164) within the channel (40) indicates the fluid level within the chamber (10).
US11486751B2	Gas meter and associated methods A device which: optically detects the presence of, measures the flow rate of, and identifies the characteristics of venting fugitive gas emissions. Specifically the device provides a spectral analysis of emission gas constituents; selective detection of the presence of venting hydrocarbons; measurement of venting emissions flow rates, the measurement of shut-in and flowing venting system pressures and the venting system temperatures. The flow rates are corrected, relative to the detection of the gas constituents and standard temperature and pressure (STP). These devices are configured to collect such data electronically and transmit via various telemetry systems, to a secure remote data network for reporting, access, evaluation, real-time monitoring and archiving as required.
US11486749B2	Time-of-flight generating circuit and chip, flow meter and method of the same The application discloses a time-of-flight generating circuit, coupled to a first transducer and a second transducer, wherein there is a distance greater than zero between the first transducer and the second transducer, and a fluid having a flow speed flows sequentially through the first transducer and the second transducer, wherein the time-of-flight generating circuit includes: a transmitter, coupled to the first transducer; a receiver, coupled to the second transducer; a signal processing circuit, coupled to the transmitter and the receiver; and a correlation circuit, a measuring circuit and a transformation circuit, coupled to the signal processing circuit. The application also discloses a chip, flow meter, and method of the same.
US11486739B2	Position detection device A position detection device includes a magnetic scale and a magnetic sensor. The magnetic scale includes a plurality of magnets arranged along a first reference direction. The magnetic sensor includes a plurality of detectors that detect a composite magnetic field. The plurality of detectors are each arranged to satisfy AG=N(M−W)/(n−1), where n is the number of magnets of the magnetic scale, M is a distance from a first end to a second end, W is the width of each of the plurality of magnets and is greater than 0 and less than or equal to M/n, AG is a gap between each of the plurality of magnets and each of the plurality of detectors in a second reference direction, and N is a number greater than or equal to 0.4 and less than or equal to 2.
US11486727B2	Map generation device, map generation method, and map generation computer program A map generation device extracts, by inputting an image in which a road is represented to a classifier that outputs, for each pixel of the image, a type of a feature object on the road represented by the pixel, a pixel representing a boundary feature object that represents a boundary of a lane among feature objects on the road, calculates a Voronoi boundary by Voronoi-dividing the image with each pixel representing the boundary feature object as a generating point, detects each of the calculated Voronoi boundaries as one lane, and generates map information representing each of the detected lanes.
US11486721B2	Intelligent transportation systems Transportation systems have artificial intelligence including neural networks for recognition and classification of objects and behavior including natural language processing and computer vision systems. The transportation systems involve sets of complex chemical processes, mechanical systems, and interactions with behaviors of operators. System-level interactions and behaviors are classified, predicted and optimized using neural networks and other artificial intelligence systems through selective deployment, as well as hybrids and combinations of the artificial intelligence systems, neural networks, expert systems, cognitive systems, genetic algorithms and deep learning.
US11486720B2	Method and driver assistance system for improving ride comfort of a transportation vehicle and transportation vehicle A method for improving the ride comfort of a transportation vehicle including planning a first driving route by a navigation system; automatically detecting at least one road parameter of the first driving route by a sensor system of the transportation vehicle; automatically evaluating the first driving route in view of the ride comfort of the first driving route by taking into account the road parameter; and in response thereto using the first driving route or planning an alternative driving route.
US11486719B2	Technologies for providing information to a user while traveling Examples disclosed herein include a mobile computing device to determine network condition information associated with a route segment. The route segment may be one of a number of route segments defining at least one route from a starting location to a destination. The mobile computing device may determine a route from the starting location to the destination based on the network condition information. The mobile computing device may upload the network condition information to a crowdsourcing server. A mobile computing device may predict a future location of the device based on device context, determine a safety level for the predicted location, and notify the user if the safety level is below a threshold safety level. The device context may include location, time of day, and other data. The safety level may be determined based on predefined crime data.
US11486717B1	Generating navigation instructions based on digital map context In order to determine navigation instructions, a mapping server can use digital map data, which can include a set of intersections connected by road segments. In some cases, the mapping server generates navigation guidance data for one or more intersections of digital map data. Responsive to a request for navigation instructions from a client device, the mapping server can generate a navigation route between an origin and destination location, and a corresponding set of navigation instructions can be generated based on the navigation route. In some implementations, the generated navigation instructions are then modified to clarify or otherwise improve the quality of the navigation instructions. Finally, the finalized navigation instructions can be sent to a client device for display to the requesting user.
US11486716B2	Vehicular electronic device, operation method of vehicular electronic device, and system The present disclosure relates to a vehicular electronic device including a power supply configured to supply power, an interface configured to receive HD map data on a specific area from a server through a communication device and receive data on driving condition information of a vehicle, and a processor configured to continuously generate electronic horizon data on a specific area based on the high-definition (HD) map data in the state of receiving the power and to set a geographical range of the electronic horizon data based on data on the driving condition information.
US11486713B2	Method and apparatus for positioning autonomous vehicle Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for positioning an autonomous vehicle. The method includes: matching a current point cloud projected image of a first resolution with a map of the first resolution to generate a first histogram filter based on the matching result; determining at least two first response areas in the first histogram filter based on a probability value of an element in the first histogram filter; generating a second histogram filter based on a result of matching a current point cloud projected image of a second resolution with a map of the second resolution and the at least two first response areas, the first resolution being less than the second resolution; and calculating a weighted average of probability values of target elements in the second histogram filter to determine a positioning result of the autonomous vehicle in the map of the second resolution.
US11486711B2	Methods of specifying global locations including indoor locations and database using the same A method is provided for integrally specifying a geographic location and an indoor location within a building. When the coordinates of one point on the Earth are given as a geodetic latitude φ, a longitude λ, and an ellipsoidal height h in a geodetic coordinate system based on the Earth ellipsoid, the location of the point is represented with a new coordinates including a Northing N, an Easting E, and selectively a floor representing integer F. The Northing N is given as a linear function of the distance measured along the prime meridian from the latitude-longitude origin to the waypoint, and the Easting is given as a linear function of the distance measured along the parallel of latitude from the waypoint to the ellipsoidal point.
US11486707B2	Vision-aided inertial navigation Localization and navigation systems and techniques are described. An electronic device comprises a processor configured to maintain a state vector storing estimates for a position of the electronic device at poses along a trajectory within an environment along with estimates for positions for one or more features within the environment. The processor computes, from the image data, one or more constraints based on features observed from multiple poses of the electronic device along the trajectory, and computes updated state estimates for the position of the electronic device in accordance with the motion data and the one or more computed constraints without computing updated state estimates for the features for which the one or more constraints were computed.
US11486703B2	Measuring apparatus and measuring method A measuring apparatus includes: a light source device that projects light or light of which intensity is periodically modulated onto a measurement object; a light receiver that receives backscattered light of light projected by the light source device from the measurement object; and a processor comprising hardware, the processor being configured to: measure TOF information of the light projected by the light source device and the backscattered light received by the light receiver; acquire distances from a surface of the measurement object to the light source device and the light receiver; and calculate an internal propagation distance in the measurement object according to the measured TOF information and the acquired distances.
US11486701B2	System and method for performing a real-time wall detection Provided are embodiments for a system and method for performing real-time detection for mapping. The embodiments include one or more processors, a scanner, and a mobile computing device removably coupled to the 2D scanner where the mobile computing device having a display. Embodiments include collecting scan data of an environment to generate a first map and identifying lines from the collected scan data corresponding to a surface of a structure. Embodiments also include grouping the identified lines into buckets based at least in part on a characteristic of the identified lines and combining the identified lines in each bucket. Embodiments also include optimizing the first map to generate a second map and displaying the second map on the display.
US11486697B1	Optical structural health monitoring A method, system and devices for optical structural health monitoring that implements digital image correlation (DIC) by applying an invisible pattern comprising a random dot pattern and/or codes, which is applied using a coating containing a dye or substance that is not visible during the normal lighting conditions. The structure is imaged at different time intervals by capturing images of the pattern and codes using a camera and suitable light source. The captured images of the pattern and codes are stored in a CAD file that represents the structure or part to which the pattern and codes are applied, and includes the locations of the pattern and codes. Comparative measurements of the pattern and codes (e.g., using DIC) determine one or more structural health parameters, such as strain, deformation, and other stresses or averse conditions that may be detected from one interval to another (e.g., between measurements).
US11486695B2	Measurement device for grinding wheel The present invention provides a measurement device for grinding wheel. One or more thickness measurement device is disposed slidably on a platform. A spinning device is disposed on the platform. A grinding wheel is fixed on the spinning device. The spinning shaft spins the grinding wheel. The one or more thickness measurement device measures the flatness condition of the grinding wheel. Furthermore, according to the present invention, a diameter measurement device is disposed inside the platform and measures the roundness of the outer periphery of the grinding wheel. Since the structure can be disassembled easily, the whole measurement device for grinding wheel can be carried conveniently. In addition, measurements can be performed by users on the site where the grinding wheel is located for real-timely understanding the real size and wear condition of grinding wheel.
US11486688B1	Level-correcting gauge block The level correcting gauge block is a tool. The level correcting gauge block incorporates a stepped structure, a level tool, and a target surface. The level tool is a tool used to identify a plane that is perpendicular to the force of gravity (called a horizontal plane). The level tool is used to determine whether the target surface is parallel (or “level”) to a plane that is perpendicular to the force of gravity. The stepped structure works in conjunction with the level tool. The stepped structure measures the elevation change required to be made to the target surface to bring the target surface to level.
US11486687B2	Tape measure attachment with brush and wiper element A tape measure attachment with a brush and wiper element is shown and described. The tape measure attachment with a brush and wiper element includes a front section, wherein the front section has an aperture therein. The aperture contains a brush and wiper element therein. The aperture and the brush and wiper element are proportioned to accept a tape of a measuring tape therein. The front section is attached to a base at one end of the base. A pair of prongs are attached to the base near one end of the base, wherein the prongs are configured to frictionally engage a tape measure housing. A second pair of prongs are attached to the base near one end of the base, wherein the prongs are configured to frictionally engage a tape measure housing.
US11486686B2	Blasting system including electric detonator Provided is a blasting system including a first detonator and a second detonator and a user terminal. The user terminal performs wireless communications with the first detonator and wired communications with the second detonator. Each of the first detonator and the second detonator includes an electric detonator storing detonator information, in which the electric detonator ignites an explosive in response to a blasting command, a connector connecting the electric detonator to the user terminal via a wireless or wired communication means, and a wiring portion connecting the electric detonator and the connector.
US11486683B2	Angled dual impact bullet A bullet having a front unit and a rear unit, the front unit adapted to house the rear unit is provided. The front unit has a fragmented section, a cavity wall section, and a separation ring. The separation ring being angled forward or rearward with respect to the center of the bullet or with respect to the outermost edge of the bullet and being disposed on the front unit between the fragmented section and the cavity wall section.
US11486682B2	Integrated propulsion and warhead system for an artillery round An integrated propulsion and warhead system for an artillery round includes a propulsion, such as a solid rocket motor and/or an air-breathing jet engine, and an annular explosive concentrically arranged around at least a portion of the propulsion system. The integrated propulsion and warhead system is included in a propulsion section of the artillery round so that space in an adjacent guidance section is increased and the space allocation for the propulsion system and annular explosive is optimized.
US11486681B2	Shotshell having wad with enhanced fin deployment A shotgun shell has a polymer wad with a forward shot cup portion and a rearward propellant cup, the wad in a casing, shot in the shot cup, propellant in the propellant cup, and a primer in a head of the casing. The propellant cup having a plurality of fins extending rearwardly that open to a deployed position upon firing and the shot cup having a plurality of circumferentially spaced axially aligned linear slit segments that permit air to circulate and permit expansion of the shot cup.
US11486676B2	Rear sight assembly A rear sight assembly is disclosed. The rear sight assembly contains a housing defining a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening, a rear sight mechanism containing a thumb wheel positioned in the first opening, at least partially threaded support member positioned in the second opening and the third opening, wherein the at least partially threaded support member is threaded through the thumb wheel, and a rear aiming point member adjustably coupled with the at least partially threaded support member.
US11486673B2	Weapon training and firing aid A weapon training and firing aid having a shoulder bar attachment for elevating and/or traversing a weapon mount. A weapon training and firing aid has an elongate arm for attachment to a weapon mount and extending in a generally rearward direction from the weapon mount.
US11486671B2	Muzzle signature management device A muzzle signature management device for a firearm may include a body having a bore through a central axis, a first plurality of linear ports extending generally coaxially with the bore and providing a gas pathway from the bore to the outside surface of the body, a second plurality of linear ports intersecting the first plurality of linear ports and providing a gas pathway from the bore to the outside surface of the body, and a plurality of surface features within the first and second plurality of linear ports configured to affect the discharge gasses exiting from the muzzle of the firearm.
US11486669B2	Baffle component for a sound suppressor A baffle for sound suppression, the baffle including a conical portion, a base portion, a lumen, and a cavity. The conical portion has a first end, a second end, and an outer surface extending from the first end to the second end and the base portion has a first surface and a second surface, the first surface and second surface being directed away from each other. The lumen has an inner surface and inner lip, the inner surface extending from the first end of the conical portion to the second surface of the base portion and the inner lip extending outwardly from and circumferentially around the inner surface and the cavity located between the first end and the second end of the conical portion and extending from the outer surface of the conical portion to the inner surface of the lumen.
US11486668B1	Gun control unit and method of use A gun control unit for a M134 minigun firearm including an armature and a stator comprising at least one hardware processor; and one or more software modules that are configured to, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, independently control the armature; independently control the stator.
US11486666B2	Firearm magazine loaders and loader assemblies Loaders and loader assemblies are provided. A loader that facilitates loading a cartridge into a firearm magazine includes a press member that extends from a first end to a second end. The loader further includes a plunger member that extends generally perpendicularly from the press member to a free end. The free end sized to engage the cartridge when loading the firearm magazine.
US11486660B2	Continuous helical baffle heat exchanger A heater assembly includes a continuous series of perforated helical members and a plurality of electrical resistance heating elements. The perforated helical members cooperate to define a geometric helicoid disposed about a longitudinal axis of the heater assembly. Each perforated helical member defines opposed edges and a predetermined pattern of perforations. The perforations extend through each perforated helical member parallel to the longitudinal axis. The heating elements extend through the perforations.
US11486656B2	Variable conductivity metamaterials and thermal control systems employing the same Thermal control systems that include variable conductivity metamaterial units are provided. The metamaterial unit a plurality of thermally conductive plates, a plurality of first bonds, each of which connects two adjoining thermally conductive plates, and a plurality of second bonds, each of which connects two adjoining thermally conductive plates. Also included is a load inducer constructed to cause the plurality of thermally conductive plates to move between a non-contact state, in which opposing surfaces of the plurality of thermally conductive plates are not in direct contact, to a contact state, in which the opposing surfaces of the plurality of thermally conductive are in at least partial direct contact, so as to change a thermal conductivity of the metamaterial unit from a first value to a second value. Through the ability to design the effective thermal conductivity as a function of temperature a passive thermal control capability is achieved by the introduction of thermal stability regions that will passively ensure thermal stability.
US11486655B2	Outdoor unit of air conditioner Provided is an outdoor unit of an air conditioner, including: an outdoor heat exchanger that has a height longer than a width; and an outdoor blowing fan that is disposed above the outdoor heat exchanger and blows air upward from below the outdoor heat exchanger, in which the outdoor heat exchanger includes: a plurality of radiating fins that contacts air; a gap that is formed between the radiating fins; a louver fin that is cut in the radiating fin and then bent; and a cut-out area that is formed in the radiating fin and formed at a position where the louver fin is cut, the radiating fin includes: a first zone that is disposed above the outdoor heat exchanger and disposed close to the outdoor blowing fan; and a second zone that is located below the first zone, and an area LA1 of the louver fin in the first zone is formed to be larger than an area LA2 of the louver fin in the second zone.The present disclosure has the advantage of uniformly forming air volumes in each zone of the heat exchanger in the vertical height direction by making the areas of the louver fins arranged in each zone different, even when the outdoor blowing fan is disposed to be biased upward.
US11486650B2	Total heat exchange element, method of manufacturing total heat exchange element, and total heat exchanger A total heat exchange element includes a stacked body that is formed by alternately stacking a first layer provided with a first passage through which a first air flow passes and a second layer provided with a second passage through which a second air flow passes. The stacked body includes a partition member between the first layer and the second layer, a spacing member provided in the first layer and the second layer and maintaining a spacing between the partition members facing each other, and a latent heat shielding member provided partly on the partition member and shielding transfer of latent heat between the first air flow and the second air flow through the partition member.
US11486649B2	Cylindrical air to air heat exchanger A heat exchanger for heat exchange between at least two fluids includes a plurality of heat exchange elements each having at least one fluid-guiding path for conducting at least one of the fluids through. The heat exchanger has a cylindrical shape or substantially cylindrical shape with a cylinder axis around which the heat exchange elements are adjacently arranged. At lease a region of each of the heat exchange elements forms an outline structure at least substantially like one of a triangular cylinder, a trapezoidal cylinder, a circle-sector cylinder, and an annulus-sector cylinder. As a result of adjacent arrangement of the heat exchange elements, the heat exchanger or at least a region of the heat exchanger has an outline structure at least substantially like one of a polygonal cylinder, a polygonal hollow cylinder, a circular cylinder, and annular cylinder. The cylindrical shape of the heat exchanger may alternatively be a cone frustum. The heat exchanger may be incorporated into an air device.
US11486646B2	Air-cooled condenser apparatus and method The present invention relates to an air-cooled condenser apparatus for condensing a steam flow exiting a turbine from for example a power plant. The air-cooled condenser apparatus comprises a series of condenser modules, each module having a series of compact delta-type heat exchanger units and a series of fans. The air-cooled condenser apparatus further comprises a series of independent frame structures FRS(m) wherein the number of frame structures has a lower limit depending on the number of modules. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing an air-cooled condenser apparatus comprising steps of manufacturing the delta-type heat exchanger units in the factory, placing the units in a container for transportation and erecting the air-cooled condenser apparatus at a site of installation.
US11486641B2	Apparatus and method for controlling the temperature of workpieces An apparatus for controlling the temperature of workpieces, in particular of vehicle bodies, has a temperature-control tunnel, a traction chamber and an intermediate floor which is arranged between the temperature-control tunnel and the traction chamber and which has a connection passage. The apparatus includes a conveying device for conveying the workpieces in the temperature-control tunnel, wherein the conveying device has at least one conveying carriage with a running gear and has a workpiece carrier for holding the workpieces of which the temperature is to be controlled. The running gear is arranged in the traction chamber and is connected by a connecting device, which projects through the connection passage of the intermediate floor, to the workpiece carrier arranged in the temperature-control tunnel. To control the temperature of the traction chamber and thus adequately protect the running gear against heat or cold, the intermediate floor is equipped at least in regions with an active cooling and/or heating means.
US11486639B2	Multipurpose solar drying tray assemblies and methods therefor Tray assemblies and methods of their use to dry products with sunlight. Such a tray assembly includes at least a first base having four side walls, a bottom wall, legs configured to support the bottom wall above the surface when resting thereon, side wall holes in the side walls, and bottom wall holes in the bottom wall. A cover is releasably coupled to the base to define an enclosure between the cover, the side walls, and the bottom wall. At least one window is provided in the cover to allow infrared radiation to pass therethrough that is absorbed by interior surfaces of the base to cause an increase in a temperature within the enclosure sufficient to increase a rate of drying products located within the enclosure.
US11486638B2	CO2 separation and liquefaction system and method A CO2 separation and liquefaction system such as might be used in a carbon capture and sequestration system for a fossil fuel burning power plant is disclosed. The CO2 separation and liquefaction system includes a first cooling stage to cool flue gas with liquid CO2, a compression stage coupled to the first cooling stage to compress the cooled flue gas, a second cooling stage coupled to the compression stage and the first cooling stage to cool the compressed flue gas with a CO2 melt and provide the liquid CO2 to the first cooling stage, and an expansion stage coupled to the second cooling stage to extract solid CO2 from the flue gas that melts in the second cooling stage to provide the liquid CO2.
US11486636B2	Method to recover LPG and condensates from refineries fuel gas streams A method to recover olefins and C2+ fractions from refineries gas streams. The traditional recovery methods employed at refineries are absorption with solvents and cryogenic technology using compression and expansion aided by external refrigeration systems. In contrast to known methods, there is provided first a pre-cooling heat exchanger on a feed line feeding the gas stream to a in-line mixer, secondly by injecting and mixing a stream of LNG to condense the C2+ fractions upstream of the fractionator. The temperature of the gas stream entering the fractionator is monitored downstream of the in-line mixer. A LNG stream is temperature controlled to flow through the injection inlet and mix with the feed gas at a temperature which results in the condensation of the C2+ fractions before entering the fractionator. A LNG reflux stream is temperature controlled to maintain fractionator overhead temperature. The fractionator bottoms temperature is controlled by a circulating reboiler stream.
US11486633B2	Smart refrigerator based on big data analysis of server, health management method, and system Embodiments of this disclosure relate to electronic information, and disclose a smart refrigerator based on big data analysis of a server, including a refrigerator body, a collector, and a communication circuit. The collector is disposed in the refrigerator body and is used to collect human body health parameter information. The communication circuit is disposed in the refrigerator body and is connected to the collector, and is used to: upload human body health parameter information to a server, obtain a diet solution that is returned by the server after the server performs big data analysis on the human body health parameter information, and push the diet solution. This disclosure further discloses a health management method based on a smart refrigerator and a health management system. The smart refrigerator based on big data analysis of a server, the health management method based on a smart refrigerator, and the health management system that are provided in the embodiments of this disclosure can help a user properly plan healthy diets.
US11486630B2	Refrigerator based on artificial intelligence and method of controlling the same Disclosed herein is a method of controlling an intelligent refrigerator, the method including: obtaining registration information of food comprising an expiration date; storing the registration information; and comparing an expiration date of foods stored in the refrigerator with a current date based on the registration information and visually indicating an alarm on the food, if the remaining days to the expiration date are smaller than a predetermined threshold value.
US11486627B2	Reinforcement assembly for an insulated structure An appliance includes a vacuum insulated structure that has a peripheral edge including a wrapper and a liner. A mullion is operably coupled to the vacuum insulated structure. A reinforcement assembly is operably coupled to the vacuum insulated structure and the mullion. The reinforcement assembly includes a perimeter frame that is operably coupled to the peripheral edge of the vacuum insulated structure, and a central plate that is operably coupled to the mullion. A door is operably coupled to the reinforcement assembly.
US11486622B2	Layering of low thermal conductive material on metal tray An ice making assembly within an appliance with a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a lower portion and an upper portion. The assembly includes a rotatable shroud within the housing with a first slot in air communication with the inlet, and a second slot in air communication with the outlet. A thermoelectric device with a top side and a bottom side, and having a heat sink on the bottom side between the first slot and the second slot. An ice tray disposed above and thermally connected with the top side, a barrier wall within the housing and in contact with the shroud between the lower portion and the upper portion.
US11486619B2	Air-conditioning system or refrigerant branch unit An air-conditioning system that performs a refrigeration cycle in a refrigerant circuit includes: an outdoor unit; a plurality of indoor units; a refrigerant connection pipe that connects the outdoor unit and the indoor units; and a first control valve disposed in the refrigerant connection pipe and that blocks a flow of refrigerant. The refrigerant connection pipe includes: a plurality of indoor-side pipes that each communicate with one of the indoor units; an outdoor-side pipe that communicates with two or more of the indoor-side pipes from an outdoor unit side; and a branch that connects the outdoor-side pipe and a group of two or more of the indoor-side pipes.
US11486615B2	Flow balancer and evaporator having the same The present invention relates to a flow balancer for an evaporator, comprising: a permeable assembly comprising at least one gas- and fluid-permeable plate and located above a heat exchange tube bundle of the evaporator; a sealing assembly disposed on a periphery of the permeable assembly and constructed to be nonpermeable to gas and fluid; and a mounting assembly constructed to support the permeable assembly and the sealing assembly. The present invention also relates to an evaporator comprising the flow balancer. The flow balancer of the present invention has the advantages of simple structure and convenient manufacturing and mounting, can balance the pressure distribution above the heat exchange tube bundle, and can achieve a more even distribution of the refrigerant liquid level in the length direction of the heat exchange tube bundle.
US11486611B2	Cryogen-free cooling apparatus The disclosure relates to a cryogen-free cooling apparatus for cooling a sample, comprising a vacuum chamber, a first cooling device which is configured to generate a first temperature in the vacuum chamber to provide a main thermal bath, a second cooling device, which is in connection with a sample stage on which a sample is to be arranged, wherein the second cooling device is a solid state cooler which is configured to provide a second temperature to the sample stage, and wherein the second temperature is different from the first temperature, and a sample loading device which is configured to change the sample while operating the first cooling device and the second cooling device, wherein the sample stage is held in the vacuum chamber by a plurality of first fibers of low thermal conductivity such that the sample stage is thermally decoupled from the main thermal bath.
US11486610B2	Injection nozzle and apparatus and methods regarding same An injection nozzle for injecting a substance, such as a cryogenic gas or cryogenic liquid, into the interior of a process vessel, or directly into material inside a process vessel, and includes a housing having a first internal chamber for receiving a fluid, and a second internal chamber having an actuator located therein, a valve body having an outlet, a stem positioned within the first internal chamber of the housing and having opposed proximal and distal ends, wherein the stem is reciprocally movable along its longitudinal axis in the housing to open and close the valve body outlet, and a sensor configured to receive a signal from the actuator.
US11486609B2	Systems and methods for providing continuous cooling at cryogenic temperatures Systems and methods of continuous cooling at cryogenic temperatures. One exemplary aspect involves a refrigeration system that includes: a chamber adapted to hold liquid and gaseous coolant received from a cooling pot; a first adsorption pump having an inlet end in fluid communication with the chamber, the first adsorption pump configured to capture gas from the liquid and gaseous coolant when the first adsorption pump is enabled; a second adsorption pump having an inlet end in fluid communication with the chamber, the second adsorption pump configured to capture gas from the liquid and gaseous coolant when the second adsorption pump is enabled; a means for desorbing the gas captured by the first adsorption pump; and a means for desorbing the gas captured by the second adsorption pump.
US11486605B2	System for precision temperature control of thermal bead baths A system for precision temperature control of thermal bead baths used in biological laboratories to heat biological samples. An insulated outer shell and an inner shell sealed together to form a recirculation pathway. The inner shell has an air extraction port opening into the recirculation pathway and at least one air injection port opening into the recirculation pathway. A fan in the recirculation pathway draws air through the air extraction port. A thermal sensor is connected to a control and is disposed in close proximity to one of the air injection ports. Thermal beads are placed in a mesh basket inside the inner shell. The fan draws air from the inner shell through the beads and into the recirculation pathway, where the air is heated by a thermal element. The air flows past the thermal element and through the air injection ports back into the inner shell.
US11486603B2	Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing condensate Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, and/or manufacture that is configured for operably releasing condensate received from a condensate-producing unit toward a drain without allowing a substantial quantity of gas to flow through the system, machine, device, and/or manufacture, those embodiments including a float and/or a housing.
US11486601B2	Wall-mounted air conditioner indoor unit and air conditioner An air conditioner indoor unit includes a housing, a chassis, and an air duct assembly. The housing includes a face frame including an inner cavity having an opening. The chassis covers a side of the face frame. The air duct assembly includes a mounting bracket movably mounted at the chassis and detachably connected with the face frame. The mounting bracket is configured to move into or out of the inner cavity through the opening of the inner cavity along an insertion direction.
US11486596B2	Air conditioner An outdoor unit includes: first, second, third, and fourth connection terminals all of which are connected to an indoor unit; a power converter; and a switch unit provided between the first connection terminal and the power converter. The indoor unit includes: a first indoor unit terminal connected to the first connection terminal; a second indoor unit terminal connected to the second connection terminal; a third indoor unit terminal connected to the third connection terminal; a fourth indoor unit terminal connected to the fourth connection terminal; and a switch provided between the first indoor unit terminal and the fourth indoor unit terminal. The switch unit includes: a first switch that is closed when receiving power supply from the second and fourth connection terminals; and a second switch connected in parallel with the first switch. AC power is applied to the first and second connection terminals. The indoor unit closes the switch upon receiving a start signal, and the outdoor unit closes the second switch after supply of AC power to the power converter starts.
US11486595B2	Defrosting cycle control An Air Handling Unit for a ventilation system in a building has supply and extract air channels, each with an inlet and an outlet for guiding air to and from a building. Each air channel includes a damper controlling air flow. The air channels are in a heat exchanging relation to each other. The AHU also includes a fan and an Electronic Control Unit. The ECU outputs a defrost cycle initiation signal to defrost the heat recovery arrangement. The ECU outputs a defrost cycle termination signal to end the defrost cycle upon indication of the defrosting being completed. To optimize the defrost cycle time the ECU changes the first or second criterion for defrost cycle termination signal depending on the time for performing the defrost cycle such that the time period of the defrost cycle is prolonged/shortened when the defrost cycle time period is shorter/longer than preferred.
US11486594B2	Air-conditioning apparatus and air-conditioning system An air-conditioning apparatus includes an outdoor unit and an indoor unit that include devices and a pipe constituting a refrigerant circuit and a remote control connected to the indoor unit. Each of the outdoor unit and the indoor unit includes a sensor configured to detect temperature states of the devices and the pipe. The outdoor unit or the indoor unit includes a memory configured to hold sensor information indicating a result of the detection by the sensor and control information indicating control states of the devices. The remote control includes a microcomputer configured to receive information indicating states of sections based on the sensor information and the control information, output an estimated cause of trouble as output values, and compute a value corresponding to a possibility of being cause of trouble by using a neural network, and a display unit configured to display a result.
US11486590B2	Soundproof part and outdoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus A soundproof part that covers a compressor includes a side surface cover including two or more sound absorbing materials and two or more sound insulating materials, and configured to cover a side surface of the compressor. The two or more sound insulating materials include sound insulating materials having different specific gravities. The side surface cover is formed such that one sound absorbing material is disposed adjacent to the compressor, and a sound absorbing material and a sound insulating material are alternately arranged. The side surface cover is also formed such that as a distance from the compressor increases, the sound insulating materials having relatively lower specific gravities are disposed.
US11486589B2	Air treatment device adapted to treat air in a confined space The present inventive concept relates to an air treatment device adapted to treat air in a confined space. The air treatment device comprises a device body having a central axis, the device body comprising a supporting structure being substantially transverse to the central axis and a side section being substantially parallel to the central axis. The air treatment device further comprises an air treatment section arranged in the device, an ionizing arrangement, a fan arrangement, and a filter extending in a first direction being parallel to the central axis, wherein the filter comprises an upper end and a lower end in the first direction, wherein the ionizing arrangement and the fan arrangement are arranged between the upper and lower end.
US11486575B2	Gas tap for a gas cooking appliance According to one embodiment a gas tap is provided that includes a manually operable shaft having a first end coupled to a regulating element and a second end configured to be coupled to a knob that can be operated by a user. The shaft includes a first locking element, and the gas tap includes a second locking element. The shaft is rotational between an initial angular position and a final angular position, and is axially movable when it is arranged in the initial angular position between a first axial position in which the first locking element and the second locking element cooperate with one another, preventing the shaft from being able to rotate, and a second axial position in which the shaft is able to rotate. The user has to pull on the shaft in order to move it from the first axial position to the second axial position.
US11486572B2	Systems and methods for Utilizing flue gas Systems and apparatuses for cooling flue gases emitted from an industrial facility, such as a coke oven in a coke manufacturing plant. A representative system includes a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) having a steam generation system that converts liquid feedwater into steam by absorbing heat from the flue gases. The steam generation system includes a plurality of tubes that carry the liquid water feedwater and the steam. Some or all of the tubes include steel and a non-corrosive material cladded to the steel that helps to reduce corrosion caused by the high temperature flue gases and extremely corrosive contaminants within the flue gas that can corrode steel.
US11486567B2	Incandescent bulb-type LED lamp having heat dissipation function This application relates to an incandescent bulb-type LED lamp having a heat dissipation function. In one aspect, the LED lamp includes a globe forming an external shape of the lamp, and an LED module supported by a stem in which a gas injection portion is formed and installed inside the globe. The LED lamp may also include a power supply unit for supplying power to the LED module, and a base bonded to one side of the globe and connected to a socket to supply commercial power to the power supply unit. The LED lamp may further include a heat conduction member filled in an internal space formed by an inner surface of the base and a printed circuit board (PCB) of the power supply unit and configured to dissipate heat generated from the LED module and the power supply unit to the outside through the base.
US11486565B2	Adjustable light source holder, a directable spotlight and a manufacture method thereof The present invention relates to an adjustable light source holder (100), comprising an inner part (110), in the form of a partly spherical shell (214), configured to house a light source; an outer part (120), in the form of a partly spherical shell (324), configured to house and interact with the partly spherical shell of the inner part; wherein the inner part is tiltable relative to the outer part about an arbitrary tilt axis (130); wherein the inner part (110) is made from an elastic material; and wherein an outer surface (212) of the inner part and/or an inner surface (322) of the outer part comprises a rough portion (416, 426). Methods of manufacturing the adjustable light source holder and related directable spotlight systems are also presented.
US11486555B2	Electronic candle with detachable power supply Methods, systems and devices associated with an electronic candle are disclosed. In one example aspect, an electronic candle includes a mounting frame that includes a first connector and a power supply assembly that is detachable from the mounting frame. The power supply assembly includes a second connector that forms a coupling mechanism with the first connector. The power supply assembly further includes an energy storage, a first power source configured to charge the energy storage, and an electrical connection interface configured to connect the power supply assembly to a second power source. The electronic candle also includes a light-emitting assembly that is removably coupled to the mounting frame configured to operate using power provided by the power supply assembly, and one or more controllers configured to control an operation of the light-emitting assembly.
US11486554B2	Downlight apparatus A downlight apparatus includes a driver, a light source, a light holder, a first switch and a second switch. The driver has a power converter and a controller. The light holder is used for fixing the light source. The holder bottom of the light holder defines a light opening. The light source emits a light from the light opening. The light holder is placed in an installation cavity. The rim structure is connected to the holder bottom. The rim structure has a rim edge concealing the installation cavity. The first switch is provided for users to operate to adjust a setting. The second switch is provided for users to operate to adjust the setting. The first switch is concealed in the installation cavity. The second switch is placed on the rim edge exposed outside the installation cavity. The first switch and the second switch are coupled to the controller.
US11486553B1	Modular, recessed lighting system A modular lighting system adapted to be installed in and illuminate an environment. The lighting system includes a first light fixture including a first canopy assembly adapted to engage a desired surface in the environment, a first light-emitting diode (LED) module, and a second LED module. The first LED module has a first connector assembly configured to mechanically and electrically connect the first LED module to the first light fixture via the first canopy assembly, the second connector assembly is configured to mechanically and electrically connect the second LED module to the first LED module, and the first LED module is interchangeable with a third LED module including a third connector assembly configured to mechanically and electrically connect the third LED module to both the second LED module and the first light fixture via the first canopy assembly.
US11486546B2	LNG bunkering equipment test and evaluation system A liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering equipment test and evaluation system is provided. The system includes a storage tank module configured to store a liquefied natural gas, a supply module for connecting the storage tank module and the bunkering module, a bunkering module configured to perform bunkering by being supplied with the liquefied natural gas, a simulation module provided at a part under the bunkering module and the supply module and the simulation module is configured to simulate a maritime situation by giving a fluidity to the bunkering module and the supply module, and a controller configured to control a driving of the simulation module, thereby simulating various situations of sea areas by giving fluidity to the storage tank module and the bunkering module.
US11486538B2	Devices for hanging items from horizontally-oriented structures, and associated methods A hanger device structurally configured to couple at an edge of a horizontal support is disclosed and described, the hanger device including a hanger support including a horizontal top support having a planar undersurface structurally configured to rest on an upper surface of the horizontal support when in use and an edge extension extending downwardly from the top support and configured to abut an edge of the horizontal support. The hanger device can further include a lower hanger coupled to and extending downwardly from the edge extension, a lower hook coupled to the lower hanger and oriented to suspend a decorative item therefrom, and an engagement lock slidably coupled to the lower hanger and configured to contact a bottom surface of the horizontal support opposite the horizontal top support to secure the hanger device to the horizontal support.
US11486529B2	Connection assembly, in particular for conducting aqueous urea solutions A connector arrangement for conducting liquid urea solutions. The connector arrangement includes a distributor, with at least three connecting elements, and a connecting component, located between the connecting elements, with inner channels running within the connecting component. Three individual lines having connecting means are connected to the connecting elements of the distributor by the connecting means, and a housing surrounds the distributor and at least a part of the individual line. The distributor is disposed in the housing together with end sections of the connected individual lines. A channel line inner diameter of the inner channels and a total length of the inner channels and a wall thickness of the distributor in the connecting component are dimensioned such that ice pressure on the distributor, which occurs as a result of the freezing of a liquid within the distributor, does not result in any destruction.
US11486527B2	Methods of forming a pipe joint between a pipe section and a pipe fitting A method of forming a pipe joint between a pipe section and a pipe fitting includes inserting an end of the pipe section into a socket of the pipe fitting, and attaching a removable clamp to the pipe section and pipe fitting. The socket includes a centering device and a pipe stop that is configured to receive the end of the pipe section. The clamp includes a plurality of arcuate segments and a tightening mechanism, and each arcuate member has a removable/replaceable sealing member. The arcuate members are radially compressed via the tightening mechanism to cause the respective sealing members to seal an open end of the gap. A bonding agent is then injected into the gap via a port that extends through the pipe fitting. Once the bonding agent has been injected, the clamp is removed and can be reused.
US11486524B2	Pipe fitting A pipe fitting for conveying a medium, including an inlet at which the medium enters in a first direction perpendicular to an inlet cross section, and an outlet at which the medium leaves in a second direction perpendicular to an outlet cross section, wherein the two directions enclose an angle. The pipe fitting has three parts, wherein in each case two parts bearing against one another at a contact point, wherein in each case two parts at their contact point being rotatable relative to one another about the axis of the flow direction at the contact point in order to change the angle, and wherein the two contact points being spaced apart from one another in the flow direction.
US11486523B2	Clamping system for connecting pipes, comprising a collar and a washer carrying support lugs The clamping system is used for connecting two pipes whose facing ends have protruding bearing surfaces. The clamping system comprises a collar that can be clamped and a washer. The collar includes a belt whose internal periphery delimits a recess into which the bearing surfaces can be inserted. The washer comprises an annular part disposed inside the belt and carrying support lugs which have a hook configured to hook on an edge of the belt and a link section which extends between the annular part and the hook. The link section carries at least one retaining wing bent radially outwardly and having a retaining edge, the retaining wing having a width, measured axially, which decreases towards its free end, the edge of the belt being housed in the space formed between the retaining edge and the hook.
US11486520B2	Press-fit, friction-retention coupling assembly between hard, inflexible material components An outer component and an annular collar can be formed of materials having a Rockwell R hardness of at least 120. The outer component can have a recess, including an outer component mating wall. The annular collar can include an annular collar mating wall, including at least three protrusions. A recess can surround each protrusion so that an overall protrusion height between a base of the protrusion and a distal end thereof is greater than a protruding distance between an outer diameter of a cylindrical outer surface of the annular collar mating wall and the distal end of the protrusion. The number and configuration of the protrusions can be designed to provide a press-fit insertion force of 50 Newtons or less, and to provide a friction retention force sufficient to retain the annular collar within the recess under its own weight, throughout relevant tolerance ranges for the mating walls.
US11486511B2	Electromagnetic valve drive device An electromagnetic valve drive device which supplies a hold current with a prescribed fluctuation range to an electromagnetic coil of an electromagnetic valve after a current peak when a supply of electricity starts has passed includes: a power supplier which intermittently applies a drive voltage to the electromagnetic coil; a detector which detects the hold current; a first comparator which compares a detected current by the detector with a first threshold value; a filter which performs integration processing on an output of the first comparator; a second comparator which compares an output of the filter with a second threshold value to generate an output signal used for generating a control signal for controlling the power supplier; and a control signal generator which generates the control signal for controlling the power supplier based on the output signal of the second comparator, wherein the filter is a count-up/down type digital filter.
US11486507B2	Gas safety valve and gas supply line A gas safety valve for controlling a gas flow includes a valve body providing a body inlet port for coupling to a first gas supply and a body outlet port for coupling to an appliance, the valve body extending along a longitudinal axis between the body inlet port and the body outlet port, the valve body further providing an inlet bore extending downstream from the body inlet port, and an outlet bore extending to the body outlet port. A valve has a valve chamber having a valve inlet and a valve outlet, a ball located within the valve chamber and a valve seat provided at the valve outlet such that the ball is retained in the valve chamber upstream of the valve seat. The valve body includes an internal junction positioned upstream of the valve inlet, and a side inlet port.
US11486503B2	Assembly having at least two chambers and at least one transfer valve An assembly having at least two chambers (1, 2) and at least one transfer valve (3), wherein: a valve housing interior (9) of the transfer valve (3) is separated from each the chamber interiors (4, 5) of the chambers (1, 2) by respective partitions (12, 13) and a transfer opening (14, 15) for the feeding through of objects and/or fluids is formed in each of the partitions (12, 13) and in addition to the transfer opening (14, 15) in question an additional opening (16, 17) is arranged in each of the partitions (12, 13). The additional openings (16, 17) can be closed by respective switching valves (18, 19) of the assembly and, in an open state of the respective switching valves (18, 19), directly fluidically connect the valve housing interior (9) to the respective chamber interiors (4, 5) adjoining the respective partitions (12, 13).
US11486493B2	Vehicular parking lock mechanism A vehicular parking lock mechanism includes a parking gear, a parking pole, a lock member, and a lock releasing member. The parking pole includes a first parking pole member having a meshing tooth, and a second parking pole member having a cam protrusion. When the lock releasing member is pulled in one direction, and the second parking pole member is moved to a manually released position, the cam protrusion is disengaged from a second roller of the lock member, and the meshing tooth of the first parking pole member comes out of the parking gear, so that the parking lock mechanism is released from the parking locked state.
US11486492B2	Shift device A shift device includes: a shift switching member that includes a plurality of valley portions corresponding to a shift position; and an actuator that drives the shift switching member. The actuator includes a motor, a driving force transmission mechanism that transmits a driving force of the motor to an output shaft, a control board that includes a rotation angle sensor detecting a rotation angle of the motor and controls the motor based on a detection result obtained by the rotation angle sensor, a housing and an outer lid that form a housing space housing the motor and the control board, the outer lid covering an opening of the housing, and an inner lid that is housed in the housing space and to which the motor is attached, and the housing includes a first positioning portion that positions both the inner lid and the control board with respect to the housing.
US11486489B2	Drive train unit and drive train for a motor vehicle A drive train unit (HY, G) for a motor vehicle includes a first shaft (TW), a second shaft (PW), and a third shaft (AN). The first shaft (TW) is rotatably mounted at an inner diameter of the second shaft (PW) with a first bearing (L1). The second shaft (PW) is rotatably mounted at an inner diameter of the third shaft (AN) with a second bearing (L2, L2x). A lube oil feed to the first bearing (L1) and the second bearing (L2, L2x) takes place through a bore hole (B1) arranged in the first shaft (TW). An oil baffle chamber (S) is formed at an inner surface of the second shaft (PW) and includes a first outflow (S1) and a second outflow (S2). A drive train for a motor vehicle may include such a drive train unit (HY, G).
US11486488B2	Pumping device for a transmission and transmission comprising such a pumping device In order to enable efficient operation and reliable heat dissipation in a transmission, a pumping device (10) for lowering the internal pressure in a transmission (100) is equipped with a suction line (18), which leads from a suction point (20) on a connection side (14) to a discharge point (22) on a discharge side (16), a pump (24) for generating negative pressure at the suction point (20), a pump drive (26) for driving the pump (24), and an oil separator (28) connected upstream or downstream of the pump (24) in the suction line (18) that separates oil contained in the suction flow and returns it via a return line (30) to the connection side (14), and a check valve (34) connected downstream, preferably directly downstream, of the pump (24).A transmission (100) with such a pumping device (10), a use of a pumping device (10) and a method for reducing power losses in a transmission (100) are disclosed.
US11486486B2	Sensor bar with oil channel in a transmission A transmission includes a bar supporting at least one sensor for measuring an operating parameter of the transmission. The sensor bar is provided with an oil channel for transportation of lubrication oil to at least one component of the transmission.
US11486485B2	Geared motor A geared motor, e.g., a gear unit or a bevel gear unit, which is able to be driven by an electric motor, includes a housing part, which is produced by a die casting method, during or after which sliders are moved, in particular pulled out, in respective drawing directions for the demolding, and an input shaft. The housing part includes a channel, demolded in a first drawing direction, in particular, using a first slider, the channel being adapted to extend through the wall of the housing and ending in the interior space region of the gear unit. The drawing direction has a non-vanishing angle in relation to the axis of rotation of the input shaft, its angle in particular amounting to between 5° and 45°, e.g., between 5° and 20°.
US11486481B2	Wave generator for strain wave gearing In a wave generator for a strain wave gearing, a plug outer peripheral surface of a rigid wave plug has a non-circular profile and is fixed to an inner-race inner peripheral surface of a wave bearing by press-fitting and using an adhesive. The plug outer peripheral surface is a groove formation surface in which microgrooves are formed as adhesive-retaining grooves that can retain the adhesive. When the wave plug is press-fitted into the wave bearing, the amount of adhesive that is scraped out from therebetween is reduced and the bonding strength therebetween can be increased while also preventing unevenness of the bonding strength.
US11486480B1	Control of electronic locking differential An electronic locking differential includes a lock ring and a coil that moves the lock ring to engage gears of the electronic locking differential, an energy storage capacitor that powers the coil during at least a portion of engagement of the lock ring with the gears, and a controller. The controller charges the energy storage capacitor to a first predefined voltage prior to the engagement.
US11486477B2	System and method for monitoring the remaining useful life of a ball screw in actuation system A method for monitoring remaining useful life (RUL) of an actuation system in a vehicle that includes receiving position data of the actuation system from a position sensor, maintaining a total distance traveled for the actuation system, and calculating the RUL of the actuation system. The calculating includes estimating force data using an output variable estimator, determining motor torque, weighing the estimated force data using a confidence level, predicting a total life of the actuation system based on the weighted force data, and comparing the predicted total life with the total distance traveled to determine the remaining useful life.
US11486475B2	Keyless coupling arrangement for a generator and associated methods Described is a generator for an engine-driven power system. The generator having a generator shaft, a sleeve coupler, a first pulley, and a second pulley. The generator shaft, which is shaped at an end to define a first tapered surface, rotates a rotor relative to a stator. The sleeve coupler is shaped to define a bore with a second tapered surface. The bore receives the end of the generator shaft. The first pulley has a center hole to receive the sleeve coupler. The second pulley shares an axis of rotation with the first pulley and transfers a rotational force to the generator shaft and to the sleeve coupler.
US11486470B2	Methods and systems for an actuation system Methods and systems are provided for an actuation system for a driveline shifting member in a transmission system of a vehicle. In one example, a system may include an actuator coupled to a lever arm via one or more parallel axis gears, and a shaft connecting the lever arm to a driveline shifting member, the lever arm driven via a rolling element housed within a slot in the lever arm aligned with a center of a parallel axis gear of the one or more parallel axis gears.
US11486468B2	Gear for a gear train A gearwheel for a gear system for a planetary gear system of a chassis assistance system. The gearwheel is divided into at least a first spur gear and a second spur gear which are spaced apart from one another along a common rotational axis. The gearwheel has, in addition, an open spring ring with a first end, which is supported in a circumferential direction against the first spur gear, and a second end, which is supported in the direction opposite to the circumferential direction against the second spur gear in such manner that by rotating the spur gears, relative to one another about the common rotational axis, the spring ring can be stressed in order to exert a restoring torque on the spur gears. A recess is formed on at least one of the spur gears for holding part of the spring ring.
US11486465B2	Inspectable synthetic tensile member assembly A protected synthetic tensile member assembly including one or more fixed terminations used to transmit a tensile load from the tensile member to an external component. The tensile member includes access for inspection of its constituent fibers in at least one selected inspection region. The region is selected on the basis of the area of interest to the tensile member's use—such as the area of greatest stress concentration, the area of greatest abrasion, or an area of likely strand-to strand or overall cable translation. A removable cover is provided for the inspection region. A user may selectively remove this cover in order to gain access to the inspection region.
US11486464B2	Transverse segment for a drive belt and a drive belt for a continuously variable transmission including the transverse segment and a ring stack Transverse segments (10) for a drive belt (6) for a belt-and-pulley-type continuously variable transmission include a row of these transverse segments (10) mounted on a stack (9) of several, mutually nested rings. The transverse segments (10) are provided with a protrusion (40) that protrudes from a front surface (11) thereof and with a corresponding cavity (41) that is provided in a back surface (12) thereof. An offset is provided between the protrusion (40) and the cavity (41) in the radial direction of the drive belt (6), such that in the row of transverse segments (10) in the drive belt (6) these will be inclined backwards by the forced insertion of the protrusion (40) into the cavity (41).
US11486463B2	Power transmission device A power transmission device includes a flywheel and a torque limiter unit fixed to the flywheel. The flywheel includes an annular portion and an accommodation portion provided on an inner peripheral side of the annular portion to accommodate the torque limiter unit. The torque limiter unit includes a first plate, a second plate, a friction disc disposed between the first and second plates, and a pressing member. A torque is inputted to the first plate. The first plate includes first engaging portions. The second plate is axially opposed to and non-rotatable relative to the first plate. The second plate includes second engaging portions engaged with the first engaging portions. The pressing member presses the second plate onto the friction disc. The annular portion of the flywheel is provided with recesses on the inner peripheral surface thereof. The recesses are recessed radially outward in opposed positions to the second engaging portions.
US11486462B2	Hydraulic mount A hydraulic mount includes: an outer pipe having a diaphragm defined thereon by vulcanization; a main rubber member disposed in the outer pipe by press-fitting; a core disposed inside the main rubber member; a ring stopper interposed between the diaphragm and the main rubber member; a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber configured by depressing both sides of an outer circumference of the main rubber member towards the core, each of the first and second fluid chambers configured to accommodate a fluid; a third fluid chamber configured to communicate with the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber, disposed in a part of the main rubber member under the core, and accommodating the fluid; and a fourth fluid chamber configured to communicate with the third fluid chamber and disposed between the ring stopper and the outer pipe to accommodate the fluid.
US11486460B2	Work vehicle with tuned mass dampers A work vehicle includes a frame, an axle, a cab supported by the frame, a first tuned mass damper assembly, and a second tuned mass damper assembly. The frame includes a first longitudinal frame member and a second longitudinal frame member. The first longitudinal frame member has a first rear end, and the second longitudinal frame member has a second rear end. The second longitudinal frame member extends parallel to the first longitudinal frame member. The axle extends perpendicular to the first and second longitudinal frame members. The cab is disposed on a side of the first and second longitudinal frame members opposite the axle. The first tuned mass damper assembly is mounted on the first longitudinal frame member between the first rear end and the cab. The second tuned mass damper is mounted on the second longitudinal frame member between the second rear end and the cab.
US11486458B2	Clutch unit A brake-side clutch part includes an outer ring whose rotation is restricted and an output shaft from which rotation is output. The outer ring is provided with a slide gear that meshes with the output shaft when rotational torque is cut off and releases a meshing state with the output shaft when rotational torque is transmitted. The output shaft is provided with an inner gear that meshes with the slide gear so as to be slightly rotatable. An alignment part that aligns a phase of the inner gear with that of the slide gear when rotational torque is cut off, and a centering part that returns the inner gear to a neutral position with respect to the output shaft when rotational torque is transmitted are provided between the inner gear and the output shaft.
US11486446B2	Plain bearing arrangement A sliding bearing includes:—an inner ring element;—an outer ring element;—at least one sliding bearing element, which is arranged between the inner ring element and the outer ring element. The sliding bearing element has multiple sliding bearing pads, wherein the individual sliding bearing pads each have a radial bearing surface and a fastening profile located opposite the radial bearing surface. The inner ring element has at least one receiving profile on its radial outside, which receiving profile serves for the positive locking connection between the sliding bearing pads and the inner ring element.
US11486445B2	Combined insulator and conductor assembly for bearings with fixed conductor A combined electrical insulator and conductor assembly for a bearing disposable between a shaft and a housing includes an annular insulator disposable about the bearing outer ring and configured to prevent electric current flow between the outer ring and the housing and including projections extending axially along and spaced circumferentially about a centerline. A conductor preferably includes a conductive disk with an outer radial end engageable with the housing inner surface, an inner radial end defining a central opening for receiving the shaft and openings each receiving a separate one of the plurality of projections of the insulator such that the disk is axially fixed relative to the insulator. An annular conductive brush subassembly is coupled with the conductive disk and includes a plurality of electrically conductive fibers contactable with the shaft outer surface so as to provide a conductive path between the shaft and the disk.
US11486443B2	Fluid turbine generator An axial-flux generator for fluid turbines has a continuously variable generator that is constructed of a pair of rotors that move radially across a stator resulting in varying torque and varying power output. In one embodiment the rotors are normally held proximal to the center of a stator by spring tension. The stator is larger than the normally held position of the rotors. As the angular velocity of the rotors increases, the rotors move radially toward the perimeter of the stator, thus encountering a greater stator surface area providing increased torque, increased power generation and a higher-rated output speed when used with a fluid turbine.
US11486440B2	Length-adjustable steering shaft and method for producing a length-adjustable steering shaft A length-adjustable steering shaft may include a metallic hollow shaft with an opening in which a metallic inner shaft is accommodated rotatably-fixedly and in an axially movable manner. The steering shaft may also include a pull-out retention means with an outer stop that protrudes into an opening of the hollow shaft and an inner stop that protrudes outward from the inner shaft. The inner and outer stops may be formed from the metallic material of the hollow shaft or the inner shaft and may comprise stop surfaces that are directed toward each other in an axial direction. A layer of non-metallic material may be applied to at least one of the inner stop or the outer stop at least partially in a region of the stop surface.
US11486439B2	Drive shaft with non-cylindrical shape A drive shaft body extends between axial ends and has an outer peripheral surface with undulations extending between relatively greater and smaller outer diameters. The undulations extend along a non-zero angle relative to a circumferential direction defined relative to a drive axis of the drive shaft. The undulations extend along a spiral. The drive shaft body is formed of a fiber-reinforced composite material.
US11486436B2	Wrench width adapter for screwing a sensor into a threaded opening A wrench width adapter for a component that is screwable into a threaded opening is provided, including a base body having a continuous inner recess, extending along a longitudinal axis, for receiving the screw-in component. An inner wall of the base body that delimits the inner recess, in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, has, at least in part, the shape of a regular polygon corresponding to a first wrench width dimension, and an outer wall of the base body has, at least in part, the shape of a regular polygon corresponding to a second wrench width dimension that is greater than the first wrench width dimension.
US11486433B2	Self-drilling screw A self-drilling screw includes a leading section having a drill body and opposite discharge grooves formed on the drill body. The drill body and the discharge grooves meet at cutting edges. On the drill body are formed two blade portions connected to the cutting edges and tapering at respective second tips. The blade portion has a second included angle of not more than 50 degrees. Between the blade portions is formed a drilling portion terminating at a first tip and having a first included angle of not more than 60 degrees. Two opposite concave surfaces each extend from the drilling portion to each blade portion. The first tip and the second tips are situated at different places. Accordingly, the end of the leading section presents a shape of a curved bow riser to cut quickly and help quick removal of chips, thereby decreasing resistance and preventing the cracking problem.
US11486427B2	Stacking latch mechanism The present invention relates to a latch mechanism configured to secure two bodies together by simply placing one body on top of the other and applying moderate downward pressure to the top body. The latch mechanism includes a housing and a latch partially disposed within the housing. The latch includes a main body, and a primary hook and an opposing secondary hook both extending from the main body. The latch is configured to be rotatable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the primary hook is not obscured by the housing. In the second position, the primary hook is substantially obscured by the housing. The latch mechanism also includes a bias configured to bias the latch toward its first position.
US11486425B2	Paired eccentric cam adjuster The present invention relates to an assembly of a first component (1) and a second component (2) of a wind turbine, the assembly comprises, a paired eccentric cam adjuster (10) adapted for a connection of the first component and the second component of a wind turbine, said components (1,2) each having at least one hole (3,4), the adjuster comprising, a first and second eccentric cam adjuster (7,8), both comprising, a tube (101) with an outer surface and an inner bore (103), with a first central longitudinal axis (321) of the outer surface having an offset (320) from a second central longitudinal axis (322) of the inner bore and a flange (102) arranged at one end of the tube, said cam adjusters (7,8) arranged to be inserted into said holes, and a bolt (5) and a nut (6) arranged to be inserted in the inner bores.
US11486422B2	Adaptable push-on stud fastener A push-on fastener includes a base, a first radial barb, an axial support, a second radial barb, and a protrusion. The base defines an opening. The first radial barb extends from the base. The axial support extends from the base. The second radial barb extends from the axial support. The protrusion extends from the axial support.
US11486418B2	Seal housing The present invention provides a seal housing (102) for releasable attachment to a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder (101), the seal housing (102) being suitable for retaining a seal assembly and the seal housing (102) comprising a generally annular main body (201). The annular main body (201) defines an annular disc-shaped portion (202) having an upper surface (203), a lower surface (204), an outer peripheral edge (205) and an inner edge (206). Said inner edge (206) bounds a circular opening (207) extending the full height of said annular disc shaped portion (202) between said upper and lower surfaces (203, 204). The annular main body (201) further defines an annular collar portion (208) upstanding from the upper surface (203) of said disc shaped portion (202) adjacent said peripheral edge (205) of said disc shaped portion (202), said annular collar portion (208) extending height-wise from a base end (209) joined to said disc-shaped portion (202) to an upper end (210), and width-wise from an inner edge (211) to an outer peripheral edge (212), said inner edge (211) of said annular collar portion (208) bounding a circular opening (213) extending the full height of said annular collar portion (208). The annular main body (201) also further defines an annular flange portion (216) extending height-wise downwardly from the lower surface (204) of said disc-shaped portion (202) from a base end (217) joined to said lower surface (204) of said disc-shaped portion (202) to a distal end (218), and width wise from an inner edge (219) to an outer edge (220).
US11486412B1	Fan blade retention system and related methods A fan includes a motor adapted to be rotated about an axis and a hub adapted to be rotated by the motor. The hub may include first and second hub parts adapted to mate to form the hub, the first and second hub parts having a gap therebetween. A plurality of fan blades each includes an end portion located in the gap formed between the first and second hub parts, which may be drawn together by a fastener to capture the blades therebetween. One or more of the fan blades may include a receiver, such as an open-ended groove, for receiving a portion of the hub. An adapter may be configured to remain stationary during use while the hub and fan blades rotate, and a portion of the hub is adapted to be selectively deployed to engage the adapter to prevent rotation of the hub. Related methods are also disclosed.
US11486409B2	System and method for preventing total plant shutdown due to low temperature excursion A system of interlocks for controlling flow of low temperature process streams in a manufacturing process through a cold box to equipment or piping not specified for such temperatures by opening and closing valves and starting and stopping pumps. At least one interlock affects streams heated in the cold box. At least one interlock affects the streams cooled in the cold box. The interlocks are activated by temperatures of process lines to prevent exposure of equipment and piping to low temperatures while preventing the shutdown of the cold box. An override controller including a predictive failure capability is also provided.
US11486408B2	Systems and methods for adapting compressor controller based on field conditions An antisurge controller for a turbocompressor system stores multiple control algorithms in a memory for the antisurge controller. The antisurge controller identifies capabilities of field devices in the turbocompressor system. The field devices include an antisurge valve and multiple sensors. The antisurge controller selects one of the multiple control algorithms based on the identified capabilities and applies the selected control algorithm to the turbocompressor system. The selected control algorithm provides the smallest surge control margin, of the surge control margins in the multiple control algorithms, that are supported by the identified capabilities.
US11486404B1	Switch housing remote control Systems, devices, and methods for providing switch housing remote controls for ceiling fans. The remote receiver in the ceiling fan housing uses existing capacitors installed in the ceiling fan and shares those capacitors with existing mechanical pull chains for the ceiling fan, which eliminates the need for separate capacitors in the remote receiver.
US11486403B1	Rotational electric fan The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a rotational electric fan including a fan head and a fan holder, wherein the fan head and the fan holder are connected through a rotational structure. The rotational structure includes: a fitting structure, including a circular cover fitting groove disposed on the fan head and a circular fitting head disposed on the fan holder and cooperating with the circular cover fitting groove, so as to fit the fan head and the fan holder together; a circular spacer, fixed on a surface of the circular fitting head facing toward the fan head and being in interference contact with a surface of the circular cover fitting groove facing toward the circular fitting head, so as to support rotational movement of the fan head relative to the fan holder.
US11486402B1	Counter-rotating axial air moving device structure A counter rotating axial air moving device structure is disclosed. The rear rotor includes a rear hub and rear blades, and a pitch angle of each of the rear blades increases gradually in a direction away from the rear hub. The front rotor, the rear rotor and the stator component are stacked with each other. The ratio of the thickness to the diameter is equal to or greater than about 0.25 and equal to or less than about 0.8. Therefore, a better performance curve is obtained, and the vibration and noise are avoided.
US11486399B2	Internal gear pump An internal gear pump for forward and reverse operations, including: a pump housing which includes a first fluid port and a second fluid port, wherein in a first rotational direction, the first fluid port is formed as a fluid outlet and the second fluid port is formed as a fluid inlet, and in a second rotational direction, the first fluid port is formed as a fluid inlet and the second fluid port is formed as a fluid outlet; an internal gear and an external gear which together form delivery cells in order to deliver a fluid; a first rotary bearing which mounts the internal gear; and a second rotary bearing which mounts the external gear; and includes a lubricant feed which sets a fluid flow between the fluid ports through the two rotary bearings in both rotational directions.
US11486398B2	Rotary compressor with selective oil communication A rotary compressor is disclosed. The rotary compressor includes a sidewall path formed in an inner wall of a cylinder facing a vane slot and configured to form a space facing a side surface of a vane, and the vane is provided with a communication part configured to selectively communicate between the outside of the vane slot and the sidewall path according to a position of the vane.
US11486395B2	Motor-driven compressor A flange is held by a peripheral wall of an intermediate housing member and a peripheral wall of a motor housing member. In this state, bolts are passed through the intermediate housing member and the flange and are threaded to a peripheral wall of the motor housing member, thereby integrally fixing a shaft support housing member to the intermediate housing member and the motor housing member. Thus, the shaft support housing member sufficiently receives the fastening force of the bolts. Vibration of the shaft support housing member is therefore easily suppressed. The intermediate housing member includes a peripheral wall. Thus, the intermediate housing member has a higher stiffness than in a case in which the intermediate housing member does not have the peripheral wall.
US11486391B2	Method and screw spindle pump for delivering a gas/liquid mixture Method for delivering a gas/liquid mixture fluid via a screw spindle pump that has a housing in which a drive spindle and a running spindle are accommodated. The spindles delimit together with the housing multiple pump chambers. A respective one of the pump chambers that is initially open toward the respective fluid inlet is closed off. The resulting closed-off pump chamber is moved axially toward the fluid outlet and, there, upon attainment of an opening rotation angle, is opened toward the fluid outlet. The drive spindle is driven so that the pressure in the respective pump chamber prior to and/or upon attainment of the opening rotation angle is increased in relation to the suction pressure of the screw spindle pump by at most 20% or by at most 10% of a difference in pressure between the suction pressure and the pressure in the region of the fluid outlet.
US11486386B2	Active control valve for a fluid pump A fluid pump comprising a fluid inlet configured to receive a fluid, a plunger configured to reciprocate within a cylinder from a top dead center position to a bottom dead center position and back to the top dead center position during a given pumping cycle, a pumping chamber defined by the cylinder and the plunger, the pumping chamber being configured to receive the fluid from the fluid inlet, a control valve configured to open to allow fluid to be provided to the pumping chamber, and close after the plunger has passed the bottom dead center position, and a fluid outlet configured to receive a delivery amount of the fluid from the pumping chamber, wherein a first amount of fluid is configured to be provided to the pumping chamber, the first amount of fluid being greater than the delivery amount of fluid.
US11486385B2	Pressure pump balancing system A system may include multiple strain gauges and multiple position sensors positioned on multiple pressure pumps. The strain gauges may measure strain in chambers of the pressure pumps. The position sensors may measure positions of rotating members of the pressure pumps. One or more computing devices may be communicatively couplable to the strain gauges and the position sensors to determine an adjustment to a flow rate of fluid through at least one pump using a strain measurement and a position measurement for the at least one pump such that a timing of changes in composition of the fluid delivered to into a first manifold at an input for the pressure pumps matches the timing of the changes in composition of the fluid delivered from a second manifold at an output for the pressure pumps.
US11486380B2	Hydraulic and control system for resin injection A pumpable resin system for installation of mine bolts includes a resin injection cylinder comprising a resin chamber and a resin hydraulic cylinder, a catalyst injection cylinder including a catalyst chamber and a catalyst hydraulic cylinder, with the resin hydraulic cylinder synchronized with the catalyst hydraulic cylinder, a hydraulic pump in fluid communication with the resin hydraulic cylinder and the catalyst hydraulic cylinder, a hydraulic reservoir in fluid communication with the hydraulic pump, and a delivery line in fluid communication with the resin injection cylinder and the catalyst injection cylinder. The delivery line is configured to deliver resin and catalyst from the resin injection cylinder and catalyst injection cylinder into a borehole.
US11486378B2	Electric compressor An electric compressor includes a housing, an inverter, an inverter case, a case bottom wall, and a case peripheral wall. The inverter case has a seal peripheral wall. The seal peripheral wall has a cylindrical shape and extends from the case bottom wall in a direction opposite to a direction in which the case peripheral wall extends. The seal peripheral wall surrounds a part of an outer peripheral surface of the housing. A seal member having an annular shape seals a gap between an inner peripheral surface of the seal peripheral wall and the outer peripheral surface of the housing.
US11486377B1	Quickly assembled air pump comprising a cylinder with a retaining hold adjacent to an opening for a position rod wherein a retaining portion of an upper cover is engaged with the retaining hole and a conical lateral face of a piston is selectively abutted against an extension portion of the upper cover An air pump includes a cylinder, a piston rod, and an upper cover. The cylinder forms an opening at a top end thereof and at least one retaining hole adjacent to the opening. The piston rod is configured to be movable within the cylinder and provided with a piston forming a conical lateral face at one end thereof. The upper cover has a top portion forming a hole for the piston rod to penetrate therethrough, at least one extension portion extended from the top portion, and at least one retaining portion extended from the extension portion. The least one extension portion has an abutting edge selectively abutted against the conical lateral face. The retaining portion is engaged with the retaining hole.
US11486376B2	Capacity control valve and method for controlling same A capacity control valve (1) includes a valve main body (10) having a first communication passage (11), a second communication passage (12), a third communication passage (13), and a main valve seat (15a), a valve element (20) having an intermediate communication passage (29), a main valve portion (21c), and an auxiliary valve portion (23d), a solenoid (30) that drives a rod (36) having an auxiliary valve seat (26c), and a first biasing member (43) that biases in the valve closing direction of the main valve portion (21c). The rod (36) is relatively moved with respect to the valve element (20) so as to open and close the auxiliary valve portion. The capacity control valve can efficiently discharge a liquid coolant irrespective of pressure of a suction chamber and lower drive force of a compressor at a liquid coolant discharging operation.
US11486367B2	Spreader tool for spreading viscous material onto the edge of a wind turbine blade A spreader tool is provided for spreading viscous material on the surface (5′), for example an edge (5″), of a wind turbine blade (5). The spreader tool (52) comprises at least one bendable spreader wing (54A, 54B), for example provided as a fin-ray construction, for pressing a flexible band (53) against a curved section of the blade (5) and for dragging viscous material along it by the flexible band during movement of the spreader tool (52) along the blade (5) surface (5′). The spreader tool is advantageously part of a robot system used to work the surface (5′) of the blade (5).
US11486366B2	Lightning protection system for a wind turbine blade Provided is a rotor blade of a wind turbine, wherein the rotor blade includes a trailing edge section with a trailing edge and a leading-edge section with a leading-edge, a root section with a root and a tip section with a tip, a shell which defines the outer shape of the rotor blade and a cavity which is confined by the shell, and a lightning protection system with an internal down conductor extending from the root section of the rotor blade to the tip section of the rotor blade, wherein the internal down conductor is connectable at the root section to a grounding system of the remainder of the wind turbine and at the tip section to at least one tip lightning receptor which is positioned at the surface of the rotor blade. In addition, the rotor blade comprises an electrically insulating tip part.
US11486354B2	Vertical axis wind turbine In a vertical rotor apparatus that rotates in response to a moving fluid, a shaft defines an axis of rotor rotation. Rotor blades are longitudinally aligned in parallel with the shaft and each rotor blade defines an axis of blade rotation. A sensor generates a signal when any of the rotor blades are within rotor azimuthal angles of blade stall regions. A controller generates blade pitch information for the blade stall regions and an actuator, which is mechanically coupled to each of the rotor blades, alters blade pitch about the axis of blade rotation in accordance with the blade pitch information.
US11486352B2	Scarf connection for a wind turbine rotor blade A rotor blade for a wind turbine includes a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint. Each of the first and second blade segments includes at least one shell member defining an airfoil surface and an internal support structure. The first blade segment includes a beam structure extending lengthwise that structurally connects with the second blade segment. Further, the beam structure forms a portion of the internal support structure of the first blade segment. Moreover, the beam structure is formed, at least in part, of a first portion constructed of a first composite material and a second portion constructed of a different, second composite material. Further, the first and second portions are connected together via a scarf joint. In addition, the scarf joint includes a different, third composite material arranged between the first and second composite materials.
US11486346B1	Autonomous underwater beacon locator The present disclosure provides a small, inexpensive, long-lived underwater beacon locator. The beacon locator can illustratively include a housing, a communications link, a processor, a plurality of hydrophones and a motion generator.
US11486344B2	Engine glow plug disconnection detection method An engine glow plug disconnection detection method may include: increasing, by a controller, temperature of a plurality of glow plugs by performing a rapid temperature increase mode when an engine start signal of a vehicle is recognized by the controller; determining whether the glow plugs are disconnected and the number of disconnections using an engine start early-stage voltage of the vehicle and a voltage of the vehicle when the rapid temperature increase mode is performed, by the controller; recognizing, by the controller, cylinders of an engine with at least a disconnected glow plug upon determining that one or more glow plugs are disconnected: and storing, by the controller, a number of disconnected glow plugs and information related to corresponding cylinders.
US11486341B2	Filter muffler for an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine A filter muffler includes a front element, a rear element, and a plurality of damping elements arranged between the front element and the rear element, where the damping elements are arranged radially around a central axis of the filter muffler such that a flow channel is formed between adjacent damping elements, where respective outflow-side ends of the damping elements have a diffuser element which has an outflow-side tapering, and where an angle α between two opposite sides of the diffuser element is selected from a range of 1°≤α≤8°.
US11486340B1	Outboard motor cowling with air intake system that provides water separation A cowling for an outboard motor extends from port side to starboard side in a lateral direction. The cowling includes port and starboard inlets that direct flow of intake air into the cowling and face outwardly in the lateral direction. The cowling further comprises port and starboard duct systems. Each duct system is configured to receive and convey intake air from one of the port and starboard intake ports to an intake conduit for the outboard motor. Each duct system defines a first separation region that receives and conveys the intake air laterally outward to separate a first portion of water from the intake air. Each duct system further defines a second separation region that receives and conveys the intake air from the first separation region laterally inward to separate a second portion of water from the intake air.
US11486338B2	Aircraft cabin air outflow temperature control for downstream operations Cabin outflow temperature control systems and methods for use on aircraft are described. The systems include an aircraft cabin, a heat load source, a heat exchanger configured to receive cabin outflow air from the aircraft cabin and heat load discharge air, the heat exchanger configured to enable thermal transfer from the heat load discharge air to the cabin outflow air to generate high temperature cabin outflow air and low temperature discharge air as outputs from the heat exchanger, and one or more downstream operation systems configured to receive the high temperature cabin outflow air and perform a downstream operation using said high temperature cabin outflow air.
US11486336B2	Propulsion device for liquid propellant rocket engine According to one embodiment, there is provided a propulsion apparatus of liquid propellant rocket engine. The propulsion apparatus of liquid propellant rocket engine, the propulsion apparatus including: a body in which liquid propellant flows; an injector core located inside the body; at least one outlet connected to the injector core to discharge combustion gas; and an injector for discharging the liquid propellant flowing into the body, wherein the injector is located in an area adjacent to the outlet, wherein the liquid propellant moves between a frame of the body and a frame of the injector core.
US11486335B2	Turbofan engine comprising a set of rotatable blades for blocking off the bypass flow duct A turbofan engine having a duct for a bypass flow and blades. Each blade is mobile between a stowed position and a deployed position. Each blade includes a rigid core a second, free end, and a sheath into which the core and the second end slide. Each sheath includes a first part which surrounds at least one part of the core and the second end, and an aileron which extends beyond the core facing the first part of the adjacent blade. The sheath is made of a flexible material such that the bypass flow causes the sheath to come into contact with the first part of the adjacent blade. A turbofan engine of this kind makes it possible to create blades whose production costs are low but whose aerodynamic behavior is effective.
US11486333B2	Thrust reverser with a c-shaped movable structure for an aircraft propulsion unit, and method for maintaining the same A thrust reverser for an aircraft propulsion assembly includes a movable structure provided with external covers connected to hinges through a pivot connection allowing the external covers to rotate between a closed position and a maintenance position. The hinges are connected to secondary rails rigidly attached to an engine pylon through a sliding connection allowing the external covers to move in translation between a direct thrust position and a reverse thrust position. The hinges and the secondary rails are independent of beams to which the parts of the movable structure other than the external covers are connected. A method for maintaining an aircraft propulsion unit is also disclosed. The method includes positioning of the external covers in maintenance position followed by a placement of the beams and of the parts of the movable structure other than the external covers.
US11486332B2	Aircraft jet engine nacelle, propulsion assembly and aircraft comprising such a nacelle A nacelle for an aircraft turbofan includes a rear section including a thrust reversal device having an upper door and a lower door, the upper and lower doors being mobile in rotation between a stowed position in which they are aerodynamically continuous with the rest of the nacelle and a deployed position in which the upper and lower doors are able to redirect forward the core and bypass flows produced by the jet engine, each door being moved from one position to the other by at least one dedicated actuator. The opening angle (X) of the upper door in the deployed position is smaller than the opening angle (Y) of the lower door.
US11486330B2	Systems and methods utilizing gas temperature as a power source Systems and generating power in an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) operation to supply electrical power. In embodiments, an inlet temperature of a flow of gas from a source to an ORC unit may be determined. The source may connect to a main pipeline. The main pipeline may connect to a supply pipeline. The supply pipeline may connect to the ORC unit thereby to allow gas to flow from the source to the ORC unit. Heat from the flow of gas may cause the ORC unit to generate electrical power. The outlet temperature of the flow of the gas from the ORC unit to a return pipe may be determined. A bypass valve, positioned on a bypass pipeline connecting the supply pipeline to the return pipeline, may be adjusted to a position sufficient to maintain temperature of the flow of gas above a threshold based on the inlet and outlet temperature.
US11486322B2	Exhaust purification device of internal combustion engine and catalyst The exhaust purification device of an internal combustion engine comprises a catalyst 20 arranged in an exhaust passage and able to store oxygen; and an air-fuel ratio control device configured to control an air-fuel ratio of inflowing exhaust gas flowing into the catalyst. The air-fuel ratio control device is configured to perform a distribution forming control controlling the air-fuel ratio of the inflowing exhaust gas so that in the catalyst, a first region with an oxygen storage amount of equal to or greater than a predetermined value and a second region with an oxygen storage amount of less than the predetermined value are alternately formed along an axial direction of the catalyst. The total number of the first region and the second region formed by the distribution forming control is equal to or greater than three.
US11486319B2	Engine with remote throttle control and manual throttle control A throttle assembly for an engine includes a remote control throttle lever, a manual throttle control lever, and a throttle return spring. The remote control throttle lever is configured to operate the throttle assembly and the engine based on a force received from an external device. The manual throttle control lever is configured to operate the throttle assembly and the engine based on a force received from a user input at an input portion of the manual throttle control lever. An abutment portion of the manual throttle control lever is spaced from the input portion of the manual throttle control lever and configured to abut the remote control throttle lever. The throttle return spring is configured to bias the remote control throttle lever against the abutment portion of the manual throttle control lever in an opposite direction of the force received from the external device.
US11486318B2	System for confirming shutdown of an aircraft engine To control an engine shutdown in an aircraft, a control system includes a fuel supply shut-off member, a control member with a set of switches, a first switch on an electrical power supply link of the fuel supply shut-off member and second switches connected to avionics of the aircraft, the set of switches switching position on an engine shutdown command. An engine shutdown confirmation unit includes a third switch on the electrical power supply link, the third switch in open position by default. The engine shutdown confirmation unit includes electronic circuitry configured to switch the third switch over to closed position when a predefined quantity Q of switches of the control member switches position within a sliding window of predefined duration and, otherwise, keeps the third switch in open position. Thus, it is ensured that the engine shutdown is intentional.
US11486315B2	Combustion engine including turbomachine A combustion engine including at least one combustion chamber, a first bleed air supply fluidly coupled to a portion of the combustion engine upstream the combustion chamber, a second bleed air supply fluidly coupled to a portion of the combustion engine downstream the combustion chamber, a first thermal bus, and a turbomachine including a compressor, a rotary pump, and a first turbine, with the compressor and rotary pump in serial flow arrangement and the rotary pump being fluidly coupled to the first thermal bus.
US11486314B2	Integrated environmental control and buffer air system An environmental control system for an aircraft includes a higher pressure tap associated with a higher compression location in a main compressor section. The higher pressure tap leads into a turbine section of a turbocompressor such that air in the higher pressure tap drives the turbine section to in turn drive a compressor section of the turbocompressor. A combined outlet receives airflow from a turbine outlet and a compressor outlet intermixing airflow and passing the mixed airflow downstream to be delivered to an aircraft system. A buffer air outlet communicates airflow to an engine buffer air system.
US11486311B2	Turbine section of high bypass turbofan A turbofan engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan including an array of fan blades rotatable about an engine axis, a compressor including a high pressure compressor section and a low pressure compressor section, the low pressure compressor section including a low pressure compressor section inlet with a low pressure compressor inlet annulus area, a fan duct including a fan duct annulus area outboard of the low pressure compressor section inlet, and a turbine having a high pressure turbine section and a low pressure turbine section driving the fan through a speed reduction mechanism, wherein the low pressure turbine section defines a maximum gas path radius and the fan blades define a maximum radius, and a ratio of the maximum gas path radius to the maximum radius of the fan blades is less than 0.6.
US11486305B2	Pumped heat energy storage system with load following A method including: (i) receiving a first amount of electricity into a pumped-heat energy storage system (“PHES system”) from a power generation plant supplying a second amount of electricity to an electrical grid; (ii) operating the PHES system in a charge mode, converting at least a portion of the received first amount of electricity to stored thermal energy; and (iii) increasing a power level of the PHES system such that the first amount of electricity that the PHES system receives from the power generation plant is increased such that the second amount of electricity supplied to the electrical grid by the power generation plant is a reduced amount of electricity less than the second amount of electricity.
US11486298B1	Small diesel engine-load set An engine-generator set with a single-cylinder diesel engine and an electrical generator with a rotor secured to the engine crankshaft. The rotor is cantilevered on an end of the crankshaft. The engine has an electrically activatable fuel injector connected to a continuously pressurized fuel supply, such as in a common rail injection system. The engine exhaust passes through a catalyst bed. In a marine version, the catalyst bed is disposed within an injection elbow.
US11486297B2	Exhaust manifold An exhaust manifold for use with an internal combustion engine including a body, one or more fluid passageways defined by the body, and a valve in fluid communication with at least one of the one or more fluid passageways. The valve of the exhaust manifold being adjustable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The exhaust manifold also includes an actuator in operable communication with the valve and configured to adjust the valve between the open and closed configurations, and a heat shield at least partially positioned between the actuator and the one or more fluid passageways.
US11486291B2	Virtual sensing system A heating system includes at least one electric heater disposed within the fluid flow system. A control device includes a microprocessor and is configured to determine a temperature of the at least one electric heater based on a model and at least one input from the fluid flow system. The control device is configured to provide power to the at least one electric heater based on the temperature of the at least one electric heater.
US11486289B2	Body mixing decomposition reactor A mixing assembly for an exhaust system can include an outer body, a front plate, a back plate, a middle member, and an inner member. The outer body defines an interior volume and has a center axis. The front plate defines an upstream portion of the interior volume and the back plate defines a downstream portion of the interior volume. The middle member is positioned transverse to the center axis and defines a volume. The inner member is positioned coaxially with the middle member inside the middle member. The front plate includes inlets configured to direct exhaust to (i) a first flow path into an interior of the inner member, (ii) a second flow path into the volume of the middle member between a sidewall of the middle member and a sidewall of the inner member, and (iii) a third flow path into the interior volume of the outer body.
US11486287B2	Control device of internal combustion engine A control device is configured to execute a process of calculating an increase amount of deterioration obtained by subtracting from a first degree of deterioration that is a degree of deterioration of the three-way catalyst during execution of the oxygen supply process a second degree of deterioration that is a degree of deterioration of a three-way catalyst in a case where an oxygen supply process of supplying oxygen to an exhaust passage is assumed not to be executed, a process of calculating an integrated value of the increase amount of deterioration, and a process of executing a deterioration reduction process of reducing a rate of deterioration of the three-way catalyst in a case where the calculated integrated value is equal to or larger than a first determination value.
US11486285B2	Exhaust gas heater An exhaust gas heater, for an internal combustion engine exhaust system, includes a support (22) with an outer circumferential area (24), arranged radially outside in relation to a heater longitudinal axis (A), and a central area (26). A heating conductor (42) is carried at the support and includes a helically wound heating section (44) on a first axial side (34) of the support. The central area is axially offset in a direction of the first axial side of the support in relation to the outer circumferential area such that a radially outer end section of the heating section, which outer end section is located in the area of the outer circumferential area of the support, and a radially inner end section (48) of the heating section, which inner end section is located in the area of the central area of the support, are axially offset in relation to one another.
US11486282B2	Vacuum cleaner and electric motor module thereof A vacuum clear and an electric motor module (100) therefor are provided. The electric motor module (100) includes an outer casing (1) provided with an air inlet (10) at a front side thereof and an air outlet (11) at a rear side thereof; an electric motor assembly (2) arranged in the outer casing (1), and cooperating with the outer casing (1) to define an air passage in communication with the air inlet (10) and the air outlet (11); and a silencer (3) arranged at the air inlet (10), defining at least one resonant cavity therein, and the at least one resonant cavity having a side wall provided with a throat in communication with the resonant cavity.
US11486281B2	Fluid separator for a displacement machine and a method for separating lubricant and working fluid in a displacement machine A displacement machine is for acting on a working fluid and is provided with a lubricant and working fluid separator. The fluid separator has a separator volume constrained by a shielding member, a first fluid channel providing fluid communication between a first and second inner volumes and the separator volume, a second fluid channel providing fluid communication between the separator volume and a working fluid return volume. The fluid separator, the first fluid channel and the second fluid channel are fully contained within a full volume of the displacement machine. A method is for separating lubricant and working fluid in a displacement machine.
US11486278B2	Extended orifice plug for a fluid system An assembly is provided for a fluid system. This fluid system assembly includes a fluid conduit and a plug. The fluid conduit has an internal bore. The internal bore is configured as or otherwise includes a smooth-walled internal bore. The plug includes a protrusion and a head. The protrusion is connected to the head. The protrusion projects axially along an axial centerline partially into the smooth-walled internal bore to a distal end of the plug. The head is seated against the fluid conduit. The head seals an opening in the fluid conduit to the internal bore.
US11486276B2	Valve rotating device The invention relates to a valve rotating device (24) for a valve (10), preferably an intake valve or exhaust valve, of an internal combustion engine. The valve rotating device (24) has a valve restoring spring (22) for preloading the valve (10) toward a closed position of the valve (10) and a Belleville spring (40), which is arranged in operative connection between the valve restoring spring (22) and a support surface (44), which is lubricated with a lubricating fluid. An at least partially, preferably completely, peripherally extending collar portion (46) is arranged on a periphery, preferably inner periphery, of the Belleville spring (40). The collar portion (46) can have a wear-reducing effect and/or can make the valve rotating device (24) easier to install.
US11486274B2	Valve actuation system comprising at least two rocker arms and a one-way coupling mechanism A valve actuation system comprises at least one main rocker arm operatively connected to a first engine valve, the at least one main rocker arm configured to receive at least main valve actuation motions. A second rocker arm is operatively connected to a second engine valve, the second rocker arm being configured to receive first auxiliary valve actuation motions. The second rocker arm further comprising a hydraulically-controlled first actuator that can selectively couple or decouple the second rocker arm and the second engine valve thereby permitting or preventing conveyance of the first auxiliary valve actuation motions from the second rocker arm to the second engine valve. A one-way coupling mechanism disposed between the at least one main rocker arm and the second rocker arm permits valve actuation motions to be transferred from the at least one main rocker arm to the second rocker arm, but not vice versa.
US11486273B2	Variable valve driving mechanism of engine, and engine A variable valve driving mechanism of an engine includes a rocker arm configured to control open and close of a valve and a servo rocker arm arranged in parallel to the rocker arm. A swing end of the servo rocker arm extends to the top of the swing end of the rocker arm. A valve adjustment gap provided in the swing direction of the servo rocker arm and the rocker arm is formed between the servo rocker arm and the rocker arm. A gap compensating device telescopically filling the valve adjustment gap and configured to adjust the valve to be delayed to close or open in advance when extending to the valve adjustment gap is provided between the servo rocker arm and the rocker arm.
US11486268B2	Turbocharger assembly A turbocharger includes a center housing that includes a through bore and a stepped locating pin socket that includes a stop surface; a bearing disposed in the through bore where the bearing includes an opening; and a stepped locating pin where the stepped locating pin includes a pin portion received in part by the opening of the bearing and a seating portion secured via an interference fit in the stepped locating pin socket where a maximum radius of the seating portion exceeds a maximum radius of the pin portion and where the stepped locating pin includes a stop surface that contacts the stop surface of the stepped locating pin socket to axially position the stepped locating pin in the stepped locating pin socket.
US11486264B2	Method for controlling and limiting a speed of a turbocharger A method for controlling a speed of a turbocharger that is in operative connection with a compressor, the steps including: provision of a setpoint for the speed of the turbocharger on the basis of a model-based precontrol for a calculation of a desired boost pressure ahead of the turbocharger; determination of an actual value for the speed of the turbocharger; control of an actuator of the turbocharger in order to compensate for the difference between the desired value and the actual value for the speed of the turbocharger. A main signal and a subsidiary signal are provided during the determination of the actual value for the speed of the turbocharger, wherein the main signal and the subsidiary signal are combined in order to validate the actual value for the speed of the turbocharger.
US11486263B1	System for addressing turbine blade tip rail wear in rubbing and cooling A system for a turbine blade tip to address wear during rubbing with a shroud, and also tip rail cooling, is provided. The turbine blade tip includes a tip rail and cooling passage(s) extending through a radially outer end surface thereof, providing direct cooling to the tip. The tip rail may include tip rail cooling inserts. The radial outer end surface of the tip rail includes a first portion radially inward of a second portion thereof. An abrasive layer extends along the first portion adjacent the cooling passage(s), and may include a matrix alloy having a plurality of cubic boron nitride (cBN) particles and a plurality of ceramic particles embedded therein. The abrasive layer extends radially outward of the second portion of the radial outer end surface. The system also may include a shroud including an abradable coating thereon.
US11486261B2	Turbine circumferential dovetail leakage reduction Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a compressor including a rotor defining a circumferential direction, wherein the rotor includes a slot, the slot including a first neck portion, a first blade and a second blade disposed circumferentially apart in the slot, and a block disposed in the slot circumferentially between the first blade and the second blade, the block including second neck portion, the first neck portion to at least partially interface the second neck portion.
US11486260B2	Cooled polymer component A polymer airfoil assembly is disclosed and includes at least one cooling passage for circulating coolant to remove heat from the polymer airfoil portion.
US11486256B2	Vane arc segment with conformal thermal insulation blanket A vane arc segment includes an airfoil piece that defines first and second platforms and a hollow airfoil section that has an internal cavity and extends between the first and second platforms. The first platform defines a gaspath side, a non-gaspath side, and a flange that projects from the non-gaspath side. Support hardware supports the airfoil piece via the flange. There is a conformal thermal insulation blanket disposed on the flange.
US11486253B2	Boundary layer ingestion fan system A boundary layer ingestion fan system for location aft of the fuselage of an aircraft is shown. It comprises a nacelle defining a duct, and a fan located within the duct. The fan comprises a hub arranged to rotate around a rotational axis and a plurality of blades attached to the hub, each of which has a span from a root at the hub defining a 0 percent span position (rhub) to a tip defining a 100 percent span position (rtip) and a plurality of span positions therebetween (r∈[rhub, rtip]). The hub has a negative hade angle (γ) with respect to the rotational axis at an axial position coincident with the leading edge of the blades.
US11486251B2	Turbine speed detection and use A speed control system and a power load balance detector for a turbine is provided. The speed control system includes a speed wheel with a plurality of teeth. A timer stores a time stamp when each of the teeth passes by a speed probe. A first speed estimate is determined for overspeed protection, and a second speed estimate is determined for operational speed control. The power load balance detector trips or shuts down the turbine when an unbalance is above a first threshold and the speed of the turbine is above a second threshold.
US11486250B2	Method of ensuring controlled failure of rock bolt bar Disclosed is a method of adapting a metal bar, for use as a rock bolt, to ensure that the bar will break in a predictable manner, the method including the step of removing material from the bar in a circumferential band to reduce a diameter of the bar within the band to a minor diameter thereby to provide a failure zone within which the bar will break if subjected to enough tensile load.
US11486249B2	Combined rock-breaking TBM tunneling method in complex strata for realizing three-way force detection Disclosed a combined rock-breaking TBM tunneling method in complex strata for realizing three-way force detection, comprising the steps of preparing a combined mechanical-hydraulic rock-breaking cutter head for TBM construction; starting construction; advancing the combined mechanical-hydraulic rock-breaking cutter head; pushing and pressing against a tunnel face by a mechanical cutter tool; subjecting a three-way force detection cutter to squeezing forces; feeding back three-way force data by a three-way force sensor; processing information by a TBM back-end control processor; obtaining a value of rock-cutter contact angle φ; feeding back parameter information to a TBM cutter head control center by a lithology index center; responding by the TBM cutter head control center, obtaining and adjusting parameters by the mechanical cutter tool equipped with the three-way force sensor; and breaking rock by the combined mechanical-hydraulic rock-breaking cutter head. The method disclosed is energy-saving and efficient, and has high rock-breaking efficiency.
US11486246B2	Acoustics through fluid communication system The disclosure is directed to a well system environment communication system comprising of an acoustic communicator capable of communicating encoded data with a first wireless transceiver through a fluid medium and the first wireless transceiver capable of communicating encoded data with a second transceiver through a non-fluid medium. In one example, an acoustic communicator is communicatively coupled with a downhole tool allowing the downhole tool to communicate indirectly with a well system controller. In another aspect of the disclosure, a method is described wherein an acoustic communicator located in a wellbore can encode data from a downhole tool and communicate the data through a fluid medium to a first wireless transceiver and the first wireless transceiver can communicate with a second transceiver through a non-fluid medium.
US11486241B2	Method of using diverter and proppant mixture The flow of well treatment fluids may be diverted from a high permeability zone to a low permeability zone within a fracture network within a subterranean formation by use of a mixture comprising a dissolvable diverter and a proppant. At least a portion of the high permeability zone is propped open with the proppant of the mixture and at least a portion of the high permeability zone is blocked with the diverter. A fluid is then pumped into the subterranean formation and into a lower permeability zone of the formation farther from the wellbore. The diverter in the high permeability zones may then be dissolved at in-situ reservoir conditions and hydrocarbons produced from the high permeability propped zones of the fracture network. The mixture has particular applicability in the enhancement of production or hydrocarbons from high permeability zones in a fracture network located near the wellbore.
US11486232B2	Method and device for exploiting natural gas hydrate from marine rock An exploiting method and device of marine facies natural gas hydrate. The exploiting method comprises the following steps: (1) after the construction of a vertical well, a fixed pipe is constructed, the exploiting well is set in the center of the fixed pipe, and the mixture is filled between the inner wall of the fixed pipe and the outer wall of the exploiting well; (2) the self-excited oscillating jet nozzle enters the exploiting well along the vertical well to the designated position through an orifice on the exploiting well and sprays the mixture, so that the mixture is broken evenly to form artificial fractures; (3) under the corresponding temperature, the hydrate decomposes to produce gas by depressurized exploiting; (4) the gas-liquid mixture exploited by the exploiting well is separated into liquid and gas in the gas-liquid separation device to collect liquid and gas.
US11486226B2	Flapper on frac plug Zonal isolation devices, systems, and methods for use are provided. In some embodiments, the zonal isolation device comprises a tubular body having a fluid communication pathway formed along a longitudinal axis comprising: a sealing element comprising a deformable material and an inner bore forming at least a portion of the fluid communication pathway; a support ring disposed within the bore of the sealing element; a rotatable sealing component coupled to the support ring; a wedge engaged with a downhole end of the sealing element; and an anchoring assembly engaged with the wedge. In certain embodiments, the tubular body further comprises an end element adjacent the anchoring assembly.
US11486224B2	Sensor controlled downhole valve The present disclosure provides a valve assembly comprising a valve section, a power section, and an electronics section. The valve assembly is configured to mate with a tubing sub (and/or mandrel) inserted in-line with a tubing string inserted into a wellbore. The valve allows for injection into or production from the tubing string. The valve assembly comprises an electric motor and a motor controller permitting fine control over the valve, as well as sensors which measure various parameters, such as fluid flow, valve position, pressure, temperature, and/or water cut. A cable connects the valve assembly to the surface and provides power and data telemetry and allows control of the valve assembly with a remote electronic signal. Multiple valve assemblies may be provided at spaced intervals along the tubing string and individually monitored and/or controlled by a remote location. Also disclosed is a method for operation of such valve assemblies.
US11486219B2	Delivery system A drone conveyance system for deploying drones into an oil or gas wellbore is described. The system includes a platform, a drone magazine, a platform receiver, a conveyance, and a wellhead receiver. A drone magazine contains a plurality of the drones and selectively releases/feeds the drones into the platform receiver. More than one drone magazine, each containing different drone types, may supply drones to the platform receiver such that different drones may be ordered for disposal into the wellbore. The platform receiver prepared the drones to be moved from the platform to the wellhead by the conveyance. The wellhead receiver accepts the drones from the conveyance and prepares each received drone for dropping into the wellbore via the wellhead.
US11486218B1	Split riser lubricator to reduce lifting heights during tool installation and retrieval A system includes a first split riser, a second split riser, and a gasket. The first split riser includes a first half pipe having a first radial extension and a second radial extension. The first radial extension and the second radial extension have a mating surface. The second split riser includes a second half pipe having a third radial extension and a fourth radial extension. The third radial extension and the fourth radial extension have a corresponding mating surface. The gasket is installed on the mating surface of the first radial extension and the second radial extension. The gasket mates with the corresponding mating surface to form a connection between the first split riser and the second split riser.
US11486215B2	Downhole fiber installation equipment and method Various embodiments include methods and apparatus structured to install an optical fiber cable into a well at a well site. In a from-bottom-to-top embodiment, an anchor deployed at a selected location in a hole of the well can be used and the optical fiber cable can be pulled up to a surface of the well from the selected location. In a from-top-to-bottom embodiment, an optical fiber cable can be moved down from the surface until an end of the optical fiber cable is locked at a selected location by a catcher disposed at the selected location. With the optical fiber cable in the well, a portion of the optical fiber cable can be coupled to surface instrumentation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods can be implemented in a variety of applications.
US11486207B2	One-piece production/annulus bore stab with integral flow paths One illustrative production/annulus bore stab disclosed herein includes a one-piece body that comprises a first cylindrical outer surface and a second cylindrical outer surface and a plurality of individual fluid flow paths defined entirely within the one-piece body. In this illustrative example, each of the individual fluid flow paths is fluidly isolated from one another and each of the fluid flow paths comprise a first inlet/outlet at a first end of the fluid flow path that is positioned in the first cylindrical outer surface and a second inlet/outlet at a second end of the fluid flow path that is positioned in the second cylindrical outer surface.
US11486196B2	Curtain hanging assembly A curtain hanging assembly that consists of a curtain assembly able to effect horizontal opening and closing of curtains, and includes two elastic motor units provided with elastic feedback. Interactive dynamics between the two elastic motor units, through linear linkage, respectively cause torque forces produced to be in mutual opposition, enabling the let down area of the curtains to be naturally fixed at any height position.
US11486194B2	Screening arrangement with improved mounting bracket and end piece, window with such a mounting bracket and method of installing and uninstalling a screening arrangement in the window The screening device (12) is provided with a set of two end pieces (171), each having a generally plane body portion (1710) extending substantially in a plane, and a set of two mounting brackets (50). During mounting, the screening device (12) is configured to be connected with the set of mounting brackets (50) by moving the screening device with its set of end pieces (161, 171) substantially in the depth direction (X). Locking means includes a tab (40) of the end piece (171) to interact with a notch (52) and a resilient tab (30) provided at the periphery of the end piece (171) and biased in the height direction (Z). In an embodiment, the resilient tab (30) is configured to interact with a notch (51) on the mounting bracket (50).
US11486191B2	Building facade element embodied as an insulating glass unit A building façade element embodied as an insulating glass unit includes at least one first and one second glass pane, at least one glass spacer consisting of glass, which is connected to each glass pane by at least one sealant, at least one other spacer which is gas-tight or comprises a gas-tight layer and is connected to each glass pane by at least one second sealant, and at least one joining region for a glass spacer and another spacer. The at least one glass spacer, the at least one other spacer and the glass panes form a closed inner chamber that does not affect the visual appearance. To this end, the at least one joining region is closed by a third sealant in a gas-tight manner, with the sealant containing butyl and being guided over the joining region.
US11486188B2	Tamper detecting and inventory monitoring retail safe A secure enclosure is described which is designed to offer inventory management and tamper detection for the storage and removal of rolled coins and other valuable items. Within the secure enclosure a plurality of shelves are provided. Each shelf may have its own scale for the purpose of weighing the contents supported by its shelf. Each shelf may be designed for the storage of one particular denomination of rolled coin. Monitoring circuitry interfaces with the scales for the purpose of determining the quantity of rolls upon each shelf, and the possibility for an erroneous deposit or removal of rolls supported by a shelf or an improper access to other contents on the shelf. A further approach detects multiple types of rolls of coins utilizing a single scale.
US11486177B2	Continuous locking hinge assemblies and folding door assemblies including the same A continuous hinge includes first and second leaves, an upper pivot, and a lower pivot. The first leaf is configured to secure to a first panel and the second leaf is configured to secure to a second panel. The first and second leaves each have an uppermost end adjacent a top end of the respective panel and a lowermost end adjacent a bottom end of the respective panel. The upper pivot is formed between the first and second leaves adjacent the uppermost ends thereof. The lower pivot is formed between the first and second leaves adjacent the lowermost ends thereof. The first and second leaves are configured to pivot relative to one another between a closed position in which the first and second panels are aligned on edges with one another and an open position in which the first and second panels are out of alignment with one another.
US11486175B2	Wedge for keeping an appliance access door open A wedge for keeping an appliance access door open to air dry at selectable minimum angles. The wedge attaches through a magnetic connection to any portion of the threshold of the access door for controlling the minimum angle. The wedge has a low profile so that the wedge does not protrude from the threshold.
US11486174B2	Vehicular door lock device A vehicular door lock device includes a rotary member being movable between a releasing position and an unlocking correspondent position by rotation of an electric motor and being elastically urged to a neutral position, a release lever switching a latch mechanism to an unlatched state by rotation of the rotary member from the neutral position to the releasing position, an active lever switching the vehicular door lock device to an unlocked state by rotational movement of the rotary member from the neutral position to the unlocking correspondent position and switching the vehicular door lock device to a locked state by rotational movement of the rotary member to a locking correspondent position, and a block lever blocking rotational movement of the rotary member from the locking correspondent position to the releasing position when switching from the unlocked state to the locked state is made.
US11486169B2	Exterior door handle for a vehicle An exterior door handle for a vehicle particularly for an activation of an electric lock of the vehicle comprising: a door handle body with a wall, wherein the door handle body is configured such that an activation action is performable by a user at the door handle body in the deformation area, at least one inductive activation means which is arranged in the deformation area, at least one sensor device arranged within the door handle body for inductivity measurements at the activation means, wherein the door handle body is at least configured elastically deformable in the deformation area and the sensor device for the detection of the activation action is arranged spaced apart to the activation means such that the deformation of the door handle body is detectable by the inductivity measurement.
US11486167B2	Central locking device for a door lock with accident detection device A central locking device for door locks of a motor vehicle includes a control device and, connected thereto, locking couplings in the door locks. An accident detection device is provided for determining an accident situation of the motor vehicle and for transmitting an accident signal to the control device. Upon receiving the accident situation signal, the control device is set up to switch the locking couplings to the locked status for a defined period of time and then to switch them to the unlocked status. This prevents disturbances that may occur in the region of the door handle during an acute accident phase, since the door handles are not functional during the defined period of time.
US11486166B2	High security multi-tiered locking system for utility vaults A locking system for a utility vault including an I-beam extending across an opening in utility vault, a two-piece lid positioned in the opening over the I-beam, brackets positioned on opposite ends of each piece of the two-piece utility lid for engaging an inside wall surface of the utility vault and the I-beam, and a three-tier locking system positioned at an end of one piece of the two-piece lid to lock the lid to the vault including a L-bolt lock, a padlock and a lockable door on an upper surface of the lid.
US11486162B2	Locking module A locking module for selectively coupling a first component and a second component of a lockable device includes a locking member rotatable about an axis between a rest position and an actuated position. An engagement member is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The engagement member is configured to cooperate with the locking member to selectively release the second component.
US11486155B2	Binding machine A binding machine includes: a twisting unit configured to twist a binding member which is guided in a loop shape so as to wrap around an object, and thus to bind the object; a twist motor configured to drive the twisting unit; a circuit board having a mounting surface on which a control unit configured to control the twist motor is mounted; a body portion housing the twisting unit, the twist motor and the circuit board; and a handle portion protruding outward from the body portion. The circuit board is arranged between the twist motor and an inner wall surface of the body portion which is located toward the handle portion in such a manner that the mounting surface faces the inner wall surface and the circuit board is closer to the twist motor than the inner wall surface.
US11486154B2	Perimeter protection system for a horizontal formwork system, and method of assembly of a perimeter protection system A perimeter protection system for protecting operators against lateral falling when installing formwork panels in a horizontal formwork system. According to one embodiment the perimeter protection system includes a perimeter protection structure configured for being fixed, in a working position, to the horizontal formwork system, and at least one auxiliary device configured for being fixed to the horizontal formwork system and for fixing the perimeter protection structure to the horizontal formwork system. The auxiliary device includes guiding means collaborating with a guide of the perimeter protection structure for positioning the perimeter protection structure in an initial assembly position. In the initial assembly position the structure is configured to be raised up to an intermediate position where it is permitted to swing until it is positioned in the working position.
US11486151B2	Floor mounting tooling and floor mounting device A floor mounting tooling and mounting device, the floor mounting tooling includes: a telescopic member; a hook, which is pivotally provided on the telescopic member, the hook has an initial position on the telescopic member, a hook portion is provided on a side of the hook proximate to the telescopic member, the hook portion is used to fit into the engaging slot to hook the floor, and the hook is configured to be rotatable within a defined angle range with respect to the engaging slot; an elastic member, which is provided between the hook and the telescopic member, and the elastic member is configured to drive the hook to rotate toward the initial position.
US11486149B2	Engineered waterproof plastic composite flooring and wall covering planks Waterproof engineered floor and wall planks have a veneer layer bonded with a plastic composite core, and an underlayer, preferably an underlayer of cork.
US11486148B2	Support for raised floors A support for raised floors includes a base and a head coupled to the base, the head having a support body and a tilting element laid on the support body, the tilting element having a plate-shaped portion with an upper surface that is partially flat for supporting a building elements, protrusions emerging from a circular crown of the lower surface of the plate-shaped portion to create a profile shaped as a spherical cap ring, the outer edge of the circular crown being near the outer perimeter of the plate-shaped portion, the support body having an upper surface defining a cavity that is counter-shaped to the spherical cap ring at the protrusions emerging from the tilting element.
US11486147B2	Set of panels, method for manufacturing such set of panels, assembly of the panels and locking profile used in said panels Described is a set of panels (1,2), each panel comprising: ⋅ a top surface (5) and a bottom surface (4); ⋅ a first edge (6) and a second edge (7) parallel to the first edge (6), said edges (6, 7) extending between said top and bottom surfaces (5, 4); ⋅ a first groove (10) provided in the bottom surface (4) of each panel, said first groove (10) extending parallel to and along the first edge (6) of the panel; ⋅ a second groove (11) provided in the bottom surface (4) of each panel, said second groove (11) extending parallel to the first groove (10) along the second edge (7) of the panel; ⋅ a locking profile (3) allowing locking a first panel (1) with its first edge (6) to the second edge (7) of a second panel (2), said locking profile (3) comprising a base (16) and at least three protruding rims (17, 18, 19) extending parallel to one another in the longitudinal direction of the locking profile (3), a first rim (17) pressed in the first groove (10) of a first panel (1) and a second rim (18) situated in between the first and third rims (17, 19) of each locking profile (3) and cooperating with a part of the first panel (1) such that a section (13) of the bottom surface (4) of the first panel (1) is clamped between the first rim and the second rim (17, 18) of the locking profile (3), the third rim (19) configured to fit in the second groove (11) of a second panel (2) thereby locking the second panel (2) to the first panel (1), characterised in that at least the second rim (18) is continuous along the entire length of the locking profile (3). Further described is a method of manufacturing the set of panels.
US11486145B2	Roof bracket and system and methods for using same Disclosed herein are roof brackets, devices, and apparatuses for standing seam metal roofs to provide a removable place to place a foot. In one aspect, an apparatus may include a bracket configured to releasably secure to a standing seam of a panel, the bracket having a housing having at least one side comprising a slot configured to allow at least a portion of a standing seam to travel therethrough; a plurality of cams contained within the housing, the plurality of cams rotatably connected to the housing at a first portion of the plurality of the cams; at least one elongated member connected to at least one of the plurality of cams; and at least one tension element connected to the housing and in operable communication with at least one of the plurality of cams. Also disclosed herein are methods for using the disclosed roof brackets and apparatuses.
US11486142B2	Acoustic panels for a ceiling suspension system A ceiling suspension system that includes a plurality of acoustic panels that are configured to be installed or attached into openings of a grid formed by main runners and cross runners of the ceiling suspension system. The acoustic panels include a plurality of main blades that extend in the same direction as the main runners and cross blades that extend in the same direction as the cross runners. Two or more of the main blades comprise a kerf in a first lateral edge of each main blade. The kerf comprises a first slot and a second slot that form a stepped configuration.
US11486139B2	Louvered pergola A louvered pergola includes (a) a plurality of posts; (b) an elevated frame supported by the posts and defining a central frame opening; and (c) a plurality of louvers supported by the frame and extending parallel with each other across the frame opening. The plurality of louvers includes a first louver fixed to the frame, a second louver fixed to the frame opposite the first louver, and a plurality of pivotable louvers pivotably supported by the frame between the first and second louvers. The pivotable louvers are pivotable between a closed position in which the plurality of louvers partially overlap with each other to close the frame opening and an open position in which a gap is provided between adjacent louvers of the plurality of louvers.
US11486135B2	Glass fiber-reinforced polyurethane/polyisocyanurate foam insulation board External thermal insulation composite systems described herein include a concrete or masonry wall and a thermal insulation board on the concrete or masonry wall. The thermal insulation board includes a polyurethane/polyisocyanurate foam having a density of less than 70 kg/m3 according to ASTM D 1622. Methods of preparing the external thermal insulation composite systems and the thermal insulation boards are also described.
US11486134B2	Structural attachment sealing system A mounting device including a base having an internal cavity and an upper portion above the base. The upper portion extends upward from the base and includes a vertical member defining opposed first and second faces above the base. An aperture is formed through the upper portion and extends through the first and second faces. The base extends outward, beyond each of the first and second faces.
US11486129B1	Geodesic frame connector system and method A geodesic frame connector system for a geodesic frame and method are provided comprising a first discontinuous ring having a first discontinuous ring upper and lower faces, the first ring upper face including an opening extending through the first discontinuous ring, and having inner and outer ring perimeters. A second discontinuous ring is provided having second discontinuous ring upper and lower faces, and inner and outer ring perimeters, and a fastener is provided having a cross section smaller than the opening. When one of the first discontinuous ring lower face and upper face is placed adjacent one of the second discontinuous ring lower face and upper face, insertion of the fastener in the opening of the first discontinuous ring causes the fastener to contact the second discontinuous ring, thereby forcing the second discontinuous ring away from the first discontinuous ring.
US11486127B1	Toilet ventilation system Provided is a toilet ventilation system and a method of ventilating a toilet bowl. In one configuration, the toilet ventilation system includes a raised seat assembly including ventilation tubing secured to the undersurface thereof, the seat being removably securable to a toilet pedestal shelf and positionable on top of a rim of the toilet bowl, with a ventilation system coupled therewith. In another embodiment a short elbow pipe is secured with an end within the bowl area, affixed to a ventilation system. The ventilation system includes a pipe tee having a delivery pipe in fluid communication with a suction pump, such as a wet-dry vacuum. By operating the motor of the suction pump, the suction pump draws odorous air out of the toilet bowl, through the ventilation system, and delivers the same into the outside environment.
US11486125B2	Systems and methods of cleaning toilets Systems and methods of cleaning toilets are described; the system includes a structural frame, a foldable arm extendible from the structural frame and a rotatable brush, accommodated while being folded within and retracted into the foldable arm, at an idle state, while protruded from the foldable arm and being sprawl, during the operation of a cleansing cycle.
US11486121B2	Sink and method of mounting An undermount sink and countertop combination are used with a sink cabinet. The sink cabinet includes a sink-receiving opening and a sink cabinet width and depth. The sink includes a basin that is sized and shaped to be received within the sink-receiving opening. The basin includes side wall portions, an upper outer perimeter surrounding the side wall portions, and a bottom portion. A mounting flange extends from the upper outer perimeter of the basin. The mounting flange is shaped to rest atop the cabinet and underneath the countertop and is sized with a mounting flange width and depth substantially equal to the sink cabinet width and depth.
US11486118B2	Drain arrangement for a washstand A drain arrangement for a washstand, comprising a connection unit having a connecting branch for connection to a drain branch of a washstand, an overflow unit connecting to the connection unit and having a valve and an overflow pipe, which bridges the valve, and a siphon unit connecting to the overflow unit and having a siphon element. The connecting branch, seen in the installation position, runs in a first direction, which is oriented at an angle inclined at less than 30° tilting downwards to a mounting plane running in the vertical of the washstand. The overflow unit lies offset to the side of the connecting branch in such a manner that the overflow pipe extends upwards to the side adjacent to the connecting branch and the siphon unit lies beneath the overflow unit.
US11486112B2	Implement quick connect system A system for connecting an implement to a machine. A universal adapter to connect implements with machines. A frame with brackets on one side to couple to lift arms and tilt operators on a machine such as an earthmoving vehicle. Brackets on the other side of the frame to detachably couple to the implement. A locking mechanism on the frame with operative handles to engage locking pins on the adapter with the implement between a release and locked position.
US11486111B2	Shovel with output restriction based on temperature of components A shovel according to embodiments of the present invention includes: a lower traveling body; an upper swivel body that is rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body; an attachment that is configured by a boom, an arm, and an end attachment; an engine that is mounted on the upper swivel body; a motor generator that is able to assist the engine; a power storage system that is mounted on the upper swivel body; a swiveling motor that is driven by electric power from the motor generator and the power storage system; temperature detection units; and a control device. The control device switches a control mode in a case where at least one of a temperature relating to the motor generator, a temperature relating to the power storage system, and a temperature relating to the swiveling motor, detected by the temperature detection units, is higher than a predetermined temperature.
US11486109B2	Flood-protective ventilation louver A flood-protective ventilation louver includes a window frame assembly, slat assemblies, a transmission mechanism, and a buoyance switch assembly. During flooding, external water passes through the window frame assembly into the buoyance switch assembly, such that the buoyance switch assembly is caused to release the transmission mechanism from constraint to thereby allow the slat of each of the slat assemblies to oscillate downward automatically and thus automatic closing is realized.
US11486108B2	Pneumatic fender Reinforcing layers each have a cord angle set to 25° or greater and 45° or less when a body is in a neutral state. When the body is loaded with a specified internal pressure, intermediate rubber layers disposed between adjacent sets in which cords of the reinforcing layers extend in an intersecting direction are shear-deformed, the cord angle increases approximately to a stable angle of repose, and the expanded body maintains a predetermined shape. In each of the sets being formed of two reinforcing layers layered adjacently, the cords of the reinforcing layers extend in an identical direction at the predetermined cord angle. Since substantially no shear force acts on the intermediate rubber layers disposed between the reinforcing layers, the resistance when expanding the body decreases. This provides a pneumatic fender that expands more smoothly and ensures a predetermined shape when a body is loaded with a specified internal pressure.
US11486105B2	Hydraulic driving device of suction car A hydraulic driving device of a suction car includes a HST circuit, a suction actuator, a supply channel and a switching valve. In the HST circuit, a first connection channel and a second connection channel connect between a traveling drive pump and a traveling motor in a closed circuit. The suction actuator suction drives a suction device by being actuated by a hydraulic pressure. The switching valve allows oil discharged from the traveling drive pump to the first connection channel to be supplied to the traveling motor in a first operation state. The switching valve allows oil discharged from the traveling drive pump to the first connection channel to flow into the supply channel and be supplied to the suction actuator in a second operation state.
US11486104B2	Vehicle restraint device package having spikes A vehicle restraint device has an outer housing. An inner housing is positioned within the outer housing. A plurality of spikes is removably attached to the inner housing.
US11486096B2	Method for strengthening and reinforcing ancient books A novel method for strengthening and reinforcing ancient books is provided. Such treatment method comprises: first placing the ancient books to be treated in a closed strengthening and reinforcing device; after sealing, performing dehumidification operation and vacuumizing operation on system in sequence to maintain the system dry; and after the system is stable under negative pressure, turning on a fan set, directly delivering a strengthening and reinforcing powder to the strengthening and reinforcing device via a gas pipe, or atomizing a strengthening and reinforcing solution through a ultrasonic atomizer and then delivering the atomized solution to the strengthening and reinforcing device via the gas pipe, so that the ancient books to be treated absorb the strengthening and reinforcing agent sufficiently and evenly; and meanwhile monitoring pH value and humidity of the ancient books, thereby implementing strengthening and reinforcement of the ancient books.
US11486093B2	Seamless unitary deflection member for making fibrous structures having increased surface area and process for making same A seamless unitary deflection member. The seamless unitary deflection member can have a backside defining an X-Y plane and a thickness in a Z-direction. The seamless unitary deflection member may also have a reinforcing member and a plurality of protuberances positioned on the reinforcing member. Each protuberance may have a three-dimensional shape such that any cross-sectional area of the protuberance parallel to the X-Y plane can have an equal or lesser area than any cross-sectional area of the protuberance being a greater distance from the X-Y plane in the Z-direction.
US11486082B2	Dryer and controlling method thereof A dryer is disclosed. The dryer includes a heat exchanger configured to remove moisture from air flowing and heat and discharge the moisture-removed air, a drum containing a material to be dried, a humidity sensor configured to detect a humidity of the air flowing from the drum, a fan configured to generate a flow of the air flowing along a flow path formed so that the air discharged from the heat exchanger flows to the heat exchanger via the drum and the humidity sensor, and a processor configured to determine a dried state of the material to be dried based on the humidity detected through the humidity sensor, and the humidity sensor is disposed at a position where a flow velocity of the air is equal to or higher than a predetermined velocity in the flow path formed between the drum and the heat exchanger.
US11486078B2	Laundry treatment apparatus A laundry treatment apparatus includes a housing. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a tub. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a drum. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a heater. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a tub through-portion formed in the tub so that the heater is inserted into a space located between a bottom surface of the drum and a bottom surface of the tub. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes three or more first support members. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes second support members that protrude from a circumferential surface of the tub, a number of the second support members being equal to a number of the three or more first support members. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a plurality of connectors that are each configured to connect a first support member and a second support member.
US11486075B2	Washing machine A washing machine includes: a cabinet having a first opening and a washing space formed therein; and a door assembly provided to open and close the first opening, wherein the door assembly includes: a door body having a second opening and corresponding to the first opening and provided to rotate relative to the cabinet; door glass having a glass hole communicating with the inside of the cabinet and coupled with the rear surface of the door body; a guide duct that connects the second opening and the glass hole; and a sealing member. The sealing member can prevent washing water or internal air from escaping from the door assembly.
US11486068B2	Upper-torso garment with three-dimensional knit structures An upper-torso garment includes a chest-covering portion having a knit textile region, which includes a plurality of courses fully spanning a dome-shaped portion. In addition, the knit textile region includes a plurality of partial-length courses partially spanning the dome-shaped portion.
US11486060B2	Carbon fiber recycling method A carbon fiber recycling method utilizes a carbon fiber recycling device for recycling carbon fiber from a carbon fiber polymer composite by using a microwave. The carbon fiber recycling device has a cavity and at least one microwave supplying unit. The carbon fiber recycling method adjusts the microwave supplying unit to change the angle between the long axis direction of the cavity and the electric field direction, and to make the long axis direction of the carbon fiber parallel to the electric field direction. By radiating the microwave on the carbon fiber polymer composite, energy of the microwave is quickly absorbed by the carbon fiber to quickly increase a temperature of the carbon fiber, and the carbon fiber polymer composite is effectively and quickly decomposed to remove most polymer matrix of the carbon fiber polymer composite, so as to achieve the objective of recycling the carbon fiber indeed.
US11486056B2	Low work function materials Reduced and low work function materials capable of optimizing electron emission performance in a range of vacuum and nanoscale electronic devices and processes and a method for reducing work function and producing reduced and low work function materials are described. The reduced and low work function materials advantageously may be made from single crystal materials, preferably metals, and from amorphous materials with optimal thicknesses for the materials. A surface geometry is created that may significantly reduce work function and produce a reduced or low work function for the material. It is anticipated that low and ultra-low work function materials may be produced by the present invention and that these materials will have particular utility in the optimization of electron emissions in a wide range of vacuum microelectronics and other nanoscale electronics and processes.
US11486055B2	Polar nanoregions engineered relaxor-PbTiO3 ferroelectric crystals A relaxor-PT based piezoelectric crystal is disclosed, comprising the general formula of (Pb1-1.5xMx){[(MI,MII)1-z(MI′,MII′)z]1-yTiy}O3, wherein: M is a rare earth cation; MI is selected from the group consisting of Mg2+, Zn2+, Yb3+, Sc3+, and In3+; MII is Nb5+; MI′ is selected from the group consisting of Mg2+, Zn2+, Yb3+, Sc3+, In3+, and Zr4; MII′ is Nb5+ or Zr4+; 0
US11486054B2	Method for growing crystal boule A method for growing a crystal boule includes the steps of: periodically pulling upwardly a seed crystal dipped into a melt in a crucible to grow a first neck of the crystal boule below the seed crystal; and continuously pulling upwardly the seed crystal and the first neck of the crystal boule to grow a second neck of the crystal boule below the first neck.
US11486051B2	Durable white inorganic finish for aluminium articles There is disclosed a method of forming a high luminosity inorganic coating on an aluminium or aluminium alloy article, wherein the article is immersed in an electrolyte and subjected to a plasma anodising process, wherein the coating has a luminosity L*≥80.0% and comprises at least 50 wt % gamma alumina. Also disclosed are inorganic coatings formed by the method, and aluminium or aluminium alloys coated by the method.
US11486047B2	Method of recovering Pt or Ag or Pt and Ag from sulfate based metal solutions The invention relates to a method of recovering Pt or Ag or Pt and Ag from a sulfate solution on an electrode. In particular, the invention concerns a method for recovering Pt or Ag or Pt and Ag from base metal bearing process solution, particularly from a hydrometallurgical sacrificial metal bearing solution containing Zn and/or Ni. In general, the method of the present invention can be used for recovery of precious metals, which are dissolvable in sulfuric acid, from sulfate media based solutions. In addition to Pt and Ag, especially Pd should be mentioned.Deposited precious metal(s) can be recovered from the electrode or the deposition containing electrode can be used as such.
US11486043B2	Metal contamination prevention method and apparatus, and substrate processing method using the same and apparatus therefor There is provided a metal contamination prevention method performed by passing a metal chloride gas through a metal component having a surface covered with an inactive film formed of a chromium oxide, the method including: generating a chromium chloride (III) hexahydrate by supplying a hydrochloric acid to the inactive film covering the surface of the metal component and allowing the chromium oxide to react with the hydrochloric acid; removing a chromium from the inactive film by evaporating the chromium chloride (III) hexahydrate; and covering a surface of the inactive film with a compound containing a metal contained in the metal chloride gas.
US11486042B2	Silicon coating on hard shields A device including a hard shield material; a layer including aluminum or copper; and a silicon layer having a first thickness is disclosed. The device can also include a silicon layer having a second thickness. A method of making the device is also disclosed.
US11486036B2	Method for making a solar cell having a transparent electrode A transparent electrode with a transparent substrate and a composite layer disposed thereon, wherein the composite layer includes a graphene layer and a plurality of nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles are embedded in the graphene layer and extend through a thickness of the graphene layer, and wherein the plurality of nanoparticles are in direct contact with the transparent substrate and a gap is present between the graphene layer and the transparent substrate.
US11486032B2	High-temperature component and method for producing a high-temperature component A high-temperature component of a refractory metal or a refractory metal alloy has an emissivity-increasing coating. The coating is formed of tantalum nitride and/or zirconium nitride; and tungsten with a tungsten content between 0 and 98 wt. %.
US11486031B2	Metal plate The object of the present invention is to provide a metal plate capable of manufacturing a deposition mask in which dispersion of positions of through-holes is restrained. A thermal recovery rate is defined as parts per million of a difference a distance between to measurement points on a sample before a heat treatment and a distance therebetween after the heat treatment, relative to the distance therebetween before the heat treatment. In this case, an average value of the thermal recovery rates of the respective samples is not less than −10 ppm and not more than +10 ppm, and (2) a dispersion of the thermal recovery rates of the respective samples is not more than 20 ppm.
US11486026B2	Calcium, aluminum and silicon alloy, as well as a process for the production of the same A process for the production of calcium, aluminum, and silicon alloys is provided. The process includes the simultaneous carbothermal melting-reduction step of calcium, aluminum, and silicon.
US11486021B2	Method of peening an obstructed region of a metal assembly A method for peening an obstructed region of a metal assembly that is obstructed by an obstructing part of the metal assembly is provided. The method includes determining an optimal peening path for treating the obstructed region irrespective of the obstructing part; identifying a portion of the obstructing part within the optimal peening path; determining a section of the portion of the obstructing part that is removable without affecting a mechanical integrity and functionality of the obstructing part; removing, by machining, the section so as to create additional space along the optimal peening path; and peening the obstructed region, a path of the peening at least partially crossing through the additional space. A method for peening a nuclear reactor pressure vessel is also provided.
US11486017B2	Cold rolled and annealed steel sheet, method of production thereof and use of such steel to produce vehicle parts A cold rolled and annealed steel sheet includes by weight: 0.6
US11486016B2	Systems and methods for tailoring coefficients of thermal expansion between extreme positive and extreme negative values Systems and methods disclosed herein relate to the manufacture of metallic material with a thermal expansion coefficient in a predetermined range, comprising: deforming, a metallic material comprising a first phase and a first thermal expansion coefficient. In response to the deformation, at least some of the first phase is transformed into a second phase, wherein the second phase comprises martensite, and orienting the metallic material in at least one predetermined orientation, wherein the metallic material, subsequent to deformation, comprises a second thermal expansion coefficient, wherein the second thermal expansion coefficient is within a predetermined range, and wherein the thermal expansion is in at least one predetermined direction. In some embodiments, the metallic material comprises the second phase and is thermo-mechanically deformed to orient the grains in at least one direction.
US11486013B2	Air conditioner An air conditioner including an outdoor unit having a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, a main expansion device, and a refrigerant pipe configured to connect the outdoor heat exchanger to the main expansion device; an indoor unit having an indoor heat exchanger; and a connection pipe configured to connect the outdoor unit to the indoor unit, wherein the air conditioner has refrigeration capacity of 2 kW to 7 kW, a R134a is used as the refrigerant, the refrigerant pipe is made of a ductile stainless steel material having a delta ferrite matrix structure of 1% or less on the basis of a grain area, and the refrigerant pipe includes a suction pipe that guides suction of a refrigerant into the compressor and has an outer diameter of 12.70 mm.
US11486005B2	Methods for detecting cystic fibrosis mutations using mitra tip extraction The present disclosure provides methods for determining whether a patient exhibiting cystic fibrosis symptoms, or a patient at risk for cystic fibrosis, will benefit from treatment with one or more anti-cystic fibrosis therapeutic agents. These methods are based on detecting hereditary cystic fibrosis related mutations in small-volume dried biological fluid samples that are collected using a volumetric absorptive microsampling device. Kits for use in practicing the methods are also provided.
US11486004B2	Methods of sequencing circular template polynucleotides Disclosed herein, inter alia, are complexes, kits, and efficient methods of sequencing two strands of a double stranded polynucleotide. In embodiments, methods of sequencing a circular template polynucleotide are provided including generating immobilized extension products.
US11486003B2	Highly sensitive methods for accurate parallel quantification of nucleic acids The present disclosure relates to a next generation DNA sequencing method and use for accurate and massively parallel quantification of one or more nucleic acid targets, for example in large volumes of unpurified sample material. More particularly, the present disclosure is related to a method and a kit comprising probes for detecting and quantifying genetic targets in complex samples. The disclosed embodiments includes one or more target-specific nucleic acid probes per genetic target (left probe and right probe) and a bridge oligo or bridge oligo complex.
US11486002B2	Method for identification and enumeration of nucleic acid sequence, expression, copy, or DNA methylation changes, using combined nuclease, ligase, polymerase, and sequencing reactions The present invention relates to a method for the highly specific, targeted capture of regions of human genomes and transcriptomes from the blood, i.e. from cell free circulating DNA, exosomes, microRNA, circulating tumor cells, or total blood cells, to allow for the highly sensitive detection of mutation, expression, copy number, translocation, alternative splicing, and methylation changes using combined nuclease, ligation, polymerase, and massively parallel sequencing reactions. The method generates a collection of different circular chimeric single-stranded nucleic acid constructs, suitable for sequencing on multiple platforms. In some embodiments, each construct of the collection comprised a first single stranded segment of original genomic DNA from a host organism and a second single stranded synthetic nucleic acid segment that is linked to the first single stranded segment and comprises a nucleotide sequence that is exogenous to the host organism. These chimeric constructs are suitable for identifying and enumerating mutations, copy changes, translocations, and methylation changes. In other embodiments, input mRNA, lncRNA, or miRNA is used to generate circular DNA products that reflect the presence and copy number of specific mRNA's, lncRNA's splice-site variants, translocations, and miRNA.
US11485999B2	Metagenomics for microbiomes An analytics system uses metagenomics to generate predictions indicating performance of biological or physical samples. In an embodiment, a method includes determining sequence data of a soil sample. The method further includes determining a plurality of features of the soil sample using the sequence data. The plurality of features is determined based at least in part on a measure of a first microbe detected in the soil sample and a different measure of a second microbe detected in the soil sample. The method further includes inputting the plurality of features to a model trained using measures of the first microbe and the second microbe detected in a plurality of soil samples. The method further includes generating, by the model using the plurality of features, a prediction of physical attribute of a plant grown in the soil sample.
US11485996B2	Methods for characterizing copy number variation using proximity-litigation sequencing Disclosed here is a method for detecting genome rearrangement in a biological sample, comprising: obtaining a contact matrix plotted from proximity ligation sequencing data of at least one chromosome; identifying an abnormal contact pattern in the contact matrix compared to the contact matrix of a reference genome; comparing the abnormal contact pattern in the contact matrix to one or more known patterns associated with genomic rearrangement to identify a type of genomic rearrangement causing the abnormal contact pattern. Also disclosed is a method for detecting genome rearrangement in a biological sample, comprising: selecting linked chromosomal fragments from proximity ligation sequencing data of at least one chromosome, identifying an abnormal covalent bonding pattern of the linked chromosomal fragments compared to a reference genome; and comparing the abnormal covalent bonding pattern to one or more known patterns associated with genomic rearrangement to identify genomic rearrangement causing the abnormal covalent bonding pattern.
US11485992B2	Screening and culture method Methods of culturing and detecting a biomarker which may be associated with autoimmune diseases, in particular inflammatory bowel disease and Crohn's disease; also a screening method for substances suitable for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease including Crohn's disease; the method including culturing a biomarker in a culture media which includes a culture broth, OADC, PANTA and Mycobactin J.
US11485991B2	Multifunctional recombinant nucleotide dependent glycosyltransferase protein and its method of glycosylation thereof The present invention generally relates to a method of peptides' or polypeptides' modification by glycosylation. In particular, the invention relates to one pot synthesis of disaccharide glycan on to the acceptor substrate and thereby generating O- and/or S-glycosylated neo-glycopeptides including antimicrobial peptides by using multifunctional recombinant nucleotide dependent glycosyltransferase.
US11485988B2	Method for cooling and detoxifying biomass The present invention relates to an improved method and device for treating biomass in which thermally treated biomass is discharged from a pressurized reactor and introduced into a blow tank and then a flash tank, wherein the absolute pressure in the blow tank is maintained above atmospheric pressure and the absolute pressure in the flash tank is maintained below atmospheric pressure. The slurry of biomass separated in the flash tank is then enzymatically treated. The heat from the thermally treated biomass is recovered from the latent heat of a vaporous aqueous stream withdrawn from the blow tank.
US11485986B2	Cells and methods for production of lysine and lysine-derived products The invention provides microorganisms genetically modified to overexpress biofilm dispersal related polypeptides to enhance the production of lysine and lysine derivatives by the microorganism, method of generating such microorganism, and methods of producing lysine and lysine derivatives using the genetically modified microorganisms.
US11485983B2	Cry1D for controlling corn earworm The subject invention relates in part to the surprising discovery that Cry1Da is active against corn earworm (CEW), Helicoverpa zea (Boddie). Methods for using Cry1Da in transgenic plants to prevent serious crop damage is described. Leaf and silk bioassays using transgenic maize expressing full length, core toxin region or chimeric Cry1Da demonstrated good insect protection against CEW larvae damage.
US11485981B2	Plant regulatory elements derived from medicago truncatula 3′UTR sequences, and uses thereof Recombinant DNA molecules and constructs useful for modulating gene expression in plants, including molecules derived from Medicago truncatula sequences, are provided. Plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising recombinant DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable DNA molecules are further provided, as are methods of their use.
US11485978B2	DNA and method for preparing heterodimer snake venom protein Provided are recombinant plasmids containing the gene of the heterodimeric snake venom protein Agkisacutacin A chain and Agkisacutacin B chain, cell strains containing the recombinant plasmids, and a method for expressing the heterodimeric snake venom protein Agkisacutacin. The expression level of Agkisacutacin in the present method exceeds 10 mg/L, and the purity level can reach more than 95% by means of two steps of purification.
US11485976B2	Bacterial minicells for delivering nucleic acid adjuvants and methods of using the same This disclosure provides intact bacterially derived minicells containing nucleic acids adjuvants or plasmids encoding nucleic acids adjuvants that can produce a desired immune response in target cells. This disclosure further provides methods that employ minicells to deliver nucleic acids adjuvants for use in the treatment of diseases, including neoplastic disease and cancer.
US11485968B2	Microfluidic cartridge for processing and detecting nucleic acids A system, configured to facilitate processing and detection of nucleic acids, the system comprising a process fluid container and a cartridge comprising: a top layer, a set of sample port-reagent port pairs, a shared fluid port, a vent region, a heating region, and a set of detection chambers; an intermediate substrate, coupled to the top layer comprising a waste chamber; an elastomeric layer, partially situated on the intermediate substrate; and a set of fluidic pathways, each formed by at least a portion of the top layer and a portion of the elastomeric layer, wherein each fluidic pathway is fluidically coupled to a sample port-reagent port pair, the shared fluid port, and a detection chamber, comprises a portion passing through the heating region, and is configured to be occluded upon deformation of the elastomeric layer, to transfer a waste fluid to the waste chamber, and to pass through the vent region.
US11485967B2	Methods for cell-free DNA extraction for non-invasive prenatal screening Provided herein are methods and systems for cell-free DNA extraction from liquid biological samples. The methods can be employed for determination of fetal DNA fraction and non-invasive prenatal screening of fetal aneuploidies and analyses of other types of cell-free DNA.
US11485958B2	HSD17B13 variants and uses thereof Provided are compositions related to HSD17B13 variants, including isolated nucleic acids and proteins related to variants of HSD17B13, and cells comprising those nucleic acids and proteins. Also provided are methods related to HSD17B13 variants. Such methods include methods for modifying a cell through use of any combination of nuclease agents, exogenous donor sequences, transcriptional activators, transcriptional repressors, and expression vectors for expressing a recombinant HSD17B13 gene or a nucleic acid encoding an HSD17B13 protein. Also provided are therapeutic and prophylactic methods for treating a subject having or at risk of developing chronic liver disease.
US11485956B2	Virus and antigen purification and conjugation Disclosed herein are methods and exemplary compositions associated with virus purification, antigen purification, and conjugation of virus and proteins (e.g., antigen) to form vaccines for delivery of immunological and other therapeutic agents, exemplary aspects of which may include harvesting viral and antigenic substances from source organisms; a purification platform comprising chemical separation and size-difference separation for the removal of contaminants, debris and impurities from the viral and protein (e.g. antigenic, including influenza hemagglutinin antigens) substances, as well as their concentration and collection; and a conjugation platform providing activation of the virus at a pH that increases binding rate and binding propensity between the virus and the protein, wherein embodiments related to the conjugation platform include controlling the ratio of virus to protein.
US11485952B2	Cell separation device and use of a flow formation for the cell separation device A cell separation apparatus a container for reception of a cell suspension and a conduit connected to the container for the conveyance of cell suspension out of the container. The conduit extends along a notional conduit path passing centrally through the conduit, the conduit path defining in the conduit an axial direction proceeding along the conduit path, a radial direction orthogonal to the conduit path, and a circumferential direction proceeding around the conduit path. A segment of the conduit constitutes a turbulent flow segment including a flow configuration. The flow configuration includes at least two axial configuration segments located axially behind one another to accelerate a cell suspension.
US11485949B2	Microorganism inoculation device Disclosed is a microorganism inoculation device, which comprises a workbench, wherein support columns are provided on the upper surface of the workbench, a limiting plate is provided in the middle part of the supporting column, an injection head is provided in the middle part of the limiting plate, an air cylinder is provided in the middle part of the lower surface of the workbench, a piston rod of the air cylinder is fixedly connected with the middle part of the upper surface of a lifting plate, guide rods are provided on the upper surface of the lifting plate, the upper end of the guide rod is fixedly connected with a tray, the left and right sides of the upper surface of the tray are fixedly connected with the lower part of a fixed bracket, the middle part of the injection head is slidably connected with the limiting plate.
US11485947B2	Hollow fiber filter arrangement Disclosed is a hollow fiber filter arrangement and a bioreactor system comprising such a hollow fiber filter arrangement. The hollow fiber filter arrangement comprising: an inlet for receiving a sample to be filtered in the hollow fiber filter arrangement; an outlet for delivering of the filtered sample out from the hollow fiber filter arrangement; a bundle of elongate hollow fibers connected at a first end to the inlet and connected at an opposite second end to the outlet; and an outer housing enclosing the bundle, wherein a filtrate/waste collection space is provided between the outer housing and the at least one elongated hollow fiber, and wherein the outer housing is made from a flexible material.
US11485939B2	Anti-viral cleaning composition, method of making and use thereof A method for formulating a cleaning composition contains the step of coating a granular absorbent material with a coating agent to produce a coated absorbent material and mixing the coated absorbent material with a sanitation agent, wherein the coated absorbent material absorbs the sanitation agent to form the cleaning composition. The resulting cleaning composition may be used for cleaning up pathogens or hazardous materials. The cleaning composition may also functions as a liquefiable dry cleaning powder for public areas in response to bodily fluid incidents. A coating method of a non-toxic bio static film on a high surface area solid is disclosed.
US11485938B2	Microemulsion comprising quaternary ammonium compound, especially for production of fabric softener formulations The invention provides for the use of specific microemulsions comprising quaternary ammonium compounds for production of clear fabric softener formulations having improved performance properties, and also the corresponding formulations and a process for production thereof.
US11485936B2	Fabric care composition comprising silicone materials The present invention relates to fabric care compositions comprising a silicone based material cured via a condensation cure chemistry, and at least one fabric care ingredient, in an acceptable medium. Also disclosed is a process to prepare the fabric care compositions and uses of said fabric care compositions.
US11485935B2	Liquid detergent compositions including structurant, single dose packs including the same, and methods of forming the single dose packs Liquid detergent compositions, single dose packs including the same, and methods of forming single dose packs are provided herein. In an embodiment, a liquid detergent composition includes an ionic surfactant, an alkoxylated linear fatty acid structurant, and, optionally, a particulate component. The structurant is solid at ambient temperature of about 21° C. and ambient pressure of about 100 kPa. The particulate component is different from the structurant. The detergent composition exhibits non-Newtonian fluid behavior at 24 hours following shear mixing cessation.
US11485934B2	Foaming compositions for producing a stable foam and methods for making same Foaming compositions containing one or more gas bubble-stabilizing agents and an effervescent system such that the foaming compositions create stable foams, foaming products containing such foaming compositions, and methods for making such foaming compositions and foaming products are provided.
US11485933B2	Fine mist hard surface cleaning spray The need for a spray application of detersive compositions comprising perfume and low levels of surfactant, which provides more even coverage of the surface to be treated, while limiting nose and throat irritation is met by limiting the spray droplet size, such that the spray droplets have a particle size distribution such that the Dv10 is greater than about 40 microns.
US11485929B2	Lubricant for the hot forming of metals A lubricant for the hot forming of metals, with respect to the solid constituents, contains at least the following constituents: 55 to 85 wt % of a solid lubricating agent comprising a mixture of talc and a potassium mica, wherein the ratio of talc to potassium mica in the solid lubricating agent is 2.0 to 5.0, 10 to 30 wt % of an adhesive agent selected from a polyvinyl acetate, sodium water glass and dextrin or a mixture of same, 2 to 10 wt % of a thickener selected from hydroxy cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxyproply cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, methylethyl cellulose, hydroxyethylmethyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, ethylhydroxymethyl cellulose, carboxymethylhydroxy cellulose, dextrin, starch, organically modified bentonite, smectite and xanthan gum, 0 to 10 wt % of further auxiliary agents, and not more than 10 wt % of graphite.
US11485927B2	Lubricating oil composition A lubricating oil composition includes at least one base oil selected from the group consisting of a mineral oil-based lubricating oil, a synthetic oil-based lubricating oil, and a mixed oil thereof, zinc dialkyldithiophosphate X represented by Formula (1), and an acid phosphate ester amine salt Y represented by Formula (2), in which a content PX of the X is from 0.06% by mass to 0.08% by mass in terms of phosphorus concentration with respect to a total mass of the lubricating oil composition, and a content PY of the Y is from 0.015% by mass to 0.025% by mass in terms of phosphorus concentration with respect to the total mass of the lubricating oil composition.
US11485926B2	Refrigerant oil and method for producing refrigerant oil The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a lubricating base oil and at least one selected from the group consisting of an amine salt of phosphonic acid and an amine salt of phosphonic acid monoester, and a method for producing the same.
US11485925B2	Lubricous silicone A method for making an insertable or implantable medical device including a lubricous coating on a silicone substrate includes treating the silicone substrate with an atmospheric plasma at about atmospheric pressure, the atmospheric plasma formed from a noble gas; applying a solution directly to the treated silicone substrate, the solution including a thermoplastic polyurethane; and heating the silicone substrate and the applied solution to form the lubricous coating on the silicone substrate.
US11485921B2	Fuel composition of diesel fuel The invention relates to a fuel composition based on a diesel fraction, having a sulphur content of less than 10 mg/kg with the boiling range of 180-360° C., characterized in that said fuel composition contains organic peroxides as ignition promoters, which are selected from the group: di-tert-butyl peroxide, 1,1-di-(tert-butylperoxy)cyclohexane, dicumyl peroxide, tert-butyl cumyl peroxide, isobutyl cumyl peroxide, n-butyl cumyl peroxide, isopropyl cumyl peroxide, ethyl cumyl peroxide and methyl cumyl peroxide, and contains an anti-wear additive based on carboxylic acids having the following ratio of components, wt %: 0.01-0.5 organic peroxide, 0.005-0.1 anti-wear additive, and up to 100 being the diesel fraction. The proposed diesel fuel composition allows producing diesel fuel which meets quality performance requirements.
US11485916B2	Method for converting residues incorporating deep hydroconversion steps and a deasphalting step The invention concerns a method for converting heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks of which at least 50% by weight boils at a temperature of at least 300° C., and in particular vacuum residues. The feedstocks are subjected to a first step a) of deep hydroconversion, optionally followed by a step b) of separating a light fraction, and a heavy residual fraction is obtained from step b) of which at least 80% by weight has a boiling temperature of at least 250° C. Said fraction from step b) or the effluent from step a) is then subjected to a second step c) of deep hydroconversion. The overall hourly space velocity for steps a) to c) is less than 0.1 h−1. The effluent from step c) is fractionated to separate a light fraction. The heavy fraction obtained, of which 80% by weight boils at a temperature of at least 300° C., is sent to a deasphalting step e). The deasphalted fraction DAO is then preferably converted in a step f) chosen from ebullated bed hydroconversion, fluidised bed catalytic cracking and fixed bed hydrocracking.
US11485915B2	Methods of using ionic liquids as corrosion inhibitors Ionic liquid containing compositions may be used in the production, recovery and refining of oil and gas. In addition, they may be used to treat cooling water and/or to inhibit and/or prevent corrosion of metals.
US11485910B2	Optical film, polarizing plate, and image display device An object of the present invention is to provide an optical film which is excellent in the adhesiveness between a polymer support and a photo alignment film and in which a liquid crystal compound having reverse wavelength dispersibility is uniformly aligned. The optical film is obtained by laminating, in the following order: a polymer support containing an additive; a photo alignment film; and an optically anisotropic film, wherein the optically anisotropic film is formed of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound having reverse wavelength dispersibility, and an amount of a component derived from the additive of the polymer support, which is contained in a boundary region with the optically anisotropic film in the photo alignment film is 0.10 to 0.50 mass % with respect to a total mass of the photo alignment film.
US11485907B2	Nitride luminescent material and light emitting device comprising same The present disclosure relates to the technical field of luminescent materials, and more particularly, to a nitride luminescent material and a light emitting device comprising the luminescent material. The nitride luminescent material recited in the present disclosure includes an inorganic compound with the structural composition RwQxSiyNz, the excitation wavelength of the luminescent material is between 300-650 nm, and the emission main peak of the NIR light region is broadband emission between 900-1100 nm; the excitation wavelength of the luminescent material is relatively broad and capable of excellent absorption of ultraviolet visible light, and has more intensive NIR emission as compared with NIR organic luminescent materials and inorganic luminescent materials of other systems, so it is an ideal application material for NIR devices.
US11485903B2	Compositions for LED light conversions Systems and methods to provide multiple channels of light to form a blended white light output, the systems and methods utilizing recipient luminophoric mediums to alter light provided by light emitting diodes. The predetermined blends of luminescent materials within the luminophoric mediums provide predetermined spectral power distributions in the white light output.
US11485900B2	Mitigation of condensate and water banking using functionalized nanoparticles The present application relates to methods and systems for mitigating condensate banking. In some embodiments, the methods and systems involve altering the wettability of a rock formation in the vicinity of a wellbore for a gas condensate reservoir.
US11485893B2	Heavy fluid and method of making it Heavy fluids are made from calcium bromide and at least one hydrogen bond donor such as a low molecular weight polyol or an organic acid. The combination of a hydrogen bond donor and calcium bromide as a hydrogen bond acceptor in an appropriate molar ratio forms a higher density clear completion fluid at a low temperature not otherwise obtainable with heavy aqueous solutions of calcium bromide such as are used in oilfield wells. A method of making the fluid comprises mixing calcium bromide with the polyol(s) in the presence of water and then reducing the water content, thus forming a heavy fluid. A crystallization inhibitor such as nitrilotriacetamide or a particulate silicate is included in the formulation. When the heavy fluid “freezes,” its physical form is somewhat amorphous and pumpable rather than crystalline. The heavy fluid is useful as a drilling fluid as well as a completion fluid and for other purposes in oil recovery processes where extreme density is beneficial.
US11485890B2	Deicing and snow melting compositions and methods of use A deicing and snow melting device, for elevating the melting point of ice and snow, comprises of a plurality of pellets including an active ingredient. Each pellet of the plurality of pellets has at least an underside and a topside. The active ingredient is selected from the group consisting of chloride salts, organic compounds, alcohols or mixtures thereof. A base comprising a water-soluble sheet is joined to either one of the underside or topside of each pellet of the plurality of pellets. The base may define at least one hole through a top surface and bottom surface of the base allowing for easy dispersion of the active ingredient
US11485888B2	Silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive composition A silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is disclosed. The composition can be cured into a pressure-sensitive adhesive having a good release force against a release liner and a high peel force against several substrates. The silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises: (A) a diorganopolysiloxane having on average at least 0.5 alkenyl groups with 2 to 12 carbon atoms per molecule; (B) an organopolysiloxane composed of R13SiO1/2 and SiO4/2 units, wherein each R1 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group with 1 to 12 carbon atoms, having a molar ratio (R13SiO1/2 unit)/(SiO4/2 unit) of 0.6 to 1.7, and having a number average molecular weight (Mn) converted to standard polystyrene of from 1,700 to 3,000; (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having on average at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule; and (D) a hydrosilylation catalyst.
US11485887B2	Light-fixable and heat-curing compounds based on epoxy resins and thiols The invention relates to a composition that is liquid at room temperature, can be fixed by radiation and cured by heat, comprising the following components: (A) an at least bifunctional epoxy-containing compound; (B) an at least bifunctional thiol; (C) a radiation-curable compound; (D) a photoinitiator; (E) a stabilizer blend that contains at least one sulfonyl isocyanate and at least one acid; and (F) a nitrogen compound as an accelerator. The compositions are processable at room temperature over a period of at least 24 h and can be completely cured even at low temperatures.
US11485884B2	Extrudable pressure sensitive adhesive based on polybutene-1 polymer and a styrene copolymer suitable for reclosable packagings The present invention relates to a pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising: (i) at least one butene-1 (co)polymer; (ii) at least one liquid tackifier; (iii) at least one solid tackifier; (iv) at least one styrene copolymer; (v) optionally at least one further (co)polymer, different from (i) and (iv); (vi) optionally at least one additive. Furthermore, the use of the pressure sensitive adhesive composition according to the invention as closing mean for a packaging unit for foods, for packaging units to be heated in a microwave or oven, for a closing mean for packaging unit for drugs, hygienic tissues, cleaning tissues or cosmetic tissues. An article comprising the pressure sensitive adhesive composition according to the invention and a method of obtaining the article.
US11485883B2	Aqueous bonding composition Disclosed is an aqueous bonding composition comprising: (A) a modified saccharide which is a product of (a) a saccharide and (b) a radical initiator. The composition further preferably comprises a structure based on (c) an amine. The composition further preferably comprises (B) an inorganic acid salt. The formaldehyde-free aqueous bonding composition can contribute to an improvement in mechanical properties such as strength and elastic modulus of a molded article, compared to a formaldehyde-containing phenol resin composition.
US11485880B2	Dry apply protective methods A system for protecting a surface of a substrate includes a protective film, which is configured to be applied and secured to the surface, as well as a backing on an adherent surface of the protective film and an application tape over an exterior surface of the protective film. Protruding features, such as tabs, adjacent to different peripheral edges of the protective film may enable removal of the backing and the application tape from the protective film, and may include features that indicate the order in which each protruding feature is to be grasped to peel its corresponding element away from the protective film. Methods of using such a system are also disclosed.
US11485878B2	Optically clear adhesive film and flexible apparatus An optically clear adhesive film includes at least one first adhesive layer and at least one second adhesive layer that are stacked. A modulus of each first adhesive layer is less than a modulus of each second adhesive layer, and a glass transition temperature of the first adhesive layer is less than a glass transition temperature of the second adhesive layer.

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